Chapter 452 Riot·Sixteen
On the airship, Purficott was standing on the deck looking into the distance.
The cold wind like a sharp blade blew across her cheek, causing Purficott to feel a pain like a needle prick.
But Purficott didn't care. She just stood on the deck of the bow, looking at the sea of clouds in the distance.
At this time, the airship was sailing above the clouds. Under her feet was a sea of clouds like the sea, which looked quiet and peaceful.
However, at this moment, Purficott clearly knew that a heavy rain was falling under the clouds, and the airship raised its altitude above the clouds precisely to avoid the heavy rain.
This is similar to the situation she is facing now with the knights. At present, whether it is the empire or the northern border, the overall situation seems to be under her control, and everything seems to be very stable.
But beneath this stability, there are already undercurrents and storms.
This undercurrent is not just a problem caused by heretical sects. Although these problems are the most difficult problems that Perficott faces now, they are not the primary problem.
The aristocrats, bourgeoisie, and other people who are dissatisfied with her who have been suppressed by her are the primary problems that Purficott needs to face at the moment.
Of course, an empire that has been established for hundreds of years cannot be without factions, and the divisions of factions cannot be simply divided into two groups: the nobility and the emerging bourgeoisie.
Imperial royalty, royalist aristocrats, royalist bourgeoisie, conservative aristocrats, reformist aristocrats, radical aristocrats, conservative emerging bourgeoisie, reformist emerging bourgeoisie, radical emerging bourgeoisie...< br>
Different factions have different demands, as well as completely different interests, needs and relationships.
To control them, to make everyone suspend their prejudices for a while, and then concentrate their strength in one direction, is enough to make even the best politicians feel bald.
Of course Purficott is not the kind of politician who can dance on three eggs. Her method of letting everyone put aside their disputes is to use an iron fist to suppress all contradictions and objections, and to forcefully screw everyone. together.
Because there is a huge external threat like the end of the world, and Purficott itself represents a political faction, her strong iron fist can indeed temporarily suppress all differences in a short period of time, allowing the empire to concentrate most of its power. Used to deal with doomsday crises.
But just like a spring that will break if it is pulled too tight, the current situation in the empire cannot continue like this.
High-pressure rule can only last for a while. They must be given an opportunity and channel to release the pressure, otherwise it will lead to irreversible consequences.
In fact, Purficott already knew that there were people within the empire who were working together to try to oppose her iron-fisted policy.
This is actually very understandable. When a leader can no longer meet the needs of the interest group he represents, he will immediately be abandoned by this group.
During World War II, the former British Prime Minister Churchill led Britain to resist the German invasion in times of crisis, and later joined forces with the Allies to defeat the Axis Alliance. Logically speaking, his prestige in the UK should be unparalleled. and.
Compare the Soviet leader Stalin and the American leader Roosevelt who have the same status as him. Both of them have extremely stable positions.
But Churchill alone lost his position as Prime Minister immediately after the end of World War II.
Even at that time, Churchill was still participating in the Potsdam Conference being held by the heads of government of the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain. At that time, the conference was suspended for a few days so that Churchill could return to the country to hear the results of the prime minister election.
The confident Churchill arranged to hold a small banquet at his home in London on the day the election was announced to celebrate his upcoming election victory. Churchill also believed that he would definitely serve as the leader of the new British government. Return to Potsdam.
However, the next day, the prime minister who led Britain to victory in World War II lost his position as prime minister.
When Churchill learned the result of the failure, he sat there dumbfounded.
Churchill could not understand being ousted at the moment when the final victory was imminent. He later quoted the Greek writer Plutarch during the Roman Empire: "It is the mark of a great nation to be ungrateful to their great men. . ”
But this was easy to understand for Purficott, because Churchill could no longer represent the interests of the British ruling class at that time.
Perhaps because Churchill caused too many losses to the British ruling class in World War II, he lost his position as Prime Minister.
Now, Purficott is actually facing a similar situation.
From being not favored and recognized at the beginning, he gradually led the people to achieve success with difficulty, but when he was about to usher in victory, he was betrayed for various reasons.
Perfect felt that he was in the same situation as the prime minister who resigned sadly.
But unlike Churchill, Perfectcott clearly understood the problems he was facing now.
She did lead Victoria to gain a glimmer of hope in this apocalyptic disaster, but Purficott also knew clearly that her methods would inevitably attract a large number of opponents and dissatisfaction.
Human beings are like this, when they need you, you are their savior, their hero and their great man.
But when they don’t need you, every word you say and everything you do will become evidence for them to accuse you.
So there are people who oppose themselves and try to overthrow their rule. This is really normal for Purficott.
Even to the point where it was so normal that Perfectcott himself thought it was abnormal that no one objected.
You must know that although she is now only a member of the Imperial Council in name, and although she has many titles, she does not have the title of Prime Minister of the Empire. But no matter from which aspect, Perfico, who has an overview of all the empire's work in response to the apocalyptic disaster, Te, can still be regarded as the most powerful person in the empire at the moment, and also controls everything in the empire.
During her time at Windsor Castle, she had an overview of almost all political affairs in Langton and the empire. Although not all large and small matters required her to decide, it was obvious that she could indeed decide everything.
Both the Queen herself and the Parliament of Nobles and the elected Parliament have to admit this.
Although Purficott is not obsessed with power, she will not sit back and watch herself be overthrown.
This is the biggest difference between her and Churchill. She knows that someone is plotting to overthrow her, and she is also capable of handling it all.
Perfect is a lord and noble with real power. She not only has the actual power to rule the entire northern territory, but also controls powerful military power. If she is unhappy, it means that the entire Northern Territory is unhappy.
For the current empire, no one can afford the price of problems in the north. This is the foundation and key for the empire to continue to exist in the apocalyptic disaster.
If Purficott refuses to recognize the empire now, and returns to the north to close all access to the empire, leaving the empire itself to die, then all those who oppose her in the empire will be dealt with immediately , and then those opponents would come to beg Perficott to let them enter the north.
This is not a joke, it is a fact.
After all, Purficott is the lord of the north, and she has absolute rule over her territory.
In the past three years, Purficott's process of building the entire Northern Territory from scratch has also ensured that she has sufficient control and dominance over the Northern Territory. If she really wants to, she can indeed cut off the entire Northern Territory. All routes from the empire to the north.
Although it would be meaningless for Purficott to do so, and it would inevitably arouse resistance in the empire, she could indeed do such a thing.
Although the final result may be that the empire organizes a huge army to attack the northern border, use force to pry open the blocked door of the northern border, and then they are pulled out by Purficott some unnameable stories The killer weapon was wiped off the map.
It was precisely because the military and the noble council understood what Perficott could do, that when she suddenly dropped all the work she was doing and prepared to return to the north, it really caused a panic. of.
Many people thought that Purficott felt that these things about Langton annoyed her, and was preparing to return to the north, out of sight and out of mind.
This even alarmed the Queen to personally come to persuade Purfict, asking her if she was unhappy with anything, and promising that as long as Purfict opened her mouth, anything that made her unhappy would disappear from the empire, no matter what the meaning. disappear.
The Queen herself knows better than anyone else that nothing can happen to Perficott. Even now it seems that the North can operate normally and the situation in the empire is under control. As long as the final immigration to the empire is completed, it will be enough. Anxin has shifted the focus of his development to the north.
But this is still inseparable from Perfectcott.
Because the environment will continue to deteriorate, the empire needs Purficott's talents to deal with various disasters that may occur in the future.
But Purficott doesn’t want to give up, but she needs to go back to the north to find solutions to the various troubles the empire is currently facing.
Of course, the more important thing is that she needs to remove the mountain that can suppress everything and give those who oppose her a channel to vent and an opportunity to oppose her.
As long as Purficott is not in Langton, all kinds of problems that were originally suppressed by her presence will emerge on their own.
When all these problems pop up one after another, it’s time for Perfectcott to catch them all.
While she was away from Langton, she could also concentrate her energy back on the study of alchemy, instead of being entangled in a series of government affairs every day, so that she did not have much time and energy to Study alchemy.
Perfect has never forgotten that his true identity is always an alchemist. His status as a noble, an imperial minister, and a lord of the north...these identities are just additions derived from his identity as an alchemist.
Only by firmly grasping the core of her job can she perform these derived additional identities better.
On the contrary, the additional identity cannot bring any bonus to her core aspects of her job.
After all, for an alchemist, power, status and wealth are actually meaningless. As long as she is willing, all of them are actually within her reach.
And an alchemist holding the Philosopher's Stone can also ignore the little resource bonus that power, status and wealth can bring,
not to mention Per Feiket also has the artifact Jade Record, so he doesn't need to worry about acquiring knowledge like ordinary alchemists.
She only needs to focus her energy on the study of alchemy and new knowledge, and she will be able to continue to progress and improve.
And when she continues to improve her alchemy level, all the problems she faces will no longer be a problem.
"Your Majesty, the wind is strong on the deck, you should go into the cabin! If there is any problem with your body, it will be the greatest loss to the empire!" The captain of the airship appeared in Perth Feiket was behind her, urging her to return to the cabin.
It is very cold on the deck of the airship. Even the crew members must wear thick woolen coats to resist the cold wind when walking on the deck.
Perfect's behavior of standing on the deck blowing the wind was very prone to problems in the captain's opinion.
Not to mention other possible serious consequences, the fact that Purficott might catch a cold was something the captain of the airship could never afford.
Although a cold sounds ordinary, it is actually a stubborn disease that has never been cured by humans. And with the medical level of this world, there is a certain possibility of death from a cold.
So even though he didn't dare to disturb Perfectcott, the captain still came to persuade her to return to the cabin.
Fortunately, Purficott is not a particularly stubborn person, and after blowing for such a long time, she also felt that her whole body was cold, and she desperately wanted to go back to a warmer place.
However, before returning to the cabin, Purficott still glanced at the captain and asked him a question: "Mr. Captain, have you ever encountered a mutiny among the crew? If you encountered a crew mutiny, Mutiny, what will you do if your leader is to be overthrown?
Suppose the ship you are driving is passing through a storm, and it will capsize if you are not careful. You must forcefully suppress all the crew members and let them risk their lives on the deck. However, the crew members do not want to do this, and they start a mutiny.
What would you do in this situation? Should we reason with the crew, or should we forcefully suppress all the mutinous crew members and throw the ones who led the trouble into the sea? Or do you have a better way to deal with it? "
Faced with Purficott's question, the captain was stunned for a moment, but he quickly replied: "On a ship, the captain's order must be absolute, because only in this way can the captain The ship is an organic whole, capable of facing any challenge.
Generally speaking, the captain will calm the emotions of the crew and try not to use too strong methods to suppress the mutiny.
After all, the crew members are all living people, and squeezing them too hard can easily lead to a larger-scale mutiny.
But when there is a mutiny when encountering a storm, then I have to hit hard at this time, because I don't have time to calm my crew slowly. They have to choose between possible death and certain death. ”
(End of this chapter)