In the Name of the Queen

Mr. William, the chief minister of the imperial cabinet, who was sitting in his office, was looking at the gray sky outside the window in a daze, his fingertips tapping on the table rhythmically, his eyes a little confused.

There is a piece of information in his hand, and there is also a handwritten letter from Queen Sylph on the table.

His whole body was numb. He thought that Sylph would make some noise when she went overseas, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

Everything she did was within the rules, but she always managed to get past Mr. William.

As the chief cabinet minister of the empire, he carries thirty-four provinces and nearly 100 million people on his shoulders.

Well, since last year it has been thirty-five provinces and 100 million people.

Although it is a small overseas province, it is the first pioneering feat of establishing a new province in the empire in the past seventy years. This has also made the Queen famous among the people at the bottom.

In recent decades, the empire has suffered from serious internal strife. The territories it has expanded overseas are all in the New World and the Southern Continent. They are imperial territories in name, but in fact they are colonies used to knock out the bones and suck out the marrow.

The colonial governors were extremely powerful. Although they paid a large amount of taxes and materials to the empire, they also had basically independent personnel, financial, and military powers. They listened to orders but not propaganda, and were just like princes.

This was also the reason why the imperial center opposed the establishment of a new governor.

With a few more governors, who has the final say in the empire?

When Sylph appointed Roland as governor, the cabinet ministers felt something was wrong, but the queen's actions did not violate the law. Even Alban could not find anything wrong with it, so they had nothing to do.

Fortunately, this governor is not the same as a colonial governor, it is only temporary.

As long as the four overseas provinces officially obtain the same political power as the mainland, the Governorate of Northern Rodinia has no legal basis and can be revoked.

However, the localization of overseas provinces is a very complicated issue left over from history. It is so complicated that your brain will explode if you think about it too much.

The four overseas provinces enjoying the treatment of local provinces will completely change the current delicate political balance in the country and create a group of new nobles.

You can guess with your toes that most of these new nobles are loyal royalists.

The increase in the power of the royalists will lead to an imbalance of power in the House of Lords.

To put it simply, it is out of control.

As a mature politician, you can make money and lose money, but you can't lose control.

The combination of Roland and Sif gave him splitting headaches more than once in the past year.

Everything they did proved to be beneficial to the country after the fact, but it almost caused him a cerebral hemorrhage when he first got the news.

Am I wrong?

Mr. William lowered his head slightly, his expression a little bitter.

He has done many things in his life, but he has never made any mistakes of principle.

But this year when Sif and Roland went to sea, his understanding was subverted.

Although opening up overseas provinces scored high among ordinary people, he didn't care about it.

After the Continental Convention was invalidated, it was only a matter of time before we opened up new territories. Roland and Sif's victory in the battle also had a lot of luck, so they could only be considered qualified.

It was the subsequent civil war in Jin Yuan that impressed him.

After Marco came to power, he was diplomatically inclined to promote the formation of the Continental Alliance. He wanted to unite the continental countries to block Sussex and let Sussex spit out its overseas territories.

They have not yet reached an agreement with other countries, but are just fighting for dominance.

If the Continental Union is established, Sussex will become an island country isolated overseas, with severely limited development space.

Faced with such a situation, the cabinet was helpless and could only accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity.

However, Roland and Sif managed to break the situation with only a few thousand casualties.

After Alina came to power, she immediately suspended negotiations to form a Continental Alliance and instead improved relations with the Sussex Empire.

With this achievement, Sif is enough to be ranked with the most outstanding kings of the empire.

At least much better than her father and grandfather.

Standing up and coming to the window, William took a deep breath and looked at the gray haze, with a smile on his face.

He had long heard that Hansa was sunny and the Emre White Sand Beach was a holiday destination. He had never been there, but now he finally had the chance.

He also wanted to meet Her Majesty the Queen and her dog-headed strategist and lover Roland.

It was time to meet these two guys who had been giving him sleepless nights for a year.

William is different from some cabinet members who have lost their way.

Although he advocated limiting the imperial power, he was not a traitor, but for the long-term survival of the country and the royal family.

No one can guarantee that every monarch will be a wise king. An excellent system is more important than one or two wise kings.

But he won't be too rigid.

If a great emperor really appears, he can also be a royalist.

When the Queen went to sea, he also helped Sif get some start-up funds, leaving room for things to happen, and there would be opportunities even if she turned around in the future.

However, some people have lost their way.

Secretary of the Treasury Smith, Secretary of Justice Alban, Secretary of the Navy Winston and Director of Military Intelligence Rice, these guys walked too narrow a path.

They didn't even plan to go to Hansa to attend the Queen's coronation ceremony.

In William's view, except for Alban who had legitimate reasons, it was simply unreasonable for several other cabinet ministers not to attend the Queen's coronation ceremony.

The first rule of sailing on the sea is to learn to steer according to the wind.

Although William is not an experienced captain, he still understands basic navigation knowledge.

He returned to the table, picked up the tea cup, and tasted it leisurely, while thinking about what gift to give to the queen.

Just when he was leisurely and contented, hurried footsteps came from the corridor.

William frowned displeased when he heard the announcement coming from outside the door.

Although Subino is smart and capable, he always loses his temper.

If only he had half the calmness of Roland.

He sighed in his heart, feeling a little sad.

His two sons are useless. Their only advantage is that they know they are useless and don't cause trouble outside.

Fortunately, he recruited Subino as his son-in-law, so the family's future will not be bleak.

He gave his two sons the opportunity to be playboys, and then devoted himself to training Subino.

This kid is good in everything, but his calmness is a little worse. It has just improved in the past few months, but it has returned to the original state today.

William coughed lightly, his voice was cold, "Come in."

Subino opened the door, panting, trying to calm down.

He knew that his father-in-law didn't like to make a fuss, but today's news was too explosive, and he really couldn't stay calm.

"Father-in-law."

"This is a work environment."

Subino quickly stood up. His father-in-law was usually kind, but he never joked at work. He accidentally called the wrong name again.

"Prime Minister, The Sun has created another dangerous rumor."

Hearing the name of The Sun, William frowned even more.

"Subino, this kind of gossip newspaper is not worth wasting time on. I mean, this kind of newspaper that has no value except for photo albums and gossip is not worth paying attention to. Tell me, what rumor?"

William didn't care that his son-in-law read The Sun.

He read it too.

Powerful men naturally have many advantages, such as the opposite sex.

What he values ​​is Subino's ability, and he doesn't care much about his private life.

As long as Subino understands who gives him power, it's fine.

Subino knew that his father-in-law was not happy, so he quickly handed the newspaper with both hands and then stepped back.

He didn't want to be sprayed with tea.

As he expected, a few seconds later, his father-in-law sprayed a large mouthful of tea out of control.

The tea wet a large area of ​​the newspaper.

William angrily slammed the newspaper on the table and roared: "This is a shameless rumor, and it is also a malicious slander against His Majesty Edward!"

"Prime Minister, they didn't name anyone," Subino reminded softly.

This is the usual style of The Sun.

The story is explosive and vivid, but never names anyone.

However, they will use exquisite descriptions to let everyone know who they are talking about.

The emperor of the greatest maritime empire met a witch when he went to sea, sank into it, and even gave up the throne of the empire.

Isn't this a clear reference to the late emperor Edward?

William's temples were throbbing.

He was furious, but he couldn't find trouble with The Sun.

Although the owner of The Sun, the famous playboy Rupert, was not the heir of the Plantagenet family, he had the title of earl, and Mr. William couldn't do anything to him.

They didn't name anyone, so why do you take the blame for the late emperor?

You took the rumor to replace the late emperor and took the blame for insulting the late emperor first.

William took three deep breaths and finally suppressed his anger.

His cold tone seemed to be devoid of emotion. William said coldly: "Go and tell Rupert for me. If he still wants to run the Sun, this is the last time."

Of course, he cannot be accused of slandering the late emperor, but it is easy to find fault with such a large enterprise as the Sun.

Even if he can't find any faults, there are pocket crimes such as poor fire prevention, delayed wages, and royalties that can be used to accuse people.

After receiving William's instructions, Subino left quickly and disappeared at the end of the corridor, leaving William in deep thought.

William stared at the newspaper, and couldn't figure out what good it would do to Rupert.

The Plantagenet family is an iron-blooded royalist.

Their loyalty to the royal family is beyond doubt.

Rupert did this, isn't he afraid of hurting Queen Sylph's heart?

Thinking of the fact that the Sun had previously reported the scandal between Roland and Sylph, William's head hurt even more.

The aristocratic circle is too chaotic, he can't understand it.

If you don't understand it, don't read it.

Rupert will definitely be invited to the coronation ceremony. Let's see how this bastard will face the Queen.

Mr. William thought angrily.

Of course, he could not have imagined that the writer of this gossip was Sif.

No, it was Mr. Anonymous, the greatest writer in history.