Chapter 389 (1/2)
When Philip returned to the castle of the Duchess house, he immediately asked people to call several tailors in the castle, told them something in private, and then sent them to the chamber of commerce where Princess Louise stayed.
Later, alpha also secretly took a group of people to watch around the chamber of Commerce. Every other hour, the news would be sent back to the Duke's house.
To Philip's relief, it seemed that nothing had happened all afternoon.
What is Princess Louise doing in the northwest at this time? Although Philip can't figure it out, in his opinion, it's not a big problem.
The key question is... Dali! The future Princess, what is she doing here?
Philip is not a simple minded person. Although he has received information that Miss Dali is a good friend of Princess Louise, don't forget that Dali is not only the future Princess, but also the sister of general arpaye, the commander of the whip of thunder, the biggest political enemy of the Duke of tulip in the Empire.
As an excellent disciple of Mr. blue ocean, Philip is not only proficient in political strategy, but also has a lot of research on the art of emperors.
From the time alpai rose like a comet, Philip accurately judged the Regent's intention.
Balance, the key to the art of emperors, is always balance!
At that time, after careful analysis, Philip immediately put forward his own suggestions to Dewey: Dewey's military newspaper, which accused alpaye of robbing him, was written by Philip himself
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That night, Philip, a young aide, said something very far sighted to Dewey.
”Your Highness. From the current point of view, your strength has developed to a bottleneck! You are already a Duke! In addition to the immediate royal family can not be king of the law, your title has reached the peak! From the official position, you have the rank of general, member of the magician society, branch Dean of the school of magic, chief of the northwest war zone, and so on. It can also be said that he is a supreme minister! At the same time, in the Empire, support 100000 troops, the important thing is, you also have the advantage of air weapons beyond this era! And outside, more Rowling family to do your reinforcement! Imagine if you were an emperor, would you like to see such ”powerful officials” under your own hands? Besides, he is also a strong official! Before that, Prince Chen just came to power and set up your new king. It is to show his ambition and innovative intention as a new generation monarch, and also to suppress those old ministers. However, now that his position has stabilized and everything in the empire is under his control, if you are too strong. It will make the emperor feel unstable. In any case, over the past two years, we have been showing our best in the Northwest... Although I have already suggested that when the northwest army is defeated this time. But it seems that the Regent is still not at ease. Alpai, it is the king who made a chess piece to restrict us. And then, if there is no accident, the next ten years will be the most critical period for the new tulip family to flourish or decline or even collapse! ”
Speaking of these places, Philip bent down to Dewey, and then the young man suddenly said with a light smile in an unprecedented relaxed tone: ”my Lord. I'm loyal to you. I don't want my boss to fall down so soon. ”
Then Philip analyzed duvet's several dangerous weaknesses
”First, your position! Your position is too high now! High status, although a good thing, but for you, is a very dangerous double-edged sword! Because of your age!! It's true that in the Empire now, simply in terms of status. And old Prime Minister robustscher can compete with you in prestige. But don't forget. Lord robustcher, it's seventy this year. But you are not even 18 years old! According to the normal law, you have at least 50 years left in your political career. But your position has reached the pinnacle of everything a man can have. I dare to ask you a question: Your Highness, if you make any contribution to the Empire in the next few decades, what should the Regent reward you with? Is it true that cleft earth is king? Or... Give up the position of emperor to you? These are absolutely impossible. The Regent may appreciate you now, but he is a king after all, and an ambitious king.
The second weakness is your military power! Taking the private army of an aristocrat as an example, our tulip family now has nearly 50000 troops, which is the limit that an aristocrat can reach. Although it has not exceeded the number of imperial laws, I'm afraid even the blind can see how powerful our army is now. I can directly say that if we have those ultra new weapons and combat arms, our 50000 troops, even if they meet the most powerful main battle corps of the Empire, will have the power of the first World War! As for the other local garrisons, we need not even mention them. I remember that you once said something that I admire very much, which is called ”sleeping on the side of collapse, how can others sleep soundly!”, Change is Chen prince, don't you have such strong force for a noble under your hand, so at ease?
The third weakness is your wealth! Even I have to sigh for you. Your highness, I'm afraid you are the best one to collect money since the founding of the Empire! And your speed of making money is almost a miracle! Since you were 14 years old, you have the strongest financial resources in mainland China in just four years! No matter how many industries you have created, how many miracles you have created, or even the wealth we have swept from Nanyang, I'm afraid that no one can make money faster than you in the thousand years of the Empire. But here's the problem... If you have soldiers alone, then the empire can still use financial money and food to restrain you, but you have soldiers, money and food, and territory... Which King can rest assured when these three things are combined?
Fourth weakness, your opponent! That's what worries me the most! He has always been in the political arena. I'm not afraid you are strong, but I'm afraid you have no opponent! Because once you have no opponent, it will cause the king's scruples. I have carefully studied the coup more than two years ago, and I have heard my teacher Mr. LAN Hai analyze the Royal struggle. His current emperor, Augustine VI, once praised his eldest son, Prince Arvin. Unfortunately, before the old emperor was old, the eldest prince grew up. Because of the fear that the great prince would seize the class and power ahead of time, the old emperor would hold up his son Prince Chen. In fact, the old emperor may not really like Prince Chen, just use him to balance the big prince.
Can you see now, within the Empire, is there any political enemy who can balance you?
This was my biggest worry. I have even secretly worried that if there is no political enemy in the Empire who can be your enemy, you will be strong in three years. Will cause the Regent's panic! It's panic, not just suspicion! My Lord, if that time comes, the Regent will not hesitate to suppress you, even you. Take some drastic measures!
Fortunately, now the Regent does not want to move your mind, but ”find” a political enemy for you. Such a move can be said to be very smart. What's more, it's a kind of safety for you! Because this action, on the contrary, shows that the Regent wants to continue to use you, rather than use up in a short time. My advice to you is that no matter how much our Regent praises the new man, you should cooperate well. The Regent means that he wants us to fight. Then we'll show him. However, in the process of fighting, we need to take the initiative and grasp the situation, so everything will be safe. ”
There is no doubt that this remark is a brilliant political skill. These theoretical things can be said to be the outstanding achievements of blue ocean university students. At the same time. Young Philip. After three years in the northwest, he finally grew up to be an excellent real staff.
This is a strategic strategy. Very much appreciated by Dewey. But Philip's talent is more than that!
After setting up the grand master plan for Dewey, Philip did not ignore the details.
”The general direction is basically not dangerous. But we should also be very careful with this ”political enemy”! After all, my Lord, I want to remind you that everyone is ambitious! As far as we are concerned, it's good to fight with the political opponents and let the Regent rest assured. But for this political opponent... They may not be willing to be our training companion! Now our fight is not just an ordinary fight. To be clear, it can even be said that in the next few decades of the Empire, who can become the first powerful family in the whole empire! Now it seems that you are occupying some advantages, but the other side is not without opportunities! As I said just now, people are all ambitious. It's hard to guarantee that the other party doesn't want to take this opportunity to fight us down! So, we should be very careful with alpai's family
This dialogue was just at the end of the northwest war. One night, Philip gave his whole mind to Dewey.
Now, the general development of things is basically in line with Philip's idea.
Unfortunately, the only discordant note is from this miss daili!
When the Regent announced his marriage in the imperial capital, the news had been quickly transmitted to the northwest within three days.
Philip immediately made a full study of the news.
In his opinion, this news is not good news for Dewey.
Alpai's family is destined to become duvi's old enemy. And in this old enemy's family, there is a princess... A princess who is famous for her youth, beauty and talent.
This is a hidden danger for Dewey!
Although the Regent is a very independent monarch, and marry this miss Dali, it is clearly a political marriage without feelings. But it's hard to say about feelings. Regent Prince Chen is a famous young and affectionate man in the imperial capital. And this miss daili is also the leading beauty in the southern aristocratic circle, beautiful and versatile. In the future, the Regent will not fall in love with this young wife.