Chapter 461: 461 The First Year of the Empire
Chapter 461 461 The First Year of the Empire
"We need enough support, especially the support of the empire!" Lanes, in the brand-new palace, Lanes I, who had just become the emperor of the empire, was listening to the request of the dwarf envoy.
The dwarf from the Ice Kingdom respectfully explained his purpose: "I hope that Your Majesty Lions can help the Ice Kingdom."
"After all, Lions is a young empire, and its qualifications in this area are still very shallow. Our support is not necessarily the most powerful for the Ice Kingdom." Lions I fiddled with Tang Mo and gave him of a work of art, glancing at the dwarven envoy.
It’s true that we are all allies, but we still have our own interests. From the perspective of Lions I, supporting the Ice Kingdom in this matter does not do him any good.
The grand spectacle of King Lions I ascending to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor was seen by those who were interested, and it greatly stimulated their ambitions.
The king of the Ice Kingdom, who has captured Ironforge and established prestige among the surrounding dwarf countries, also has thoughts of proclaiming himself emperor.
So 15 days after the establishment of the Lions Empire, he sent his own envoys to seek support from various countries, preparing to enjoy being an emperor as well.
However, because everyone has just witnessed the birth of the Lions Empire, there is some lack of interest in supporting a new empire. After all, no one is willing to watch more and more powerful empires.
Especially the countries of the "Datang Group" in the north, they are directly facing the pressure of the powerful Ice Kingdom, and they do not want to see the Ice Kingdom become an empire.
In fact, the two elven empires, the Poplar Kingdom and the Pinewood Kingdom, have been secretly supporting the dwarf kingdom, which is not easy to deal with the Ice Kingdom.
The Orc Kingdom of Galles is also handling its relationship with the dwarves cautiously, and is unwilling to easily express its stance on whether to support the dwarves in re-establishing a powerful empire.
The Kingdom of Susas also has its own considerations. They do not want to offend neighboring countries by supporting the Ice Kingdom and cause tension on the northern border. Therefore, they tactfully stated their neutral position and resolutely refused to interfere with the dwarves' establishment of an empire.
Seeing that these four kingdoms all have their own plans, if the Ice Kingdom wants to be successfully upgraded to a true empire, it can only look south for its supporters.
The Kingdom of Dorne has an ambiguous attitude. They actually wholeheartedly agree with the upgrade of the Ice Kingdom to an empire.
For nothing else, but because the King of Dorne was also considering becoming emperor, he would not refuse to make an exchange of interests with the dwarves in this matter.
The two countries soon reached a consensus. The Kingdom of Dorne supports the Kingdom of Ice to become the Empire of Ice, and the Kingdom of Ice will also fully support the Kingdom of Dorne to become the Empire of Dorne!
Now, the dwarves focus their strategy on the two empires, the Lions Empire and the Nanla Empire. As long as these two empires support them, there is a lot of hope for the Ice Kingdom to be upgraded to the Ice Empire.
I have to admit that in terms of favors, Lions I did owe the Ice Kingdom a debt - when he proclaimed himself emperor, the other party expressed support.
However, in terms of national interests, Lions I had to think carefully and make his choice carefully.
"I will consider this matter!" When he didn't know what to do, Lions I put down what he was doing and used a procrastination technique.
The dwarf envoy also knew that he would not easily get the support of the Lions Empire, so he bowed slightly and exited the living room.
The door to the side was opened, and the imperial prime minister and several ministers walked in. They heard the dwarf's request in the next room.
Originally, among the conditions for the Datang Group to fully support Lions I's proclaimed emperor, there was a condition for rearranging a prime minister. However, with the exchange of interests between the two parties, this condition was abandoned by the Datang Group.
So, the old prime minister of the kingdom has now taken a back seat, and the current prime minister of the empire is another confidant of Lions I.
The emperor of the empire would not allow an old man with an unclear relationship with Tang Mo to continue to sit in the position of prime minister and influence the empire's decision-making.
Even among the ministers who came in, the Imperial Finance Minister Simone was nowhere to be seen—he was also excluded from the empire’s core decision-making circle.
"Your Majesty, supporting the Ice Kingdom is strategically beneficial to us. We can set our own price." The prime minister of the empire expressed his opinion.
"Indeed, if we support the growth of the Ice Kingdom in the north, then at least we can create pressure on the kingdoms such as Yangmu, Songmu and Gales, so that they can focus their main energy on the north." Another minister also agreed.
"Things are not that simple! If we do this, it will almost be like giving the Kingdom of Dorne a good start." Another minister was worried and warned. The ambition of the King of Dorne is almost the same as that of Sima Zhao. The operation of a vast country that wants to be upgraded to an empire cannot be easily hidden.
Therefore, anyone who is interested in investigating will not be able to conceal it. Everyone knows that after annexing the two kingdoms of Talon and Shiron, the Kingdom of Dorne has even become as large as the Lions Empire in terms of land area.
With almost equal national strength, there will naturally be equal ambitions, so the Kingdom of Dorne’s small calculations are very clear to the Lions Empire.
Hence why Lions I was so cautious in supporting the Ice Kingdom to become an empire.
The information he holds is that Dorn and Binghan have secretly supported each other. This information is very likely to be true!
Support the Ice Kingdom to become an empire, and then you will have to face the situation where the Kingdom of Dorne becomes the Dorne Empire - this is very detrimental to the Lions Empire.
At that time, the Lions Empire will be faced with attacks from both sides by the Dornish Empire and the Nanra Empire in the south and east at the same time - this is not a situation that the Lions Empire wants to see.
Even if it only puts more pressure on the border areas, it will be enough to make the newly born Lines Empire breathless.
"Although in fact, the Kingdom of Dorne has already put huge pressure on us on the border, if they become an empire, our pressure will only be greater." After he finished speaking, he looked at Lions I.
Lines I said nothing, thinking in his mind whether he should accept such a situation: three empires were established in one breath, and the water of his emperor was infinitely compressed.
If two other quasi-empires were established one after another, then who is he as an emperor? a joke? Or a tragedy?
Why did he spend so much money and even incur huge debts to become the emperor? Why... isn't it just for the name? Isn't it worth the price?
It's fine now. If he didn't pay attention, he would end up traveling all over the empire, and the emperor would be worse than a dog. The eldest brother with the title of emperor can't count them on both hands, so if he wants this title, he still has one. Bullshit?
So, Lions I is now aggrieved, and he is even a little resentful: Datang Group seems to have given all-round support to the issue of the Ice Kingdom being upgraded to the Ice Empire.
In other words, the Datang Group is behind the matter of Ice Empire! Thinking of this, Lions I felt uncomfortable all over again.
It seems that Mr. Tang of Datang Group is becoming more and more unreliable! Then should I prepare for defense in the direction of Yucheng?
Thinking about it, he felt bad all over. The Lions Empire rose rapidly because it relied on the Datang Group. As a result, it has now become a passive situation being attacked from three sides.
Nanla in the east and Dorne in the south are actually just minor troubles. The most deadly thing is the Tang Group with terrifying energy and bottomless strength!
Had it not been for this group’s recent efforts to attack the east coast of the Endless Sea, Lions I would definitely be even more restless now.
Recently, the Datang Group has been attacking the State of Zheng. But after the Datang Group conquers the State of Zheng on the east coast of the Endless Sea, where will Tang Mo focus his attention?
In terms of strength, the Datang Group, after taking control of Zheng State, definitely has the strength of an empire. It is no longer restricted by population and land, and will also have terrifying mobilization capabilities and war potential in the future.
He has the confidence to deal with the Nanla Empire, and does not think that he will be defeated by Dorne in the south. However, whenever he thinks that he has to compete with such a powerful Tang Group, his whole body will tremble with fear.
"Your Majesty! We still have to consider the opinions of Datang Group on this matter." After the prime minister thought about it for a while, he still said something that made Lions I uncomfortable.
However, it is uncomfortable to be uncomfortable, and Lions I really wants to consider this suggestion. If he didn't consider Datang's opinions, he might not even be able to pay off tomorrow's loan interest.
Thinking about it, Lions I became angrier the more he looked at Tang Mo's gift on the table in front of him. As soon as he reached out to grab it, he wanted to throw it to the ground.
But his hand had already been raised, and then slowly lowered - he couldn't help but feel a little pain when he thought about the so-called price of this thing; he also thought that this thing was a "national gift", and he was afraid that Datang Group would be uncomfortable knowing it.
Finally, he put the ornament back to its original position, sighed, nodded and said, "Then send someone to ask Mr. Tang what he meant..."
Fifteen days later, the King of the Ice Kingdom proclaimed himself emperor in Ironforge, and the Ice Kingdom was officially renamed the Ice Empire. The Nanla Empire and the Kingdom of Dorne sent congratulations, and the Lions Empire later sent gifts to express its goodwill.
A month later, the king of Dorne was proclaimed emperor.
Three empires were established one after another, and this year was therefore called the First Year of the Empire.
(End of this chapter)