The Holy City has restored basic order.

The troops outside the city succumbed, claiming that they had to submit because His Majesty the Emperor had become hostage of the Tulip Party, when in fact the senior officers had been bribed by the Tulip Party and the financiers behind them.

While the streets of militiamen and armed leaders with red armbands may seem frightening, citizens can finally get out of their homes and find that the world has changed.

Carmen Gable walked into the Tulip Party's office, the former seat of the Cabinet Office, which is known as the "Europa Freedom Commission".

The former ministers were prisoners, Prime Minister Caron was imprisoned in secret places with the Emperor, John Talmon, who had become Minister of Military Orders again after Marshal Lewis's expedition, was shot, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Nehwal was missing, some said he had escaped disguised as a woman, and others said he was still in the Holy City, secretly plotting a rebellion.

Many officials have been transformed into half-official positions in the new regime, and opponents have lost their heads if they do not flee in time.

The Tulip Party calls the shots in the name of the Freedom Council, but a series of tricky things await them.

First and foremost was the disposition of the old Imperial armies on the northern and western fronts. The Tulip Sect feared that the old army would come back to avenge the Emperor, and that the old army would be distracted and defeated and that the foreign enemy would be driven in, a consequence that even the most radical Tulip Party would not dare to face.

Huairou was the result of a day of discussion, and they did everything possible to raise military supplies for the front line and offered a large bonus to all the front-line soldiers.

At least where the money comes from, the major banks in the holy city and Gyeonggi have been controlled by the committee and become state-owned.

At the same time, the Tulip Brothers confiscated the royal family's billions of assets, amounting to 50 million in cash alone, which financed their military expansion.

They are not short of soldiers. On the basis of the 50,000 regular army and 50,000 militia already under its control, the Commission plans to expand the army to about 200,000.

Not only that, but the Freedom Council declared that the royal land belonged to the whole people, and they distributed the scattered land of the royal family to the landless peasants, which won them quite a lot of hearts.

At the same time, the Freedom Council declared that the land of the Church was nationalized. This radical policy met with little open resistance in the provinces closer to Gyeonggi, where the opposing clergy had been hung from the bell tower.

The propaganda of public opinion was pervasive, and the agitated populace began to give the committee a great reward, and they expelled the old officials, divided the land and property of the privileged people who had ridden on their heads, and some of the activists became the new upstarts.

Revolution and freedom became the mantra of many.

Carmen Gable was one of the chief writers of the Commission's organ, the Liberty Times, and his excellent work earned him the admiration of the upstarts.

Marenson was the paper's editor-in-chief, and he was also a member of the Freedom Commission, which was responsible for public opinion and propaganda. The former music teacher, whom Gable had known for years, was now proud, at least much wider than before.

"Mr. Marenson, are you looking for me?" asked Carmen, standing in the doorway, knocking on the door.

Commissioner Marensen was sitting on his pipe and making a contemplative gesture in the seat of the former Secretary of Transport.

"Well, Carmen, come in!" said Marenson, recovering from his senses, "I have called you from the newspaper office because I want to ask you something." ”

"Sir, you are too modest. Carmen said humbly.

"No, no, as a citizen, I serve the whole people, and I must work with the utmost humility for the benefit of the people. "This is also the purpose of the Freedom Council, and we must oppose all privileges from above, and those rotten and unequal privileges must be abolished." ”

Carmen listened attentively, only to hear Marenson continue: "Carmen, you are one of the few Southerners I know. I wonder what would be the point of view of our revolution if you abandoned your current identity and were to be seen from the perspective of just an ordinary Southerner?"

Obviously, the south, especially the Twelve Provinces south of the Ott Mountains, is still in the wait-and-see situation, and they are neither in favor nor against the changes in the Holy City.

"No view. Carmen said.

"No opinion?" said Marenson, puzzled.

Carmen said seriously:

"Southerners are more concerned about what kind of policies we have in the future, and in a sense, they are also seeking a kind of equality, and they don't want the South to be the object of the exploitation of the North. In recent years, the industrial development of the south has been good, and they hope that the north can implement the same economic policies as them. ”

"Don't they care about political power?" asked Marenson in surprise.

"Of course they cared, but in the South, especially in my hometown, the aristocracy, the church, the bourgeoisie and even the commoners, they formed a delicate balance of checks and balances, which made them seem to coexist peacefully, and class oppression was not as obvious as in the North. "As Mr. Salamane has pointed out, absolute power without the necessary checks and balances will lead to dictatorship and oppression." ”

"I see. Marenson nodded, "So the Committee's concerns are a bit ridiculous. ”

"What do you mean?" asked Carmen, tentatively.

"Will you Southerners seek independence?" Marenson asked.

"It's definitely a rumor. "At least I'm absolutely loyal to the Freedom Council." ”

"Haha, don't be nervous. "The Council is negotiating with the Count of Koval to make a statement in favor of the Liberty Council, but he says he can't be the lord of the Genoese, so he mentions the name of another Count, and I heard that you don't have an ordinary relationship with that man?"

That's probably the only reason Carmen was brought in.

Carmen's heart moved: "You mean Sean Connery? He was the president of the University of Poitou when I was a student. ”

He is still the rector of the University of Poitou. The current news is that he is fighting on the western front. "The Commission needs an envoy to his ranks, and you have been recommended to the Commission." Both the leaders, Salamane and Fuchs, nodded in agreement. You know, these two leaders don't see eye to eye on a lot of things. ”

"Sir, this flatters me and at the same time makes me feel a lot of pressure. "But I'm willing to take on the challenge." ”

"It's good, someone will give you the details. "Now the western front is a bit weird, and we've sent several envoys there, and they're all gone.

It was even claimed that Marshal Lewis had just suffered a great defeat, and that the western line of defense was currently in the hands of Count Connery. We have so many things that we can't tell the truth from the fake.

But Marshal Lewis is known to be the only man's confidant, and we have to guard against the fact that if the Count of Connelly, who wields the power of the army, is on our side, the Council will not hesitate to reward him, and the whole of Genoese will benefit from it. That is the Committee's commitment.

Compared with the western front, there is constant news coming from our north, and the appetite of those generals is not small...... But it's a good sign. ”

"Rest assured, I'll do my best. Carmen said immediately.

Leaving Marenson's office, Carmen was ushered into another office, where he was told the details of his time as an envoy, and Carmen's heart was shocked.

In the afternoon, Carmen went straight back to his apartment, where he placed a pot of flowers on the windowsill on the second floor.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Percy appeared at his apartment.