The old king Frederick VII was very satisfied with Gates's attitude, motioned for him to stand up, and said: "Gates, the country is now in a period of crisis. You are my son's retainer, loyal and capable, and I need someone like you to help me stabilize the situation, and you must not live up to the expectations of me and the eldest prince." With that, he gently patted him on the shoulder a few more times.

Gates was inexplicably moved, put his right hand on his chest, bowed suddenly, and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely take care of the army for you and the eldest prince, and not let it fall into the wrong hands." ”

"Good, good. With your words, I am relieved. The old king Frederick VII smiled slightly, then turned his eyes to look at the eldest prince, and said, "The eldest prince, this good idea was all thought up by Clifford. This person is very strategic, not simple, you have to win him over well, it will be of great use to you in the future. ”

The eldest prince already knew that the king wanted to pass the throne to him, and he was grateful to his father, and bowed his head and said, "Got it, father." I have sent him a gentle and lovely maid. ”

"How is a maid enough? You have to associate with him a lot, and it's better to invite him to sit with you more often, and you have to build a relationship with him. Although Clifford no fiefdom, he is not a person who lacks women. The old king, Frederick VII, was very dissatisfied with the eldest son's behavior, and reprimanded him with a straight face.

"Yes, yes. Father, I see. The eldest prince hurriedly bowed his head and replied, thinking in his heart that I was a dignified prince, and it was already a favor to send him a maid, how could I still deign to go to him, didn't he say that he wanted to come to thank me? When he comes, I'll see how he performs and I'll decide what to do next.

This son always makes him have an inexhaustible heart, the old king Frederick VII is eager to clear all the obstacles of the king to him, but he can't ask himself, he can only tell him all his experience, this may be a little common problem of the old king, always afraid that his son will miss a little bit of learning and cause trouble, and said bitterly: "Bol refuses to hand over the army, what do you think should be done in the current situation?" ”

Without waiting for the eldest prince to speak, Gates stood up first to express his loyalty, and said, "I will force him to hand it over." Your Majesty the King may rest assured. ”

The old king Frederick VII looked at the bewildered expression of the eldest prince, and sighed secretly in his heart, the transfer of military power is not a matter of one or two sentences, and if you don't get it right, it will be a big mess, patted his son on the shoulder, and said seriously: "To be honest, I haven't thought of a good way now." But we can't think of it, maybe others can figure it out, as a prince, a future king, you must be good at using the wisdom of others, such as Clifford. Since he has provided us with this plan, he must have prepared for this situation, otherwise the laws of the kingdom would not spare him. ”

The eldest prince's eyes lit up, and his heart instantly had a direction, and he found a place to exert his strength, and nodded heavily: "I know, father." I'll ask Clifford. ”

The old king Frederick VII poured himself a glass of wine, shook it in front of his eyes, tasted it slowly, and said lightly: "Now the kingdom is in an extraordinary period, and many people are trying to find ways to snatch our power. As a royal family, you must hold on to power tightly, a king without power is not as good as a farmer, at least, people are free. Clifford is a man who can help us hold power, such a person you must spend your time trying to win him over, it is not enough to give a house and a maid, at any cost. ”

"I see, Father. I'm sure I'll be happy with Clifford. The eldest prince nodded heavily.

"Alright, you can go back. Gates, you must take care of the army, I wait for your good news. The old king Frederick VII put down his glass, stared at Gates faintly, his eyes were full of expectation, and he smiled slightly.

Gates nodded heavily, the struggle between him and Pol was not a day or two, he already had a plan in his heart, and said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty." Gates won't let you down. ”

In the Vienna Doge's Palace, Pol ate several apples in one go, sat heavily on the sofa, panting, and the servants next to him stood with their hands down, so frightened that they did not dare to come out, because everyone knew that this was a precursor to the Governor's temper.

Sure enough, after a while, Pol saw that no one was paying attention to him, and slammed the leftover apple cores on the table, scolding, "What are you doing in a daze? Go on, Lincoln, get it for me. Lincoln was his chief strategist, and he was very helpful to Pol, who was willing to consult him whenever he encountered any difficult problems.

A short time later, Lincoln came, a tall and thin man with a thin goatee hanging from the corner of his mouth, and when he saw Pol, he bowed respectfully to him, and said, "Your Excellency, what is the matter with such a fire?" ”

Although Pol was angry, he was very polite to Lincoln, stood up and gave him a seat, and said, "Isn't it because of today's royal meeting?" The old king is going to make a move on me, and wants to take away my military power. ”

Lincoln was very familiar with Pol, so he was not polite to him, sat down in his seat, picked up an apple and ate two bites, and said, "I heard about this." The king's calculation was loud, he was paving the way for the eldest prince. ”

Pol looked up at the ceiling and sighed faintly, "It seems that the future throne belongs to the eldest prince." The second prince is hopeless. What are we going to do? ”

Lincoln chewed the apple, leaned back on the couch, crossed Erlang's legs, and said, "Not bad." The second prince's efforts over the years seem to have been in vain. We can't switch to the Great Prince now, they won't believe it. For now, we can only rely on ourselves. ”

"What are we going to do?" Pol was a little anxious, he had a deep grudge with the eldest prince over the years, and if the eldest prince ascended the throne in the end, he would definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Lincoln smiled slightly, and said a little mysteriously: "The old king's original intention was to use the other powers of the cabinet and the guarantee of judicial independence to exchange military and financial power with the governors. If they can come up with such a poisonous solution, why can't we use it? ”

"You mean we can use this opportunity to get a cabinet position and the independence of the judiciary without having to surrender military power?" Pol's eyes rolled, yes, don't blame me for being unrighteous if you're unkind, since you came up with such a way to cure me, then why don't I fight back? But after thinking about it, it felt that things were not so easy, and asked Lincoln, "But can this work?" The king would certainly not agree. ”