Chapter 1 Annan's Bad Idea

"I probably understand the story...but what I want to ask is actually the part after that."

Dmitry leaned forward slightly, and asked Annan: "How did you make Her Highness Elizabeth give up the election? The news I heard here is that she finally voluntarily gave up the election..."

The previous state visit of Grand Duke Annan to the Kingdom of Noah has been completely over.

Not long after Annan and his party returned to Cold Winter Principality safely.

Elizabeth, the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Noah, suddenly announced that she could not succeed the king because of physical discomfort, inability to marry and have children, and other reasons. Considering the continuation of Noah's kingdom, she will officially withdraw from the royal election and spend the rest of her life in the field of re-employment of veterans.

And now when Prince Philip was assassinated.

Cafney and Elizabeth are already the last two heirs of Noah's kingdom—no matter who wins the final victory, Noah's next generation ruler will be a queen.

The difference is that one of these two queens is fourteen years old this year, and the other is in her forties this year...

——Forty-nine years old and I don't know how many months, so I can be considered to be in my forties, which is very reasonable.

In general, people tend to gravitate toward younger rulers. This often means opportunities... Because when the ruler is in the king election stage, his subordinates will gradually accumulate some teams.

They need to promise what kind of glory and wealth they can give to someone after they ascend the throne.

Otherwise, how can there be so many talents that can be used by him?

Standing in line is indeed very important. But in the vast majority of cases, there will not be the kind of "someone will vote if you don't promise anything", which can beat a lot of virtuous kings in the same period.

——If there is, then the current king will be disturbed.

This also leads to a singular situation.

That is, the older and stronger the heir is, the less benefits he can distribute. The more people who go to him later, the more they want to "stand in line" and not be liquidated...

That is to say, the earlier the time to take refuge in the heir, the more he was tempted by interests, and the later he was, the more he was threatened by his "possible success".

A young and well-backed successor like Kafni, who suddenly won, has hardly made any promises to others-this means a lot of unowned interests.

As long as you can win the favor of the little queen, you can easily overcome the barriers that have been difficult to overcome for decades. And because of the protection of the Yinjue Church, it is impossible for someone to turn their backs and force Kafni to give up some of her rights.

The most important thing is that she has no offspring yet—and the only heir who can compete for the throne is the eldest princess who voluntarily gave up. If they want to fight against Kafni, they can only go to the eldest princess.

but……

"It may be a little different from what you learned."

Annan shook his head, placed the symbol of power that had become a "two-color scepter" on the side of the table, and leaned back slightly.

He hugged the hot brown sugar biscuits that Zhuo Ya made for him with both hands, took a bite, and then turned to Dmitry and explained: "Elizabeth is not 'voluntarily withdrawing from the king's election', but completely bottom loser."

"loser?"

"Yes, the Crow family has found and reported to her the specific location of the murderer who assassinated Prince Philip - Nicholas II.

He was going to slaughter a village to fill his own experimental materials. "

Annan took a light breath, and his expression became serious: "Therefore, the old crow personally reported this matter to Princess Elizabeth. I hope she can report to the Silver Lord Church, so as to apply for Silver Lord to capture the target."

"……and then?"

Dmitry felt that Count Geraint's response was quite good.

I'm even very envious—why doesn't my family have such a capable and decisive leader of the intelligence agency...

Oh, there used to be. Later he defected.

"Then she rejected the matter and immediately placed Earl Geraint under house arrest. At the same time, she excluded the army and prepared to handle the matter herself."

Annan said slowly.

He actually understands Princess Elizabeth's strategy.

From her point of view, this is actually a multi-purpose solution.

In Elizabeth's view, the erosion of Noah's kingship by the Silver Jue Church has been too serious. The church originally controlled the kingdom's economic lifeline, and the pope of this generation began to do charity on a large scale and control the newspaper industry... This meant that the bottom layer was also beginning to be shaken by it.

As an orthodox heir to the royal power, she must find a way to regain the power that was quietly taken away by the church for Noah's royal family.

If Philip was assassinated and finally resolved by the church - then the prestige of the church would be further enhanced. The security of being sheltered by the Church, combined with the economic prosperity of the foreign trade agreement with the Duchy of Winter, may lead to the retirement of a large number of active soldiers.

In the Kingdom of Noah, joining the army is also a "contract" and a "transaction".

When they leave the army, they either get a lot of retirement money, or they get a stable job. This is the promise made at the beginning of the conscription.

But the problem is... the current economic situation of Noah does not allow them to do so.

And if the army can handle this matter well, it can at least delay the tide of discharge for a few years. In this way, Noah's economy will not collapse suddenly in the next few years... As long as she establishes a sea trade company that can accommodate veterans, Noah's economic problems can be gradually stabilized.

"So Elizabeth chose to let the military take care of it."

Annan said slowly: "If she wants to dispatch the army, she must be an avenger of blood relatives to have a minimum position. We all know the relationship between Elizabeth and Philip, but ordinary people don't know..."

But here's another problem.

She is not a queen, just a princess.

Can it be considered a "willful act" to dispatch troops on a large scale to "revenge my brother"?

Although this is still for the good of Noah, the public certainly does not think so. Their eyes cannot see so far into the future.

"So, she needs righteousness. That is, revenge for that nameless village.

"For ordinary people, the timeline of the incident is actually like this: the eldest princess received information that there was a very vicious incident of a bandit gang massacring the village in 'Nata County' - of course we know that there are no robbers, and there are no robbers and Nata County. Tower County has nothing to do. But for the Noahs who don't know the extraordinary, such an excuse is more reasonable.

"After that, the eldest princess immediately dispatched a regular army to encircle the bandit gang in Nata County, and finally found out that Philip's assassin was the mastermind behind it, and defined it as a 'rebel army'.

"So she suppressed the church's chances to play, delayed the further wave of unemployment brought about by the wave of veterans, and gained enough control over the army to start the ocean trading company she had been looking forward to for a long time. She even made a name for the Philip took revenge, and used the army to lighten his muscles, so that the little nobles and merchants in various places would not jump so much...

"She still has an excuse to eradicate Nata County, which has accumulated a large number of fugitives and has various shady connections with the nobles of the capital. No matter what the connection is, who is behind it, as long as it is wiped out on the physical level— —The killing was clean, and their backstage will definitely not attack her because of "The eldest princess wiped out the rebels".

"And to complete this scene, all that is needed is 'innocent people from Nata County' and designate certain forces as 'rebels'... For the sake of survival, prosperity and wealth, this kind of people can be found anywhere in Nata County Grab a bunch of them."

Annan looked at Dmitri who had suddenly realized, and sighed helplessly: "You should also study political knowledge, Dmitri."

"Hi, isn't there you..."

Dmitry hesitated and changed the subject in an instant: "And then? How did she fail?"

"Because I killed Nicholas II before the army arrived in 'Nata County'."

Annan said lightly: "I have evidence in my hand. Then Cafney also has evidence—the church is attacking the eldest princess.

"She hastily dispatched troops after 'receiving wrong information without verification', and she must be held accountable for it. The house arrest of a nobleman should obviously not be known to outsiders. Because it would directly make people suspicious The entire royal family of Noah, and even Cafney's reputation will be damaged.

"Finally we asked her, do you want fame or death?"

"How do you say that?"

Dmitry asked immediately, with an expression as if Yu Qian was alive.

"If you want a name, let her be assassinated by the 'rebel army' I made up. Then Kafni will be the 'successor' and finish what she hasn't done. In the future, people will only remember that this is Noah can also benefit from Elizabeth's achievements.

"The fatal thing... is to admit that she acted sloppily and give up the king's election. The church can save her face by not announcing her many actions for the time being - including allowing Nicholas II to massacre the village and imprisoning the Three-Eyed Raven for no reason. The leader, Earl Geraint, and attempted physical interference in Natta County.

"But if she acts rashly, the evidence will jump out and crush her instantly—and even make up some more for her. Put some dead and unproved things on her... Four out of ten things are certain Evidence, six things cannot be falsified, people tend to believe that she did these ten things.

"As the price of saving her life, Elizabeth can no longer touch any rights related to the core. And she must be exposed to gather opponents of Cafney... In other words, she must use herself to fish."

And this is the contract she made with Queen Cafney.

Annan said leisurely, with a sly light in his eyes.

—No doubt, that was his idea.