After Philip returned to the castle of the duke's mansion, he immediately asked for several tailors in the castle to be summoned, told him some things in private, and then sent them to the chamber of commerce where Princess Louise was staying.
Afterwards, Alpha also secretly led a group of people to watch secretly around the chamber of commerce. Every hour, someone would be sent immediately to send the news back to the Duke's mansion.
What reassured Philip was that nothing seemed to happen all afternoon.
At such a time, what is Princess Louise doing in the Northwest? Although Philip was a little confused about this problem, in his opinion, it was not a big problem.
The key question is... Delly! This future princess, what is she doing here
Philip is not a simple-minded person. Although he got the information that Miss Delly is a good friend of Princess Louise... But don't forget that Delly is not only the future princess, but also recognized in the empire now. Duke Tulip's greatest political enemy, the younger sister of General Alpay, the head of Thor's Whip Corps.
As an excellent disciple of Mr. Lan Hai, Philip is not only proficient in political strategy, but also has a lot of research on the art of emperors.
From the time Alpay rose like a comet, Philip had accurately judged the intention of the regent.
Balance, the biggest key to the art of the emperor, is always - balance!
At that time, after Philip's careful analysis. He immediately put forward his own suggestion to Du Wei: Du Wei's military newspaper accusing Alpay of stealing credit was written by Philip himself...
Just that night. Philip, a young staff member, said something very visionary to Du Wei.
"My lord duke, from the current point of view, your strength has reached a bottleneck! In terms of title, you are already a duke! Under the law that no one can be crowned king except for the direct royal family, your title has reached its peak! From the official position , you have the rank of general, and you are also a member of the Society of Magicians, the sub-president of the Magic Academy, and the chief of the Northwest War Zone... From the perspective of such an official position, you can be said to be an extremely human minister! At the same time, within the empire, you have hundreds of thousands of troops, The most important thing is that you also have an air weapon advantage that can be said to surpass this era! Externally, you will have the support of the Luo Lin family! Just imagine, if you were the emperor, you would be willing to see your subordinates appear Is this a "strong minister"? And he is still a thriving "strong minister"! Prince Chen just came to power before, and he erected you as a "newcomer king" to show his ambition as a new generation of monarch and his intention of pioneering and innovating , is also to suppress those veterans. But now that his position has stabilized, everything in the empire is under his control, so if you are too strong, the emperor will feel unstable. No matter what, we In the past two years or so, it can be said that you have shown your sharpness in the Northwest... Although I have already suggested to you, when the Northwest pacified and wiped out the Northwest Army this time, you should give up the military merits of annihilating Guhuatuoluo to others... But it seems that the Regent Still not at ease. Alpay. It is the king who made a pawn to restrict us. And then, if there is no accident, the next ten years will be the prosperity or decline of the new Tulip family. The most critical period!"
When talking about this, Philip bowed deeply to Du Wei, and then the young man suddenly smiled in an unprecedented relaxed tone: "My lord, I have already pledged my allegiance to you. I don't want my boss to be so quick Down."
Then Philip analyzed Du Wei's several dangerous fatal weaknesses: "First, your status! Your current status is too high! High status. Although it is a good thing. But for you, It is an extremely dangerous double-edged sword! Because of your age!! Indeed, in the empire now, purely in terms of status, there is old Prime Minister Robeschell who can compete with you in terms of prestige. But don’t forget, Robesche Master Qieer, you are already seventy this year, but you... are not even eighteen years old! From a normal rule of thumb, you have at least fifty years of political career left. But your status has reached the level of a minister I have reached the pinnacle of everything I can have. I dare to ask you one question: Lord Duke, if you make any contribution to the empire in the next few decades, what should the regent give you as a reward? It’s really difficult Crack the soil and seal the king? Or... give up the position of emperor to you? These are absolutely impossible. The regent may appreciate you now, but he is a king after all, and he is still an ambitious king.
The second weakness, your military power! Taking the private army of a nobleman as an example, our Tulip family now has an army of nearly 50,000, which is already the limit that a nobleman can achieve. Although it has not exceeded the number stipulated by the law of the empire, even a blind person can now see how powerful our army is. I can directly say that if we count the super-new weapons and combat units we have, our 50,000 troops will have the power to fight even if they encounter the most powerful main battle army in the empire! As for the other local garrisons, there is no need to even mention them. I remember that you were able to say something that I admired very much, which is called "Sleeping on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly!". Don't worry
The third weakness, your wealth! Even I have to say a word of admiration to you. Lord Duke, I am afraid that you are the person who is best at making money since the founding of the empire for thousands of years! And the speed at which you make money is almost a miracle! From the time you were fourteen to now, in just four years, you already have the strongest financial resources in the mainland! Regardless of the many industries you have created, so many miracles, and even the wealth we have swept from Southeast Asia, I am afraid that in the thousand years of the empire, no one can make money faster than you. But here lies the problem... If you simply have soldiers, then the empire can still use financial money to restrain you, but you... have soldiers, money and food. There is also a territory... These three things are combined, which king can rest assured
The fourth weakness, your opponent! This is what worries me the most! It has always been in the political arena that if you are not afraid of being strong, you are afraid that you have no opponent! Because once you have no opponent, it will arouse the scruples of the king. I have carefully studied the coup more than two years ago, and I have listened to my teacher, Mr. Lan Hai, analyze the struggle of the royal family. The current emperor is His Majesty Augustine VI. Back then, he once praised his eldest son, Prince Yawen. Unfortunately, the old emperor was not old yet, and the eldest prince grew up. Because he was afraid that the eldest prince would seize power in advance, the old emperor would praise his youngest son, Prince Chen. . In fact, the old emperor may not really like Prince Chen very much. It's just using him to balance the First Prince.
May see you now. Within the empire, is there any political di2 that can balance you
This was originally what worried me the most. I even secretly worried. If there are no political enemies in the empire who can fight against you, then within three years, your strength will cause the regent to panic! It's panic, not just suspicion! grown ups. If that time comes, the Prince Regent will not hesitate to suppress you. Even, take some drastic measures!
Fortunately, the Prince Regent doesn't want to touch your mind now. Instead, they "find" a political opponent for you. Such a move can be said to be very smart. Moreover, it is a kind of security for you! Because of this move, it shows that the regent wants to continue to reuse you. Instead of killing the donkey when it runs out in a short period of time. My advice to you is. No matter how our regent praises this newcomer, you must "cooperate" well. What the regent means is that he wants us to fight. Then we will show him. However, in the process of fighting. We want to take the initiative. Take control of the situation. Then all is safe and sound. "
These remarks, no doubt, can be said to be extremely brilliant political skills. These theoretical things can be said to be the outstanding achievements of the disciples of the blue ocean scholars. At the same time, the young Philip, in the three years in Northwest, has finally grown into an outstanding and real staff member.
This strategic strategy is very appreciated by Du Wei. But the talent of this young man, Philip, doesn't stop there!
After setting this big master plan for Du Wei, Philip did not neglect the details.
"The general direction is basically not dangerous. But we also have to be extra careful with this "political enemy"! After all, my lord, I want to remind you that everyone is ambitious! For us, and The political opponent made a few fake fights, so that the regent can rest assured. But for this political opponent... he may not be willing to be our training partner! Now our competition is not just an ordinary fight. To put it clearly, even It can be said that in the next few decades of the empire, who can become the most powerful family in the entire empire? Now it seems that you have some advantages, but the other party is not without opportunities! As I said just now, people are ambitious It's hard to guarantee that the other party doesn't want to take advantage of this opportunity to really fight us down! Therefore, we must be extra careful with Alpay's family!"
This conversation took place on a certain night just after the Northwest War had just ended. Philip gave Du Wei all his thoughts.
And now, the general development of things. Basically, it was in line with Philip's vision.
Unfortunately, the only dissonant note came from Miss Delly!
It was less than three days after the regent announced his marriage in the imperial capital. The news has been quickly passed to the northwest.