"I see...... Did they deliberately announce this news just to occupy that alien plane?" In the various towns of the Dream Country, many foreign characters like Greer were originally interested in why the Dream Land openly announced that they had discovered the Xenoplane, but now after hearing what Rabail said on the public screen, they have solved their doubts.

It turned out to be to establish the kingdom's right of first refusal to occupy that heteroplane!

In the café, three of Greer's subordinates turned their heads to look at him with inquiring expressions.

"Major, here in the Nederles, is there really a plane passage to the Alternate Plane?"

"I don't know about that. However, the Dream Nation would not release such false information on such an occasion for the entire public, so the news is mostly true. Greer frowned: "Needles has existed for so many years, it is impossible for the empire not to investigate it, the existence of the alien plane, I am afraid that the upper echelons of the empire are aware of it, and should have a good understanding of the detailed information of the alien plane." If all the news released by the Dream Realm is true, it is understandable that the Empire did not occupy the alien plane with the problematic environment. The dimensional environment over there is probably even more dangerous and harsh for normal beings than the environment of Niddleles before it was improved by the Dream Realm. ”

"But now, this country seems to have developed a solution to the problem of magical particle pollution?, which is what they call the [Demon Spirit Factor] program!" One of his subordinates furrowed his eyebrows and said his thoughts: "This information should not be false, so it means that this country does have the ability to occupy and develop that alien plane...... The size of the space and the resources of the plane should be very rich, so it is worth the kingdom to publicize the right to occupy it with great fanfare. But will the Empire, and the other powers, allow this kingdom to smoothly take possession of that Alien Plane?"

"Even if you ask me, I can't give me an answer right now. Greer glared at the subordinate: "And we don't need to convey these news, the top of the empire will know it as soon as possible." I remember that the empire purchased a lot of crystallized displays from the fantasy country, and there were people within the empire who were always staring at these crystalline displays, so that they could learn about the official media information released by this country for the first time. Perhaps the news we have learned now is also known to His Majesty the Emperor, who is thousands of miles away. ”

"So, the issues you mentioned will naturally be considered by the top echelons of the empire, and that is not the level at which our will can interfere. Instead of thinking so much, think more about how to accomplish the task at hand. ”

Greer guessed correctly.

In the territory of the Duragon Empire, in the depths of the Imperial Palace, more than 10,000 miles away from Chixuan City, His Majesty Will Jade Alduin XVI, the Emperor of the Contemporary Empire, was putting down the administrative affairs that should be tried on weekdays, and looked at the crystallized display screen with a width of more than two meters that was hung by a stand in the open space in front of the desk with a somewhat surprised face.

[Therefore, according to the "Convention on the Exploration of Heterogeneous Planes" formulated by various forces, our country still has the right of priority to develop and occupy the heterogeneous planes......]

Emperor Will tapped his fingers on the table, his eyes flickered, and after a moment, he said aloud, "What do you think?"

The object of his questioning was the staff officials who were sitting on both sides of the main hall at the moment, who were in charge of assisting the emperor in handling tedious chores. At the same time, it is also meant to ask the other two powerful Grand Dukes in the empire what they think about this matter.

On both sides of the crystallized display, there is a circle of light in the shape of a round mirror floating in the air, and the inside of the aperture is like a reflection of the surface of the water, showing a faint image of two men wearing aristocratic costumes with somewhat old faces.

One of them is the current Grand Duke of the Orlan family, whose fief is located in the western part of the Duragon Empire and is barely as large as the Niderlais. The other is the current Grand Duke of the Dresa family, whose fiefdom is located in the southeast, next to the Hengduan Mountains that separate the eastern and western continents, and whose territory borders a small part of the border with the Niderles.

The Grand Duke of Oran looked like a sixty-year-old man with a somewhat bloated figure, his blonde hair was already a little thin, and after hearing Emperor Will's inquiry, his fat face shook slightly, and he grinned softly with squinting his eyes, which could barely see the pupils.

"Well...... After all, the Dream Nation is an ally of our empire, and the two sides have an alliance of mutual assistance, so I think it will take a moment to wait and see what happens?"

"Hmph, so you want to watch them eat the big cake of the magic plane?" Archduke Dressa, who was stout, with a face carved out of rock with a sense of heaviness, a beard on his chin that looked very hard, and a slender scar on his forehead, immediately raised his thick eyebrows, snorted angrily at Grand Duke Orlan to express his dissatisfaction, and then looked at Emperor Will.

"Your Majesty, I think we should protest to the Dream Realm about this!The Nederles was originally a territory that belonged to the Empire, and the Magical Energy Plane Link Passage there had already been discovered by the Empire, so the Empire should naturally hold a share of its ownership!"

"But...... Now that the Nedles belong to the Dream Realm, isn't it? if the Empire wants to take back what has been traded, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. The Duke of Orlan said softly.

Grand Duke Dresa slapped the table with annoyance on his face in the visual communication screen: "So I have long opposed the Empire's deal with the so-called 'Dream Lord', and I shouldn't have agreed to give away the territory in the first place! Otherwise, the other party would not have discovered the magic energy plane so quickly, and it would not have led to the other party preemptively issuing a declaration of occupation sovereignty now!"

Listening to a few words from the two Grand Dukes, the decision of the Dream Realm Trading Alliance that he had decided at the beginning was gradually labeled as 'wrong', Emperor Wei lowered his eyelids and said with a smile: "Yu is asking what you think of the current declaration of the Dream Realm against the magic plane, not what your opinion is on Yu's previous decision. You guys...... Is this questioning Yu's previous decision to form an alliance with the 'Dream Lord'?"

With Emperor Weir and the Dream Lord reaching an alliance and deal a few months ago as the point of contention, the topic between the three gradually changed from the discussion of opinions on the Dream Country to the conflict between Emperor Will and the two Grand Dukes.

The three of them are not surprised by the change in this topic, because the relationship between them is not very harmonious in the first place, but it used to be more restrained, but recently the conflict has become more and more obvious.

This is a power struggle between the imperial power and the feudal dukes, and it is also a contradiction that has gradually accumulated over the long history of the Duragon Empire.

It's just that in the generation of Emperor Weil, because of Emperor Weir's tough approach, the conflict is more intense than in the past, and it is about to break out.

Hearing Emperor Weir's question, Grand Duke Oran's fat face trembled slightly, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his forehead that was actually not sweating, and shook his head apologetically and smiled: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, how can I have such an idea." ”

Because the narrowed eyes of the Grand Duke of Oran almost concealed all the changes in his eyes, others could not infer his psychological emotions from the fluctuations in his eyes, nor did they know whether he was sincere or not.

At least, Emperor Will didn't think to believe it. This old guy has always liked to hide all his emotions, and is a typical old fox who likes to hide bad water in his belly.

Archduke Dressa's family has many generations of rulers who have served as high-ranking military officials in the empire, so his style is much more direct, and after glancing at Archduke Oran, who still wants to maintain the apparent harmony between them, he explained to Emperor Will with a formal expression: "We don't mean that, but at least we hope that you can make such a big decision and give us a word of foreknowledge." After all, according to tradition, the hereditary Grand Duke had decision-making authority second only to the emperor. ”

"Remember, there is nothing in the current laws of the empire that gives the Grand Duke such authority, right?" Emperor Will smiled: "As for traditions, they are just things that our ancestors did not know how many generations ago observed, and you must know that traditions are all remnants of the old era, and in the new era, they are often useless things that need to be discarded." ”

Grand Duke Oran's smirk stiffened a little.

Grand Duke Dresa frowned even more, and asked in a deep voice, "Your Majesty...... Are you going to disobey the rules laid down by the emperors and the founding fathers?"

"The rules? Those are made by the rulers. Emperor Wei did not back down, and sneered: "Now Yu is the emperor of this empire! Why do you need to abide by some so-called traditions that have not kept up with the times? Yu's will is the rule that should be obeyed now!"

"My Majesty, you seem to be wrong in what you say. After all......" Grand Duke Oran's narrowed eyes opened slightly, and he said with a smile: "Your will, I'm afraid you can't ignore the attitude of the Sect Elders and the Dragon Domain, right?"

"Oh...... Are you sure?" Emperor Will turned his head to look at him, the corners of his mouth curled in a playful arc: "You asked the family elders in the Zonglaoyuan to get in touch, right? So, will the Zonglaoyuan have a response?"

Grand Duke Orlan lowered his eyes silently, and Grand Duke Dressa's face began to look a little ugly. The answer is self-explanatory.

Although the Zonglaoyuan is composed of many hermit powerhouses in the empire, including the royal family and major nobles, and there are also old seniority guardians of the Orlan family and the Dresa family, the royal family is not bad.

In the past, when there were internal conflicts between the top leaders in the country, the Zonglaoyuan would intervene to arbitrate in order to protect the overall interests of the empire, and at that time, because the members in it were from various factions, the Zonglaoyuan would not deliberately favor one side.

Therefore, old nobles such as Grand Duke Orlan and Grand Duke Dresa can still compete with the royal family without involving the bottom line.

The elders in the Ancestral House were the most core and powerful pillars of the Duragon Empire, so even the Emperor who was at the apex of the Empire's official power could not ignore their opinions, as did the others.

In addition to the behavior that can be called 'treason' similar to that of the Archduke of the Rhine hundreds of years ago, at other times, due to the attitude of the elders of the Protector of the Patriarchate, even if there is infighting, the upper echelons of the empire will maintain restraint.

But now, that has changed. And the opportunity for change lies in the participation of the dream country!

Since the empire reached an alliance with the fantasy country and established a trade contract, Emperor Weil's approval rating within the empire began to rise rapidly, and not only the royal faction began to support him, but even the neutral members who had been on the sidelines quickly fell to the royal faction.

In addition to the commoners and low- and middle-level nobles, even the Protector Elders of the neutral faction within the 'Zonglaoyuan', which was supposed to be neutral in theory, began to increase their support for the emperor.

The reason for all this is that Emperor Will is the main contributor to the alliance between the Empire and the Fantasy Nation, and the source of his merits is, in the final analysis, the trading conditions provided by the Fantasy Nation to the Empire.

That is, there are many programmatic goods, and more precisely, there is a transaction related to the [Dragonborn] bloodline program!

The power of the [Dragonborn] is needless to mention the significance and importance of the Empire. Originally, the Dream Nation promised the Empire discounts on trading [Dragonborn] programs, and at the same time, it also regularly gave away batches of free purchases of advanced [Dragonborn] programs.

On behalf of the Empire, it was Emperor Will who finalized the cooperation treaty with the Dream Nation. The Dreamland recognized him as the supreme decision-maker of the Duragon Empire.

Therefore, the right to allocate these free welfare places is in the hands of Emperor Weil!

And this kind of power, of course, has become an important bargaining chip for Emperor Will to increase his prestige and consolidate his power, and to gain the support of middle and low-level members of the empire.

Even, because of the Empire's matchmaking in the early stage of cooperation, the "Dragon Domain" where the Dragon Clan is located was able to establish some mutually beneficial trading contracts with the Dream Realm amicably through this relationship, resulting in the "Dragon Domain", which did not interfere much with the Empire, now supports the Empire and Emperor Wei, who made the decision to promote these in the first place.

Although there has been no substantive action in the Dragon Domain for the time being, just releasing an attitude is enough to make countless people in the empire make changes. A large part of the change in the attitude of the Patriarchate is also due to this reason.

Emperor Will was pleased with the changes. Since he took office, he has been very dissatisfied with the fact that the power of the imperial family has been divided by the great nobles in the country, so he has used various tough tactics to spend decades to carry out a series of reforms to the empire.

The title of the Iron and Blood Emperor was earned under this kind of skill.

Today, Emperor Will has made a lot of preparations, but it is also because of his series of tough tactics that the old aristocratic faction of the upper class realizes that the emperor is playing for real and begins to fight more closely. For Emperor Weir, the two representatives of the Archduke of Orlan and the Archduke of Dresa were the most difficult.

Because of this hereditary grand ducal family with a long history, there are still protector elders belonging to their faction in the Zonglaoyuan, and that is the biggest obstacle for Emperor Weil!

And now, after a few months of fermentation, the influence of the Dream Nation has caused a huge change in the internal situation of the Empire, which has been stalemate for a long time. I want to talk about "The Almighty Supreme of All Worlds" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~