Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 27 Royal Home Affairs

"The Lefebre family?"

"That's right, the relationship between the Leifeble family and the Ragnar family dates back to the Middle Ages, but at that time they were still in-laws, even before the relationship between the Grand Duke Ragnar and the current patriarch of the Leifeble family was very good... "

"Wait, Abner, you mean that the patriarch of the Leifebre family is still alive?"

Abner nodded without answering directly. It has been nearly 50 years since the eve of World War II. Isn't that guy already in his 90s?
"Your Highness, the patriarch of the Lefebre family is younger than the Grand Duke, and he is about 86 years old now. His Majesty the Grand Duke founded the Principality of Nord, and the Lefebre family moved to Frankfurt."

"Aren't they from Frankfurt?"

"The wife of the patriarch of the Leifebleb family is the daughter of a Junker nobleman in Frankfurt. That family is very powerful in Frankfurt, and the Leifebreb family relied on that family to slowly rise."

"Things have passed for so many years, do they still remember what happened back then?"

"The old concubine is a member of the Lefeleb family, Your Highness!"

It’s fine if Abner doesn’t explain it, but once he explains it, Joseph becomes more confused, so there shouldn’t be such a big conflict, is it because of interests?

"During World War II, the heir of the Lefeleb family was a member of the German government. At that time, His Majesty the Grand Duke was a commander of the French army. The heir of the Lefeleb family died under the gun of the Grand Duke. Lefeleb There is only one heir to the family, Your Highness."

If Joseph still had doubts at the beginning, it is now completely clear that it was Ragnar I, the sin of his own grandfather, a nephew who accidentally killed himself, and the most important thing is that this is the only one in his family. Heir, this can be described as extermination!

Europe is not very important for inheritance, but if it is possible, who would like to let someone who is not familiar with distant relatives inherit their property?It is not an exaggeration to talk about the Ragnar family and Laifeleb endlessly, this is clearly the idea of ​​old Laifeleb.

"Then what should we do now, should we take the initiative?"

Germany is a defeated country. Although Nord is small, it is also the winning side. Especially now that Nord is on the rise, it is not difficult to intimidate the German government to suppress the Leifeleb family.

As if knowing what Joseph was thinking, Abner hurriedly reminded: "Although Germany is a defeated country, the Leifeleb family did not stand on the side of Germany. Good relationship."

Joseph couldn't help but sigh with emotion, that old guy was really cunning, and he was able to see that Germany was on the verge of defeat. Of course, it was more likely that the old guy put the fruit in multiple baskets.

Without the support of Britain and France, Germany would naturally ignore the Principality of Nord. If assassination was used, not to mention the Western European countries, even Joseph himself would look down on him.In the future, who among the major European families would want to associate with the Ragnar family?

Force will always be used by the weaker side. If it is not economically and politically incapable of suppressing the Principality of Nord, I believe that Leifeleb will not use such indiscriminate means.

"Then the Leifeleb family has any business in Europe. Notify the Ministry of Commerce and try our best to suppress the Laifeleb family's business. We won't do any indiscriminate methods, but we can't let others do it."

Letting others be slaughtered is undoubtedly an angry word. Now no one would dare to say that they can bully Joseph. Although Nord's economy does not have any important status in Europe, its potential cannot be ignored by anyone.

There is actually another reason for Joseph to compromise so quickly. The formation of the European Union is about to begin, and Joseph is determined to occupy some of the seats.Coal and steel are important components for making weapons. Their importance is self-evident. Joseph is not prepared to intervene in this matter. The main reason is that Nord has no coal resources at all. Even if he inserts it forcefully, he may not get it. Too many benefits.

In such a general environment, Joseph must maintain the honor of Nord and the royal family, and must not affect the EU's grand plan because of a small Leifeleb family.

Joseph's compromise was beyond Abner's expectation, but the only thing Abner did was look at Joseph in surprise, nodded and left with relief in his eyes.In Abner's eyes, this is clearly a sign of growth and maturity.

Andy has become the director of the Nord Security Bureau at this time, but Joseph intends to establish the Nord Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is an organization similar to the US FBI.

Christmas is about to pass, and Joseph suddenly invited him here in the middle of the night, and Andy had too many doubts in his heart. He also heard about the fire, but he didn't know about the Leifeleb family, although his father, Jay Mus was once the chief steward of the royal family of Nord.

"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

Joseph, who was reading a book, did not answer Andy's question. After a long time, when Andy was a little nervous and sweating, a word reached his ears.

"Andy, what do you say is the most important thing in a country?"

"National, domestic peace and stability."

"Rely on it?"

One sentence made Andy wake up, and he looked at Joseph with a face full of surprise: "His Royal Highness wants to form a secret police..."

"Secret Police is what the Germans call it. I prefer to call him the Ministry of the Interior. How about it? Are you interested in managing this department?"

Joseph's words made Andy smile bitterly in his heart. Is there any choice?
"Your Highness, the population of Nord is only over [-] now, so it is necessary..."

"No matter how small the population is, there are people who disagree. I need a Nord Principality that I can absolutely control, and now someone is coming to the door. If I don't fight back, won't it be considered that my Ragnar family is weak and bully?"

Still, Joseph would not do those slanderous things, but he didn't mind giving the other party a small warning. For example, the old patriarch of the Leifeleb family woke up and found a letter beside his bed, which he wrote to the other party from Joseph. letter.

Before Andy could speak again, Joseph had already said: "The personnel are selected from the Imperial Guard and the Security Bureau, and the funds are allocated from my personal account, but there is one thing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is different from the Security Bureau, you understand me mean!"

"understand!"

What else can Andy say at this time?The goal of the Security Bureau is to protect Joseph's safety, while the Security Department is a steel knife and a dog. Its purpose is to help Joseph do some shady things. It is destined to be a road full of blood.

"Go do something!"

Waving his hand to let Andy back down, Joseph realized one thing at this time, it is time to separate the Nord library from his private account. Although Nord is a dual monarchy, it is not a good thing to be unclear about public and private. .

The Ministry of Finance has already reported the GDP in 1980, which may be negligible in the first half of the year, but since July, the GDP of the Principality of Nord has risen to more than 4000 million US dollars and close to 5000 million in half a year. Things that I can't even imagine, of course, the prices at that time were different from those at this time.

The funds from Huaxia have not yet arrived, but there is already a surplus of tens of millions of dollars in the treasury, which will lay a good foundation for Joseph's agricultural reform next year.

Another good thing is that Nord TV has officially started broadcasting. However, due to the relatively small number of TVs in the Principality of Nord, only a small part of them can be used now.The royal palace is naturally a small part of it, and at this time Salma is watching a French children's entertainment program.

Why not watch Nord TV?It has only just been established now, even if it is watched, it is just broadcasting some French programs, and it will take at least a few months to start broadcasting its own programs.But I believe it will bring a surprise to European countries at that time, because the program of Nord TV has Joseph's creative participation.

(End of this chapter)