Chapter 644

"Brandon de sallion absolutely can't. your highness is not an envoy who can go to Byrne to mediate on behalf of the Empire, which is indisputable!"

Before Severin de sallion had finished speaking, metterne Leopold immediately interrupted him without giving the military minister any face.

Seville Linton, whose words were blocked in his mouth, was angry. He looked back fiercely, but saw the seal minister with gray hair facing his four eyes without weakness; After hesitating for a moment, he had to sit back on his seat with a cold hum.

After all, as the seal minister, mettner is the real leader of the former cabinet and the highest official rank. All other ministers are second to him, even the Royal relatives and hereditary nobles.

In the non spacious cabinet room, the armchairs at the end of the long table paved with black silk and satin were empty. The former Ministers sitting on both sides were full of eyebrows, and the repressed atmosphere was like essence.

In particular, the speech of the Minister of military affairs was interrupted by the Minister of seal, which made the depression of the atmosphere reach its peak; One is the chief of the cabinet, and the other is the commander of the three armed services and the head of the Guard Corps. No one dares to show up at this time.

Of course, the former cabinet under the control of akhat II has always been a contradictory whole. The power of all parties is basically balanced. There is no saying who is pressing who... But that was before the seram kovo incident.

Because the former chancellor of the exchequer passed away, the new minister promoted could not even suppress the old-fashioned aristocrats; In the "trial before the emperor", the church judge has just been removed. The person in charge of a monastery replaces him, and he dare not talk much, so as to avoid the "warning" of the previous term.

As for the remaining justice Victor Seuss, he himself was a newcomer with little background; Elbert, the former wizard consultant of the imperial court, is a gentle grandfather all the year round. He is willing to sit at the end of the table with him. Unless it touches on the interests of wizards, he will never say a word more.

In this way, the whole Royal Council is a stagnant water without waves. It can only carry out the instructions of the emperor's majesty and has no subjective initiative; This makes mettner miss the cabinet full of quarrels and fierce collisions. Although it is full of disputes, it is also efficient!

Especially in this sudden trouble... The old man with his hands on the handrail sighed in a low voice, and his eyes dropped slightly, so that people couldn't see what he was thinking.

Normally speaking, the "heresy incident" in red blood castle was a month ago. No matter how much wrangling and procrastination, it should have come up with a plan to solve it.

Even the stupidest nobles in the imperial capital can see that the "principality governor system" tried out by the Empire in Bain has been completely bankrupt. Bain's nobles have sufficient reasons to refuse any governor sent by the Empire. It is urgent to restore the principality system and appoint a new Duke.

After all, even if the governor system is over, Byrne's nobles still agree with the imperial jurisprudence; As long as it is handled properly and a sufficiently loyal and prestigious Duke is appointed, all problems can be hidden in the invisible... On the contrary, the longer it is delayed, the more the nobles of the principalities will be disappointed and skeptical about the Empire.

So the question is, who should deal with this matter and who is qualified?

Naturally, the identity of this person cannot be too low; Otherwise, no problem can be solved. If you don't say it, it will make Byrne's nobles feel despised, and can't deter Byrne duchy and make them willingly obey the mediation of the Empire.

If you send an imperial aristocrat or cabinet minister at random, I'm afraid the result is not to mediate, but to be ready to accept Quan Bain's declaration of war.

"Please, excuse me..."

The young new Chancellor of the exchequer couldn't help but ask, "why can't your majesty go and crown Bain with a new Duke... If your majesty came in person, the whole Bain would be ecstatic and proud?"

"Because the governor of the principality is a new system adhered to by the three supreme emperors from the tenth generation, the eleventh and the twelfth generation!"

Mettner snapped, "if your majesty comes forward for this matter, it means that your majesty needs to be responsible for it. It means that all three supreme emperors have made mistakes since the beginning of her majesty Charlotte I, the Dragon Queen, and now her majesty Eckhart II!"

"If that's true, where is the majesty of the Empire and the royal family?! is it because a governor who betrayed the Holy Cross and the Empire, the de sallion royal family will abandon their face?!"

Mettner really didn't want to continue discussing this boring problem. He waved and interrupted the young Chancellor of the exchequer, who looked embarrassed. He didn't know what to do and asked him to shut up.

"I agree with the minister in charge of the seal. The royal family is really not suitable to come forward, otherwise the Empire will only be in a more unfavorable position." justice Victor Hughes said coldly, with sharp eyes and four eyes to the military minister who just wanted to speak:

"Lord Severin de sallion, what do you think?"

The Minister of military affairs, who had been blocked again, was as cold as frost and snorted without opening his mouth.

Of course he could hear Victor's voice over - the "members of the royal family" mentioned by the Lord Chancellor were not only the emperor, but also his two princes.

Naturally, crown prince Conrad needless to say, he was one of the strongest supporters of the governor system, and Gaspar Wien's relationship with him was almost a well-known secret; If you let him go, regardless of his attitude, it's hard to believe how much good face Bain's nobles will give him.

As for Brandon de sallion, Victor is for another reason that cannot be stated... That is doubt.

There are too many coincidences in the whole thing. The Turin family just allied with his highness Brandon, and there was an excuse for his highness to go. Then he was destined to gain fame and honor in Byrne, and even the things supported by Byrne... Victor could guess the final outcome of the whole thing without thinking much.

The Turin family regained the title of Duke, Byrne was united and grateful to Brandon, and the resurgent knightly duchy became Brandon's unwavering supporter... Nothing more than that.

In this way, crown prince Conrad took control of East Saxony and Brandon took control of Byrne. The two sides won over lottel, eboden, Elman, Arles and Boye... So that the power of the principalities became a bargaining chip for the crown prince to compete for power and position. Finally, they fought and lost their lives.

The Lord Chancellor did not feel that this was the most favorable solution for the Empire, and naturally tried his best to stop it.

"Could the Holy Cross please consider it and let the Archbishop of innocent come forward for this?"

With a heavy sigh, mettner turned his hope to the new church judge and said tentatively: "after all, the affairs of the heretic church are also worrying. Bain's devout believers urgently need to re-establish their faith - and I believe that if the Archbishop can crown the new Duke himself, he will be recognized by Bain!"

"Not only that, the church can also take the opportunity to expand its influence in Bain and completely suppress those heretics who believe in false gods!"

"I, I don't want to refute you, minister in charge of the seal; your proposal is also a high honor for the church, really! But..." all of a sudden, the new church judge was overwhelmed, speechless and almost cried:

"Archbishop innocent is old and seldom gets out of bed at ordinary times. I'm really worried about whether he will..."

"Ah, that's right..."

With a bitter smile and shaking his head, mettner ended the embarrassing conversation: "don't worry, I'm just proposing; by the way, please bring all our greetings to the Archbishop when you go back and beg the Holy Cross to let him stay with us for more time..."

"Yes, I will..."

At the end of the awkward conversation, the whole Royal cabinet was silent; Everyone is frowning... Almost all possible candidates have been rejected. What should we do about Byrne?

Do you really want to invite your majesty, or risk the Archbishop's ascension and let him travel a long way?

"About the candidate, I have a proposal..."

At such an embarrassing moment, elbird, who remained silent all the time, suddenly said, "since there is no suitable candidate in the court, why don't we invite a respected Duke to go on behalf of the Empire?"

"Moreover, I happen to know that an archduke is very suitable and willing to share his worries for his majesty..."