Chapter 540 Liquidation and New Regime
As Joffrey's head fell to the ground, the cries of the civilians in the square reached a climax, and some even cried, apparently feeling that the days of frenzied exploitation were finally over.
The nobles who witnessed this scene were all pale, as if the rolling head on the ground was not Joffrey, but their own.
There is no way, now the rumor of liquidation has been deliberately released by Li Lingyi, in order to see the reaction of the nobles.
And this trial also happened to be a point of borrowing to let these nobles take a good look at what happened to the guilty and exploited the people. If they do not intend to cooperate with the reckoning at that time, then I am afraid that the final outcome will not be much better than that of those who are being judged now.
As for the Lannisters on stage, they were already stupid at this time and were completely speechless. Cersei and Jaime were already in tears. After all, they are human beings, and it is impossible not to see their children die without pain.
But then it was the turn of the two of them, and for them, if they were to follow Li Lingyi's thoughts, they would have been cut directly. Their offenses are not light, and the death penalty is definitely not too heavy.
But this is from his point of view, but civilians are not like him, who have watched TV series and have a "God's perspective".
For Cersei, most civilians treat her as just a normal woman. (Because nothing like being "paraded" by religion, bombing churches, ascending to the throne, etc., happened.) )
As for Jaime, he was only a royal chief of guard, a general, and it was his duty to lead troops into battle, so in the eyes of civilians, his crimes did not reach the level of capital crimes. (After all, the commoners didn't know about how many years old he pushed children off the tower.) )
Therefore, if Li Lingyi directly sentences these two people to death, maybe the civilians will support it, but once they calm down, they will definitely have some complaints in their hearts, feeling that he is "eliminating dissidents".
And this kind of thinking, he never wants the people to have.
Because the next "liquidation" movement for the aristocracy or the "political reform" is a large-scale, large-scale, and huge-impact event, and if the commoners do not cooperate, it will be difficult to promote and implement. So even though it's a little thing, he has to deal with it properly.
So, after the two were convicted, the final verdict was: both of them were imprisoned in the dungeon for ten years.
This result made the faces of the two of them look like ashes, especially Cersei, who kept cursing and asked Li Lingyi to execute her now, otherwise she would curse him every day.
However, Li Lingyi didn't bother to pay attention to this crazy woman, and directly ordered the soldiers to put people in the dungeon.
Then it took about half an hour to deal with all the remaining criminals, and then he began to get down to business and find all the bachelors.
A total of about forty or fifty robed scholars came to the stage, looking at the people below with excited expressions. They knew that the next thing to do was to make history, so they looked at Li Lingyi with the mood of a pioneer.
"What is going to happen next, you may be a little surprised, but I can tell you that it is not a surprise, but a surprise. Li Ling said slowly, and the civilians in the audience all looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"Is it time to announce a new king?" guessed a commoner, and it went viral in an instant, detonating the entire square.
"Really!
"I guess Ivy Crane is going to the Iron Throne, right?"
"That's good! I think he's going to make a good king!"
The chaotic noise kept coming, Li Ling stretched out his hands and pressed down twice, the crowd began to slowly quiet down, and after a while, it fell into silence, and a pair of big eyes fell on him expectantly.
"The first thing to be announced is the liquidation of the nobility. ”
As soon as Li Ling's words fell, all the nobles present trembled, although they had already received the news, it was still a little difficult to accept it when they really said it with red mouths and white teeth.
For the liquidation, Li Lingyi just made a start, and then asked a professional scholar to narrate, and the latter explained it clearly, in a way that civilians could understand.
Of course, there is no big reason, as long as the common people understand that the money collected after the end of this liquidation will not be in the royal family, but will be used for the city and its residents.
The renewal and construction of infrastructure, the renovation and construction of some dilapidated houses, the renewal of underground waterways, etc., all the money will be used on these. It is conceivable that after these words, the commoners were immediately very happy, and the earth-shattering cheers made the nobles' faces even paler.
They looked at each other and whispered what to do.
It is definitely unwilling to pay a fine, after all, every nobleman has made a lot of money over the years, and they are all suspected of violating the law, and the liquidation is absolutely inescapable. But to resist by force...... If it had been in the past, this trick would have worked, because even the royal city guards were composed of the children of nobles.
But now everything has changed, in the past ten days, the Wangcheng Guards have been split by Li Lingyi, and all the important positions have been replaced by the flag army.
If you unite other families......
Several big nobles rolled their eyes, looked at each other a few times, and seemed to think of someone at the same time, so they turned around and left. What they didn't notice was that there were people in the crowd who were staring at them all the time, and they followed them when they saw them leave.
At this time, the liquidation activities have been finished, and the next step is the reform of the political system, which is naturally explained by scholars, and because it is much more difficult to understand than the liquidation, Li Lingyi also asked people to move several long tables and wooden chairs.
Put the long table underneath, let the scholars sit in the back, and then let the civilians who want to ask a clear understanding can come forward and ask one by one, so that they can communicate in close proximity. In this way, it can not only make the policy deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but also narrow the distance between the official and the civilian, after all, scholars are usually quite mysterious, and most of them stay in the tower where they work, and they have little intersection with the civilians.
Let the soldiers maintain order, Li Lingyi planned to leave first, and now he has to deal with a mountain of official duties every day, which can be regarded as experiencing the pain of those in power.
After getting off the stage, the crowd automatically opened a way out, and he walked quickly, but after a few steps, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a bright light in the corner of his eye!
Kindness?
Brush –
The sound of breaking the air came, Li Lingyi turned his head suddenly, only to see that from the gap between the bodies of the two civilians, a steel crossbow arrow shining with cold light actually shot rapidly, and the target was his eyebrows!
"Be careful!"