I will be crowned king

“To the Honorable Lord Bernard Morvais, Lord Chancellor of the Colonies and Lord Chancellor of Sails:

I have not been greeting you for a long time due to personal issues. This is actually the first letter I have written to you since I arrived in Yangfan City. It really makes me feel ashamed as a junior. I cannot be too polite and I don’t even know what to do. Open to you.

But the recent series of events in Sailing City force me to explain to you the whole story, in order to avoid the terrible tragedy and irreparable consequences caused by various misunderstandings in the future... The whole thing is too complicated, so that I can't rate it as good or bad.

First, here is the general outline of the cause of the whole incident: A massive rebellion broke out in Yangfan City.

After the last riot, the remaining liberals united with some neutral forces and took advantage of the imperial army's outbound fighting to launch a thorough purge and counterattack against the loyalists; the defenders collectively defected, and 115 loyalist MPs and their families Unfortunately killed.

Your governor's palace also fell in the riots, and no one left behind was spared.

The rebels not only took control of the defenders and the mercenaries you had bribed before, but also cooperated with an old god sect force; the city was severely damaged, important military supplies were destroyed and looted, and all major buildings and facilities in the city were damaged. The casualties of civilians and personnel from all sides are almost impossible to count...

Of course, as I write this, the matter is over.

The rebel army has been rectified, and the rebel MPs have also been temporarily imprisoned. Although the city's security has not been completely restored, the main residential areas, the city center and important areas have stabilized, and the remaining streets that were not seriously damaged are also gradually recovering. .

All this is thanks to the more than two thousand imperial soldiers who arrived in time, and Sir Sado who is loyal to you!

Without their presence, I would never be able to restore the minimum order in Sailing City by myself; I don’t know much about the fighting situation on the front line, but your order to send them back to Sailing City is really very wise. Decide.

Sir Sado is currently in charge of city defense and street security management. He is really an experienced and excellent officer. It is no wonder that you can rely on you as your right-hand man. I have learned a lot of useful things from him.

Closer to home, although the rebellion has ended, there are still many remaining problems.

After careful consideration, we released the imprisoned rebel congressmen - because congressmen loyal to the empire and officials of the Governor's Palace were purged. If we continue to imprison them, the Sailing City colony without the congress will completely lose its ability to operate, and it will not even be able to have a superficial stability. maintain.

The same goes for the militias... Almost all militias are middle-class urban or small farm owners. A comprehensive purge will not only attack the colonial military power, but also cause irreversible damage to social stability and the economy.

At Sir Sadow's suggestion, most of them were freed after the rebellion ended.

Finally... Although I promised you before that I would not interfere in any external affairs, considering that Sailing City is in urgent need of stability as soon as possible, and also at the suggestion of Sir Sadow, I have temporarily served as the Governor of Sailing City until the situation is stable - if you return I will step down at any time if a more suitable candidate becomes available.

In addition, there are some additional requests that you can kindly comply with.

The first of course is to recognize the legitimacy of the "new parliament" in Sailing City and promise not to pursue any further investigations into the rebellion afterwards; the first priority is to restore order to the colony as soon as possible.

Secondly, in order to restore the damage caused by the rebellion as soon as possible, please reduce or reduce the tax and material collection this year; especially the serious damage to urban areas requires a large amount of resources to be invested in restoration and construction, and it is impossible to continue to provide more manpower and material resources to the frontline troops.

Finally, there are the loyalists who were purged... Things have happened and cannot be undone, but in the final analysis, the cause of everything is the excessive oppression of the empire; even if it is just to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy, I would like to ask you to take a look at some of the requests of the liberals, and at least do Promise on reform and give them some hope.

I don’t want to promote any negative sentiments to you, but according to my observation, although liberals are an absolute minority, the fundamental reason for their success is to win over the middle forces-trade unions, small and medium-sized farmers, and leaders of surrounding colonies...

Most of them have no or very few seats in the parliament, and their opinions are disorganized, and they are unable to form more consistent ideas like the loyalists and liberals; but they are not weak, and they can fight against the loyalists when they gather together.

In the final analysis, it was precisely because the empire harmed their interests excessively that the liberals were able to unite with them and start a rebellion; this cannot be changed, then the colonial rebellion will not end. The so-called "Free Confederacy" was deliberately supported by the Clovis people. , will truly replace the empire's influence in the new world.

I hope Lord Bernard Morewes that you can understand this and make the wisest decision. (P.S., the various reform demands of them and the liberals are written down on the back of the letter for your reference).

Looking forward to your reply and the good news of the glorious triumph from Blackreef Harbor.

Temporary Governor of Sailing City, your junior, Louis Bernard

yours truly. "

The seal of the letterhead was specially stamped with the coat of arms of the Bernard family. The letterpaper was a special paper for church documents, and the words were drafted. Freya had to trouble Freya to copy one side again using the unique handwriting style of the Ysel Elf royal family... This shows that Louis attaches great importance to this letter and his determination to abandon his previous "inaction".

In the view of the young knight, such a sincere letter that fully explained the cause and consequences of the whole matter and provided a solution was enough to impress the colonial minister.

Bernard is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to adapt, otherwise he would not have become the first choice of the previous emperor to form the Hantu expeditionary force, and after signing a treaty with Hantu that "lost his power and humiliated the country", he could still become the colonial governor without being subject to any restrictions. Any punishment...is fundamentally different from the hardliners like Marshal Caspar Herred.

And he also left ample room for maneuver for the other party... Everything was just a "suggestion" or a "request", and everything was negotiable. It doesn't mean that you won't accept it. As long as you can negotiate, everything is easy.

Even taking a step back, if someone really needs to "take responsibility", Louis, as the interim governor, can take full responsibility for the whole thing... Anyway, he doesn't care about reputation and the like, and he has no desire for power. It is completely acceptable to make sacrifices for the stability of Yangfan City.

But in the eyes of the colonial minister, the whole thing took on a different look.

In short, this is a complete, organized and premeditated rebellion!

If it was just a guess at first, now Bernard can be 100% sure that the reason why Sir Sado, the commander of the cuirassier battalion who was "loyal" to him, dared to escape from the battle without fighting and fled straight to Sailing City was because of him. He had already secretly colluded with those traitors.

Once I approve the content of this letter, it will be equivalent to whitewashing the rebel MPs and the more than 2,000 rebels who fled the battle at the same time, allowing them to have formal and legal status, and openly become the actual rulers of Yangfan City. .

The so-called negotiable conditions are basically smoke bombs thrown by the other party. Negotiation...what is the premise of negotiation? The premise of negotiation is that the identity relationship between the two parties is at least equal - he is the minister in charge, and they are traitors. How can this be equal? !

Not to mention what the emperor who was far away in the country would think of it, and whether it would make the traitors who were still frightened have more treasonous thoughts... The consequences of the entire negotiation process alone were already fatal.

Just by looking at Bernard with his toes, he can guess that that bastard cuirassier battalion commander will definitely ask for exorbitant prices and pretend to be aggrieved, delaying the entire negotiation process, so that he who is trapped in Gray Pigeon Castle will never get enough money. supply.

What he was betting on was that he would face a disastrous defeat, the counter-rebellion army would be wiped out by the Clovis people, and he would either be captured alive or killed on the battlefield - then his conspiracy to escape and rebel would be completely unknown, and he would even become " The hero who keeps the fire alive!

As for Louis Bernard...this young man is very smart and powerful, but unfortunately he just can't understand people's hearts, especially when the other person seems to be a good person; he was probably a puppet who was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end. I don't know what the real point of this is.

It would be easy for Sado to push him to the surface, because he could not directly rule Sail City, and the Bernard family's influence in the colony was extremely profound, enough to suppress all voices for him and make the situation seem stable.

To deal with such a traitor, negotiating with him would be to fall into a trap; the best way is to just attack with the army without even negotiating.

As for the problems that will arise? Get rid of the person who asked the question, then there will be no problem!

Of course, before that, we must first deal with the Clovis people who are currently confronting us, so that they can rest peacefully and not disturb their plans for the time being; then we can let go and seriously solve household chores.

A group of traitors who fled in a panic and had no heavy weapons or even infantry weapons dared to make conditions with their own dignified ministers... I can't defeat the Clovis, so why can't I defeat you? !

Without even waiting for the end of the three-day period, the 8,000-strong army of Gray Pigeon Castle immediately began to prepare for war and quickly completed all the work before gathering and setting off.

"Four days...in four days, the Minister-in-Chief will arrive at Sailing City!"

Under the city gate, the messenger with gritted teeth threw the letter directly in front of the young knight and said with a fierce expression: "You have at most two days to think about it. Either surrender or die - decide!"

After saying that, he grabbed the reins without even getting off the horse, turned around and ran away, leaving a stunned Louis standing alone in the middle of the dusty road, at a loss.

"how so?"

The elf girl on the side was full of doubts. She slowly raised her right hand, and the sand dust that rushed towards the two disappeared within three steps: "Bernard Morweis... He is not always gentle. , a very calm person?”

"have no idea."

Picking up the "declaration of war" dropped by the opponent, Louis, who frowned, was also very puzzled: "Maybe some of the contents in the letter stimulated him, or the war on the front line of Black Reef Port was unfavorable, plus the sudden bad news , made him lose control of his emotions, right?"

Looking at the letter curiously, Freya shook her head; even now, she still can't understand this kind of thing...or she doesn't want to understand it at all. After all, except for the person in front of her, she doesn't care about the life or death of any other people or creatures around her. .

"Then what's next, are we going to go to war with Bernard?"

"Of course this won't work!" the young knight said with a solemn expression:

"Sail City has just ended its rebellion and has not yet recovered its strength. It cannot accept another siege. To be honest, if surrendering can make Uncle Bernard calm down, I don't mind that much."

"But before that, we must find out what made him lose his mind; during the siege of Black Reef Port, there may be some things we don't know yet..."

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Gray Pigeon Fort, the vanguard army position.

"You, repeat what you just said again!"

Karl looked at the imperial knight in front of him in shock, as if he had just heard some big joke, but the other person's calm and composed expression did not look like he was joking at all:

"You, you want to hand over Gray Pigeon Castle?!"

"Yes, we are ready to hand over the Gray Pigeon Castle to your army." Wiping his face, the imperial knight who was responsible for the negotiation calmly looked at the Storm Division Chief of Staff and said in a deep voice:

"Of course, it will not be delivered immediately, but three days later...three days later, our army will completely withdraw from the entire Gray Pigeon Castle, and the city and surrounding settlements, that is, the entire colony, will be completely handed over to you. military."

"Why?!"

"I don't know." The Imperial Knight said without hesitation:

"This is a decision personally issued by the Minister-General. I am only executing it. The Minister-General did not tell me the reason. As long as I inform your army, we will take over Gray Pigeon Castle in three days."

"That……"

Karl opened his mouth, but no sound came out - this situation of being hesitant to speak, wanting to complain but not knowing what to say, usually only happens to a certain commander-in-chief: "Then what if we don't accept it?!"

"If that's the case, we can't control it... Your army can just watch Gray Pigeon Castle become a paradise for bandits and mercenaries, and let it fend for itself."

"You threaten me?!"

"No, I'm just stating the facts."

The imperial knight suddenly smiled and looked at Karl with a slightly mocking look: "For many years, your country has been tirelessly pursuing expansion of influence in the colonies, and has tried to annex the territory belonging to the empire more than once; now that the opportunity is in front of you, why has it changed again? Do you have to be so hesitant?”

"Isn't it the same with you... You didn't even want to give up Black Reef Port before, so why are you so generous now that you want to package and deliver Gray Pigeon Castle as well?"

Looking at the knight whose expression suddenly changed, Karl snorted coldly:

"Tell Lord Bernard Morweis for me that his 'great gift'... Storm Master has accepted it!"