I Will Be The Crowned King

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"To the Honourable Governor of Sail City, Lord Chancellor of the Colony, Earl of the Court of Bernard Morwis:

I have been greeting you for a long time due to personal problems. This is actually the first letter I have written to you since I arrived at Yangfan City. As a junior, I feel ashamed and I don’t even know what to do. speak to you.

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

The first is an outline of the general cause of the whole thing: a large-scale rebellion broke out in Sail City.

After the last riot, the remaining liberals united with some neutral forces, and took advantage of the opportunity of the imperial army to go out to fight the loyalists. Sadly killed.

Your governor's mansion also fell during the riot, and none of those left behind were spared.

The rebels not only controlled the defenders and the mercenaries you bought before, but also reached a cooperation with a certain old **** faction; the city was severely damaged, important military materials were destroyed and looted, and all major buildings and facilities in the city were damaged. The casualties of civilians and all parties are almost impossible to count...

Of course, as I write this, things are over.

The rebel army has been rectified, and the rebel parliamentarians have been temporarily imprisoned. Although the city's public security has not been fully restored, the main residential areas, the city center and important hours have stabilized, and the rest of the streets that were not seriously damaged are gradually recovering. .

All thanks to the timely arrival of over 2,000 Imperial soldiers, and to you, Ser Sardo, who is loyal to you!

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

At present, Sir Sadow is in charge of city defense and street security management. He is really an excellent officer with rich experience. It is no wonder that you can rely on him 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 thinking about it again and again, we released the imprisoned rebel parliamentarians-because the parliamentarians loyal to the empire and the officials of the Governor's Office were purged, if they continue to be detained, the sailing city colony that has lost its parliament will completely lose its ability to function, and even the surface stability will not be able to maintain.

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

Most of them were also freed after the end of the rebellion, on the advice of Sir Sadow.

Finally... Although I promised you before that I would not interfere in any external affairs, considering that Sail City urgently needs to be stabilized as soon as possible, at the suggestion of Sir Sado, I have temporarily served as Governor of Sail City until things are stable - if you return If there is any more suitable candidate, I can step down at any time.

In addition to this, there are some additional requests, which I kindly ask you to grant.

The first, of course, is to acknowledge the legitimacy of the current "new council" in Sail City, and promise not to pursue any more investigations into the rebellion afterwards; the first thing to do 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 also reduce or exempt this year's tax and material collection; especially the serious damage to the urban area requires a lot of resources to be invested in the restoration and construction, and it is impossible to continue to provide more manpower and material resources for the front-line army.

In the end, there are the loyalists who have been purged... Things have already happened and cannot be undone, but in the final analysis, the cause of everything is that the empire is oppressed too much; even if it is just to avoid a repeat of the tragedy, please take a look at some of the requests of the liberals, at least do promises of reform and give them some hope.

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

Most of them have no or very few seats in the parliament, and their opinions are disorganized, and they cannot form more consistent ideas like the Loyalists and Liberals; but they are not weak, and they can gather and fight against the Loyalists.

In the final analysis, it is precisely because the empire has harmed their interests too much that the liberals can unite with them and start a rebellion; this cannot be changed, then the colonial rebellion will not end, the so-called "free confederation" deliberately supported by the Clovis people. , will truly replace the Empire's influence in the New World.

I hope you can understand, Lord Bernard Morwes, and make the wisest decision.

Looking forward to your replies and good news from a glorious triumph from Black Reef Harbor.

Interim Governor of Sail City, your junior, Louis Bernard

yours truly. "

The seal of the letterhead is specially stamped with the coat of arms of the Bernard family. The letterhead is a special paper for church documents, and the writing is a draft, and I ask Freya to copy it again with the unique handwriting style of the royal family of the Elf Elf... This shows that Louis attaches great importance to this letter and his determination to give up his previous "inaction".

From the young knight's point of view, such a sincere letter, which fully explained the cause and effect of the whole matter, and gave a solution, was enough to impress the colonial minister.

Bernard is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to work around, otherwise he wouldn't be the first choice for the emperor to form the Hantu expedition, and he would still be able to become the colony governor after signing a "suppressing power and humiliating the country" treaty with Hantu. Any punishment...is fundamentally different from the hardliners of Marshal Caspar Hereid.

And he also left plenty of leeway for the other party... Everything is just "suggestions" or "requests", and everything is negotiable.

Even taking 10,000 steps back, if someone really needs to "take responsibility", Louis, as the interim governor, can also 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 sacrifice the stability of Yangfan City.

But in the eyes of the Colonial Governor, the whole thing changed.

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

If it was originally just speculation, now Bernard can be 100% sure that the reason why Sir Sado, the cuirassier battalion commander who was "loyal" to him, dared to say hello and fled without fighting, and fled straight to Sail City, was because he He had already colluded with those traitors in private.

Once he approves the content of this letter, it is equivalent to whitewashing the rebellious parliamentarians and the more than 2,000 rebels who fled, allowing them to have a formal and legal identity and become the actual ruler of Yangfan City. .

The so-called conditions for negotiation are simply the smoke bombs thrown by the other party. Negotiation... What is the premise of negotiation? The premise of the negotiation is that the identities of the two sides are at least equal. They are the ministers in charge, and they are traitors. How can this be equal? !

Not to mention what the emperor who is far away from home will think, and whether it will make the traitors who were still trembling in fear have more thoughts of treason... The consequences of the entire negotiation process are already fatal.

Just thinking about Bernard with your toes can guess, that **** cuirassier battalion commander will definitely ask for all kinds of sky-high prices and pretend to be wronged, delaying the entire negotiation process, so that he who is trapped in Grey Dove Castle will not be able to get enough. supply.

What he was betting on was that he would usher in a fiasco, that the counter-insurgent army would be wiped out by the Clovis, and that he would either be captured or killed on the battlefield—then his conspiracy to escape and rebel would be completely unknown, and even become a " Save the Tinder" hero!

As for Louis Bernard... This young master is very smart and powerful, but unfortunately he can't read people's hearts, especially when the other party seems to be a good person; he is probably a puppet who has been kept in the dark from beginning to end. Not sure what the real point of this is.

It is also very simple for Sado to push him to the bright side, because he can't directly rule Yangfan City, and the Bernard family has an extremely strong influence in the colony, enough to suppress all voices for him and make the situation seem to stabilize.

To deal with this kind of traitor, negotiating with him is falling into a trap; the best way is to not even talk about it at all, and directly attack the army.

As for the problems that will arise? Get rid of the person asking the question, then there's no problem!

Of course, before that, the Clovis people who are currently confronting him must be dealt with, so that they can temporarily feel at ease and not disturb their plans; then they can let go of their hands and feet and seriously solve the housework.

A group of traitors fleeing in a hurry, without heavy weapons or even infantry weapons, dare to make conditions with their dignified chief minister... I can't beat the Clovis people, can't I beat you? !

Without waiting for the end of the three-day period, the 8,000-strong army of Grey Pigeon Castle immediately began to enter a state of preparation, and quickly completed all the work before assembly and departure.

"Four days... Four days later, the chief minister will come to Yangfan City!"

Under the city gate, the gritted messenger threw the letter directly in front of the young knight with a vicious expression: "You have at most two days to think, either surrender or die - decide!"

After speaking, he pulled the reins without getting off the horse at all, turned his head and ran away, leaving a dumbfounded Louis standing alone in the middle of the dusty road, at a loss.

"how so?"

The elf **** the side was full of doubts, her right hand slowly raised, and the dust that rushed towards the two disappeared within three steps: "Bernard Morwes...he is not always gentle. , a very calm person?"

"do not know."

Picking up the "Declaration of War" dropped by the other party, Louis, who frowned, was also very puzzled: "Probably some content in the letter irritated him, or the frontline battle at Black Reef Port was unfavorable, plus the sudden bad news. , let him lose control of his emotions?"

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

"What about next, are we going to fight Bernard?"

"Of course not!" The young knight said solemnly:

"Sail City has just ended the rebellion, and it has not recovered its vitality. It can't accept another siege. To be honest, if Uncle Bernard can be relieved by surrendering, I don't really mind."

"But before that, we have to figure out what made him lose his mind; the siege of Black Reef Harbor, maybe there are things we don't know yet..."

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Grey Pigeon Castle, an advance army position.

"You, you repeat what you just said again, again!"

Carl looked at the imperial knight in front of him in shock, as if he had just heard a big joke, but the other party's calm and composed expression did not seem to be joking at all:

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

"Yes, we are going to hand over Grey Dove Castle to your army." Wiping his face, the imperial knight in charge of negotiating calmly looked at the Chief of Staff of the Storm Division, and said solemnly:

"Of course, not immediately, but three days later... After three days, our army will completely withdraw from the entire Grey Dove Castle, and the city and surrounding settlements, that is, the entire colony, will be completely completed and handed over to you exactly. military."

"why?!"

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

"This is a decision made by the Minister-in-Charge himself. I just implemented it. The Minister-in-Charge did not tell me the reason. As long as I notify your army, I will take over Grey Pigeon Castle in three days."

"That……"

Carl opened his mouth~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but didn't make any sound - this kind of situation where he hesitates, wants to complain but doesn't know what to say, usually only happens to a certain commander-in-chief: "Then if we Don't you accept it?!"

"If that's the case, we can't control it... Your army can watch Grey Dove Castle turn into a haven for robbers and mercenaries, and let it fend for itself."

"You threaten me?!"

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

The imperial knight smiled suddenly, and looked at Carl with a slightly mocking look: "For many years, your country has been tirelessly pursuing to expand its influence in the colonies, and has tried more than once to annex territories belonging to the empire; now the opportunity is in front of you, why has it changed? Are you so hesitant?"

"Isn't it the same for you... I didn't even want to give up the Black Reef Harbor before, so how can you be so generous now that you even have to pack up the Grey Dove Castle?"

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

"Report to Lord Bernard Morwes for me, his 'grand gift'... The Stormmaster has accepted it!"