The barrage said, I am the final villain in the game

Chapter 293 The Duke
For a moment, Lin En felt that this might be something similar to the "Marriage Application". After all, although the other party's words looked left and right, they always seemed to be implying something.

But not.

This is a canonization document, signed by the new queen herself. The main content of it is probably because of the confirmed death of "Earl Blazer". This noble title will be passed on to Lynn in accordance with the regulations.

Lynn frowned slightly: "My father, is he dead?"

"I don't know." Irene shook her head and said, "But they've been missing for so long, and it's really inappropriate to still trip you up."

"So, without knowing his specific whereabouts, you can only inherit this title if you judge his death in writing. As for whether he is really dead or not, maybe only he himself knows."

"." Lin En raised the document in his hand, and then asked in confusion, "So, whether I sign this or not has nothing to do with your deal with her."

"Of course there is."

Irene said coldly: "Because I want you to stand in her camp without becoming a prince, and help her tidy up this slightly dilapidated country after the war."

"?" Lynn still didn't understand, "Why am I here?"

If he just wanted to repair the country, he felt that Irene was capable of doing it herself.

But why, let him come?

In this regard, Irene smiled softly: "I know why you are confused, because you don't understand Karan at all, and you don't understand our family."

"Do you think that I launched a coup, pulled down the old king, and installed a new king in order to take away the throne of this country in the future by means of successors and the like?"

Irene smiled and shook her head: "Indeed, for a nobleman, standing at the pinnacle of power is their desired goal, but our first ancestors were not nobles, but an ordinary, united family, combining surnames with nobles. To pass on forever is the tradition we must uphold.”

"If I need to control the affairs of the kingdom, then we will inevitably stand on the high point of this land. However, the tree attracts the wind. Although I am confident that this tree will not fall, I cannot ensure that my descendants , Karan’s descendants can still persevere.”

"So, if you want Karan to stay permanently on this land, besides expanding the territory, burying the roots deep is the most important thing to do."

"If Karan is to become the king of this country, then in the future, whether it is war or others, it may affect our living environment, but if we just stay at a high point rather than a support point, we will Can swing with the wind.”

"So, it is impossible for me to stand at the forefront of the stage." She looked up at Lynn, "That person can only be you."

Lin En suddenly narrowed his eyes: "The reason why it is me is because while you are taking root, you also want to stretch out your tentacles, and if you want to stretch out, you need a richer soil, but You always hope that you are only at a tipping point, and if you want to improve it, you must expand the soil."

"So, you hope that Rhine can become better and stronger-you think only I can do it here."

"Is that what you mean?"

"That's right," Erin said honestly, "I do think so."

"After taking over the earl, you have a ticket to participate in the struggle. At this time, as long as we make a lot of trouble, some old-fashioned and 'traditional' people will naturally oppose us."

"And at this time, you can play."

"Blazer's reputation is not very good, but one thing is recognized by everyone - he is an absolute royalist, only loyal to the royal family."

"No matter how much people insult him, it's an undeniable fact."

"For us 'inner ghosts' who are trying to usurp the throne, I think, when they have no other choice, they can only choose you-who let most people die when I cleanse them."

When talking about this, Irene suddenly laughed: "Speaking of which, this war came really well. Some people who had been aware of our intentions earlier were controlled by us, saying that they also wanted to rebel, and then they took advantage of the situation to clean up Lost."

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Lynn looked at the document and ignored Irene's murmurs.

After a while, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will turn against you in the future?"

"Huh?" Irene raised her eyebrows lightly, "Would you do that?"

"meeting."

Lynn's voice was soft but decisive.

"If I stand in that position, it means that I will be tied to the interests of this country, and what it loses or gains will affect me, so in order to expand what I have and understand what is bothering me, your tentacles , will definitely stop in front of me."

"At that time, I think, I should not show mercy."

"Oh?" Irene narrowed her eyes slightly, and there was a cold light in her eyes, "I thought you would feel sorry for me, after all, I have done so much for you."

"So before that, I have to be subject to you, but the favor will always be paid off."

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The atmosphere of silence lasted for a long time, and the girl suddenly sighed: "It's really heartless."

"It's not a question of good conscience." Lynn said, "This is something that will inevitably appear as the position and perspective change."

"Really." Irene glanced at him lightly, and said softly, "Since it is inevitable, I won't bother to avoid it."

"When that day comes, let's compare whose wrist is stronger."

"But before that."

She stretched out her index finger and gently lifted Lynn's chin.

"I feel that I need an heir."

Spring goes and autumn comes, summer goes and cold comes.

Soon, Christmas is coming.

To celebrate these festivals, Her Majesty the Queen, who has been in office for some time, decided to hold a palace banquet.

The nobles were quite interested in this, but they were a little nervous.

Because the man who has left his bloody fingerprints in various departments of the kingdom in the past few years will also come to the banquet.

"pat-"

The young but increasingly mature Duke Blazer stepped out of the carriage. When the nobles outside the court saw him, there was fear and respect in their eyes.

When the Queen announced that Lynn Blazer would inherit the title of Earl Blazer, there was a flood of opposition.

No one wants Blazer to return, so that everyone will always exist under the inexplicable shadow, and some nobles even threaten to die, hoping that His Majesty will take back his order.

But, useless.

Not only was it useless, but the Queen abandoned Blazer's usual placement and appointed him as secretary to the Chancellor of Finance in a city.

This position does not seem very high. After all, he is only a secretary and has no real power. If it is placed in a marginal area, he may not even be able to get money. However, the city where he is stationed is called Catalina.

This time, the voice of opposition was even more raging. Everyone generally believed that the queen was probably crazy about her appointment.

Let an executioner manage money, can he manage it well?

Facts have proved that he can really do it.

In the early days of Lynn's tenure, he did not make any noise, as if he had been hidden since then, making many people forget that this person existed, and they also opposed it together. However, after a period of time, he told Catalina The Chancellor of the Exchequer made a proposal.

He demanded the introduction of the power to prohibit businessmen from issuing loans, and the creation of a bank solely controlled by the royal family. From then on, whether it is a businessman or an ordinary person, if they want to obtain a mortgage, they can only go through official channels.

This is a good thing for ordinary people, because everyone knows that businessmen are black, but they don't know the bottom line, but businessmen are not happy.

The income from lending is much higher than that of buying things. Selling [-] pieces of clothes may not be as good as lending once, and even many nobles participated in it.

This proposal is undoubtedly the kind of cutting their flesh, even taking away their bones.

When the news came out, it was naturally impossible for the merchants to agree and unite to resist this policy. However, it passed the queen's ruling without any resistance, and it was implemented.

At this time, the businessmen still want to resist, and even let their own people go on strike to protest, naively thinking that the collapse of the economy can make this stupid policy withdrawn.

But unfortunately, none of their goals were achieved.

Not everyone does not accept this regulation, and if their subordinates quit, they will naturally be replaced by obedient people.

People who only have money but no knife are not qualified to negotiate terms.

After a bloodbath, Catalina has a new order, newly rising merchants, and nobles with new titles, and a lot of money has piled up in the royal treasury.

These benefits are enough to satisfy most people.

Because of this feat that made Catalina flourish, and most newcomers knew how they were promoted, the Earl of Blaze naturally changed the stool under his butt after this turmoil, and moved in. The cabinet successfully squeezed out the secretary of the Rhein Chancellor of the Exchequer and took over.

In the cabinet, he put forward a number of proposals based on the various conditions of the Rhineland, and tried them with great "imagination". In just a few years, the economic situation of the Rhineland went from the post-war downturn For the better, even inflation has been reduced a lot, and the whole country is thriving.

At this time, he changed positions again.

Originally, people thought that according to this development, he would probably kick the Chancellor of the Exchequer from his position this time and sit on it himself.

but no.

At the behest of the Queen, he created a department called the "Propaganda Department" - before that, he had already used his very good suppression methods to suppress all public opinion in the Rhine from the dual suppression of economy and power. The land, the newspaper office, are in their own hands.

From then on, if Rhine people want to read newspapers, they can only go through the Rheinland Evening News. Other newspapers are considered illegal and non-compliant. If they dare to publish, they will enter.

After he succeeded, no matter which section of the Rhine newspaper, it would publish something about the royal family.

The official newspaper reported that the Queen had censored a certain place, and people benefited; the Entertainment Evening News published some anecdotes within the royal family, letting people know that the royal family can be less majestic or even cute.

In addition to this, there is always a vague message in the newspaper.

Newspapers will always replace Rhine with "we".

Without people noticing it, their identity and national identity have further increased. Although they have gradually shown signs of xenophobia, they have become more united internally.

A long time passed in a flash, when people thought that Lynn would no longer be promoted because of his lack of merit.

He sat directly on the prime minister's seat.

At this time, people didn't bother to object, anyway, it was useless to object, and they had to be unlucky, so they could only accept it honestly and see what he wanted to do.

Surprisingly, this time, instead of starting from what he was familiar with, he turned the army into politics.

Increased military spending, increased welfare of soldiers, and vigorously increased investment in the research of magic props that shine on the battlefield. For a time, the surrounding regional forces were surging, and everyone thought that Rhine was about to show his fangs.

But it didn't.

Because the last war left a deep impression on people, the disaster almost appeared in front of their own eyes. No one wanted that scene to be repeated again, so the opposition came again.

This time, the Prime Minister seems to have followed everyone's advice very well and did not launch a war. However, the investment in military expenditures is still increasing year by year, making the surrounding forces always restless, and he has to increase his own investment.

In short, under the leadership of the prime minister, although Rhine is gradually growing, it has gradually become a big devil in the eyes of other places. Even the reputation of Rhine people in other places has been faintly affected.

And as the instigator of all this, Lynn himself, whose title has been promoted to Duke, how can he not be feared?

Of course, despite the fear, people's attention gradually shifted from his official affairs to his private affairs as attention increased.

In the Rhineland, people get married very early, and generally have a marriage contract before they reach adulthood, and after they reach adulthood, it is almost time to get married, maybe even earlier.

But this Mr. Duke, as if he didn't mean it, is still single.

Someone who was not afraid of death secretly teased him about whether he liked the same sex, and then his family was exiled to the northern tundra.

But even if there are precedents here, people still want to explore the orientation of the Duke.

At this time, they discovered that the duke seemed... not so honest.

It is said that he has an inseparable relationship with Miss Christine, who has lost everything and has been demoted to become a viscount. Shallow friendship.

In addition to the nobles, he seems to have some relationship with the youngest daughter of a merchant family whose position is becoming more and more stable.

Of course, the most outrageous of the rumors is that he might have such an affair with the Queen.

All of the above are things that people spontaneously speculate from the minutiae. The authenticity is unknown, but most people are willing to believe except for the last one.

For example, he is now serving as an attendant who receives the duke's coat.

"Sir, Miss Christine has ordered you to find her in the side hall after you come."

"Okay, I get it now."

Lynn was about to take a step, but heard the attendant say: "Also, Miss Karan also ordered me to tell you that you have to meet her in the lounge of the ball as soon as you arrive."

"what?"

At this moment, a silver-armored guard suddenly came to the side.

"My lord, Your Majesty is looking for you."

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(End of this chapter)