Blood Dragon

Section 280 V Decision

"It is impossible for him to betray now." The little girl replied. "but……"

"Are you worried about the deployment of troops?" Rodia didn't care. "Almost all the troops have been transferred to the northeast front, and Essien's men now have [-] or [-] troops? If he rebels... there is no power in Gruny to stop him? Don't worry, he is the commander. This army is pieced together by recruiting rebels and accepting surrenders. It’s fine to talk about fighting foreign enemies, but if he openly raises his troops to betray... I don’t even need to be so troublesome to counter the rebellion, his subordinates will take it He was slaughtered."

"They said...Essien is not worthy of the reward I promised." The little girl told the truth.

"A duke title, besides allowing him to choose a territory... This is a very generous reward." Rodia replied. "And Essien received this reward, and there are indeed a lot of lucky factors. No wonder others are not convinced. Who made this opinion? Our Prime Minister Ailin?"

"It's him." The little girl asked. "Eileen...is there any reason behind his suggestion?"

In particular, since the court has become more and more perfect and stable, Rodia's news channels have become less and less useful.This is because in a normal country with stable politics, nobles, officials, etc. still care about their own reputations - as we all know, this thing often affects a person's future.The truly depraved playboys are a minority after all, and unless there are very special cases, it is impossible for such people to have any power or influence in the court.

In the beginning, Rodia was able to provide great help to the selection, appointment and dismissal of officials of the Little Queen because she controlled the Flower Street (and the underground world) and knew many people in Falcon City, but now this help has disappeared. become very limited.Of course, from another point of view, since all the ministers are already in place, including Ailin, these ministers may be a little tricky, but generally speaking, they are not incompetent, so the little girl does not have any particularly important personnel. Appointed and dismissed.

"The reason... Maybe it's people who hate Essien." Rodia replied. "Actually, our Prime Minister hates a lot of people, including me."

Ai Linen suggested to the little girl many times to "change another teacher", but of course, the little girl refused (or to be more specific, ignored).

"Is it just annoying?" the little girl asked.

"This...maybe it's all about pushing the boat along with the flow." Luo Diya replied. "Probably many people think that Essien is just lucky and not worthy of this honor. If that's the case, then our Prime Minister just took advantage of the trend to make such a request."

"In other words, shouldn't Essien deserve the status of duke?" the little girl asked. "If you let him get it like this, the reward and punishment will be unfair..."

"This... I can't say." Maybe the little girl stared at this question and chased after it, which made it difficult for Luo Diya to deal with it. "Sometimes, things are not as simple as they seem..."

"Anyway, you're not sure, right?" The little girl suddenly hit the center this time.Rodia could only nod her head.Don't look at Rodia who freely enters and leaves the palace under the title of "Queen's Tutor", but she is also a smart person, knowing that she can't really control the political situation.If she maintains her current state, then people like Ai Linen will at most just look at her as a dislike, and will cause her a little trouble if they have the opportunity (even if it is a person like Ai Linen, after the assassination of Beler this time, After the incident, I have to admit that Rodia has her own uses).But if she goes one step further and wants to influence the Queen's judgment on various important matters of the country, then she will upgrade from "troublesome" to "enemy".That's when things will be completely different.

"Okay..." The little girl sighed.She used to sit on the throne, but was treated like a rubber stamp.At that time, what the little girl hoped most was to become a real queen—not only to be a queen on the surface, but also to actually hold power, at least her opinion could be valued by everyone.But now that she has achieved this goal, she finds that the throne is heavier than she expected.

After becoming a real queen, all things must be made by you.Of course, it is up to you to bear the final result.

"By the way, Rodia, what's the matter for you to come to me? Is there a new rumor in the city?"

"Yes, there have been several rumors in Falcon City recently." Luo Diya said.She is different from ordinary ministers (such as Aileen), she never writes those reports, but conveys them orally. "Several of them. Especially about the front line. It is said that this time the Four Great Evil Gods personally killed them... I am afraid that our country is about to suffer a catastrophe."

"Does this mean that there are still followers of Chaos in the city?" The little girl was a little nervous.The latent followers of Chaos have really done a lot of great things during this period, so that the little girl felt threatened. "Is the raid on the church still going on?"

"They are still searching for and arresting people, but the effect is getting worse and worse. These days they have only identified one new cultist... These cultists are all lurking very well, especially since they don't develop people around them, so arresting There is only one living in one, and the whole nest cannot be implicated."

"Besides, this rumor doesn't look like it was fabricated by believers of evil gods. Because they don't spread rumors about their belief in evil gods. It's more like it came naturally out of panic..."

Rodia introduced everything she knew, and of course, added her own reasoning.After reporting these things, the "temporary tutor" temporarily resigned.

Now, only the little girl is left alone in her bedroom.

Speaking of it, it seems that the palace has never been thought to be so big in the past.Is this how my late father lived in this big house?

Speaking of it, it seems that I haven't thought of my father for a long time.In the past, although the memory became more and more blurred, but I would think of my father from time to time, and every time I think of it, I can't help but feel sad and want to cry.However, since Byron launched the coup, it seems that he has not thought much about it.Even when I think about it, I no longer feel sad and want to cry.

As my mother-in-law said, is this because there is sustenance in the soul?Because there is another person in my heart?

Ashurfat...she softly pronounced the name.I don't know why, but when I say this name, I can't help but think of Ashrufat's face.And in my heart, I will feel at ease inexplicably.It was an indescribable sweetness, but mixed with a trace of fear for the future.

The twins of the Griffin family rejected the little girl's proposal—although Rodia had said long ago that she should not have too much hope for a perfect solution to this problem, but the little girl still felt unspeakably angry... There is also a trace of regret.

Of course, Rodia promised to help with this problem.Ashurfat is currently on the front lines, and this war has made it clear that there will be a long-term confrontation.So they will have enough time to slowly solve this trouble.

Ashrufat... She repeated the slightly awkward name again.She felt that she was full of courage.Then she came to the edge of the table and began to carefully read the pile of reports brought by Aileen.Erinn's eyesight is not very good (common for old people), so his writing is relatively large.This pile of reports seems quite thick, but it didn't take too much time to read them all.

All the things that Ellynn had previously reported, including his comments on Essien, had been included in these reports.

"Essien?" The little girl put her hand on her chin and began to think about this question.

Ashiruffat is optimistic about Essien's ability... But Essien's battle is indeed too smooth... Many people come from jealousy... Although it is just jealousy, if the number of people who have this idea is too large If there are too many, then things will be reversed... Everyone will feel that this thing is unfair.If the concept of "the queen's rewards and punishments are unfair" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it will give opportunities to those who harbor evil intentions...

By the way, it seems that Ashurfat said that "absolute fairness" does not exist.What really exists is only "seemingly fair".

The little girl closed her eyes.Seriously thinking about it.According to what Ashuruffat taught her, she had to make the final decision on this matter, and also had to bear the consequences of this decision.Of course, she can also entrust this matter to others.However, the decision-making of subordinates is the decision-making of the monarch, so she still bears the consequences of this matter.That being the case, it might as well make a decision for yourself.

Jana taught her to "think holistically."And she's doing the same now.If she fired Essien from his post, then Essien would probably hold a grudge from now on.However, in exchange for this is the admiration and recognition of more people.If she doesn't lift it, will Essien treat her with gratitude?Be loyal to her from now on?Probably not, right?

As for the battle against rebellion... Judging from the situation in the battle report, the whole process is also very simple, and there are no problems worth mentioning.If the commander is changed, the battle will go smoothly.

Combining these two points, breaking his promise to Essien, dismissing him as a general, and replacing him with someone else is the right choice.

The little girl was thinking, and in the dimness, she suddenly saw Ashurfate in front of him.

"...Actually, the so-called king is similar. The king only needs to do two things: select outstanding talents, and choose the right strategy at the critical moment of the country. As long as you do these two things, you are a good king. It doesn't matter if you do these two things. It doesn't matter whether you copied others, or obtained it through hard thinking, or came from subordinates' suggestions and opinions, or simply met a dead mouse... It doesn't matter. As long as you do this Two points, you can be regarded as an excellent monarch... Our world is actually very cold, everything only depends on victory and defeat. Winners don’t need explanations, losers can’t tolerate reasons. As long as you win, you are justice ...any idea why this is?

"why?"

"Because the living can declare themselves righteous, but the dead have no way to defend themselves."

The last sentence made the little girl tremble.She opened her eyes and realized that she had fallen asleep unknowingly.Well, fortunately, there was no one else in the room, and no one saw the queen sleeping on the desk with her chin resting on her chin—if she was seen, it would be very embarrassing.

Wait, I'm already a queen, I can't think in this way.Risk... In fact, Jana said a long time ago that the core ability of a king is vision.The so-called vision, according to the book, is to see the benefits that others cannot see, or to see the risks that others cannot see.If anything can be deduced by logic, what's the point of having a king?

In this matter, she is the final decision maker.Just like what Ashurfat said, after all, she is the queen, and she can decide everything.And this was something she had always wanted in the past.

Essien... What's the benefit of this matter?Undoubtedly, there are no special perks.But what about the risks?