franphil Chapter 187 George III: The Goddess Supports Me
Chapter 187 George III: The Goddess Supports Me
Chapter 187 George III: The Goddess Supports Me
George III had two sons, the elder leading the Conservative Party and the younger leading the New Party. They also dragged in the Storm, Night, Steam and Mechanical Churches, and had a good, decisive battle. The outcome of the battle between the two sons would allow them to subtly manipulate the desired "reforms".
Although it hasn't reached that point yet, Prince Edsack has been in contact with the New Party, criticizing some of the existing systems, feeling dissatisfied with some of the Conservative Party's ideas, and gradually turning away from the Storm Church, beginning to contact the Night Church and the Steam and Machine Church.
However, with the help of various parties, the conflict could easily escalate. The rest depends on how the Black Emperor, Sequence 1, the Prince of Killing, the Judge, Sequence 1, the Hand of Order, and some other shadowy figures plan to operate. According to tradition, the Rune royal family cannot voluntarily give up their interests, but that would be unreasonable.
However, while King Ruen cannot intervene personally, his third son might. If something were to happen to the eldest prince, the third prince would naturally ascend to the throne. These are all the princes' personal actions and have nothing to do with the Ruen royal family. Even if they are forced to cede royal interests in the end, it would be due to internal strife and the royal family would only make compensation out of necessity.
Shael still remembers when he asked Edsack to nominally attack the Conservatives, but actually to attack the eldest prince, with the ultimate goal of attacking the Loen royal family, especially his own father. Edsack, who had never been very ambitious and was usually quite humble and polite, had a mouth that could fit an egg.
Edsack is good in every way, and he's also easy to go astray. He's just a bit rigid because of the royal upbringing. He's not arrogant enough when facing the upper echelons of the Loen community, but that's easy to fix. Triss knows how to stir up hatred. The appearance of a scheming woman from a middle-class background by the side of the third prince can also better explain his changes.
San Tuzi is good in every way, except that he is influenced by women.
This woman is clearly ambitious and not a good person, but the Third Prince just happens to like her. Moreover, this woman's background is closer to the New Party, and she is not a follower of the Lord of Storms. It must be this woman who has been whispering in his ear, otherwise why would the Third Prince suddenly change his mind?
Edsack's mention of reform proposals in the newspaper, such as improving the minimum wage system, resolving work system issues, cleaning up heavily polluting enterprises, and requiring factory owners to purchase labor protection equipment for their workers, made him very popular among the lower and middle classes.
Although it's just a slogan, it's a slogan shouted by the third prince of Rune.
In an effort to gain the support of the New Party, Edsack continued to chant slogans such as eliminating invalid constituencies, ensuring that everyone who obtains a title has a chance to win a seat in the House of Lords, and easing property restrictions for elections—a series of political slogans aimed at the Conservative Party and leaning towards the New Party.
As long as the slogans are loud enough, it is easy to gain the support of a group of factory owners, bankers, lawyers and some middle-class elites. They would shout these slogans even without Edsack. Now that a prince is helping to shout them, why not?
Once the situation has calmed down a bit more, the Conservative Party will "invite" Prince Ruhn to endorse them. What happens next will depend on George III's handling of the situation.
Anyway, as far as Chael knows, George III himself is very satisfied with this script. The previous one, about Edsack colluding with the witch's church,
When the royal family was questioned by the three major churches, they took the initiative to make concessions in order to clean up the mess, but this script was torn up by King George III.
Compared to being "questioned" by the three major churches, this king preferred this way of manipulating the game, and with both pieces being his sons, it was much easier to play.
Prince Rune will definitely side with the Church of Storms. The third prince and Triss will each choose a faith. By passing the Rune Poor Law reform plan, allowing the three major churches to openly send personnel to join the military, and considering the distribution of interests at sea, in the southern continent colonies, and domestically, the three major churches can also be drawn into the scheme.
As long as these people start fighting and control the degree and direction of the political struggle, the reforms and new order needed for the rise of the Black Emperor can be gradually pieced together. By the time these people are freed from the increasingly intense internal struggles and external conflicts, the secret promotion ceremony will have already been completed.
This suggestion came from Ince Ayr, who was promised a dukedom by King George III after the matter was settled.
A true, transcendental duke of the Fourth Age.
Judging from the looks of it, if Chael helps George III stabilize the situation in the Southern Continent and allows George III to wear the title of Emperor Byron and become the true Black Emperor, and ascend to the status of a true god, George III also intends to reward Chael with the extraordinary trait of a Sequence 2 Death Archon.
Moreover, it wasn't just empty talk; Chael could tell that George III genuinely intended to do so.
He probably also wanted to test the relationship between "Ince El" and the Church of the Night. El's performance was quite good, which made George III somewhat suspicious. Was this a kind of secret support from the Goddess of the Night?
Even though the Lord of Storms, who had been a believer in the Rune royal family for many years, had only tacitly accepted this, and the Church of Storms was even becoming an obstacle, the assistance that "Ince El," who came from the Church of the Night, provided to the Rune royal family gave Qiao San the illusion that the Church of the Night was secretly supporting him.
After all, St. Samuel Cathedral did implicitly support the slogans Edsack had shouted. The fact that Shael had been locked up for a few days for making outrageous remarks had caused a small-scale discussion in the church, and at least the ordinary night watchmen were quite supportive.
Moreover, the Goddess of Night and the God of War are enemies. The God of War possesses the sealed artifact 0-02, which represents the uniqueness of the Judge. After George III became a god, he desired the uniqueness of the Judge, making the God of War their common enemy.
The Kingdom of Rune and the Empire of Fusak are also in competition, so it is unlikely that Joe San and the God of War will join forces to fight the Night.
With the end of the world approaching, the emergence of an additional Black Emperor would be beneficial to the Earth as a whole. It's not impossible that the Goddess of Night would tacitly approve and provide some support.
At least George III felt that he still had some "signs of a wise ruler," and that it was quite possible that he had divine favor.
He used the title of Emperor Bailang to promote himself to Black Emperor, and then joined forces with the Goddess of Night to fight against the God of War.
With the Kingdom of Rune tying down most of Fusak's attention, the Black Emperor still had the resources to deepen his rule over the southern continent colonies through his authority on the real side.
This also facilitates the Church of the Night's influence and control over the Byron royal family and the Spirit Cult in the Southern Continent.
The more George III thought about it, the more he realized that this made sense. There was no direct conflict of interest between him and the Goddess of Night; in fact, their interests aligned in many areas.
With the end of the world approaching, the worship of the Goddess of Night is deeply ingrained in the Kingdom of Rune. Even if George III becomes a god, he will not disturb the anchor of the Goddess of Night.
This is just making trouble for yourself.
Perhaps this former archbishop of the Church of the Night, who never forgets to pray to the goddess of night no matter how busy he is, is truly some kind of arrangement by the goddess of night?
Is the goddess of the night actually supporting him?