Chapter 2910: Respect the King and Punish the Traitor

The Fire King has his own problems, the Crown Prince has his own problems, and the Princess has her own problems. Different positions have different problems, and of course, the ultimate root of their problems is the Fire Nation's problems.

The Fire King wants to reduce the military and release the military power. If he fails, he will be killed. Anyway, he has to find a way to save money.

The military also has its own reasons, that is, the celestial beings cannot be trusted. Trusting the celestial beings now is equivalent to seeking the skin of a tiger, and will be bitten back sooner or later.

The Fire King also knows, but fortunately the celestial beings do not ask him for money, at least not now. He was frank with the military boss, and the Fire Nation's finances could no longer support it, so he had to do this.

"Free is the most expensive." The boss said excitedly, saying that the celestial beings are free now, and they will definitely charge money in the future, otherwise why do these celestial beings come to the Fire Nation?

The Fire King certainly understands, but the current situation in the Fire Nation does not allow him to worry about the future. "I am worried about the present, and let my children worry about the future." Many times, the reason why the person chooses a very stupid approach is because he actually has no choice.

Even if the Fire Nation maintains military spending in order to oppose the Celestials, first of all, the Fire Nation army may not be able to defeat the Celestials, and secondly, the Fire King's money can no longer support it. If the Fire Nation does not use the Celestials to reduce military spending now, when there is really no money, the Fire King may have to face the mysterious Celestials and the army asking for military pay at the same time. Wouldn't the situation be more embarrassing at that time? It's just the lesser of two evils.

So even if the Celestials are only temporarily free, it can give the Fire King a sigh of relief.

The big guys know that the Fire King is determined. Since he has promised that the big guys' descendants can be prosperous and wealthy, several big guys also realize that they can't continue to fight against the Fire King.

The pursuits of the military big guys are also different. Some people think that prosperity and wealth are enough. As long as their descendants can live a rich life, they don't pursue any swords and swords. There are also big guys who think that only by controlling the army can they have a truly stable method and seize the initiative.

Because of different ideas, they can't unite. If the military continues to fight internally, the Fire King has a greater chance of winning. In the end, several big men agreed to reduce the army in exchange for wealth and honor.

Relying on the gods, the Fire King finally completed the action of reducing the army.

After the information of the reduction of the army was leaked, many officers found the princess. The Fire King only promised a few big men a rich life, but did not promise that every officer could live such a life. Naturally, they could not sit idly by, so they found the princess.

There was no problem with the confidants of the big men, because the big men also asked for wealth and honor for the confidants, and asked the confidants to help them reduce the army.

But the Fire Nation Army is an army that relies on expansion and plunder to maintain. A large number of officers participated in the war just to get promoted and make money. How could they give up?

"Princess, there are traitors around His Majesty, we must respect the king and fight against the traitors!" The officers said excitedly, indicating that the princess would lead the military to fight against the thieves at this time.

This sense of déjà vu is so heavy. Back then, the Fire King also led the young and strong faction of the military to launch a coup against his father, directly killed his father, and ascended the throne himself. Now the princess is also like this. A group of young men are dissatisfied with the Fire King's military reduction. They hope that the princess can lead them to kill the treacherous ministers around the Fire King. Of course, it doesn't matter if the Fire King is killed, as long as the princess can pay the military expenses.

The princess wants to take action, but she is afraid of Duran.

If there is no Duran, she would have taken action long ago. But she doesn't think that if there is no Duran, the Fire King will not be determined to reduce the army, and she will not have such an opportunity.

The princess faces a choice, should she move or not? If she moves, once she succeeds, she can ascend the throne smoothly. Of course, if she fails, she is estimated to be worse than the prince and may be imprisoned forever. If she doesn't move, she will miss the opportunity in vain.

With Azula's character, she will naturally choose to move. As long as there is a six-fold chance of winning, she can take a gamble.

"Father listened to slander and ignored the many challenges facing the Fire Nation. He insisted on reducing the army, which actually hindered the foundation of the Fire Nation. Today I set up the banner of respecting the king and punishing traitors. What do you think?"

"Your Highness is wise, Your Highness is wise!" The officers said that Her Highness was right and that they would have meat to eat if they followed her.

Soon the princess united a force that could not be ignored and formed a separatist trend in the Fire Nation. She issued many articles to punish traitors and denounced her father's behavior of disregarding the foundation of the country. She expressed that her behavior was not rebellion, let alone treason, but respecting the king and punishing traitors.

As long as the Fire King kills the traitors, it can be as if nothing happened.

"What a good Azula!" The Fire King did not expect his daughter to gather so much power. It seems that his disarmament is not going smoothly, but it doesn't matter. He still has the Celestial Organization, so he found Duran and said, "I hope the Celestial Organization can help."

"I can help, but after you complete the disarmament, how are you going to develop the Fire Nation?" Duran asked curiously.

"The plan you gave Azula is very good." The Fire Lord is going to copy Azula's approach and also conduct military-to-civilian conversion. Because there is really no other way out. Although they occupied Yonggu City and robbed it, they can only do it once. After the robbery, they have to wait for Yonggu City to recover.

Even if they cut leeks, they have to wait for the leeks to grow. So there is only one chance to rob. Now that they have robbed, they must take the development route next. If they complete the disarmament, the plan should be able to proceed smoothly.

The direction of development is not so easy to find. The Fire Nation is already at the forefront of the world and can only move forward by groping. Duran's plan route can be said to be very clear, including the key transformation of military-to-civilian, and there is also a global trade system, covering transportation, payment and other contents. No matter who becomes the king, he will definitely choose this.

A family of three, the Fire King, the Crown Prince, and the Princess have no other way out.

In fact, even if Duran didn't say it, it would probably be such a development in the end, because this is the historical trend, and the Fire Nation has no better choice in this situation.

"Azula is now following my old path. If she really succeeds, the military will revive again." The Fire King said that if everything goes back to the way it was, it would be meaningless.

If Azula relies on the military to get to power, it will evolve into military expansion at that time, but this road has already been completed.

"Because you directly betrayed the grassroots officers and soldiers, it's no wonder that they support the princess. At the beginning, the crown prince was exiled by you just for speaking for the soldiers. Now you are going to take away their jobs. It is natural for them to rebel." Duran said as a matter of course.

"That's why I need the help of the Celestial Beings. I know they have reasons to rebel, but I won't allow them to interfere with the future of the Fire Nation. This is politics. It's always about sacrificing some people, and not everyone can benefit." The Fire Lord said coldly. In this respect, he and Azula are similar. They can destroy hostile forces for the sake of their goals, no matter who the forces are, whether they are sons or daughters, or soldiers of the Fire Nation.

The Fire Lord's personality can be said to be completely opposite to the Avatar. The Avatar is cautious, while the Fire Lord is decisive. Should he find a way to have the best of both worlds, or directly achieve his goal through forced sacrifice? These are two completely opposite paths.