After receiving Najeta's invitation from Mine, frankly speaking, Fangzheng didn't want to waste time, but considering that the other party sent him three useful subordinates, Fangzheng agreed to meet Najeta out of consideration.
"If you want to persuade me to cooperate with the Revolutionary Army, forget it."
This was the first sentence Fangzheng said to Najeta when they met.
In the face of such a rude response from Fangzheng, Najeta's expression couldn't help but stiffen for a moment, then she opened the bottle of wine at hand, poured a glass of wine and put it in front of Fangzheng.
"It seems that you have a lot of opinions about our Revolutionary Army?"
"The reason why I agreed to meet with you is because of the good relationship between Night Raid and us, but as for the Revolutionary Army … Sorry, you should be glad that we are not fighting for the Empire. Otherwise, we would have found time to clean up this kind of guy who ceded his country for the sake of reputation and power."
"There's nothing we can do about it …"
Najeta couldn't help but defend herself.
"After all, our Revolutionary Army is weak, and …"
However, before Najeta finished her words, Fangzheng interrupted her coldly.
"There's nothing we can do about it, so you have to contact a foreign country? Cede your country? Miss Najeta, I heard that you used to be a general of the Empire, so why did you rebel against the Empire and join the Revolutionary Army? "
"… As you said, I used to be Esdeath's adjutant, but I saw the bloody massacre of those foreign nations by the Empire. I really couldn't accept this cruel behavior, so I left the Empire and joined the Revolutionary Army."
"But isn't the result what you did the same?"
Fangzheng smiled and leaned back in his chair. Najeta was silent for a moment, then reached out to pick up the glass.
"I understand what you mean. I've read the letter Chelsey wrote to me. Indeed, the actions of the Revolutionary Army's higher-ups are a bit inappropriate … But, what can we do?"
Speaking of this, Najeta showed a little exhaustion for the first time.
"Our strength is weak, we can't fight against the Empire alone …"
"So, what are you fighting for?"
However, Fangzheng asked a question that was out of Najetta's expectation.
"What are we fighting for … .to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Empire, of course!"
"So what you're saying is that if the Empire wasn't ruled by tyranny but by justice and honesty, you wouldn't have overthrown it, right?"
Half of Fangzheng's face was covered by the hood, but the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, revealing a mocking smile.
"Also, let the people live and work in peace …."
"This is what a ruler should do. No matter what kind of ruler you are, as long as you can do it, you are qualified. If you can't, you are not qualified. This is not an ideal, but a responsibility."
"Uh …"
"So you see, in my opinion, there is no difference between the Revolutionary Army and the Empire."
Fangzheng shrugged and picked up his glass.
"In the final analysis, the Revolutionary Army just wants to seize the power to rule the country. As for the tyranny of the Empire, the poverty of the people and so on, it's just the banner and excuse of the Revolutionary Army. You have no ideals, no beliefs, only goals. You will do anything to achieve your goals. You can even easily cede the land that the soldiers exchanged for with their blood and lives, can't you?"
"…"
"Because there is no other way, so you compromise? That's because you don't care about beliefs and beliefs at all. Everything the Revolutionary Army is doing now is not based on their own beliefs and beliefs, but simply to win over the hearts of the people. They want to please the people, but all this is just to climb to the top of power … "
"Then what do you think we should do?!"
Najta angrily interrupted Fangzheng's words and punched the table. She did not want to show such an angry expression, but what Fangzheng said was like a needle, directly and mercilessly piercing Najta's fantasy, pulling her to the cruel reality.
"The current state of the Empire is completely hopeless. Only by regaining power can we lead this country. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Really?"
Fangzheng crossed his hands and stared at Najta.
"Then let me test your will. You mean that the Empire is hopelessly corrupt, so the Revolutionary Army must regain power and let the Empire return to the right track, right?"
"Yes."
Najta calmed down and nodded, but at the same time, there was a deep uneasiness in her heart.
"So, if someone can carry out a thorough reform of the Empire and let the country return to the right track, will you give up everything now?"
"… What do you mean by that?"
Hearing this, Najta felt more and more uneasy. As for Fangzheng, he revealed a cold smile and extended a finger.
"In fact, I also have a suitable candidate for the ruler of the Empire."
"Who is it?"
"It's someone you know … Esdeath."
"Impossible!"
After hearing this name, Najta finally couldn't help but cry out.
"If Esdeath becomes the ruler of the Empire, then this country is really finished!"
"Really?"
"Of course! She's ruthless, cruel and tyrannical … "
"But that's only to her enemies, she's not like this to her subordinates, right?"
"This …"
This time, Najta had nothing to say. Although Esdeath was cruel and cold-blooded to the enemy, she was really good to her subordinates.
"If Esdeath becomes the Emperor, then she will definitely love her people, and it's not difficult for her to get rid of those stupid and incompetent bureaucrats and nobles, isn't it?"
"This …"
Hearing this, Najta was also speechless. Indeed, as Fangzheng said, the current situation of the Empire was almost irreversible. The empire's current situation was almost irreversible, but if Esdeath took this position, it was indeed possible to bring the entire empire back to life. After all, her cold-blooded means and character made Esdeath would never compromise with those nobles. For Esdeath, those incompetent and greedy guys could be eliminated in the blink of an eye.
"No, no, wait, Esdeath doesn't have this idea! If she had this idea, then she wouldn't be like this now! "
Soon, Najta put forward her own opinion. As she said, Esdeath had no interest in politics, she preferred killing and war. If Esdeath wanted to intervene in politics – the ancient precept of this country was that generals must not interfere with politics, so she would not succeed.
"Yes, Esdeath didn't have this idea before, and she didn't have this qualification. But as long as the Emperor, ministers, and General Budo are dead, then Esdeath will be the highest person in the country. At that time, she can naturally become the Emperor, right? "
"This is not the reason why she will be the Emperor."
Najta shook her head again. With her understanding of Esdeath, even if things really became like this, Esdeath would probably choose someone to be the Emperor, and then continue to do what she wanted.
"Indeed, she had no reason before."
"Do you mean now she has?"
"Of course."
Fangzheng smiled.
"Do you know why Esdeath didn't return to the capital this time?"
"Why?"
Hearing this question, Najta was also curious. In fact, she had been worried that Esdeath would choose to come back because of the changes in the capital. At that time, there would be Esdeath and General Budo guarding the capital, then it would be more difficult to deal with the Emperor. But what Najta didn't expect was that Esdeath didn't come back, but just sent her adjutant to deal with this matter.
Najta couldn't figure it out, but she didn't have too many sources of information. As Najta said, the Revolutionary Army's power in the empire was very weak, and they didn't have spare energy to organize an intelligence network in Luganica.
"It's very simple, because she fell in love with someone."
"… Huh?"
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Najta's first reaction was that the other party was joking with her. That cold-blooded, ruthless, cruel, and tyrannical woman actually fell in love?
Who are you kidding!
"Wait, that's not right. With Esdeath's character, if she likes a man, won't she kidnap him and bring him back directly?"
"She does want to, but the premise is that she can beat him."
"You mean … Esdeath can't beat that man?!"
Najta felt that her jaw was broken, and Fangzheng laughed.
"That's right, the man she has her eyes on is Luganica's Sword Saint, Rhine Harut van Astrya. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the strongest in the world. "
The reason why he was not the strongest in the world was that there was still Lina Impeth, and if she couldn't beat him, she could still ask her mother, the Golden Devil King, to come down. Rhine Harut definitely couldn't beat the Golden Devil King.
"By the way, Rhine Harut is a model knight, so do you understand?"
"I see …"
Hearing this, Najta also almost understood what Fangzheng meant. Simply put, Esdeath fell in love with a man who could be called a model knight.
And such a man would never give in because of Esdeath's threat, and he obviously didn't like Esdeath's cold-blooded and cruel side. In addition, the other party was stronger than her, and Esdeath couldn't beat him …
Oh, thinking of this, Najta suddenly wanted to see what changes would happen to that woman next to Esdeath.
But wait, now was not the time to gossip about Esdeath's love history!
Thinking about it carefully, Esdeath was someone who would not give up until she succeeded. Since she couldn't beat the other party, then she would definitely choose another way to get that man. If the three main figures in the imperial capital were all dead at this time, once Esdeath came to the empire as an empress, then wouldn't she be able to talk about marriage with that man directly?
After all, at that time, Esdeath would not only be a general, but would represent the entire Northern Empire. Since Fangzheng said that the other party was a knight, then it would certainly not be a perfunctory matter …
Wait, if that really happened, what should the Revolutionary Army do?!
Thinking of this, Najta suddenly felt — — a stomachache.
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