The Count of Ice, who left his seat, walked to the throne of Alfonso VI, bowed deeply, and said: "I am terrified that this meeting of the Portuguese Parliament has been convened in the presence of His Majesty the Honourable King, in order to discuss the current crisis, and how the policy of our kingdom will be, and I am very apprehensive about His Majesty's rash transgressions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "For Count Louis, Alfonso VI was still relatively close, he nodded at Count Louis, and didn't know if he understood what he meant, so he still didn't move. It's just that the minister of the palace shouted: "The earl is a loyal and good man of the country, please convene this meeting of the National Assembly in front of Your Majesty, and hope to concentrate on state affairs and live up to Your Majesty's trust." ”

The Count of Louis retreated respectfully, he stood in front of his seat, his eyes scanned over and over again the Portuguese ministers and the elders, who had unfathomable expressions, did not speak for a long time, and finally he knocked lightly on the table and said: "Gentlemen, now my Kingdom of Portugal is facing a difficult juncture unprecedented in a century, before the rise of the hateful Chinese Empire, my Portuguese country is thriving, the whole country is united, colonies are all over the world, and the kingdom has a huge foundation. But now that our kingdom has lost countless colonies, its position in the world is gradually fading, and since its defeat in the great naval and land wars with the Chinese Empire in Asia, the United States, Africa, and Africa have faced an economic recession that has not been seen in almost 200 years, and exports have plummeted, and the form of agricultural production is not optimistic. In particular, after the Chinese Empire forcibly seized all of our African colonies, and then attacked our capital Lisbon, our army paid a heavy price or lost the national capital, and in the face of the powerful Chinese Empire, China's diplomatic relations with European countries became increasingly tense. The kingdom has now reached the most critical juncture, at this time, the outbreak of war in Europe is not good for all European countries, we must stop the war and let our kingdom develop peacefully is the best chance! In Europe, the attention of all countries was focused on the opportunity to unite against the Chinese Empire. Internally, our kingdom will enrich its national strength and develop people's livelihood, and externally, it will unite with other European countries to adjust the economy, improve the kingdom's poor financial situation, develop science and technology, and build a strong army and navy. I hope that you will be able to unanimously decide whether or not to implement this national policy. ”

Count Louis stopped here, his eyes were full of pain, he was also worried in the past two days, there was a strong attack of the Chinese Empire outside, and Prince Pedro's secret seizure of power inside, he was really difficult to calm down, he continued: "But my 100,000 army has suffered an unprecedented defeat in the front and rear battles! This is the greatest shame of my kingdom! Someone has to take responsibility for this fiasco! He nodded to the Minister of Finance and said, "Please explain the current financial situation of the kingdom." ”

The Minister of Finance stood up and immediately reported one statistic after another: "The additional regular and special expenses of the army and navy this year have been completely used, and the above expenses account for more than 50 percent of the current year's financial expenditures. The kingdom now incurs debts and pays more than 10 million dollars a year in interest. This number continues to increase, and there is no expectation of improvement. The country's foreign exchange and gold reserves are less than $50 million. The minimum warning line for the national economy has been maintained, and the debt problem cannot be solved. ”

After the Minister of Finance finished speaking, he sat down, and just said over and over again: "There is no way, only hurry up and make peace to conduct trade with the Chinese Empire nearby and step up economic development, without money, nothing can be accomplished!" There the Count of Louis nodded heavily, he was waiting for his political enemies to strike back, but the silence in the room surprised him, and he looked around to see that Prince Pedro did not mean to say anything. The Count of Louis then called the name of the Minister of Foreign Affairs: "Tell us about the difficulties and diplomatic environment that the kingdom is facing now!" The Minister of Foreign Affairs looked very tired at this time, the recent changes in the diplomatic trend and passivity made him lose the graceful demeanor of the envoys to various countries, he had not slept well for a few days, the black and blue eyes under his eyes were deeply sunken, he stood up straight and looked at Prince Pedro opposite, as if the object he wanted to persuade was him, he said: "The diplomatic form is very bad, and it is also unprecedented difficulty! Didn't the army generals and ministers already agree to the peace plan? Why such a thoughtless operation on the northern front of Lisbon? Not only have tens of thousands of elite Portuguese soldiers been killed, but now all countries believe that our country is the creator of the troubles that provoke the war in Europe, that we do not want to fulfill the contract of secret negotiations between European countries in the European region, do not want to fulfill the sacred obligations of European countries, and are bent on pursuing our own selfish interests to drag other countries into the water! Even for the sake of the long-term goals of the Kingdom of Portugal, for God's sake, I really ask you to win the battle on the battlefield! After losing the lives of tens of thousands of elite troops, and then asking for assistance from other countries here? That's impossible, no country will support us! At present, the most important thing for Europe is to achieve a temporary peace with the powerful Chinese Empire, otherwise they will only force us to discourage the idea of continuing to fight, and may even threaten us militarily and urgently, forcing us to choose peace! If the reckless policy continues, the Kingdom's diplomacy will no longer be able to continue. Portugal will be isolated in Europe! Now it is up to someone to take the responsibility for the last army move to save the image of the kingdom, and then resolutely pursue a policy of peace! His spit was almost three feet away, but Prince Pedro remained motionless and had a mocking smile on his face, so that the foreign ministers who supported the king's faction couldn't help but want to pounce and scuffle with him to relieve their anger, of course, that was impossible, because now Prince Pedro held half of the power of the country, and the king's disability and nest caused the ministers who supported the king to be ostracized, and it is said that the bill for Luis to be promoted to duke was also canceled because of the defeat in Lisbon, The instigators of the removal of Duke Louis were Prince Pedro and his gang of dogs.

The Portuguese Foreign Minister rebuked him angrily for a long time, and finally it was the Count Louis who sat the Foreign Minister down. He looked at the Admiralty and these old guys were sitting there without the slightest intention of speaking, and he scolded the Admiralty in his heart, these guys are always so slippery! I helped them a lot for the cripple of the navy, but they were afraid of Prince Pedro at this time, and they didn't even dare to say a word, how could they say it when they asked for their own appropriation? But they don't come out and forget it, even the speeches of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance have enough weight, Prince Pedro looked at the speeches of Louis and several ministers who supported the king, his face remained unchanged, for the dictatorship of this count of Louis, all the ministers and he have been dissatisfied for a long time, but after Maria Francisca, a distant niece of Louis XIV from France, became the queen, Prince Pedro became her bedmate, Queen Maria's heart naturally did not turn to Alfonso VI, the paralyzed emperor, so Queen Maria became a secret chess piece for Prince Pedro against Alfonso VI.

For Count Louis, in fact, Prince Pedro has long been able to squeeze him out, but due to the threat of the Chinese Empire and the rapid end of the civil war between European countries, especially between Spain and Portugal and Spain and the Netherlands, they have ended the rivalry and tried their best to deal with the Chinese Empire, so in order to avoid the danger of being hated by the Chinese Empire and using the ability of Count Louis to resist the Chinese Empire, Prince Pedro has not moved Count Louis and his supporters. It is undeniable that Prince Pedro knows that this guy Count Luis has enough influence over King Alfonso VI.

Through Queen Maria's message, Prince Pedro knew that King Alfonso VI had promised Count Luis that if the parliamentary session had formed an advantage in them, King Alfonso VI would support Count Luis in making a rare directive to make the policy work in Luis's direction, so that several generals of the army would be replaced. But it doesn't matter, the powerful nobles of the Senate are all on their own side, and he has been putting up with Count Louis for a long time, and this time he wants to clean up this guy who could have become a duke but was stopped by himself from being loyal to King Alfonso VI.

Although he did not have the support of the ruined admirals, Count Louis did not feel discouraged, anyway, the navy has been wiped out by the invincible fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and there is almost no strength, even if he speaks, there is not much weight, and his topic has been supported by the two ministers, and now it seems that everything is going well! He stood there with his hands on the high table and concluded in a deep tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone should be very aware of the situation facing my Kingdom of Portugal now, and what the Kingdom needs at this time is peace as soon as possible!" We must start negotiations as soon as possible! For this, the kingdom can even make limited concessions! The future of the kingdom is long in opposition to the Chinese Empire, but we don't have any advantage right now! We have a worse industrial base than theirs, and we have no advantage at sea, but although the Chinese Empire has a strong deterrent against us, this deterrent is not only against us, but also against all European countries, and if we take a step back, we will have many allies, Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire, Denmark and more than 200 large and small countries will become our allies. After temporarily easing relations with the Chinese Empire, we can make full use of our resources to improve people's livelihood, improve our science and technology, and economy, stir up internal contradictions in the Chinese Empire, and unite to resist the Chinese Empire! This is the only way to save my kingdom! To use an old Chinese saying, the Kingdom of Portugal now needs to be brave enough to reform its form of government. Let our country develop science and technology and economy, and in ten years it will be time for us in Europe to unite and truly defeat the Chinese Empire, regain our colonies and continue to dominate the world! ”

He paused at this time, plucked up the courage to finally say the last words, now that he has offended Prince Pedro and several army generals, in order to maintain his position, he can only offend them to the end, and to sway is to ruin his own political life! He didn't look at the generals of the army and Prince Pedro, but at the few aristocratic senators who were still smiling faintly, and fully expressed their meaning: "Several generals of the army who sent troops without permission must take responsibility for this painful setback. Failure in war, unauthorized action, and disobedience to military orders are intolerable, and it is necessary to give a certain explanation to other countries in the international arena. Personally, I feel that several of the Lords of the Army should have been resigned. Commanders who dispatch troops without authorization are tried martial. After the conclusion of this peace negotiation, the interests of our kingdom in our country have been temporarily reduced, and part of the financial resources occupied by the army can also be transferred to the science and technology department, after all, in the future war with the Chinese Empire, we must have powerful firearms to win. The empire now does not have the capacity to fully develop its army, and keeping the army relatively low and spending on new weapons is also the best way to ensure the stability of the kingdom and win future wars...... Now I ask all the ministers to ask His Majesty the King to make a wise judgment on the policy of the state, and the ministers are not overwhelmed with trepidation. ”

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance stood up and joined Count Louis in a respectful bow to the throne of King Alfonso VI. And several army generals were still sitting there, Prince Pedro was even more indifferent with a sneer, and those noble senators didn't move, which made Count Louis's heart sink, what did these guys do? It was agreed in advance to exchange power for the support of the senators and nobles, but why not support themselves now? This made him can't help but look at the court minister and King Alfonso VI with his spare eyes as he saluted, and now he can count on the court minister and King Alfonso VI's trust in him! Suppressing the army generals, the senators, and Prince Pedro in the parliamentary meeting depends on whether he succeeds or fails! Alfonso VI was disabled and had some symptoms of epilepsy, but as long as he said "I will allow you to wait for the proposal or something", it was a big deal!

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