Chapter 531
2021-01-06
Chapter 531 Dissent (Part 1)After the meeting was over, Igor left the room with a frown. Some are depressed.
He now understands why "independence" has always existed in ancient and modern China and the Southern Sea and the north. From a personal point of view, there is some truth in the saying that it is better to be a chicken's head than a cow's queen: Being an official or a high-ranking minister in a big country is not necessarily more comfortable in some ways than occupying a backcountry and being a local tyrant or warlord. Not to mention, at least when oneself is giving the land simply as his Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and the Lord of the land, every day all has a clear goal and a clear mind, not only knows what oneself wants to do, but also can immediately have an idea. Get started...and stick with it unwaveringly.
Having been a big brother for many years, how can he immediately adapt to the feeling of having to negotiate with several people to do some pressing matters, but he was rejected by his superiors and called back when he was full of plans that needed to be implemented?
Feeling uneasy, Igor's eyes wandered, squinting and thinking of a solution to the problem in front of him.
"Lord Commander." Night's Watch was thinking about it, but a voice that was deliberately lowered but very clear suddenly sounded behind him, "I want to walk with Your Excellency, I wonder if you are free? "
The speaker was Petyr ·Baelish who left the Conference Hall first, didn't expect him to stand behind a pillar in the hall when he went out, and didn't speak until oneself passed by.
In the world of adults, "walking together" does not mean simply walking on the road, Igor immediately put away his thoughts and put on a shallow smile: "Sir Petyr! There are also a lot of questions that I need to teach you urgently, and you can't ask for it."
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The two are Hand of the Queen, who has been assisting Daenerys for many years, and the newly recruited Lord Commander of The Night's Watch, this is the first time I have time to meet as colleagues, and a brief exchange of conversations together won't cause any special attention or suspicion. After chatting about a lot of things, the two walked from the hall to the outside side by side.
Outside the house, it was late and the snow was still there, and the howling cold wind blew the flames in the brazier to the brink of extinction. The to-and-fro Unsullied and land-grant army soldiers were also much rarer than during the day. , Igor waved his hand for the guards to follow from afar, and the two walked a few steps to the Sept in Winterfell, which Eddard Stark built for his wife. He went straight to the topic: "Lord Commander was also present at the meeting just now, you may have doubted: dignified The Spider, what a smart person, why did he act like he didn't understand the simple truths that even children can understand, and he made tricks with eloquent words, Inducing Your Majesty to make a stupid decision like wasting time in the North?"
Of course I doubted it, and Igor had even speculated, but Littlefinger came to mysteriously to ask this question, of course Not to listen to oneself's clever answer. He shook his head and answered in a cooperative manner: "I really don't know, please ask the Prime Minister for advice?"
"To be honest with the Lord Commander, since Earl Varys went to the Queen with a large amount of information as a gift, I have been with him. There have been dissent and discord since then, and there have been disputes and debates every day and every three days. At that time, I thought that these 'political differences' came from different angles of thinking about issues, but in my heart, everyone was thinking about their own The way to serve the common master, and do my best to make suggestions for the benefit of Queen Your Majesty." Petyr shook his head solemnly: "It is with this idea that I am like you, the eunuch suddenly at the meeting. He jumped out from the top, and was caught off guard when he made random moves under the banner of morality, and failed to come up with a rebuttal immediately."
That's true, Igor voted and didn't answer.
"It's not accusation or dissatisfaction, but the Queen's temper is a bit strange, and the Lord Commander must have noticed that oneself: Your Majesty has not made up her mind, as long as others can figure out what she is thinking. , Well, it's easy to control her thoughts and let her make decisions based on her own thoughts... But at the same time, once she makes a decision, no matter how stupid or absurd the decision is, it turns out that it is Before she was wrong, no one could persuade her to change her mind." Littlefinger continued, returning to Westeros after being forced to live in exile for many years. Today, he no longer shows a wretched and narrow smile like before, and his speech and demeanor are much more stable. It is quite comparable to his Hand of the Queen status: "Now Varys first shot us a completely unprepared, we have lost the first game - for now, it is relatively futile to persuade the Queen not to waste too much on North. Time, what I am more willing and should think about is: what is the intention of eunuch suddenly offering this stupid trick, and how can we counter it?"
How open mouth, closed mouth are both " we"? Who is "us" with you!
Igor sneered in his heart, but considering that he was indeed on the same front as Littlefinger at the moment, he could not bear to dismantle the other party's trick of using subconscious hints to draw closer to each other: "Oh? I'd like to hear the details."
"My first thought is: Varys is using this to suppress Stark and help Bolton." Littlefinger didn't sell anything, but happily started talking about oneself's judgment , "You and I are both friends of House Stark, and friends of friends are also friends... Since you are oneself, don't say that cover-up. No one is blind - you, I, and Queen all know: House Stark is on Night's Watch. You used 'truth' to persuade you to be loyal to the Queen after breaking Winterfell. Not to mention that Robb's child's acknowledgement allegiance is indeed not voluntary. Take out the family property to support the restoration of a 'Mad King's daughter'."
The two gradually approached Sept, Petyr looked up at the rarely seen seven-pointed star in North, and then looked more and more. The darker the sky, he continued: "It is conceivable that once the Queen finds out that Duke of Winterfell's public allegiance cannot bring the full support of the northerners, then her attention and recognition of House Stark will be greatly reduced, and vice versa. The favor of Bolton, who has an elite soldier and is the first to vote, will be greatly strengthened. Since Bolton count is introduced to Queen by Varys, he has gained Queen's trust and attention, which is indirectly equivalent to Varys oneself's influence on Queen. Strengthened, The Spider won a small game in this power competition in front of the emperor, which made me stunned."
This is exactly what Igor conjectured, this time he was really convincingly nodded, And I'm even more curious why Littlefinger is still in an unfinished tone - according to experience, there must be content behind "but".
"However, after thinking about it, I'm afraid things are far from simple." As expected, the little man's voice became more serious after a turn, "With The Spider's experience and experience, and Mind, he will never fail to see the possible harm caused by Queen's trapped North's fighter delays and ineffective command to her seizing the Seven Kingdoms major event. I understand this eunuch, he is an extremely rational power player, good at And pay attention to maintaining the status and influence of oneself, but will never do stupid things of harming others without benefiting oneself out of anger. If it is just to support the allies he bet on in North, suppress House Stark, adults, you and me in Queen The image in his eyes, he has a thousand absolute options to choose from, and he will never give Dany such a muddled suggestion that jeopardizes her entire career, and thus her own status as a 'Master of Whisperers'."
"Varys will only spoil other people's affairs if he is sure that oneself can benefit." Petyr withdrew his glances, turned his head, and stared at the fake fool with sharp eyes in the raging wind in Winterfell. The stunned Igor: "After thinking about it, I suddenly realized: either this eunuch is old and sullen and stupid - this is unlikely, or... he puts the interests of someone or a force other than the Queen in the higher priority.”
“Then the question is: Queen wasted time in North, who benefits?”
Who benefits? Goosebumps all of a sudden...the pseudo-king Stannis, Riverlands Vale Storm Collar and even Reach, and...Night's Watch suddenly got goosebumps - awakened by the words of the people next to him, he subconsciously said: oneself really didn't consider this level just now .
Could it be...
"One of the issues that Varys and I were fighting and wrestling with before the Queen flew north on the dragon was: how to respond to the 'little Aegon' Greetings and dealing with this 'another Targaryen'. My opinion is that the Queen should remain oneself supreme, another Targaryen of dubious status, either unconditionally professing allegiance to Your Majesty or should be treated as a fake and enemies; and Varys' suggestion was to ally and marry the little Aegon, or at least make him his heir, to win over his golden group." Petyr continued, "Despite the quarrel, But Varys' suggestion is a very common and easy-to-think political method. Although it is not in my liking and interests, it is indeed a solution to the problem. Therefore, even though I am against it, I do not dare to criticize Varys and Queen for this. There are malicious speculations about his loyalty. But considering that eunuch suddenly sent a stupid trick today that didn't meet his standards, I suddenly dug up a detail that I had overlooked before after thinking about it: this guy is very important to the promotion of Queen and Queen. The alliance and marriage between Aegons seems to be too enthusiastic and caring!"
This is almost a clear indication, Igor knows what Petyr is going to say next, and he feels suddenly enlightened. It's not a fake shocked expression - one is surprise: oneself, who has more information as a transmigrator, has not been able to straighten out his thoughts faster than one of the natives of this world; the other is shocked: the situation facing oneself now seems to be more than before. It's a bit more dangerous and complicated.
"Could it be that his true allegiance is..."
"That's right!" Although Igor's words were only half a sentence, Petyr had already taken a step resolutely and decisively Acknowledging his reaction, and even slightly surprised that a Night's Watch can keep up with oneself's thoughts so quickly, subconsciously glanced at him with a mixture of admiration and jealousy, "Looking back on what happened in the past year, I Suddenly I found out: While I was busy dealing with a lot of shit for the Queen's war to retake the Seven Kingdoms, Varys was either trying to persuade the Queen to marry Aegon, or trying to introduce Jon Connington's messenger for Your Majesty. Before and after contact, let me know A bold guess arises: this guy's true allegiance is actually Prince Aegon, who has a dubious origin... He came to join the Queen, in order to lay a chess piece beside Daenerys and steal the Queen's legitimacy and victory for the former plan. Pave the way!"
"The Golden Corps already has a lot of strength, a considerable amount of battle strength, and the cost of being attracted. If there is such a person who should be blowing in Queen's ear, the probability of success is really great. Originally, I was concerned about Aegon. There is no conflict with the Queen, Varys is naturally happy to play the loyal minister, but now, with the Lord Commander, you are halfway out, the balance of power suddenly has a fatal tilt for him: there are Unsullied, freemen Legion and Dragon. Queen, and then gained the public allegiance and support of Night's Watch Legion and North, Your Majesty suddenly has enough capital to unify the Seven Kingdoms - "Win up little Aegon and his golden group", which became a dispensable overnight. Options. This forced him...to come up with a play that will trick the Queen today!"
Littlefinger just had a bold guess, but Igor, who knew the plot background, was In an instant it became clear that this was the truth of authentic. The simple model of the Three Kingdoms kill is enough to summarize what is happening in Winterfell at the moment: Varys, who plays the role of a traitor, suddenly finds that the lord and loyal ministers have drawn a lot of good cards this round. The only way to win is to make quick moves. , to contain the power of the main loyal party, and rebalance the situation!
But the metaphor is just a metaphor after all, and Igor quickly extended his thinking to think of a more terrifying point: Westeros is not a Three Kingdoms game after all. Rebels and loyal ministers deal with the lord" rule, you can skip the foreplay and directly target anyone!
And that means...
"For the better, Varys may just want to hold off for a while, allowing Queen to gain the advantage of Night's Watch and North's support over time and fighters. The disappearance of the spider has weakened, thus re-emphasizing the need to win over Aegon and the Golden Group." Petyr quickly stated his thoughts in a heavy tone, "But I'm afraid, the means and determination of The Spider are more than So, it's very likely that he wanted to use the time that we were trapped here to deal with House Stark and you and me, and even Queen Your Majesty herself, lest she go south and win one after another and become a little Aegon. Obstacles to rule the Seven Kingdoms!"
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(end of chapter)