When Durin and the girl went out on a date in the afternoon, Maggs was not idle, and he chatted with a few old friends about Durin.

"Are you sure you'll be able to get him in the direction you want?", Barr, sitting on an art couch, yawned, his sudden exhaustion made him a little sleepy, and then explained a little, complaining in passing that his personal time was disturbed, "I should have been taking a nap at this time......"

Maggs smiled and didn't speak, he and Barr have been friends for many years, they have known each other since they were only a teenager, and the relationship has been good for so many years, which is a very rare thing.

The friendship between the nobles has never had an expiration date, and two families who have been at war for several generations may choose to go to war because of some distribution of interests, or two families that have been hostile for a long time may become new partners because of some aspect of fornication. There are very few nobles like Magus and Barr who have maintained their friendship for decades and are still very good.

Profit is the main theme in aristocratic society, friendship is not.

There were two other people in the room, one in his fifties and the other in his sixties, both of whom were considered to be the same age of Mags, and they were basically nobles born in the same era, and they also looked at Mags at this time.

Introducing Durin into the circle of the nobility is something that Mags has been working, although he doesn't want to admit it, it is undeniable that Durin is indeed very good as a young man, the key is that he did not have any resources in the first place, and he was truly self-made. Regardless of whether he used glorious means in the process or not, at least he is up now, and if he is given more resources at the beginning, is it possible for him to do better?

It's clear that Doolin is a young man who is very good at seizing opportunities and taking advantage of them.

On top of this, he also has this great ambition as his driving force.

As early as seven or eight months ago, after Durin rejected Mags's offer to introduce him to the nobility, Mags's first thought was to find Dürin's fatal weakness and hang him on the execution table. Once the current leadership of the Empire that can control the situation, the politicians who are truly loyal to the Empire grow old and die, there are not many successors in the new generation who can confront Durin head-on.

Durin's climate has begun to take shape, and if he is allowed to continue to develop for twenty or thirty years, when they all die of old age, those people may not be able to suppress Durin's ambitions.

The reason why he doesn't dare to move now, he actually knows very well that he is still too young and weak in the face of this empire, and showing his ambition and desire indiscriminately will only make him quit early.

But when he became stronger, when he was in his forties and fifties, and had more powerful and unshakable power, he might really be able to do something that shocked the world, whether it was to silently turn the empire into a toy in the palm of his hand, or to gain power through more brutal means, it was possible.

So Maggs made a plan at that time, and when the general election began, he would take down Durin and not give him a chance to turn over. He doesn't leave a huge hidden danger to the successor of the empire and then create some stupid plan like leaving the problem to future generations to solve and test their qualifications, which is not what a good politician should do.

Any danger should be nip in the bud that can be controlled, and leaving the trouble to future generations is actually a sign of incompetence, because they can't do it themselves, and they have to excuse themselves, of course, this is definitely not an allusion to anyone, after all, the world has entered a great new era.

Maggs has a very pertinent assessment of Durin, and if this bastard is willing to play by the rules of the game, he will become the leader of the new generation, as long as he is dedicated to the strength of the empire, there may not be a day when he will not master the scepter. But if this bastard is all for his own selfish desires, then to hell with him!

Duhring's timely change was also unexpected by Maggs, who had expected Doolin to realize what the problem was until the general election, but he did not expect that he would find out about these problems at least a year in advance and then change his position.

This also shows that Doolin is excellent, and he has a very keen sense of danger.

At this time, Maggs was here to discuss with a few old friends, that is, whether to pull Durin into the aristocratic circle, if they did not agree, Durin's plan would be over, and only when they all agreed, Durin could really cross that threshold.

He thought for a moment, then said, "It shouldn't be a problem for me to live another ten years, and as long as Durin doesn't do anything detrimental to the interests of the empire during this ten years, he will soon be assimilated by us." Of course, we also need to make some changes in policy to make him recognize us. ”

"There are not many young people in this group who can surpass Doolin in political and personal ability, and we also need to consider another situation, without Doolin's existence, will our successors be able to ensure the security of the empire and the security of the current system like we do?"

Mags's words are indeed very profound, there are too many outstanding representatives of the Shining Star Empire in their generation, and it is precisely because of their existence that the national strength of the Shining Star Empire continues to increase, and its status in the international arena continues to rise. What will happen to the empire once this group of arguably the most elite rulers of a hundred or two hundred years dies, and the successors are not good enough to even defend Chengdu?

We can't be optimistic about the future because of the current situation, the international situation is constantly changing, everyone must maintain a respectful attitude towards the empire today, and there may be people who want to challenge the authority of the empire tomorrow.

Coupled with a federation by their side, this group of small merchants will not die in the heart of our empire, and once they find an opportunity, they will definitely not be merciful. At that time, if the empire does not have three or five powerful enough people to suppress the situation, the situation will become very dangerous.

They have been glorious all their lives, and they must always leave a guarantee for future generations and the future.

Of course, this is not to say that it is completely impossible without Durin, and in the past so many years, without Duhrin every period has not been the same, but people always want to pursue the best, and Doolin is a person with great potential. No one can ignore his development process from scratch in just ten years, he was only a half-old teenager when he entered the city from the countryside that year, and now he has developed to the peak of personal power, if such a person is given a bigger stage, he will definitely be able to have greater achievements.

Barr said something very disappointing at this point, "What if you die?"

Maggs smiled dumbly, "There is no one to look after this country and those young successors forever, even God will die, let alone us." As for what the world will become after we die, it doesn't really matter much to us. We gave them the best foundation, but they couldn't grasp it, even if one day the country was destroyed, it was they who deserved it. ”

What about the Guert Dynasty, which was so powerful that the whole world trembled? The first king led the ten heroes to sweep the entire northern continent under the glory of the gods, no one could resist the edge of the Gualts, countless temples would be burned, countless alien races were enslaved, the first king and the ten heroes laid the best start for the Gualt dynasty, they had done their best, but what could the successor do if he didn't work hard?

Just like the Ogdins, they had a nightmare start, but they won, they gained freedom from the Gualts, and then step by step they almost unified the entire continent, of course, in the history books, the Ogdins unified the entire continent, all the effects including the alliance at the time expressed submission, and some small countries also accepted the canonization of the royal family.

But now, so what?

"The times will always move forward again, there will be no turning back, we can only do the best of the present, as for the future, it is their business!"

The other three thought about it for a long time, and then gave an agreeing reply, Durin was indeed the most potential but also the most dangerous young man, and Mags was confident that he could turn him around and turn him from a dangerous person to a person who would be a danger to the Empire in the future, so there was no need for them to dwell on this issue.

Maggs was able to do it, whether Durin was suitable, and how to test the final result, that was a matter for those later. They left behind the strongest shields, but it would not be their fault if these men turned their shields into the sharpest spears to kill themselves.

There is nothing in this world that has never had great benefits without risks.

With such a foundation, Durin can be regarded as passing an invisible "exam", perhaps he has a guess before choosing to use Mags's side as a breakthrough.

In fact, it is like a farce, the official propaganda of the empire is that the fate of the country is in the hands of every citizen, but sometimes the truth is always so unexpected, the fate of the empire is always in the hands of a very small number of people, how can such a thing as power be controlled by ignorant civilians?

When Maggs returned home in the evening, Durin had been waiting for him for a while, and Durin was chatting with Mags's wife about his cooking experience, and it could be seen that Mags's wife was very attentive, and she was holding a small notebook to record some of the top secret recipes that Durin said, as if she was going to use these things in practice.

He glanced at Durin with some headaches, who knows if his wife would make some horrible food for him to eat out of those unreliable things, he loved his wife so much that it was almost impossible to refuse to taste the elaborate little snacks, it was an absolute disaster!

He coughed lightly, "Follow me, let's talk for a while." Then he walked quickly to the study.