Chapter 489: Children's Education
In the afternoon, the minutes of today's meeting were ready and sent by Charles to Elizabeth.
When Charles delivered the documents to Elizabeth's office, Chief of Staff Dixon was also there, and it appeared that the two were discussing things.
Charles saluted like a regular soldier and handed the papers to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth carefully read the papers, and then asked Charles, who was standing aside, "What can you do in such a situation?" ”
Dixon sat on the sidelines and watched the interaction between the master and apprentice with a smile, and at the same time had a little expectation for Charles's answer.
After Elizabeth returned, Dixon discussed the "Charles Express" operation with her, and was surprised to learn that the operation was not commissioned by Elizabeth or Victoria, but by Charles himself.
Charles had thought about this question before, so he replied: "Since the enemy is in the midst of a political struggle, I think our next policy should be three parts military and seven parts political. ”
"The so-called seven-point politics is to provoke as much as possible the contradictions between the enemy's military strongholds and the settlements of the local aristocracy, and as the case may be, to provoke contradictions between the middle and high-level of the two sides. ”
"Our next military operations should serve the political struggle, such as conducting large-scale targeted operations against enemy officers, in order to free up space for the enemy local nobles to have the opportunity to install personnel. ”
When Charles was finished, Dixon smiled and nodded at him.
Elizabeth frowned slightly, then took out a few tickets from the drawer, pulled one out of it and handed it to Charles.
At the same time, she said in a tone of dissatisfaction: "I barely passed the test, so I'll give you one, and use it when you have a vacation." ”
After Charles took the pro-army voucher from the Osmanthus City Double Support Office, Elizabeth motioned for him to leave.
When Charles left, Elizabeth had a satisfied smile on her face.
Dixon smiled at her and said, "Since you are satisfied with his answer, why don't you tell him clearly?"
Elizabeth sighed and said, "He's been going so well lately, he should be given a little setback." If you spoil him too much, you'll spoil him. ”
Then Elizabeth found Dixon smiling there, apparently daunted.
Elizabeth asked, "What are you laughing at?"
A smile suddenly bloomed on Dixon's face, and he knocked on the table and said, "I heard Her Majesty say such things a long time ago, when you were only the height of this desk. ”
His face quickly changed back to his usual appearance, and he said, "Charles reminds me of a little friend from two hundred years ago, and that child can be said to be born with talent. ”
He succeeded to the throne at the age of six, killed his uncle who killed his father and regent with snake venom at the age of eight, began to personally lead troops to quell several rebellious nobles at home at the age of eleven, and at the age of fifteen he repelled the invading armies of neighboring countries and seized large tracts of the enemy's land. ”
"At that time, we judged that it was very likely that he would unify the South when he grew up, and it was not impossible to unify even the human kingdom. ”
As a result, before the age of eighteen he became arrogant and indulged in sensuality, and at the end at the age of twenty-four he died in the belly of a woman, leaving behind almost ten young children. ”
"In the end, the country fell apart in the struggle for power among the families of the children's mothers, and was divided among its neighbors. ”
Elizabeth's face turned serious, and she said, "Are you afraid that Charles will go down the same path?"
Dixon nodded and said, "Human children grow up too fast compared to us elves, and we elves have enough time to discover the problems exposed by children in their growth, but human children often grow up before the problems are exposed, and then it's too late." ”
Elizabeth nodded thoughtfully.
Dixon continued: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't take care of the royal family's family affairs, but I can't bear to see a genius like Charles go down the wrong path in the future, so I'll just rely on the old man to nag a few words." ”
"Please don't say that. Elizabeth hurriedly said, "We agree on your wisdom and faithfulness, and if you are not qualified, then no one is qualified." ”
Elizabeth was not polite, Dixon was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and if Elizabeth ascended the throne before he retired, he would be a veteran of the Four Dynasties, which belonged to the old seniority.
Dixon slowed down and said, "The easiest thing to lead young people astray is wine and wealth, and if these four desires are not controlled, people can easily become captives of desires." ”
"Not to mention the wealth, his family is so rich, he must have his own training methods. ”
Elizabeth nodded, Charles's family has indeed done a good job in financial training, which can be seen from Charles's recent investments.
Dixon added, "Lust...... He was still young, and it was only later that I could see what kind of person he was. ”
"It's this wine and harmony, you can't touch him with watching him from the sidelines, but you can't watch him for a lifetime, right?"
Then Elizabeth began to ponder.
Dixon continued, "Aren't the members of the royal family going to go out of the Elven Tree Sea to experience it when they reach adulthood...... I think Charles could have been a little bit earlier. ”
At the end of his sentence, Elizabeth understood what he meant.
Victoria had been working as an adventurer when she was a princess, and Elizabeth had gone out and formed a caravan on her own, which was a means for the king to examine his successor and see how his successor would behave without restraint.
And what Dixon means is to let Charles himself go to the outside world to let himself go and see how he performs in the near future.
Elizabeth said: "I have this plan, my plan is to teach him for the next two years, and then let him go out to practice, and take revenge by the way." ”
Dixon said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about his revenge, with my understanding of Charles, as long as he finds the enemy, it will only be a cigar to solve the other party." ”
In Elizabeth's disbelieving gaze, Dixon took a piece of parchment and quill from the table, and wrote a few lines of parchment on the parchment without Elizabeth seeing what she was writing, and finally rolled up the parchment and sealed it with a bunch of magic and magic.
Dixon placed the parchment roll in front of Elizabeth and said, "Let's make a bet, if things don't go as I guessed, I'll treat you to whatever you want to eat at any restaurant in Greentown." ”
Elizabeth picked up the parchment roll, frowned and thought for a moment, then placed it in the bottom drawer of her desk.
Then she said, "In that case, my plans will have to be adjusted." ”
Dixon said: "You can put a burden on him, but don't help him, and don't crush him." ”
Elizabeth nodded, "I'll grasp this degree, and I'll just try his heart." ”
"I'm going to do my best to teach him for the next year, and next year when he's 12 years old I'll let him go out and practice. ”
Dixon said: "I agree with the 'three points military, seven points political' policy that Charles just proposed, which can cause internal friction among the enemy and reduce the pressure on our side." I will arrange for the General Staff to work out a plan as soon as possible. ”
He didn't say the next thing, but in this way, Elizabeth would have less work to do, so that she could focus more on the cultivation of Charles.
Elizabeth and Dixon then discussed for several hours the direction of the next move in the Southern Theater of Operations, and it was not until dinner began that the general direction was set.
After all, Charles was still too tender, and he thought that the decapitation of enemy officers would naturally free up places for local nobles.
In fact, if it was so easy to scatter sand in the army, the local nobles would have done so a long time ago.
And the biggest problem with this plan is what if Jenny comes back tomorrow.
In order to achieve the goal of planting pig teammates in the enemy's army to reduce combat effectiveness, it is necessary to use a lot of resources outside the battlefield to cooperate.