Three hundred and eighty-ninth chapter [Philip Delly falling snow]
Chapter 389 [Philippe Del Rey Luoxue]
After Philip returned to the Duke's Palace castle, he immediately called several tailors in the castle, explained some things in private, and then sent someone to send them to the Chamber of Commerce where Princess Louise was staying.
Later, Alpha also secretly led a group of people to monitor the area around the Chamber of Commerce. Every hour, he would immediately send someone to send the news back to the Duke's Mansion.
What reassured Philip was that nothing seemed to happen all afternoon.
At this time, why did Princess Louise come to the northwest? Although Philip was a little confused about this problem, in his opinion, it was not a big problem.
The key question is... Delly! What is this future princess doing?
Philip is not a simple-minded person. Although he has received information that Miss Delly is a good friend of Princess Louise... However, don't forget that Delly is not only the future princess, but also she is currently recognized in the empire.
, the biggest political enemy of Duke Tulip and the sister of General Alpay, commander of the Thunder God’s Whip Corps.
As an outstanding disciple of Mr. Lan Hai, Philip is not only proficient in political strategy, but also has considerable research on the art of emperors.
From the moment Arpai rose like a comet, Philip accurately judged the Regent's intention.
Balance, the biggest key to the art of emperors, is always balance!
At that time, after careful analysis, Philip immediately made his own suggestion to Du Wei: Du Wei's military report accusing Alpay of stealing credit was written by Philip himself...
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That night, the young aide Philip said something very far-sighted to Duwei.
"Your Majesty the Duke. From the current point of view, your strength has reached a bottleneck! In terms of title, you are already a Duke! Under the law that no one except the direct royal family can be crowned king, your title has reached its peak! From the official position
, you have the rank of general, as well as a member of the Magician Society, a branch dean of the Magic Academy, and the commander-in-chief of the Northwest War Zone... Judging from such official positions, you can be said to be a very popular minister! At the same time, you have one hundred thousand troops in the empire.
, the important thing is that you also have an advantage in air weapons that is beyond this era! And externally, you have the Luo Lin family as your strong support! Imagine, if you were the emperor, you would be willing to see your subordinates
Is there such a 'strong minister'? And he is a unique 'strong minister'! Prince Chen just came to power and established you as the 'new king' to show his ambition and ambition as a new generation of monarchs.
The intention of pioneering and innovating is also to suppress those old ministers. However, now that his position has stabilized and everything in the empire is under his control, if you are too strong, you will make the emperor feel unstable.
No matter what, in the past two years or so, we have shown our talents in the northwest... Although I have suggested that when the northwest army annihilates the northwest army this time, the military merit of annihilating Guhuatara will be given to others...
...But it seems that the regent is still not at ease. Alpay is the king who has made a chess piece to restrict us. And in the next ten years, if nothing happens, there will be a new life.
The most critical period for the Tulip family to thrive or decline or even be destroyed!"
When he said this, Philip bowed deeply to Du Wei, and then the young man suddenly smiled lightly in an unprecedented relaxed tone: "Sir, I am already loyal to you, and I don't want my boss to lose his loyalty so soon.
Downfall."
Philip then analyzed Duwei's several dangerous fatal weaknesses:
"First, it's your status! Your current status is too high! Although high status is a good thing, for you, it is an extremely dangerous double-edged sword! Because of your age!! Indeed,
Now in the empire, purely in terms of status, there is also old Prime Minister Robschel who can compete with you in terms of prestige. But don’t forget. Mr. Robschel, you are already seventy this year. But you... are only eighteen.
You are less than 10 years old! According to normal rules, your political career still has at least fifty years. But your status has reached the pinnacle of everything a minister can have. I dare to ask you a question: Your Majesty, Duke,
I would like to ask, if you make any contribution to the empire in the next few decades, what should the regent reward you with? Is it really possible to break the earth and make you a king? Or... give up the position of emperor to you? These
It is absolutely impossible. The regent may appreciate you very much now, but he is a king after all, and he is also an ambitious king.
The second weakness is your military power! As a noble's private army, our Tulip family now has nearly 50,000 troops, which is already the limit that a noble can achieve. Although it has not exceeded the number stipulated by the empire's laws,
But now I'm afraid even a blind person can see how powerful our army's combat effectiveness is. I can say directly that if we include the super new weapons and combat arms we have, our 50,000 army, even
When we encounter the most powerful main battle legion in the empire, we all have the power to fight! As for the other local garrison forces, there is no need to even mention them. I remember you once said something that impressed me very much, called "Sleep collapse"
How can you allow others to sleep soundly on your side!', If it were Prince Chen, would he be so relieved that a nobleman under his command had such a strong force?
The third weakness is your wealth! Even I have to admire you. Lord Duke, you are probably the best at amassing money since the empire was founded for thousands of years! And the speed at which you make money is almost miraculous!
From the time you were fourteen to now, in just four years, you have already possessed the strongest financial resources in mainland China! No matter it is the many industries you have created, so many miracles, or even the fact that we have swept in from Nanyang
I am afraid that for thousands of years in the empire, no one has made money faster than you. But here is the problem... If you simply have soldiers, then the empire can still use money and food to suppress you, but you... and
With soldiers, money and food, and territory... With these three things combined, which king can rest assured?
The fourth weakness is your opponent! This is what worries me the most! In the political arena, I am not afraid that you will be strong, but I am afraid that you will have no opponent! Because once you have no opponent, it will arouse the king's scruples. I
I have carefully studied the coup more than two years ago, and I have listened to my teacher Mr. Lan Hai’s analysis of the royal struggle. The current emperor, Augustine VI, once praised his eldest son, Prince Yawen. Unfortunately, the old
The eldest prince has grown up before the emperor is old. Because he is afraid that the eldest prince will seize power in advance, the old emperor will support his youngest son, Prince Chen. In fact, the old emperor may not really like Prince Chen, but he is just taking advantage of it.
He is just here to balance the eldest prince.
But look at you now. Do you have any political opponents in the empire who can balance you?
This was originally what I was most worried about. I even secretly worried that if there were no more political opponents in the empire who could be your enemies, then I am afraid that within three years, you will be so powerful that you will arouse the regent's anger. Panic! It’s 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 Prince Regent is not trying to influence your thoughts, but has found a political opponent for you. Such a move can be said to be very smart. Moreover, it is a kind of safety for you! Because this move, but On the contrary, it shows that the regent wants to continue to use you, rather than just throw it away and kill the donkey in a short period of time. My advice to you is that no matter how much our regent praises this newcomer, you must do it well. 'Cooperate'. What the regent means is that he wants us to fight. Then we will fight to show him. However, in the process of fighting, we must take the initiative and control the situation, then everything will be safe."
There is no doubt that these remarks can be said to be extremely clever political skills. These theoretical things can be said to be the outstanding achievements of the disciples trained by Blue Ocean University scholars. At the same time, young Philip. During his three years in the northwest, He finally grew up and became a truly outstanding staff member.
This strategy of establishing a high position is very much appreciated by Du Wei. But Philip, this young man's talent does not stop there!
After setting up this big master plan for Duwei, Philip did not ignore the details.
"There is basically no danger in the general direction. But we must be extra careful with this 'political opponent'! After all, Your Majesty the Duke, I want to remind you that everyone is ambitious! For us, and It would be nice for the political opponent to make a few fake fights to reassure the regent. But for this political opponent... he may not be willing to be our sparring partner! Our fight now is not just an ordinary fight. To put it more clearly, It can even be said that it will be a battle over who can become the most powerful family in the empire in the next few decades! Now it seems that you have some advantages, but the other party is not without a chance! As I said just now, everyone has a chance Being ambitious, there is no guarantee that the other party will not take advantage of this opportunity to really fight us! Therefore, we must be extra careful with the family of this guy Alpai!"
This conversation took place one night just after the Northwest War. Philip gave all his thoughts to Duwei.
Now, the general development of things is basically in line with Philip's vision.
It's a pity that the only discordant note comes from this Miss Delly!
When the regent announced his marriage in the imperial capital, in less than three days, the news had quickly spread to the northwest.
Philip immediately studied the news thoroughly.
In his opinion, this news is not good news for Du Wei.
Alpay's family is destined to become Du Wei's old enemy. And from this old enemy's family, there is a princess...a princess who is famous for her young beauty and many talents.
This is a hidden danger for Du Wei!
Although the regent is a very independent monarch, and marrying Miss Dai Li is clearly a political marriage without any emotion. But it is difficult to say about feelings. The regent, Prince Chen, is well-known as a young man in the imperial capital.
Passionate. And this Miss Delly is also the leading beauty in the southern aristocratic circle, beautiful and talented. There is no guarantee that the regent will not fall deeply in love with this young wife in the future.
At that time, as long as the pillow wind is blown from time to time, no matter how independent a man is, the potential influence day after day will be very dangerous to Du Wei.
And... not only that. Philip sees further!
As a disciple of Lan Hai, Philip's research on the art of emperors has deeply grasped the essence of Lan Hai. He has even made a detailed analysis of the current royal family.
In his opinion, the thing he is most worried about is the future crown prince!
The regent is only in his twenties now. Although he has a son, Prince Charles, the regent is still so young. In the next few decades, there is no guarantee that Princess Delly of Xindi will not give birth to a new prince. If the new one
The prince is smarter and more popular with the regent?
Another point is that the queen who is now the regent was not born into a wealthy family. This is easy to understand. After all, when Prince Chen got married for the first time, he was still very young. At that time, he was a popular figure in the battle for the imperial crown prince.
It was the eldest prince Yawen. At that time, most wealthy families stood by the eldest prince's side, and few people would place their treasure on Prince Chen. Prince Chen's current queen was just the daughter of a middle-class noble family.
In the future, if Princess Delly gives birth to a boy, and the next generation of crown princes compete for it, the current Prince Charles may lack the support of his mother's extended family.
But Princess Delly is not afraid anymore. Her family is very powerful in the south, and Alpay is also the commander of the army! She has great military power in the empire!!
Okay, even if the regent won't be easily tempted...but don't forget to learn from the past!!
The regent is only in his twenties now, and his eldest son, Prince Charlie, is said to be very smart. But if twenty years later...when Prince Charlie is already thirty years old, it is the age when a man is most eager to make achievements! And at that time
, Prince Regent Chen is less than fifty years old! It is the peak age for a monarch to be the most mature and thoughtful!
Maybe, the story of the old emperor Augustine VI will repeat itself: in order to prevent the eldest son from trying to seize power, he deliberately favored his younger son...
Although everyone says that the current regent is much wiser than the old emperor Augustine VI.
But when it comes to the throne, is there anything that is impossible to happen?
Therefore, in the future, General Alpay's family has become Du Wei's biggest imaginary enemy!
And Philip also did sufficient research on this family.
Especially the future Princess Delly.
Although the surface information obtained only showed how young and beautiful Miss Delly was and how talented she was in art... But Philip saw an extremely unusual clue from the large amount of information collected!
The information collected was enough to put a whole drawer in Philip's room. Among the information, it told several subtle things about Miss Delly in the past, which made Philip extremely concerned!
The first thing is that during the snowstorm in the south last year, victims in many areas broke out in riots. Although the empire also took some disaster relief measures, because the roads were destroyed, money and food could not be transported smoothly. The hungry victims
Some turmoil occurred. In some places, victims even besieged local nobles and robbed food and money.
At this time, Miss Delly donated all her jewelry. As a result, the local people were extremely moved by the kindness of this lady. Even the victims of the disaster praised her as the incarnation of the goddess's messenger.
The kindness of Miss Delly.
But Philip sneered!
Donated jewelry? What a joke! How much is the jewelry of an aristocratic lady worth? What's more, this Miss Delly is usually known for her virtue of "advocating simplicity in life"! A "simple" aristocratic girl,
How much is her jewelry worth?
Ten thousand gold coins? Twenty thousand gold coins?
Such a small amount of money can only be regarded as an inconspicuous figure in terms of donations. But what makes people think deeply is... During this snowstorm in the south, many nobles in the empire responded to the church's call and donated ten yuan.
There are many people with tens of thousands of people here!
But, who remembers those people’s names?
But it happened that such a girl who only donated a few pieces of jewelry had her name spread almost throughout the north and south of the mainland! In an instant, her reputation was unparalleled!
A noble girl donated a few pieces of jewelry. It was not a big deal at first, but why did the news spread so widely?
If no one was secretly creating momentum and deliberately spreading the news, then even Philip would not believe it even to death!
It’s very clear. Just four words:
Win people's hearts!!
The second incident is recorded in the data file and happened a few years ago. At that time, the patriarch of the family was preparing to decide the future patriarchal successor of the family, and the young man who was very popular in the family at that time was not Alpa.
General Yi! At that time, Arpai was just a deputy commander in the local garrison.
However, at this moment, Miss Delly stood up and supported her brother Alpai. With the support of her, the goddess of love in the hearts of many noble young people, Alpai suddenly received the support of many nobles.
, has a wide network of contacts!
Although this method seemed a little childish in Philip's opinion, it was already remarkable for a girl who was only fifteen years old to be able to do this.
What do these things mean?
Delly, this girl, is definitely not the simple girl who is simply beautiful, kind, and artistically talented as in the legend!
In Philip's mind, Miss Delly is a young and beautiful woman who is also very scheming, knows how to win people's hearts, and knows how to use tricks!
And now, such a girl is about to become a princess and can influence the regent at a close range.
This girl has suddenly arrived in the northwest!
What is she here for?
Are you simply here to accompany the princess?
Even Philip would not believe it!
Frowning his brows, Philip fell into deep thought. He read over and over again the reports sent back by the people below.
Even Mr. Alpha’s people who were guarding outside the Chamber of Commerce sent several reports. On the surface, there seemed to be nothing special. It was just who came out of the Chamber of Commerce, where they went to purchase something, who they met...
It's some ordinary everyday things.
One of the messages caught Philip's attention.
It was not surprising that one of Miss Delly's maids was discovered by Philip's men and had gone to the Chamber of Commerce of the Liszt family in the city. Philip knew that Princess Louise had a relationship with Mrs. Liszt, so it was normal for her to come to the northwest and contact her friends.
But what is worth noting is that after the sent maid went to the Liszt family's residence, she went to another place!
Guangming Church religious center in the city.
Moreover, just after the maid left the religious center, Her Royal Highness the Saint, who had been living in the religious center, immediately went out to the Chamber of Commerce to be a guest!!
In other words, Her Royal Highness the Saint went to see Princess Louise only after the maid sent the message!
Princess Louise herself would never send someone to invite the Saint. After all, Princess Louise and Prince Chen were born to the same mother, and the Saint’s father, the eldest prince Yawen, died in the hands of Prince Chen! The two of them
The relationship is definitely not harmonious.
So, it was Miss Delly who secretly sent someone to invite the saint?
This Delly, what on earth does she want to do?!
A hint of gloom suddenly flashed across Phillip's handsome face. This young man had already established full self-confidence. He believed in his own wisdom and thought hard about this problem. Trying to connect several people to think...
And at this time, inadvertently, the shadow of the guy named Luo Xuedi suddenly appeared in his mind. That person who looked almost perfect!
"Why did I suddenly think of that guy... Although his origins are somewhat suspicious, but... why, I always have a feeling in my heart that this person is very dangerous."
Suddenly, Phillip jumped up!
Instantly, he thought of an extremely terrifying possibility!