blackstone code

Chapter 1766 Internal contradictions surge

Guafra, Prime Minister's Office.

After the meeting adjourned, the Minister of War left and walked around for a while, then came back again.

The Prime Minister, who was thinking about where the future road lies, was a little surprised, "Did something fall?"

He can only think this way, he has said everything that should be said, and said what should not be said, maybe it's just that he left something behind.

The Minister of War shook his head. As soon as he spoke, the Prime Minister's expression became a little serious, "Do you know that recently... have been in contact with other people in private?"

The person he was talking about... was the Minister of the Navy.

The news did shock the prime minister, but also made him a little uncomfortable.

If someone else is doing such a thing, he will not feel too strange, or only surprised, but not uncomfortable.

He has a friendship with the Lord of the Admiralty for more than 40 years. He is older than the other party. They played together when they were children. He played the role of brother.

The life of aristocrats, apart from being so idle, there is actually nothing exciting.

After the children receive their family education, they will also be arranged to socialize with nobles, so that they can get to know more noble partners.

At that time, the Prime Minister was considered relatively old, and his family background was prominent. He was one of the great nobles in Gafla, and many of them were his good friends.

Among them, the eldest brother, the leader, is the former prince His Royal Highness.

However, he did not go to the end. On the contrary, the previous emperor seized the throne through cruel means, which is why the prime minister was able to suppress the royal family in turn.

This group of ministers and nobles did not grow up with the previous emperor when they were young.

We don't have much affection for each other.

People are very realistic.

If there is no inextricable relationship to talk about, then you can only talk about interests.

The previous emperor's background was not very good, his mother was just a court maid, they called him a bastard.

His older brothers and sisters also called him that, and people laughed at him. They didn't even think it was a sinful thing for His Majesty to impregnate a maid by rape and give birth to a boy.

They didn't think so at all, and instead regarded the previous emperor as a clown.

When those people were socializing and entertaining under the spotlight, he stood in the shadows, holding a plate, watching these people.

Gefra is a feudal dynasty, of course, this does not mean now, but before.

The most important thing in feudal society is blood!
Even if a noble with a pure bloodline falls into poverty, he is still a respected noble!

But a child born to a maid who was raped by a drunken emperor is just a bastard.

No one regards him as a prince, he needs to work, he needs to work hard for his tomorrow, until that day.

The emperor's father, whom he deeply hated and feared, was lying on the bed dying, but he was still so strong.

He realized at that moment that he shouldn't be afraid of these people...

The former emperor was a sad person. He was not accepted by the noble group until his death, just like Mr. Simon's son, Garton.

He never thought it was his son, he thought it was a little monster born between him and a native of Nagalil.

But one thing is lucky for Garton, he is still alive, and the former emperor has become a not-so-glamorous page in the history of the empire!
Perhaps, his rebellion against fate pushed the wheel of fate, and it is today's Gafla.

As the founder of today's Gafla, the Prime Minister, is very sad at this time.

Tired, sad, and emotional, he sighed heavily.

The best friend seemed to be doing some little tricks behind his back, and he suddenly understood the feelings of some emperors—the former emperor.

It's obvious that he is doing good things for everyone, but everyone is only catering to him on the surface, and they have some thoughts of their own behind the scenes.

Will history repeat itself?

He asked himself, he didn't want that to happen, Gefla could not stand the civil strife anymore.

His thoughts were confused, and after a while, he looked at the Minister of War, "Then what do you mean by this?"

"You want me to take him down and hand over the Navy to you?"

The Minister of War smiled, as if he could not detect the inconspicuous mockery of him in the Prime Minister's tone.

"I've never thought about it that way!" The Minister of War wiped the surface of the large gemstone ring on the index finger of his left hand with his right thumb, feeling very good.

He looks a little fat. Among these ministers, apart from him, the Minister of Construction is the fattest.

When he laughs, his face is covered with meat, which doesn't look very good.

The Prime Minister frowned, "Say what you think, you know, I'm very tired now, I don't want to guess what they are going to do, and what you are going to do."

The Minister of War pondered for a while, "My idea is to give me a little more money. As long as we can stabilize and the island can be stabilized, the generals of the navy will not mess around."

The prime minister did not interrupt him, still frowning.

The Minister of War continued, "We can call up a new army for training, and we can't completely pin our hopes on the navy."

"And we do need to reinvigorate the Army system, remember?"

"We've talked about this before!"

The prime minister nodded. He did say that he should increase the resources of the army. Gefra's army is too bad. If he doesn't think of a way to make up for it now, he will have no chance in the future.

The Secretary of State for War took a deep breath, "That's it!"

"After the military expansion, we control all the order in the island. As long as we don't mess up, the island won't be in chaos."

"If the island is not chaotic, the navy will not be chaotic."

"The navy is not chaotic,...no matter what he does, he will not change the current situation!"

The prime minister immediately understood what he meant. In the final analysis, it was still the interests that were at work.

Once it is determined that the next defensive strategy is dominated by the navy, naturally, a large amount of resources will be tilted towards the navy.

If you want money, you have money, if you want people, you have things.

The army will definitely be affected, for example, some of the resources that should have been given to the army will be allocated to the navy.

This is actually the correct approach. Since it is decided to use the navy as the core of defense in the next stage, there must be a trade-off.

But the Minister of War was still a little dissatisfied.

The prime minister is in a headache, the external pressure has not been resolved, and the internal conflicts have begun again.

But this is no accident!
When the war has no way to export contradictions outward, and because the war is not going well, the internal contradictions will break out again, and they will be more violent than before!

It came a little fast.

The Prime Minister thought for a while, "What you said is not unreasonable, what do you want?"

The Minister of War smiled and stated his needs, but in fact there was nothing special.

Money, people, weapons, and most importantly... privileges!
The Prime Minister signed the document. Although he did not want to see this, he must now stabilize his position and stabilize the domestic situation.

The Minister of War wanted to pull the document with the Prime Minister's name out of his hand, but he did not pull it twice. He looked at the Prime Minister with some doubts, as if asking "Where are you arresting Nima?" .

The prime minister stared at him, making him a little uncomfortable, "It doesn't mean I support you and... to fight each other. Now our common enemy is the Penteo people. If you want to compete, wait until the war is over."

The Minister of War was silent for a while, then nodded and agreed, "I can assure you, I won't do it first."

The Prime Minister let go, and the Minister of War left with the documents satisfied.

On the other side, some ministers and politicians have already gathered in the home of the Minister of the Navy.

They all had a very inexplicable smile on their faces, as if... they suddenly discovered that they had a considerable savings, and when they saw others, they were full of confident smiles.

That "I know I'm rich but you don't know I'm rich, I'll scare you when I need it hahaha" feeling!

Surrounded by them is the Minister of the Navy.

The Lord of the Admiralty was about the same age as the Prime Minister, if not younger, and he was very thin.

Although he is a great nobleman, he has been serving on battleships since he was young.

Of course, the "service" here is different from the understanding of "service" by ordinary people in society.

Ordinary people think that naval service refers to those sailors who get burned every day, running around on deck, doing dirty work, and doing dangerous jobs.

At most, that is, a small officer or something.

For the nobles, the so-called "service" starts with the captain.

The atmosphere of the army shaped his spirit, and he looked different from the Secretary of State for War.

Not only because he is thinner, but also because of the aura on his body that makes people bow their heads.

At this point someone is complaining.

"I have said long ago that Amelia is meaningless to us. If we spend all the money spent in Amelia over the years, we will use it to strengthen the navy."

"Whether it's the Federation or the Pengjieao people, they can't be our opponents!"

The person who spoke was a nobleman, and everyone here is a nobleman, and anyone who is not a nobleman cannot enter this room.

His face showed some dissatisfaction with the upper-level rulers, from the previous emperor to the current prime minister.

Others seem to have similar thoughts.

What the great nobles were most dissatisfied with the former emperor was that he advocated vigorous development of Amélia.

Too much resource inclination has caused great losses to the nobles, the flight of the island's industries, the establishment of the special zone, and the transfer of capital. In these years, the losses of the nobles on the island have been heavier than ever before!

As for the development of Amélia, is there any point?
There must be, but this is a feudal society, family is always more important than country!
The Secretary of the Navy shook his head slightly, "I can't say that, Amelia still has meaning, but the army is too bad."

"This is no longer something that can be changed by deciding to change the status quo. Even if they are given another ten years, they will still be like this."

"Gafla, you can only rely on our navy!"

(End of this chapter)