The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 262: Duke Annan

It's ironic.

After the death of the previous King Noah, the Noah people have held a succession ceremony for two months. Now the ceremony is still not over and the successor has not yet been determined.

Kafni and her brothers and sisters are still fighting fiercely in the open and secret - at the same time, it does not even affect the normal operation of Noah's kingdom.

On the night after Grand Duke Ivan transformed into a dragon, Annan had completed the succession ceremony without any hindrance.

When Annan succeeded to the throne, his brothers and sisters had not even had time to go home.

Even so, nothing happened during the transfer of power... After all, the people who actually control this country are not so much the ministers or the Grand Dukes, but the Hands of Winter.

The Grand Duke’s main job is just to make general decisions.

Those "precept-holding" Winter Hands are, in a sense, the highest level of the country - they not only have the power to discuss policy directions with the Grand Duke, but are even responsible for specific supervision and implementation.

The Hands of Winter spread across the country, in addition to being responsible for monitoring nobles and officials everywhere, are also the supervisors of these policies.

These constitute the highest level of the Hand of Winter, which holds the "Ten Rings and Ten Fingers", and is equivalent to the cabinet of the Principality of Winter.

When Grand Duke Ivan cannot move at will, it is the "ten fingers" that rule the winter.

Now, only six of the ten fingers remain. Due to the rebellion launched by Vladimir the Winter Defiant, the power of the Hand of Winter has significantly shrunk - the four external powers of "military affairs", "espionage", "diplomacy" and "foreign trade" have also been taken back. Hand of the Grand Duke.

To this day, the "ten fingers" of the Hand of Winter have not yet been completed.

This is not because Ivan Winter does not have the ability to find four trustworthy people from the hands of Winter... This is actually for Annan's sake.

The other six "Ten Fingers" have all seen the outstanding methods of young Annan.

They know more or less the origin of Annan, understand the close relationship between Annan and the twelve righteous gods, and have seen Annan's demonic wisdom.

Then, after Ivan's death, they will not have any bad thoughts towards Annan... and Annan will be able to "use" them normally.

And if Ivan replenishes his ten fingers at this time, he will face a new problem——

"Those who are loyal to Grand Duke Ivan may not necessarily be loyal to you; those people believe in Grand Duke Ivan because they know him, but they have not witnessed your talents..."

At the morning dining table, a mature woman with dark blue curly hair and a gentle temperament sat on the table and whispered.

On her left ring finger was a transparent ring that exuded cold air.

She and Annan were the only two people at the table - because the ten fingers named "Zhuoya" were responsible for all the internal affairs of the Duke of Winter, including his diet, sexual intercourse, travel, and dressing up.

Now that Annan has officially succeeded to the throne, Zhuo Ya will naturally continue to serve him. Annan asked her to eat with him, so Zhuo Ya would naturally not refuse.

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In fact, the reason why she did not eat with Grand Duke Ivan was not because Ivan refused to let her sit at the same table with her, but because Grand Duke Ivan was too weak... She had to keep an eye on Grand Duke Ivan at all times. If you choke, will there be a sudden illness?

Not only eating...but also bathing, changing clothes and going to the toilet, Ivan is always under Zoya's gaze. He was just worried that Grand Duke Ivan would suddenly fall, choke or die suddenly - this was indeed a possibility.

But now that the Grand Duke has become a healthy Annan, she doesn't have to worry so much.

However, the other "Ten Fingers" each have their own political affairs to deal with. The only finger that can stay in the Grand Duke's Palace and get along with Annan for a long time is still the "ring finger of the left hand".

Ivan transformed into a dragon too hastily.

The job of teaching Annan how to become a qualified Grand Duke fell on Zhuo Ya.

"I understand, Aunt Zhuoya."

After Annan swallowed the food, he said in a calm and orderly voice: "My father hopes that I can fill these four positions myself."

“But my suggestion is...don’t appoint ‘Ten Fingers’ for the time being.”

Zhuo Ya said in a deep voice.

"I understand too."

Annan nodded: "After all, I am still young. Even with your help and support, I have never even met the other nobles and officials in Winter...it is difficult to gain their approval.

"Appointing high-level officials or making personnel changes at this time will lead to instability within the Hand of Winter. My idea is to first introduce some new decrees or other major events to attract them attention."

...Annan is really worry-free.

Zhuo Ya sighed silently and with satisfaction.

Much better than his idiot brother.

Your Excellency Dmitri clearly has the feminine face of a conspirator, but his personality is too simple.

He doesn't like to be suspicious of others, and he won't be wary of others - if Dmitry is the one who inherits the position of Grand Duke, then after listening to Zoya's proposal, he will definitely just say "It doesn't matter" without thinking. , I think there is no need to think so complicatedly."

Maria, on the other hand, doesn't care about those people at all.

She is undoubtedly a born tyrant - Zoya would rather Dmitri succeed to the throne than Maria.

Because Mary cares about family members more than friends; friends more than outsiders; and outsiders more than enemies. She has very clear "priorities" when acting, and this priority only depends on her favorability... If she becomes the Grand Duke, it will be unabashed nepotism, making decisions based solely on preference.

How are these old people doing? Maria also has a good relationship with them? She won’t drag them down. But she will definitely recruit a group of incompetent but lovable idiots to sit in high-level positions.

It is undoubtedly a blessing to have a smart man like Annan inherit the Principality of Winter.

Although Annan is not as gentle as Ivan... nor is he able to make friends with everyone like Ivan. His wrist is undoubtedly much tougher than Ivan's.

But now Noah is also replacing a new king, and the one in the United Kingdom is said to be dying soon... The world is about to enter a "new generation."

Being tougher during this period may not be a wrong thing.

"So, do you have any thoughts on the decree that attracted their attention?"

Zhuo Ya asked in a low voice.

"Show me the spy list first."

Annan replied: "We sent them to other countries. Other countries sent them to us."

He had wanted to see this before.

But even as the first heir, Annan does not have the power to touch this. Because this is the authority that originally belonged to the "middle finger of the right hand" but now belongs entirely to the Grand Duke. Even the Grand Duke's wife, children or parents cannot touch it.

Soon, a Winter Hand handed over a thick stack of documents.

...There are many surprises.

Although the "right hand" representing offense in Winter's hand is almost useless~IndoMTL.com~, with the efforts of the "right thumb", at least it is not completely disabled.

Annan took a general look - the number of intelligence personnel in Noah is the smallest, followed by the Theocracy. However, Winter buried at least thirty nails in the United Kingdom, which had no borders at all... This was not unrelated to the chaotic situation in the United Kingdom.

But the biggest one is the underground world.

There are more than ten people in the official Hand of Winter alone - counting peripheral members and temporary members who have not even entered the Hand of Winter, there are a total of one hundred and eighty-six spies who have penetrated into the underground world. Most of them exist in the form of illegal armed forces and mercenaries, but three of them have become "diggers".

Annan checked carefully and could not find the name of "Winter Defying Man".

...What's going on?

This made Annan frown slightly.

This is slightly different from what he originally thought.

But when Annan looked up the three highest-ranking spies...

He had some unexpected gains.

"This is..."

Annan was stunned.

One of the three people... Annan actually knew him.

He was immediately grateful... Fortunately, when he was checking the fallen, he didn't use this nail.

Because the deepest nail that the Principality of Winter drove into the underground world... was the supervisor of the Sporadic Mill.

——Nieussel.