Chapter 97 (2/2)
The generals of the military continued to speak but Garoline calmly and patiently replied theenerals
”Watch carefully boy!” Andy spoke up in Rody's mind ”This oldby his face!”
Rody secretly nodded He watched from the side and understood that His Majesty and the marquis had colluded to make sure that he would not hold any military power
Knowing that, he was clear of His Majesty's intentions and understood that His Majesty had enerals who tried to help hiet any results Instead, they would end up offending the emperor Rody then cleared his throat and loudly said, ”Everybody, you do not need to argue anymore!”
All the generals looked at hi duke and waited for him to speak
Rody bowed and said, ”Your Majesty, I also believe that I a as a Co the war in the Northwest region, I only ed to force Reuenthal to withdraw by virtue of luck! To call it a victory is out of the question! Just as Marquis Garoline has said, the 'Lightning God's Whip' is the E the I and I am afraid that I cannot bear such responsibility!”
Hearing these words, the generals in the hed in their hearts A flash of insight appeared in the eyes of Abbas XI as he said, ”Duke Rudolph, you are too nore your contributions! Since you are unwilling to beco the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Cavalry, what is your proposal?”
Hearing these words, Rody cursed in his heart
What do you !
However, he adopted a stern countenance on the surface and said, ”I found out that I do not have enough experience when I led the troops in the Northwest region It was thanks to the help of the two co that ere able to complete Your Majesty's !”
Abbas XI s has been the co tirant him the title of 'Viscount'! As for Commander Gordon, I have decided to promote him as the Imperial Guards Deputy Commander!”
Rody thought to himself
This is a bargain He does not want to give ood faith He is giving me two assistants This is reasonably fair
He then spoke, ”Your Majesty is wise!”
Since Rody mentioned that he did not want to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Cavalry, it was difficult to reward him After all, Rody overnment post At first, he was the Special Envoy of the Northwest Region but since the war at the Northwest region was over, his special envoy title was also gone All that was left was to become a troop commander, but how could the duke become a mere troop commander?
Everybody's opinion varied Without a proper decision, Rody could only sigh He reets, the higher its status” In the end, they would have a left to reward the Tulip Family with
After that, Garoline coughed and spoke His peculiar calm voice sounded more like a squeak ”Your Majesty, I think the duke is the pillar of the Empire and the Tulip Fah the Duke is still young, with a few more years of experience…”
Rody's heart was stirred and secretly thought
Hehe, the truth is finally going to come out All those words before were just nonsense Especially when he mentioned 'few more years of experience'
He then heard Garoline say, ”Now, the South is fairly stable but the barbarians often cause trouble there They hide in thea lot of the Eth and resources! If it were not for them, we could have sent reinforce the ith the Great Moon Kingdom! Now that the war in the Northwest is over, we should solve the probleest to send the Duke of the Tulip Faion! With the reputation of the Tulip Fahten the mountain barbarians! First of all, His Excellency the Duke does not have a government post Your Majesty can send hieneral in the Southeast region to control the overnether with the Southern Ariment Commander, Caiment Commander Camus, who is a veteran of the Empire's military, has vast experience The duke would be able to train with him for two to three years”
The , Rody heard Andy shout in his ! What shi+tty Southeast Special Envoy? It sounds impressive like the Northwest Special Envoy but it is only temporary! What do you mean control the three Southeast provinces? Each province has its own governor general! You being there is just a decoration! They will not even make you coiment Commander to 'learn'! How nasty! His words iven power, but in fact, it is all e you to the mountains!”
Before the other generals could say anything, Abbas XI immediately smiled His eyes showed satisfaction as he said, ”Good! That is a good idea! The military minister is truly experienced It certainly sounds like the best solution!”
Rody cursed in his heart, but thewas already set and decided He could not help but show anger in his eyes He tried to hold back his dissatisfaction as he soleo to the South to learn from General Camus!”
The enerals had iven the title of 'Southeast Special Envoy cue provinces, they kept quiet
The emperor smiled and said, ”Good! Let it be so! Duke Rudolph, you have ion! I now appoint you as the Southeast Special Envoy cuovernment authority over three provinces in the Southeast I hope you can assist the Regiion to suppress troubles at the mountains!”
Rody sighed and knelt on one knee He then thought for a moment and said, ”Your Majesty, when I went to the Northwest, I was lucky to have Sieg and the Wolf Fang to helpto the Southeast, I hope Your Majesty can grant ”
The Eht that the Wolf Fang only had 20,000 soldiers and would not make much of a difference He had achieved his objective Now that he had snapped Rody's wrist, he thought that he should at least give Rody a gift of condolences and readily agreed
Abbas XI thought to himself and then said, ”Duke Rudolph, you dom's envoy have already arrived in the I the peace talks of the Northwest region You have returned fros there I appoint you as an assistant responsible for the peace talks! I hope you do not disgrace the dignity of the Eion Solve this matter before you depart!”
Rody froze for a ive hinment For some time, he could not understand those words and looked at Garoline Garoline was calm and looked proud of himself
”Idiot, don't you understand?” Andy sighed in his otiate with the Great Moon Kingdom? The land has already been occupied by others and the fortresses have already been captured The Northwest Legion only has half of its strength re Is there any need to say more? The Empire has been defeated and the eotiate will make you bear all the humiliation! Ah, how ruthless! This must be that old minister's wicked idea!”
Rody gritted his teeth and nodded his head He saw that the usted
In fact, what Andy said was half right Abbas XI appointing Rody to negotiate was definitely Garoline's idea He intended to humiliate the Tulip Family However, Garoline also had another intention…
The past few days, there was a war in the Northwest region There had been a lot of discussion on whether they should continue with the war or to seek a peace talkThe enerals were all naturally part of the pro-war faction but Garoline had gathered the nobles to persuade Abbas XI to negotiate for a peace talk
Garoline had his own reasons which were related to the corruption in the Northwest region Just a small war in the Northwest had uncovered the corruption there He was deeply connected to the corruption in the Northwest region If the two countries had an all out war, a lot of problems would be exposed He would then be finished That hy the Northwest region could not be in turmoil The only way out was to buy time and slowly cover up the problems
After the conversation was over, there was a victory banquet in the evening However, Rody wanted to go back home first
When the crowd had dispersed, Rody exchanged words with the military officers Most of them were subordinates of the late duke and were naturally on his side The generals may have been fa for position, they were no match for Marquis Garoline
Rody watched Garoline leave and sighed
This old enerals are not enough I need a few people with brains to help me
After thinking a bit hed at himself
After so many days, I really think of myself as the duke! I have left the Imperial Capital for so many days Perhaps, Nicole has found the whereabouts of that playboy Either way, I a the battle at the Northwest sounds just about enough! When the playboy returns, I au an officer be much easier? The old man is extraordinary, but he is actually the playboy's headache It should not be ht? If I already knew this, why did I ask His Majesty for the help of the Wolf Fang? What about the Southeast Special Envoy? Hehe, I'll let the playboy go to the mountains Let him deal with it!
The thought of seeing Nicole very soon made him feel excited He immediately rushed out of the Imperial Palace toward the mansion of the Tulip Family