Public trial?You deserve it too!

"I called you into the palace this time because I want you to see this—your strength and ability make me very satisfied, not just me."

The emperor's words were a bit ambiguous, but Claude understood it - that is to say, the other emperors were also very satisfied with him.

"That's why I bestow this volume of history on you. For these two days, you will stay in the palace and finish reading this book."

"The minister obeys the order."

Although Claude didn't know what happened and made the emperor decide to have a limited showdown with himself, it was obvious that the truth he wanted was in the book in front of him. In this case, he didn't want to continue thinking about it. There is a deeper reason.

The emperor probably wanted to entrust the task to himself after he knew the truth, right?

Claude guessed secretly, reached out and picked up the book.

The Burning World: Chapter 246 Chapter 230 The Emperor's Approval

Claude gently closed the book in his hand.

Although not all the questions have been answered, at least it is no longer the previous situation where the eyes were smeared.

The empire used to be not an empire, but the size of a kingdom, and the first empress either came up or was born with destiny. If I really want to say it, Claude feels that the other party is more of a situation of following the trend-not just flirting, But simply being used.

And the person who used the other party was the first pope, and he should also be the traverser who arrived in advance.

The other party has grasped the banner of human beings very well, washed away the thoughts of human beings divided by various countries with faith, formed a thinking pattern of "empire is human beings", and helped the empire to quell the occupation problem by secretly changing the concept.

Coupled with the general oppression of the common people by the knights and nobles at that time, the first generation of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau—the organization that was still called the Holy Church at that time—came into being.

Different from the current situation, in the intelligence bureau at that time, there were more ordinary human beings, they trusted each other, assisted each other, monitored those high-ranking guys-then reported to the pope, and then the imperial heavenly soldiers came, killing people and releasing food, The hearts of the people are in hand.

The empire at that time was almost the beacon of the human world, and the pope, who was a genius in war and economy, also invented the mithril armor, which integrated the knights who were fighting independently into a terrible war weapon, making Neighboring countries have almost no power to fight back.

Of course the elves noticed this threat, but they arrogantly believed that as long as they waited 50 years, the empire would be nothing more than a short-lived human power—so they gloated and watched the orcs smash their heads in front of the empire Blood flowed, and was completely driven out of the vast plain east of the Vistula River.

It’s just that before their celebratory reception ended, the empire’s Eastern Expedition had already burned to their territory. The iron cavalry of the Mithril Knights crossed the border of the elves all the way, and the two large-scale battles broke the heart of the elf king—— A situation where the loss is so great that the entire race is hurt.

So the elves gave up and gave up all the non-forest ruled areas. They waited secretly for an unqualified emperor to appear in the empire, and were ready to stick out their fangs at any time to attack the empire severely.

And the empire did not continue to advance, but only gathered those human beings who had been suffering for a long time, and began to build cities and cut down trees, and the Principality of Wallachia was born.

The first Grand Duke of Wallachia was once the Pope's right-hand man. His long-cherished wish was to restore his country occupied by elves, so after promising that he would never initiate a human civil war, he got the establishment of two Mithril Knights to fight against the elves. ——This is the only human country that has the Mithril Knights, apart from the Empire and the Church after that.

After that, the empire's attention went south, all the way into the land of the dwarves. After peaceful exchanges between the two sides, the dwarves gave up a large area of ​​territory, allowing the empire to directly face the land of demons.

For this reason, the empire built a huge Constantine Fortress there, and stationed troops second only to the knights on the border of the elves - only the garrison of this fortress.

But no one knows what the empire is fighting against there. Everyone only knows that there are evil forces brewing there, but the empire never declares this to the outside world.The Holy Cult served as a vanguard there, and countless fanatics were sent to Constantine, but no one saw them come back.

With the passage of time, the golden age of mankind known as the era of double emperors came to an end. The pope and the first emperor died one after another, and the Theocracy was established.

The Empire and Theocracy began to share the entire fortress. Although the friction between the two parties became more and more serious, only in the matter of the Fortress of Constantine, neither side played tricks or dragged its feet. Every four years, A large amount of military supplies and manpower will be sent there to maintain the number of troops there.

After that, the empire turned its attention to the Kingdom of Iberia, which is a place far away from all other races. A land that has experienced many wars.

After the war, the kingdom's nobles and merchants stole the kingdom's wealth, led the Iberia Gold Fleet to defect, and came to the Messianic Islands to establish a business alliance, which led to the defeat on land—the empire's weak navy even launched The landing battle was launched, which made the Iberian army suffer from the enemy.

King Carlos I of Iberia was furious. He would rather kneel down in front of the empire than take revenge on the group of merchants and nobles who stabbed him in the back—so he took the initiative to declare the Kingdom of Iberia to be the protectorate of the empire, and handed over All power except the army in hand.

This allowed the empire to take almost the entire Iberian kingdom at a relatively small cost, and without widespread popular resistance.

The reason is almost because the newly formed business alliance has almost stripped off the entire Iberia's maritime capabilities-the port was burned, the shipyard was burned, the strategic timber reserves were burned, and even many forests were set on fire.

So much so that the general who was in charge of commanding the offensive of the Imperial Army at that time had a very helpless sarcasm: "The Kingdom of Iberia should be a land power country like the Empire - because we didn't find anything here that could float on the sea, even Even their treasury is as clean as the imperial treasury!"

And the Merchant Alliance did not let go of the population. A large number of shipbuilders and other craftsmen and people were taken away. Relying on the simple Messiahs on the island, they successfully survived the difficulties in the early stage and were able to echo the Theocracy. , while drawing the attention of the empire.

But the price was that they lost all legal rights in the empire—Prince Carlos personally gave it to the empire, and led his Screamers to the front line against the Merchant Alliance.

And in their original land, there is no place for the business alliance to settle down, because from the beginning of school, the first sentence every Iberian remembers is——

On the other side of the sea is the enemy.

It's not hard to understand why the Merchant Alliance is obsessed and wants to get a breakthrough from Shire, so Claude's move is a crooked one.

After that, it was a plan passed down from generation to generation by the emperors. The northern line used the grasslands to train knight troops, the eastern front used fortresses to train infantry troops, and the northern line used business alliances to train naval troops. On the entire continent, the empire had only two allies, the army. and navy.

So the orcs, as the empire's experience package, were beaten all the way to almost death, and the elves were dumbfounded by the situation of the empire. The opponent had no mentally retarded leader, and the imperial army facing the elves had no What kind of "good general" is needed to resist himself.

For urbanization, as long as the architecture is in order, what kind of brains do you need? IQ is a side effect of the battle situation.

And it is very obvious that when dealing with the Theocracy in the south, the empire's level is not a little bit less. A cluster of Turin fortresses and a cluster of Tyrolean fortresses have only learned the shape of urbanization, but not its core. ——These two fortress groups are completely bleeding the empire itself.

"So, did the first pope and the first emperor really both die?"

[The emperor also said before that he didn't know how the Theocracy was born, so maybe there really aren't these two most outstanding leaders of mankind? 】

"It should be, otherwise, even if one of them can still have a little awareness, the Church and the Empire should not be in the current situation-it can even be said that these two people did not expect such a situation between the two sides at all, otherwise they would It is impossible to contain the Theocracy with such a dog-tailed method like the habit of keeping back hands."

Claude nodded, approving the system's idea.

But the book still didn't explain the one question he wanted——

That is, what exactly are humans fighting against at Fortress Constantine?

【Could that be my graduation thesis—after all, what if there is a small hole leading to the subspace...】

The system's guess is somewhat hesitant.

"Are you sure?"

[I don’t know, chaos has always been our eternal enemy. Our race is destined to be the guardian of order since its birth, so if there is a chaotic crack in this world, it must be corrected—but it can be handed over to I am doing a graduation thesis, at most it is just a small projection fragment. 】

Claude was noncommittal, so don't be brave enough to go up to the hard tits at this time, otherwise, with his Flagg physique, the starting point would be super incidents, and it might really be sent.

And in what the system said, there were other things that attracted him.

"You mean, your race is destined to be the guardian of order from birth? Why?"

【what why?This is the obligation and responsibility of each of our clansmen, just like a creature wants to live. 】

No, the situation is kind of weird anyway, right?

Claude thought subtly in his heart.

However, no matter whether the system is deliberately pretending to be stupid or the fact is the case, he obviously will not get any further answers, so instead of continuing to inquire, he picked up the book, went to the waiter, and told him that he wanted to see the emperor .

The waiter who came to guide the way soon arrived, and after walking through the dazzling corridors of the palace, he came to the door of the Imperial Study Room again.

"Your Majesty, Claude, the leader of the Ninth Guards Knights, asks to see you."

"Xuan."

Claude walked into the imperial study. This time, he saw Christina, who was standing beside the emperor, and seemed a little curious why he would meet the emperor at this time.

"Claude, see Your Majesty."

"Get up, come to meet me at this time, have you finished reading the book I gave you?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I have finished reading."

The emperor nodded and asked the waiter to take the book back. Claude noticed Christina's expression. The other party obviously cared about the book he was reading, but after seeing the cover, he stopped paying attention—this reaction , obviously she has seen it too.

"So, do you have any impressions after reading it?"

You and your gang of former emperors are very good. You can’t learn the classics well. They look alike when you use them, but they are not at all, so stop talking about it. I blew myself up as the "direct descendant" of the first pope, so you believe me That's all, let me take over the power of the empire's military aircraft, and guarantee three years of peace in business and five years of peace in education——

Of course it is impossible to say that.

"The only thing I can think of now is——can you please tell me, what kind of enemies are the Empire and the Church facing in the Fortress of Constantine?"

Claude asked a straight ball.

The emperor nodded with a look of relief on his face.

"Very good, Sir Claude, you have passed my final test for you - only those who can truly think from a human point of view are qualified to command this powerful army that has never been possible since ancient times. .”

As soon as these words came out, both Claude and Christina were shocked. What does the emperor mean?

"But the answer to this question is up to you to see for yourself."

The emperor signaled Christina to hand over the information to Claude.

The knight respectfully took it from the princess, read it carefully, and found that it was a notice from the Theocracy.

[...In view of the current situation on the mainland, the Theocracy has decided to provide three times the amount of resources and manpower in previous years to the Fortress of Constantine at one time. Now invite the empire to send a general in charge of this troop transport to the Vatican to discuss matters and arrange all subsequent actions. 】

"This is......"

Claude's heart moved. If he followed the book he had read before, then the true intention of this notice from the Theocracy is self-evident.

"Christina, why do you think the Theocracy sent this notice?"

Christina thought for a while.

"Your Majesty, I think the Theocracy should want to mediate the war between the Empire and the Merchant Alliance - this is their specialty, deliberately standing on the commanding heights of morality, and finally let the Empire suffer a dumb loss, and they and the Merchant Alliance will make money." It's full."

"This time, the other party put forward a very 'righteous' reason—but the empire would never agree, and the tone was arrogant, as if it was an order. Obviously, the Theocracy wanted to suppress the momentum of the empire again from the beginning. We should immediately respond to public opinion, delay the sending of special envoys as long as we can, and then end the fighting on the Brittany Peninsula as soon as possible, and we cannot give the Theocracy the opportunity to continue to play tricks."

The emperor was noncommittal and turned his attention to Claude.

"Mr. Claude, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, this is a declaration of war full of arrogance and arrogance."

Claude said very calmly.

"The Theocracy is telling us very bluntly that they are going to start a war and plan to completely destroy the empire within ten years!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--!"

The emperor suddenly laughed and nodded.

"Mr. Claude, I really didn't miss it!"

The Burning World: Chapter 247 Chapter 230 Christina is not happy

The emperor stood up, walked over to Christina, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Don't be discouraged by this, my dear granddaughter, if you think politically, you are already very good - but there are always things that political thinking cannot understand and predict, such as the Constantine front, such as war .”

He walked past the princess and came to Claude, the old and the young just looked at each other.

"You are a perfect person, Claude, almost perfect. In fact, there have been some remarks that you are a person who acts like you are now, so you need to be more careful-but later this statement is no longer a problem, Because you proved yourself."

The emperor looked at the young man in front of him with great interest.

Everyone can see Claude's performance. No matter how shy and cramped he is outside, anyone who has seen the opponent's behavior on the battlefield will never think that he is just a naive, chivalrous man. young people.

Two years ago, the battle of Lake Ladoga in the north was a decisive victory for the empire against the orcs, and in that battle, Claude's exploits were also outstanding - beheading the enemy chieftain, and then deterring hundreds of The orcs fell to their knees and surrendered.

It was precisely because the emperor sent someone to verify that this record was not watery, that he was really sure that Claude definitely hid a lot from him—especially his own personality.

The reason is very simple. What kind of background did the Battle of Lake Ladoga break out?

It was the whole race of orcs that was driven to the brink, a decisive battle that everyone knew would be completely destroyed if they could not win it.

In such a battle, is it possible for other warriors of the ethnic group to lay down their weapons after losing the chief?

So there is only one possibility——

Claude killed the group of orcs to the point of mental breakdown.

A 17-year-old man who was praised by everyone for his chivalry, faced with hundreds of orcs who had collapsed and surrendered on their knees—what would Claude do?

The emperor didn't find out, but the battle report wouldn't lie—the imperial army took no prisoners during the entire Ladoga battle. The orcs either went down to the lake to feed the fish, or they were buried in the barren land.

At that moment, the emperor was sure that Claude was the person he had been looking for.

It is as ruthless as spring breeze to one's own side, and as ruthless as winter to the enemy-this is a peerless knife.

Even he himself is helping himself!

Afterwards, whether it was the night raid on the eastern front or the sea of ​​fog encounter on the northern front, each answer sheet Claude handed over was better than the last. An extremely xenophobic knight was enough for any emperor to put it down—so His status has also risen all the way.

And the battle against the rebellion in the imperial capital was exactly what the emperor wanted to see, what kind of attitude Claude had towards the internal problems of human beings.

Then he was very satisfied, because after Claude's nine cavalry defeated the noble rebel army, he reported that he had no prisoners.

This young knight is not a gentleman with chivalry at all, he is a real madman, a lunatic born only for war, the more ordinary and normal he behaves in daily life, the more he behaves in war The crazier it gets, the bloodier it gets.

So the emperor asked him to take charge of the suppression of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau. On the one hand, it was because the credit was not enough, and he was looking for military merits for the other party. On the other hand, it was also because the emperor wanted Claude to show his face in the entire empire.

The effect was very good. Not only did Claude hand in a satisfactory result, but he himself finally began to gain fame among the middle-level figures in the empire.

For example, the domineering emperor's eagle dog, the terrifying counter-revolutionary general, the brutal bloody massacre and so on... Basically, they went in the direction of stopping the child's night cry.