Chapter 37

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The king's orders came.

The sheriffs on the list who attended the meeting were pale, but the representatives of the liberal people almost cheered. They didn't believe that they could really get any good results at the meeting, and it was just a gamble to come by the king's order, but now the balance of luck is tilting towards them.

The discussion started again, but members knew that this was no longer a petition, but an unprecedented impeachment.

It is not uncommon to take advantage of the parliament to bring a lawsuit against the minister appointed by the king.

Since the Mad King Henry retreated to Parliament in order to launch the expedition war against Blaise, the parliament of Legrand had the right to impeach the "illegal ministers", but this was often the means by which the great nobles restricted the royal officials.

For the first time since the establishment of the parliament, civilians have voiced their voices in the case of power.

Although the power behind this voice comes from the king, at this moment, the representatives of the free people are still excited. If the king now asked them to swear allegiance to themselves on the spot, they could even kneel down and kiss the king's boots.

The heated debate broke out in a flash.

The representatives of the freedmen, the judges and sheriffs who were instructed by the king, and the great nobles began to argue with each other. Out of the worry that one day this kind of impeachment may fall on him, even the great nobles who didn't deal with each other before have to join hands now.

But it was in vain.

The civilian representatives vehemently accused the sheriffs of violating the laws of the Empire and wantonly embezzling and squeezing. Small things were exposed in detail by them, and the judges who were instructed by the king provided them with strong legal support.

It was once said that the discussion session of the imperial Parliament was actually a quarrel in a large market.

So this time, in the biggest market dispute, it is the representatives of the free people who hide the king's will. They are simply majestic, under the detailed investigation data and many laws and regulations provided by the judge, they are pressed step by step.

And the sheriffs are losing.

The king, as the leader behind everything that happened, sat in his position as if he was just an outsider.

He didn't participate in the argument, just watched the petitions in groups coldly, and quickly discussed - or argued - the verdict. Those results will eventually be presented to the king by the magistrates, who will make the final judgment.

The king had a clear scale in his heart.

The Sheriff of Legrand had to undergo a major exchange of blood.

This is not only for the military reform in the future, but also to strengthen the Royal control over the local government. Hundreds of years ago, crazy King Henry created the sheriff system by establishing the system of "my hire or my hire".

In the beginning, the sheriff really helped the king to strengthen the local rule, because the position of sheriff was appointed by the king himself.

However, with the passage of time, the Earl collar gradually overlapped with the scope of the county, and the sheriff system originally appointed by the king turned into an invisible "Sheriff hereditary system".

It's not something the king can tolerate.

Sitting next to the king, the Duke of Buckingham was proud of his nephew.

He knew that if the king had not spent so much effort to carry out such a detailed investigation before, and finally joined in the whole process of compilation, then today's scene would never appear.

Miracles never come out of thin air.

Soon, this alternative impeachment one by one came to a conclusion, sheriffs were paralyzed in their position. The old magistrate came to the king's table seriously with the resolution.

The king took the decision of Parliament.

Everyone looked nervously at the king.

The verdict did not just deprive sheriffs of their posts.

The anger of the liberal Representatives has been accumulating for a long time. They need to vent their anger, and the result of vent is severe punishment - some sheriffs are sentenced to imprisonment according to the severity of the crime, but more are sentenced to death.

The sheriffs still had a fluke in their hearts.

If it is true that according to the decision of this Parliament, the number of sheriffs to be executed will be as many as 56, some of whom are earls.

Can't the king really execute so many nobles directly?

The representatives of the liberal people woke up from the brief joy of victory. They also looked at the king nervously, for fear that it would only be an empty joy in the end.

The king read through the decisions of Parliament one by one.

In the oppressed breath of the crowd, the king drew out some judgments and put them aside. The aristocrats showed a proud smile on their faces, and the representatives of the liberal people could not hide their disappointment, and their hearts sank heavily. They watched the king's action without blinking.

The king took up his pen.

Surprisingly, he signed his name on all the verdicts.

King, what does that mean?Everyone is confused.

"These..."

The king put down his pen, picked up the pile he had taken out and put on the other side, and handed it to the Duke of Buckingham at will.

"Immediately."

Do it now!

As if there were thunder in the hall, everyone was stunned by the king's words. I couldn't even understand what the king meant for a moment, except for the Duke of Buckingham who took over the sentence.

The old Baron stood up and showed the stack of special sentences to everyone:

- the sentences of death penalty.

"Take them out."

Said the old Baron in a low and powerful voice.

The door of the color room suddenly opened, the cold wind whistling in, and the candles in the hall suddenly swayed. In the cold air, a group of soldiers came in. They were wearing armor, swords and evil spirits. These were the royal soldiers brought by the Duke of Buckingham.

In the exclamation of the sheriffs, they were as cold as steel, mercilessly pulled these old high guys out of their chairs and dragged them out from the long table gap in the hall like dead dogs.

First there was a dead silence.

After that, the representatives of the free people jumped up from their chairs and cheered loudly. They spontaneously bowed deeply to the king.

"God bless the king!"

"God bless Legrand!"

The great nobles were as white as paper in the noise.

They didn't know that after everyone stepped into the palace, in front of the main entrance of the palace, where the samurai queen slaughtered a large number of nobles, the bright red carpet was quickly removed, and the high guillotine was soon built.

All the executioners near melz had arrived at the Rose Palace three days ago.

They have been waiting for orders for a long time.

Following the Warrior Queen Elinor, Legrand's second massacre against the nobility took place.

The moment the king's signature fell on the paper, the doomsday judgment fell on the sheriffs who had forgotten their duties.

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General Edmond sat in a more remote corner, watching all this develop rapidly.

As the representative of angar state, it's an unprecedented honor for him to step into the Rose Palace. Don't expect to get a good seat. The heated debate just now has nothing to do with him. Angar state has always been in the state of autonomy.

Engels are proud of bravery and ashamed of timidity.

But at this moment, general Edmond felt a rare sense of timidity.

A kind of fear grew out of control. He saw a kind of terrible power from the top young king. That is the will of the iron prince. Maybe one day, this young king will bring unprecedented changes to the whole world. At the moment when the king's soldiers come in, general Edmond seems to see such a future.

He suddenly felt very lucky.

Fortunately, angar state made the right choice as soon as possible.

What made general Edmond's heart even colder was that the execution of so many sheriffs seemed nothing to the king himself.

He calmly declared that parliament would continue.

The nobles began to join the discussion with fear.

No one criticized the king for his ruthlessness - they remembered the rumor that the king had compiled a tax register for the counties some time ago.

They don't know if they are also famous in the book, so they can only choose to be silent carefully, hoping that they won't become the king's next target.

The meeting continued, and the Duke of Buckingham was the next to submit a motion.

The Duke, on the ground that the brescian expeditionary army had not gone and that it was urgent to protect the safety of Legrand, made a request to the Council for the expansion of his own troops.

Not long ago, one of the reasons that Lord Grice used to fight for the throne was the Blaise expedition. Now the Duke of Buckingham has brought it to Parliament again.

The representatives of the liberal people who had just won a victory by relying on the king almost did not hesitate to pass the bill unanimously - it should be mentioned that the king also appointed a new sheriff on the spot, and the new sheriff is still within the acceptable range for the representatives of the liberal people in each county.

The nobles deliberated cautiously for some time.

They hate the exploitation of the king during this period, but the sheriffs have just lost their blood, and no one wants to be a bird.

In the end, some aristocratic representatives chose to abstain, some church members expressed their opposition, while others agreed.

The bill to expand the number of royal soldiers passed smoothly.

The king's plan advanced steadily.

He knew that today he had forced the great nobles hard enough, so he stopped taking part in the next affairs and let them file a lawsuit on the territorial disputes.

One of the unpleasant things happened.

The nobles, represented by the Earl of const, submitted a letter of remonstrance to the parliament to "request a re survey of the royal forest", protesting that the royal forest had expanded three times as much as the lion's age, and that the forest charter had become empty words. They asked the royal family to explain and respond to this.coming.

General Edmond, who had been observing, subconsciously looked to the throne.

Here we are.

Said the king in his heart.

He knew better than anyone how much pressure he had exerted on the nobles. These aristocrats, who have been rooted in Legrand for a long time, will never give up and accept the power stripping from the king. Now is the fight back from the nobility.

The royal forest.

This is a very easy to give the illusion of the word, from the surface, it seems that it is only the king's own small forest, but it is not the case. The Royal Forest in Legrand covers a large area of land in the countryside, and it is not only woodland that is classified as "royal forest". [1]

it all depends on the definition of the king himself and his Forest Officer.

In purland's time, the royal forest expanded infinitely. Now, as the Earl of const said in his admonition, it is unprecedented.

The nobles are putting pressure on the king.

When the king sent his commissioners to the counties, they were not idle. The nobles were also trying to collect evidence of the king's violation of the forest charter, and attached a very strict indictment - the forest officers who sued the king.

The evidence may not be as detailed as the king's tax book, but it should not be underestimated.

The admonition was sent to the king.

The nobles were ready for the trial of the sheriff immediately after the king threw it on the ground.

Whispering around.

The king read the admonition. People peeped at the king, and then regretfully found that it was impossible to see from the look of the king what he was feeling and what he thought.

The nobles were forced to sit in silence and refuse to participate in other discussions.

In the tense atmosphere, the king finished the whole admonition. Instead of being furious, he laughed: "did you write this admonition in person? Mr. Comte

The author has something to say: King: the guillotine is ready for you. Are you moved?

[1] During the middle ages, the royal forest covered a wide area, and the relevant regulations were very strict. According to the book of doomsday judgment, nearly two-thirds of the 30 lands in William I's period were designated as royal forests. There were often confrontations between the Parliament and the royal family on the royal forest. During the period of King John and Edward I, the nobles asked the king to make concessions on the royal forest.