Chapter 1205: Reverse Tiangang

roar!

The shield on the chest of the round barrel knight let out a low roar like a prehistoric beast, forming an invisible wave of air, facing the pressure of the four dukes.

Not only did this pressure dissipate invisible, but it even turned against the guest. The roar penetrated directly into the souls of the four dukes, making their minds sway. They did not dare to look directly at the shield for a while, and they could not organize their words for a long time.

Prince Harid took the opportunity to explain from the side: "This is Islamic Huna. After Duke Anard, he sponsored me to travel and study. Now he assisted me in forming an army and revitalizing the royal family. He has been appointed by me. He is the Chancellor of the Court and is in charge of finance for me."

"It turns out that he is the person trusted by His Highness, I was reckless." The strongest Duke Francis took the lead in returning to normalcy and immediately bowed to apologize.

They had known to prove their identity as the Bowl Knight before, and now they are just taking the opportunity to test his strength.

Unexpectedly, the other party was even stronger than expected. It was not just as simple as mastering a magical shield, but also received protection from a certain god.

Fortunately, they had already established close contact with the noble Sayamafu before they came, otherwise they were the ones who were likely to suffer.

Although this kind of conflict is not all, it is still very important in political negotiations. Those who have a disadvantage will inevitably be very passive.

Duke Walter's face was filled with a kind smile and said, "I would like to ask the Islamic Lord to tell you about the specific funds for these three conditions. As long as we can do it, we will definitely do our best to satisfy it."

Many things are not static, including this plan to welcome the king.

Their previous isolation of Prince Harid was based on his lonely family.

Since he already has his own team and extraordinary strength, they need to adjust their plans and make some concessions appropriately.

"First of all, all the original rights of the royal family must be restored, especially the direct territory must be restored." Islam obtained the initiative in negotiations.

On the contrary, Prince Harid, the other owner of this matter, stepped aside and looked tall and arrogant.

This shows that this prince is not a fool and has a very deep attainment in the power and skills.

His subordinates are negotiating on their behalf, and they are fully responsible for the matter, and they can attack when they advance and defend when they retreat.

The four dukes looked at each other without a trace, as if they could see the other's true thoughts, and they might even be communicating rapidly.

To their level, it is very normal for a constant spiritual connection between important allies.

After a brief silence, Duke Walter spoke: "This is a matter of course. Whether the power of the royal family or the direct territory, the ruling association we established is in charge of. After the royal family returns, it is still natural to take everything. ”

They fully affirmed the conditions raised by the other party, because this matter is extremely reasonable in the open and the premise of all negotiations.

Before the successful smile bloomed on the other party's face, Duke Walter slowly changed his mind: "It's just that the royal family has been broken and exiled for too long, and many things have changed tremendously. The royal territory needs to be re-determined. After all, some territories were lost in this process, and some places opened up more wilderness.

Before this, Prince Harid had never set foot in the land of Taesel, and he did not know much about the situation there or the people.

If you rashly take over all government affairs, it will not only be detrimental to the long-term stability of the kingdom, but will instead cause unnecessary chaos.

Our suggestion is to retain the ruling council and assist His Highness in the rule of the prince, and to return the power to him step by step after he grows up. ”

"How long does it take to re-determine the territory? How many people will the ruling leader be composed of? How can His Highness the Prince grow up?" Islam also became a fox, and easily grasped the key to the problem.

The other party seems to have made a promise, but in fact, it is equivalent to having no promise.

This kind of vague promise of time is too much water.

They could completely delay time, even if Prince Harid died of old age, they could insist that the other party was immature and could not fully control the regime of the Kingdom of Taser.

"I'm sorry, we haven't made a systematic calculation before coming, so it's difficult to assess how long it will take to re-determine the territory? The ruling association is currently composed of four of us. The growth of His Highness the Prince depends on his performance in governing the kingdom. We are now There is also a way to make a judgment."

Duke Walter said righteously, "We do this entirely for the long-term stability of the kingdom, without any selfishness."

Islam smiled, without any intention of arguing with them, but continued: "The second condition is to form a royal guard, and His Highness will have the power to recruit soldiers in the Kingdom of Taesel, including your direct territory, As long as those soldiers join voluntarily, you must not stop them, and those who violate them will be regarded as treason."

After hearing this condition, the corners of the eyes of the four dukes twitched involuntarily.

First, the regime is needed, but now it has become military power. If nothing unexpected happens, the third condition is financial power.

Three powers are in hand.

The other party would not easily obey their mercy, but would be ready to really ascend the throne again.

This time, he asked Duke Francis, who was best at military affairs, and said, "How large is the size of the royal guards of His Highness?"

"There are at least five armies, each army of no less than 10,000." Islam replied without thinking.

"Five armies." Francis laughed furiously, "Do you know how much military expenditure is required to maintain an army for many years? Before the royal family was broken, at its peak, it only maintained two armies for many years. If there are many royal guards in the army, it will be a militaristic force, which will not only cause huge financial pressure on the royal family, but also on the kingdom!”

The knight feudal system will not only decentralize the regime, but also decentralize the military power.

Each knight and lord maintain a certain amount of armed forces, and when the object of their loyalty is in need, they will raise an army to respond.

The monarch maintains such a huge royal guard, and its role in internally will be far greater than externally.

"Military expenses don't need to be worried about you. You only need to be responsible for your own taxes, and the rest will naturally be solved by me, the Minister of Finance."

Islam responded to the other party's doubts with a smile, "I still have a little asset in the North. I will donate 30% of the annual income to His Highness for free to help him revitalize the royal family."

The words are full of confidence, which comes from his business ability.

The extra meaning is that thirty percent he donated alone is enough to allow Prince Harid to support the five armies all year round.

Duke Walter asked expressionlessly: "Your third condition will not be to reorganize the kingdom taxes, right?"

For the second question, they skim directly.

Because the focus of this matter is not on the Kingdom of Taesel, as long as they have sufficient financial resources, they can summon mercenaries directly like they are now.

The reason they put it forward in a conditional way.

One is for the sake of the right words.

The second is to dismantle them from the inside and use the royal name to attract young Taesel who are willing to make achievements, especially those unsecretized knights, to directly swear allegiance to Prince Harid and establish his own team.

When they made the plan to welcome Wang Huidu, this matter was inevitable. They had already formulated a series of response plans.

The most important one is to block the other party’s neck through finance.

As long as you have no money, no matter how wise Prince Harid is, how ambitious or full of ambitions, he will not be able to make a difference. Many strategies for governing the country are piled up with money.

But I never thought that they were not the only ones investing in Prince Harid, but the other party spent a lot of money.

Even without their current plan to welcome the king, Prince Harid will not take long, and he will lead the army to fight back to the Kingdom of Taser and get everything he belongs to him.

Islam responded naturally: "Yes, this is the foundation of a kingdom and the most basic right of the royal family. Only by straightening out the taxes of the kingdom can the royal family better govern the kingdom and the people.

We will redefine the direct territory and rights of the royal family in the process of reorganizing the kingdom's taxes.

Don’t you want to see a prosperous and powerful Kingdom of Taesel? ”

"This is our greatest vision in life." The four dukes replied in unison without thinking.

This is what they say in their hearts, but it is another saying.

In the end, the cunning Duke Walter responded in a verbal sentence: "Please give us some time to discuss, after all, this matter concerns the future of the kingdom!"

The situation of this meeting was far from what they had imagined.

Not only the opponent's tough attitude, but also the opponent's strength.

If the revived shield knight standing behind the other party, then what they see now will be the tip of the iceberg. This secret organization probably extended its hand into all aspects of the Kingdom of Taser.

No, it is likely that even more than the Kingdom of Taesel, the entire Northland may have their members.

Only in this way can they explain why they are not aware of the revival of the Shield Knight.

Because they shifted their focus to the kingdom and left their effective control.

At this time, Prince Harid said again: "Dear Masters, it's been thirty years since I've been waiting for this day, and it's not a short time."

The four great masters were unheard of the last sentence. After nodding to him again, they did not retreat as simply as retreating, but instead directly activated the teleportation technique and returned to the Kingdom of Taser.

Even if they have telepathy between them, they dare not discuss in front of each other.

To their level, they have a deeper understanding of the essence of the entire world and the power of those powerful beings.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Telepathy is also unsafe and may be intercepted. The safest place is of course your own nest.

"It is not accidental that they have been able to scatter the Kingdom of Taser over the years, but they do have the ability to match." Prince Hared was not surprised at the reactions of the four dukes, but sighed.

The beautiful woman with a slight presence had always been very low and said with a smile: "Your Highness has less to say."

"Oh? What does Helena's cousin mean?" Harred asked curiously.

"They still have ambitions that are not matched by their abilities. Even now, they still have their own little abacus. They still don't really support His Highness and want to treat His Highness as a pawn." The beautiful woman with her eyes on Li Hai's face The light of wisdom flashes in it.

Birds of a feather flock together, and tigers and wolves will not form alliances with cattle and sheep.

The one who can be brought by Prince Harid is naturally impossible to be just a beautiful vase, but has its own uniqueness.

"Normal!" Prince Harid said for granted, "this is also thanks to the Lord of Zaranda and the road builder behind her. If it were not for their sudden emergence, they had threatened their rule in the Kingdom of Taser. I am afraid I wish I would always be huddled in the Ivory Mage Tower and be my wizard scholar.

Not only will they not welcome me back to Taesel, they are our biggest enemy to reunify the kingdom! ”

It was obvious that Prince Harid and the others had already understood the plans of the four dukes to welcome the king back to the capital.

They formed their own mercenaries here, not just a slap in the blink of an eye, but a deep meaning - mainly to show these four dukes.

Let them know that they are not alone, and it is not that easy to manipulate him.

In this way, we can gain the greatest benefit in the subsequent negotiations.

Hearing the names of Zaranda and the road builder, the beautiful Lifa turned serious and said, "Although these four old foxes are cunning, they are not difficult to understand the routine. From the moment they appeared here, they were destined. We cannot escape from the palm of our hands.

On the contrary, the Lord of Zaranda and the road builder did not play according to common sense in every move.

Two years ago, no one could have thought that they would tear a hole in the economic blockade of the four major dukes through collective migration.

Now, no one could have thought that they would make full use of the disaster fires marching through the mountains to expand wildly, and incorporate those stubborn non-human forces into their own rule.

Whether it is preparing for roads or unification of currency, it has exceeded what a city or even a kingdom does. This is the biggest trouble for our unification. ”

Prince Harid still kept a relaxed smile and said, "Cousin Helena, I never doubt your political wisdom, but when it comes to the matter of Lord Zaranda, I think you are in the same dilemma among the four great dukes! ”

"In the same dilemma as the four grand dukes?" The beautiful woman with Li Hai frowned slightly, "Please let Your Highness say it clearly."

Harid still did not answer positively, but directly raised a question: "Why must we be enemies with him? I don't remember her publicly claiming that she did not recognize the kingdom."

The beautiful Lifa understood it at once and said thoughtfully: "What does your highness mean to recognize the legal dominance of the Lord Zaranda?"

"Not only should she be recognized for her legal dominance, but she should be given and matched canonization, and even invited her to be a member of the ruling council."

Prince Harid's eyes also shine with wisdom, "If I expected it is correct, the four great guilds agree with most of our conditions, but will insist on retaining the ruling council to facilitate our future governance policies. .

Since they can mix water, why can't we? Is there any better checks and balances than Lord Zaranda?

When they hold each other, we can take the opportunity to implement our will and policies! ”

Islam and Helena looked at each other invisibly, and the message conveyed inside was very subtle.

Because this was not from their suggestion, but from Prince Harid's own ideas, and he discussed it with them for the first time.

This idea is not surprising, but rather a manifestation of mature political wisdom.

What a king needs to do most is political balance, beware of one party's growth, and it is best to have more than two factions in a force.

The key to the question is the timing of exploring this idea, which is a bit too subtle.

It is more targeting them than targeting the four dukes.

They are also part of the political balance, and their previous influence around Prince Harid would also be suspected of manipulation.

They couldn't help but think about it. Political games are about walking on tightropes on a cliff. If they are not careful, they will be doomed.

Their organization has already had a personal experience and has always left behind the legacy to warn future generations.

Helena tentatively suggested: "It will be a dangerous move to use the Lord of Zaranda to balance the four dukes. Their expansion speed is really too fast. Once they have legitimacy, they are likely to speed up further. I'm afraid that we can't suppress her by then."

"So, we must not only enthrone her, but also enthrone her allies, so that they can have the same status as the Lord of Zaranda." Prince Harid had obviously considered this issue and gave a response strategy, "So Come on, her control over those allies will be greatly reduced.

As long as she recognizes the rule of the royal family, will not all the territory she has expanded belong to the kingdom? Don't you all need to pay taxes to the Kingdom?

We can use the same method to enthrone the newly developed territories and incorporate them into the rule of the kingdom! ”

Helena and Islam looked at each other again, and wanted to continue arguing with him, persuading him not to be too idealistic, but the magical light of teleportation flashed again not far away.

The four dukes had returned and reached a tacit understanding again.

It was still Duke Walter who said as the representative: "As long as your highness can agree to one of our conditions, we will agree to your highness's three conditions."

"Please say it." Prince Harid responded readily.

"Retain the ruling Council and appoint us as ruling councillors. All policies are implemented under the supervision of the ruling Council." The conditions issued by Duke Walter are simple and direct.

Since you cannot completely manipulate the other party, you should ensure your own interests as much as possible.

They may not be good at getting things done.

But they are very good at making things worse.

Although Prince Harid's team showed outstanding wisdom and strength, governing the country is completely different from doing business.