Section 111: National Interests

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Collapsed in the big chair, beads of sweat the size of beans gurgled from the somewhat bald heads, some empty eyes stared at the dark dome, endless despair and depression permeated the entire space and heart. The letter in his hand www.biquge.info had been crumpled, but he still unconsciously clutched it.

The man, who had been hesitating for a long time and trying his best to control his emotions, began to pace back and forth in the study, and all kinds of expressions passed by some puffy cheeks, as if he was reminiscing about all the glory of the past, but this moment seemed to be the time to end.

"My lord, Duke Huasili and Duke Knox have arrived, ''''''what do you think?" The attendant had already noticed the unstable mood of his master, and throughout the afternoon, except for a secret discussion with the guard officer in the room at the beginning, the master stayed in the study and never saw anyone again, and never went out again, and the slightest long sigh was endless, and the attendant had to stand carefully outside the room to wait, for fear that he would not be able to take care of anything that would provoke the wrath of the thunder.

"Well, please wait in the living room for a while, and I'll come over right away." After the attendant left, the short and fat man tidied up his clothes and somewhat disheveled hairline, sighed at the bronze mirror, and resolutely went out.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor who was a little sleepy-eyed did not seem to have woken up yet, Duke Pokaninsky had to patiently let the attendants clean His Majesty's face, although there were several braziers emitting bursts of heat, but at this time to pull His Majesty out of the warm dormitory, no wonder His Majesty looked uncertain.

"What are you talking about? Aiqing, do you say it again?! Is the information reliable? Where did you get the information? When did it happen?" Finally woke up from the groggy ignorance, the startled Philip V stood up at once, and did not even notice that the thick cotton robe that was originally wrapped around his body was suddenly open, or the shrewd attendant hurriedly pulled the placket for His Majesty the Emperor, so as not to accidentally catch a cold for the emotional Emperor His Majesty, Your Majesty at this age can not withstand this kind of toss of cold and cold.

A series of questions poured out like a cannon, which was enough to show that Philip V was shocked, and almost rushed to his own prime minister to question him.

"Your Majesty, just two days ago, the allied forces of the Boyns have captured the Mazha Fortress in the northwest of Kaman, and Murmansk, the most important city in the north of the Kamans, has also been besieged by the Boynes army, and the entire northern region is now completely controlled by the BoyinsIn the southern and northern plains, the Poole people are also under siege, and now they cannot get out, and in the opinion of their subordinates, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky." Pokaninski's face was gloomy, and it was very emotional that this once closest ally had now turned against its neighbor was now in such a situation," Prime Minister Gomez had formally submitted his resignation to Delica II two days ago, resigning from the post of Prime Minister, and now the Prime Minister of Kaman is the Duke of Huasili, and the Duke of Knox is the Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"Is it too late for them to adjust now? Since the Baiyin people have swept through the north, it has already posed a serious threat to the survival of the entire Kaman Empire, and now that the Kaman people are being attacked on both sides, and the country is about to be destroyed, and they are still engaged in internal strife, isn't that self-defeating? Mediation? What did you do earlier? Now that we mediate, Li Wufeng will be so obedient and listen to us?" Fili V had come to his senses completely, and his eyes were burning at his prime minister, apparently meaning something.

"Yes, but Kaman's military expedition has suffered such a big failure, losing troops and losing generals, wasting money and food in vain, the domestic people are full of complaints, Gomez is afraid that he will not be able to explain to the country if he does not step down, and he is forced to resign so actively, if he continues to insist, I am afraid that the domestic nobles will immediately impeach him, and if he doesn't get it right, he will have to accept the court trial, so he will take the initiative to resign and step down with dignity, presumably the domestic nobles will not embarrass him too much." Although Pokaninski was incompatible with the other side in terms of domestic and foreign policy, he still admired the other party's eloquence and strategy, and at least he was able to make Kaman the number one power among the Liberian states, in Pokaninsky's view, even if he was a little too eager in terms of military strategy, but this did not affect his great contribution to the strength of the Kaman Empire.

"Your Majesty, now is the time for us to react, if we don't say anything again, I'm afraid that the overall situation has been decided, and we won't be able to return to the sky." Pokaninski further admonished.

Nodding silently, Fili V's thin face was serious and solemn, he already felt the heavy weight in his prime minister's words, where should the Heathrow Empire go in the current situation, it was time to make a decision, this is related to the change of his country's diplomacy and even national policy in the future, he can't help but be cautious.

"What does Aiqing mean is that we should join the camp of the Tanghe people and share a spoonful of soup, or help the Kamans stabilize the situation?"

"Your Majesty, although the behavior of the Kaman people a few days ago is hateful, but after all, it is some personal behavior, and it cannot be regarded as a change in the entire national policy of the Kaman, we cannot use the likes and dislikes of personal feelings as the basis for specifying policies, we must make the current situation conform to the interests of our empire, only we can play a role, even if we tear our faces with Li Wufeng, we must insist on this!" A series of fierce words made Pokaninsky's face reddened slightly, and it was only by making His Majesty recognize the current situation and dispel His Majesty's concerns, so that His Majesty could make up his mind to make a decision.

Fili V fell silent, he didn't know the impact of the Kaman situation on his country, Li Wufeng's strength expanded so quickly that everyone around him shuddered, they all hoped in their hearts that Li Wufeng could be defeated in this war, and consciously cut the garrison on the eastern border in the early stage so that the Karman Third Corps in the border area where it had been stationed could free up his hands This is what he meant, but he didn't expect the Kaman to fall so quickly, he didn't believe that Gomez would not have done anything on the side of the Boins, but it was obvious that Li Wufeng had cracked Gomez's strategy, and the strong military strength mobilized by Western Xinjiang does make people see that the comprehensive strength of Western Xinjiang has steadily surpassed any country or force around it.

But secretly supporting is one thing, to let the empire directly turn against the western frontier, it is difficult for Fili V to make up his mind. He knows the foundation of the empire, and Pokaninski is also very clear, he finally completed the adjustment of the policy, and encountered a great drought that is rare in a century, if it were not for the help of the western Xinjiang, I don't know what the empire would become, his own country is not as strong as the Kamans, and there are too many factors that are restrained.

"Aiqing, have you ever considered what kind of reaction the Western Xinjiang side will make if we come forward? Even though Li Wufeng does not have more strength to deal with us now, what about the future? We have only recently embarked on the road of restoring and developing the economy, and we have suddenly turned against Western Xinjiang, an important economic and trade partner, what kind of sequelae will it bring to our country?"

"Your Majesty, even if there are many negative influences, we must help the Kamans! We can tighten our belts, we can work hard for two years, we can also take a few steps back economically, this is not enough to shake our foundation, but once the Kaman perishes, then it will be our turn and the Poole people next! This is the bottom line of our principle, and we must not back down!" Pokaninski replied categorically.

With a long breath, this is another extremely difficult job, and the scale needs to be just right, otherwise the slightest carelessness will even affect the empire and fall into an uncontrollable situation, Fili V nodded a little tiredly:" You go ahead and do it, I will order the military to carry out the mobilization immediately, and you will arrange for someone to negotiate immediately in terms of diplomacy, no, it is better for you to come forward and coordinate in person. On the Western Xinjiang side, uh, the attitude should be firm, but the language should be softened, so that the Kaman people will immediately send a signal to make peace, and we should intervene earlier, uh, tell the Kaman people that they will definitely have to pay a lot, but we will do our best to protect their interests, and hopefully things are not at the worst, I don't want to see us and the West Frontier really oppose."

"Your Majesty can rest assured that the minister will do his best, and the minister will also have people rush to Poole immediately, asking them to coordinate with us in their position and control the situation as best possible." Pokaninski bit his lip and nodded heavily, His Majesty's words were very meaningful, and he could feel the weight in these words.

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