Chapter 974: Behind the Scenes
This kind of character is called stable when it is good, and timid when it is ugly.
Most of the military power of the Brian family is in his hands, which is really a waste, if it were replaced by himself, he would have done a lot of drastic work.
However, the families from which the two were born were reversed, and they could only accept their identities that had been destined since birth.
"What kind of temptation? You don't want to do anything to the revolutionary?" Sure enough, after listening to the other party's analysis, Count Nickles was moved.
If the one behind Archduke Christine is no longer able to advise him, she, Count Nikelos, and the family behind him will be the most powerful existence in the Flower Language Plateau, and Archduke Christine will have to rely on them even more at that time.
Or they simply replace the scholar and become the family behind Grand Duke Christine.
Just thinking about it makes people feel excited.
"It's not a trick, but there are hands and feet inside, hey, this viscount has a close relationship with the Eternal Night Commander, words and deeds, many places have great similarities with the revolutionary party, the position itself is a little vacillating, in the past, it may be to please both sides, and benefit from both sides, once the war breaks out, it will be a big problem to do this, as long as he is confirmed to be suspected of defecting to the Eternal Night Army, even if His Majesty wants to protect him, he can't protect him. Calvin's feminine words and appearance were extremely inconsistent with his tall stature.
"You're as bad as ever, but I like it this time. Count Nickles laughed and said, "This matter, count me in, after success, the interests will be equally divided, the arsenal will belong to me, and the caravan will belong to you, how about it?"
"Good. Earl Calvin readily agreed.
The two who reached an agreement couldn't help but look at each other and laugh, as if Viscount Gauld had become meat on their plate, waiting for their share of the food.
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Archduke Christine, citing physical fatigue as an excuse, expelled three of his important ministers from his castle and palace.
After they left, they did not fall asleep, but turned to the back of the palace as soon as possible.
There is also a small room-within-a-room, and although the space here is not large, the decoration is no less luxurious than that of the palace of the Grand Duke Christine himself.
The most important thing is that it is difficult to detect the existence of this small room from the outside, but from the small room, the situation outside can be seen at a glance, and all the conversations can be clearly transmitted into it.
When the door of the room within the room was pushed open, a strong smell of medicinal herbs came out, and the strong smell of wine in the palace could not be completely suppressed.
"Ahem......" An uncontrollable low cough came out of the room within the room.
Grand Duke Christine said with a respectful look on his face: "Teacher, there is nothing wrong with your body, right? I have already said that I can handle these small things by myself, and what you need to do now is to recuperate with peace of mind." ”
"I'm sick of the old age, and I'll be dead for a while, cough cough...... But what you are discussing now is related to the life and death of the Brian family, the first king entrusted you to me, and I must not cough it up at the last moment...... I have failed to live up to the expectations of my ancestors. ”
As the door of the room-within-a-room opened, an old man appeared in front of Archduke Christine.
This person uses the actual situation to explain what it means to be a civil engineer.
His complexion is dull and flabby, his age spots are dense, he moves slowly and laboriously, and even his voice is dragged long, long.
This person's name is Adunia, and he is not too well-known in the outside world, including the ordinary people of the Flower Language Plateau.
But in the aristocratic class of the Huayu Plateau, he is like an old immortal shadow, entangled everyone.
He was not only a teacher to Archduke Christine, but also to his father, having served the Brian family for almost a century.
"It's the incompetence of the students that makes the teacher so old and still suffers. Christine's remorse was absolutely sincere.
"Between you and me, there is no need to say so many extraneous words. Adonia waved his hand and said, "Seriously, it's still my dereliction of duty, I didn't predict in advance the rise speed of the new force of the Eternal Night Army, and underestimated their ambitions, so that Your Majesty and the Brian family were reduced to the embarrassing situation of internal and external troubles in front of them." ”
"Teacher, don't blame yourself for the responsibility that you shouldn't bear, the rise of the Eternal Night Army Leader is not only beyond the teacher's expectations, but also beyond everyone's expectations, even His Excellency St. George, who is known as the spokesman of the God of Truth in the world, is not the same as suffering one after another in front of the Eternal Night Army Leader, it is said that even the Angel Legion has been recruited, and it will also have to suffer defeat. Grand Duke Christine comforted.
In front of his own teacher, he put down all pretenses.
He paid far more attention to the Eternal Night Commander than he did in front of his three important ministers.
Regardless of his ability to govern the territory, he is definitely an excellent actor in terms of acting.
"A thing, every time it passes through the mouth of a person, it will change a point, whether it is the Holy See, or the situation on the side of the Eternal Night Army, what we get is the news that has passed through countless hands, which has been seriously distorted, and many people even have consciously let us see and hear. ”
Adunia was so old that even if he published a tirade, he would have to breathe for a while, "External troubles are terrible, but internal troubles are the key to the destruction of a long-established kingdom family." ”
"Teacher, do you mean those revolutionary parties?" said Archduke Christine hurriedly, "Teacher, don't worry, I have asked Count Nickles to settle this matter, they are just a bunch of rebels, they just need to let them see blood, and they will naturally be honest." ”
"It's different, it's different this time. Adonia shook his head and said, "The revolutionary party is far different from the mountain bandits of the past. ”
"How is it different?" said Archduke Christine, puzzled.
"Recently, I have carefully studied the books and manifestos of the revolutionary party that you have collected, and these things have given them something different, the bandits, no matter how loud they make a fuss, in essence, it is just for their survival.
In order to survive, they turned from people to bandits.
In the same way, in order to survive, they will also change from bandits to people.
As long as they can survive, they have no fixed purpose.
The revolutionary parties are different, not only for survival, but also for an ideal state of life, for which they can give up everything and wrap their lives, and they will not compromise easily.
Your approach, which may seem useful in the short term, will not actually solve any problem, but will further exacerbate the conflict.
Because the fundamental reasons for the emergence of the revolutionary party still exist.
The exploitative rule of the vassal lords everywhere.
This is the foundation of our rule, and once it is shaken, it will not only be the revolutionaries who will rebel against us, but also those vassal lords will go to our opposite, which will only lead to the destruction of the Brian family at a faster rate. ”
It is not an accident that Adonia was able to become the teacher of two generations of the Grand Duke of the Brian family, but because he has a real talent and learning, at least in the understanding of many things, far above ordinary people.
The knowledge of the revolutionary party far exceeds that of Archduke Christine and his important ministers.
Although the Grand Duke Christine believed in his teacher, he could not help but question his words: "According to the teacher, isn't this revolutionary party unsolvable? So far, they have only done the practice of banditry, and I really do not see anything unique about them." ”
"Thought! Their power lies in thought! The weapon of thought is invisible and intangible, just like the faith of the Holy See, which can blind many people's actions, and they can not hesitate to betray their lord and their hometown for the sake of faith. ”
Adonia made a very simple analogy, "In normal times, many internal problems can be forcibly suppressed, but once the war enters and the troops are mobilized, these problems will be exposed in broad daylight."
What was originally a minor injury turned into a serious injury, and a serious injury turned into a fatal one.
This was true of the revolutionary parties, as well as of the local aristocracy vy for power.
Your Majesty, you have to prepare early, if I can't wake up tomorrow and something happens, who should Your Majesty discuss with you?"
Archduke Christine had an irrepressible panic on his face, knelt down in front of Adunia's bed, and said emotionally: "No, the teacher will not die, I can't live without the teacher." ”
"I know that my own body has been able to drag on until now, completely supported by drugs, but drugs also have limits, I have clearly felt that many drugs no longer have an effect on me, now I am more and more asleep, less and less time when I am awake, many times, I can't tell whether I am in a dream or in reality. ”
Adonia gently patted Archduke Christine on the shoulder and said, "I know that for a long time, you have a grudge against me, thinking that I am controlling your life, the Brian family, and even the ...... of the Flower Language Plateau."
"No, I never thought of it that way......" Archduke Christine choked and shook his head.
"There is no denying it. Adonia sighed and said, "My mind is still clear, and you grew up with me, many things can't be hidden from me, whether you have misunderstood me or not, but there are some things that must be explained clearly while I am still sober."
I can't help you this time, and help the Brian family through this time.
Even if I hadn't fallen ill, I wouldn't have been able to do anything about it.
The Eternal Night Lords are unlike any other enemy we've faced before, and their strength is not just due to their own force and financial resources, but to the system.
I have never seen a system that has such cohesion and can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the people.
It has been more than 20 years since he was established, and he is still monolithic from top to bottom, and water cannot be splashed.
If they are still living in the Andes crater, it can be explained by a single racial advantage.
Now that they have come out of the mountains and integrated into multiple races, they are still difficult to penetrate, so it is not a terrible sentence to describe it.
It's a huge variable that I haven't been able to see through for more than a decade......"
Adonia is desperately pessimistic about the war between the Plateau of Flowers and the Eternal Night.
Due to the Warlock Alliance, Adonia paid more attention to the Eternal Night Warlords than all the Flower Whispering Highlanders, not only secretly gathering information about them, but also analyzing the reasons for their growth.
The more you understand the greater the awe, and the more you have despair that others don't have.
"Why have you never heard the teacher talk about this matter?" Grand Duke Christine was surprised, but also puzzled, since his teacher had already recognized the threat of the Eternal Night Army Leader a long time ago, why had he never been seen to make arrangements in this regard?
Adonia closed her eyes for a long time before she said, "What's the use of saying it? As I have just said, the real horror of the other side is their system, and there is nothing you and I can do about it. ”
"We also have a geographical advantage, the transverse fault of the plateau will keep their army out. ”
"On the plateau, there are too many people with the same mentality as Your Majesty, you have placed too much hope on the geographical advantage of the Hengduan Mountains, once this natural line of defense is captured by the enemy, it will cause great chaos within us, has Your Majesty ever thought about it? If the army led by the Eternal Night Army suddenly jumps over the Hengduan Mountains and appears inside the Huayu Plateau, what will happen inside the plateau? What are you preparing to deal with it?" Adonia asked a series of bold hypothetical rhetorical questions.
"We are going to use the method of clearing the wilderness to drag them down alive. Archduke Christine's face was a little pale when questioned, and when he answered, his confidence was obviously a little lacking.
"The fortified wall is built on the premise that the castle of the key city you defend can withstand the enemy's onslaught, if your defense line can't hold out for even half a week under the opponent's attack, isn't your so-called fortified wall clearing, isn't it a joke?" Adunia poured a basin of cold water from the top of the mountain on Archduke Christine.
"Impossible, the situation that the teacher said is impossible, we are waiting for work, the climate of the plateau is different from the plain, many people will be extremely uncomfortable when they come here, let alone fierce battles, we will drag on the war for a year and a half, it is not a difficult thing, and finally the Eternal Night Army will know the difficulty and retreat. "Archduke Christine was not so much a rebuttal to Adunia as a consolation to himself.
"I don't know if other territories will be fully prepared before they act, according to my understanding of the Eternal Night Army, they will definitely consider all aspects before sending troops, especially when they have been peeping at us for a long time, those natural dangers placed in the open place are likely to be unavailable, and the artillery of the Eternal Night Army Leader is the deadly nemesis of the castle fortress, if the enemy will have hundreds of artillery, you will put it in front of the castle, bombarding indiscriminately, do you think your strongest castle can hold on for a few days?" Adonia tore apart the last bit of luck of Archduke Christine.