The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 1: Annan’s bad idea

"I roughly understand the story...but what I want to ask about is actually the part after that."

Dmitri leaned forward slightly and asked Annan: "How did you get Her Royal Highness Elizabeth to give up participating in the king's election? The news I heard here is that she finally gave up the candidacy voluntarily..."

The previous state visit of Archduke Annan to the Kingdom of Noah has completely ended.

Shortly after Annan and his party safely returned to the Principality of Winter.

Elizabeth, the eldest princess of Noah's Kingdom, suddenly announced that she could not succeed the king due to physical discomfort, inability to marry and have children, and other reasons. Considering the continuation of Noah's Kingdom, she will officially withdraw from the king's election and spend the rest of her life serving in the field of reemployment of retired soldiers.

And now when Prince Philip is assassinated.

Kafni and Elizabeth are already the last two heirs of Noah's Kingdom - no matter who wins the final victory, Noah's next generation ruler will be a queen.

The difference is that one of the two queens is fourteen years old and the other is in her forties...

——Forty-nine years old and I don’t know how many months, so I can be considered over forty years old. This is very reasonable.

Generally speaking, people tend to prefer younger rulers. This often means opportunities... because when a ruler is in the king selection stage, he will always gradually accumulate some teams under his command.

They need to promise how much glory and wealth they can give to anyone after they ascend the throne.

Otherwise, how could there be so many talents that he could use?

It is indeed important to take sides. But in most cases, there won't be the kind of "people will come to vote without promising anything", which can defeat a large number of wise kings in the same period.

——If there is, then the current king will be uneasy.

This also leads to a strange situation.

That is, the older and stronger the heir is, the less benefits he can give out. The more people come back to him, the more they are trying to "take sides" and avoid being liquidated...

In other words, the earlier the time for seeking refuge with the heir is, the more likely it is that he is tempted by interests, and the further later the time is, the more he is threatened by his "possible success".

For a young successor like Kafni with a rich background, he suddenly won and made almost no promises to others - this meant a lot of ownerless interests.

As long as you can win the favor of the little queen, you can easily overcome the barriers that have been difficult to overcome for decades. And because of the protection of the Yinjue Church, it is impossible for anyone to turn against her and force Kaifni to give up some of her rights.

The most important thing is that she has no offspring yet - and the only heir who can compete for the throne is the eldest princess who gave up voluntarily. If they want to go against Kafni, they have no choice but to go to the eldest princess.

But...

"It may be different from what you know."

Annan shook his head, placed the symbol of power that had become a "two-color scepter" on the edge of the table, and leaned back slightly.

He held the hot brown sugar cookie that Zoya made for him with both hands, took a bite, turned to explain to Dmitri: "Elizabeth did not 'voluntarily withdraw from the election of the king', but He is a complete loser."

"Loser?"

"Yes, the Crow family has found and reported to her the specific location of Nicholas II, the murderer of Prince Philip. He is planning to massacre a village to fill his own experimental materials."

Annan took a gentle breath and his expression became serious: "Therefore, Old Crow personally reported this matter to Princess Elizabeth. I hope she can report it to the Silver Lord Church, so as to apply to Silver Lord to capture the target."

"...and then what?"

Dmitri thinks Count Geraint's response method is quite good.

I am even very envious - why don’t I have such a capable and decisive leader of the intelligence agency...

Oh, it used to be. Later he defected.

"Then she rejected the matter and immediately placed Count Geraint under house arrest. At the same time, she excluded the army and prepared to handle the matter personally."

Annan said slowly.

He could actually understand Princess Elizabeth's strategy.

From her point of view, this is actually a plan that achieves multiple goals with one stone.

In Elizabeth's view, the Silver Lord Church's erosion of Noah's royal power has been too serious. The church originally controlled the kingdom's economic lifeline, and this generation of popes began to engage in large-scale charity and control the newspaper industry... This meant that the bottom level was also beginning to be shaken by it.

As an orthodox heir to the royal power, she must find a way to regain the power that was quietly taken away by the church for the Noah royal family.

If Philip was assassinated and the church finally resolved the matter - then the church's prestige would be further enhanced. The sense of security protected by the church, coupled with the economic prosperity of the foreign trade agreement with the Principality of Winter, may lead to the retirement of a large number of active soldiers.

In the Kingdom of Noah, joining the army is also a "contract" and a "transaction."

When they retire, they will either receive a large amount of retirement pay or a stable job. This was the promise made at the beginning of the conscription.

But the problem is... Noah's current economic situation no longer allows them to do this.

And if the military can handle this matter, it can at least postpone the wave of veterans for a few years. In this way, Noah's economy will not suddenly collapse in the next few years... As long as she establishes a sea trading company that can accommodate veterans, Noah's economic problems can gradually stabilize.

"So Elizabeth chose to let the army handle this matter."

Annan said slowly: "If she wants to send out the army, she must be a blood-related avenger to have the minimum position. We all know the relationship between Elizabeth and Philip, but ordinary people do not understand... …”

But there is another problem here.

She is not a queen, just the eldest princess.

Can this be considered a "willful act" by sending out troops on a large scale to "avenge one's brother"?

Although this is still for Noah's good, the people definitely don't think so. Their eyes cannot see that far into the future.

"So, she needs righteousness. That is, revenge for that unknown little village.

"For ordinary people, the timeline of events is actually this: The eldest princess received intelligence that an extremely vicious incident occurred in Nata County where a bandit gang massacred a village - of course we know that there were no bandits or It has nothing to do with Nata County. But for the Noahs who don’t understand extraordinary beings, this excuse is more reasonable.

"After that, the eldest princess immediately sent regular troops to encircle and suppress the bandit gang in Nata County, and finally discovered that Philip's assassin was the mastermind behind it, and defined it as a 'rebel army'.

"So she suppressed the church's opportunities to play, delayed the further wave of unemployment caused by the wave of veterans, and was able to have enough control over the military to start the ocean trading company she had been looking forward to for a long time. She even In name, he avenged Philip, and used the army to show off his muscles, so that the small nobles and businessmen in various places would not jump so much...

"She also has an excuse to eradicate Nata County, which has a large number of fugitives and has various dark connections with the royal capital's nobles. No matter what the connection is, who's backing is who, as long as the physical level is The annihilation - the killing was clean, and their backstage would definitely not attack her because of 'the eldest princess annihilating the rebels'.

"To complete this scene, all that is needed is for the 'innocent people from Nata County' to designate certain forces as 'rebels'... In order to survive and prosper, such people must live in Nata County. You can grab a bunch of them at will."

Annan looked at the suddenly enlightened Dmitri and sighed helplessly: "It's time for you to brush up on your political knowledge, Dmitri."

"Hey, isn't it you..."

Dmitri hesitated and changed the subject instantly: "Then what? How did she fail?"

"Because I had already killed Nicholas II before the army arrived at Nata County."

Annan said lightly: "I have evidence in hand. Then Kafni also has evidence - the church launched an attack on the eldest princess.

"She must be held responsible for her hasty dispatch of troops after receiving wrong information without verifying it. And the house arrest of a noble is obviously not allowed to be known to outsiders. Because that would directly It makes people doubt the entire Noah royal family ~IndoMTL.com~ and even Kaifuni's reputation will be damaged.

"Finally we asked her, do you want your name or your life?"

"How do you say this?"

Dmitri immediately asked, his expression as if Yu Qian was still alive.

"If you want a name, let her be assassinated by the 'rebels' she made up. Then Kaifni will serve as the 'successor' and finish what she has not finished. People will only remember it in the future , this is Elizabeth’s merit, and Noah can also benefit.

"The worst thing to do...is to admit that her actions were hasty and give up the election of the king. The church can save her face and not announce many of her actions for the time being-including allowing Nicholas II to massacre the village and imprisoning three people without any reason. Count Geraint, the leader of the Eye Crow, and attempting to physically interfere with Nata County.

"But if she acts rashly, the evidence will jump out and crush her to death immediately - you can even make up some more for her. Put some unproven things on her... four out of ten things With definite evidence and six things that cannot be falsified, people tend to believe that she did these ten things.

"In exchange for keeping her alive, Elizabeth can no longer touch any power involving the core. And she must be visible to the outside world to gather opponents of Kaifuni...that is, to use herself to fish. ”

And this is the contract she made with Queen Kafni.

Annan said leisurely, with a cunning light in his eyes.

——There is no doubt that this was his idea.