Feldnan asked straight to the point: "Tell me, what is it?"
You also know what happened tonight. I want to cause trouble for the people at the Holy Walk, so I lent you my black rose." Yi Wenyan's answer was also very concise.
Feldnan frowned: "Didn't you say before that it's not appropriate to touch them now?"
"It was really not suitable to touch them before." Yi Wenyan admitted, "With you here, dad, these people are just grasshoppers no matter how much they jump around, but the people behind the grasshoppers are not grasshoppers. The reason why before
You can’t fight these grasshoppers because you want to show the people behind the grasshoppers.”
"Before tonight, we knew what the grasshoppers were planning, but the grasshoppers and the people behind them didn't know that we knew, so we could only pretend that we didn't know. But now, since some grasshoppers have taken action,
Then if we continue to pretend that we don't know, the grasshopper will notice something strange and discover that we actually don't know, but pretend not to know. So we have to change from pretending not to know at the beginning to pretending.
We now know, giving the other party the illusion that we already know, and we are just pretending to understand, but in fact we don’t know at all and we don’t know.”
Feldnan was not confused by Yiwen's tongue-twisting words, but quickly sorted out what he meant: "In other words, counterattack now will just let those people understand that as long as I am still in White Rose
As long as the city is in the city, they must not move rashly. This will give them the illusion that we have no knowledge of their existence. As long as I leave and lose my greatest suppression, they can do whatever they want in the dark.
——To lower their vigilance?”
"Well, that's it." Yi Wenyan nodded and confirmed Feldnan's statement: "We are in the light and they are in the dark. This is the greatest source of security in their hearts. If they suddenly find out that they are in the dark,
If it was actually us, and the people who were illuminated in detail by the light of the Golden Lock of the Crow, were actually them, then there would be no need to sing this scene, and a lot of trouble would be caused out of thin air. So it’s okay to ring the church in advance.
Not a bad thing."
Feldnan thought for a moment: "...Since you have already thought it through, I don't need to say anything more, but let me ask - how big a stir do you plan to make?"
"About three hundred people came from the Holy Walk. Most of them are church knights and a small number of armed priests. They are scattered in three strongholds. I want to capture a den and alert another den. If the remaining people run to the end
If the den is hidden, then the situation will be the best."
Feldnan nodded, and then suddenly asked: "Those two priests are the ones you plan to use as a cover-up?"
"Well." Yi Wenyan knew that Feldnan would definitely know about his capture of prisoners, so he did not deny it, "Since we have captured the two of them, it is not surprising to know where they are hiding. Stress reaction
Making it a little bigger will give them the illusion that we actually don’t know anything and are just taking revenge out of revenge.”
"Then we need to send the White Crow over to cooperate?" Feldnan thought for a while and found that there might be some problems with the tactics. "There are only a dozen people in Zhemat's hands now. The Black Rose Close Select Company can only use them now."
The strength and manpower are really too small, so it is really impossible to catch everyone in one fell swoop."
"No need." Yi Wenyan shook his head. His original plan was not to pack them up and take them away. "Just run away. If you want them to have the illusion, you can't arrest too many people. You have to make them feel,
This is a casual warning for you, Dad. However, if the number of people is too small, the guys from the Holy Line are not very capable. With the strength of the White Crow, there will inevitably be no casualties, so it is better not to send the White Crow people.
From now on, with the power in my hand, one less person will die, and maybe it will be the straw that breaks the camel's back in the future."
"...Then let's do it." Hearing this, Feldnan was silent for a moment, and finally sighed, "But time does fly by too fast. It's only been a few years and it's time for you to tell the whole world.
It's time for the Empire to spread its wings..."
"If you can really control the situation while I'm away from Nanling, then I won't have to worry about whether your position as Grand Duke will be secure in the future." Fernand took it out of his arms.
A silver token, "Although tiger poison does not eat its seeds, eagles will push their young eagles off the cliff..."
"Okay, okay." Ivan waved his hand impatiently, interrupting Feldnan's nagging, "Isn't this what I said to convince you? You should stop repeating it over and over again.
As soon as the Mutin Festival is over, you, Aunt Shirley and Yilier will set off. During your time in the imperial capital, I will clean up the backyard..."
"Yi Wen... you are really similar to your mother..." Fernandan looked at his son in front of him, feeling a little pleased but also a little helpless. The famous Imperial God of War would only fail repeatedly in front of his family, "Honestly.
Tell me, how confident are you in controlling the situation in White Rose City after I leave?"
Yi Wenyan looked at Feldnan's serious eyes and couldn't help but become a little serious: "To be honest, I'm not very sure. After all, this is a counterattack that the entire Nanling has been suppressing for ten years, but even if I'm not sure
This is the only way to do it. I have already analyzed it with you before. This time, the real source of the Silver Rose Family crisis does not originate from within Nanling, but from the attitude of the emperor in the imperial capital."
"You have also said before that our Silver Rose Family is the leader of the Sixty Corolla. We have surpassed the other nine emperor electors and become one of the four great dukes. However, it is not without reason. All the reasons are nothing more than the emperor's power.
The need for trust and checks and balances of power.”
"Because our family, as black-blooded people, is naturally hostile to the church, if we lose the protection of the imperial power, our family will be destroyed. Therefore, in the confrontation between the religious power and the imperial power, successive emperors can regard our Silver Rose Family as
He spared no effort to support our clan against other pro-Church aristocratic forces. Even in such arduous tasks as crossing the towering Nanling Mountains, conquering the Nanling Basin and the Longge Empire, the reason why we were sent to the Silver Rose Family instead of the other three major
The reason for becoming a duke is simply because of the 'trust' that the previous emperor had in our clan."
"Trust in strength, trust in force, trust in military law, and trust in loyalty are all indispensable, with loyalty being the most important."
Yi Wenyan bit hard on the word "loyalty".
"But today's Nanling, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, factories are being built, new armies are armed, and outstanding talents from all walks of life are attracted to White Rose City. In terms of strength, they have 40% of the empire's tax revenue, and in terms of force, they have the power of the three war gods of the empire.
Father, in terms of the army, there are 200,000 Imperial Nanling Legion and 30,000 New Model Army. Loyalty, only loyalty, across the Nanling Mountains, far away from the Empire, not rising but falling, which makes the Emperor very worried."
"Nanling, the new territory of the empire, is rapidly rising. It is both an opportunity and a crisis for our clan." At this point, Yi Wenyan paused and said, "Opportunity.
Yes, with the rich and powerful Nanling as the backing, our Silver Rose Family can compete with the Holy City; the crisis is that when our Silver Rose Family obtains Nanling, this can alone be equal to the Holy City, the biggest enemy.
The emperor's unconditional trust in our clan collapsed and was shaken as a result. Half a year ago, the Nanling rebels in the south of Nanling, as well as Nandorne and Honglin counties, rested and recuperated.
, is getting stronger day by day, so the emperor can still hold back the suspicion in his heart and sit back and watch, but when the fact that our new model army marched for 70 days and 130 miles and defeated the Nanling royal family, the enemy of the century, was revealed to the world,
The one who shocked the world and was equally shaken was His Majesty the Emperor himself..."
"Currently, what His Majesty the Emperor needs most is a shot in the arm, not the last straw to break his doubts." Yi Wenyan concluded, and then he continued, "So there must be chaos in Nanling again, and my father
Your Majesty, you must also accept His Majesty the Emperor's birthday invitation and go to the Imperial Capital to see him once, so that His Majesty can feel at ease and confirm that after seven years of not seeing each other, your loyalty to him is still evident.
Undiminished.”
At this point, Yi Wenyan could finally answer Feldnan's previous question: "Therefore, chaos, chaos will inevitably happen in Nanling, and it will be a chaos that shocks the entire empire. As for whether it can be controlled by then."
I don’t dare to say that I am completely sure about the situation. I’m just afraid that by the time you return, Father, the pressure on Nanling from all walks of life will disappear for some reason. Without the support of the outside world, the rebel forces from all sides will
It will definitely not last long. After all, His Majesty the Emperor needs a loyal minister who can help him intimidate the Holy City and the other three Imperial Electors more than a Nanling Prefect who has no time to take care of himself. Therefore, you can act resolutely and boldly when the time comes.
, cut off the festering spots exposed in the Nanling chaos one by one, and in this way, I can assure you that the peace of Nanling will never be shaken for at least the next seventy years."
Listening to Yiwen's words, Feldnan tapped his index finger gently on the armrest of the chair, and his eyebrows were furrowed: "Yiwen, I don't understand. I can understand what His Majesty the Emperor means, but I can't understand Yiwen.
Wen, how do you plan to persuade him to give up the pressure on Nanling? From my point of view, His Majesty's meaning is very simple. He just needs someone from the Silver Rose family to go to the imperial capital. I, or you. I'll go,
Perhaps His Majesty can trust Nanling for five more years. But His Majesty’s real wish may be to have a good talk with you, Yi Wen, the next head of the Ian family."
"Dad..." After hearing Feldnan's words, Yi Wenyan's expression was calm, "You and I are also in two places. Do you think I survived when I was assassinated in an unfamiliar place in the imperial capital?
Or is it more likely to survive when you are huddled in the tortoise shell of the Duke's Palace and watch the assassins spinning around like headless flies outside the door?"
"So don't be stupid, dad." Yi Wenyan said softly, "As long as you and I are separated, they will have the opportunity to assassinate me. Whether it is in Nanling or in the Imperial Capital, I will be their assassination target.
.They are borrowing His Majesty the Emperor's doubts, and His Majesty the Emperor might as well not be borrowing their hostility towards the Silver Rose."
"So, Dad, your idea is not feasible, let's look at mine..." Looking at Feldnan, Yiwen Ian finally made a conclusion, and then as if he suddenly remembered, "By the way, Dad
, If you see His Majesty in the imperial capital then, please give him my greetings and convey a message to him - "
"'If I have the chance, I will definitely go to the empire to meet him, but this time is not now.'"
Feldnan listened silently, and finally sighed: "Go ahead."
Looking at Yi Wen's leaving figure, Feldnan smiled bitterly.
"'Go' to the empire..."
Since when did my son no longer regard Nanling as part of the empire?
No, maybe from the beginning, in Yiwen's mind, the Empire and Nanling were simply two completely different concepts.