Chapter 476: Dissatisfaction with the peace talks
Under the premise that both parties were interested in peace talks, and with the powerful deterrence of force from Purficott as a guarantee, the peace talks were finally able to proceed smoothly.
Although the two sides still had very heated discussions on many issues after they sat down at the negotiating table, even to the point of almost resorting to force, at any rate at least the war no longer had to be fought.
Perficott sent the preliminary intention of peace talks to the imperial center via telegram.
Although it was somewhat unacceptable to the Empire Central Committee to allow this group of rebellious parties to establish an autonomous dominion, under the strong promotion of Purficott, the Empire Central Committee still held its nose and accepted the outcome of the peace talks. .
After all, they also know that deploying elite troops to suppress this rebellion will be a huge expense for the empire. At this stage, it is natural to save a little if you can.
Using steam knights can indeed quickly defeat the revolutionary army and even suppress this riot, but the problem is that the actions of steam knights rely heavily on logistical supplies, and their number is also very limited. Counting on a dozen knights Just occupy a city?
They can neither do such a thing nor have the need to do so.
In the final analysis, war is always costly. At this time, instead of spending a lot of money to suppress rebellion, it is better to simply use peace talks to solve the problem.
It was precisely because of the cost of countering the rebellion that the Imperial Center held its nose and accepted the results of Purficott's peace talks.
In fact, for the imperial center, the peace talks are acceptable to them. The main reason why they feel uncomfortable is the autonomous territory promised by Perficott.
The Victoria Empire is not the British that began to decline after World War I. The empire has enough strength and ability to maintain its colonies and at the same time suppress various problems in the colonies.
This is just like the North American War of Independence in the original world. Without the help of the French who were bankrupt, it would have been impossible for the Americans to succeed in independence.
Although the Americans boasted about the War of Independence, it could not hide the fact that except for the expedition to Canada in the early days of the war, the Americans had always adopted a defensive strategy, waiting for intervention from overseas forces.
Without the intervention of anti-British forces such as France, the Netherlands and Spain, which involved Britain's main energy and military strength, the Americans would have been beaten out by the British.
This can be seen in the subsequent war between the United States and Canada. Canadian militiamen directly attacked Washington and burned down the White House.
The reason why the White House is called the White House is that after the Canadian militia burned it down, the Americans repainted it white to cover up their ugliness.
So in the view of the Empire Central Committee, as the northern lord, Purficott has a large number of troops and can completely bulldoze the revolutionary army in the New World colonies.
Even if you feel that the cost is huge and do not want to fight, you can still get more favorable conditions than now, instead of allowing the other party to actually gain independent sovereignty.
However, the current situation is not unacceptable to the empire. After all, although the Dominion has gained independent sovereignty, it is still a part of the empire in name.
Coupled with the arrival of the end of the world, the great changes in the international environment and the change of the future core territory of the empire to the north, even if the Dominion has independent sovereignty, it still needs to actually rely on the empire to have the possibility of survival. After all, without the help of the empire, the New World colonies alone would not be able to survive this apocalyptic disaster, let alone the autonomous territories separated from the New World colonies.
Even if the territory occupied by the Dominion is basically a relatively more industrially developed area of the New World colonies, it still does not allow them to solve the problem of how to deal with the doomsday crisis on their own.
So from the perspective of the Empire Center, the independence of the Dominion is just a nicer name, but in essence it is still a territory controlled by the Empire.
It is precisely because of this that the Imperial Center agreed to the peace agreement signed by Perfectcott and the Revolutionary Army after some discussion and felt that there was no big problem.
But the Empire Central Committee doesn't have much opinion on this matter, but it doesn't mean that others don't have opinions.
"Count Brandless, how can you negotiate with these rogues in private! This is betraying the interests of the empire! You didn't even discuss it with me, the governor of the New World colony! This is our New World colony Internal affairs!" The governor of the New World colony came to Purficott angrily and expressed his dissatisfaction fiercely to her.
Then, a knight's sword was placed on his neck.
"If you can't speak well, I don't mind if the empire changes to a governor of the New World." Purficott didn't even raise his head, but just waved his hand to signal Samantha to take back the sword before saying: " Mr. Governor, I hope you understand one thing. It was because you had no way to solve the rebellion of the Revolutionary Army that the North sent reinforcements to the New World Colonies.
However, you couldn't even protect the generals I sent. Guaranteed! Major General Richard was assassinated and his headquarters was even attacked! This was all caused by your incompetence!
When I arrived in the New World, I was assassinated in New Shake City. Now my general has been assassinated again, which makes me doubt your ability!
Not to mention, under your governance, not only did independence issues break out in the New World colonies, there were also workers' riots! How much of a waste do you have to be to cause so many problems in a colony that has been established by the empire for less than a hundred years? ”
Although the riots in the revolutionary army were caused by Purficot secretly fueling the flames, the problems of the New World colonies themselves cannot be ignored.
Perficot three years ago When Te first arrived here, the independence movement was already in full swing, and the independents even dared to assassinate imperial nobles in the street, as if they were about to ignite the powder keg
If it hadn't been for Purficott's bloody and brutal methods to suppress it. With this momentum, if there is any interference from external forces in the past three years, the entire New World colony will have to be separated from the empire
As for the fact that the governor failed to make effective preparations for three years when he knew the end of the world was coming, that is not a particularly serious problem.
So Purficott was already very dissatisfied with him. If the governor hadn't done a good job in cooperating with her to build the northern border, I'm afraid the person standing in front of her now would be another one. A governor.
"Even if these are all my responsibilities, it is not your turn to interfere in the affairs of the New World! I am the Governor of the New World appointed by the Queen!" After being scolded by Purficott, the Governor of the New World's face I couldn't get it down, so I got excited and started to fight with Purficott.
(End of this chapter)