return to the throne

As soon as Emily's voice fell, the entire lobby fell silent.

The ministers are also tangled in their hearts, yes, it is unheard of for men to have children, does this really happen?If Adrian was lying, then the child would most likely come from a commoner or a daughter-in-law, and would definitely not be able to ascend to the throne.

Moreover, only Adrian is talking to himself now, Carlos has not expressed his attitude so far, and he did not show up on such an important occasion. I don't know if it is because he is dissatisfied with Adrian's actions.

Old Pete sneered, "No one knows this child's life experience, and your one-sided words alone can't prove anything." The silence of others gave him the courage to fight back, "Besides, even if it is true, it is a child of a pagan. The Black Dragon only believes in the God of Light, a pagan king, the Pope will not recognize it."

"This is the second point I want to say." Adrian said calmly, "The church today can no longer be trusted by us. It has a Pope like Sith, which proves that the God of Light will no longer bless this country. , and will no longer bless us, so why do we have to pay a lot of taxes to the church and let them breed on us like blood-sucking worms?"

Adrian looked around, "So I decided that I want to change my beliefs. From today on, the Goddess of Truth is my final destination. Not only me, but you all must accept the teachings of God of Truth."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was confused.

Soon the others refuted loudly, forgetting about what happened to James just now.

"How dare you do this? This is absolutely not allowed!"

"The God of Light will not forgive betrayers!"

"I think you are crazy, Duke..."

Seyes yelled, "Quiet!" He looked at the others seriously, "Shut up all of them, and listen to what the Duke has to say."

Although he was also surprised that the other party suddenly wanted to carry out religious reforms, his trust in Adrian prevailed, and he wanted to know why Adrian did this.

Adrian said, "The Black Dragon has a total of 218 temples of light throughout the country, distributed in various towns and cities across the country. Every year, the church plunders countless money, utensils and food from us and our people. We The people in China are always in dire straits. There was a famine in the north ten years ago, and one out of ten people starved to death, but the Church of Light never gave us assistance. Eight years ago, the Phoenix River in the south flooded, the farmland along the way was destroyed, and the livestock died. The Church of Light There was no tax reduction. Two years ago, the Paris Stirling family rebelled, and 20 people died because of the war. We asked the church for help, and the answer given by the Church of Light was to send people to accept Quinn's canonization." He paused Suddenly, the tone was a little sarcastic, "It's such a church, what qualifications does it have for our loyalty?"

"But that's all... when Pope Sith was in power..." someone murmured. "I believe that when Pope Norman succeeds to the throne, all this will change."

"Your Norman Pope's taxes are not low... Earl Cowley." Adrian glanced at the person who refuted him, and called out his name accurately. "If I remember correctly, the tax on your fief is one-fifth, right?"

Earl Cowley nodded, "Yes, Your Highness."

"You are a good man, Earl Cowley. Many lords pay half of the tax." After Adrian finished speaking, some people panicked, because they were the lords that Adrian said.

"And the church collects three-tenths of the tax from us, so it's no wonder that our farmers are starving." Adrian said, and then he turned to Seyes and asked, "Syyes Lord, starting from this spring, how is the progress of my people implementing the new tax system?"

Seyes understood Adrian's meaning, "After the church's taxes were no longer collected directly from the farmers, the death rate of the population was reduced by 20.00%. With some spare money, I can eat meat at least twice a week."

Although he still has to endure the exploitation of the lord, at least his life has improved, and the infant mortality rate has also been greatly reduced.

"But that's not enough, adults." Adrian said, "The church will not agree to the new tax bill. Their temporary compromise is just because the Norman Archbishop is not yet the Pope and needs our support. The Pope, he will not allow the Black Dragon to levy taxes independently of the church, he will oppose our decision and re-appoint new priests, and by then, your fiefdom will not be your one-word hall, and will be mixed with the forces of the Church of Light."

"Actually, it's not bad..." Another minister couldn't help but said, "Anyway, our income won't decrease, and it's okay to make those common people poorer, so that they won't think wildly and do some unrealistic things." Dream."

Adrian looked at him coldly, "You mean, it doesn't matter if my people go hungry?"

The other side looked awkward, "It won't be so starving. The harvest of the manor has been very good in the past few years, and few people in my territory have starved to death..."

"The famine in the north is still vivid in your memory, and you have already forgotten the suffering you suffered at that time. I heard that you could even eat moldy black bread at that time, Earl Merry." Old George said suddenly, Earl Merry's face immediately turned white and red, and his face was as stiff as a dead body. Old George snorted, and then stepped forward and said loudly, "I support the Duke's proposal. The Church of Light is no longer the one we trusted at the beginning. That church, its hand stretched too far, beyond our bottom line, should we continue to tolerate what it does? No, it is impossible, no one will endure such endless oppression, and no People can try to take a piece of money from us when we disagree. Guys, don’t forget the current situation of the black dragon. We can’t experience a turbulent society again. People need to work, eat, and cultivate their lives. Only in this way will the people feel at ease and the society can be restored, and those greedy moths of the Illuminati Church must move their buttocks and stay away from us."

Seyes went on to say, "During the previous Northern Wars, the church did not help us, but it took at least one-third of our money every year. If this income was used for the military, There will be no careerist like Paris Sterling."

"However, it is too drastic to change the belief for this reason, and the public will not agree..."

"Yes, we have to consider the demands of ordinary citizens. They are not working hard and have no right to express their ideas. If they object, then we can't force them..."

For a while, everyone was against Adrian's proposal, but they knew that such persuasion was basically ineffective. The reason was that Phoenix City Lord George Newcastle and Seyes had expressed their attitudes and they chose to support Adrian. install.

With the support of the two ministers, the pattern of the black dragon is basically determined.

For now, the North has no right to speak, and the regime in the Polar Region is very unstable. The newly-emerged family just happened to be promoted by Adrian some time ago. However, Adrian did not hand over the ruling power of the North to the Polar Regions, but chose another innocent and cowardly family as Pallister's successor.The Samuel family is the new lord of the abyss swamp. They happily expanded their territory, and very quickly chose the correct team - allocating all their knights to the service of the Duke of Lanka.

Old Pete finally came to his senses, "His Royal Highness, we are clearly discussing the matter of your illegitimate child, but you use the Church of Truth to distract the topic, which is really not a clever way." He does not believe that men can conceive~ anyway, Therefore, this child was regarded by him as a compromise between Carlos and Adrian, because Carlos also wanted to get involved in the black dragon, so he acquiesced in the existence of Adrian's illegitimate son.Old Pete could almost imagine the condition proposed by Carlos, that is, let the Church of Truth settle in the Black Dragon, so that he could use the name of the Goddess of Truth to nibble away at the Black Dragon's rights.

Old Peter, who thought he knew the inside story, couldn't help being upset. For the sake of this illegitimate son, Adrian went so far to fabricate his life experience, and even changed his belief under the pretext that he was the heir bestowed by the Goddess of Truth. He had to expose Adrian Ann's lie, denying that child's status, otherwise, he really has no chance of winning in this battle for the throne.

"I'm here to inform you, Lord Sax." Adrian said coldly, "James is my son, I don't need to prove anything to you, belief in the Goddess of Truth is also my decision, if you have any objections..." His voice was uneven Big, but everyone heard it clearly, and suddenly a tremor rose in their hearts, "Then you can stand on the opposite side of me with the Church of Light."

At the end of the meeting, Emily plucked up the courage to stop Seyes, "Uncle, I have something to talk to you in private, please come with me."

Seyes stopped chatting with other nobles, and turned to look at Emily, "Your Highness, you can talk to me here if you have anything to do."

Emily glanced around, and the others walked away obediently, and Emily no longer hid her thoughts, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, why do you help brother, but don't speak for me, may I ask what I did wrong?" What?" Emily really couldn't understand that they were all the children of the former king, but Seyes always looked at Adrian differently, but was so indifferent to her, "My brother promised to give the throne to my child, but he broke his promise Now, he still wants to push me out of Lanka's circle of power. Does he want me to go back to that terrible place in the polar region and live with Sachs and his son forever? I don't want to do this, please help me!"

Seis said, "I didn't help your brother, Your Royal Highness." He paused, and couldn't help but ask back, "But as your relative, I want to ask, Emily, you did such a terrible thing yourself. Things, don't you know?"