Chapter 572: Priority and Priority
"Your goal is to unify the Seven Kingdoms and establish a new order to break the wheels of history. Iger didn't intend to wait for Daenerys to react, and answered for her first, "So, the main contradiction Your Majesty has to face now is 'the contradiction between you who want to establish a new order and the enemy who wants to prevent you from establishing a new order'. ”
Are you going to teach yourself how to do things again?
Daenerys moved her shoulders uncomfortably, suppressing her irritability - she admired Egger's thorough knowledge of the situation in the Seven Kingdoms and his ambition and courage to propose the plan of the Great King, but she didn't believe that Egger was right in everything, but the authoritative image of the man's "teacher" on the other side had been established, not only could she not listen, but even had some expectations for learning new knowledge, and after pondering for a while, she had to try to refute within the theoretical framework of the other party: "Isn't poisoning and murdering my imperial ministers to prevent me from establishing a new order?" Isn't the mastermind behind me my main enemy, and isn't it a matter of urgency to deal with him right now?"
She did think.
Iger said secretly, thanking himself before the time crossing - he didn't patronize playing with his mobile phone during the political class, at least he memorized the high arguments and words of those bigwigs, otherwise, he really couldn't answer Daenerys's question that hit the nail on the head.
"Your Majesty's question is not unreasonable, but what you say is in fact a detailed exposition of this theory, that is, the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction are interdependent. Iger reached out to Daenerys and snapped his fingers, "It's like a hand—no fingers without a palm, and without a finger, the palm is not fully functional." Poisoning your retainers is a means of preventing you from establishing a new order, and preventing you from establishing a new order is the purpose of cutting off your wings. In this matter, it is precisely the main contradiction that will derive the secondary contradiction, and it is the existence of the secondary contradiction that sets off the unique position of the main contradiction, do you understand the relationship?"
What's not to understand about this?
"So what?" Daenerys shrugged, raised her head, and looked at him without stage fright: "Are you trying to convince me that because the poisoning case is a secondary contradiction, I don't have to pursue it?!"
"No, quite the opposite. The one who instructed the murderer to murder the two adults must be His Majesty's main enemy, and dealing with him is definitely an important task...... But the more we are in this kind of crisis, the clearer our minds become: it is 'the enemy who thinks you are a threat and tries to kill your emperor', not 'the person who ordered the murder of your emperor becomes your enemy', and the cause and effect relationship between this is clear, and the priority is naturally clear. And once the mind is clear, what to do is clear: we will fight the enemy—but not because the enemy poisoned and murdered the two adults, but because—they are enemies in the first place!"
"After thinking about this, let's think about this question again: How to do it, can it be regarded as really fighting against the enemy? Is it to find out the truth and accuse the other party of poisoning and murdering your imperial front? No, fighting a war of words is a helpless move that can only be taken when the hard power is insufficient, and we have enough hard power now, so what we should do next is: Do what the enemy is really afraid of!"
Egger accentuated his tone at the last sentence before he looked back into Daenerys' eyes: "And there is only one thing that the enemy is really afraid of, and that is: we will put the poisoning case aside for the time being and concentrate on the southern expedition!"
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The sound of thick breathing suddenly came from the side, and the green dragon curled up in the dragon's nest to rest seemed to be very interested in the southern expedition, and when he heard this, he poked his huge head out and approached the two of them.
"Concentrate on the southern expedition?" Daenerys repeated this sentence while patting Brother Lei's head with her hand, Egger's words were a little twisted, fortunately the internal logic was not complicated, and the conclusion was clear and clear, she felt reasonable, but the raging anger in her chest could not be extinguished, "Yes, if it is the pseudo-king Stannis who instructed this, I will not be able to find out with it...... Nature makes no difference. But what if there were others, such as the Iron Vault that tried to convince me to pay back the Raiders, such as Prince Aegon who tried to marry and form an alliance with me...... If these forces are behind the scenes, and I don't know it, and I think that they are neutral third parties and allies to be won over, then I am not in great danger?"
Great, I hope you think so—it's much worse to be suspicious than to let Egger be a wicked person and speak ill of her!
Again, remember the distinction between priority and subordination -- the unification of the seven kingdoms is the main one, and anything else is secondary! What is the purpose of distinguishing between priority and priority? It is to formulate a program of action based on the results of judgment, and to determine what to do first and what to do later...... Dare to ask Your Majesty, even if the mastermind behind the scenes is really the Iron Treasury or Little Aegon, do you want to leave the puppet king sitting on the Iron Throne and occupy the orthodox identity alone, and go to war with Braavos or the Golden Regiment and the Riverbend on the other side of the Narrow Sea? If there are enough manpower, time, and resources, of course, I also hope to do a good job of the southern expedition and the investigation of the poisoning case at the same time, but the reality is: If I put all my energy into the investigation, who will help you deal with the princes of the north? Who will lead the army to the south? Is it your little clerk Missandei, or the black shell of the guards? They are all loyal and reliable people, but with all due respect, they are difficult to take on great responsibilities! And every day we waste here is a drain on our own vigor and war readiness, and we all make our relatives and enemies happy!"
The green dragon's head arched on Daenerys's side and then on Egger's side, and the man didn't know how to react, so he patted its head and scratched its jaw in the same way, so that it retracted into the dragon's nest and continued to sleep.
The queen was stunned by the sight, and she rarely saw her dragon get close to anyone other than herself—with a few exceptions, if they were of Valyrian blood.
Did Iger also have a Valyrian ancestor, or was it because he had bled to save him and let him tainish his breath?
"It's uncomfortable for a dragon to stay in a cold climate like the North. ”
Without warning, Iger suddenly said something irrelevant.
Indeed, at least Daenerys fully agrees with this sentence - the injuries of the two dragons have basically healed, but they still huddle in the dragon's nest all day and refuse to come out, and even eat much less...... Wait, being interjected by such a digression, she forgot what the two of them had just said.
Oh, it's the priority and the priority.
The rhetoric was so fresh that she was almost convinced...... But almost, just not yet!
But before Daenerys could open her mouth, Iger spoke first.
"Your Majesty, I am as angry as you are, and I want to avenge the two adults, but I beg you: don't get carried away by your emotions. You want me to get to the bottom of it, and I swear I'll always keep it in mind, keep it in mind, and make sure to get the job done—no matter the means, no matter the cost, no matter how much time it takes. But there is only one thing, I have to put the matter of 'retrieving the Iron Throne for you' first, and I have the time and energy to spend on it! On the other hand, after the King's Coming, it is much easier and easier to establish an intelligence unit to get to the bottom of the matter with the power of the whole country, than to be trapped in this northern castle and conduct a so-called 'investigation' without a head or a brain?"
Daenerys didn't speak, but turned her head to look at Brother Lei in the dragon's lair, her chest heaving violently. She was annoyed that Egg had resisted her commands, but in the face of his loyal appearance, which was all for herself, she couldn't even let out her anger, and her mind was in a mess for a while, and she couldn't organize a single rebuttal or question for a long time...... A thousand words, and finally turned into a compromise.
"Any progress will be reported to me. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. Ig breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had upset the queen, and seeing that the other party was reluctant to let go, he immediately slowed down his speech and eased the atmosphere in a soft voice, "So, when do you plan to summon the princes of the north and start the southern expedition?"
"Let's go two days. Daenerys turned, no longer walking alongside him, but walked toward Drogon's dragon's lair, "Give me a little time to prepare and breathe." ”
"Respite and prepare, no problem. "But Your Majesty, every day of delay will cost the land grant and the Northern Coalition Army a day's food and patience, and the point at which I can start the investigation into the poisoning case will also be postponed by one day, and the unpredictable risk to your troops in the south will be even more significant." The enemy will not stop waiting for us to prepare, I think that it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, and now send someone to inform the northern princes in the south of the city to summon them, they will arrive after lunch, they will be able to swear allegiance to you before dark, and after the dinner we can begin to discuss the details of the southern expedition, and the soldiers will be hastened...... And we've wasted too much time here!"
Relying on the advantage of his long legs, Iger barely caught up with Daenerys: "Of course, this is just a suggestion, and it is up to His Majesty to decide whether to adopt it or not." ”
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