Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 628 Princess Anne's Response
In fact, Princess Anne's attitude towards this matter did not surprise Perfectot. She did show great interest and support for the National Assembly and the Prime Minister's Cabinet system.

In a way, Princess Anne even breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Princess Anne has been working hard to become a qualified heir to the imperial throne, she also understands that her personality is not adapted to politics in any way and it is difficult for her to become the wise leader that Perfectoct and her mother expect.

Princess Anne thought that her talents were somewhat mediocre, but if it were peacetime, given the strength of the empire, she would have no problem.

But now the entire empire is in a state of transition, and even the entire human race is facing a completely unfamiliar era. In this environment, mediocrity has become unacceptable.

The empire needs a wise leader and a resolute and courageous captain to lead the people through the current crisis and find a new way out for mankind and the empire in the new era.

This is somewhat too much to ask of Princess Anne.

Originally, she had no other choice but to force herself to become such a person, so she tried hard to accumulate merits for herself by recovering colonies, and also to train herself by actually fighting on the front line.

After all, in the past, although Princess Anne had military experience and had fought on the battlefield, she also felt that she was a qualified soldier, but now it seems that she still feels that she is lacking something.

At least she didn't show the decisiveness of a soldier.

Although she could be ruthless when necessary, Princess Anne was aware that she was indecisive and lacked the courage to make decisions most of the time.

Both the Queen and Perfecto created more than one opportunity for her to train, but Princess Anne felt that her growth was still limited.

After all, the time was too short. She felt that it would be difficult for her to completely change herself and grow to a satisfactory level in just two or three years.

It’s not that there is no growth, but that it is growing too slowly.

Princess Anne herself is aware of this. She knows her shortcomings and is trying hard to change, but she just can't meet other people's expectations of her.

This put a lot of pressure on Princess Anne. She was afraid that she would disappoint others, especially her mother and Perfect. She could feel their deep expectations of her, hoping that she could grow into a qualified leader, but Princess Anne's growth speed undoubtedly could not keep up with their expectations.

This caused Princess Anne to fall into deep worry. She doubted whether she was really suitable to inherit the throne of the empire and whether she should give the throne to other people.

Especially compared with Perfectocute, Princess Anne felt like she was just a foil.

Perfect was able to build up the vast northern territory from scratch in just three years. Although she had the support of the entire empire, it still shows how amazing her ability is.

After all, for an ordinary person, even with so much resource support, it would be difficult to achieve Perfect's current achievements.

Not to mention that Perfectoct's ruthlessness in killing was enough to stop a child from crying at night. Even Princess Anne herself would sometimes be intimidated by her reputation as the bloody earl.

It can be said that compared with Perfecto, Princess Anne felt that she was inferior to her in every way.

If possible, she even felt that Perfectoct was far more suitable to take charge of the empire than her.

But Princess Anne could not do that. She was the eldest princess of the empire and the heir to the throne. She had to sit in that position to rule the empire. Perfect could assist her, but she could not hand over the power of the entire empire to Perfect.

There was no reason. This was the education she had received since childhood, and the Queen had warned her more than once that if she wanted to be a qualified monarch, she could rely on her ministers, but she must never give all power to one person. She must restrict them.

However, there is no restraint on Perfect, or rather, no one has dared to restrain Perfect in the past three years.

After all, she is shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the entire empire. To restrict her at this time would be tantamount to strangling the vitality of the empire in the doomsday winter.

But this also caused an irreversible consequence, that is, the power of the Northern Lords in the empire became increasingly higher, to the point where it could threaten the imperial power.

Therefore, for now, the royal family can only step in person to restrain Perfectot.

Originally, Princess Anne felt that she was capable of taking on this task. After all, she felt that she had a good relationship with Perfectcot and that they could discuss anything.

Then, Perfecto told her the truth that she could do nothing.

Princess Anne was no fool. She could sense that the falling out between her and Perfectcot was largely intentional. She deliberately and artificially created a state of contradiction between the North and the Imperial Center, making the Imperial Center the opponent of the North, and forming a trend of checks and balances between the two sides.

Because only in this way can the empire maintain its balance, otherwise Perfecto's power in the empire will only expand and eventually threaten the imperial rule.

Although Perfect herself may not have such an idea, the North is no longer just about her. She needs to consider the thoughts of her subordinates and the expanding desires of the North as an interest group itself.

If there were no enemies and constraints, the North would sooner or later swallow up the Empire.

Because of this, Princess Anne had no problem with Perfectcott's previous quarrel with her, but instead cooperated with him to a certain extent. After all, although she lacked talent, she was not stupid, and she could still cooperate with Perfectcott.

It was for this reason that she asked for permission to recover the colonies, thereby accumulating enough prestige and merit for herself to be able to compete with Perfectoct.

Although she hated to do this, Princess Anne understood that this was the responsibility she had to bear as the heir to the imperial throne.

However, when she finally completed the suppression and reconquest of the Empire's most important colony of Movo, she received news that reforms were beginning to take place within the Empire.

"If little Perfect becomes the Prime Minister of the Empire, then perhaps everything will be able to reach the best state, right?" Princess Anne breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this might be the most ideal state.

She is not a qualified and wise monarch, so it may be a good choice to leave the governance of the country to someone who is capable.

In particular, the parliament and the cabinet can both restrict the prime minister and assist him in governing the country. In the eyes of Princess Anne, this is the best system.

Although she also realized that the power of the royal family would be severely weakened and the royal power would even lose most of its power, it was a good thing for the country.

At the very least, if in the future there is an incompetent or mediocre ruler in the royal family, the prime minister and the cabinet can at least keep the country running, and the incompetent monarch will not mess everything up or even lead to the destruction of the country.

"If you think so, the Earl will be disappointed." After hearing what Princess Anne said, Scott, who was sent by Perfectcot, suddenly spoke up to refute her point of view.

"Mr. Scott, I think you should at least knock on the door before entering a lady's room." Princess Anne was a little dissatisfied, but not too angry. Instead, she was more curious about why Scott said that: "But why did you say that? Isn't it good for little Perfect to be able to control the power of the empire?"

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I did knock on the door, but you were so focused on thinking that I'm afraid you didn't hear it." Scott explained again, and at the same time stated that he did knock on the door and it was not a rude intrusion.

At this time, they were deep in the road from the Movo Colony to their next target, the Australia and New Zealand Colony. There was a certain amount of noise inside the airship itself, and Princess Anne might not have heard the knock on the door as she was lost in thought.

Princess Anne did not delve into this, but continued to ask: "Answer my question, Mr. Scott, I want to know why you say that little Perfecto would be disappointed to become Prime Minister."

"Because for Her Ladyship, what she wants is never power." Scott answered simply.

"Then tell me, what does Perfectcot want?" Princess Anne knew this, but she suddenly wanted to hear how others viewed Perfectcot, especially when this person was Perfectcot's subordinate: "You know, many people in the empire regard little Perfectcot as an ambitious person, and think that she wants to seize power in the empire!"

"If we allow mediocre people to occupy positions and lead the empire into the abyss, it would naturally be better for the Earl to take power. But this does not mean that the Earl wants this power. What she really wants is the development and prosperity of the empire. As for whether it is her or someone else who can do all this, the Earl would rather it be the latter." Although Scott had not been in contact with Perfectcot for a long time, he still made some efforts to understand the old prince's ideal successor.

Princess Anne did not refute Scott's words, but nodded and said: "For little Perfect, she would rather do what she wants to do, happily invent things, and use her wisdom and ability to improve people's livelihood."

"Yes, for Her Excellency, making the empire better is what she wants to see. She will be truly happy if someone is more qualified than her to be the Prime Minister of the Empire." Scott seemed very happy to reach a consensus with Princess Anne, and continued with a smile: "But if no one else is qualified to be the Prime Minister, it will be a disaster for Her Excellency, because it means that there is no qualified talent in the entire empire, and she will have to take the lead."

"Hearing what you said, it really makes me feel that the empire is doomed! There is not even one person who can surpass little Perfectcot." Princess Anne sighed, but then asked: "Besides little Perfectcot, who else do you think can be the prime minister in the empire now?"

This is a very difficult question. After all, up to now, there is no one who can compete with Perfectcot. There may be a few others who are suitable to be prime minister, but if they cannot suppress Perfectcot and the North, even if they can sit on the position of prime minister, they will only become a puppet.

Because the core of the empire is now in the North, and everyone seems to be living under the control of the North. If the Prime Minister cannot effectively suppress the North, it means that the core of the empire will be suppressed by the North, which goes against the original intention of letting other people serve as Prime Minister.

"The Duke of Gloucester may have the ability, but I don't think he can restrain the Earl. After all, the Duke's management of the Parliament of Nobles is only slightly better than others, but to a limited extent." Scott looked down on the Duke of Gloucester, even though the Duke was the longest-serving Speaker of the Parliament of Nobles since the Queen ascended the throne and had always demonstrated quite good political skills.

In fact, this is somewhat similar to the situation faced by Princess Anne. The Duke of Gloucester is a qualified Speaker of the Parliament of Nobles, but only in peacetime.

He was able to effectively reconcile the conflicts and interests of all parties, implement the Queen's will to the entire Council of Nobles, and make it move in the direction the Queen expected. This is enough to illustrate the ability of the Duke of Gloucester.

But when the empire needed to make quick decisions and respond promptly to crises, the existence of the parliamentary system was not only a step behind, but the numerous conflicts within the nobility also seriously slowed down their progress.

Originally everyone had gotten used to this situation and wasn't feeling too anxious, but with the emergence of Perfect and the arrival of the doomsday winter, everything changed.

What the empire needs is efficiency, and what Perfect needs even more is a speaker who can keep up with her pace.

The Duke of Gloucester obviously lacks the decisiveness just like Princess Anne.

"The Duke of Gloucester... After all, he has been the Speaker of the Noble Parliament for so many years. Not only has he made great contributions, but he is also capable." Princess Anne had a good opinion of the Speaker of the Noble Parliament. After thinking for a while, she said, "Perhaps he can be qualified for the position of Speaker of the National Assembly?"

"I'm afraid this position is tailor-made for the Duke." Scott also agreed with this view.

But the topic soon returned to the starting point. Apart from Perfect, is there no one in such a huge empire who can be qualified for the position of prime minister and compete with Perfect?
Obviously, neither Princess Anne nor Scott could think of a suitable candidate for the time being.

(End of this chapter)