Start Sanctuary: I stole Athena

Chapter 30
"Father, the notice has been conveyed, and the four dukes have personally promised to come. Maybe something happened on the way." Sid, who was full of white hair, said weakly behind Caesar.

Sid didn't know why the four dukes who had promised to be good didn't show up?
Obviously I contacted them on the phone this morning, and they all said they were leaving, and they should have arrived early as usual.

Caesar noticed Colin's relaxed expression and his heart sank. He couldn't imagine that it was Colin's fault.

Little twelve, little twelve!

It seems that you really want to rebel!
But you really don't know anything about power!
Don't think that I have been sitting in this position for so many years, I can only rely on external forces!
"My dear nobles, dear leaders, you are the most heroic knights in the empire, I am very glad to see you here!" Caesar sneered in his heart, stood still on the stage and looked at the nobles below, his tone Said loudly.

"Recently, the empire has been somewhat uneasy. The Hundred Beasts Pirates have repeatedly invaded and challenged the bottom line of the empire several times... But with your full support and heroic fighting, we still won the final victory!"

"victory!"

"victory!"

...

A cheer came from the audience at the right time, regardless of whether they participated or not, all the nobles applauded and celebrated.

The generals defending the city of Stormwind were so excited that they almost used up all their energy, applauding until their hands turned red.

Emperor Caesar pressed his hand and continued: "In order to commend the heroes who have made great efforts for this victory, I will confer titles on them one by one!"

The audience naturally cheered again.

It has been a long time since there have been new nobles in the empire, and the changes in title promotion can be traced back to 20 years ago.

The territory of the empire was limited, and every time a new nobleman was added, a fiefdom would be drawn on the territory of the existing nobleman, and every promotion of the title represented the expansion and adjustment of the fiefdom.

Since Caesar made it clear here that he wants to award rewards, it must mean that there will be major changes within the empire.

Many powerful nobles have already quietly looked at Ryan. Ryan, the fifth prince of the empire, is also the biggest contributor to this victory. The second prince, Sid, did not make any major mistakes. Ryan has no rewards. I'm afraid that this time Caesar is going to take him under the knife.

A few days ago, many of the people present witnessed the scene where Ryan led his troops to surround Dislanca on the city wall.

Although there are rumors outside that Ryan is to defend the imperial capital, how can these old foxes who have lived for decades not know what Ryan is here for.

The first person to accept the award was indeed the number two person in Stormwind City——Count Anthony.

This is Ryan's confidant, the most powerful of the five commanders of Stormwind City, and also Ryan's most powerful supporter when he organized the rebellion.

At this time, Ryan's confidant was canonized as the marquis of the empire by Caesar.

This is also the first marquis that the empire has been canonized in the past 20 years. The first generation of Julius Caesar once issued an order to commend the four major duke families who voluntarily guarded the four guard islands around the empire. Only the four major families can inherit the title of duke. In addition, there will be no more canonization of dukes.

So in fact the marquis is the largest title in the empire, and the title of the empire above the earl can be inherited hereditary. One can imagine the gold content of the title of Marquis Anthony.

Anthony was also very excited, kneeling directly on the ground to swear his loyalty to Caesar.

This also indicates that after the first threat to the empire, Caesar finally began to attack the second threat - Ryan and the army of Stormwind City.

And his method was not what Colin expected—differentiation to win over.

Afterwards, a large number of key generals in Stormwind City accepted Caesar's canonization.

Will these new nobles born in Stormwind City continue to obey Ryan's orders in the future?Or will they change their doors and pledge allegiance to the new master?

There is no longer any suspense about this point. When Caesar conferred these nobles, he did not divide their territories. On the one hand, the empire has no more vacant territories. So many nobles can only be conferred from the existing noble territories. split out.

Or... divided from the fiefs of the princes.

The fifth prince, Ryan, has always been the most powerful among the princes. The fief itself is near Stormwind City. If all his fiefs are taken out, it is just enough to divide the titles this time.

Sure enough, after conferring all the titles, Caesar took the lead in launching the attack.

"The meritorious officials have been canonized, now we should talk about the sinners of the empire!" Caesar stared at Ryan with a gloomy face, and sternly reprimanded: "Old five, stand up for me!"

Following Caesar's words, all the nobles looked at Ryan, especially those newly canonized nobles looked at Ryan even more fieryly.

At this time, Ryan was a piece of gleaming gold in their eyes. Although they were all Ryan's most loyal men who were willing to help him take risks and rebel a few days ago, now they do not recommend becoming the most vicious wolf that bites Ryan.

"What's my fault? I repelled the Beasts Pirates twice, so why not reward me!" Ryan glanced at Colin beside him, and argued bravely.

At this time, Ryan no longer had any hope for Colin, but after years of planning, and his dissatisfaction with Sid being the crown prince, Ryan still did not want to bow his head and wanted to fight Caesar to the end.

snort!
Seeing that Ryan hadn't voluntarily surrendered, Caesar snorted and continued to reprimand: "If you have meritorious service, you must be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you must be punished, but merit and demerit cannot be offset.

Fifth, look at the good deeds you have done. Three days ago, you confused generals and besieged Dislanka in the name of defending the imperial capital. If it weren’t for the passionate soldiers of these empires who refused to follow, wouldn’t it be you who are standing in this position now? ! "

In just one sentence, Caesar made these soldiers who accompanied Ryan to launch the rebellion the heroes who stopped Ryan's rebellion. Seeing that Caesar did not care about their mistakes, these once most loyal subordinates of Ryan would not let go of this opportunity to clear their names and went crazy. Throw the blame on Ryan.

"His Royal Highness Ryan, you tricked us into rebelling in the name of defending the imperial capital, you should wake up now."

"That's right, Ryan tricked us into doing it."

"Fortunately, we discovered his intention in time and stopped him. We almost made a big mistake!"

All of Ryan betrayed his relatives for a while. Facing the backstabs of those he once trusted the most, Ryan was filled with shock and anger, but he also knew that the situation was over.

Thinking of this, Colin looked aside, saw that Colin was still shaking his glass unhurriedly, and thought sarcastically in his heart: "Little Twelve, don't think you can get by, with this old guy's method, you will be the next one." !"

(End of this chapter)