Chapter 605: The Stormy Empire
Just like the last time, the meeting between Princess Anne and Perfect Court still ended on bad terms.
But Purficott ordered people to secretly spread the news like last time.
This undoubtedly caused great repercussions in the Northern Territory. Although it did not cause any movement among the gods and demons among the people, it caused great turmoil in the upper-class social circles.
This time, the news announced by Purficott was that the northern lord invited the eldest princess to have afternoon tea together, but the two parties had a dispute over certain issues and eventually broke up.
The reason for the dispute was over political issues in the northern border.
Although both Princess Anne herself and Purphycott knew that she was there to persuade Purphycott not to slack off, the rumors turned out to be that Princess Anne hoped that Purphycott would not do too much. to interfere with the power of the imperial center.
The reason why there is such an error is actually easy to understand. After all, Princess Anne represents the central force of the external empire, symbolizing imperial power and centralization.
Perficott is a local lord, representing more of the interests of the traditional military aristocracy.
Between the two, you said that Perfection was lazy in government affairs, and Princess Anne went to persuade her to be diligent in government affairs. Someone must believe this!
Especially after Princess Anne went to the Lord's Mansion, Purficott began to handle government affairs seriously again, and northern officials began to suppress the power and influence of the empire's center more, which further confirmed the truth of this rumor. sex.
Princess Anne was very angry about this, but she could not explain anything to the outside world.
There is no way to explain this kind of thing. Her explanation will only make the matter darker and darker.
Especially now that Purficott is really working diligently. If she stands up to explain that this matter is not what the outside world has rumored, she will only disappoint the royal family and the forces that support the royal family.
Through this incident, Princess Anne also felt very confused about Purfict. She really couldn’t figure out why Purfict used this method to deal with her.
She wanted to ask her mother for advice, but the Queen had been ill recently due to the drastic change in climate. After the visit, Princess Anne really couldn't bear to disturb the Queen with these things.
So in the end, Princess Anne was left to sulk alone.
But even though she was angry, she still had to find ways to deal with Perfectikt and the northern forces.
Currently, the Imperial Center and the Royal Family are basically like mascots in the North and have no actual power.
Although nominally the northern territory is already an imperial territory and needs to obey the orders of the royal family and the imperial center, the premise is that Purficott, the northern lord, continues to be loyal to the royal family and the imperial center.
If the relationship between Purficott, as the lord of the North, and the Empire Center changes, then the attitude of the entire Northern Territory towards the Empire Center will naturally change accordingly.
Under such circumstances, the Imperial Center has not turned into a puppet mascot. This is largely due to the fact that Purficott still maintains respect for the Imperial Center, and the most important Imperial Center still retains Control of large armies.
Of course, maintaining control of the army requires a large consumption of financial and material resources, which has become a huge burden for the empire's center.
So much so that on the one hand, the imperial center now has to find ways to maintain military deterrence, but on the other hand, it also has to find ways to streamline its troops and reduce expenses. It can be said to be very awkward.
Fortunately, so far, the empire's mainland and New World colonies, as well as the northern territory itself, are still nominally subject to the rule of the empire's central hub, and relevant taxes are still paid on time, and they can still maintain the operation of the empire's hub. It's just that with the arrival of the final cold winter, the amount of tax paid began to drop significantly, and the most obvious change was naturally in the north.
To some extent, this is one of the reasons that prompted Princess Anne to want to talk to Perfectcott.
At that time, Princess Anne thought that it was Purfict's laziness in government affairs that led to the decrease in taxes paid by the northern border to the empire. Therefore, she hoped that Purfict would be more diligent in taking care of government affairs, thereby restoring control of the empire. Central tax payment.
But Princess Anne did not understand that this was not because of Purfict's laziness, but because she specifically told her that the officials in the north would reduce taxes on the empire's center.
By doing this, Purficott was not only fulfilling the original deal with the Queen on the one hand, but also putting pressure on the empire's center on the other.
The current external environment is barely stable due to Purficott's efforts. After all, the Evil God Sect has learned to restrain itself after being beaten twice by Purficott.
After all, the old world is so big, why bother with the empire and this hairy hedgehog in the north?
Although there are relatively many problems within the empire, the overall situation is relatively stable.
Although various small problems have continued one after another with the arrival of the doomsday winter, overall they are still within the control of the empire center.
With this kind of worry-free situation, it is obviously impossible to quickly cultivate Princess Anne into a qualified monarch.
So Purficott had no choice but to artificially create some trouble for her.
At least these things are still under her control. If she really encounters internal and external troubles that Perfection cannot control, then Mingjun will really need to step forward and turn the tide.
But the current Princess Anne is not even a qualified heir to the throne, so how can she grow into a wise king in a short period of time?
Perfect had no other choice but to put pressure on her.
Judging from the current form of the empire, part of the authority of the empire's center is maintained by the armed forces that the empire still retains, while the other part comes from the recognition of the authority of the empire's center in the north.
And when people in the north began to challenge the authority of the Imperial Center, one can only imagine the attitude of other parties towards the Imperial Center.
Outright opposition? Of course they don't dare, but they not only dare to follow up tentatively, but they dare very much.
It can be said that after the "anti-flag" was openly raised in the north, whether it was the New World colonies, the autonomous territories, or the empire itself, they all showed more or less "anti-will" towards the center of the empire. Reduced the amount of taxes it sends to the empire's center.
As for other colonies that have long since cut off contact with the imperial center and only maintain basic communications, that goes without saying.
It can be said that just this incident made the Empire Center feel a bit precarious, and also caused some ambitious people to start to have some inappropriate thoughts in their hearts.
If Princess Anne cannot calm down the situation at this critical moment, then the Victoria Empire will really be in "danger".
(End of this chapter)