Chapter 973: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
"Yes. The Count of Nickles gladly took the order.
Military power can only be revealed in blood and fire.
All along, he advocated the harshest means of repression against these so-called revolutionary parties, and only by draining the blood of these leaders could the whole flock be frightened and allowed to move forward under his own drive.
It's just that Grand Duke Christine is afraid of bringing unnecessary turmoil to the entire territory, so he has been hesitating.
Unexpectedly, Viscount Gauld's discussion of the potential collusion between the Revolutionary Party and the Eternal Night Commander made Archduke Christine completely determined.
Viscount Gauld, the initiator of this incident, changed his face slightly, and hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, doing this at this time will only completely intensify the contradictions between the local forces and the revolutionary party, causing a lot of unnecessary bloody conflicts, not to mention that it will completely push those neutral revolutionary parties into the arms of the Eternal Night Army. ”
"You are the one who suggested that the Revolutionary Party was colluding with the Eternal Night Army, and now it is you who do not agree to uproot the Revolutionary Party, Your Excellency, your statement is too contradictory. "If you don't take these revolutionaries, how is Your Excellency the Viscount going to deal with them?" Is it so difficult to agree to their ridiculous demands in order to appease them?
Of course, such absurd demands cannot be granted, and only in the minority, and most of the revolutionary parties have joined because they have suffered injustice in their territories and their interests have been seriously violated.
As long as His Majesty can come forward and give them justice, and give them a little compensation, they can be pacified, and the cost is no greater than the price paid for sending troops to encircle and suppress them, and at the same time it can show His Majesty's mercy and rally the loyalty of the people through this matter. "Viscount Gauld gave his advice.
He can be regarded as the person who knows the revolutionary party the most deeply, because he has personally seen how many people have embarked on the road of the revolutionary party.
Many were civilian merchants who had traveled with him to the Eternal Night Army.
Everything that belonged to them, after being taken away by the local magnates, had no place to reason, and could only embark on this path of resistance with no hope in sight.
If it weren't for the convenience of working for the Eternal Night Commander, as well as his background as a knight, he took the line of Grand Duke Christine.
It is quite possible that he will also become a member of the revolutionary party.
Without the power to match the great wealth, it can become a source of disaster, destroying oneself and one's family.
"We have discussed this question a long time ago, and this precedent must not be opened, because once it is opened, it will shake the foundation of our rule, not only will it not achieve the goal of eradicating the revolutionary party, but on the contrary, it will encourage this kind of atmosphere, and many people will follow suit, and those untouchables will jump out and make a revolution with us, and they will ask for benefits and conditions, and then the whole territory will be chaotic. The Count of Nickles sternly refused.
"Count Nickles thinks too badly of those lords, most of whom are in peace, and as long as life can get by, who will risk hanging themselves to make a revolution? ”
Viscount Gauld retorted, "I have never thought that the revolutionary party is entirely a bad thing, but on the contrary it is a kind of urging on us. ”
"Your Excellency the Viscount is very dangerous, do you sympathize with those revolutionaries?" said Count Nickles in a dark voice, "I have heard that many revolutionaries have had a lot of personal relations with you, especially the leader of the Ash Party, who has been your friend for many years, and you won't keep in touch with them now, will you?"
"Your Excellency, don't spit blood, I admit that we did keep in touch with each other before they became revolutionaries, but that was also a normal business dealing, and that's what I did, and that's how the wealth of our Chamber of Commerce came from. Viscount Gauld defended himself, "I have severed all ties with them since they became revolutionaries, and the reason why I speak for them is purely impartial, for the sake of the future of the Brian family, or is there something that the Earl is afraid of?"
"What am I afraid of?" asked the Count of Nickles, curling his neck.
"Don't tell me that you don't know that the leaders of the Ashes Party have embarked on the path of revolution. Viscount Gauld clearly had something to say.
"What do you mean?" said the Count of Nicholles, furious, "you mean that I forced him down this path?"
"I didn't say it was you, but it doesn't mean that the people of your family didn't do that, you go and investigate, more than half of the territories and properties attacked by the Ash Party are closely related to your family, do you think this is a coincidence?"
"You're spewing blood......"
"Enough. Archduke Christine interrupted the quarrel between the two in a deep voice, "In extraordinary times, with extraordinary means, since my order has been issued, I am not ready to take it back, Viscount Galder, I believe in your loyalty, but some things are not for you to worry about, you just need to do your own thing." ”
"Yes. While the two of them bowed their heads at the same time, the Count of Nickles still threw a demonstration at Viscount Gauld.
From then on, Viscount Gauld was in a trance, and did not give another glance, nor did he hear clearly what Christine had said to the two important ministers afterwards, until they were driven out of the castle.
It was already raining lightly outside, and although it was not heavy, it was bitterly cold, just like Viscount Gauld's body and mind.
The defeat of this dispute with the Earl of Nicholas just now completely disheartened him.
Because of this matter, it is not just a defeat of himself, but the failure of the person he represents.
He represents the group of people who speak for them, not the revolutionary party, but the group of people at the bottom.
The revolutionaries were all transformed by these people, and if this transformation link was not completely severed, what would the Count of Nickles do if he was killed in a river of blood?
Revolutionary parties will still spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and they will create them with their own hands.
Archduke Christine was not unaware of the roots, but he chose to side with the local nobility represented by the Count of Nickles.
In his eyes, the local aristocracy represented by Count Nickles is the foundation of the Brian family's maintenance of the entire Huayu Plateau.
When the interests of the lower lords conflicted with those of the local nobility, it was only natural for the latter to make way for the former.
"It's going to change the sky, and the sky is going to be red with blood. Viscount Gauld looked up at the gray sky and muttered to himself.
It is already inevitable that the sky of the Huayu Plateau will be stained red with blood.
But what is the revolutionary party that is not regarded at all by the local aristocracy and is not regarded by others.
Or these high-ranking local nobles.
Then let's not talk about it.
Because in the northeast, there is also an army leader of the Eternal Night.
The ruling class of the Brian family, led by Archduke Christine, disappointed Viscount Gauld.
Even if the Eternal Night Warlord has created so much brilliance and brought such obvious changes to this world, he has been instilling in them for nearly ten years.
They still look at this new force with ordinary eyes, and there is a contempt in their bones from top to bottom.
This is the contempt that is characteristic of the old aristocratic families for those nouveau riche.
Think that the series of achievements created by the other party is just luck, and when it comes to them, this luck will come to an end.
In the face of such unprecedented changes, where should I go from here?
Funeral for the Brian family, who have a rotten atmosphere in their bones?
Or take the opportunity to embark on a completely new path?
If it's the former, you don't need to do anything, you just need to watch quietly.
If it's the latter, you'll need to be good at planning.
You must know that there are many places where the Eternal Night Army is fundamentally different from the Brian family, and if you are not careful, you will be put on the list of the Great Purge because of your current identity, and it is very likely that you will die in vain.
Thinking about his future Viscount Copperfield Gauld in the rain, his pace was getting bigger and faster, just like his mind was flowing, and perhaps he had made a new decision.
Behind Viscount Gauld there were two pairs of vulture-like eyes, staring at his distant figure.
The owner of these two pairs of eyes is none other than the Brian family's Minister of Intelligence and Military Affairs, who had just crossed paths in the castle and palace.
"This guy's hand is getting longer and longer, I really don't understand why His Majesty wants to use a guy who has no roots and no foundation, and also gives him such a heavy trust, entrusting the entire family to the most profitable industry now. "In his words, the Count of Nickles was not only dissatisfied with Viscount Gauld, but also resentful of Archduke Christine.
"Old man, when these words come out of your mouth, it will lower your level of rectification, our Majesty, what you like is that this guy has no roots, if Your Majesty puts those oil-flowing industries into the hands of you and me, do you think he can sleep peacefully, and he can't worry about how much oil we stole from him all day long?" Calvin sneered.
"It's really this principle, no roots and no foundation means that you have to be small, and you must firmly rely on Your Majesty's side, even if you are fat, stealing oil from it, Your Majesty will not have any hesitation when you raise a butcher's knife. "The Count of Nickles is also an old politician, and it makes sense," the outside world says that our Majesty is an unenterprising wine bag and rice bag, and all of them are deceived by his disguised appearance. ”
"This kind of handwriting is not necessarily from His Majesty's hand, but the old immortal behind him is coming up with ideas. Calvin smiled even more, with an indescribable malice, "It certainly has all the advantages you said about being useless, but there is also one biggest disadvantage, that is, loyalty is far inferior to those of us who have a great family, especially in this kind of stormy time...... The human heart is unpredictable!"
"What the hell are you talking about? Tell me quickly. "Earl Nickles and Earl Calvin are old rivals, they have been fighting for more than twenty years before Viscount Gauld came out.
With Viscount Gauld as a common rival, the relationship between the two eased somewhat, and sometimes even joined forces.
There is no permanent hatred between people like them, only eternal interests.
As long as the interests are in place, it is not difficult to laugh at the grudge, and vice versa.
"Don't you think this is our best chance to eradicate him once and for all?" Count Calvin said in a low voice with the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "Your Excellency is not at all interested in the arsenal and the trade routes of the Chamber of Commerce that he masters?"
"Even if I'm interested, Your Majesty doesn't want to see it, does you?" the one behind His Majesty won't agree!" Count Nickles was still worried about Archduke Christine's reaction.
Although Archduke Christine himself is rotten, the Bryan family behind him is not completely rotten, and there is a university scholar behind him who has taught him since childhood.
The old aristocrats like Calvin and Earl Nickles knew that many of the core policies of the Flower Language Plateau were created by him.
Because of his existence, Archduke Christine has lived a luxurious life of drinking and drinking since he was a child, but the Brian family has never been eaten away by other noble families and replaced by them.
Some people who know the inside story can't help but maliciously wonder if the one behind Archduke Christine deliberately indulged Archduke Christine in order to get the opportunity to control power behind the scenes, and deliberately let him go to a bend.
"Hey, do you really think that the one behind His Majesty is a last resort? If he is really so powerful, he will not be driven out of the Warlock Alliance in the first place, but will become the controller of the Warlock Alliance, he is a typical deficiency compared to the top, more than the bottom, when he heard that the Eternal Night Army leader was going to dig up the Warlock Alliance from the plateau, it is estimated that he was not crazy, not only did not stop it, but provided convenience.
The result?
The Warlock Alliance left the barren mountains and arrived at the Eternal Night Army, where the fish returned to the sea.
In just over a decade, countless scholars have been taught, and the title of scholar is almost rotten.
That old guy's energy has obviously been a little bad in the past few years, especially this time, don't you think his reaction is very slow?
I suspect this old fellow will have to go to the grave soon.
We can use Viscount Gauld as a test to see how the old guy reacts, and it's not too late for us to make the next move. ”
Earl Calvin is very aware of the temperament of his old opponent, and if he does not throw something weighty and tempting, he will definitely not bite the hook easily.