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Chapter five hundred and thirty second tit-for-tat conversation

Chapter 532: A tit-for-tat conversation

When Claude said that after the First World War, there would be no more Stirling royal family, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly fell silent. Prime Minister Blancart just smiled and looked at Claude without speaking.

, General Albert looked at Claude and then at Prime Minister Blancart, wanting to say something but unable to say it. As for Claude, he stared closely at Prime Minister Blancart's face.

Looking at the change in expression on his face...

I don’t know how much time passed, it seemed very long, it seemed very short. Just when General Albert wanted to yell because of the depressing atmosphere, Prime Minister Blancart finally put the empty cup in his hand.

On the table: "One more drink..."

It was like the feeling of a balloon being pricked by a needle and all the air leaking out. As soon as Prime Minister Blancart said these words, the tense tension and depression no longer existed in the tent. Claude remained silent.

He opened the remaining bottle of fruit wine and slowly poured the orange and transparent wine into Prime Minister Blancart's empty glass.

Prime Minister Blancart raised the cup again and tasted it slowly. Claude did not say anything and filled his own cup with fruit wine. He then placed the remaining half bottle of fruit wine in front of General Albert.

Instructing him to help himself. General Albert did not pour the fruit wine into his empty cup, but directly grabbed the bottle and drank it in big gulps...

This time, Prime Minister Blancart did not finish the fruit wine, but only took a few sips before looking at Claude: "What do you think will happen to the Kingdom of Orvilas without the Sterling royal family?"

Claude shook his head: "I don't care about the consequences. Even if the kingdom becomes worse, it's none of my business. Because we have all returned to the overseas autonomous territories by then, and we can't control what changes will happen to the kingdom in the future...

..."

"Actually, these things can be calculated." Prime Minister Blancart laughed: "First of all, your overseas armies will become foreign invaders because you occupied the royal capital and destroyed the Sterling royal family.

Then all the noble factions in the kingdom will give up their disputes, unite as one, and call on the people of the kingdom to fight against you invaders from overseas dominions and the crimes of killing the king and his wife and the Sterling royal family.

You will be heroes who defeated the alliance army and helped the kingdom unify the eastern region. You will become rebels in the hearts of the people of the kingdom and the culprits who will once again involve the kingdom in war and bloodshed. Even if you can suppress the people of the kingdom for a while with your powerful combat power.

riots, but you cannot stay in the eastern region for a long time. Because you only have two legions of troops, there is no way to control such a large area of ​​​​the kingdom.

The so-called name is not justified, I can't imagine what kind of names and excuses you use to rule such a large kingdom after occupying the royal capital. With the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, the only thing you can control is the mainland of the kingdom.

We still have to face one after another local rebellions. So are you ready to give up on areas such as Karrnath Steppe, Esquiline, Rimodra and Sidings? In this case, what will the victory of the Second Eastern Region War mean?

significance?

Our Kingdom of Overas, since the end of the First Eastern Region War, has never had time to restore its vitality. From the colonial war initiated by the Kingdom of Hicks, to the civil war in the kingdom that occurred when the two kings fought for the throne, until

Now, the debt war and the Second Eastern War that occurred after His Majesty Frederick I mutinied and came to power, the people of the kingdom have had enough of the suffering of the war. They are very eager for peace and tranquility, and no one wants to continue the war.

Therefore, His Majesty the King has maintained the greatest goodwill and tolerance for your troops entering the royal capital. He believes that your overseas autonomous territories will not destroy this hard-won peace. This is why I, as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, are here to welcome your army.

Reason. If you regard a small misunderstanding as an excuse to launch a war and destroy the peaceful situation in the kingdom, I believe that the people of the kingdom will be disappointed and angry with your overseas autonomous territories, and they will spontaneously rise up to resist.

The current royal capital is an undefended city for you. You can rush in, kill, rob, set fire, and commit adultery. Just like the crimes those alliance armies have done, you can do it again and let the entire

The people of the Royal Capital have once again fallen into a miserable world of water and fire. If this is your wish, then I congratulate you, you will soon realize your wish, His Majesty the King, the Royal Ministers, including me, and the people of the Royal Capital

, all at your mercy..."

"Uh..." General Albert jumped up from his chair: "Mr. Prime Minister, our Thunder Legion is not the enemy of the kingdom. Please don't refer to us as that alliance army, our Thunder Legion."

The soldiers will never do anything against the people of the royal capital that violates military discipline. We are soldiers from overseas autonomous territories, not criminals..."

Claude could only shake his head and smile bitterly, mourning for General Albert's poor political IQ. Couldn't he even hear that this was Prime Minister Blancart's intimidation? The response was exactly what Claude said.

After the First World War, there was no longer any threat from the Sterling royal family.

"Since the capital city is an undefended city, I believe we will not encounter resistance when we enter the city tomorrow. This is a good thing. I believe we can complete the task quickly and escort the representatives of our overseas dominions and officers.

, and the huge amount of 30 million gold crowns on the way back." Claude looked at Prime Minister Blancart and raised his glass:

"If our parliamentarians and representatives of promoted officers have not suffered any personal harm, and the funds of 30 million gold crowns are not missing, then I believe that the misunderstanding stated in the letter by His Majesty the King must be true. Her Majesty the Queen is also doing it for us

For the personal safety of these parliamentarians and military representatives, they and the funds were transferred to the palace. A small mistake can be forgiven during this period. Do you think so, my respected Prime Minister?"

At this moment, Prime Minister Blancart's smile suddenly turned bitter. He avoided Claude's eyes, raised the cup and swallowed the fruit wine in big gulps, and then said with a forced smile: "Actually,

, because they were really in a hurry that night, the palace guards sent to help were a little anxious to complete Her Majesty the Queen's order, and did not explain clearly to your people, and even had a little conflict with your parliamentarians and military representatives.

Individuals were slightly injured, but I guarantee their lives are not in any danger..."

Claude snorted coldly and put the wine glass on the table: "Let us explain frankly what happened that night. We all know the excuses and don't need to mention them. What I just want to know is,

How many of our people were injured, how many of us are safe and sound, and how many of us are still imprisoned by you.

You don’t have to tell us now, but when we enter the city tomorrow, we will soon find out the truth of the matter. Then don’t blame us for not saying hello to you and taking revenge. Because first of all, you deceived us and concealed the truth...

..."

"Your Excellency, Marshal, we have a saying in the Falea continent that a minister should not speak of a ruler's fault. I believe you have heard of this sentence." Prime Minister Blancart said sincerely:

"The meaning of this sentence does not mean that as a minister, you cannot accuse the king of his faults face to face. It means that after the king makes a mistake, as a minister, you should not blame the king for why he made such a mistake, but should actively deal with it.

In this wrong situation, it is the responsibility of a minister to try to reduce and eliminate the serious consequences of this mistake made by the king.

You and I both understand the cause of this time. What His Majesty the King said in the letter was indeed an excuse, but he was also helpless. After all, it was Her Majesty the Queen who made the mistake, his wife, the prince's mother, and now she is pregnant.

The body cannot withstand great stimulation.

So even if she makes such a big mistake, His Majesty the King can only endure his anger and clean up the mess for her. Just like an ordinary family, conflicts and quarrels sometimes occur between husband and wife, but this time

It made a big fuss...

I know that your overseas autonomous territories are very dissatisfied with His Majesty's refusal to give you discounts and benefits for this grant of title. But what you don't understand is that it's not that His Majesty and I, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, don't give discounts and benefits, but that we don't either.

way.

Do you know how many nobles of the Kingdom have firmly opposed allowing your overseas autonomous territories to enjoy the same treatment after acquiring hereditary family territory? It is really a great pressure for Your Majesty and me, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, and it is difficult not to give you discounts and benefits.

Only under certain conditions can your overseas autonomous territories also enjoy the qualifications for granting seals.

From a certain point of view, the benefits brought by the granting of the title to His Majesty and the national treasury are indeed very large, so large that many noble families in the kingdom are jealous. When we finally pay off the huge military expenses owed over the years and the benefits from various

After the loans from the noble families, there was not much money left in the treasury.

This is a kingdom that is waiting for new things and cannot support the implementation of my economic revitalization plan for that kingdom. Therefore, we can only focus on the overseas autonomous territories that have always been wealthy, hoping to obtain promotion fees and land selection from you.

Fees can solve this funding problem.

Frankly speaking, this is the best opportunity for the kingdom's revival. His Majesty used the granting order to lift the constraints of the kingdom's established aristocratic families on the kingdom's economy, politics and military.

A large number of members of the old aristocratic families have been eliminated from the army, and they have truly and accurately controlled the direct jurisdiction of the three legions of the Red Dragon, Griffin, and Imperial Guard. There is no need to worry about another chaos like mutiny. The only thing lacking is implementation.

Large sums of money for the Kingdom’s economic recovery package.

But what we didn't expect was that the parliamentarians and military representatives of your overseas autonomous territories thought this was very unfair, refused to accept the grant of hereditary family territory, and displayed the huge amount of 30 million gold crowns they brought in front of the palace.

In the small square, the whole royal capital was shocked.

Although your Majesty and I, the Prime Minister, are jealous of this huge sum of money from you, we have no intention of using it. It’s just that Her Majesty the Queen was angry at the rudeness to her by your four representatives at the royal court meeting and wanted to solve it.

His Majesty was troubled by the lack of funds, so he took the initiative to send the palace guards to your office in the capital, and made a mistake..."

"Shut up!" Claude raised his hand to stop General Albert who was about to speak. This guy was almost fooled by the prime minister's sincere words. Claude was afraid of his brain.

A hot pat on the chest promises something...

Seeing General Albert closing his mouth with a look of grievance, Claude then turned to look at Prime Minister Blancart, his eyes slowly becoming sharper: "Your Excellency, as a soldier of an overseas autonomous territory, I

What I want to know is, how big of a mistake did our respected Majesty the Queen make that night, and how much harm did the palace guards she sent cause to the parliamentarians and military representatives of our Dominion?

I don’t want to know how much hair the wise King has lost and how much effort he put into reviving the kingdom’s economy, nor do I want to know what help and significance the 30 million gold crowns brought by our Dominion have to the kingdom. In my opinion,

Come on, the matter is actually very simple. As our President Hindman said at the Royal Court Meeting, this is actually a transaction. Now that the price cannot be negotiated, the transaction will naturally not be established.

If it is a normal business transaction, one party offers too high and the other party counteroffers too low. If the two parties cannot reach an agreement, they can only break up. This is a normal situation. You and I agree, and no one can blame anyone. It’s just us.

Overseas Dominions, the object of this transaction is His Majesty the King. Since we are unable to counter-offer, we believe that the offer is too high and can only abandon the transaction. In order to show our sincerity, we even let you see the price we brought with us.

this funding.

What we didn't expect was that you actually took the initiative to arrest our congressmen and representatives of promoted officers, took away the huge sum of 30 million gold crowns that we brought over, and also sealed off the garrison of our overseas autonomous territories.

An office in the royal capital. Is this something that a king and queen can do? If our dominion did not have a strong military, I believe our people would suffocate in cells to death, but you would enjoy us with peace of mind.

of this funding...

Prime Minister, you just said a lot of heartfelt words to us. It sounds like we should forgive your mistakes, understand your difficulties, and understand your helplessness. But after talking for a long time, you still didn't answer the question we are most concerned about. Let's

Let’s get straight to the point and talk about the resolution of this incident. How do you want to solve this problem?

The first thing we want to know is the current situation of our people. Whether they are dead or alive, the Prime Minister must give an explanation to our overseas dominions. Secondly, the wealth that belongs to us must be returned at a penny or less, because it belongs to the dominions.

Wealth. Third, we want to know whether Her Majesty the Queen will be punished for doing something wrong and what kind of punishment it will be. Finally, does His Majesty the King have a compensation plan for us?"

Prime Minister Blancart's smile was almost unbearable on his face. Claude didn't pay attention to his remarks at all. The words that only referred to the core issues made him feel very uncomfortable. But he had no choice, since he had already prepared to come.

If you are mentally prepared to welcome it, you still cannot avoid these most critical questions in the end...

"I'm very sorry..." Prime Minister Blancart lowered his head with thick brown hair: "That day, the palace guards were ordered to go to your office in the royal capital. Their attitude was a bit rude and arrogant, and they ended up with

There was a small conflict between your congressmen and the representatives of the Jinjue officers. Both sides used weapons. Fortunately, they were stopped quickly and no major casualties were caused.

Fortunately, only forty-seven of your congressmen and representatives of the promoted officers were injured. They have received the best treatment and there is no danger to their lives. However, the personnel of the original office and a group of guard soldiers were injured because they were injured.

Because Marshal Bolognik stopped him, he did not participate in the conflict. He was just disarmed and is now under house arrest in the military camp..."

The corners of Claude's mouth slowly rose up, revealing a sarcastic smile: "I don't understand, Mr. Prime Minister, whether our parliamentarians and military representatives were injured in the conflict or were arrested and tortured.

And the injuries? We went to nearly a hundred delegates, and nearly half of them were injured. This is not consistent with the small conflict you claimed, right?

If they were injured during the conflict, even Marshal Bolognik would not be able to stop the guards from counterattacking. Otherwise, they would be derelict in their duties and would be subject to military law. Only when they are captured and unable to resist can there be so many MPs and nobles.

There may be a situation where the officer representatives are injured and the guards are helpless..."

"This is mainly because after your MPs and military representatives were arrested, they were offended by the words of His Majesty the King and the Queen, which led to the palace guards angrily giving them some physical punishment. This caused

So many people were injured..." Prime Minister Blancart explained awkwardly...

"Haha..." Claude sneered: "If we hadn't sent a Falcon letter afterwards, telling you that without the signatures of me, Allen, and Piccolo, no one has the right to use that

If a huge sum of 30 million gold crowns is provided, I believe that there are already more than sixty hereditary nobles from our overseas autonomous territories. That sum of money is just used as their promotion fee and land selection fee, and falls into

It’s in your pockets, right?”

"No..." Prime Minister Blancart reluctantly defended: "We do need your huge funds to implement the plan to revive the Kingdom's economy, but Your Majesty and I, the Prime Minister, will not use your Dominion without authorization.

Money. Her Majesty the Queen has made a mistake, but Your Majesty is trying her best to eliminate the impact of this mistake.

We all don’t want a war to break out because of this small mistake, thereby ruining the good opportunity for the kingdom’s revival. Even if we need money, we can borrow it from your dominion or loan you, and we will not use deceitful means to get this money from you.

funds......"

"Then how do you punish Her Majesty the Queen for making this mistake?" Claude asked again.

Prime Minister Blancart opened his mouth, wanting to say something but in the end he lowered his head in vain: "You know, Marshal Claude, Her Majesty the Queen is pregnant. This is her and His Majesty the King's second child, so we

There is no way to blame or punish her..."


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