Chapter 814： Ruling Treason

Seeing the old Mason stood up, many princes present showed a look of contempt. These monarchs are the anti-bones of smoked monarchs. For the old Mason, who took advantage of the monarch's disease, monopolized power and made unauthorized decisions, they naturally hated.

As a result, Henry, Duke of Lueneburg, was dissatisfied:

"Who are you?" Most of the people present knew old Mason, but Duke Henry said that he was actually expressing his dissatisfaction.

Old Mason was not angry, but said with a smile on his face:

"Master Henry, this is Mason, the prime minister of the Principality of Cliff and Macbeth!"

"You also know that you are just a prime minister? How can you make a decision without your own chance while Duke John is seriously ill? Are you qualified to make decisions on behalf of the Principality of Cliff and the Kingdom of Mark?"

Old Mason did not speak, but took out a document from his pocket and said:

"This is the power of attorney of our Duke. Before he became seriously ill, I specially entrusted me in writing to be fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the Principality of Cliff and Macbeth, including diplomacy! Prince John is only 15 years old and has not yet reached the age where he can handle official duties. Therefore, during this time, all affairs of the Principality of Cliff and Macbeth are taken care of by ...

This power of attorney is naturally true, after all, it was signed by John II himself. So, everyone circulated for a while, and no one saw any problems.

At this time, the princes remembered-did the old Mason's behavior instruct John II himself? As for John II who was seriously ill, he was probably afraid of taking responsibility, so he chose to let old Mason bear the blame?

Although the princes present lacked the talents and vision, they still had rich experience in political struggles. Many people thought of this, so his face did not flash.

Seeing this, Elector Frederick III of Saxony cleared his throat and asked:

"Prime Minister Mason, you said that you have evidence in your hand that the Principality of Geddes colluded with the Kingdom of France. Why not take a look?"

"Yes, Lord Elector. Please see, this is the correspondence between the Principality of Geddes and the Kingdom of France ..." After he finished, he sent a few letters from Schwarz to him on the rostrum to let him sit Emperor Maximilian I on the rostrum read with seven other electors.

At this time, Vladislas II, one of the seven electors, suddenly said:

"Prime Minister Mason, can I ask, how did you get these letters?" After seeing these letters, Vladislas II was puzzled. Because the recipients of these letters are all King Louis XII of France. It stands to reason that these letters should be kept in the palace of the French King.

After pretending to be hesitant, the old Mason glanced at Emperor Maximilian I before he said:

"These letters came from a Spanish thief named Pedro. On October 13, last year, it was the birthday of Princess Claude, the only daughter of King Louis XII of France. On that day, Spanish grand theftman Mr. Pedro, Taking advantage of the negligence of the guards in the front yard of the French King's Palace, he mixed into the French Foreign Minister's room, pried open the lock, and stolen several letters. Among them, several were written by Charles II, Duke of Geddes, to King Louis XII of France ... … "

With that said, old Mason pointed to one of the channels:

"Lords, please see, in this letter, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, defiled His Majesty the Emperor as a" greedy tyrant ", but complimented King Louis XII of France as the most brilliant and promising monarch in Europe ..."

"And this one, Charles II thanked Louis XII for the support of thousands of Swiss mercenaries and a lot of money ... Obviously, the Principality of Geddes has long been hooked up with the French. And France also gave Ged The Grand Duchy provided a lot of money and manpower ... "

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After reading these letters, Archbishop of Mainz Jacob nodded and said:

"If these letters are true, then it can indeed be concluded that Charles II, Duke of Geddes, colluded with foreign countries and slandered His Majesty. But the question is-Prime Minister Mason, how can you prove that these letters are true? ? "

The other princes reacted and echoed:

"Yeah, yeah, how do you prove that these letters are true?" Obviously, the princes intended to bite the letters to be fake.

Old Mason was not in a hurry. After taking out several letters from the package he brought, he said:

"My lords, it's natural to know that this is not true. Therefore, the humiliation naturally brought several letters of communication between the Principality of Cliff and the Principality of Geddes. These are Charlie the Duke of Geddes. Written by II, with his signature. Everyone needs to compare the notes, signatures, ink, and paper to know the authenticity ... "

In this era, the formula of ink is not uniform. Different countries provide different papers and inks for different merchants.

However, what is certain is that the monarch of a princely country usually uses a variety of inks specially supplied by a large merchant, as does paper. Therefore, in the same time period (may vary in different time periods), the paper and ink used by a princely monarch are basically the same. The several letters chosen by the old Mason were also at the same time as the letter written by Charles II, Duke of Geddes to King Louis XII. The paper and ink used were naturally similar ...

Several Electors and Maximilian I got together and compared the two letters, and found that the two used the same ink and paper. Moreover, handwriting and signatures are the same.

Maximilian I nodded and said:

"There is no difference!"

But Archbishop Jacob of Mainz shook his head and said:

"No, this cannot be used as evidence. Both of these letters were brought by Prime Minister Mason. What if these two letters were forged by Prime Minister Mason?

Maximilian I said relaxedly:

"That's simple. I just brought some letters written by Charles II of this period. You can compare them!" After that, Maximilian I also pulled out several letters for everyone to identify. The result of identification is naturally similar.

But ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Archbishop Mainz stunned. Why? Because he believes that the old Mason came to Worms and went to the court of Maximilian I. So, it ’s hard to say ...

However, at this time, Jeffrey, the Prime Minister of the North Sea State, who represented the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, also stood up and said:

"Coincidentally, the Beihai Kingdom also kept several letters from Charles II, Duke of Geddes!" After he finished, he took out a bunch of letters and picked out the letters written by Charles II ...

Not only that, Jeffrey also said:

"You adults can send people back to send all the letters that communicate with the Duke of Geddes! Here, I, Jeffrey, can swear in the name of God and the Bible that these letters are true. Otherwise, Willing to die! "

It ’s all about this, and it ’s useless to think about it. Moreover, everybody compares the correspondence between his own and Charles II, Duke of Geddes, and the truth becomes clear. In desperation, everyone had to admit that Charles II, Duke of Geddes, "litong foreign" and "smear the monarch".

In the end, the Imperial Parliament had to rule-Charles II treason ...