Today Is The Day You Die [TEXT]

>Now hang on a second. The political situation in Minos sounds like something you can take advantage of. The king has limited power, maybe you could make a deal with him. He does what he can to screw with the kingdom's defense plans, and you take out the dukes for him. Afterwards, you get half the kingdom and he gets to run the other half himself.

If you don't think the current king would go for this, then see if he has any ambitious heirs you could work with instead.