One Hundred Routes of Counterattack

This protracted trial lasted for ten days, and finally came to an end through various collection of evidence, witness testimony, confession of the person involved, etc.During the ten-day interrogation process, there were many twists and turns. What is surprising is that the king never said a word during the process of the third-level accusation of injustice and attempt to reverse the case, as if he really showed that he was a king against the king. Respect for the law as well.

His quiet, elegant, and calm image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it took ten days to cover the court with a sacred and solemn veil.

"Contempt the royal power, break into the palace, and hold the king hostage. The above crimes are enough to be sentenced to death, and they should be sent to the guillotine at a later date." Panic, as a crime below the third level, it is also the death penalty, sentenced to hanging." The judge finished his solemn voice and looked at the king sitting beside him.

Leaning on the scepter, the king stood up slowly, walked to the judge's side, and nodded slightly to the judge's court badge above to show his respect.

"I believe that if a country wants to have long-term peace and stability, the existence of laws is indispensable. This is why in this incident, I chose to hold a public trial in this sacred place, in order to allow everyone to obtain a fair result. It also allows justice to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, to prosper and grow from generation to generation. Your Excellency, I remember that in the "Holy Code", there is such a clause that in the face of special cases with great influence, judges can refer to the victim's thoughts to make decisions, is this true?"

The judge froze for a moment, there was indeed such a rule.But is it not enough to sentence those people to beheaded?

"Of course, Your Majesty, as a victim, you are indeed qualified to express your views."

Han Xiu laughed with satisfaction when he heard the words: "I thought that I did not think carefully about the third level, no, about the interests of the merchants, but this is not a reason for you to violate the royal power. Of course, you are all mine. My people, as a king, I should and must be tolerant and merciful.

"So, I think that a better way of punishment is to exempt you from the death penalty, but to deprive you of your property. Your property will be rushed into the treasury as wealth for building the country, and used for public works such as building border defenses, maintaining city appearance, and building water conservancy. , and you have to pay a certain number of years—for example, 20 years, voluntary labor to make up for your crime of contempt for the king.

"After that, I will prudently hold a three-level meeting again to discuss the political status and social power of the third level. Death is not a suitable end, and you have to be responsible for your own actions. Your Excellency, do you think this is the case? What about the punishment method for those who broke into the palace?"

The judge opened his mouth and glanced at the gallery.At this time, someone in the auditorium reached out to signal.The judge saw that it was His Excellency Cardinal Hoffman Rachelsis, okay, another big man.He obediently let Hoffman stand up to speak.

"The Holy See believes that His Majesty's punishment method is generous and benevolent without losing majesty and punishment. The Holy See can feel the holy light coming from His Majesty the King. This is the holy king bestowed on Nora by our Lord. The Holy See hereby proposes, Among the victims in the Grand Plaza of Drades that day, the staff of the Holy See agreed that His Majesty's handling method was more in line with the majesty and mercy of our Lord, and they hoped that these people involved could also refer to His Majesty's handling method for more effective punishment."

"..." The judge was dumbfounded.

Yes, the judge is very worried about this punishment.Although this sounds good, he has a keen feeling that this may be a more painful way than direct death: deprivation of all wealth.For anyone with great wealth, this is a way more painful than death.He could fully feel the king's sternness, and he could also predict how many ordinary people at the bottom of the people would be "inspired" by the king's kindness after the incident happened.

He looked helplessly at the noble seat. For him, agreeing was the best choice, so that he would not have to bear the king's anger, but if he agreed, it might hurt the interests of the nobles.You know, these people are alive, and it is inevitable that Ye Changmeng will be involved in some secrets. Let's see the result of the coup. In the end, the big nobles took power. Who knows if these nobles were involved in it at the beginning?Furthermore, even if they were all innocent, many aristocratic women were frightened in the Grand Plaza of Drades that day, and these fragile and proud ladies were not so easy to deal with.

But in other words, the king has already voluntarily requested to "relax" the punishment to show mercy, and the Holy See is also bearing the brunt of it. It is inevitable to lead by example and draw attention to the riots in the Grand Plaza of Drades. .

So the prime minister stood up again and expressed his approval of the king's "benevolent yet majestic" approach.

Unity of opinion.Your Excellency the judge breathed a sigh of relief, and finally knocked down the sentencing blow.

The trial process this time brought the entire city of St. Betty to focus on this big court, and people were talking about the final trial results. Of course, their comments on the young king had already changed 180 degrees.

"He is such a benevolent king without losing his majesty. I thought he would kill all those people, but I didn't expect him to let them serve."

"This is indeed a more reasonable approach. As he said, people must be responsible for their actions, and death is not so terrible."

"It's good. I mean, the king has grown up and matured, and maybe we can look forward to a better future?"

The courtroom was quiet just now, but with the dismissal of the judges, the crowd began to pour out slowly, and people's whispers could no longer be restrained.

Sitting in the auditoriums on both sides, Cardinal Hoffmann and Prime Minister Duke Ditra, who were in the limelight at the end, got up and walked to the center at the same time. They first saluted respectfully to the king who was still sitting on the throne, and then Expressed congratulations to the king for obtaining a satisfactory trial result.

After that, the prime minister turned and left. When he passed by Hoffman, he couldn't help but lower his voice and say, "What exactly do you want?"

Hoffman looked as usual: "I'm just doing my duty under the king's inspiration, my lord."

"Humph."

The prime minister is not stupid. Not long ago, he and Hoffman were able to reach a tacit understanding and cooperate seamlessly, but in this matter, he has clearly felt that he was led by the king and Hoffman in the whole matter. Walk.Obviously, he didn't think the king had the courage and courage, so it was Hoffman who decided to break the original tacit understanding between them, which made him feel a little dissatisfied. Look, His Majesty the King seems to be inseparable from this man for a moment. up.

Watching the prime minister leave, the king walked up to Hoffman: "It seems that someone is in trouble?"

Hoffman snorted twice: "It's just a little trouble. Then, my king, I have good news for you. Everything is as you wished. There is a person who wishes to see us."

The king raised his eyebrows: "A girl?"

"Yes."

==

Time goes back to the afternoon when Judgment Day just started.Oscar Dua was secretly summoned, and the king and the bishop handed over to him the task of investigating the attempted kidnapping on that day, and reminded him to start the investigation from those few houses.

That day, Oscar Duwar came home very late, and as soon as he entered the door, he excitedly embraced his girlfriend Zhou Tiantian who was waiting for him at home and walked around several times.

"Oh, sweetheart, you would never have imagined what happened to me today." His voice was full of excitement and excitement.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Tiantian asked with a smile.

"The king! I saw the king!" Oscar didn't notice that the smile on Zhou Tiantian's face immediately froze as he said this, "Yes, the king! ("You saw the king?") You can't imagine , What a handsome man he is, benevolent and kind, yet majestic, his performance in that trial ceremony today is comparable to countless heroes in history."

"But... when the king returned to the palace in the morning, it seemed that some accident happened? Did he get to Sitra Palace safely?"

"Oh yes, God bless my king, His Majesty the King did not take that car, he changed his mind temporarily. You know about this? Oh yes, you told me to go back to watch today, yes, but this matter is after all It's a scandal, so the royal family tried their best to keep this news under wraps, so as to let those fugitive suspects relax their vigilance. Sweetheart, this is exactly what I want to tell you, you know, His Majesty the King remembered it under the recommendation of the bishop My name, he asked me to be in charge of this investigation. I have already seen my bright future, the rising red sun, oh~" Oscar kissed Zhou Tiantian excitedly, he strode towards the side of the wine frame, "Today is really a special day, no, recently, I feel that I have changed my luck recently, and have been appreciated by big people one after another. It's time to celebrate, right?"

Zhou Tiantian smiled reluctantly, with a gentle and sweet smile: "Yes, congratulations." She took the wine glass from Oscar, touched it lightly, and the glass made a crisp sound.

Looking at Oscar's eyes shining with excitement, the cloud in her heart lingered for a long time.

The king is fine!The one she grabbed was a fake!It is an indisputable fact that someone is eyeing the king!And her lover, her hero, Oscar comes to track it down!

When Oscar went to wash up, Zhou Tiantian sat on the sofa in a daze, she unconsciously gnawed on her nails, this is what she would do when she was extremely confused.

What should she do?

She hurried upstairs, wrote a few letters, and went downstairs to have the attendant send them overnight.After everything was arranged, she was still walking back and forth in the living room uneasily.Is it too late? I hope her arrangement will work, and I hope there will be no telltale signs.

However, in the next few days, bad news came one after another:

Wang's excellent performance during the trial made the people's evaluation of him higher and higher.

Over the past few days, Oscar's brows have become more and more frowned, but he has also become more and more excited. He often said: "This is really a big case. Sweetheart, the people behind it are very smart. This is like a maze, going around layer by layer. But I will definitely dig out all the truth."

But Zhou Tiantian was getting weaker and weaker. She knew that Oscar had continuously broken through the two layers of scapegoats she had prepared. Maybe the next moment, she would have to face Oscar's unbelievable eyes.

She had to find a way to stop this.

==

Zhou Tiantian's current body is a standard Nora beauty, with exquisite and profound facial features, fair skin, blond hair and blue eyes.Through the gentle and soft softening of her unique Asian character, she has a different kind of charm.

——It's no wonder that Oscar can be controlled to death.

She has a dignified manner, and when she walks in, she is full of momentum. She doesn't look weak in the face of Nora, who can be said to be the most powerful men. Fuman raised his eyebrows and gave the lady a not weak score.

Indeed, although the king and the news all hinted that maybe this woman is the person behind the scenes, but limited by the common image of most women in this world, Hoffman still had no idea about this woman before meeting her. The claim is questionable.

Now, however, he knew it was time to overturn his ideas.

Zhou Tiantian has not grown a little in the past five years. She has used her foresight in technology to ensure her keen speculative vision, but this is not enough. Whether it is the means of negotiation or the art of gaming, it is also in her hands. While the career is getting bigger and bigger, it has been effectively exercised.She is no longer the original girl who felt that she could become the center of the world when she came to this world after reading a few novels. For these rulers standing at the top of the era, they are still easy targets to be killed.

That's why she chose to compromise.

She knows her powerful bargaining chip: strong business operation ability, keen speculative vision, these are enough to make the royal family who is always short of money look at her differently.She prepared a set of sufficient and reasonable reasons to "confess" why she attacked the king, and only hoped that this reason and her bargaining chips would be enough to make the king stop pursuing this matter.

However, how could Han Xiu and Hoffman give this respectable and poor lady a chance to come up with her "reasons" to fool people?

They preemptively expressed their control over the situation, Han Xiu gently but suddenly got to the point: "Actually, I have been waiting, waiting for when you will come to me for a showdown."

After the words had been spoken, Zhou Tiantian forced a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Oh, maybe you don't know, I heard you and your boyfriend's name, Oscar Dua, a few hours after the merchants captured the grand plaza of Drades, broke into the palace and put me in prison." Han Xiu's chuckling voice was slightly cold, penetrating into Zhou Tiantian's ears, causing her body to tremble slightly, "There is no evidence to prove that you have anything to do with the coup, but the good relationship between Oscar and the businessmen has caused Huo Tiantian to tremble. Fran's attention, in fact, after the coup, Oscar was also lucky enough to get into the eyes of the big nobles because of this coup, didn't he? 'If we can't find the murderer, then grab the biggest beneficiary', you listen Have you ever said that?"

Zhou Tiantian trembled uncontrollably, and her voice was finally no longer so calm: "Please, he really doesn't know these things, he is innocent."

"It seems so." Hoffman's voice was still calm and unwavering, like a basin of ice water was pouring head-on, "That's why you came here in a hurry, begging to see us, because your lover is about to pick us up. Out of your skin, right?"

Zhou Tiantian closed her eyes and murmured: "You all know, you all know..."

"We don't know much, but we should know a lot." Han Xiu stood up, poured a glass of red wine, and handed it to the poor-looking woman, "Maybe this can make you feel better?"

Watching her gently and tremblingly finishing the glass of red wine, he continued: "It seems that we can talk next. Ma'am, you don't want Mr. Dewar to know everything you do, do you?" Zhou Tiantian looked I glanced at him and agreed.

"I can totally understand your mood, but the question is, what kind of leverage do you have to allow us to keep a secret for you? You know, we don't need to do anything, Mr. Dewar will find out about these things one day. "

Zhou Tiantian covered her face with her hands, her hands were shaking slightly, and she looked extremely fragile.Han Xiu and Hoffman waited patiently until Zhou Tiantian calmed down, and said in a weak voice: "I am willing to pledge my allegiance to Your Majesty. If you pay attention to me, then I believe you will know something about my industry. I am willing to Donate all your property to the country..."

This idea sounds good. Zhou Tiantian has accumulated wealth that ordinary people cannot accumulate in a lifetime during these five years. This is undoubtedly good news for Nora whose treasury is empty.However, Han Xiu smiled softly, and said softly, "I respect you for creating such a foundation on your own, but ma'am, a proper show of weakness can arouse men's sympathy, but it's too much. Do you think that in your Which is more important, the industry or your mind?"

He looked at Zhou Tiantian's sluggish face, and said leisurely: "Compared with the wealth that can already be seen, I hope that you can run the Ministry of Finance. Your vision is very unique, and I think that's where you are most. suitable place."

Ministry of Finance?

Zhou Tiantian was stunned by the news.

"But, but I'm a woman."

"Yes, it's a pity that you are a lady, which will make most people start to ignore your ability. But it doesn't matter, I just want you to enter the Ministry of Finance, private secretary and adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how about this position?" Han Xiu’s smile did not change, “I believe you will not let me down, right? I will convey your loyalty to Mr. Dewar. I believe that you two lovers will surely become the pillars of the country and bring Nora to a more affluent place. place."

When leaving the palace, Zhou Tiantian was still in a daze.She found that she was sweating unknowingly, and shivered uncontrollably when the cold wind blown outside.On the way home, she was silent for a long time in the carriage.

==

Beside the warm fireplace, Zhou Tiantian was a little nervous: "...So, you still haven't tracked down the whereabouts of the kidnappers, have you?"

"It's really a pity. The case is about to come to light, but it was suddenly stopped. This is something that no one can do." Oscar Dua said disapprovingly, "But your Majesty has completely remembered my name this time, he Let me be his Master Chief and retrain the palace guards, my dear, do you know what kind of honor it is?"

"Oh, I know." Zhou Tiantian laughed.

She knew very well in her heart that the king used this trick to make Oscar Dua hang up the sign of "loyal royal party" from then on. Even if Oscar became the consul again in the future, his political career would be forever. Tied to the king, he was appreciated by the king and promoted exceptionally. Not to mention how high Oscar's personal loyalty to the king would be, as long as he had the slightest ambition to control the country, this "loyalty" would become the most important thing. Good handicap.

Also because of this action, Oscar will become the king's confidant, and Oscar may know many things. From this level, it reduces the possibility of deliberately making mistakes in the Ministry of Finance's decision with ulterior motives.

After thinking it over, she had to admire the young king.It is natural to be prepared, but it is true that not everyone has the courage and mind to let those who want to oust themselves be used for themselves.

Maybe... the current king can indeed make Nora better and better?

Although Zhou Tiantian remembers that Narcissus I in history was just a playboy known for his flair, cowardly and incompetent, and after he escaped, he became the puppet of the local warlord again, except for causing Oscar a little trouble in the civil war , the damage value of ten Narcissus I can't compare with one Hoffman.Perhaps it was because he changed history, so that this young and aggressive king was imprisoned at this age, making him mature all of a sudden?

Zhou Tiantian stared at Oscar's young and handsome face. The hero in her heart seemed to be glowing with excitement because of being appreciated.She suddenly remembered her original wish. In fact, she just hoped to protect this great hero.

——If Narcissus I can really become a generation of heroes, then it would be a good idea for them to assist him.A calm and orderly country seems to be more suitable for expanding its territory.

Zhou Tiantian felt something in her heart, and she became less resistant to the half-forced brain power.

==

After that, Han Xiu, Hoffman, Zhou Tiantian and Oscar can be regarded as a close cooperation.Because of the dual support of Han Xiu and Hoffman in terms of royal power and religious power, and Zhou Tiantian's efforts to improve finances and "invent" new technologies to make Nora's production level jump again and again, Oscar's military talents can be fully utilized. Give full play, open up territories and lands, and make contributions.In China, Zhou Tiantian's technical innovations of course also brought back the conservative aristocratic forces, and these were easily suppressed by Han Xiu, who is good at internal affairs and reform.

As the industrial revolution led by Zhou Tiantian is approaching, the power of the aristocracy has been repeatedly crushed, and finally they have given in from their original high-spirited demands for "treatment in line with aristocratic status", and began to think about the changes brought about by social changes.As for Han Xiu, he strongly supported the mercantilism policy, which promoted the development of Nora's business. At the same time, he also comforted the troubled nobles.

"The emerging merchants have obtained the corresponding status by virtue of their economic strength, which is what I promised.

But don't forget, you originally had superior political rights and basic wealth than them, why don't you consider engaging in these new technology industries like them?We can see the wealth flowing through those machines, can't we? "This is what he said about the declining small and medium nobles.

"I believe that those people can't match the heritage of a family that has been passed down for thousands of years. In fact, there is nothing wrong with sticking to the tradition. We all know that the assembly line products provided by those merchants have not changed. They can provide them to ordinary people, but the real Art, a unique luxury, or do your families have more say, right?" For the great nobles, he said, "Also, agriculture is always the foundation of the country. I heard that the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry We are jointly researching and developing some large-scale agricultural machinery, so we might as well take this opportunity to buy some land and use these new tools to manage agriculture, this is in line with the model of an aristocratic family."