You make it as if there always was an implied threat. It's not necessarily the case. It could very well be "I noticed you decided to become a diplomat, that's great! Since you can't recruit so many troops now, I'll redirect some of your revenues to your peers so they can recruit more."
How it's phrased doesn't matter. It's still taking away part of his income.
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Timothy Collett
"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire...is your heart." "You are what you do. Choose again, and change." "One of these days, someone's gonna plug you, and you're going to die saying, 'What did I say? What did I say?'" ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan
