Chapter 369 A powerful minister? Powerful minister!
While Purficott was busy receiving the old prince's inheritance, the empire center also expressed great concern about this matter.
Prince Edward’s influence among the people and the government has always been amazing. Even now that he has passed away, the political assets he left behind are still amazing.
This has even caused some members of the Noble Parliament to worry about whether the northern lords, who are already very important in the empire's court, will become unstoppable and even threatening after inheriting Prince Edward's legacy. to the rule of the empire.
From their point of view, Purficott is already a powerful official through and through, and he is the kind of powerful official that the empire has little restraint on.
If Purficott is willing, everything she has now is enough to ensure that the North is independent from the empire, and she herself will become the controller of a new country.
This will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the empire. After all, the empire has spared no effort in investing and developing the northern territory in the past few years.
The massive investment of manpower, material and financial resources is a heavy burden even for the empire.
If it hadn’t been for the quick conclusion of the Seventeenth Day War and the cruel oppression of the three countries by the empire after the war, the empire’s finances would have been on the verge of collapse at this time.
Even so, the current empire's finances are quite tight, and a large number of projects and plans that have been deemed "not that important" have to be stopped. This can ensure that the empire can still maintain control of the northern border. Huge investment.
From this perspective, if Perficott separated the North from the Empire, the blow to the Empire would be huge, even devastating.
When Perficott inherits the legacy and influence from Prince Edward, her influence on the empire will no longer be a blow.
The northern lords, who themselves have powerful power and influence, will be qualified to deprive the empire of the supreme ruling power, and in a sense, this is even more likely than the normal succession of the royal heir. occur.
Because the current heir of the royal family cannot directly inherit the throne in name, and if the northern lord wants to seize power, she only needs to stand up and shout.
As the inventor of the Steam Knight Armor, Purficott does not lack the force to seize all this.
For her, the greatest role of the old prince's inheritance was to give her the righteous status to obtain all these things.
Although even without all of this, it is not impossible for Purficott to obtain the supreme ruling power of the empire, but if there is a righteous name in hand, then things will undoubtedly become much simpler.
At the very least, she will lose a lot of enemies and reduce unnecessary killings.
Even if Purficott did not actually have such an idea, and she had no interest in the supreme ruling power of the empire, this did not prevent her from being able to compete for that position after being adopted as Prince Edward's granddaughter. qualifications and legal status.
Although the adopted daughter does not have the possibility of direct inheritance, at least according to the imperial law, this status has the qualifications for inheritance, even if this qualification ranking is almost the last.
With the influence and political capital left by Prince Edward, Purficott's ranking in this category is naturally not the last.
Naturally, all that Perficott possesses is a huge threat to some people.
This threat is not only the full strength of Purfico's privilege, but also the concern that she can directly control the empire and become the supreme ruler of the empire. Although Purficott himself does not actually have such an idea, when you really have the ability and opportunity, and really have the possibility in front of you, there are too many people who can resist taking this step and trying it. Less.
Those who doubt and worry about Perficott can’t do it themselves, so they naturally refer to themselves and others, thinking that Perficott will really do this to a large extent.
After all, in political struggles and power changes, one can never rely on the morality of the other party.
In fact, even Princess Anne, who had enough trust in Purphycott, when someone had concerns and doubts about Purphycott, she couldn't help but mutter in her heart, is Purphycott the right person? He would really seize the supreme ruling power of the empire.
For Princess Anne herself, if Purficott really wanted the supreme rule of the empire, she actually didn't care.
Even though she is the first heir to the throne of the empire at this moment, it does not prevent Princess Anne from thinking that Perfectcott is the more suitable candidate to inherit all this.
Whether it is ability or strength, Purficott can do this. Prince Edward’s legacy allows Purficott to inherit the old prince’s huge influence and reputation among the people, as well as the most important legal principles. legality.
With this, even if Perficott did do this, she would not be known as a traitor or a regicide, but as a powerful official who was seizing power or an heir who was vying for the throne.
Don’t underestimate this little difference. In some special occasions, the legality of this identity may be the difference between life and death.
Princess Anne didn’t care about all this because she knew what the future of the empire would be like. At that time, the supreme ruling power of the empire was not a pleasure, but a battle that required strong ability and A noble task of responsibility.
If someone could take over all this for her, it would be an unexpected surprise for Princess Anne.
So she doesn’t mind if Purficott really wants to snatch it all. In fact, if Purficott is really willing to do this, she will feel sorry for the responsibility that Purficott needs to shoulder.
But Princess Anne can not care, but for those nobles, they cannot care.
They don’t know what the future of the empire will be like, but even if they know, they are still unwilling to allow an “outsider” like Perficott to obtain the supreme ruling power of the empire.
In other words, they are unwilling to have Perficott be able to override them and gain the power to rule them.
Therefore, within the Council of Nobles, some people began to propose restrictions on Perficott's power, at least to eliminate or as much as possible eliminate the possibility of her getting involved in the empire's supreme ruling power.
How loyal and patriotic the person who proposed this proposal is is not a question that needs discussion.
Because whether it was out of desire for power or concerns about the future of the country, the proposal put Purfict at the forefront of the storm, and at the same time intensified the conflict between her and the imperial aristocrats, making them increasingly confrontational. got up.
(End of this chapter)