Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three The Secret of the Rebellion
Liang Taibai also politely expressed his gratitude to the king. The king seemed very generous, but in fact, even if the king did not hand over the command, Liang Taibai had countless ways to bypass the king and directly command the army.
Over the years, the various funding of the Shuguang Academy to the Principality of Rose has not been wasted. Those funding are almost absolute control over the Principality of Rose, politics, finance and military. Especially when the king was a little disobedient after being crowned, the Shuguang Academy had placed officers from the Prosecutor of Shuguang Academy in the Royal Capital Guards very early in order to deal with changes at critical moments.
The king knew this well, so he simply gave him a favor to follow the flow.
After getting what he wanted, Liang Taibai did not leave immediately. After saying something polite to each other with the king as if he was polite, the ambassador suddenly changed his mind and pushed Xiao Lin, who was doing nothing beside him, and smiled and said, "I came here in a hurry last time and didn't have time to introduce him. His name is Xiao Lin. He is an expatriate from Shuguang City not long ago. Although he is young, he has rich practical experience. If possible, I hope he will temporarily serve as a military post in the Royal Guards, so as to facilitate unified coordination and command."
"I have handed over the command power to the ambassador, and you can decide on the appointment of these officers at your own discretion." The king was a little surprised. He knew that Liang Taibai would definitely install a large number of people from Shuguang Academy in the army after he wanted to go to command power, but there was no need to tell him about these things, and he was mentally prepared.
Of course, Liang Taibai's purpose was more than that, and he smiled and said, "You may not know that King, you owe Xiao Lin a big favor."
The king's eyes were puzzled: "Human favor?"
Liang Taibai replied: "Your granddaughter went out a few months ago and encountered an attack in Wildfire Town. Fortunately, she was rescued by Xiao Lin."
The king had no expression on his face: "My princesses live in the palace all year round. Not to mention the Wildfire Town, even this Rose Principality has never left. Oh of course they were just escorted away by you two days ago."
Liang Taibai smiled and reminded with "kindness": "I'm talking about Princess Ibeya, I think you shouldn't forget your granddaughter, king."
The palace suddenly fell into silence.
The king's gentle face instantly froze. He turned his head and looked at Xiao Lin very seriously at the first time. Before this, he only treated Xiao Lin as Liang Taibai's follower.
Xiao Lin was a little embarrassed, but more confused. He didn't understand why Liang Taibai suddenly pulled out Ibeya, but he also observed the king's face with a little curiosity, wanting to see if the old man felt guilty about his granddaughter who drove out of the palace with his own hands.
After a brief loss of consciousness, the king's face returned to peace. He nodded to Xiao Lin and said, "Although Ibeya's mother was expelled from the royal family for triggering the laws of the kingdom, Ibeya finally has royal blood. Thank you for saving the royal blood."
The king's expression was neither cold nor indifferent, gentle but indifferent, and it was easy to hear that it was completely polite and courteous thanks. It seemed that the king didn't care about Ibeya at all.
Xiao Lin had no good feelings for the king, but now he was even more disgusted. If it weren't for this diplomatic occasion, he would probably have the impulse to go up and beat this ruthless old man hard.
After introducing each other, Liang Taibai did not continue to stay and took Xiao Lin to leave the palace directly. It was not until he walked far away to the guards of the palace that Xiao Lin couldn't help expressing his confusion. He did not believe that this politically keen ambassador would do something meaningless and boring.
But Liang Taibai did not choose to answer directly, but asked back seriously: "What kind of person do you think King Rose is?"
"I'm not familiar with him."
"It's okay, tell me your first impression."
"Although he seems very enthusiastic to us, he actually has great warnings in every sentence. He doesn't welcome us. I don't want to comment on whether he is a good king, but at least he will definitely not be a qualified relative." Xiao Lin said truthfully.
Liang Taibai smiled unanimously, and sighed in a low voice with a slightly complicated expression: "To be honest, putting aside his position and identity, he is actually a good king. Do you know what the first thing he did after taking office?"
Xiao Lin shook his head.
Liang Taibai continued: "The Norma people were extremely curious about many novel things on our earth, and even many things became luxury goods in the upper class. With our support, the previous kings would inevitably ask us for these things. Although it was disgusting, they would naturally meet these small needs under foreign policy. But this king was different. After he took office, he borrowed books from us, a large number of books, and books from all aspects."
"Our Earth's own book?"
"Yes, we have stored a lot of books in our own library. Oh of course, it is impossible for the indigenous people to read the history books on Earth. However, under the good diplomatic relations between the two countries, many other books were also sent. Anyway, these things are the least valuable."
"What kind of book did he borrow?" Xiao Lin vaguely guessed something.
"There are many books, except history, humanities, arts, economy, etc., especially economics. At that time, we actually didn't take it seriously. A person who knew nothing about the history of the earth went to read the earth's economy and politics. But a few years later, the king began to try to implement reforms in Rose."
Xiao Lin opened his mouth wide in surprise: "He wants to get rid of his affiliation with us?"
"That's right." Liang Taibai sighed again, showing a look of regret, pity or a little admiration, and said, "It's a pity that his political IQ can be comparable to those of the senior officials of Shuguang Academy who have lived for hundreds of years. Although the king's series of reform policies are obscure, the school still quickly realized his intention."
Xiao Lin was silent for a while and said, "We will definitely not allow his reform."
"The Principality of Rose is an important vassal territory for us. We must not tolerate the loss of this place. However, if the king is rashly assassinated or other means, it will arouse fierce opposition or even mutiny from the conservative ministers in Rose. The chaotic situation is not what we need. So we secretly sent people from the intelligence department to obstruct the king's reforms everywhere, and make the ministers believe that the more embarrassing dilemma caused by the failure of the reform is because of the king, and then completely lose trust in the king."
Xiao Lin suddenly realized and shouted: "Ambassador Liang, you wouldn't want to say that this rebellion was caused by us!"
Chapter completed!