Chapter 246 The most urgent task is
Chapter 246 The most urgent task is
So... just help Prince Joshua up, and let the queen and the finance minister behind him fight the princess?
After listening to the old noble's proposal, the old nobles couldn't help but begin to weigh the pros and cons and fell into deep thought.
It sounds like a stupid idea that most of the old aristocracy turned together and turned to the royal family who wanted to curb the power of the old aristocracy.
After all, Prince Joshua and the queen are also members of the royal family. If they side with him, they will also be subject to a lot of threats. If he really defeats the princess and successfully ascends to the throne as the "representative" of the royal will, he will also frantically target the old nobles, and the situation will not change.
But just like what the Duke of Lionheart did, when you no longer have the ability to be a chess player, you might as well try to sell yourself to the person who is most willing to pay the highest price.
For the princess who has already successfully ascended to the throne, these old nobles are of little value. But for Joshua, whose right to inherit the throne is in jeopardy and who may be "married" out of the kingdom at any time to marry a female monkey across the sea, the support of these people is like timely help!
In order to gain the power to counter the princess, Joshua and the queen standing behind him will certainly spare no effort to win over these people, and take the initiative to cede their interests and offer unusually generous conditions, which will leave room for maneuver.
As for what Joshua will do after he takes office…we’ll talk about it later!
If they can't hold down the princess who has become so powerful, they will be locked in a dog cage or even slaughtered. They won't even be qualified to consider the future! What's more, compared to the cunning princess, the arrogant and conceited Prince Joshua is much easier to deal with!
"That's a good idea...I agree!"
The young noble who had wanted to vote out the Lyon brothers and sisters before took the lead this time and was the first to express support for the new proposal.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of old nobles whose interests were threatened and who were extremely resistant to the implementation of the new policy stood up and expressed their support.
"I agree."
"Seconded!"
"That's it, we have no choice!"
After more than half of the old nobles had expressed their opinions, the remaining more conservative people, even if they still had some doubts about the proposal, could not come up with a better solution for the time being, so they chose to acquiesce, or simply agreed with the intention of giving it a try.
"Since the majority of people agree, let's just do it this way."
After looking around the almost one-sided situation in the room, the middle-aged man presiding over the meeting took over the conversation and announced loudly:
“In order to counter the princess’s new decree, we will all side with the queen in the future and try our best to support Prince Joshua to succeed to the throne.
In addition, let me be frank. Among the 92 noble families present today, even if there are people with different opinions, please keep in step with everyone. Even if you do not support Prince Joshua, please do not hold us back.
Otherwise... don't blame others for being ruthless."
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The old nobles all turned to the prince's side, so it was impossible to conceal such a big thing. Even when the old nobles' gathering had just ended and had not yet taken action, the princess had already received the corresponding information.
"This is troublesome..."
After receiving the list of old nobles who chose to side with Joshua, the princess couldn't help but frown deeply when she saw the long and shocking list of names.
Joshua aside, he couldn't understand his ambitious stepmother any better. Even if this hadn't happened, she would not have given up on letting Joshua succeed to the throne. She would have found an opportunity to make a big fuss, and now that she had the support of the old nobles, the noise she made would surely be even bigger.
Unfortunately, if it was just some intrigue, it would be fine. But for her, whose brain is exactly the same as Joshua's, I only need to dig a hole that is not too big or too small to make her fall and bruise her face, and make her calm down temporarily.
But her brother, her adopted uncle, is the current Chancellor of the Ministry of Finance. He and the family behind him are the actual controllers of the Ministry of Finance, and she has no say in it.
If she wanted to implement the new policy, she needed financial support. She didn't even need to do anything. She only needed to use some tricks to block the financial loopholes when fighting for the throne, which would be enough to make her new policy die in the womb. As for the way to break the deadlock...
Picking up the quill pen dipped in ink and writing a few words on the paper, the princess couldn't help but sigh softly.
The best way is to take the initiative to provoke a small-scale border conflict and trigger a bloody incident.
With the lessons learned from the Patriotic War six years ago, as long as the country enters a state of combat readiness, even if it is only the most basic state of combat readiness, the Queen and the Ministry of Finance will not dare to hinder them in the slightest.
Otherwise, let alone letting Joshua inherit the throne, if the queen dared to make trouble at this time, his father would probably get up from the hospital bed and strangle Joshua to death with his own hands.
However, although this method could break the impasse, he didn't even need to show up himself. As long as he gave a hint to old Hill, as the Secretary of Defense, he could get things done silently.
But the purpose of implementing the new decree is to avoid the kingdom from being caught in war as much as possible. This fact is really contrary to my original intention...
Then we have no choice but to try other methods.
After ticking off the option of "war", the princess moved the tip of the feather pen in her hand to the side and drew a circle around "forced push".
The most appropriate thing to do right now is to take advantage of the fact that the old nobles have just turned to Joshua and have not yet fully negotiated cooperation, and first use the Ryan family's seat in the House of Lords to complete the legislation of some new decrees.
As long as the new decrees that restrict the privileges of the old aristocracy and facilitate the development of business are forcibly implemented, the Chamber of Commerce that controls the House of Commons will have a place to exert its power and will help to implement some of the new decrees.
Even if the Ministry of Finance wants to block me later, it will be checked by the merchants because it touches the interests of the merchants. As the largest source of revenue and taxation for the kingdom, the Chamber of Commerce composed of merchants also has a great influence on the Ministry of Finance. In this way, I have the possibility of leveraging the Ministry of Finance and obtaining the budget for the full implementation of the new decree...
That’s it!
After picking up the pen and ticking the box that said "strongly recommended", Princess Wang did not stop writing. Instead, she tapped the paper with the tip of her pen and continued to ponder.
To achieve all this, he must obtain Ryan's seat in the Senate and push out his new decree. To obtain Ryan's seat in the Senate...
We must complete the marriage with the Ryan family! That means we must deal with Leon!
The princess dipped the quill in some ink and wrote "Leon" after "Strongly Recommended". She then pondered for a while after sorting out her thoughts. Then she rang the bell to call the maid waiting outside.
"Millie, is Master Wilde's Morning Star Theater performing recently?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
The maid recalled and nodded, then asked kindly:
"If you want to relax, the Morning Star Theater has sent you tickets to the top floor..."
"Need not."
After waving her hand to reject the maid's proposal, the princess opened her mouth and ordered:
"Please buy me two tickets with better seats in the private room area on the second floor...Remember to buy a couple's box!"
(End of this chapter)