Chapter 514 The Artifact Has Not Been Decided yet, Who Will Be Crowned King?

Although it sounds harsh, these are honest words.

After all, who would be willing to cooperate with a group of outsiders who lack credibility if there is any help?

Including Eleanor herself, she really couldn't find a direction for development, so she decided to go all out and mix with the pioneers.

As for the other side, whether it is because of their own history or Yang Yue's experience, the impression left by the nobles on the players is too bad.

They bully men and women, levy heavy taxes, and collude with evil gods. They are simply a group of pure-born, standard insects that can't be more standard.

They are disgusted with each other. There is an irreconcilable contradiction between the players and the nobles, so Ji Ming didn't answer his question at all, but asked instead.

"Your Highness, let's be frank."

"You recommended Fia to be the princess. In addition to not wanting your sister to suffer as a brother, there should be other reasons, right?"

"Uh..."

Seeing that Philip pretended to be hesitant, as if he still couldn't bear to give up this face, Ji Ming shook his head and had to smash the window as well.

"Or, you!"

"Why did you try so hard to pass the test and become a prince?"

In fact, Philip didn't need to answer this question at all. Anyone could know the answer, so Philip was sure that Ji Ming suddenly asked such a stupid question, and there must be other intentions.

After thinking for a moment, he sighed, and simply said it frankly.

"Because I... want to be the next king?"

"That's right, because you want to improve too much!"

Ji Ming raised his voice.

"So at least in your own eyes, you should have regarded yourself as the future king, right?"

Philip was stunned, gritted his teeth, and nodded vigorously.

"Of course!"

"Good, very energetic!"

Ji Ming responded and continued.

"Then I heard that in the glory of forty years ago, when the two saints were in power and His Majesty and the Queen were in their prime, the orders from the palace could be transmitted to any corner of the kingdom, and no one dared to question or disobey them."

"Even in the glory of twenty years ago, they could still support the Marquis Changge's war of national defense despite the opposition of countless nobles."

"But now? Let me say something disrespectful. In this era when His Majesty and the Queen are old and their ruling power is out of control, two dukes in the opposition who can't even get into the capital dare to collude and force the king to make concessions!"

"What does this show?"

"This shows that a powerful king cannot be afraid of his own subjects!"

Not to mention Fia, even Philip, who has always been fooling others, was stunned.

He even thought... Yes, I am the future king, why should I be bullied by these trash!

Fuck!

He was so angry that he even bowed to Ji Ming before speaking in a sonorous voice.

"God's choice! To be honest, I have always felt dizzy and restless these days, as if my brain was blocked by someone. Today, after listening to God's choice, I was enlightened!"

After that, he poured a glass for Ji Ming and himself, and just clinked glasses with the rough guy in the bar, and drank it all in one gulp.

But despite his excitement, he quickly calmed down.

He coughed lightly and said seriously.

"God's Chosen, I really want to be the king. Are you willing to support me?

Uh...

It is no exaggeration to say that Ji Ming is confident enough to push any of the nine princes of the Glorious Royal Family who have successfully passed the tribulation to the throne.

Since this can include Eleanor, who is theoretically not possible, it can also include Philip, who is quite powerful and can be called the Little Heavenly Strategy of the Other World.

But from the perspective of intimacy, Eleanor, who is an ally as soon as she appears and is considered a half-relative, must have the highest priority among the nine.

Ji Ming seems to have no reason to skip her and choose to help Philip, who ranks second... unless he is a [data loss].

Although since ancient times, both Yangyue and Earth have not lacked crazy people who are extremely eager for the throne and are willing to give everything for it.

But if you study the lives of monarchs in detail, you will know that this is definitely one of the most bitter, difficult, and disgusting jobs in the world.

For example, the eternal emperor of the Yangyue world, who pacified the chaos in the world at the end of the Holy Tree, and built Giuseppe the Lionheart, the first king who founded the Deep Forest Kingdom.

He claimed to be the Emperor of Tang and Emperor Wu of Han, but he didn't even have time to enjoy his life in peace before he got the same ending as the Emperor of Song, dying in conspiracy and cunning.

Another example is Anton VI, who had a powerful time traveler as a partner and could show his skills and even became the king of the revival.

In the end, he still lost miserably, his beloved daughter died, his love was exhausted, and he could only live a bad ending in the palace.

Alas, since the road to becoming a king is destined to be treading on thin ice, then it is ultimately immature. How can Eleanor, who is still in a bad mood and unable to take on the responsibility, reach the other side?

What's more, she is still a good person. This good person... In all conscience, can a good person be a king?

If she is lucky, she will only kill herself. If she is unlucky, hehe, the whole Huiguang will die!

Therefore, even if Eleanor takes the initiative to propose, Ji Ming will do his best to stop her from becoming king. This is the duty and responsibility of a friend.

However, the country cannot be without a master for a day. The old sun is no longer good. Even if there is a spirit gathering liquid to keep him alive, he will not live for a few days.

So even if it is just to avoid internal strife in Huiguang and to ensure that the Fourth Disaster Plan proceeds steadily, the kingdom should have a clear successor.

Then, Ji Ming's choice is...

"Of course, I also think you are very suitable to be the king!"

Although he does not think that Philip can be a saintly king for all eternity with his ability, and he may not even be able to make Huiguang look like a revival.

But as long as he can keep the foundation for the next period of time, this investment will be a sure win.

Philip was naturally very happy with the support of Ji Ming, a smart man, but just when he was smiling, Ji Ming changed his tone.

"But what I said does not count. The religious power and the royal power do not affect each other. This is the iron rule set by our ancestors."

"I am just a small god's choice. If you want to become the king, you have to work hard on your own."

It's just an objective fact. Philip knows it, so he didn't lose his smile on his face, but waved his hand casually.

"This is natural, this is natural!"

But since Ji Ming has decided to support Philip to take the throne, he naturally has to provide some substantial help to this important ally.

So after that, he used history as a mirror and discussed with Philip how to become a qualified king.

They were all smart people, so there were many consensuses, but they disagreed on how to deal with disobedient ministers.

Because when the always kind God gave the answer of "make a decision when necessary, and kill them all if it really doesn't work", Philip, who wanted to choose appeasement, was confused.

"What... what? What do you mean by killing the nine clans?"

There was no way, the two grew up in different environments.

In China on Earth, the feudal era of princes and power games actually ended when the Qin Dynasty was established.

In the thousands of years since then, regardless of origin or race, the founding emperors of various dynasties all chose the game rule of "conferring but not building".

Regardless of their status, the princes and nobles of the empire were rootless water with empty titles and salaries, but no real land power, so they naturally could not stir up any waves.

After Chongba Ge ascended the throne, it was even more exaggerated. He directly abolished the prime minister, the head of all officials, and established a cabinet that was only responsible for himself. He also made the imperial power supreme, set up all officials like house slaves, and completely destroyed the pride of the literati.

So in Ji Ming's eyes, what kind of shitty nobles, those useless things like those who are disobedient, ignorant, and do not work, should all be physically optimized!

It is even said that the emperor of the Zhu family is too stupid, and should learn more from King Chuang, and prepare a few more tables of Fulu banquets for everyone when there is nothing to do, isn't it beautiful?

However, the current development achievements of the Yangyue world, although slightly changed under the influence of the little lion, are still similar to the Middle Ages in Western Europe as a whole.

Therefore, under the continuous intermarriage of major families, let alone the nobles of their own country, some energetic and many children may even have distant relatives in neighboring countries.

Now it's good, all relatives are there, how can the king let go and kill the traitors, after all, if you implicate them too much, you may even be stabbed in the knife!

The best example is Mount & Blade.

For those civilian soldiers recruited by the lord from villages or towns, you can capture, detain, sell, release, or even execute them because there is no such function in the game.

But do you dare to touch the captured nobles?

Hey, let me tell you, even if he is so cruel that he can repeatedly plunder your fiefdom for seventy or eighty times, you must feed him well and wait for his relatives to redeem him.

Why? Because if you bite your teeth and make up your mind to kill him, not to mention the enemy country, even the lord of your own country will have a great impression of you!

There is no way, this is the master, the master... Can the master be killed?

This is also one of the reasons why the old guys Xia Guang and Li Guang dared to speak loudly to the king before. They were sure that the old sun would not dare to do anything to them!

Philip, who grew up in such an environment, naturally infected with such indecisive habits, and he just couldn't be ruthless in the affairs of the nobles.

However, Ji Ming was not anxious, but shook his head and decided to use talk therapy.

"Your Highness, I heard that the first thing you did after you became a feudal lord was to raise the tax rate on merchants while reducing the tax rate on farmers. Is that right?"

Philip hesitated: "...Yes."

"That's right! How many money can a poor man have? Earning money from rich people is the right way. I admire your wisdom and kindness!"

Since he had already praised to this point, Ji Ming naturally changed the topic.

"But kindness should also be used in the right place!"

"Look, now the nobles in the East and North have become disloyal to the royal family, but you are still thinking about whether there are more gentle means to solve the problem. This is not smart!"

The map that was unfolded on the table before was not put away, so Ji Ming took the opportunity to gesture on it.

"Look at this land. The failure of the Iron Legion caused almost all the Glowing Light forces to withdraw from the Western Territory. Now twenty years have passed. Have the Deep Forest people really not come up with more ideas?"

"I have seen at least three Deep Forest masters on the Meteorite Peak. Since they are lurking around us, who can guarantee whether they have developed more allies in the Glowing Light Territory?"

"Your Highness, think about it. If we allow these bad apples among the nobles to continue to destroy, when the Deep Forest people come, they will work together inside and outside. At that time, we will probably have to cede more, or even all of it!"

At this point, Ji Ming not only made simple gestures with his hands, but also added some ups and downs to his words.

"Your Highness, the situation of Huiguang cannot allow us to hesitate!"

"Powerful enemies are all around us, and life and death are at stake. Huiguang needs our rescue!"

"Your Highness, what do you think?"

At this point, this is no longer a simple trick, but a speech of the same style as Xier, and the main point is an incitement!

So the effect is significant. After the speech stopped, Ji Ming immediately heard a short and powerful voice-"Hmm!"

"Good, very energetic!"

Seeing that he had successfully hooked Philip into a black carp, Ji Ming slapped the table and immediately wanted to...

Hey, wait a minute, is Prince Fei's voice so crisp?

So Philip, who was still struggling, and Ji Ming, who was full of doubts, looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Fia, who had been forgotten for a long time, just like the background board of the fighting game.

As the third person at this table, she really listened to the whole debate.

So it was not just the prince, she, who was incited by Ji Ming, was also thinking with her head down.

Ji Ming:...

No, sister, I was fooling your brother, how come you also started to understand the truth! ?

And until she found that the surroundings suddenly became quiet, she raised her head in confusion.

"Why don't you continue? Why are you looking at me?"

"Cough!"

Prince Philip coughed violently.

"You... Fia, didn't you say you were tired just now? Well, I'll ask the hotel owner to open a room for you. It's late, you should rest first."

Fia was so excited by Ji Ming's heroic words that she didn't want to leave, so she shook her head repeatedly.

"Ah? Brother, I'm not tired, I'm just happy to hear it."

But Philip's attitude was firm, and he grabbed her and wanted to walk out.

"Why do you, a kid, care so much about adult matters? Go, go, don't disturb me and the Chosen One from discussing serious matters!"

"But I'm already 20 years old! Why do you always... Ji Ming, speak for me!"

Ji Ming didn't have any opinion on whether Feiya was present or not, after all, it was just an extra pair of ears, and he was dealing AOE mental damage.

But if he disagreed with Eleanor not being able to go further, then Feiya couldn't become king at all.

There was no way, with Philip, a sister-con who wanted to do everything for her, Feiya had no leadership ability to speak of, and going up would only hurt others and herself.