Beyond the door is One Piece

Albana, the royal capital of Alabasta

Today, a grand meeting is being held in the palace. Officials who usually don't come to court at all are here neatly today.

In name, it was of course a deep mourning for the Tolkart family who were killed by pirates, but in fact...

Once the Tolkat family members died, there would be hundreds of extra jobs!

"I know what you are all concerned about. Just yesterday, the Tolkat family, the pillar family of Alabasta, was attacked by pirates. More than 700 members of the family were killed. This was a shocking terrorist attack. This is the most serious disaster in Alabasta for hundreds of years!" Kobra said in a serious tone: "As for the causes and consequences of this incident, we asked Miss Farley to explain the investigation. Miss Farley is from Crocodile. The secretary also followed Crocodile to the scene yesterday!"

Kalifa put on a small suit and short skirt, still showing her fair thighs, adjusted her glasses, and her solemn expression looked very professional.

"At 1517:9 pm on September 12, 8 AD, the Kuka Pirates sneaked into Arabana, and arrived outside the Tolkat family's manor at 36:8, launching an attack on the Tolkat family. , at 55:8, the gate of Tolkat Manor was breached!"

"Wait!" Finance Minister Robica Carmen raised his hand: "Miss Farley, isn't Crocodile protecting Alabasta? Why can a pirate group bypass his defenses and sneak into the capital? ?”

"Minister, first of all, please make it clear that Crocodile has no obligation to fight against pirates for you. He just lives in the rainland and wants to enjoy a stable life, so he just takes action to fight against foreign pirates!"

"You!" Robika was immediately angry, but he couldn't refute it. A group of small pirates could destroy a big family, but Crocodile could destroy the entire pirate group.

He can't afford it!

But he still had to talk about the scene, so he looked at Crocodile, who was sitting on the chair next to him, seeming to be dozing off: "Is this your attitude, Crocodile?"

Crocodile ignored him at all, because this was not Crocodile, but von Klay.

Von Kray joined the Baroque Works in April this year. His ability to imitate the fruits of imitation is not yet mature, and it will be revealed as soon as he opens his mouth.

As for the real Lao Sha, he is still on Earth.

His attitude was very arrogant, but in the eyes of the nobles, it was normal, because Lao Sha was such an arrogant person in front of the weak. Seeing this, Robika simply stopped asking him.

"Your Majesty King, can I continue?" Kalifa asked.

"Yeah!" Kobra nodded.

"At 9:24 p.m., the Royal Army arrived outside Tolkat Manor, but they did not attack inward. Instead, they guarded the gate of the manor and sent people to notify Crocodile."

"At 9:35 pm, the police force also arrived outside Tolkat Manor, but for unknown reasons, they also did not launch an attack."

"It was not until 10:42 pm that Crocodile rushed from the rainy land and rushed into Tolkat Manor, but it was already too late. Of the 755 Tolkat family members, 751 were killed, leaving only He gave birth to a child who was less than 2 months old, and because of the secret location, he was not discovered by the pirates!"

"The Kuka Pirates who attacked the Tolkat family are a pirate group that rose up in the North Sea. The bounty is only 240 million, but their strength is not at the 270 million level. After interrogation, we learned that the Kuka Pirates The reason for the attack on Tolkat Manor.”

"Kuka was once from Alabasta, but his childhood sweetheart was kidnapped by the third son of the Tolkat family patriarch, and Kuka..."

"Ahem..." Someone interrupted Kalifa: "No need to say the rest, that's enough here."

Who in this family has never done anything like robbing civilian girls?

But not many times, because they don't need it, they can buy it directly with money. Women from poor families are not valuable, and some families are willing to send their daughters to noble families as maids.

Because you can learn a lot from a noble family, maids from noble families are even popular in the marriage market.

As for whether the maid has experienced anything in a noble family, it is good for some poor people to have wives, so naturally they will not care whether it is the wife's first time.

And the world is like this, it has been lived like this for thousands of years, and gradually everyone got used to it.

"In that case, the above is the entire content of this 912 incident!" Kalifa said.

"Yes!" Kobra nodded and looked at the other nobles. Do you have anything to say?

"Your Majesty the King, I have a question to ask the heads of the two major families who are doing business!" Finance Minister Robica stood up again, targeting the two provinces of Military Affairs and Police.

"Now that your troops have arrived, why don't you attack instead of sitting back and watching the Tolkat family be slaughtered?"

"This..." The Minister of Military Affairs and Police was speechless. Is there any need to ask?

Our army and police are used to suppress rioters, but this time our opponents are pirates!

Pirates are all very vicious guys. What if they haven't been beaten yet and they end up being retaliated against?

Of course, the truth cannot be said like this, so Minister of Military Affairs Filin hurriedly said: "The order I issued was to fully support the Tolkat family, but the general who led the army was timid, which led to the demise of the Tolkat family. This general I took care of it last night!”

"Yeah, me too!" the police minister next to him said immediately.

"You!" Robica gritted her teeth, how treacherous!

I originally wanted to use this excuse to expel the two families into competing for interests, but now it seems that it is unlikely.

In this case...

"Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, I remember that you are responsible for the kingdom's intelligence work, right? A pirate group of more than 50 people sneaked into the kingdom's capital. Aren't you responsible for this?"

The Minister of General Affairs was also speechless. Who among you doesn’t know who? How can there be any intelligence work? I have money to support an intelligence organization. Can’t I just spend it myself?

I have already spent all my knitting money on my free wages!

Again, you can't tell the truth.

Then the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Rogge, said: "Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is responsible for the intelligence work of the kingdom, the princess has been engaged in industrial development recently. The floating population in the royal capital and the foreign population have increased significantly. Our intelligence organization is seriously short of manpower. There is no way to ignore some. Something..."

"Uncle Roger, are you blaming me for not engaging in industry?" Weiwei asked immediately.

"Um, no, no, industry is a good thing!" Although he doesn't think highly of his niece, she is a princess after all, so she still has to give her face.

"Hmph!" Weiwei snorted coldly and blacklisted the Rogge family.

Although Rogge was her uncle, it was just a title of seniority. In fact, the two families had no relationship at all.

Noticing that Robika's eyes were moving around, the remaining two ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labor were very comfortable. It doesn't matter to us that the pirates came in?

Seeing that there was really no way to attack more people, Robika had no choice but to give up, and then said: "Your Majesty, this country cannot be powerless for a day. Although the Tolkat family is no longer around, the Ministry of Justice still needs to operate. It just so happens that our family has many professional legal talents, and our Robica family is willing to share the worries of the kingdom and shoulder this responsibility!"

"Well, you Robika, you are so shameless..." Seeing Robica speak, several other families hurriedly followed suit: "Me too."

As for whether there are legal talents, who cares? It’s just a human being, as long as he can get a salary.

Zhou Qi listened with joy, these nobles were so powerful that a country could not survive in one day.

You make me laugh!

But there was no need for him to speak at this time. Kobra's ability to govern the country was not very good, and his ability to fight in the palace was average, but he was not without merit.

At least, he dotes on his daughter and listens to Weiwei's words.

So what to say and how to deal with it were all discussed last night, so just ask him to speak today.

"Legal affairs cannot be delayed, but so many of you say that your family members are good at law..." Kobra was worried: "If I have to choose, I really don't know how to choose!"

"How about this, I will give you a set of test papers related to law, and you will ask your talents who want to join the legal department to take this set of papers, and in the end we will select the best candidates, how about that?"

"Eh?" The nobles were stunned, and then nodded immediately. This is a good idea!

They didn't think that Kobra really wanted to use the exam to select talents, but they thought that this might be a time for them to determine the quota internally.

After all, it takes time to produce the test papers. During this time, the six major families can naturally decide how many places each family will occupy in the Ministry of Justice.

When the time comes, everyone can take the exam together and get zero marks. After all, aren’t they the only ones taking the exam?

"The king's plan is very clever!"

"Yeah, His Majesty the King is so wise, we couldn't think of such a good solution!"

Zhou Qi smiled on the side, you have watched the Three Kingdoms, but you don't know that the imperial examination system that ruined the foundation of aristocratic families started in the Sui Dynasty, so you can't see the profound meaning behind the selection of candidates.

Moreover, who said that only nobles can take the exam.

"This is the law of the capital of Alabasta!" Cobra waved his hand, and another guard brought up several large boxes full of books.

The nobles hurriedly opened the box and saw a total of six sets of books in purple, pink, red, blue, green and gold.

"Alabasta Constitution", "Alabasta Administrative Code", "Alabasta Criminal Code", "Alabasta Civil Code", "Alabasta Commercial Code", "Alabasta Traffic Code".

"Do we have so many laws in Alabasta?" The nobles were a little confused, but they were not in charge of the Ministry of Justice before, and the laws could not control them. They really didn't know how many laws there were in Alabasta.

Since the king moved out so many, there probably really were that many.

"The content of the exam will be based on questions from these six books!" Kobra said: "Today is September 9th. If the exam time is set, it will be three months later, December 12th!"

"Will this take too long?" a noble asked. After all, wouldn't you be able to pass with a zero score?

"How long? Soon, not soon at all!" Some smart nobles have already figured out that the quota is given to them, but the quota has good and bad qualities. After all, can the status of the Minister of Justice be the same as that of a local judge?

Everyone got zero points in the test, so naturally everyone discussed the distribution.

But what if someone in my family can score 100 points?

Doesn’t the Minister of Justice belong to my family?

Many nobles have decided to urge the young people in their families to study hard after returning home, and take advantage of their opponents to get high scores before they can react, and kill them!

So the nobles stepped forward one after another and took away a set of books.

But the box was too big, and the six major families only took six sets.

The other petty officials looked at it enthusiastically, and one petty officer asked: "Your Majesty, can we participate in this exam?"

Robika immediately glared at the little official, "Who do you think you are? You dare to come and steal our things?"

But he felt something was wrong as soon as he saw it. Why were the officials waiting for the king's answer?

Robika was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses.

By the way, in the past, these high positions were monopolized by the six major families, and these petty officials could only do some work such as staff paperwork.

But who doesn’t have the ambition to make progress?

And although the Ministry of Justice doesn't have much to do, it is still a large formal department. For ordinary people, entering it is equivalent to reaching the sky in one step!

If you have an opportunity to reach the sky in one step, will you shrink back just because of the power of the nobles?

"It won't have much impact, I guess..." Robica tried her best to comfort herself, and then looked at Kobra expectantly, rejecting him, rejecting him, we are just a family.

But Kobra pondered for a long time and said: "In that case, you should also choose one."

!!!

Robika was immediately angry, but after thinking about it, he still felt that the impact was not big.

After all, the examiners, candidates, and appointment authority all belong to me. So what if you get high marks in the exam, can you still be dismissed?

The petty officials hurriedly took away the boxes one by one.

But after dozens of people took it, there was still half the book in the box!

The guards looked at it with eager eyes and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, there are many more of these books. What should I do with them?"

"There are many?"

"Probably moving boxes, seventy or eighty books!"

"Well..." Cobra pondered for a moment and said, "Since everyone has collected it, it's useless. You should take the book out and deal with it!"

"Yes!" The guards immediately carried the box and left the hall.

"That's it!" Kobra said: "On December 12th, I wish all the children of your family to be named on the gold list!"

"The king is kind!"

"Well, it's rare that everyone is here together today, so we don't have to leave in a hurry. I've asked the palace chef to prepare a feast. Let's all have a taste!"

When the king invites you to a meal, naturally no one will leave without looking at it, and the palace banquets are always long and smelly, with various singing, dancing, and drama performances.

I obviously came for a meeting early in the morning, but I didn't leave until 08:30 in the evening.

Robika excitedly took out five books and summoned No. 11, who had no position because the order was too late.

"Do you know what this is?" Robica asked.

"Um, what's the textbook for the Double Twelve Method Test?" No. 11 said.

"Eh?" Robika was stunned: "How did you know?"

"It has been spread all over the world!" Eleventh Son took out a newspaper: "This is the supplement of Fanxing Entertainment Newspaper. It said that the Tolkat family was destroyed, a total of 422 positions in the Ministry of Justice were vacant, and the king decided to use examinations method to select 422 talents to fill the vacancies in the Ministry of Justice. As long as you register, you can take the exam. These five books are the content of the exam and are now sold out in the market!"

"Wait!" Robika was confused: "It's impossible, eh?"

He remembered.

These five books are not only in the hands of the six major families, but also in the hands of a group of petty officials, and the guards also took away many of them!

So it is impossible to keep it secret!

But it's obviously a banquet within our big family. How come it turns out that you can take the exam just by signing up?

Who is spreading rumors?

"Prepare the carriage, I want to enter the palace!"

Half an hour later, the heads of the six major families who had just left the banquet came to the palace again.

"King, what's going on?" Robica handed over a newspaper.

Cobra read the newspaper with an expressionless expression, then slapped the table: "Rogg, how do you explain?"

Rogge was speechless, what does this have to do with me?

"How could the things we discussed in the palace be spread outside?" Kobra said sternly: "How do you keep it confidential?"

Co-authoring is really my problem!

But didn’t I say before, there is no one!

But seeing that the reason why there was no one was that he was eating empty wages, Rogge could only apologize. The other five clan leaders looked at him and wanted to strangle this fat man to death.

"What should we do now?" Feilin asked.

"First of all, we should close down this newspaper, secondly, recover all newspapers and books, and then issue an announcement to tell the people that the legal exam has nothing to do with them?" Before Robica could even finish his suggestion, he felt that Kobra wanted to kill someone. look.

"The Fanxing Entertainment Newspaper is only registered in Alabasta, but its headquarters is in the East China Sea. Moreover, they are also a cooperative media of the Navy and the Bounty Hunter Guild. Their current sales volume is second only to the World Economic News, ranking second in the world. Is this what you think? Can it be sealed just by sealing it?" Cobra said angrily: "Besides, are you going to confiscate newspapers and books?"

"Uh..." The police officer and the military minister lowered their heads.

With the execution and combat effectiveness of the soldiers in their hands, it should be impossible.

Moreover, do their soldiers have no children?

They will also be thinking about taking the exam!

If you want to recover all newspapers and books, you are going against everyone!

As for the consequences of going against the people, Tolkat has already given the results.

"Then, let's just ignore it?" Robika was still a little unwilling. Wasn't this kidnapped by public opinion?

Cobra nodded helplessly: "This is the only way, but you are not without advantages. All the Alabasta codex are written in ancient Chinese. Who in the entire Alabasta can understand ancient Chinese better than you? You are taking the exam You already have a head start, but the premise is that you must study hard in these three months!"

"This..."

"Moreover, you have to pass the test with high scores!" Cobra continued: "Since it has been published in the newspaper, our Alabasta law test has been spread all over the world, so we can't even reserve a quota, otherwise it will be embarrassing. Arrived abroad!"

The clan leaders suddenly turned pale, as if, this is it!

"Stop standing here stupidly, go back and urge your family to study hard!" Kobra waved his hand: "I'm tired and need to rest!"

The team leaders had no choice but to leave.

Before leaving, he glared at Rogge fiercely, all because of you!

Roger shrugged, not caring at all.

Although the secret was leaked due to my fault, it is impossible to change it.

After all, it’s really fast to make money from free money!

The intelligence team has even more personnel than the police and the Ministry of Military Affairs.