Chapter 304: Smoothing Things Over
For the nobles, it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not. If they say there is, then there is. If they say there is no, even if the evidence is placed in front of them, they can say it is fake.
Even the idea of finding evidence is a very stupid and ridiculous behavior in the eyes of the nobles. Do you know what it means to call a horse a zebra?
"Your Majesty, I don't think the words of those low-level nobles are credible. They said it was robbed, so it was robbed? It is a coincidence that my territory was also robbed by a group of robbers yesterday.
I think the Heather family and those resource nobles joined forces and sent people to rob my territory. After that, they cried thief and wanted to frame the great nobles of the empire. Please punish them severely.
They framed a great noble who made great contributions to the empire, and their territory should be taken back." Feng Willow said in a confrontational manner.
As an emperor, Kenlohag was also very embarrassed. From the bottom of his heart, he definitely wanted to stand on the side of Feng Willow, the reformer. After all, the current Viking Empire is no longer glorious, and it is already at the bottom of the four empires.
But he cannot offend the many nobles on the side of the Noble Council. He can only ascend to the throne because of the support of these nobles. He also relied on the power of these nobles to become the emperor.
He wants to reform, but it is impossible for him to give up his foundation. From the perspective of weighing interests, the weight of the Noble Council is definitely more important in his heart than Feng Willow, who joined later.
Feng Willow has a strong power and cannot be easily offended. If Feng Willow is just a reformist and does not have such a strong strength, then he will give up.
But in the case of Feng Willow's strong strength, he cannot give up easily. As an emperor, Kenlohag can only be in the middle of the mud in the face of this situation.
"You are all important officials of the empire. Don't talk about this kind of thing that has no definite evidence and affects unity." Kenlohag actually knows everything in his heart. He even knows that the robbery of those nobles must have been done by Feng Willow.
However, as an emperor, he could not say so. He was also afraid that if he really punished Feng Willow severely, Feng Willow might have a falling out with their Viking Empire with his temper.
The empire is now in such a predicament. If there is another civil strife, the consequences will be too serious. There may really be a danger of national destruction.
"Your Majesty, of course there is conclusive evidence. The Heather family recently received the support of a cyclops tribe of more than 100 people. Such a powerful force has now been completely wiped out.
In our Viking Empire, besides Duke Feng Willow, who else has such a powerful force that can annihilate more than 100 cyclops in a short period of time?" Duke Bolag angrily accused. This loss really made him feel painful just thinking about it, and he must fight to the death with Feng Willow.
"I did it because I have the power? The Heather family, a small baron family, can have a cyclops tribe of more than a hundred people. What kind of power is hidden in other noble families? Who can know?
It doesn't mean that I am powerful on the surface, and all the bad things are done by me. I also said that you, the old thing, did it secretly and deliberately framed me? After all, as an old family in the empire, what kind of power do you have in private, who can know?
And your majesty, don't you think this is strange? During the previous battle. These nobles bowed their heads and tried their best to die, as if they had used all the power of the family. Come to help you.
But in such a short time after the war, they were able to bring out more than a hundred powerful monsters like Cyclops. It can be seen that these people have bad intentions!
If there was such a powerful force to help you at that time, I am afraid you would have been able to defeat Korg and become the emperor of the empire. How could the empire lose so much vitality because of the war?
Not only has our empire's population decreased greatly, but there is also a big gap in food. You say, are these people deliberately playing a balance between you and Korg so as to take advantage of the opportunity to gain greater benefits?
Your Majesty, I suggest that you check it out carefully. Some people are worthy of death!" Feng Willow took the opportunity to bite back.
Kenlohag had not thought about this at first, but after Feng Willow said this, he suddenly had some ideas in his mind. After ascending the throne, suspicion is an inevitable result.
The original idea of treating the nobles of the Council of Nobles as confidants suddenly faded. But no matter what, these nobles are also the cornerstone of the existence of the empire. No matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, he would not show it stupidly at this time. But the balance in his heart naturally shifted a lot towards Feng Willow.
The power of the Noble Council was too great, and it was connected to too many nobles. If these nobles were of one mind, wouldn't he, the emperor, become a puppet? Therefore, the existence of Feng Willow became a sharp sword for Kenlohag to check and balance the Noble Council.
In fact, the Noble Council was not really of one mind, and there were many factions in it. However, when the nobles faced Feng Willow, an outsider, especially an outsider who didn't like to follow the rules, they inevitably stood on the same front, which gave the emperor Kenlohag an illusion.
"Okay, there's no need to say more. These are all speculations, and there is no substantial evidence. Don't blame each other on this matter.
If Duke Bolag really thinks that it was Duke Feng Willow who did it, I can also approve your declaration of war on him for revenge!" Duke Bolag said, staring at the leader of the noble council this time.
Fon Willow, the outsider, doesn't know who is behind the Heather family. Doesn't Emperor Kenlohag know? He said this, which is actually the result of favoritism towards Feng Willow.
Duke Bolag's face was also very ugly. If he had the strength to declare war on Feng Willow for revenge, wouldn't he have done it long ago? Why did he come to the emperor to complain?
Isn't the key point that he can't win?
"Your Majesty, this old minister is purely out of public interest. You also know that in the current state of the empire, there can't be any more civil strife among the nobles.
The small nobles below were robbed, and this matter must be explained to many nobles. Otherwise, wouldn't it make many nobles feel insecure?
And if this matter is not handled, wouldn't the powerful nobles have the idea of annexing the territories of the surrounding small nobles? "Duke Bolag said seriously.
"What Lord Bolag said makes sense, and it is indeed out of public interest. He now represents the entire noble council and the voice of all nobles. I hope Your Majesty can pay attention to it!" Count Juarez stepped forward and said.
The nobles of the other noble councils also stepped forward and saluted behind Duke Bolag. Although they did not say anything, their positions at this moment have already explained everything.
"It is definitely important to pay attention to it. You two sides are now holding different opinions, and I can't judge who is lying about this matter. I will ask the Royal Security Bureau to send someone to investigate this matter. They have sequencers with special secrets and are particularly good at investigating such cases. "Kenlohag saw that it was useless to smooth things over, so he simply delayed for a while.
The emperor said so, and the noble council did not want to force it too much. Although Duke Bolag was very unwilling, he did not dare to continue to pester when his allies took a step back.
"Duke Willow, please stay for a while, I still have something to ask you. "Kenlohag said expressionlessly.
After the people from the Noble Council left, Kenlohag asked in a deep voice: "Grand Duke Willow, what is going on? Why did you respond so fiercely?
You know, we are now carrying out a very important land reform that is related to our national destiny and the future of our entire empire. At this critical moment, we need the support of the Noble Council?
Even if you have any conflicts, can't you wait until this reform measure is effective?" Kenlohag said with suppressed anger.
"If it weren't for the need to be a national teacher to be promoted to Sequence 2 from the Left Path Sequence, he wouldn't have done it so easily. He was already merciful not to kill all these nobles who disgusted him." Feng Willow thought angrily in his heart.
"Your Majesty, I am preparing for our next plan to strengthen the country, so it's not that I want to provoke them, but they are hindering our process of reviving the empire." Feng Willow explained.
"Next step? What are you going to do? "Kenlohag asked with great interest. Seeing that the land reform had already begun to be implemented, Feng Willow had already planned the next step before seeing the results.
"The next step is naturally to start the National Sequencer Plan. As long as it succeeds, it will enable our Viking Empire to quickly recover its national strength." Feng Willow said with a bewitching tone.
"You are really bold. The nobles will never agree to this plan. "Although Kenlohag was tempted, he also knew how big the risk was.
"I understand, because you want to implement the National Sequencer Plan, you need a large number of extraordinary resources. You want to control the origin of these extraordinary resources in your own hands?" Kenlohag was able to get to where he is today, so he was naturally not a fool.
Feng Willow nodded and said: "Your Majesty is wise, there are indeed reasons in this regard. I also know that it is very difficult to promote it nationwide, so I plan to implement it in my three border counties first.
As long as it succeeds, it will be enough to greatly increase the number of extraordinary sequencers in our Viking Empire. Whether it will be implemented nationwide at that time depends on your Majesty's ideas. "
"As long as it succeeds, the empire will have hundreds of thousands more sequencers in the future. Among them, how many people will be geniuses? At that time, the strength of the empire can indeed be effectively enhanced.
However, these hundreds of thousands of sequencers are all trained by you, and I am afraid they will only be grateful to you as a lord." Kenlohag's breathing became heavier.
"No, how could I train them? I don't like these things. After my territory implements the National Sequencer Plan, Your Majesty can send people to guide the sequencers among the civilians.
As long as they are properly guided, these sequencers will be your Majesty's most staunch supporters.
As long as you have the support of these sequencers, Your Majesty can do whatever you want in the Viking Empire, even if you want to dig up the ancestral graves of those nobles, they have to do it obediently. "Feng Willow said flatteringly.
Kenlohag's face flushed after hearing these few words. Thinking of the wonderful scene, Kenlohag became excited.
"Grand Duke Willow, this matter is very well done. I will support you in the future. I can also take back these noble territories.
In the future, all resources of the entire Viking Empire will be supplied to the three border counties first. "Kenlohag said decisively.
"In that case, thank you very much, Your Majesty. The Viking Empire will surely be revived in your hands and become the most powerful empire among the four empires again." Feng Willow said.
"Grand Duke Willow, when are you going to implement this plan? How do you need the Empire to cooperate with you? "Kenlohag said amiably.
Feng Willow's original purpose was not to fight for power, and he naturally had no interest in cultivating sequencers. Now that Kenlohag was willing to take over, he was eager to do so.
As long as the Viking Empire's national fortune improved by then, he would have all the resources for cultivation in the future. Promotion to Sequence Two would be a piece of cake.
And Kenlohag was naturally very satisfied with Feng Willow's willingness to hand over the matter of cultivating sequencers. The sequencers he sent people to cultivate would naturally be loyal to the empire and to him as the emperor in the future.
This could be regarded as a win-win for both parties. As for who would have the last laugh, it was really hard to say.
However, this time, the royal family was able to successfully take back these territories that produced extraordinary resources. In the future, his national sequence The plan has been guaranteed, and now the emperor is willing to support it, the probability of success has been greatly increased.
After leaving the palace, Feng Willow did not stay in the royal city for long. He returned to his territory with Saiyan. The next thing about cultivating talents and educating talents is all Kenlohag's business. For him, it is like unloading a huge burden.
Thanks to the nationwide implementation of land reform, although it has just been implemented nationwide, it has already fed back to the national fortune. Recently, the national fortune of the Viking Empire has skyrocketed. Feng Willow can now practice with all his strength.
To be honest, he is really too lazy to deal with those nobles. Practicing with peace of mind is what he wants to do most.
Soon, the people sent by the emperor came to the three border counties in batches and began the trial of free education. (End of this chapter)