Chapter 517: A Fork in the Road of History
As soon as Duke Leanne's voice fell, there was finally a low commotion among the officers for the first time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Someone once again had the audacity to speak: "Your Excellency Marshal, a mere emperor election meeting may not be enough to cause such a big impact in your mouth." ”
Obviously, until this moment, there were still some of the officers who had not been persuaded by Duke Lean, and there were quite a few of them.
Duke Leanne was not annoyed by this question, which had a slightly questioning tone, but on the contrary, in the mind of the resourceful Duke. But a hint of joy quietly emerged.
The officers' originally impregnable psychological defense line has been knocked out of a crack by him with the sharp weapon of language, and what Duke Li'an needs to do next is to work harder and use sharper words to break through the psychological defense of these officers!
Duke Li'an coughed lightly and said: "Actually, the crux of the matter is very simple, it is that this model of the Emperor Election has set a precedent - before that, all emperors either relied on the designation of the previous generation of emperors, or ascended to the throne with iron and blood, and the generation of emperors was controlled by the imperial family, but-"
Speaking of this, Duke Li'an deliberately accentuated his tone: "Once the election of the emperor is successfully held, then from now on, it will be the ministers who choose the emperor, and it will no longer be the imperial family that chooses the emperor!" ”
"Got it? As long as the election of the emperor will succeed once, the power of the emperor will be completely hollowed out by the ministers headed by Prime Minister Paul! I'm sure you don't doubt Prime Minister Paul's methods, right? Once Prime Minister Paul has removed the emperor and taken power, what is the first thing he will do? ”
Duke Li'an's gaze slowly crossed the faces of everyone in the big tent, and the tone in his mouth was as cold as ten thousand years of ice: "The first thing he wants to do, of course, is to kill all of you diehards who are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
"Kill them all!"
"Kill them all!"
Duke Lean's words seemed to have some kind of magic, constantly echoing in the big tent, in the ears of every Scarlet Knights officer.
The expressions on the faces of all the Scarlet Knights officers changed involuntarily, some were at a loss, others were thoughtful, and many more had an expression on their faces - anger!
An angry voice suddenly sounded: "Since the Prime Minister has done such a desperate job, then what are we still doing here?" I suggest that we gather our troops and enter the city of Ridmar now, and have a preemptive strike! ”
This suggestion was immediately approved by many officers, and the crowd in the big tent was excited for a while, and everyone was gearing up.
"That's right, enter the city of Ridmar, kill Prime Minister Paul and his party, and help His Highness ascend the throne!"
"That's right, His Highness is our own person of the Scarlet Knights, and it is the best choice to let His Highness ascend the throne!"
The big tent became a mess, and even more simply knelt down directly to the eldest prince Emmanuel standing next to Duke Lean, shouting His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Majesty Charles XVII!"
It was only at this time that a faint smile appeared on Duke Lean's face. He nodded lightly to Emmanuel, then quietly stepped aside, giving Emmanuel the most prominent place in the middle of the tent.
More and more people fell to their knees, and in the end, even the Supreme Commander of the Scarlet Knights, General Brian, quietly knelt down, and there was no one standing in the entire tent except for Emmanuel and Duke Lean.
Emmanuel's face showed a flush of excitement, as a prince with the title of prince, of course, Emmanuel has been bowed down by others on weekdays, but only this time, Emmanuel felt for the first time - the feeling of being surrounded by everyone and kneeling was so wonderful.
Emmanuel took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and said loudly to the many Scarlet Knights officers in front of him: "Everyone, as long as you help me ascend the throne tonight, I, Emanuel, promise hereby that I will not treat you badly in the future, and everyone today will definitely be rewarded after I ascend the throne!" ”
The cheers grew louder and louder.
Emmanuel glanced at Duke Lean, who was not far away: "Now, Marshal Lien, please read to you the edict left by my father before his death!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the big tent instantly fell silent.
Duke Leanne walked back to the center of the tent, took out an edict from his bosom, and read it out word by word.
The full text of the edict is as follows:
In the name of the glory of the previous emperors of the Holy Spanny Empire, if the emperor suddenly encounters an accident, and there are traitors or foreign enemies who take the opportunity to cause chaos, Duke Francis Leanne can use this edict to order all the armies of the empire to kill the traitors and restore the great name of the Holy Spanny Empire!
After the Duke of Li'an finished reciting, he raised his head and said to the people in the tent, "Does anyone want to verify the authenticity of this edict?" ”
The officers in the tent looked at each other, and finally set their eyes on their main general, General Brian, the leader of the Scarlet Knights.
General Bryan said calmly: "Just before summoning you, the marshal has already shown me this edict, and with my personal and family reputation, this edict is absolutely true. ”
If there were still a few of the officers who were hesitant about all this, then at this moment, all doubts have disappeared.
The Grand Prince Emmanuel, the Imperial Minister of Affairs, Duke Lean, and the Supreme Commander of the Scarlet Knights, General Brian, when these three giants are united, what else can resist the footsteps of the Scarlet Knights?
Thinking of the rolling wealth, power and beauty that will be obtained once it is done, before I know it, the breath of every officer in the entire big tent has become heavy, and the raging war spirit begins to boil wildly in the big tent.
General Brian nodded at Duke Lean: "Marshal, please issue an order!" ”
A pair of burning eyes looked at Duke Li'an: "Lord Marshal, please issue an order!" ”
Duke Lian nodded with a serious expression, and at this moment officially took over the command of the Scarlet Knights: "I order all the soldiers of the Scarlet Knights to set off, enter the city of Ridmar in a battle formation, and kill the traitor Paul and all his comrades!" ”
"Yes!" A deafening roar resounded throughout the Chinese army's tent.
Looking at the many officers who hurriedly received orders, Duke Li'an's heart suddenly felt a sense of relief.
There is no doubt that this edict is certainly true. In fact, every generation of Emperor Spany will give such an edict to the current head of the Golden Lion Family, in order to prevent the emperor from having an unexpected situation in the empire's political instability or even turmoil.
The heavy trust in this edict is actually understandable, after all, the Golden Lion Family has been the most important pillar of the empire for three hundred years, and for the royal family, there is no more trustworthy and reliable ally than the Golden Lion Family.
But what the ancestors, including the emperors and dukes, never expected was that in the Golden Lion family, there would be such an outlier as Cleverley who dared to slash the emperor.
And because of Cleverley's move, Duke Leanne was forced to make another surprising decision for the future of the entire Golden Lion Family after thinking about it for several days and nights.
History has taken a different fork in the road.