On the evening of November 11th, Year 594 of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude led General Albert and General Beechline into the theater headquarters.
General Bolognik and General Skerry, who had been under house arrest here for nearly half a month, have been freed. They are sitting in General Bolognik's office waiting for the arrival of Claude and the others.
It has to be said that the decree of King Sterling XI brought by the kingdom's envoy this time had a big mental impact on General Bolognik. The decree is now spread out on the desk, and General Bolognik has read all the contents of the decree.
His heart was ashen and his face was haggard. He knew very well that if the kingdom's envoys were allowed to carry out the will of Sterling XI in the overseas territories, then everything they had fought for in the past few years would be meaningless...
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However, after the three Claudes entered the office and closed the door, General Bolognik still spoke in a somewhat cold and dissatisfied tone: "Everything is as you expected, are you satisfied now?
?Then when are you going to declare the independence of the overseas territories and ascend the throne as king, my Majesty Claude?"
General Skerry, General Buechlin, and General Albert didn't say anything. They just looked at Claude. This action against the kingdom's envoy was all planned by Claude. General Albert was avoiding it.
General Chickering did not catch up because of the long journey. Although General Skerry was an insider, he kept the secret of Claude's plan and stood with General Bolognik to greet the kingdom's envoy and his party. As a result, he was also placed under house arrest in the war zone.
Headquarters for ten days.
Only Claude deliberately avoided the welcome ceremony of the Kingdom's envoy on the pretext of something going on at the Blackstone Gun Manufacturing Workshop in the Direct Territory of Vibato Port, and deliberately did not show up in front of the Kingdom's envoy. Otherwise, he would also end up with General Bolognik and General Skerry.
Like a human being, he was placed under house arrest in a theater headquarters, which would have a great impact on his plans.
Although being placed under house arrest does not mean that Claude has lost his ability to resist, no matter what resistance he and his subordinates make at that time, they will be regarded as a struggle for power by the upper echelons of the direct jurisdiction, which is not the case at all.
Maybe it would be as satisfying as today when the troops are expected to lead the troops and arrest the Kingdom's envoys who covet the gold and silver reserves of the Minsheng Bank overseas.
And General Bolognik's words also showed this dissatisfaction. Why don't you just arrest the Kingdom's special envoy and drag the four of us into the water? Next, are you going to declare the independence of the entire overseas territories?
And ascended the throne and became king?
Claude helplessly shrugged and spread his hands: "To be honest, I haven't done anything. According to my plan, it will take at least six or seven days to attract the kingdom's envoys to take the bait and arouse the dissatisfaction and indignation of the people in the entire direct-administered war zone.
Until then is the best time to deal with the Kingdom's envoy. Let all the people realize the bad intentions, greed and despicability of the Kingdom's envoy, and let all the people see clearly our new king's attitude towards the direct territories and his stupidity.
true colors.
It's just that I didn't expect these kingdom envoys to be so clever. They came up with the idea of establishing an overseas Minsheng Bank just two days after taking over the power of the war zone. This can only be said that the gold and silver reserves in the bank confused their eyes, causing them to
I went directly to the opposite side of all the people in the direct-administered territory. Although this was not my arrangement, the people in the direct-administered territory are now in a turbulent mood. If the trouble continues, I am afraid that uncontrollable changes will occur, so I came forward to arrest all the kingdoms.
special envoy.
Also, don’t be kidding me. I don’t want to rebel against the kingdom, so why should I declare the independence of the overseas territories? The center of the world is in the continent of Farea, not Nubisia. Even if the territory of the overseas territories is very large, in
Becoming a king here is just like the independent founding of the Nikancha people, and is treated as a joke behind closed doors and pretending to be a family wine?"
Huh? General Bolognik raised his eyebrows: "You don't want to declare the independence of the overseas territories, and you don't want to ascend the throne as king. Have you never thought of rebelling against the kingdom?"
Claude gave him an affirmative answer: "Of course, I am from the Kingdom of Ovelas, and this is still the territory of the Kingdom of Ovelas on the continent of Nubisia."
"Then, why did you arrest all the kingdom's envoys? You could have discussed it with them..." General Bolognik became happy.
Claude was speechless and could only shake his head silently. This was probably due to his knowledge and life experience. Although General Bolognik was nearly twenty years older than Claude, he had to say that his thoughts in some aspects were still the same.
Very simple, very naive. To be honest, General Bolognik is the kind of die-hard loyalist of the kingdom. No matter how the monarch treats him, he will silently endure it without complaining, and he will die sincerely.
In addition, General Bolognik was born as a civilian and has been in the military all his life. He has never thought about the dark side of the aristocratic class in upper class society and the intrigues between them, as well as the various conspiracies and life-and-death battles for interests. He has not thought about it.
He has experienced it and has never seen it before. He believes that human nature is good. Sterling XI is just confused for a moment. The kingdom's envoys cannot disobey the king's orders. As long as there is good communication and discussion, everything in the overseas territories will be restored to its original state. As for the
He doesn't care much about his own power and official position...
But Claude is different. He is not a native of this Faslan world. He is a time traveler. In his previous life, as a descendant of Yan and Huang, he had already engraved in his blood the saying that princes, generals, and ministers should be kind. He would not
Like the children of Western aristocrats who respect the bloodline and family inheritance of aristocrats, on the contrary, in the novels and movies he read in his previous life, he saw a lot of the so-called shamelessness and darkness of aristocrats. Even though he has become an honorary viscount of this kingdom in this life, he still remains
I didn't take this noble status to heart.
"I am going to send this Marine Corps Battalion and the Kingdom's special envoys to the Rocky Mountains directly under the jurisdiction of the Territory. There is a shortage of miners there." Claude said: "In addition, I ordered the local garrison of Corpicius Port to arrest this time.
Let the naval officers and soldiers on the seven warships who sent the kingdom’s envoys come over to dig for gold mines in the Rocky Mountains directly under the jurisdiction for a few years..."
"You, you..." General Bolognik was shocked and jumped up: "Didn't you say you won't rebel against the kingdom? Why are you still doing this? This is obviously an act of rebellion!"
"No, you are wrong." Claude laughed: "This is just a protest against Sterling XI by our overseas territories, not an act of rebellion. Of course, if our Majesty the King thinks this
It's an act of rebellion, so there's nothing I can do about it. Then what can our King do to us? Which legion is he going to send to attack us? Does he have a ship or a warship to escort him? Can he transport one legion at a time?
By the way, I shouldn't discuss these, but I should first ask our wise King, is there still money in the treasury? Can it support this crusade across the Silent Ocean? I hope our King will not forget this.
In fact, the ten standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks have just been wiped out by our directly controlled war zone. Over half a million Hicks prisoners are working as laborers in our war zone. He has to think carefully about how many legions he must prepare to crusade against us rebels.
...
Boney, you are our friend. We all know that you want to be a loyal general of the kingdom. We do the same and do not want to betray our kingdom. But as the acting supreme commander of the territorial war zone, you know who to score.
He is a monarch worthy of allegiance. You have already read His Majesty's decree brought by the kingdom's envoys. You should know very well that if you follow the decree, the future of the entire overseas territory will be dark.
Our resistance is not treason, but to protect this territory on the Nubisian continent for our kingdom. This is a new territory opened up by the late King Sterling X for the future of the kingdom. Our mission is to protect it and protect it.
Its prosperity and development is the mission of our old men in the Ranger Regiment, and it is also the mission left to us by Marshal Michelic before he left. Therefore, we cannot allow the dim-witted Stirling XI to ruin and destroy it.
Think about the five million immigrants from the kingdom living throughout the overseas territories. Which is more important, their peace and happiness, than satisfying the selfish desires of a fatuous and greedy monarch? Our overseas territories will be renamed overseas autonomous territories.
It is still an overseas territory of the Kingdom of Overas, but we will no longer accept any will from the fatuous monarch. Only after the next wise king comes to the throne, our overseas autonomous territories will accept the jurisdiction of the kingdom again..."
Claude's meaning was very clear. To oppose Sterling XI is not to oppose the kingdom. At present, overseas direct jurisdiction leads to autonomy. We will wait and see the situation after the next new king ascends the throne. If the next king is wise and virtuous, he will naturally forgive Claude.
The rebellious behavior of Lord and others brought the Overseas Dominions back under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom. If the next king who ascends the throne is still like the current King Stirling XI, the Overseas Dominions can still continue to hang like this.
Anyway, now the kingdom itself has nothing to do with the overseas dominions. It costs money and money to have ships. The entire kingdom only has three ace field legions. What can it do to deal with the two legions of the overseas dominions? Take Sterling XI’s
In terms of his nature, would he be willing to work hard to clean up the old country and prepare to take revenge on the overseas dominions? It is impossible. With that spare time, he might as well hold a few more dance parties and so on to have a drunken life, at least in his dreams he will not
Become a joke in other people’s mouths…
General Bolognik's face changed as he stood there. He knew in his heart that what Claude said was true. With the current strength of the war zone, the kingdom's mainland could not even resist, let alone a crusade. This was Claude and him.
Different from each other, Claude will rely on his own strength to resist injustice, but he will only bear it. Even if he wants to be loyal to the kingdom, he can't do it, because Sterling XI doesn't care about being far away in Nubisia.
The loyalty of the general of a small kingdom on the mainland.
"Alas..." General Bolognik sighed deeply, turned around and walked out the door: "I'll leave this to you, Claude, I'm going home."
Claude stood at attention and saluted him: "Okay, you go home and have a good rest. You two have suffered during this period. Now local people from various jurisdictions are rushing to Lanhu City to prepare for the autonomous election in half a month.
The conference will need you to host it then..."
General Bolognik's footsteps stopped at the door. He wanted to turn around but didn't. He hesitated and nodded silently, then pushed the door open and walked out. Under the escort of the newly recruited guards, he got on the carriage and left the theater command.
department.
"Claude, why don't you establish an independent country and become king as Boni said? I guarantee that the three of us will be loyal to you, and then wait for you to grant us a grand duchy..." Albert
General Lunt asked with a smile. General Skerry and General Beachlin also looked at Claude curiously, waiting for his answer.
Claude curled his lips, found a chair and sat down, reaching for the cup to take a sip of water. General Albert was quick-sighted and said: "Don't worry, I'll get you a bottle of good wine. Where can I hide good wine in Boni's office?"
I know."
When General Albert poured everyone a glass of fruit wine, Claude tasted the wine in the glass and thought about the answer: "My father once said this to me before he died. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear it.
The most important thing is that I lived in Bailu City when I was a child. It was still Bailu Town at that time and had not been upgraded to a city. There was a Temple of the Earth Mother in the town. There was a pair of very beautiful and gorgeous crowns in the temple, made of real gold and silver, inlaid with
Many gems, very precious.
You should also know the purpose of this pair of crowns. During the Harvest Festival in September every year, the most handsome young man and the most beautiful girl in the town will be selected. They will become the Harvest Prince and the Harvest Princess. Wearing this pair of crowns, covered with gorgeous
clothes, and then held a parade and carnival to celebrate the Harvest Festival in the town, which lasted for three days. When I was a child, I hoped that when I grew up, I could wear the crown of the Harvest Prince and stand on a gorgeous carriage like a majestic
A procession like a king.
My father knew about my wish. He found a time to take me to the Earth Mother Goddess Lake, brought me the crown, and asked me if I liked it and if I wanted to wear it. Of course I would. But my father said,
I can wear this crown, but I have to put it on for an hour before I can take it off. At that time, I thought that one hour was too short, and I wished I could wear this crown on my head for three times like the prince and princess at the Harvest Festival.
Three days and three nights.
Then I regretted it, because I never thought that the gorgeous-looking crown would be so heavy and uncomfortable to wear on my head. Within about ten minutes, I couldn't stand it anymore, and I was crying and asking my father to help me.
Take it off. You know that there is a hidden clasp on the crown, which covers the head when it is buckled on the head. Someone needs to help me open it to take off the crown. But my father refused my request and just sat next to me drinking tea and looking at me.
Crying and wanting to take the crown...
I don’t know how I survived that hour. I only know that my head was very uncomfortable and painful during that hour. When my father helped me take off the crown an hour later, I felt like a man who had been dumped.
The fish in the mud breathed in the air. Then my father told me this sentence and explained it to me. There is nothing in this world that can be obtained for nothing. When I want to get something, I must think about it.
Be prepared to take on the responsibilities and obligations that come with this thing No...
The crown is a beautiful and precious symbol of power, but it also means that as a king, you have to take responsibility for your subjects and the kingdom. It is easy to become a foolish king like Sterling XI, but such a throne is very difficult for
What is the meaning of our life? In the end, it is nothing more than betraying our relatives, leaving a disgraceful mark in the history books, and becoming a fatuous monarch spurned by his own people.
Today, our war zone has nine directly-governed territories, which are larger than the current kingdom itself. If distributed according to the area of each local county in the kingdom, each direct-governed territory can be divided into at least three to four local counties, and nine
The direct jurisdiction can divide about thirty local counties, but in our kingdom, only twenty-seven local counties have been ruined by His Majesty the King, twenty-one newly occupied counties have been lost, and four frontiers have been abandoned.
county.
The area is larger than that of the Kingdom itself, but the population of our entire overseas territory is only about five million Kingdom immigrants. The twenty-seven local counties in the Kingdom's mainland have more than 20 million Kingdom residents. Even now, the Kingdom's mainland is devastated by civil war.
Ruined into ruins, but as long as it settles down and the king's governance is wise and reliable, the people will be restored and rejuvenated within five years. This is the confidence of the kingdom itself, which is not something that our vast and sparsely populated overseas territorial war zone can match.
Comparable.
Under such circumstances, establishing independent kingdoms in overseas territories and ascending the throne as king is something only a fool would do. Not to mention that the nearly two to three million immigrants have just migrated from the kingdom in recent years, and they still have a deep understanding of the kingdom.
The feeling is that if the kingdom has a clear-minded king, it only takes twenty years to restore the people's strength and the kingdom can become a regional power again. Then our independent kingdom will become its life-and-death enemy. Why bother? At least for me.
I don’t think I can become a qualified king now…
In addition, if you think about it, the entire Nubisia continent is a colony of the countries in the Farea continent. If our directly-administered war zone establishes an independent country, it means that we will become an alien in the Nubisia continent. We will be conquered by everyone in Nubisia.
Targeting countries with colonies in the mainland also means that these countries can declare war on us, attack our kingdom, and turn our territory into their colonies.
As an overseas territory of the Kingdom of Overas, even if we establish an autonomous territory, any country that wants to attack us must consider the kingdom's response. But after we established our independent country, other countries no longer have this scruple. We can defeat Shik
There are ten standing legions of the Kingdom of Sri Lanka, but can we withstand the joint attack of all the countries that have colonies on the mainland of Nubisia?"
None of the three generals expected Claude to say such meaningful words. General Skerry thought for a while and said with some shame: "You are still sober and think so long-term. In fact, I was attracted by those kingdoms
When the special envoy was under house arrest here, he was full of resentment and wished that he would sever all ties with the kingdom after he was freed. We worked hard to win this colonial war for the kingdom, but we were treated like this by the foolish king. We are really unwilling to accept it!"
General Albert and General Beachlin nodded with concern.
Claude laughed: "I once saw a sentence in a book when I was a child, saying that it is indecent to come and not to return. It means that when friends come to visit, it is polite for us to return the visit. Now the kingdom's envoys and
The Marine Corps battalion and the naval officers and soldiers who escorted them were all sent to mine under my orders. Then Sterling XI must still be waiting for news from them, expecting them to collect property from the war zone under our direct jurisdiction and return it for his expenses.
So we have to inform him not to wait, the Kingdom's envoy will not go back. I have ordered the Thunder First Division to break camp and come back. After the autonomous election conference is over, Alan, please do your best and lead the Thunder Legion to land under the escort of the ocean cruise fleet.
There are a lot of refugees in the Kingdom, isn't it? You can help collect them and transport them back to our overseas autonomous territories, which can be regarded as helping the Kingdom solve a big problem..."