Chapter 2882 Support

Military expansion is also limited, because there are countless countries that have reached the limit of military expansion and have been destroyed, such as Rome, Qin, etc. Now the Fire Nation has also reached the late stage of expansion. The one hundred years of expansion journey is already the end of its strength, and it is difficult to find a combat target that can make the expansion recover its costs.

The more they fight, the poorer they become, and the poorer they become, the more they fight, and they fall into a vicious cycle. Now the only two goals of the Fire Nation are the North Pole and Yonggu City. If the North Pole is not taken, then Yonggu City can only be taken.

Yonggu City can be said to be a heartache for the Fire Nation. It was fought a few years ago, but was stopped by the walls of Yonggu City. The Earth Power Kingdom did not fight a decisive battle with the Fire Nation and hid in the city walls. Even if the uncle could punch a gap in the city wall, it could not let the soldiers of the Fire Nation enter, and the war ended in failure. After that, the Fire Nation changed its method. They realized that the solid city wall could only be broken from the inside.

Now the new king has ascended the throne in the Earth Power Country, and his foothold is not stable. The internal interest groups are competing fiercely. Although the city wall can block the enemies outside, it cannot resist the internal guide party. There is no hesitation in selling out the Earth Kingdom for the sake of profit. So everyone in the Fire Nation knows that this is a good opportunity to break through Yonggu City. As long as it succeeds, it will go down in history.

At this time, the princess recommended one of her own to her father.

For a moment, everyone was shocked, because the princess's performance was not like a twelve-year-old child at all, and she was completely like an old fox with deep calculations. To be honest, everyone thought that the princess would definitely rush to Yonggu City when she saw such a credit, how could she give it to someone else?

Even the Fire King was surprised, because he thought he knew his daughter, she was just a willful child, and she would not consider others at all. Unexpectedly, the princess actually promoted the virtuous and appointed the capable, instead of rushing to take the credit for herself.

For a while, the court was strange, and didn't know what was going on with the princess. It seemed that the princess had grown up a lot and understood the right and wrong. She was no longer the person who wanted to take the credit when she saw the credit, but became a real manager.

Of course, when the princess recommended others, she also asked Duran: "What if the person I recommend has too much credit and wants to betray me?" This kind of thing is indeed possible, and this is what it means to be too successful and shock the master. And once this person gets the opportunity to attack Yonggu City, there will definitely be many people who will curry favor with him, including the princess's political enemies, who all want to get a piece of the pie. Whether the other party can keep their loyalty and stay in the organization of "The Master of the Imperial Art" is still a question.

Just like the game guild playing a dungeon, everyone gave the best equipment to a certain player, but this player took the equipment and turned around to go to other guilds. This kind of thing is not uncommon. So in order to keep the players who are concentrated on training, the guild will establish a small group and build mutual trust in the small group.

Duran told the princess that she should recommend people in the small group around her to ensure that the other party will not betray easily. Of course, this is just to reduce the risk, not to eliminate the risk. Duran told the princess: "So your highness must continue to develop, keep telling your own stories, expand your own interests, and make them inseparable from you."

The princess thought that this would be difficult. If she could really develop all the time, then her father should be able to do it, and it would not be her turn to tell stories with her brother.

But there is always a risk, and even if she encounters a betrayer this time, there will be another time. As a princess, her story will not end with a failure. Even if they are betrayed, they will still have a reputation of benevolence and justice, and the artificers who have no chance of promotion will be willing to follow the princess. Although the traitor has gained the credit of Yonggu City, there will be many people who are jealous of him and attack him. Without the support of "artificer supremacy", it is easy to be killed.

So the recommender has the risk of being betrayed, and the betrayer also has the risk of being killed, so both are risky, all the same.

In short, the princess finally accepted Duran's suggestion and recommended the personnel.

Duran had a feeling that this was like the Nine Dragons Fighting for the Crown Prince during the Kangxi period, but it was a pity that the Fire King had only two children and did not give birth to nine. After Kangxi's son Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he also encountered Nian Gengyao, who was more powerful than the master, and also encountered a crisis of betrayal and a crisis of trust. In the end, Nian Gengyao died miserably.

History is always similar. Although the technology developed is different, the development process is exactly the same, and the various things encountered are also very different. There are always people who say that what they have learned from history is that humans will never learn lessons. In fact, it is not that humans do not learn lessons, but because of the embodiment of the objective environment, so the parties have no better choice at all, and can only go this way.

When an industry develops to a certain extent, it can only move away from the real economy and enter the virtual economy, and can only enter the real estate and finance industries. It is not because they are stupid and greedy, but because the cost of maintaining the industry is getting higher and higher. If there is no breakthrough in productivity to reduce costs, they can only make money from other places, otherwise they will not be able to maintain it at all.

The reason why prosperity and decline is because of this principle. It is not that humans have not learned lessons from history, but that anyone who encounters the same scene in history will make the same choice in nine out of ten cases, whether they are kind or evil, smart or stupid, the result is the same.

So the princess's current situation has a strong sense of déjà vu, and it feels like Yongzheng in the Nine Dragons. In fact, it is because the princess and Yongzheng's environment are similar, so there is a sense of déjà vu. It is the same if the princess and Yongzheng are replaced by others, they are all similar.

Of course, if the princess didn't have Duran's help, she would see the credit and successfully occupy Yonggu City. In the end, although she succeeded in becoming the acting Fire King, she was deserted by her friends and relatives and had to fight the enemy alone. No one was willing to help her.

With Duran, the princess could create an environment similar to Yongzheng's and have a foundation for success.

The Fire King finally agreed to the candidate recommended by the princess, but there was one thing the princess needed to do, which was to recover the treasury funds. Many Fire Nation officials borrowed money from the treasury, and now hoped that the princess could get it back.

It was more like Yongzheng's déjà vu. Duran thought that it seemed that the Fire King wanted to train the princess. Although debt collection is a thankless job, it is indeed a good opportunity to understand the country's officials and the treasury. You can take the opportunity to see how much money there is in the treasury and what the officials are like.

Managing the Fire Nation is not just about fighting, it is a huge and complex project. The princess must understand that even if they are officials in the same court, there are many different kinds of officials, and these Fire Nation officials are not wholeheartedly serving the country. Many of them are thinking about getting promoted and making money. To manage such a large group of people, it is not enough to just give them credit, but also to use both kindness and force to control them.

The princess had the opportunity to understand the complex environment of the Fire Nation, which was really strange. These officials in the court looked serious, but secretly they were all fleecing the Fire Nation. It is harder than climbing to the sky to ask them to pay back the money, and they have a set of reasons. Simply put, they are very poor and can't pay it back.

Yongzheng was helpless at that time. Even if the princess could kill people, she couldn't make them surrender. These guys didn't give face at all. But after understanding the ecology of the Fire Nation's court, the princess also realized that being the Fire King is not so easy. Before, she only knew that her father's words were law and that one word could make the world tremble. Now she knows the difficulty of being the head of the family. The Fire Nation is full of people asking for money, and her father is not as glorious as he seems. It can be said that he is just struggling to support the country.