King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 649 either the fish dies or the net splits (Part 2)

"This matter is at my disposal Improper." Igor caught everyone's attention with a cough, and explained slowly and steadily with his head held high, "I had ordered a carriage to report the situation to the Queen and seek advice on how to deal with it, but Magister Illyrio's departure was too sudden, and Arsenal's stolen secrets were too important and crucial, so nervous and flustered, they ignored their diplomatic status and sent people to Linhemen to intercept them. ', but unexpectedly: this Lord Magister acted so violently and decisively... Now that I think about it, I should let him out of the city, and then send the naval fleet to recover it and deal with it secretly on the unmanned Blackwater Bay. That's right."

No one likes to take responsibility, but the nature of the matter this time is unusual: "a diplomatic accident caused by a decision-making mistake" is a big culprit, but he can handle it in Hand of the Queen; On the contrary - the serious crime of "referring to the Prime Minister's oral decree and mobilizing the Linhe Gate Guard without authorization", his bodyguard Captain was absolutely unbearable.

Since you can't escape, it's better to be open and take it down
"Your Majesty has traveled around and seen the world, and you must have a good experience. You should know that it looks just as colorless. Transparent wine glasses may be crystal or glass... Even glass, due to differences in color, transparency, craftsmanship, etc., can range in value from single digits to hundreds of Silver Coins - leftovers, defective products occasionally It can be sold by Copper Coin, and the value of Master Rank crafts can even be comparable to that of crystals.” Everyone was waiting for the second half of the Prime Minister’s speech with bated breath, but he suddenly disturbed the tense and solemn atmosphere in the hall with an unrelated topic. , "In the place where I come from, there is a method of cheating by taking advantage of the characteristics that laymen don't understand the gap between the upper and lower limits - the fraudster will walk down the street with some imitation utensils produced by small workshops, When a passer-by who is not careful about walking or riding bumps into it, the thing in his hand will immediately fall to the ground and shatter, and then he will justly pull the person to ask for compensation at the price of the crystal. As long as the unlucky person who is selected is afraid of something If you don’t have a mentality or are in a hurry, most of them can only be slaughtered.”

Everyone is discussing how to solve the death of Magister Illyrio.

In this room, even the lowest-ranking gatekeepers, assistants, and clerks are people in the power circle who are on the top line with Queen. Walking on the street, who dares to defraud? The small voices of discussion resounded in the hall, Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! merged into a sound of mosquitoes, but they were all in awe of the power and majesty of Prime Minister Igor, and the martial arts of Legion Lord Commander. No one dared to interrupt him.

"This kind of deception is called Pengci. You may not have heard of this term, but you have definitely heard of similar tricks." With a puzzled look in his eyes, Igor slowly discussed the two topics. Seamlessly connected, "Isn't Magister Illyrio's unreasonable initiative to seek death today a hoax? It's just that the victim he uses is not a fragile vessel, but the life of oneself - that's why the whole thing is seen It's unbelievable. I make a bold guess: he may owe a large amount of debt or favor, and then he was infected with some terminal illness or got into trouble and desperate, and was secretly instigated and persecuted by the anti-Queen forces, so he would be so disrespectful. The old love, at the cost of life, will touch our porcelain, making the Queen suspected of tyranny!"

No one will believe that Illyrio is the big boss behind the scenes, Igor puts it another way that is more acceptable. The dead enemy is the best enemy, and for the enemy who has no threat, Igor has never been afraid to give him some face or "tolerance".

"Then here comes the question - in a china-touching incident, who is more hateful, the liar or the victim?" Igor spread his hands, looked around the crowd and asked loudly, " I think everyone... should have an answer in their hearts."

"It's definitely not right to walk without looking at the road, whether it's stepping into a pit, slipping or hitting a wall, you deserve bad luck, but no one He is not qualified to take the initiative to impose private sanctions on him... to 'teach him a lesson', not to mention the purpose of defrauding money. Yu Qing's behavior surpassed oneself's identity, and Yu Li offended Wang. Law, we all have to walk on the street, no one can guarantee to keep an eye on the road and pedestrians approaching oneself every minute and every second, and of course we have to stand on the side of the victim.”

I don’t want friends to suffer. In the cold session, Tyrion boldly answered and cheered, and while speaking, I kind of guessed how Igor wanted to round the story.

Daenerys is stunned: "What do you want to say?"

"I want to say, Your Majesty, you are the Queen of True Dragon Dynasty, ruler of Westeros, Daenerys · The parents of the big family of the Targaryen I Royal Conference, we are all your family members and children. Now, your child has been touched by an outsider!" Igor deliberately used a slightly exaggerated tone, "Yes, as a parent, We have the right to ask us to keep our eyes open and be careful when we 'walk', but the first thing you should do is to try to mitigate the overall loss of our big family, and then to settle the purpose and responsibility of those who touch the porcelain, and finally blame us for being careless. , ask us to pay attention after we learn from the lesson! How can you not do the first two things, grab your child first and not let go... Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

(Good guy, it's a child I I can't find someone responsible, can I, a young single Queen in my early twenties, become the mother of you all person if I disagree? If I don't get to the bottom of what happened, I can calm down. Thinking of a way to stop loss?)

Daenerys is confused by the unheard-of flattery and flattery, displeased by the "putting the cart before the horse" accusation, and mixed with annoyance of a bad accident , I had mixed feelings in my stomach for a while, and a big mouthful of "unhappy" stuck in my throat, but I didn't know how to refute it... But after thinking about it, I suddenly became clear and realized that Igor was protecting the shortness of the curve. With his status at the moment, even if he is tough and perfectly clear to defend his subordinates, oneself can't hold on even if he owes him a lot of credit and fails to deliver the reward, and now he tells stories around the corner to make the two face each other. It's all okay, and it's already considered intentional, oneself should go down the steps.

As her chest rose and fell a few times, Queen reluctantly made a compromise.

"That's it! What the hell is going on, I'll send someone to investigate later." Daenerys didn't hide oneself's anger, "but Magister Illyrio is a friend of House Targaryen and he arranged me and Khal Drogo I got married and gave me dragon eggs as gifts. Even Belwas, Gloria and Petyr Baelish who helped me return to Targaryen were sent to me by him. I can't require kindness with enmity. Forces coerced into sneaking into King's Landing to steal information, and I can't accept the ending of his violent death in the street on my territory and under my protection... I want this matter to be dealt with as soon as possible! What is the opinion of the Prime Minister? ”

Illyrio had the grace of accepting and sheltering Daenerys siblings, but this grace had long since been revoked by the fact that he "sold" oneself to Horselord... Daenerys admits that the other is oneself's former benefactor, but It was never to the level of being deeply grateful. There is also a subtlety that even Queen oneself may not be aware of: although she claims that oneself must not require kindness with enmity, what she thinks subconsciously, it is already "must not carry the label of require kindness with enmity and enmity". Notoriety" - the goodwill and closeness to Illyrio that I had in my heart had long since been neutralized by the associations and suspicions caused by Igor's repeated whispering to her and instilling various messages. Once the evidence of the theft of Arsenal's secrets was presented, it was completely disappeared, and there was nothing left.

She teased Igor unhappily, and threw the trouble back to him with a clear attitude: You want to protect your shortcomings, I will endure it, but you have to settle this shit!

Igor took over the flying baggage and sighed: "I didn't think carefully about this matter, and the responsibility for the accident should be shouldered by me. But people can't be resurrected from the dead, even if I can take responsibility for this matter. However, the huge impact and bad consequences that the tragedy has caused, I cannot share for Your Majesty or the kingdom of Westeros where everyone lives together. Therefore, the first question we should discuss now is: how to plug this hole and alleviate this problem. It will bring the situation back to the right track.”

“According to international practice, diplomats should enjoy certain jurisdiction, litigation and execution immunity, although they have not signed a treaty in black and white, but It's still not good to be the first to break the unwritten rules. In this case, it is because the secret of artillery and gunpowder is far more important than the relationship between Pentos and Queen, so I ordered the interception by Brace Oneself, but I said a thousand and ten thousand , Magister Illyrio was killed on the street in King's Landing, which is irrefutable... In this case, we should resolutely give up positions that cannot be defended, and retreat to advance, first retreat to the front that can be defended, then stop to stabilize Heel."

Igor stretched out a finger: "Our top priority now is to take the initiative to speak out, explain clearly, and occupy the heights of public opinion in time. This incident happened at the gate of Linhe, where there is a huge flow of people. It is said that the scene was quite crowded. The bloody and tragic situation must have caused rumors and speculations in the city, and rumors have always been the number one enemy of stability. I will immediately order the intelligence and propaganda departments to prepare for information release immediately, properly word and make sentences, and put what happened in the After omitting the details that are unfavorable to us, we will publish it as transparently and in detail as possible, first admitting that this happened, and then accusing the other party of betraying the Queen's trust and friendliness, and using diplomatic status as a cover to conduct espionage that endangers our national interests and security."

“After making sure the public opinion doesn’t get out of control, the second thing is to take advantage of the situation and make it develop in my favor. Coincidentally, the Night's Watch industry has been rooted in King's Landing for many years and has completely controlled the newspapers and magazines here. Industry, after publishing the news of the incident, we will use our in-depth strength control of the media to focus on promoting Queen's adherence to the view of 'life comes from freedom', disgust for slave system... and the group of slave-masters across the narrow sea. Queen's hatred and hatred, in order to mobilize the people's indignation and sympathy with the enemy."

"After these two things are completed, the attention of the residents of the Seven Kingdoms will be changed from the failure of the 'King's Landing garrison to deal with it properly. The humiliating point of view of good diplomatic events, which led to tragedies on the street, was attracted to the two systems, two classes and the The antagonism and struggle of ideas has arisen. Once people stand in line, the mode of thinking will change. As long as this confrontation is successfully created, our fundamentals in Seven Kingdoms will be as stable as Aegon's High Hill, and the impossible will be shaken again. "As the solution became clearer and clearer, the expressions of the listeners in the hall gradually changed. "But this is not a victory, at most it is an invincible position. The international impact of the Pentos messenger being shot on the street in the capital of the Seven Kingdoms is by no means controlled by our ability to control public opinion within the scope of domestic and even Crownlands. After first stabilizing the base camp, we will try to reduce the hostility and threat of overseas forces to our side. First of all, make it clear: we must not go to war with the entire Nine Free Cities before the Reach war is over, which will not only lead to the Reach war changing. It is too uncertain, and it will make Vale's mind, who has not yet negotiated the conditions of acknowledgement allegiance, come alive, causing the prospect and cost of the Seven Kingdoms unification to undergo too many changes and tend to get out of control. "

"For the outside world, we have two strategies available: one is to divide and win, the Nine Cities is not monolithic inside, and Volantis, who is in a state of hostility with the Queen, will not talk about it, and once tried to swallow the entire legacy of Valyria. At war with half of the world, there are its opponents everywhere; apart from this, there is also a Braavos who has clearly abandoned and opposed the slave system. In fact, he can also try to win over... It may be difficult to show goodwill to other slave city-states, but I think Winning Braavos is too easy. "Igor smiled mysteriously, "We only need to announce that we will accept and inherit the debt of Braavos to Braavos, so that the financial center in this Free Cities can give up the company of other slave-masters, without the financial support and financial support of the Iron Vault. With the assistance of transaction settlement, even if the remaining eight city-states want to join forces to deal with Queen, they will definitely face troubles and difficulties one after another. "

"Inherit the debt!" ? Daenerys frowned, she had to admit: even this option that oneself once thought would never be taken, suddenly turned out not to be when compared with the severe consequences of 'fighting the world' and 'failure to conquer the Reach' Then it is absolutely unacceptable, "Where do we get the money to pay off the debt, do we still use bonds? It's a good idea to give people a white note, but even if you don't mention whether the other party will accept it or not... So this side owes it to the other side, and in the end, all the debts are offset by selling hot weapons, and the bonds all flow into the hands of the Night's Watch industry. Queen...isn't she going to work for the shareholders of the Night's Watch industry all her life? ”

Queen didn’t just remember this, but she had already held it in her heart and was just waiting for an opportunity to ask. She also said it euphemistically enough that there are many shareholders in the Night’s Watch industry, but Arsenal But it is completely Igor's private property. If the cycle of bonds turns, she will be working for him as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch all her life!
Coincidentally, Igor has already thought of a way to dispel the doubts and grievances in Queen's heart. , although the original plan was to present the answer in the form of a surprise gift at the right time, but now there is a big disaster to make up for it, and it can only be taken out in advance to appease Daenerys's nervousness.

"This, in fact, I have discussed with Master of Coin for a long time and have a solution. Igor looked up at the Queen, smiled and said slowly, "The two of us agreed: the privilege of tax exemption for the Night's Watch industry is a temporary stopgap measure taken by Wall when he faced the threat of Others. In the new era, it should not be survive reasonably. After some careful statistics and weighing, we have come up with a preliminary reform plan: the regular part of the Night's Watch industry will resume paying taxes at the normal commercial tax rate, while military orders that only accept Targaryen bonds will be paid according to the bonds received. One third of the amount is the number of tax payments. ”

One third?

This astonishing number immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, causing attention and exclamations, and even Igor said "participated in the discussion" The Master of Coin and Queen, who was sitting on the front without any fluctuations, jumped in their hearts.

Daenerys wanted to discuss this issue with Igor for a long time, but he couldn't find the right time and couldn't hold back his face. That's all, she originally set the psychological range of the tax rate from 1/4/2022 to one-fifth. Who would have thought that the figure given by Igor would be a bit higher than the best expectation, which would immediately dispel her. There is a lot of negative emotions, and his face almost shows a surprise expression.

I just don’t know if this is the first fire that House Lannister’s newly appointed Master of Coin burns due to his due diligence, or Igor has a long-term vision. Taking the initiative to give in and spit out the benefits?

Feeling the surprise or admiration of the many people present, Igor secretly snickered: This is the knowledge and realm crushing, this group of people is not only concerned about the scale and size of the financial machine. There is no concept of formidable power, and it is impossible to guess how terrifying the huge profits of hot weapons and arms trading are, so it is inevitable to make a fuss about nothing.

For a money printing machine, the sign How much tax is appropriate?
Answering this question is to fall into a trap. The correct answer is - the money printing machine should be placed in the hands of oneself from the very beginning, instead of being controlled by others and then taxed.

one third The tax rate looks amazing, but it is nothing compared to the profit from selling arms. After deducting 33.33...% of the tax, and removing the cost of at most ten points, there is still more than half left. This is equivalent to For every 100 bucks of bonds Queen prints, Igor earns more than 50 bucks!
With an income of this magnitude, even if Igor is a truly impartial, unselfish, and savage prime minister who only takes one dollar as a salary like Steve Jobs, he will quickly accumulate an amazing wealth and become more The Queen of Seven Kingdoms is richer - really wealth to rival a nation.

A wealth of this size will definitely invite jealousy, suspicion and coveting, but Igor has already planned in his mind: the tax rate could go up to half, 2/3/2022, three-quarters...

Until the eventual full nationalisation of Night's Watch Arsenal's transformation into Targaryen Imperial Family Arsenal. Even if the Queen is not aggressive, his oneself will take the initiative to request at the right time, and every time the tax rate rises or a step towards nationalization will be a natural opportunity for him to "request to the Queen"— —Whether it is purely to please her, apply for a reward for himself or his subordinates, seek greater authority and deeper influence, or ask for forgiveness and let go of what mistakes have been made...

It is constantly clear here In the process of making concessions in the face and obtaining benefits in secret, he can not only get safety and long-term, but also earn a good reputation of "deep sense and righteousness" in the history books. Isn't it beautiful?

How cool is the invisible rich and the real power in the shadows, who knows!

digressed...

The Night's Watch industry is Igor's second biggest asset after the Land Grant Army. He has a lot of plans and ideas for dealing with this pile of chips, but at this moment Not the time to ponder these things.

"There is still a 2nd move, which is procrastination! Even if the alienation and enticement fail, in the end Nine Cities is determined to fight the Queen, as long as our diplomats can negotiate and negotiate face-to-face. As long as we can hold off the war on the Eastern Front before the Reach War on the Western Front is over, we will achieve a strategic victory!” Igor stretched out the index fingers of both hands together and slowly moved to both sides. Separated and made a special signature speech." And this move is divided into two parts. The first part is of course the diplomatic negotiation on the Eastern Front. This mission is not only difficult, but also becomes difficult after the Illyrio incident. After the mortal danger, if Queen feels unable to do anything, she can ask Lord Tyrion for help and advice; the second part is naturally the west line. If we can still follow the steps at a moderate pace, now we have to try to push the strategy on the level. While not giving up, I managed to do it quickly and liberated the royal government from the threat of two-front warfare!"

"And to realize the latter, I have no shirk, and please trust Your Majesty and you all. And wait and see!"

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