"Melo doesn't want to be president in his life. Lord Lorraine leaned back in his chair with his head in his hands, and said casually.

Fiona's heart was shocked, her willow eyebrows frowned, and she asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

Seeing her tilting her head slightly, frowning and thinking, Lord Lorraine couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.

The lord just played a game with Vera and rubbed the fire, this girl kicked in the door, and then made trouble for himself without a head, the fire has not subsided, so the lord couldn't help but smile, and grabbed Fiona's white and tender little hand with a slight force.

Fiona, who was in deep thought, exclaimed, and fell into Lord Lorraine, and the thin collar of her dress was immediately pulled away by Lord Lorraine's warm big hand.

Fiona is anxious about her father's affairs, how can she have the heart to do such a thing, she can't finish it for a while, especially when the old man is still waiting for his news.

Although his heart was also hot for a while, he still held on to a trace of sobriety, grabbed a piece of meat on the palm of Lord Lorraine's hand and pinched it fiercely, and then twisted it, and said coquettishly: "I'm talking to you about business~! ”

Lord Lorraine was suddenly disappointed. Reluctantly, he withdrew his hand and raised it high to show that he would not be troubled anymore.

Seeing that the lord was unhappy on his face, Fiona smiled apologetically at the moment, then held the lord's face with both hands, kissed it gently, and said, "These things are easy to talk about at night."

I'll ask you first, what's going to happen to Melo here? My father was in a hurry, and the councillors were waiting to see him laugh.

Why can't Melo become president? I think in another ten years, he should be the person with the greatest hope. ”

Lord Lorraine smiled.

Even Fiona believes that in the post-Brad era, with Melo's qualifications and popularity, she has the best chance of ascending to the presidency, let alone others.

Fiona knew in her heart that Merlot and the Black Sè Band had a very special place in the current Republic zhèngfǔ, they were people of insight who rebelled against the old zhèngfǔ, but they were not vassals of the human alliance, they had their own ideas, and they also had a large group of followers, who were regarded as the native Semitic Young Zhuang of the dúlì.

This kind of dúlì faction is very difficult to deal with, it is estimated that even if they don't like them, they will not take the initiative to oppose them, although their power is not strong now, but who knows if they will become the real power faction that occupies the presidential palace and parliament in more than ten years.

After all, they are energetic and capable. It's much better than those old bureaucratic fritters who only know about corruption and bribery.

Fioni's point of view represents the vast majority of people's perception of the current state of republican politics, and as long as the human alliance is still on the Semitic continent, no one can shake the status of the Caribs.

Once humanity evacuates the Semites, they will one day be gone, and by that time, in the absence of repression, the natives will surely take advantage of the situation.

Lorraine laughed out loud, patted Fionie on the back gently, and said, "You forgot something, there is a stain on Merlot's body that can't be washed away." ”

"Stain?" Fiona was stunned for a moment.

Lord Lorraine said leisurely: "He betrayed his own people. ”

Fiona thought for a moment, raised her head and said with her eyes shining, "You mean the Battle of Pader?"

The Battle of Pader was fought by the Papal army led by Vabadore and the Juman army led by the Marquis of Marleton against more than 300,000 Semitic and human vassals, led by the Semitic general Abegren.

Everyone now knows the ending, and Vabadorch attacked Pad City at night, smashed into the heart of the Semitic army, and won the battle.

More than 50,000 Semitic soldiers died on the battlefield, and even the Semitic commander Abegren was nowhere to be found, until it was later confirmed by eyewitnesses that he had been killed by the bombing of the war fortress.

It was a glorious victory for humanity and a turning point in the entire war, and General Vabador was known on the human continent for his flexible and bold command style.

The 300,000 Ruman Jīng Rui who had been drawn out returned to Ruman City with a monstrous rage, and cooperated with Archduke Julius to kill the 400,000 Semitic troops who surrounded Ruman City.

In this Semitic defeat, the only bright spot of the Semitic army was General Merlot.

When the city of Pader was conquered and the left flank was flanked by humans, General Merlot led his Praetorian Guard division and took the initiative to take on the task of supporting the rear of the right flank, covering the safe retreat of the last five divisions.

The divisions were safely withdrawn to their last foothold of humanity, Ryder City, and then Lorraine led a large army to besiege them, and finally forced all of them to surrender.

Subsequently, they were transformed into the current Zìyóu Army.

It can be said that General Merlo single-handedly saved the republican zhèngfǔ's zìyóu army, and he also became the deputy chief of the military department and the deputy commander-in-chief of the zìyóu army.

But there are too many mysteries in the Battle of Pader, and a little thought can reveal what is wrong.

First of all, how the tens of thousands of troops of Vabadore quietly crossed the tight defense line of the Semitic army and suddenly appeared under the city of Pad.

It was not a squad of three or five people, and a large force of thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry could not be hidden at all.

Vabadore never explained this, only that it was closely investigated. Discovered the enemy's vulnerability, and then carried out a surprise attack with great boldness, and succeeded in one fell swoop.

In the history of warfare, this is an extremely classic battle, which can be described as a miracle.

Even at the later celebration banquet, the great mage Reist, who is not familiar with military affairs, commented sarcastically: The magic level of this captain must be higher than his own level, and he can make such a large army invisible. Be sure to ask the other party for advice when you go back.

But Vabador only glanced at him, and coldly spat out the words 'Twenty years ago, Miss Monica, in the sky,' and then Lester closed his mouth firmly and said no more. It's very suspicious that there is something unspeakable in this.

Although almost all the historical materials of the war at that time have been lost, the rest are all stored as absolute seals. However, it can still be deduced from the situation of the battle at that time that the place where General Vabador infiltrated happened to be the area defended by Merlot.

Secondly, after the victory in the battle, nearly 400,000 human troops occupied the Pad region, and the opponent was left with only 50,000 remnants led by Merlot.

The distance between the two armies was within sight, but Vabador did not attack Merlot, but let him go, knowing with his heels that this was not normal.

Vabadore's explanation for this was that his army, after a rapid march during the day and a battle at night, had exhausted its body and could no longer fight, and even the war fortress had returned due to lack of energy.

However, at that time, the army of the Ruman Empire did not go through high-intensity combat.

Combining these suspicions, the final conclusion was that Merlot betrayed his Semitic compatriots in Pad City, and he let go of his defenses and let Vabador pass Guò.

In the end, Vabadore also let him go.

If you think about the identity of the leader of the band Merlot Black Sè, the reason can only be this.

Although Lorraine didn't tell her about it, Fiona knew about it.

Lord Lorraine smiled and said, "For our coalition forces and the republic, this is his merit.

But for the Semitic people, this is his crime~!"

Fiona was speechless, thinking about the families of the Semitic soldiers who died in Pad, and they knew that it was Merlot who betrayed them, what would they think?

What would the Semitic people think of Merlot, a national hero or a traitor who betrayed his countrymen?

Lord Lorraine continued: "It is one thing for a soldier who regards honor as his life, and it is another thing to be betrayed by his own people and defeated.

Just because they can't change the outcome doesn't mean they can swallow the betrayal of Merlot.

Now there is such a group of people in the council, who are holding back their efforts to find trouble with Melo. ”

The fog in Fiona's heart suddenly dissipated, bowed her head slightly, and said thoughtfully: "You mean Parker and Hawks, Halke." ”

Lorraine raised her hand and scratched Fiona's nose and exclaimed, "You're so smart.

Sue sù your father, don't worry about Merlot, don't worry about the black sè band, they're just a bunch of overly idealistic young people.

Ideals are a good thing, but for the sake of the so-called ideals, unscrupulous means...... Hmph, the guy who carried out the coup d'état with the old Prime Minister Madorins back then was not also a young soldier of the Semitic tribe, and he also claimed to be for the country and the people?

It's just that they were just in time for a good ride, and they hitched a ride on me, or they would have been hanged by the High Priest of the Dead with a piano string. ”

As a politician, the most important thing is reputation. Although politicians are shameless, sometimes unscrupulous, they must not be caught. Once caught, it has a bad reputation.

Just like Clinton's brother, just because he had a very yellow and violent super friendship relationship with the intern, he was caught by those dogs and chased and beaten up.

If there was no famous skirt as evidence at that time, and no one was caught, even if everyone knew about Kege's urine, they would have to praise it in private: this dog thing is too skillful, it is really too cunning.

"Okay, I see. Fiona jumped out of Lorraine's arms, walked briskly to the door, and said happily, "I'll go and tell my father." ”

Lord Lorraine stretched out but didn't catch the hem of her skirt, and pouted helplessly: "I'll give you an idea, you can't have no reward at all." ”

Fiona turned around and playfully grimaced at her boyfriend, scolding with a smile, "Tsk, go find Vera." ”

Lord Lorraine rolled his eyes, got up and locked the office, and then flashed into the lounge inside, where Vera was sorting out her clothes in front of the mirror. Especially the button on the chest, although I tried several times, it still didn't buckle.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of distress - a sigh that would make the alchemy archmage Lorena, the eldest princess Catherine and other women hear it, and they will be angry and crazy: "Alas, it's big again......"

Lorraine suddenly grabbed Vera from behind, pulled away her shirt that she hadn't had time to button, and rolled onto the couch amid Vera's coquettish voices.

×××××××

Fiona relayed the message she got from Lorraine to President Brad the Great.

President Brad, who was instructed by a master, was enlightened and suddenly realized that if he didn't know what to do at this time, this president would really be in vain.

To do this, the fewer people who knew about it, the better, except for a few visits that Doreni quietly made during the night.

The next day the council met as normal, and General Merlot walked into the hall with the high morale of a warrior.

Back then, he wasn't even afraid of the undead high priest, and a group of mouth-cannon councilors were not taken seriously by him.

When he stepped up to the podium to fight again with the councillors, all the councillors in the hall stood up.

"His Majesty Brad, the President of the Semitic Republic, has arrived, and everyone stands~!"

With a loud greeting from his attendants, President Brad walked into the hall with a smile on his face, and first nodded to General Merlot on the podium, with a very affectionate attitude, and there was no anger at all that he had robbed him of the credit.

Merlot raised his hand in confusion and saluted, wondering in his heart: I heard that this old man heard that he had cut off his beard yesterday, and he was so angry that he was like thunder. I fell several things in a row. Why didn't you show it at all today?

President Bullard sat down in the middle of his seat and the others took their seats, then he raised his hand to signal the meeting to continue.

General Merlot suppressed the doubts in his heart, cleared his throat and prepared to fight the councillors for three hundred rounds.

The speaker of the House of Representatives, who presided over the meeting, struck a wooden hammer and said in a loud voice: "Bill 107, the first phase of consultation begins." ”

But there was silence in the room, and Melo waited a full three minutes, with no member of parliament raising his hand to ask questions.

He looked up at the parliamentarians in surprise, only to see that all the councillors were looking at him quietly, and Melo instinctively felt that there was a ghost in it.

Yesterday he was bombarded by parliamentarians for hours, and his voice was on fire, and it was not until the end of the parliamentary day that the protracted war of words ended.

Merlot would have been ready to talk to them all day today.

His eyes caught on President Bullard, who was in the middle of the seat, and he said secretly: This old guy must be playing tricks.

It's just that President Brad can't see anything abnormal, he smiled and talked intimately with the former military chief Parker next to him, the eyes of the two people glanced at Melo from time to time, the distance was far away, Melo couldn't see the expressions of the two clearly, but he suddenly had some bad premonitions in his heart.

Parker, the old guy, has always been very unkind to him, but this old man is too old to be messed with.

The speaker glanced at the audience expressionlessly, and said sternly: "Didn't anyone ask questions?"

After asking three times in a row, no one raised their hands, and the speaker struck the wooden hammer hard and said loudly: "The consultation is over, and the first round of voting will begin." ”

The deputies got up and began to vote in order, and the ballot box was just under the steps in front of Melo.

Mellot watched as the councillors stuffed their ballots in, then looked up at him again.

Their eyes were strange, some mocking, some disdainful, some sighing and shaking their heads, some glaring at him angrily, and some sneering in front of him.

The doubts and uneasiness in Merlot's heart became stronger and stronger, and she secretly said: Things should not be like this.

It was clear that Bullard had already subdued the councilors, and his people had been contacted.

During the whole process, President Bullard sat firmly in the Diaoyutai and chatted with the people next to him, without even looking at Melo.

The vote was followed by the counting of the votes, and after the speaker randomly selected a few scrutineers, the counting of the votes was quickly completed.

Melo looked at the blackboard on the side of the rostrum, his face was very ugly, the bill was rejected by a disparity of two hundred votes, and no matter how dull he was, he understood that he had been cheated.

Melo wondered in his heart, Brad was willing to slap himself in the face like this, and Brad didn't seem to have the slightest awareness of being slapped in the face.

This is a member of parliament who has finished scrutine, stepped down from the presidium, glared at Mellot as he passed by, and said in a hateful tone: "As long as we are here, you will never think of succeeding, you traitor." ”

Merlot's heart exploded like a thunderbolt, and he was stunned on the spot, he finally understood that the problem was there, this councillor was a hardcore of the Parker and Hawks factions, and a former Semitic general. This means that the congressmen of the Parker faction are firmly on the side against him.

And they turned out to support the expansion bill.

He looked up at the seat opposite, where several old men were facing him coldly at the moment, and President Bullard must have smiled triumphantly.

The Semitic former zhèngfǔ military and political officials and generals in the war, led by Parker, occupied more than one-third of the seats in the parliament and could influence the shape of the parliament at critical moments.

The speaker didn't look at Merlot, and directly struck the hammer and said, "Motion No. 107, veto~!"

His sneer echoed through the microphone, and the members of the band Black Sè looked dead in their faces, knowing that they had been deliberately targeted.

At this point, President Bullard waved his hand, and one of the president's aides sent a thick paper to the speaker's desk.

The speaker glanced down, and then said in a loud voice: "Idea, the presidential palace submitted Bill No. 108, the republic's armament plan for the next ten years, is now in the consultation stage, and the author has come forward to explain." ”

Doreni stepped up to the podium, smiling at Merlot.

Merlot snorted, shook his hand and turned away from the podium, returning to his seat below.

Behind Standing on the podium in his place, Doreni looked at the room and smiled, "What I want to say is that this bill is no different from the previous twenty-one times. ”

There was a burst of laughter in the room, and no one raised their hands to ask questions.

"Okay, start voting. "The Speaker directly announced the next phase.

After a lapse of more than ten minutes, the parliamentarians once again stood up to vote, and with a disparity of 800 votes to 200 votes, the second vote was nothing more than a passing motion, and the bill initiated by the president was equivalent to saying that it had been passed.

The Speaker then adjourned the meeting and the members stood up and walked out of the chamber.

Melo looked at the giggling parliamentarians, sneering secretly in his heart, but suddenly saw President Bullard walking towards him, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, frowning and refreshing to respond.

President Bullard walked up to Melo with a smile, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Boy, come out and mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back." ”