Chapter 513: Blood Night Influence

Sure enough!

After listening to Li Ang's words, the old man frowned slightly, then asked:

"Why did you kill him?"

"Because of work needs."

Because he didn't know how much the old man knew about the "underwater world", Li Ang didn't directly tell the blind story he had made up, but asked back:

"How much do you know about the Cleanup Bureau?"

"Slightly understood some."

Since he had carefully investigated Li Ang's file, he naturally wouldn't not understand his work. The old man pondered for a while, waved his hand to let the two guards leave, and then lowered his voice:

"The royal family has a manual. After writing a name on it, one can maintain the 'silence' of one's own soul while knowing the existence of abnormalities, and will not invite attacks from abnormalities. My name is also on it.

Also, since you mentioned the Cleanup Bureau, that is to say, this time it is actually not that the Laien family had infighting, but related to the 'work content' of your Cleanup Bureau?"

A manual that can keep the soul "silent"? It seems that not all "ordinary people" don't know the existence of abnormalities, just that the number is not large.

After keeping this news in his heart, Li Ang nodded:

"Yes, Bobby Laien merged with an abnormal object, not only trying to snatch the abnormal object I was keeping, but even threatening me with the lives of ordinary people, trying to force me to tell the secrets of the Cleanup Bureau.

Although the Cleanup Bureau has requirements not to take action against ordinary people unless necessary, the situation was urgent at the time, and he could no longer be counted as a person, so I could only take action and kill him."

So that's it...

After learning the "truth" of the Laien Blood Night from Li Ang's mouth and comparing it with other situations he knew, the old man's tightly locked brow couldn't help but relax slightly.

If Li Ang had directly said the answer when he asked at the beginning, he might have caught a few suspicious points and continued to ask.

But Li Ang first "embarrassed" him with two questions, and after confirming his degree of understanding of the Cleanup Bureau, he "reluctantly" revealed the "real" situation of the Laien Blood Night.

As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a thief, and a thief is not as good as a thief who can't be stolen. The situation now is similar to this.

Compared to the easily obtained answer, the credibility of this information that was not easily obtained is naturally much higher. At least the Minister of National Defense, who only had a slight understanding of the Cleanup Bureau, had basically believed Li Ang's words, but...

"If possible, I hope you can change the way you say it."

In Li Ang's somewhat surprised gaze, the old man said seriously:

"For your Cleanup Bureau, naturally, you should say what you should say, but when others ask, I hope you can cooperate with us and define the Laien family's matter as an infighting."

Us?

Although as an "ordinary person", Li Ang didn't know much about the political situation of the kingdom, he had heard some about who was standing behind the Minister of National Defense.

"Princess... preparing to take action against the old nobles?"

"Yes."

Honestly admitting Li Ang's judgment, the old man said:

"If you want, it's fine to say it more bluntly... This is a frame-up!" After saying what he wanted to do without any avoidance, the old man's falcon-like sharp eyes stared dead at Li Ang's eyes, carefully observing his expression while explaining at a very fast speed:

"No matter if it was rebels or infighting, the Laien family who died so many key members are completely finished. However, the old nobles are a whole. Even if the Laien family completely loses power, the positions they vacated will not fall into the hands of others, but will be quickly divided and topped by other nobles.

By then, besides the Laien Arms Company becoming the Ma Sai Ni Arms Company, the people surnamed Laien in the Road Administration Department, Finance Department, and Agriculture Department will all become people surnamed York, or people surnamed something else, and everything will continue to operate as usual, and this country will still not have any changes."

After finishing the possible situation as briefly as possible, looking at Li Ang who was listening carefully, the old man's tone rose slightly, and he said seriously:

"But it's different now. As long as you are willing to cooperate and prove that the Laien family's incident was an infighting, you can create an excellent opportunity for the Princess to allow this country to take a big step in a better direction!"

"I didn't understand."

Li Ang frowned after hearing this, and asked with some confusion:

"No matter infighting or rebel attack, aren't the people who died all Laien family members? Why can it provide a good opportunity for the Princess?"

"Because the kingdom needs to maintain stability, and no department should have large-scale vacancies at once."

Looking at Li Ang, who clearly didn't understand political games and whose degree was even worse than his daughter's, the old man thought for a while and explained as simply as possible:

"Among the two hundred or so clansmen who died in the Laien Blood Night, more than one hundred were middle-level officials in various departments of the kingdom, especially in the Road Administration Department and the military. These two departments alone were short of nearly eighty people at once.

Among the forty-seven subordinate departments of the military, one-quarter began to accumulate work documents because of this, and two small branches were temporarily suspended because they lost their main managers.

Although the old nobles will quickly send people to fill them, it will take at least one or two months for new officials to take over and become familiar with the work, and it may take more than three months to completely deal with the accumulated work, and even related departments will operate poorly for the next half year because they are not familiar with it."

After briefly talking about the direct impact of the Laien Blood Night, the old man continued seriously:

"But it's just one noble family having infighting, and it can cause such serious consequences. What if two, three, or even more nobles have accidents within half a year? This is the best excuse to take action!"

As long as the incident can be defined as infighting, the Princess can use the reason of ensuring the normal operation of the kingdom to demand a reduction in the number of old nobles in various departments in the parliament, checking and balancing their overly huge power.

Even if it fails in the end, it can demand that the old nobles cede power, ensuring that a certain noble family cannot occupy too large a proportion in a certain department, so as not to cause related departments to come to a complete standstill after similar problems occur.

And when these nobles have no way to have a large number of clansmen in a certain department, those who lean toward the Princess have room to operate, can try to unite with others to check and balance, and even try to snatch back the control of key affairs for this department!"

Speaking of this, seeing the beautiful future of the Princess's successful reform and sweeping away the accumulated ills of the kingdom for many years, the old man couldn't help but flush slightly, and his eyes were full of excitement:

"Take the Laien family as an example, think about it, if the number of Laien family officials in the Road Administration Department is reduced to half or even one-third of the original, can

If the number of people in the Laien family involved in military procurement also drops to half of what it was, can the Laien Arms Company still eat up so much of the military's budget every year? If... what is it?"

"Someone from Her Highness's side has come..."

One of the two young officers walked into the ward with a warrant and said with a strange expression:

"The person sent by the Princess said... the old Duke of the Laien family is not going to make it, and requested that the top five in the line of succession rush over as soon as possible..."

The Lionheart Duke is not going to make it?

Hearing the young officer's words, the old man's expression brightened slightly, and he immediately stood up from the hospital bed and said decisively:

"In any case, consider my words first. A good opportunity like the Laien Blood Night will really not happen a second time. Your choice might become... what is it again?"

"That..."

After looking at Li Ang, who was covered in bandages on the bed, the young officer said helplessly:

"The one on the bed is the fifth-in-line heir of the Laien family..."

"..."

Huh?!?!?

(End of Chapter)