Macho Wars

Under Levins's suggestion, Susan summoned some highly respected ministers and Senate members to form a temporary cabinet during the special period. The first priority is to discuss the establishment of the heir to the throne.

Since Sidney XIV had not been a crown prince during his lifetime, he died suddenly now and it became a big problem in an instant.

The empire has encountered similar situations in the past, and generally adopts the eldest son inheritance system, that is, the eldest prince Felavi succeeds to the throne, and the opponent's personal ability and social reputation are indeed sufficient.

But the Queen Susan was unwilling, and Levins knew what she was thinking, so before the ministers that had been assembled, he secretly moved away and whispered like a devil. Queen Susan whispered in her ear.

"My dear sister, do you want my lovely little nephew to become the new master of this empire?"

"You, what are you talking about!?"

"Although His Royal Highness Andy is young, he is talented and intelligent and far surpasses his peers. As long as he receives a strict talent education, his future is bound to be limitless, and he will certainly not be worse than His Royal Highness."

Levins' words can be said to be in the Queen's heart.

As a mother, Susan never thought that her child would be worse than someone else's.She always believed that Andy was only born late and lost at the starting line of the battle for the throne.If he was born ten or eight years earlier, his majesty would definitely make him the crown prince.

Susan looked at Levins, who was smiling like a fox, and she suddenly felt that this third brother was not so annoying.

After a while, four former ministers and five members of the Senate came to the conference room of the palace.Except for Levins, who represented the Barano family, the others were all first-class grand dukes, all of whom were extremely powerful and top lords.

Before these big men came, they had already learned about the sudden death of King Sidney XIV at the wedding banquet. After being shocked, they all secretly made their own small calculations.

Throughout the ages, every time a new emperor ascended the throne of the empire, it was a reshuffle of the upper echelons of power.As the saying goes, one emperor and one courtier, the nobles under the imperial power, no one can guarantee that their current power and status will be maintained forever.

Therefore, compared with the sadness of losing the emperor (and not), everyone's first consideration is always their own interests.

Chapter 405

Behind each of the ministers who entered the palace was a powerful family. They were the top handful of imperial nobles and the spokesperson of the entire wealthy class.

Therefore, when Levins implicitly hinted to them that His Royal Highness was determined to support the 19th Prince Andy Sidney as the emperor, these sophisticated politicians immediately understood what he meant. Excited and changed his breathing heavily.

They are well aware of the benefits to themselves and their family by supporting the new emperor, especially since the prince is only ten years old this year. If he can really sit on the throne, he will not be able to govern himself for at least the next five to six years. At that time, it will not be necessary to rely on their "stable and reliable" veterans to serve on their behalf!?

However, everyone knows that if you want to achieve a seemingly beautiful and attractive prospect, you still have to face multiple obstacles.

The first problem we have to face is legality.

According to the imperial succession law, the establishment of the crown prince must first have the emperor’s official edict, but this is only the first step. After that, it has to go through three review meetings of the Senate, and the approval rate exceeds 50%. He officially became the heir to the throne.

The whole process often takes several years, and these are not what the nineteenth prince Andy currently has.

The second is how to deal with the opposition of other princes, especially the eldest prince Felavi.After all, before that, he was the most popular contender for the throne, and many veterans who followed Sidney XIV in the Southern and Northern Wars praised him as "very like a father."

But it is precisely because he is too much like the old emperor, many nobles are reluctant to see him ascend to the throne.

You must know that the old emperor has been in power for so many years, as long as he seizes the opportunity, he will definitely find ways to reduce the privileges of the nobility and continuously strengthen the central government's rule of the locality.

If the new emperor continues these policies of the previous generation, then if things go on like this, the nobility will likely be reduced to an honorary title. This is obviously a future that these vested interests do not want to see.

Therefore, Levins used the name of the queen to convene these nobles to discuss a feasible plan for the nineteenth prince to ascend the throne of God in a reasonable and legal way, leaving other princes speechless.

In order for the big guys present to make up their minds, Levins asked the queen to show everyone the edict they had just found from the "Royal Secret Pavilion".When everyone present looked at the edict they took out, the expression on their faces suddenly became a little subtle.

"Your Excellency Levins, the ink on this edict..."

"The Secret Pavilion is in disrepair for a long time, and the tide is a little heavy."

"..." xN

No one of the great aristocrats present was a fool. He understood what the edict was about at a glance, but he didn't understand it.Moreover, from a legal perspective, this edict is indeed "genuine."

Lichu’s edict generally has three elements. One is to use dragon scale paper secretly passed down by the royal family, the other is the emperor's seal with magic runes, and the third is the handprint of the emperor himself with "holy blood".

And the above three points, this edict is already available.

From this, it is not difficult to see that Her Royal Highness helped a lot!

With this "legitimate" edict for the establishment of the reserve, the people who were originally scrupulous immediately dispelled their doubts and offered suggestions, showing a strong willingness to assist the new emperor ascending the throne.

Everyone agreed that the news of his majesty’s death and this edict should be announced as soon as possible, and then a deliberation meeting should be held in the Senate as soon as possible.With these opinion leaders present, it is not difficult to get half of the votes.

Their current advantage is that they are close to the water towers, and they have seized the opportunity, but the imperial capital is a mixed bag, and the eyes of the various forces are very much, and the news will be spread out soon.Therefore, their actions must be fast, and before the other forces can react, they must first make established facts.

At this time, a veteran named Ledley suddenly spoke, expressing that he was worried that the other princes would not accept this fact. After all, they all served in the army, and they were all middle and senior officers, with troops under their hands.If any one of these princes rebelled in anger and turned into a civil war, it would be difficult to handle.

In this regard, Levins had a confident look, let him and everyone attentive one hundred and twenty, there is no need to worry about this issue.

Although there are as many as eighteen princes in the empire, there are also many factions among them. In addition to the most powerful prince, the third, fifth, and eleventh princes also have their own small groups of forces. Not very coping.

Especially the third prince and the fifth prince, the relationship between the two is not an exaggeration.Because there have been rumors from the outside that the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Third Prince was actually the seed of his fifth younger brother!

And if the princes can't join hands, then the central government will have a way to defeat them one by one.Even the most powerful Felavi, his subordinates are only a small half of the Southeast Military Region headed by the Seventh Armored Division, with only seven or eighty thousand people.

In contrast, the Central Military Region is in a crushing advantage in terms of quantity and quality.What's more, they also have "Military God" Howard, his old man is the queen's brother and the new emperor's uncle.With this family's blood relationship, who can he help if he doesn't help his family?

Under Levins' clever tongue, the huge benefits that can be gained after supporting the new emperor ascended the throne blinded everyone's eyes.

Queen Susan was also very happy. Although she didn't understand politics, she saw so many high-powered nobles present supporting her son Andy as the emperor. This was enough for her!

So the future of a huge empire was determined by the dozen or so people in the room.

At the same time, on the other side, although the First Marine Division located in the outskirts of the empire did not receive any orders from the top, Dragon still vaguely noticed something wrong.

Especially when they learned through other channels that the Imperial Guard suddenly took to the streets and blocked the streets outside the palace a few hours ago, prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving at will, the ominous premonition became stronger.

Someone seems to want to make a big news!

Faced with the situation in the imperial capital that seemed to be about to come, Dragon did not act rashly.He first tried to contact the military area command, and without any response, he called Roebuck, who is directly under the strong reconnaissance brigade of the division headquarters, and gave him more than a dozen fake slips, and asked the other side to send some smart and powerful subordinates. Just pretend to enter the city, trying to figure out what happened in the palace.

However, before these plainclothes elite set off, there was a shocking news from the city that King Sidney XIV had died.

The old emperor suffered a sudden myocardial infarction four and a half hours ago and eventually died due to ineffective rescue.Queen Susan made a proper response at the first time and called a group of veterans who were "loyal" to the royal family into the palace to discuss.

They will follow the will of the first emperor and support the 19th Prince Andy Sidney as the heir to the throne. The Senate will hold an emergency review meeting overnight for a sacred vote.

When Dragon saw this announcement, he understood everything at once!

Chapter 406

Since ancient times, in the process of the transition of imperial power, abandoning the growth of the children is the number one taboo.But it is such a truth that even the ordinary folks know, but people often want common sense. The incentive behind this can only be said to be caused by human desire.

It is not possible to find out at the same time when the announcement was received in Dragon. The Imperial Senate also held an emergency meeting at two o’clock in the morning. Many members of the Senate were forcibly awakened in their sleep by the military police directly under the Senate who broke into the house suddenly. , And then "escorted" to the parliament building.

Only when they got to the place did they know that King Sidney XIV died suddenly a few hours ago. They are now going to the Crown Prince’s review meeting. Three rounds of voting are going on in succession, striving to go through a “legal process” before dawn. ".

Many legislators can't help wondering in their hearts, who is this Prince?