Chapter 1002

"This is by no means Loren Turin's plan."

After carefully reading the letter that connord handed to him, the seal minister metterne Leopold was very sure.

The voice fell, and connord and phillo in the hall of the former cabinet showed their surprised look at the same time.

Mettner, who looked indifferent, put down his stationery. The old man with white eyebrows stood motionless with his hands tied. He didn't look like an old man in his late 80s.

In the empty cabinet hall, there were only three lonely shadows under the fluorite chandelier.

Unlike Eckhardt II, Conrad never deliberately hid his thoughts from his ministers; In doing things, he has never "contributed to the flames" like his dead father, but is tough to the extreme. Once he makes up his mind, he will not change.

But just because of this, Connor, who has been in power for less than half a year, has been strongly dissatisfied with the parliament, which is keen on hypocrisy; The feeling completely opposite to that of Ling Bixing in the military camp made him immersed in anger all the time.

Even for the "smallest cabinet of all dynasties" left by Emperor Eckhardt, connord really trusted only the seal minister metterne Leopold and the military minister Severin de saleon;

The latter is a collateral of the royal family and is a more experienced Legion commander than him; The former has been in politics for many years. Without mettner, connord could not control the Imperial Cabinet and even parliament alone.

Therefore, when fillonay sent the information brought back by the night watchman from Byrne, connord only summoned the head of the former cabinet.

"Why?"

Glancing at connord, whose face was slightly heavy, phillanai was the first to ask this question.

"Because Duke of Byrne, who we know, is unlikely to make such a" political compromise ", Princess Royal.

Mettner's expression was indifferent and his tone was very convinced: "if you have deeply understood this man, you will understand how arrogant he is; he carefully hides his thoughts, but he can't hide the arrogance that he can't really bow his head to surrender."

"Therefore, Loren Turin can exchange interests with you, the heavenly palace and anyone, make some insignificant concessions if necessary, and even sacrifice part of his interests for the overall situation, but..."

"The negotiations between the two sides must be equal!"

At this point, the eyes of the seal minister became much sharper.

With a low hum, he looked at connord on the ceiling with a solemn expression; And just now, phillanai, who was still confused, nodded after a moment of silence.

Because it is.

Don't say that he is now the leading Archduke of the Empire. Even when he was an ordinary wizard in eboden, this guy dared to negotiate with the night watchman, Brandon and even the wizard tower.

"So I'm sure it's not a plan that Loren Turin can think of - at least, it's not his real idea." metniemer said:

"Such a sleek and very traditional means is more like a real aristocrat - neither humble nor arrogant. While humbly giving in, he sincerely put forward joint suggestions and showed his kindness to his majesty and the heavenly palace."

"This letter is more like the idea of Byrne... Or the Turin family than the Duke of Byrne."

"Turin family?" the thoughtful Princess blinked: "Charlotte?"

"According to the Countess of red blood castle's consistent strength and wrist, this is possible."

The seal minister nodded slightly and affirmed her idea.

The two men silently turned their eyes to Conrad at the same time, waiting for the emperor's reply to his courtiers.

I saw him put his chin back a little, and his expression was still so cold.

"Neither humble nor arrogant, humble, sincere and friendly." Conrad sneered: "a minister of the Empire, half tough, brought a royal collateral to his territory, and then announced her marriage in this way, and still with a wizard..."

"Lord mettner, do you use these words to describe his almost robber like behavior? What do you want the church to think of me and where do you put royal dignity?!"

In the face of connord's burning eyes, mettner didn't respond much, even relieved.

Taking the initiative to raise the question proves that he wants to solve the problem very much - those who will oppose it don't have to think about it. It must be the de sallion royal family and the church. Their wording will only be tougher and more intense than what connord said.

Therefore, as the seal minister, mettner must prove to his majesty that he has the ability to appease these two groups and is qualified to continue to be the head of the cabinet.

The old man with a low eyebrow was still so calm.

"Your Majesty, I don't think the view of the church in front of me is at all important; because in any case, since Byrne dares to send this letter, it proves that they can persuade the Byrne church to preside over the wedding." mettner murmured:

"In other words, this will only become a contradiction between the Holy Cross Church and the Byrne Church... I'm afraid they will come and beg your Majesty's support at that time. Why care about their ideas?"

Fillonet's eyes lit up, while connord just nodded slightly and motioned the old man to go on.

"So the most difficult thing is actually to persuade the royal family to accept this result..." mettner paused slightly, because it involves the emperor's housework. He didn't know whether it was right for an outsider to intervene.

But Connor obviously didn't care: "don't worry about the internal problems of the de saleon family - I'll write a letter to explain to Uncle Severin about Lina's marriage and the relationship with Byrne."

Mettner's eyes moved, and the most difficult part was solved.

Then there is the part that connord cares about most, the view of the Empire.

As we all know, the status of witches in the country of Sardinia will change according to different regions, but they are generally excluded and discriminated against; Especially the traditional Saxophone nobles regard witches as hidden dangers.

But in mettner's eyes, this is simply the most insignificant part - views can be guided and influenced. As long as publicity is in place to ensure the ideas of most people, a few "groups with different opinions" are not worth mentioning at all.

Young people... No matter how much they hide, they will care about what others think of themselves.

Secretly looking at connord and philona, the seal minister sighed.

"Your Majesty, and your royal highness, the two must be very clear that when a thing is done, someone will benefit from it, and there will also be losses." Metternich whispered: "so we just need to ensure a balance between losses and benefits."

"It is indeed appalling to marry a royal collateral to a wizard, but it is not so appalling - the group of wizards was a group of fugitives and pagans who had just been pardoned during the reign of his majesty Eckhart I; when Brandon I, the sage, ascended the throne, it became a 'loyal' Imperial people."

"When your father, his majesty Eckhardt II, was born, another wizard became a member of the cabinet and the other became consul eboden."

"It can be seen that in the fourteen generations of the Empire, the status of wizards has gradually increased; this is not the mercy of a certain king or the tolerance of the church, but an almost regular change."

Mettner patiently explained: "it may be shocking to marry the Royal collateral to the wizard, but it is not so shocking compared with making the wizard a member of the former royal cabinet or in the Royal sword Knights alongside the dukes."

Hearing these words, phillanai, who wanted to stop talking, turned his eyes to Connor behind him.

"What's more, the loss of reputation can be compensated elsewhere." mettner also looked up at connord and whispered, "once this news is spread, the Wizards in the Empire will be happy and swear to be loyal to his majesty to the death!"

"Compared with hundreds of wizards who collect money and even join the army, some rumors are nothing - if your majesty agrees, I can order the urban defense army in the imperial capital to patrol around and arrest, arrest and behead anyone who dares to slander the royal family!"

The voice fell, and the old man's gray eyebrows showed a bit of ferocity.

Fillonet's face was slightly pale. She was surprised at the same time by the expressions of metternet and fillonet. She never thought that connord would do this attitude.

If the "imperial Viscount" that Loren Turin got from Brandon's wizard consultant was only the level of honorary title, Isaac Grantham's imperial Knight title would officially include this person in the imperial aristocratic pedigree!

This is tantamount to lifting the last shackle of wizards and allowing wizards to have noble titles!

"Now that we have made up our mind, we should just go straight to the end and let the Empire understand what their emperor's attitude is!"