Usually people think of bribery as a private gift of benefits to a person in power in exchange for his favoritism in official affairs.

On the whole, it is an act that harms the public and private interests.

However, in the current case, this definition is a bit delicate.

First of all, Luo Ming didn't intend to make any improper benefits at all-

To be honest, whatever benefits the princess wants to exchange with him are basically all legal things.

Although there are some of the limited legal provisions of the principality that can bind the royal family, it is not difficult to bypass them.

Of course, it can also be said that this is an imperfection of the law, which is still harmful to the public and private interests......

Then the problem arises, in today's world, which has a bit of a "family world" color, the vast majority of the territories and interests that the royal family can control are not exaggerated to say that they are the private property of the Grand Duke himself.

The princess is the first in line to the throne of the family, and in fact part of the estate has been handed over to her in advance.

Just like on Earth, the King or Queen of England has a long list of titles: Queen of the Territories and Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merionis, Baroness of Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of the Isle of Man, Duke of Normandy......

Today's Victorian Archduchess is no exception, with a long list of titles that she could have split off and give away.

Sometimes, of course, it is a false seal, just to give a name and let the other party add a little luster.

But as far as Luo Ming knew, the grand duchess had transferred a number of titles to the princess in advance, including a marquis and two earls, all of which were actually sealed, and she had also called the lower-level nobles and bureaucrats in those territories to pay allegiance to the princess in advance.

This is to allow her to gradually transition to the real lord of a country, and at the same time, it also allows her to be full-fledged, even if a contender for the throne suddenly emerges, she can rely on the hard power she already has at hand to contend with it.

To get back to the point, not to mention damaging the public and private interests, in the eyes of Luo Ming and the princess, this is strictly a win-win, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a win-win.

After all, once this exchange is successful, it will be beneficial to both sides, and even to the country and the people, which is a benefit for all three parties.

It's not that Luo Ming is blind to wear a top hat for himself, but the truth is -

Although the royal family did not intend to make the ultra-highly centralized model of the ancient Celestial Empire, it must at least have enough power to deter many powerful nobles in the country.

Under the aristocratic feudal model, it can be said that a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend, and develop freely, but in order to actually unify these forces, there must be a powerful axis in the center.

It can be said that as long as there is no faint king, then every point of the royal family's strength increases, the country will become more stable!

And the princess herself has not succeeded to the throne, although there is basically no obstacle to the succession, but it is not certain whether there will be accidents.

Enhancing the strength of the princess herself will help her succeed to the throne smoothly without problems, which is also beneficial to the country and the people.

As for the benefits that Luo Ming wants, they are mainly trade concessions, duty-free access rights, and the like.

In fact, Luo Ming has already analyzed in his letter to the princess, not only is it completely harmless to the principality, but it can even promote economic development and increase taxes - for example, some toll taxes are exempted, but they can be made up in other ways, in short, there is actually a profit.

However, these things will not be revealed to the people below, so the messenger named Ryder will be suspicious.