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GOR Chapter 389 "Phillip Daley Snowfall"
After Phillip returned to the Duke's castle, he immediately called for a few tailors in the castle and gave them some instructions in private before sending them to the Chamber of Commerce where Princess Louise was staying.
Afterwards, Alpha also secretly brought a group of people to secretly monitor the surroundings of the Chamber of Commerce. Every two hours, he would immediately send someone back to the Duke's Mansion to deliver the news.
What made Phillip feel relieved was that nothing seemed to have happened for the entire afternoon.
At this time, why did Princess Louise come to the Northwest? Although Phillip could not figure out this question, in his opinion, it was not a big problem.
The key question was ….. Daley! This future Princess, why did she come here?
Phillip was not a simple-minded person. Although he received information that Miss Daley was a good friend of Princess Louise ….. But don't forget, Daley was not only the future Princess, she was also recognized by the Empire as the biggest political enemy of the Duke of the Tulip Family. She was also the sister of the Lightning God's Whip Legion Commander General Alpai.
As an outstanding disciple of Mr. Bluesea, Phillip was not only proficient in political strategy, but also in the art of the Emperor.
From the moment Alpai rose like a comet, Phillip accurately judged the Regent's intention.
Balance, the key to the art of the Emperor, is always — — balance!
At that time, after careful analysis, Phillip immediately put forward his suggestion to Du Wei. The military report that accused Du Wei of stealing the credit was written by Phillip himself …..
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That night, the young aide Phillip said something very far-sighted to Du Wei.
"Your Excellency the Duke, from the looks of it, your strength has developed to a bottleneck! In terms of title, you are already a Duke! Under the law that only the direct descendants of the Royal Family can be conferred the title of Duke, your title has already reached the peak! In terms of official positions, you have the rank of General, a committee member of the Sorcerer's Association, the Dean of the Magic Academy, the Chief of the Northwest War Zone ….. These official positions can be said to be extremely high! At the same time, within the Empire, you have 100,000 soldiers. Most importantly, you have the advantage of aerial weapons that can be said to surpass this era! And to the outside world, you have the Rowling family as your strong support! Think about it, if you were the emperor, would you be willing to see such a 'strong minister' appear under your command? Moreover, he was a 'strong minister' who stood out by himself! When Prince Son first came to power, he erected you as the 'King of the Newcomers' in order to show his ambition as the new generation's ruler and also to suppress the old officials. But now that his position has stabilized, everything in the Empire is under his control. If you become too powerful, the Emperor will feel unstable. No matter what, we have been showing off our abilities in the northwest for the past two years … Although I have already advised you to give the military merit of wiping out Guhua Duo to someone else … But it seems that the Royal Regent is still not at ease. Alpay was a pawn that the king used to restrict us. If there are no accidents, the next ten years will be the most critical period for the new Tulip Family's prosperity, decline, or even destruction! "
At this point, Philip bowed deeply to Du Wei. Then this young man suddenly spoke in a relaxed tone: "My Lord, I have already pledged my loyalty to you. I don't want my boss to fall so quickly."
Then Philip analyzed Du Wei's several fatal weaknesses:
"First, it is your position! Your current position is too high! Although having a high position is a good thing, but for you, it is a dangerous double-edged sword! Because of your age! Indeed, in the Empire, in terms of status, there is still the old Prime Minister Robsman who can compete with you in prestige. But don't forget, Sir Robsman is already 70 years old this year, but you ….. are not even 18 years old! Normally speaking, you still have at least 50 years left in your political career. But your position has already reached the pinnacle of what a vassal can achieve. Let me be so bold as to ask you one thing: Your Excellency the Duke, if you make any contributions to the Empire in the next few decades, how should the Regent reward you? Is he going to give you the title of King? Or ….. is he going to give you the position of Emperor? That is absolutely impossible. The Regent may appreciate you now, but he is still a monarch after all. Moreover, he is a monarch with ambitions and ambitions.
"Second, your military power! For an aristocrat's private army, our Tulip Family now has nearly 50,000 soldiers. That is already the limit of an aristocrat. Although it has not exceeded the number stipulated by the Empire's laws, but I fear that even a blind person can see how powerful our army's fighting strength is. I can directly say that if we include those super new weapons and combat units, even if our 50,000 soldiers encounter the Empire's most powerful army, we will still have the strength to fight! As for the other local garrisons, there is no need to even mention them. I remember you once said something that made me admire you. It's called 'how can you allow others to sleep soundly beside you!' If it was Prince Son, would he be at ease with such a strong military force under his command?
The third weakness is your wealth! Even I have to admit that I admire you. Your Excellency the Duke, I fear you are the best at accumulating wealth since the founding of the Empire! And the speed at which you make money is almost miraculous! From the age of 14 until now, in just four short years, you already have the strongest financial resources in the continent! Whether it is the many industries you have created, the many miracles, or the wealth we swept in from the Southeast, I fear no one in the Empire can make money faster than you. But here is the problem … … If you only have soldiers, then the Empire can still use financial resources to clamp you down. But you … … Have soldiers, money, and territory … … With these three combined, which monarch would feel at ease?
The fourth weakness is your opponent! This is what worries me the most! In the political arena, one is not afraid of being strong, but afraid of not having an opponent! Because once you have no opponent, it will cause the Emperor to have scruples. I have carefully studied the coup two years ago and listened to my teacher Mr. Blue Ocean's analysis of the struggle in the Royal Family. The current Emperor, Augustine the 6th, once supported his eldest son, Prince Yawen. Unfortunately, before the old Emperor was old, the eldest Prince had already grown up. Out of fear that the eldest Prince would usurp the throne, the old Emperor chose to support his youngest son, Prince Son. In fact, the old Emperor may not have really liked Prince Son, but rather used him to balance out the eldest Prince.
But look at you now, is there anyone in the Empire who can balance out your political opponents?
This is what I was most worried about. I was even secretly worried that if there were no political enemies in the Empire who could go against you, then I'm afraid that in less than three years, your strength would cause the Regent to panic! It was panic, not just suspicion! My Lord, if that time comes, the Regent will not hesitate to suppress you and even take some drastic measures!
Fortunately, the Regent has no intention of making a move on you. Instead, he 'found' a political opponent for you. Such a move can be said to be very smart, and it is also a form of safety for you! Because this move shows that the Regent still wants to continue to put you in an important position, instead of getting rid of you after you've outlived your usefulness. My advice to you is that no matter how the Regent supports this newcomer, you must 'cooperate' well. If the Regent wants us to fight, then we will fight for him. However, in the process of this fight, we must take the initiative and control the situation. Then everything will be fine. "
This speech can be said to be a very clever political tactic. These theoretical things can be said to be the outstanding results of Mr. Blue Ocean's teaching. At the same time, the young Philip has finally grown into an outstanding advisor in the three years he spent in the Northwest.
Du-Wei appreciates this kind of strategy from a strategically advantageous position. But this young man's talent doesn't stop here!
After setting up this overall plan for Du Wei, Philip didn't neglect the details.
"There is basically no danger in the general direction. But we have to be extra careful with this' political enemy '! After all, Your Grace, I want to remind you that everyone is ambitious! For us, it's enough to make the Regent feel at ease by faking a fight with the political enemy. But for this political enemy … He may not be willing to be our sparring partner! Now our fight is no longer an ordinary fight. To put it bluntly, it can even be said to be a fight to see who can become the most powerful family in the Empire in the next few decades! Now it seems that you have some advantages, but it's not like the other party has no chance! I just said that everyone is ambitious. It's hard to guarantee that the other party won't take advantage of this opportunity to really fight us! So we have to be extra careful with this guy, Alpay's family! "
This conversation took place right after the end of the war in the Northwest. On a certain night, Philip poured out all of his thoughts to Du Wei.
And now, the general development of the situation was basically in line with Philip's imagination.
Unfortunately, the only discordant note came from Miss Daisy!
When the Regent announced his marriage in the capital, the news quickly spread to the Northwest in less than three days.
Philip immediately did a thorough research on this news.
In his view, this news is not good news for Du Wei.
Alpay's family is destined to become Du Wei's archenemy. And in this archenemy's family, there is a Princess … … A Princess famous for her beauty and many talents.
For Du Wei, this is a hidden danger!
Although the Regent is a very opinionated monarch, marrying this Miss Daisy is clearly a political marriage without any feelings. But things like feelings are hard to say. The Regent is famous for being young and affectionate in the capital. And this Miss Daisy is also a beauty second to none in the noble circle in the south. It's hard to say if the Regent will fall deeply in love with this young wife in the future.
When that time comes, as long as the pillow talks, even if a man is opinionated, the potential influence from day to day will be very dangerous to Du Wei.
And … … Not only that, Philip sees even further!
As a disciple of Blue Ocean, Philip's research on the art of the Emperor has reached a deep level. He has even done a careful analysis of the current royal family.
In his view, the thing he is most worried about is the future Crown Prince!
The Prince Regent was only in his twenties. Although he had a son, Prince Charlie, the Prince Regent was still so young. In the next few decades, it was hard to guarantee that the new Princess Daisy would not give birth to a new prince. What if the new prince was smarter and more favored by the Prince Regent?
There's also another point. The current Regent's Queen is not from a noble family. This is easy to understand. After all, when Prince Son got married for the first time, he was still very young. At that time, the favorite in the battle for the throne was the Crown Prince Aven. At that time, most of the noble families stood by the Crown Prince's side and very few people would place their bets on Prince Son. Prince Son's current Queen is only the daughter of an intermediate noble family.
In the future, if Princess Dailey were to give birth to a boy, the current Prince Charlie would lack the support of his mother's large family in the competition for the throne.
But Princess Daisy is not afraid. Her family is very powerful in the South, and Prince Charlie is the commander of the army! He has great military power in the Empire!!
Fine, even if the Regent won't be easily tempted ….. But don't forget the lesson of the past!!
Right now, the Regent is only in his twenties, and his eldest son, Prince Charlie, is said to be very smart. But what if 20 years later … … When Prince Charlie is 30 years old, it's the age when a man wants to achieve great things! At that time, the Regent will be less than 50 years old! This is the age when a monarch is most mature and has the most ideas!
Perhaps, the story of the old Emperor Augustine the 6th will repeat itself: In order to prevent his eldest son from seizing the throne, he deliberately pushed his youngest son to the throne … …
Although everyone said that the current Prince Regent was much wiser than the old Emperor Augustine VI of the past.
But when it comes to the throne, what's impossible?
Therefore, in the future, General Du Wei's family has become the biggest imaginary enemy!
And Philip has done a lot of research on this family.
Especially the future Princess Consort, Miss Dai Li.
Although the information he obtained on the surface only showed how young and beautiful Miss Dailey was, and how talented and talented she was, Philip saw an extremely unusual clue from the large amount of information he collected.
The information he collected is enough to fill up an entire drawer in Philip's room. Among the information, there are several details about Daisy's past that caught Philip's attention!
The first thing was that during the snowstorm in the south last year, many of the disaster victims had rioted. Although the Empire had taken some measures to provide relief, because the roads were destroyed, the food and money could not be transported smoothly, and some of the starving disaster victims had rioted. In some places, the victims even besieged the local nobles to rob them of food and money.
At this time, this Daisy donated all her jewelry. As a result, the local people were very touched by this young lady's kindness. Even the victims treated her as the incarnation of the Goddess' messenger, praising this Daisy's kindness.
But Philip sneered!
Donated jewelry? What a joke! How much can a noble lady's jewelry be worth? Moreover, this Miss Daley was known for her virtue of "advocating simple living"! How much can a "simple" noble lady's jewelry be worth?
Ten thousand gold coins? Twenty thousand gold coins?
Such a small amount of money can only be considered an insignificant number for a donation. But what is thought-provoking is that ….. for this snow disaster in the South, many nobles in the Empire responded to the call of the Church and donated hundreds of thousands of gold coins!
But who would remember the names of those people?
But it was this girl who donated a few pieces of jewelry that spread her name all over the North and South of the continent! In a short period of time, her reputation is unparalleled!
A noble lady donating a few pieces of jewelry is not a big deal, but how can the news spread so widely?
If it was said that there was no one secretly spreading the news, Philip would not believe it even if he was beaten to death!
It was very clear, it was just four words:
Buy people's hearts!
The second incident was recorded in the information file, it happened a few years ago. At that time, in this family, the patriarch was preparing to decide the future patriarch of the family, and the most popular young man in the family was not General Alpaye! At that time, Alpaye was only a deputy commander in the local garrison army.
But at this time, this Daisy stood up and supported her brother, Alpaye. With the support of this goddess in the hearts of many noble youths, Alpaye immediately received the support of many nobles and had a wide network of connections!
Although this method, in Philip's opinion, was slightly childish. However, for a fifteen-year-old girl to be able to do this, it was already very impressive.
What did this mean?
This girl, Daisy, was definitely not a simple girl who was pure, beautiful, kind, and talented in art as in the legends!
In Philip's mind, this Daisy was young and beautiful, but also very scheming, a woman who knew how to buy people's hearts, a woman who knew how to use tricks!
And now, such a girl is about to become the Princess Consort, someone who can influence the Regent up close.
This girl suddenly came to the Northwest!
What is she doing here?
Just to accompany the Princess?
Philip would not believe it even if he was beaten to death!
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Frowning, Philip fell into deep thought, he looked over the reports sent back by his subordinates again and again.
Even Mr. Alpha's men who were guarding outside the Chamber of Commerce sent back several reports. On the surface, it seemed that there was nothing special. It was nothing more than who came out of the Chamber of Commerce, where they went to buy things, who they met … It was all the usual things.
One of the reports caught Philip's attention.
One of Daisy's maids was found by Philip's subordinates to go to the Lister Family's Chamber of Commerce in the city. This was not strange, Philip knew that Princess Louise and Mrs. Lister were friends, so it was normal for her to contact a friend when she came to the Northwest.
But it was worth noting that this maid, after going to the Lister Family's Chamber of Commerce, went to another place!
The Church of Light in the city.
Moreover, after the maid left the religious institute, the Saintess, who had been staying in the religious institute, immediately left to visit the Chamber of Commerce!!
In other words, the Saintess only went to visit Princess Louise after the maid sent her the message!
Princess Louise would never send someone to invite the Saintess. After all, Princess Louise and Prince Son are born from the same mother, and the Saintess's father, the Crown Prince Aven, died in the hands of Prince Son! The relationship between the two is definitely not harmonious.
Then, is it that Daisy who secretly sent someone to invite the Saintess?
This Daisy, what is she trying to do?!
Philip's handsome face suddenly flashed with a trace of haze. This young man has built up enough confidence. He believes in his wisdom and is trying hard to think about this problem. Trying to connect the dots ….
At this moment, inadvertently, the figure of that fellow called Luo Xue suddenly appeared in his mind. That almost perfect man!
"Why do I suddenly think of that guy …. Although his origin is somewhat suspicious, but …. Why do I have a feeling that this person is very dangerous?"
All of a sudden, Philip jumped up!
In an instant, he thought of an extremely terrifying possibility!
(Haha, I just announced that I'm going to rest for a few days and the next book started to fight for the monthly votes …. In just one day, the book's monthly votes ranking is already in jeopardy.
Many readers are calling for me to give up on the adjustment period and fight back. Otherwise, I'm afraid this month's work will be in vain.
However, I can only say sorry to these readers.
I said before, the most important thing for me now is to adjust my condition and improve the quality of this book.
So, I can't explode. Thank you for your love, but I really don't want to explode. If it's just to make up the word count, I can write ten or twenty thousand words. But if I can't even satisfy myself, how can I take it out and sell it to you?
So, I won't rush to increase my speed or explode.
As for the monthly votes …. So be it. Even if I have to sacrifice the monthly votes, I want to improve the quality first!
I've always worked hard to get the monthly votes, but now, I'm more concerned about my condition and the quality of this book.
If a tree doesn't even have its roots, can you expect it to grow lush leaves?
— — Dance
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