Chapter 587 9.9 Trial of the Holy See (4)

Chapter 587 9 Trial of the Holy See (4)

For all those who have been helped by An Ruhai, he is the reincarnation of the Holy Lord Christ!

However, in the eyes of the Legalist rulers, this has become another story. Google Search Reading

When the war was over, the Legalist mentors began to investigate the rebels who colluded with the enemy during the war; as well as the illegal businessmen who made a fortune in the national crisis.

The name "An Ruhai" finally entered the Legalist mentors' field of vision due to various versions of the legend.

An Ruhai did not think he had done anything wrong.

He thought he was just helping his friends and carrying out the "righteousness" in his heart.

"A drop of water is returned with a spring of water"

"Respect the old and the old of others, love the young and the young of others"

These are the public virtues that Confucian scholars try their best to convey when they are in power. His actions are in full compliance with the three principles of Confucianism: "rule by ritual", "rule by virtue" and "rule by benevolence".

This has been the consistent proposition since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

What crime has he committed? !

However, in the eyes of the iron-fisted Legalist rulers, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness are all bullshit.

This man transported a large number of craftsmen abroad, so that France, Visigothia, and the Byzantine Kingdom all began to have porcelain firing places called "Tang Dynasty official kilns".

Although the lack of high-quality kaolin made it difficult for them to fire ceramics comparable to the Tang Dynasty, the outflow of technology has become a fact after all.

Based on this charge of "selling Tang Dynasty laborers" alone, the Legalist mentor could have sentenced An Ruhai to death.

But the crimes he committed were far more than that.

The second charge was even more serious.

During the 10 years of the An-Shi Rebellion, An Ruhai and his "Anjia Business" transported 8-10 million taels of silver abroad.

For 10 years, all the horses in the business shuttled across the Silk Road day and night, transporting carts of gold coins, silver ingots, antiques and jade to the Western Continent.

In order to gain a foothold in foreign countries, most merchants sold valuable Tang Dynasty relics to Western nobles.

This caused many Warring States divine weapons and national treasures inherited by ancient clans to fall into the hands of foreigners.

The amount of gold and silver transported by the Anjia Company was an astronomical figure even during the Tianbao period, and it was even more urgent for the Tang Dynasty in the East after the baptism of war.

However, such a huge amount of wealth was not used to save the people, but was deposited in the "Mercury Bank" opened by the Mikhail family. The Anjia Company was like a giant rat, sending gold and silver into the Byzantine treasury day and night.

The Romans got these without even paying any labor or goods.

Like silver rain falling from the sky.

After the war subsided, all the fleeing merchants had already gained a foothold in the Western Continent.

But not a penny of the silver that flowed out returned to the Tang Dynasty.

This was a serious crime that could be crushed to ashes in the eyes of the Legalist mentor.

But this was not as good as the last one.

In peacetime, officials from the six ministries took official money internally and collected corrupt rules externally. The prosperous and wealthy country fed each of them with a rich pot of rice.

The Li family of the Tang Dynasty allowed them to do this because they could raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a moment.

However, when the real war disaster came, the lower-level soldiers fought bravely on the front line and fought desperately. Seeing that the war situation was not good, the officials of the six ministries fled to a foreign country with the help of a Tang merchant, completely abandoning their country and clan.

The legalist mentors who controlled the people with an iron fist were very good at settling accounts in the future. For "An Ruhai" who helped the deserters to leave their homeland, they had to let him endure the most cruel punishment in the world and die.

Three years ago, a legalist action team from afar went deep into his mansion in Constantinople. They entered the An family in the name of guests, and after entering the door, they drew their knives and killed people, killing a total of 82 people in the An family.

Then they dragged An Ruhai to an abandoned doghouse in the wild.

There were 12 vicious dogs in the kennel that had been starving for three days and three nights.

The leader of the Legalist Action Team was Gu Huai'an, who was standing in the defendant's seat today.

Three years ago, he cut off An Ruhai's tendons in his hands and feet, threw him into the kennel, and turned away.

This was not the cruelest thing.

The cruelest thing was that Gu Huai'an broke all the teeth of the 12 vicious dogs. The toothless vicious dogs could only stretch out their long tongues full of barbs to lick his skin continuously if they wanted to eat.

Every lick was no less than a piece of his flesh and blood cut by a thin blade for An Ruhai.

This was a torture more cruel than lingchi. If nothing unexpected happened, An Ruhai would survive three days under the long tongues of the vicious dogs. He would watch his skin fester all over his body, revealing his flesh and blood, his bones, and finally his still beating heart.

After throwing An Ruhai's immobile body into the kennel, Gu Huai'an left without looking back.

Because he knew that no one could survive this torture successfully.

However, seeing this familiar face again today, Gu Huai'an knew that he had miscalculated.

This person must have encountered some kind of blessing from heaven to be able to be reborn from this torture.

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Using all his strength to straighten his back, An Ruhai used a hoarse voice to tell about his past experiences.

All the Roman nobles sitting in the jury seats in the courtroom were moved.

Gu Huai'an felt a sense of crisis.

If the 32 Tang juries present today might sympathize with An Ruhai's experience, but at the same time, they would definitely understand what the legalist mentor did.

If they want to rebuild their homeland on the ruins and restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty in the East, they must rely on iron-fisted governance.

Only in this way can order and stability return.

This is the "family and country concept" shared by all the people in the East.

Unfortunately, the jury is full of Roman citizens with chestnut hair and sky blue eyes.

The concept of "family and country" is extremely weak in the West.

All countries in the West Continent, whether Byzantium, Visigoths, France or England, the monarchs can only reach the top of the nobles' heads.

Going down, they can't reach the people.

Because of this, most of the civilians in the West Continent only recognize the lords but not the emperors. The existence of the Roman emperor is only to unite the city-state. The real decision-makers of the kingdom are still the members of the Senate who fight for the interests of their own territories every day.

The roots of all kingdoms in Western society come from the Aegean civilization.

In 492 BC, in order to deal with the Persian King Xerxes's army, more than 30 city-states around the Aegean Sea formed a military alliance with "Sparta" and "Athens" as the core.

It is known as the "Greek City-State Alliance".

This is the first time that the concept of "country" appeared in the Western Continent.

In the following history, all the kingdoms of Rome, Carthage, Macedonia, France, and Byzantium were based on this way of thinking.

The king will assign dukes to each province, and the residents only recognize dukes but not emperors.

In the parliament, the members of parliament quarreled every day not for the benefit of the country, but for the interests of the residents of the province.

Because they were elected by the citizens of the province.

Once they lose the support of the people, the status of the members of parliament will also be lost.

When the war breaks out, the first reaction of all the members of parliament is not "Will this country exist?"; but "What can my people get in this war?"

If it is profitable, then fight.

If it is not profitable, surrender or escape, whichever one has higher benefits.

What "sacrifice my people for the country" and "predecessors plant trees for future generations to enjoy the shade" do not exist in the eyes of the citizens of the Western Continent.

It is okay to shout the slogan "for the king" in peacetime, and let them support the king's rule from the bottom of their hearts. This kind of thing has never happened since the first day of the construction of the "Greek City-State Alliance".

Otherwise, the Spartan King "Leonidas I" would not have fallen to the point of leading 300 warriors to guard the pass of Thermopylae.

In the Eastern Continent, the Legalist mentor used cruel and efficient "cutting down the vassal" to reunite the scarred kingdom.

The law is their most powerful weapon to rule the civilians.

The disciples of the Legalist never pay attention to any evidence in court.

Send secret agents to secretly explore public opinion, as long as they find that the existence of this person is not conducive to social stability. Whether it is secretly eliminated, or after the trial, forged evidence, fabricated charges, and killing the suspect is the ultimate goal.

All other intermediate processes are just formalities.

In the Western Continent, the operating rules of "law" are not like this.

The "Holy Lord Church" and the "Legalist School" are completely different social organizations. The Legalist School is a sharp blade in the hands of the rulers of Donglu.

Tang Xianzong Li Shi has two prime ministers, both of whom are the great leaders of the Legalist School.

In the Byzantine Kingdom, among a loose alliance of scholars, merchants, soldiers, and lords, it seems unsafe to hand over the powerful weapon of "law" to anyone.

Over time, the "Holy Lord Church" that dominated public opinion won this honor.

Every time the Inquisition opened a court, a group of "juries" composed of nobles would be invited to jointly judge. The main reason is that the church is an independent organization different from the state.

The existence of "democracy" destined them to achieve a balance in all aspects.

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Gu Huai'an never fought an unprepared battle.

Before his mission to the Byzantine Kingdom, he had already done a detailed study of the Byzantine political system and Roman customs.

The first two witnesses used their clumsy performances to throw dirty water on him, but he was calm and calm.

But An Ruhai's appearance broke everything.

Because he could give the two a reasonable "motive for murder".

The city defense chief was not the only one who died in Senator Ganniks's house last night.

His same-sex lover "Xu Lanying" was the descendant of a merchant who had been helped by An Ruhai and fled from the East Continent to the Byzantine Kingdom.

Through An Ruhai's impassioned speech, in the eyes of the jury, the two legal mentors were very likely to punish this group of East Continent merchants who fled to the outer box during the war.

First, confirm his identity at the dinner party

After the dinner, he immediately killed people!

An Ruhai, who was crying and accusing them, was a living example.

When An Ruhai finished his story, without waiting for Chief Justice Ivo to speak, Gu Huaian knew that he had to respond immediately.

He stood up directly from the defendant's seat.

"Your Honor."

"I have an alibi!"