Are you crossing the river and tearing down the bridge? ”

"Not only to dismantle, but also to clean up." John looked directly into Joel's angry gaze, "Mr. Joel, you don't still think that you can still live an upper-class life with the false title of the imperial noble, eating the taxes of the empire, and living an upper-class life, right?" ”

"Slaughtering the nobles at will, depriving the nobles of their rights, and dividing the new nobles without any legal basis, aren't you afraid of becoming the public enemy of the whole world?"

"Poof...... Public enemy of the world? Mr. Joel, don't you really think that the current continent is still the era when the ruler could call on the believers of the world to conquer thousands of miles because of faith or legal principles? Johann slapped Joel on the face with a horsewhip and said contemptuously, "It's time to wake up from a dream, whether it's yours or Gregor's." ”

"Your Majesty, what are they going to do?"

"Take it all back to Constantinople...... I believe that my father will judge in his own heart, and if I dispose of them all here, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Constantinople to do so. Johann pulled the reins with a look of disgust, "All Gregor's family property...... Brought back to Gombrigne, all the servants and attendants were immediately dismissed, and the private soldiers were filled into the city defense army, waiting for the arrival of the governor of New Kastoria...... And the money for the repair of the gates which they had destroyed, and the sale of all their estates and their possessions, and the excess of which was sent to the treasury. ”

"John! Are you just staring at our Gregorian ancestral business?! God will not forgive you for that! The demons of hell will open their arms to you! Joel struggled and roared in a voice that was close to hoarse, "How much money will it cost to repair these gates, and it is necessary to take all the property of our Gregor family?" What for the sake of the empire and for the people, I see that you are just for our ancestral business, you covet the assets of all the old nobles! Just to pay off the debts of the Empire, so as not to bankrupt your poor Valleologo! I will expose your sins to the world! John, you wait! You stinky little ......."

Smack-

Morey's slap through the wrought-iron hand armor, if he used his power, was afraid that he would instantly twist Joel's head one hundred and eighty degrees.

"You!"

"I said, Joel, you shouldn't be immersed in sweet dreams anymore. Someone must bear the pains of the era of change. ”

The old Castorian nobles who were escorted to Constantinople were not even tried by the highest bench, and it took only half an hour for the Imperial Council to give the end of this group of nobles.

The existence of the Imperial Council fully represented the interests of the new aristocracy and the royal family, and the new aristocratic class was absolutely loyal to the royal family. Unless the old aristocracy relied on force, in the current situation, to intervene in any rebellion against the decisions of the empire, the end result was probably to be dragged to the execution ground.

"Of course, Your Majesty, if we want to pull Gregor out to make an example, we should make the other old nobles understand why they died. There must be no rebellion one after another, and every time His Majesty's main army must be mobilized to suppress it. To make these old nobles settle down, we need to find some excuses. Old Agrippa looked at the dozen or so rope rings on the execution ground and sighed, "Your Majesty John should not kill the old nobles all at once. ”

"Although it is not absolutely necessary, it can give them a feel for the future direction of the royal family first, and also give them a process of adaptation. After all, it shouldn't be very uncomfortable for the rights of the once body to be stripped clean overnight. There was obviously some schadenfreude in Constantine XI's tone, even if he was Basilius, he had to be constrained by the nobles everywhere, so he had already had the urge to get rid of it. It's just that he didn't expect that his son would be faster than doing it himself.

"Inform Publius that the Holy See Guard should be on the lookout for another rebellion of the local nobility...... And the money John sent...... ...... first"

"Your Majesty, don't give it back to the Venetians yet." Jin Qi, who was busy calculating the accounts next to him, suddenly raised his head sensitively,

"Huh? The taxes paid by the Venetians, although they were already very conscientious, were also a great burden. Constantine XI frowned slightly, "The assets of the nobles that were copied came from the commoners, and they should also be the taxes of the empire to repay debts, so there shouldn't be much of a problem, right?" ”

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant......" Jin Qi stood up from the bench, holding a silver Orthodox cross in one hand. It was a gift from Gregory to him, because Jin Qi was the first visitor of the Eastern Dynasty to persuade him to convert.

"I mean, as long as the annual tax revenue is enough to pay off the basic arrears, there's no need for us to spend such a large amount of cash on paying it back." Jin Qi said with a smile, his whole life has been accompanied by speculation, of course, he will not allow a huge amount of cash to be stuffed into someone else's arms like this, "We can use this money to expand the city, or recruit troops, even if it is to buy a few more muskets, it is better than directly using it to pay off debts." ”

"Then I'll leave it to you to deal with, if this money can play its best role, your family will have a share of the output of the Gombrigne gold mine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't talk yet! Let me guess! Sophia put down the scroll in her hand and looked at John with interest, "The Gregor family has been removed from the old noble list!" ”

"Huh? You've been in Fort Combrigne all day, and you're pretty well informed. John took off his shoulder coat and handed it to Evelet. After working at Fort Gombrigne for a while, Evelet apparently had developed a tacit understanding with John.

"What's the news? Brother, you should look in the mirror and look at your own expression before leaving, and then I will reckon that the Gregor family will be more than lucky. But...... I didn't expect you to eat up the ancestral business that others had worked so hard to save. ”

"The whole family doesn't exist anymore, what's the use of keeping this money?" John didn't think it was too much, but looked forward to the next aristocratic rebellion, "As long as they are rich enough, it's not impossible to rebel......

"Although the old aristocracy of Rome is some empty shells, but we are so open and honest to clean up the old aristocracy, I am afraid that it will make those so-called elites in the West who are full of food and have nothing to do...... "Sophia is obviously still a little jealous of the European continents, after all, the shadow of the crusaders is still hanging over Constantinople at the moment and has not completely dispersed, and the empire does not yet have the ability to make the culprits pay.

"Then let the gooseberries peck at their eyes." John lay down on the bed without any care.