Chapter 402: The Law of Easy Acquisition and Difficult Treatment

Daenerys raised her eyebrows, and she tried her best not to lose her expression when Egger said a word to her heart, but the shock had instantly rushed from her spine to the back of her head. I wanted to say "You are very good at flattering people" to resolve the embarrassment, but I immediately recalled that I had praised each other like this when we met on Dragonstone...... He swallowed his words back, looked up and looked up at the man standing across the table again, his eyes gradually shining with disbelief.

If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't been exposed to that word, Daenerys would have only had this one thought in her mind at the moment: Could it be that she had met a comrade?

She first realized that her previous judgment of the situation was wrong, and slowly let go of the hand that was hiding under the table and clutched the fork, and then recalled another question: "That book, you really wrote it!?"

It was a little different from what he expected, but after a ridiculously accurate horse photograph, Iger finally found an opportunity to turn the conversation in the direction he wanted.

"Didn't Your Majesty wonder when you read the first half of the book why there is such a book in the world that is completely to your liking and to the current state of Westeros...... Like a book written for you that you've never heard of?" Egger shrugged his shoulders and asked himself with an unfathomable expression, "The answer is: no why. This book is tailor-made for you to test you if you are the queen I imagined. ”

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Outside the house, the screams of the guards were heard, accompanied by the sudden sound of air currents and the gasping and hissing of the beasts. The three dragons had already flown from the resting foothold a few miles away under the leadership of Zhuo Geng to the sky above the pocket lake in Houguan Town, hovering against the top of the tower, and only waiting for their mother's order to enter the dragon flame burning city, and retreat to the ground to pick up people. But the black dragon could feel that the mother's emotions, which were connected to his soul, suddenly changed from extreme nervousness and defensiveness to anger mixed with intense surprise and curiosity.

Daenerys mentally comforted Drogon, who had come to protect her, from attacking directly or forcibly landing, and casually put her fork back on the table as if she had just finished her meal, crossed her arms over her chest, and leaned back in her chair to stretch out.

With the arrival of the dragon, the thinking ability and momentum were both recovered to the best state with confidence: "So, now that you have successfully deceived me, am I the queen you imagined?"

"Yes and no. "It's good, even the lines have become good, and I can naturally lead to the following content. Iger knew that this deception was basically on the right track, but the main event was still to come: "You are indeed the queen I expected to care about the world and be full of passion for change...... But it looks a little dazed. Let me ask your majesty one more question, do you have such a good ideal, but do you know how to turn it into reality - without mentioning specific plans, at least in general directions?"

Of course...... No!

If so, how could she be so eager to read the second half of the Demonic Monarchy, even at the cost of riding a dragon herself? The first half of the book that Egger gave her as a gift already contained countless theories and narratives that Daenerys recognized and approved, and even felt bright, and whetted her appetite. But after the blow and examples, she was feeling that the next content would be the substantive suggestions and ready-made solutions she needed most, but when she turned to the next page, it was already the back cover.

The feeling of being hung in mid-air when it was about to be cool to the most critical moment is really unbearable!

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, the most annoying thing in my life is that people lie to me. Of course, Daenerys can't directly admit that she doesn't have any plans in her stomach, and she plans to wait until the Seven Kingdoms are recaptured. She forced her heart down and said coldly, "If you want me to forgive you for this deception, you'd better be the author of that book and give me the second half that satisfies me." ”

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If the legitimacy of Daenerys' identity and title is recognized, then in front of him is the supreme monarch of the Seven Kingdoms, the queen of the entire Westeros.

If there is no large, centralized empire in the remaining unknown parts of the world of ice and fire, which rules several kingdoms across several continents, then this will be the last time Iger will have the opportunity to fool someone higher than himself in this world...... successfully took her down, influenced and even influenced her thoughts, and she achieved clearance on this road.

And for this day, he has subconsciously prepared countless days and nights.

"Do your best under it. Iger listened to the sound of the dragon's wings flapping across the sky outside the house, "But before I begin, I must ask Your Majesty to promise me one thing: listen to everything I say, believe it or not, obey it or not, and not reveal it to anyone, including your closest aides and advisers." ”

This is a bit excessive, if you don't tell your trusted staff officer, who is not very experienced and experienced, how can you tell if Iger is fooling or tricking herself?Daenerys frowned, "Okay, I'd like to see what you can say." ”

Anyway, let him say what he needs to say first, and as for whether or not to tell others, doesn't his mouth grow on himself?Daenerys is not as pedantic and stubborn as Stannis, and she has always been more flexible when it comes to promises and rules.

Iger nodded, took a deep breath, and began to speak: "If Your Majesty has a good memory, you should remember that in the first half of the book I sent, there are about two kinds of countries in the world: one is centralized autocracy, and the other is feudal princes. The former has only one king, and the rest are all officials who serve it. Westeros is the latter: the Seven Kingdoms are like a great wasteland, and the nobles are the wild dogs in the wasteland, in groups of three or two, one pile here and one cluster there...... There is always a struggle for power and intrigue all the time, and no matter when and where, you can always find princes who hold a grudge against the king or other nobles because of a single bone or a few pieces of meat, and are waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. There will always be someone who will be willing to jump out and be a weapon or a guide in the hands of rebels and rebels, saddle up and serve people like you or Little Aegon, hoping that a different king or a feudal lord will make their lives better. ”

"I am the rightful King of the Seven Kingdoms, neither a rebellion nor a rebellion. ”

"I will not discuss the legitimacy of anyone here, but only the fact that if such a feudal state of lords and lords wants to seize its dominance, it is only necessary to find the right person to easily divide it into two or more forces. Then, all it takes is to defeat the king himself and destroy his bloodline—and if that happens, if there is neither a leader nor enough will to resist among the remaining people, they will fall to the wind. Egg shook his head, "The most recent example is Your Majesty himself: you only need to capture King's Landing and destroy Stannis, and you will have the Throne and Storm in an instant, and then you can only try to win the easy Dorne and Riverbend, and the Seven Kingdoms will have half of them." Then, the unsafe Riverland is in your pocket, and the Western Frontier is also weakened and unable to resist in the last joint crusade of the Six Nations...... In the end, only the northern realm and valley with the neck and the bloody gate are left, and they may continue to resist for a while. But with the dragon's deterrent power, it is conceivable that as long as you are willing to relent, this insistence will not last long. ”

"Basically correct. "Actually, that's exactly right, Daenerys thought to herself, but it's a pity that she's now in the first step: to destroy Stannis, and she has been stopped by this powerful enemy, "And then?"

"No, then, I just want to introduce a concept before I get into the following. If we can reach a consensus, we can move on to talking. "That concept is the 'easy to get hard to cure' law. That is, the difficulty of conquering the country is inversely proportional to the difficulty of ruling it next. The easier the path you choose to gain dominance, the more you will inevitably use external forces, leaving behind more old people and old nobles from previous dynasties...... And when these people become heroes and supporters in your new kingdom, they will form vested interests - unless you do not infringe on their interests at all, they will become an obstacle to your rule. ”

In addition to wanting to carry on the past and make the content of his story easier to understand, there is also a consideration: to occupy a psychological advantage subtly.

Once they get to the arguments in Part I, Daenerys quickly discovers that Egger does know everything about this half of the book, and that he is undoubtedly its author. And this process of "unconsciously acknowledging that the book was written by Egger" will at the same time transfer Daenerys's expectations and admiration for the mysterious author of this book to the specific person in front of him, that is, Egger.

The author and the reader talk about the content of the book, and the former can easily occupy an overwhelming advantage!

"The 'easy to cure' law?" Daenerys whispered the word, unaware that her attitude towards Iger had unconsciously become much more respectful - in this moment, she seemed to return to her childhood, back to her student, and the man opposite was her teacher.

"That's right, to illustrate: the easiest way for Your Majesty to reclaim the Iron Throne is to recognize the legitimacy of Aegon Targaryen, marry him, and make peace with Dorne and Riverbend...... Alliance as many great lords as you can. The more nobles join your side, the easier your path will be, but when you get to the end of the day, your husband, your first supporters, will turn upside down and become the weaker of your control. If, on the other hand, you choose to slaughter all the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms and replace them with new people, your path to the throne will be difficult, difficult, and almost impossible to reach the end—and in return, once you succeed, your control over the Seven Kingdoms will be so strong that it is impossible to shake it. "It's a word that doesn't even appear in the original monarchy, and Iger himself summed it up in the context of Westeros's reality, and no one has more power to interpret it than him," remember this concept, because we'll come back to it later. ”

Flying over Pocket Lake, Zhuo Geng sensed that his mother was not in danger, and after circling a few times, he flew away with his two siblings...... And all this, Daenerys didn't care: she was already in anticipation of the next content.

"Well, with the introduction of this concept, we can move on to the main topic. Iger nodded with satisfaction, quite satisfied with the correct attitude of the new students, "Your Majesty wants to correct the injustice of the world and make the world a better place - in terms of policy, what should be done?"

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