Sure enough, Angela saw Coolford's lonely eyes, and immediately leaned over, kissed him softly on the mouth, and then said affectionately: "No, Clifford." Since I left that day, I have been thinking about you all the time, I have been worried about you, and this time I took the initiative to apply to my father, just to come and see you. Everything else is secondary. ”

It worked. Clifford was overjoyed, stretched out his uninjured hand, wrapped his arms around Angela's neck tightly, pulled her to his lips, and kissed her gently.

Inside the Doge's Palace, Vienna. Pol summoned several of his henchmen and Lincoln to discuss countermeasures, and this time he did not get angry, because he deeply felt that this crisis was very serious, and if he was not careful, he would be convicted of plotting against him.

In any case, the royal system has been in place for thousands of years, and people still have a strong sense of loyalty to the king, plus the old king Frederick VII has been in power for a long time, for more than thirty years.

After being a king for such a long time, no matter how mediocre his ability is, he can still save connections, and many people in the new army still worship the king very much, and the king rewards them with a tattered leather jacket, which can make them cry for a long time.

Therefore, the current royal power is still difficult to challenge, at least with Bol's current strength, it is difficult to challenge, and a foolproof strategy must be found.

"Lord Governor, that kid from Clifford is not dead, I think most of this bad idea was come up with it by him." Lincoln sat closest to Ball and said hatefully. He had always been known for his resourcefulness, but since the advent of Clifford, he seemed to have been like a three-year-old, each time the other side had the upper hand.

Pol shook his head and sighed, "Lincoln, I don't want to discuss that kid right now. He has his blessings, and this time it is his life that he should not die. What I want to know is, what do we do next? If the opponent is convicted of conspiracy, it will not be an easy thing to solve. ”

Lincoln was bored, his face darkened for a moment, and then he regained his senses, stood up, shook his head and analyzed: "Your Excellency, there are only two paths before us now. The first is to simply rebel, fight to the death, and become the king and defeat the king. The second is to surrender the military power and submit to the new policy completely, so as to dispel the king's fears and dispel the rumors that you have bad intentions. ”

Pol was silent, he is fifty years old this year, he has been immersed in officialdom for many years, has experienced several turmoil, and his grasp of the situation can be described as unique, although he is unwilling to accept this fact, but he has to admit that according to the current situation, he really only has the two roads that Lincoln said can go.

The question is which one? Direct rebellion? Pol shook his head, he was not sure, although he said that these seven legions, nearly 100,000 people, were trained by him, and most of the officers were also selected by him, so it can be said that he has a deep relationship with him.

However, he did not forget that he was trained by the will of the old king Frederick VII to train the new army, which was still nominally armed by the royal family, and there were many officers who defected to him not to him to Boer, but to the king behind Boer, they all thought that Boer was the king's spokesman in the army, plus the old king Frederick VII was very good at being a man, and he always gave some rewards to the officers during the New Year's holidays to win people's hearts, and he also promoted cadres by his own will, which led to the old king being very popular in the army. rashly pulled up the brothers to rebel, I am afraid that some people will still not be able to accept it in their hearts.

The second is the containment force of Gates, as Pol's deputy, Gates has been working against Pol since the establishment of the New Army, relying on his prestige and the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, he has attracted many officers.

The officers are not stupid, although they know that Pol and Gates do not deal with each other, but none of them can be offended, most of them are flattered by both sides, they bow when they see Pol, and they also bow when they see Gates, they have a good relationship with Pol, and they often drink with Gates, they are good brothers.

Therefore, if Pol raises the anti-flag and is charged with this great rebellion, then as long as Gates waves his arms, he can attract a large number of people to fight against Bol in the name of counterinsurgency.

Thinking about the affectionate officers who call him brothers and sisters on weekdays and call him a governor, if it really comes to a critical moment, who will risk their whole family to rebel against him, Pol really has no score in his heart.

Therefore, the road of rebellion will not work. Then the rest is the road of taking the initiative to hand over the military power.

Pol is very unwilling, he has an unusual obsession with power, and he knows very well that the core of power is military power, back then, when he first started training, there were only a few thousand people under him, and he trained in a place where birds don't, and his predecessor just left because this place was too hard.

However, Pol is not afraid of hardship, he is ambitious, he has a premonition that the Rhine Kingdom is worried about internal and external troubles, sooner or later there will be turmoil, and in the troubled times, nothing is as important as military power, although there are few thousands of people now, but it is also the first step to grasp the military power by himself, as long as he is willing to work hard, with his own talent, he will be able to train a heroic teacher who looks down on the world.

Seeing that his dream finally came true, he didn't expect it to slip away at his fingertips like this, how could he be willing? Collieford, the old king, the eldest prince, he scolded these people in his heart, and finally accepted the truth helplessly, sighed, and said, "Okay." I chose the second route, but Vienna was the royal capital, and it needed to be protected by heavy troops, so I could not hand over all the military power, but I had to leave the first and second armies, as well as a division of the third army, and the rest could be handed over to the Ministry of War of the country. ”

Pol is not a naïve schoolboy, don't think that a New Deal slogan can coax him into handing over military power, he must leave the ability to protect himself, the first and second armies, and the division of the third legion, are all built by his most primitive team, the most loyal to him, and the strongest combat effectiveness, he believes that as long as he holds these troops in his hands, no matter who wants to move him, he must weigh them, unless they want internal turmoil in the kingdom. Moreover, he gave four and a half of the seven legions to the state, which, no matter how you look at it, is loyal to the state, and all the rumors that attack him for his plot are self-defeating.

High, really high, worthy of the old oilman of the Rhine Kingdom, Lincoln was very much in favor of his decision, stood up and clapped his hands, "Great, Lord Governor." If you do this, you can not only leave the strength to protect yourself, but also make the rumors that attack you self-defeating, which is really a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone. I think the person who wrote the impeachment of us should also pay the price, otherwise, others will think that we are weak and deceitful. ”