The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 1207 Melvin's attack
"--no."

Dmitry said coldly: "His Excellency Sumarokov Melvin. The proposal you proposed is excessive anyway."

"There is no need to refuse so quickly, Dmitry... His Excellency the Bishop."

A middle-aged man with a very magnetic voice and a very elegant appearance, sitting opposite Dmitri, said in a very gentle and calm manner: "I think we can continue to discuss the specific details."

In his words, he emphasized Dmitry's status as a cardinal.

He was reminding that Demetrius was not a grand duke, nor was he a consul.

In principle, Dmitry did not have the power to review the bill in place of Annan.Annan's initial suggestion was to let Dmitry pretend that he was still there, stop all the affairs, and make corrections in the background where no one could see.

Then, in the name of Annan, he passed the news on his behalf.If there are any new incidents, they will "pass it back" again - go back in a pretentious manner, come out after a while, and put forward opinions in the name of Annan in a pretentious manner.

But Dmitry always found this boring.

And like those bureaucrats that Dmitry despises the most... formal and unresponsive.

Anyway, Annan has already called the Hand of Winter in the United Kingdom.

The aristocrats who are a little bit more informed must know that although Grand Duke Annan didn't say anything, he has probably left the Duchy of Winter.

If you continue to act in this way, you may be mistaken for kidnapping, holding Annan, or making Annan empty.

So after Dmitry maintained this for a period of time, he simply stopped acting—he omitted the process of strolling back and forth a few times, and directly made up his own mind.If someone asks, it is "Grand Duke Annan said that I am fully authorized to represent this matter."

But even if everyone knew it in their hearts, they didn't dare to make mistakes for a while.

After all, not long ago, Grand Duke Annan just slaughtered the nobles of the Northland.Yu Wei is still here.

Although there are no big nobles among them... they will be squeezed out to the Northland, where the conditions are the most difficult, and they must be the most marginalized in the political circle.

However, the young Duke of Winter did not collect evidence of their rebellion, nor did he pronounce their crimes in advance and sign an arrest warrant, nor did he have any overt conflicts with these nobles.

- Without even notifying their local police station and army, they directly dispatched Frost Beast Troops from Frostwhisper Province to kill them.

Those who resisted were executed on the spot, and the rest and their families were all imprisoned.

This is actually completely inconsistent with the "tradition" of the Duke of Winter.

In the Duchy of Winter, face and decency are actually very important.And Annan's move is not face-saving, and it is not decent.

On the one hand, the other nobles have a heartfelt fear of this unreasonable tyrant; on the other hand, they also have strong dissatisfaction—a dissatisfaction based on anxiety.

What Annan did did not conform to the "common sense" and "custom" in their cognition.This will make it impossible for them to judge Annan's intentions, and they will also be unable to deal with them.

And in the winter year, there is no difference between the Lindong family and other nobles.

This attempt to take back the right to speak naturally aroused the reaction of the nobles - they did not want to rebel and seize power, but just wanted to fight for preferential treatment.If you want to fight for preferential treatment, you must first let people see your value.

But these nobles never "work hard and work hard".Instead, they will find an excuse to put down the pick, and then start to find someone to cause trouble, or report all the troubles that they suppressed themselves.

Let the Lindong family know the value of their existence——

If they lost the local managers like them, it would be difficult for them to take a single step in the Duke of Winter with their own strength.In this way, the Lindong family will realize their importance...

Among other things, although the land in the Northland is barren, it can still be divided.Territory is something that no noble would think too much of.

Although Dmitry is not good at government affairs, he is not stupid.From the very beginning, he had already prepared himself for being troubled by others at any time.

——It is better for Dmitry to be troubled than to be troubled by Annan.

A large part of the reason why Dmitri was willing to take on this thankless job was to protect his younger brother... the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Winter, Annan.

Because everyone knows that Annan is trying to advance to the golden rank—and in the process, if there is a slight problem, he may die without a burial.

Every year, well-known silver-ranked transcendents fail to advance to gold and die. This is not just one or two accidental accidents, but something that happens every year in every country.

Under such a dangerous situation, normal extraordinary people must make sufficient preparations if they want to advance to gold.

If he is entangled in government affairs and dragged down by all kinds of troublesome things in Lindong, Annan will have a hard time and energy to adjust his state.

The nobles didn't even need to confront Annan directly.

As long as he handed over the troublesome things that he usually presses down, he can hold Annan back.Even if Annan wanted to reduce some troubles, he had to sell some benefits in the short term to calm down the increasingly restless Lin Dong.

...But they didn't expect that Grand Duke Annan would run away.

This is another unreasonable move.

Generally speaking, would the ruler go for a stroll in a foreign country without even bringing a bodyguard?

Of course, the ruler himself may be able to fight more than his bodyguards combined...

But the end result is that these government affairs that were originally intended to cause trouble for Annan, but suddenly multiplied several times, were all put on Dmitry.

It has been several months now.

Dmitry didn't know how Annan was going.

He can only do his best to handle government affairs for Annan.At least don't be so embarrassing that something happened to let Annan hear it, disrupting his rhythm.

Just like when the elders in the family are working hard outside, as a well-behaved and obedient child, all he can do is to take care of the house, don’t let any troubles in the house, and the elders who are forced to go out can only put down their work and go home-although in terms of age , in fact, Dmitry should be the elder.

But now facing these unpredictable nobles, Dmitry only feels a headache and a stomachache.

—they are less and less concealed.

They're just looking for trouble.

Just like this document...

"I'm sorry, the Duchy of Winter will not agree."

Dmitry rubbed his temples, reached out and clicked on the documents on the table: "Let the Melvin family take over domestic orphan care institutions and preschool education institutions? Do you think I'm a fool?
"You are a family that can create 'God Childs'. Do you think I can rest assured that these children are handed over to you?"

"There's nothing to worry about."

As the family agent of this generation, Sumarokov Melvin said leisurely: "Have you read this report? The number of orphans in the winter country is actually only in the early three digits every year. , this is a very small number - of course, this is the result under the leadership of Grand Duke Annan."

This is talking nonsense with your eyes open.

After Annan took over, he hardly changed the general direction.In any case, this is the merit of Grand Duke Ivan.

Of course Sumarokov knew about it.

But he said it on purpose, digging a hole for Dmitri.

If Dmitry argues this, it is not Annan's merit, but Ivan's - then this will eventually become "Dmitry and Annan's discord" and spread among the nobles. evidence".

This kind of rumor will be completely deformed after a few rounds.The version passed on to the people is even weirder, but Dmitry, as the person involved, cannot stand up and tear his face... because he is not the ruler after all.

He is the mouthpiece of theocracy, not the agent of the regime.

Had he argued, then "Count Melvin and Bishop Demetrius were talking about politics" would have been another fact.

As a ruler, Dmitry's name is not justified, and this hidden danger makes it very easy for him to plant hidden dangers for himself and Annan.

He clutched his forehead, feeling more and more headache.

Dmitry is starting to regret it now... Maybe he should have listened to Annan and pretended that Annan was still in winter from the very beginning.

In this case, at least Melvin won't be so arrogant...

Dmitry took a deep breath and replied clearly: "In short, it is impossible.

"No matter what, I will not pass. Annan will not pass here-it has nothing to do with how many orphans there are. Even if there are only one or two orphans, you cannot trade them as commodities.

"These children are the children of Lingdong, and they are the future citizens of Lingdong. You won't be able to play around with them just because they are young and weak, and there are no parents behind them who can stand up for them."

Dmitry narrowed his eyes and replied seriously: "Please go back, Count Melvin. There will be no need for such things to happen in the future - Annan and I must have the same opinion."

"no no……"

Sumarokov Melvin shook his head again and again: "No no no——"

He opened his eyes wide, showing a sincere and humble expression: "I'm - I'm sorry, Cardinal Dmitry. I have deeply realized my mistake... But I must explain, this is not to You ask permission."

"……what?"

"This is to report to you, my lord...I mean, Your Excellency."

Sumarokov saluted respectfully: "We have already started doing this a few years ago. And we will continue to do so in the future."

"you--"

"At the same time," Count Melvin interrupted Dmitri, "we will give these children an excellent education, assign them to Melvin's industry, and give them stable jobs."

He stared at Dmitry with wide, innocent eyes.

Only half of the hair on the left side is combed into thin braids, and the right side is covered with tattoos that look like hair. He looks only in his 40s, but in fact he is an old man of the same era as Grand Duke Ivan's father. Asked Dmitri: "Are you planning to send the Hand of Winter because I give them food and drink, educate them, give them a steady job—?"

　update completed!
　　This is an update of [-] words, I rest at three o'clock——

　　I have to go to Shanghai on a business trip in the middle of next month. Although I will bring a computer, it will probably be a few days later...

　　So next month, maybe also the last month of this book, Mr. Quanqin, may have died early (sad)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)