Chapter 628 Princess Anne’s reaction
In fact, Princess Anne's attitude towards this matter did not exceed Purficott's prediction. She did show great interest and support for the National Assembly and the prime minister-cabinet system.
Even from a certain perspective, Princess Anne breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Princess Anne has been working hard to become a qualified heir to the imperial throne, she also understands that her character cannot adapt to politics anyway, and it is difficult to become the kind of wise leader that Purficott and her mother expected.
Princess Anne thinks that her talents are somewhat mediocre. If it were peacetime and the empire was strong, she would have no problem.
But now the entire empire is in a state of changing times, and even the entire human race is facing a completely unfamiliar era. In this environment, mediocrity has become unacceptable.
The empire needs a wise leader and a resolute and courageous captain to lead the people through the current crisis and be able to find a new way out for humanity and the empire in the new era.
This is somewhat too much for Princess Anne.
Originally, she had no other choice but to force herself to become such a person, so she worked hard to accumulate merit for herself through operations such as recovering colonies, and at the same time, she also trained herself through real front-line battles.
After all, in the past, Princess Anne had military experience and could be regarded as having personally experienced battles on the battlefield. She also felt that she was a qualified soldier, but now it seems that she feels that she is still lacking.
At least the soldier's decisiveness was not shown in her.
Although she can be ruthless when necessary, Princess Anne is more often aware that she is indecisive and lacks the courage to make decisions.
Both the Queen and Perfect Court created more than one opportunity for her to exercise, but Princess Anne felt that her growth was still limited.
After all, the time was too short, and she felt that it would be difficult for her to completely change herself and grow to a satisfactory level in just two or three years.
It’s not that there’s no growth, it’s that it’s growing too slowly.
Princess Anne herself feels this. She knows her shortcomings and is trying to change them, but it is difficult for her to meet others' expectations of her.
This put a lot of pressure on Princess Anne. She was afraid that she would let others down, especially her mother and Purficott. She could feel their deep expectations for her and expected her to grow into a qualified leader. , but Princess Anne’s growth rate undoubtedly cannot keep up with their expectations.
This caused Princess Anne to fall into deep worries, doubting whether she was really suitable to inherit the throne of the empire, and whether it would be more suitable for her to give up the throne to other talents.
Especially compared to Purficott, Princess Anne felt like she was just a foil.
Purficott was able to build a huge northern territory from scratch in three years. Although she had the support of the entire empire, it still showed how amazing her abilities were.
After all, for ordinary people, even with so many resources to support, it would be difficult to achieve what Perficott has achieved today.
Not to mention that Purficott's decisiveness in killing could stop a child from crying at night. Even Princess Anne herself would be intimidated by her reputation as the Bloody Earl at some point.
It can be said that compared with Purficott, Princess Anne felt that she was inferior to her in every way.
If possible, she even felt that Purficott would be far more suitable to run the empire than her.
But it is impossible for Princess Anne to do this. She is the eldest princess of the empire and the heir to the throne. She must sit in that position to run the empire. Purficott can assist her, but she cannot hand over the power of the entire empire to Perficott. Ficot.
There is no reason. This is the education she has received since childhood, and the Queen has warned her more than once that if she wants to be a qualified monarch, she can rely on her ministers, but she must not give all the power to one person, and must let him have the power. restricted.
However, there was no restriction on Purficott, or in other words, no one dared to restrict Perficott in the past three years.
After all, she bears the heavy responsibility of saving the entire empire. Restricting her at this time can only be equivalent to killing the vitality of the empire in the final winter.
But this has also caused an irreversible consequence, that is, the northern lords have become more and more important in the empire, and have reached the point where they can threaten the imperial power.
So at the moment, the only thing the royal family can do is go out and restrain Purficott in person.
Originally, Princess Anne felt that she was qualified for this task. After all, she felt that her relationship with Purficott was still very good, and everything could be discussed.
Then, Purficott told her the truth that she couldn't actually do anything.
Princess Anne is not an idiot. She can sense that Purficott's falling out with her was intentional to a large extent, deliberately creating a state of conflict between the northern border and the center of the empire. Let the center of the empire become the opponent in the north, and the two sides will form a trend of checks and balances.
Because only in this way can the empire maintain balance, otherwise Purficott will only expand its power in the empire, eventually threatening the rule of the imperial power.
Although Purficott herself may not have such thoughts, the Northern Territory is no longer just her. She needs to consider the thoughts of her subordinates and the expanding desires of the interest group in the Northern Territory itself.
If there are no enemies and constraints, then the North will sooner or later swallow up the empire.
Because of this, Princess Anne didn't have any objections to the fact that Purficott deliberately fell out with her before, and instead cooperated to a certain extent. After all, even though she lacks talent, she is not stupid, and she can still do it by cooperating with Purficott.
It is precisely because of this that she asked for orders to come out to recover the colony, thereby accumulating enough prestige and achievements for herself, in order to be able to compete with Perficott.
Although she dislikes doing this, Princess Anne also understands that this is the responsibility she must bear as the heir to the imperial throne.
However, when she finally completed the suppression and reconquest of the most important colony of Mauvo in the empire, she received news that reforms within the empire were beginning.
"If little Purficott becomes the prime minister of the empire, then maybe everything will be in the most ideal state, right?" Princess Anne breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this might be the most ideal state.
She is not a qualified wise monarch. It is not a bad choice to leave the governance of the country to someone who is competent.
In particular, the Parliament and the Cabinet can both restrict the Prime Minister and assist the Prime Minister in governing the country. In Princess Anne's view, this is a perfect system.
Although she could also see that the power of the royal family would be severely weakened and even the imperial power would lose most of its power, this was a good thing for the country.
At least, in the future, if there is a weak king or a mediocre king with insufficient talents in the royal family, the prime minister and cabinet can at least maintain the operation of the country, and the incompetent monarch will not mess everything up, or even lead to the destruction of the country.
"If you think so, the Earl will definitely be disappointed." After hearing what Princess Anne said, Scott, who was sent by Perfectcott, suddenly refuted her point of view.
"Mr. Scott, I think when you enter a lady's room, you should at least knock on the door first." Princess Anne was a little dissatisfied, but she was not too angry. Instead, she was more curious about why Scott said this: " But why do you say that? Isn’t it good for little Purficott to take control of the empire?”
"I'm sorry, Princess, I did knock on the door, but you were focused on thinking, so I'm afraid you didn't hear the knock on the door." Scott explained, and at the same time said that he did knock on the door, and it was not a rude intrusion.
At this time, they were on their way from the Mowa Colony to the next target, the Australian and New Zealand Colony. There was a certain amount of noise in the airship itself. It was possible that Princess Anne did not hear the knock on the door while she was deep in thought.
Princess Anne did not delve into this, and just continued to ask: "Answer my question, Mr. Scott, I want to know why you said that Little Perfectcott would be disappointed when he became Prime Minister."
"Because for the Earl, what she wants has never been power." Scott answered simply.
"Then tell me, what does Purficott want?" Of course Princess Anne knew this, but she suddenly wanted to hear what others thought of Purficott, especially if this person was Purficott. Ficott’s men: “You must know that many people in the empire regard Little Perfectcott as an ambitious person, thinking that she wants to seize the power of the empire!”
"If mediocrity is allowed to occupy positions and lead the empire to the abyss, it is naturally not as good as having the earl take charge of the power. But this does not mean that the earl wants this power. What she really wants is the development and development of the empire. Prosperity, as to whether it was she or someone else who did all this, for the earl, she prefers the latter. "Although Scott has not been in contact with Perfectcott for a long time, for this old prince. He still made a lot of effort to understand the ideal successor.
Regarding Scott's words, Princess Anne did not refute, but nodded and said: "For Little Perfectcott, she would rather do what she wants to do and create inventions happily. Use your own wisdom and ability to improve people’s livelihood.”
"Yes, for the Earl, making the empire better is what she wants to see. If there is someone more qualified than her to serve as the prime minister of the empire, then she will be truly happy." Scott It seemed that he was very happy to be able to reach an agreement with Princess Anne, and continued with a smile: "But if no one except her is qualified for the position of prime minister, it will be a disaster for the Earl, because it means There are no qualified talents in the entire empire, so she can only take the lead.”
"Listening to what you said, it really makes people think that the empire is going to end! There is not even a person who can surpass Little Purficott." Princess Anne sighed, but then asked: "What do you think? Who else in the current empire is qualified for the position of Prime Minister besides Little Purficott?”
This is a very difficult question. After all, so far, there is no one who can compete with Purficott. There may be a few others who are suitable to become prime minister, but if they cannot suppress Purficott and As for the Northern Territory, even if he could take the position of prime minister, he would only become a puppet.
Because the center of the empire is now in the north, everyone seems to be living in dependence on the north. The prime minister cannot effectively suppress the north, which means that the center of the empire will be suppressed by the north. This is different from making other people serve as prime ministers. It goes against the original intention.
"The Duke of Gloucester may have this ability, but I am not optimistic that he can restrain the Earl. After all, this Duke's management of the Noble Council can only be said to be slightly better than others, but his strength is limited." Scott told Gross The Duke looked down on him a little, even though the Duke was already the longest-serving Speaker of the Noble Parliament since the Queen succeeded to the throne, and he had always shown quite good political skills.
In fact, this is somewhat similar to the situation faced by Princess Anne. The Duke of Gloucester is a qualified Speaker of the Noble Parliament, but only in peacetime.
He can effectively reconcile the conflicts and interests of all parties, implement the Queen's will to the entire Parliament of Nobles, and make it move in the direction the Queen desires. This is enough to illustrate the Duke of Gloucester's ability.
But when the empire needed to make quick decisions and respond promptly to crises, the existence of the parliamentary system was inherently slow, and the many conflicts within the nobility seriously slowed down their progress.
Originally, everyone was used to this state and there was no urgency. However, with the appearance of Purficott and the arrival of the doomsday winter, everything changed.
What the empire needs is efficiency, and Purficott needs a speaker who can keep up with her pace.
The Duke of Gloucester obviously lacks this kind of decision-making ability just like Princess Anne.
"The Duke of Gloucester... Anyway, he has been the Speaker of the Noble Parliament for so many years. Not to mention his hard work and merit, he still has some abilities." Princess Anne had a pretty good evaluation of the Speaker of the Noble Parliament and thought about it. Said: "Perhaps he can be qualified for the position of Speaker of the National Assembly?"
"I'm afraid that for this Duke, this position is tailor-made for him." Scott also agreed with this view.
But the topic quickly returned to its original point. Apart from Purficott, is there no one in such a huge empire who is qualified for the position of prime minister and can compete with Purficott?
Obviously, neither Princess Anne nor Scott could think of a suitable candidate for a while.
(End of chapter)