blackstone code

Chapter 1841 In the name of defense

"Treason?"

The chief of the army sat down opposite the old prime minister, glanced at the teapot on the table, and poured himself a cup.

Smelling the fragrance of scented tea, he shook his head slightly, "No, it's another way to defend our country!"

As he spoke, he raised his head and drank all the tea in the cup. It was a little hot, but it had already cooled down relatively when it entered his stomach.

There is no burning sensation of scalding, just an illusion of being injected with a burst of energy.

He looked directly at the old Prime Minister, "You do it, he does it, I do it too, it's just that each of us chooses a different way."

The Secretary of State for War now showed an air which he had not shown before, a feverish sense of being preoccupied with certain thoughts.

He lowered his voice slightly, "You think the federal people can save us, but in fact they not only failed to help us, but even pushed us before we fell into the abyss."

"He is also like this..." Here he refers to the Minister of the Navy, "...he believes that the navy is the only way to solve the current situation, and we have seen the results."

"The navy is indeed no different from the past. They defeated the Penteo fleet, but they also lost our last bit of resistance."

"Their planes can drop bombs on our heads in no time, and there's nothing we can do about it!"

"Your choices have all failed, so the next step is my choice!"

His emotions became slightly agitated, like an unpopular late heir who was suddenly mentioned as the first heir.

The contempt, contempt, and humiliation people treated him in the past, now he has turned into his inspirational force!

"I will prove that only my choice is correct, as long as we can preserve our strength until the end of the war!"

"They're going to pull out and we haven't lost much, maybe a little bit of wealth, but we have enough potential for us."

"We won't be left too far. You know, these can all be turned into the foundation for us to bounce back in the future!"

His speaking speed was getting faster and faster, and his voice range was getting higher and higher. He even stood up at the end, looked down at the old Prime Minister condescendingly, and looked straight into his eyes!

There is no avoidance like before, just looking at him so straight!
"People will remember me because I saved their lives, their property, their wealth."

"We might get hurt a little in the process, but more of us survive."

His tone gradually returned to his usual appearance, "This is what I want to do!"

"That's not treason!"

The old Prime Minister was shocked from the beginning, to his final thoughts, until this moment.

There was some mockery on his calm face, "So you sent your family to the Federation, and you stayed to defend the country?"

"This is not the way to defend it. You just found a reason for your treasonous speculation!"

During this time, a large number of Gefra nobles left Gefra, and almost all of them left, and some of the rest also sent their families away.

For example, the Minister of War, his family has already arrived in the Federation, and there are only a very small number of people in the entire family here.

In fact, the old Prime Minister's family members were also sent away by him. For the nobles, the family is the most important one!
The Minister of War's face gradually turned red, "Don't tell me you didn't do that!"

The old Prime Minister nodded bluntly, "I also sent my family away. I admit that I may want to gamble if I stay, but I will not tell you hypocritically that I stay to be with Gaffer Let's live and die."

There were some smiles on his face, which made the Minister of War very unhappy, "I'm old, I just want to gamble, I won't whitewash my motives for this, I'm just speculating!"

"But I'm not on your side."

"To be honest, you are stupid. I have always felt that the army's unbearable situation has a lot to do with you, and of course it has something to do with our Majesty!"

The majesty he was talking about was not the current emperor, but the emperor who had been assassinated before.

The previous emperors vigorously developed the navy, thus ignoring the construction of the army.

When they discovered that the army needs to be developed and built, they realized how ridiculous the army is!
After discovering the problem, His Majesty not only failed to balance the center of gravity and increase investment in the army, but continued to maintain the previous development mode, and resources continued to be tilted towards the navy.

The amount of resources that the army can get every year is not much. In fact, these resources are not enough, but the greed of the nobles is very obvious.

The nobles wanted to take part of it, and at least half of it went into the pockets of various nobles in various ways.

And the nobles thought it was right!

Because they gave power to the royal family, it is not too much to benefit themselves from the budget allocated by the royal family!

The resources that were not much in the first place have lost a large part, and the middle-level officers of the army will be rotten from top to bottom if they make a little move.

The empire has never thought about asking the army to make meritorious deeds. It is enough to have a navy, and the army is getting worse and worse.

During the hard training of the sailors, the gentlemen of the army sat at the small round table and pinched the ear of the teacup with two fingers, eating pastries and chatting about the recent experience.

In fact, everyone is very aware of these, but no one has considered changing.

In the past, the emperor had the final say, what they wanted to do, His Majesty the Emperor did not approve them, and there was nothing they could do.

After the royal family was overthrown, when they wanted to do something, it was already too late.

The decadent aristocratic class has become a boulder that overwhelms the military system of the Gafla army. The old prime minister's abolition of the privileges of the nobility is actually a preparation for the subsequent reform of the army.

Unfortunately, it is still too late!

The old Prime Minister's mockery of the Minister of War without hesitation made the Minister of War even more embarrassed. He squinted his eyes slightly and directly interrupted the old prime minister's words.

"Take your opinion and talk to the emperor of Penteo, maybe he has some interest in what you have to say!"

At this time, the old Prime Minister also knew that the matter was irreversible. The Ministry of Security of the island was taken over by the army. If they really want to defect and treason, no one can stop them!
This also made him completely let go. He pointed at the Minister of War and said with a smile, "Look at you, don't you look like those flattering little people who are begging for mercy?"

"That's not an emperor, that's just a brutal invader, I'm ashamed of you!"

The Minister of War turned around and left without looking back. At the same time, he was a little ashamed and angry from outside the door, "Lock him up!"

Then the Minister of War went to the palace again. His method of persuading His Majesty the emperor was very simple. He used the excuse of the outbreak of war and the need for a temporary transfer to easily let the emperor leave the palace.

His Highness the Second Prince, who has become the emperor, is actually not a good emperor, whether he has power or not, he is not.

He is good at academics, but he is not proficient in power tactics. Any mature emperor would not leave the palace with a minister who holds a heavy army when the situation is unclear.

His Majesty the Emperor was removed, but the Minister of War did not leave the palace.

He looked at everything in the palace and swallowed.

Every oil painting here is a work of art.

Every small ornament is worth tens of thousands, and the whole palace seems to be piled up with wealth!

There was already some confusion in the palace. The emperor left under the cover of soldiers and did not avoid the eyes of others. Many court servants saw this scene.

The emperor has left, what else can be explained?
Many people tried to leave with some things, but it is a pity that these things have long been regarded as their own by the Minister of War.

Except for a few who jumped the wall to leave, most people were stopped when they left the palace.

At this time, the Minister of War slowly stepped onto the throne representing the supreme imperial power, and he stroked the golden seat inlaid with many precious stones with his hands.

Its value itself is not particularly valuable to the Minister of War. After all, gold is not that valuable now, and gems are at most valuable.

The seats are not all made of pure gold, only part of them are.

He has the financial resources to create one himself, but what he created and what is here are completely different concepts!
This is the first time for him to be so close to the throne!

He caressed the armrest of the throne as carefully as he touched his wife's skin on the wedding night, and then turned around slowly.

He hesitated for a moment, then sat down slowly under the watchful eyes of several accompanying officers.

At the moment when he sat on the throne, there was a feeling that he couldn't describe that rose from the soles of his feet and went straight to the sky!
He looked at the place where he usually sat under the steps, and then looked at other places, and there was an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

This...is power!

He patted the armrest, the thing that many people were after was sitting under him now?

But soon there was a look of regret in his eyes, this throne would not belong to him.

This was something that Emperor Gefla ordered to be transported back. He sighed softly, stood up, and walked down the steps step by step.

It's like a god falling from the sky into the mortal world and finally becoming a mortal!

"Act according to the plan!", he ordered, and suddenly became a little disappointed.

The so-called plan is to save Gefla's artwork that is about to fall.

Soldiers would collect these priceless items and hide them, ensuring that much of the precious collection would not be lost overseas.

When the war is over in the future, they will be excavated and put back in the palace...

Of course, this is the statement of the Minister of War himself. As for whether it will be realized in the end, that is another matter. At least he said so, and he also showed that everything he did to the empire was good. not bad.

Time is fleeting, the night has also faded with the passage of time, and there is already some light in the sky.

It's dawn...

(End of this chapter)