Chapter 704: Coup d'état

The entire Roman Empire could send such an elite thousand-man team, and it took this opportunity to enter the Holy Palace, naturally only the Prince Theodosius who was under house arrest by Constans II.

As a soldier, especially a soldier with considerable ambitions, Theodosius was naturally unwilling to spend the rest of his life under house arrest, so in the face of Constans II's conspiracy, he finally decided to deal with it with conspiracy under the persuasion of a group of loyal men, and at the same time as the congress was held, send an army into the Holy Palace, and then control Constans II.

As long as Constans II can be controlled, then Theodosius will also grasp the initiative, and then with his prestige, he can directly force Constans II to pass the throne to himself, after all, legally speaking, he also has the right to inherit the throne, and he has won the support of a large number of nobles before, and then he only needs to promise to give these nobles some benefits, so that they can support him to ascend the throne and become emperor.

It is precisely with this idea in mind that there is this elite team of thousands, and Theodosius also bought off a guard officer in the Holy Palace, so that the other party can receive this thousand-man team into the Holy Palace, and everything went well, and since the moment the thousand-man team climbed the cliff, Theodosius's plan has been half successful.

In the palace of La Maniol, a fierce debate was going on, and for this congress, the palace of La Manior was also remodeled to form a large circular hall, and the nobles who participated were divided into two sides, on one side in response to the support of Constans II, and on the other side was the opposition led by Theodosius.

"Martin I openly opposed the decree of His Majesty the Emperor, offended the majesty of the Roman Emperor, and therefore can be judged. He was guilty, if even such sins could be forgiven. So where is the prestige of my Roman Empire? Where is the majesty of my Roman Emperor? Where is the authority of imperial decrees......"

A young and handsome aristocrat stands on a circular podium in the middle and is giving an impassioned inspiring speech. In fact, there is only one core of the speech, and that is to grasp the crime of disobeying the imperial decree of Martin I, and support the arrest of Martin I before Constans II.

Looking at the young nobleman on the stage, Constans II's eyes showed an abnormal and intoxicated gaze, and finally he lowered his head and asked his friend Fries, "Forris, what is the name of this young man?" ”

"Your Majesty, this young man's name is Urimo, the nephew of His Excellency the Diplomat Ciro, and is now studying some diplomatic matters with his uncle. In addition, I heard that he speaks Chinese better than his uncle. Foris said as usual, but there was a hint of obscurity in his gaze at Urimo on the stage, because he could tell from the tone of Constances II that the other party was very interested in Urimo, which was likely to threaten his position.

As soon as Urimo's speech in support of the arrest of Martin I ended, an opposition member immediately stepped forward and walked onto the podium, but when Constans II saw this man, he couldn't help but snort angrily. Because this person is none other than Chernov, a great nobleman who publicly insulted him before.

Cherno was a middle-aged man with a strong appearance, standing there like a fierce lion, but in fact he was indeed a brave general. He also participated in battles against the Great Cannibals, most famously with an army of 2,000 men defending an impenetrable fortress. Several times repelled the attacks of tens of thousands of cannibals, buying time for the subsequent counteroffensive. At the same time, the war made Cherno a hero for all of Rome. Now one of the commanders of the four armies stationed in Constantinople.

I saw Cherno walk quickly up to the podium and glanced at Constans II and the others opposite. He immediately opened his mouth and said: "Great Rome is a free country, God has given us the right to discuss freely, Martin I, as the pope of the Church of Rome, naturally has the right to defend religious doctrines, and His Majesty's decree prohibiting the discussion of the divinity and humanity of Christ not only deprives us of the rights given to us, but also violates Martin I's duties as pope, which is obviously against God's will, so I think that His Majesty's previous decree is simply unreasonable and invalid......"

Cherno, who was a general, was full of gunpowder, and at the very beginning of his speech, he aimed at Constans II, and he was also very clever enough to justify Martin I from the point of view of the law at all, but from the point of view of religion, he decided that the decree issued by Constans II was against the will of God, so it was invalid, and Martin I's opposition was in obedience to God's will, so not only should not be punished, but should be rewarded.

"Against! I'm against it! Chernov: This is confusing concepts! As soon as Chernën's speech ended, Foris, who was beside Constans II, immediately stood up and objected, saying that he was indeed a very clever man, and he saw through Chernën's trick at once.

It's just that Chernov's speech has already exploded the atmosphere of the scene, and as soon as Forris's opposition fell, there were opposition opponents who immediately refuted him, and then the supporters were not to be outdone, and stood up one after another to express their opinions, and no one even went up to the middle podium, they all stood directly on their seats and quarreled with the person opposite, and this quarrel has a tendency to intensify.

Seeing that the quarrel in front of him was about to get out of control, Constans II and Theodosius both seemed very calm, for Constans II, after Theodosius was under house arrest, it didn't matter whether to pardon Martin I or not, and now he was thinking about what to do with his younger brother? As for Theodosius, he was worried about whether his previous plan would be carried out smoothly, whether the elite team of 1,000 people had now entered the Holy Palace?

Just when the two of them were thinking about each other, but they were silent on the surface, suddenly there were bursts of screams from outside the Ramaniol Palace, accompanied by the impact of weapons and the cries for help of soldiers, which made the faces of the nobles in the entire palace change, and they all quieted down, and their confused or panicked eyes were all focused on the gate of the palace.

Although hundreds of soldiers were mobilized around the Ramaniol Palace, they were no match for the elite thousand-man team at all, so the battle outside ended quickly, and then this elite army rushed into the palace in a neat queue, which made all the nobles in the palace feel a kind of pressure.

Seeing the arrival of this army, Theodosius's face showed an excited smile, and then the leader of this army stepped forward and saluted him: "Your subordinates, see Your Excellency! ”

"You're doing a great job!" Theodosius stood up at this time, walked over and patted the other man on the shoulder. Seeing this, all the nobles present understood what was happening, although they could not figure out how this army had entered the Holy Palace, but now the situation was very clear, Theodosius had actually staged an armed coup d'état, and now the situation was under control.

"Theodosius, you...... You even mobilized an army to attack the Holy Palace? At this moment, Constans II, who understood it, also stood up with a pale face, and the anger in his eyes was almost about to gush out, he never thought that Theodosius would have such courage.

"Hahaha~, Your Majesty the Emperor, if it weren't for your repeated persecution, I wouldn't have used this method, did you let me watch the knife on my neck, and didn't allow me to resist?" Theodosius's laughter was full of pride, now that the situation was reversed, the situation was completely in his own hands, Constans II was no longer a threat to him, and now he needed the support of the nobles present.

"Theodosius, don't be delusional, do you think that if you kidnap His Majesty the Emperor, you will become His Majesty the Emperor of Rome, don't dream, we will not allow a usurper to ascend to the throne!" At this moment, Forris, a die-hard supporter of Constantis II, shouted again, and he also knew that Theodosius would not dare to kill the nobles present, and at most seek the support of these nobles and then ascend to the throne, so he opened his mouth to break his ambitions.

It's just that as soon as Foris's words fell, Chernau, who had been standing behind Theodosius, suddenly stepped forward, snatched a Roman short sword from the hand of a soldier, and then stabbed Foris in the chest at once, and shouted: "Forris, you incompetent, it is all because of you and Constans's incompetence, so we have lost a large area of land in Rome, and only Theodosius can lead our Rome to glory again!" ”

Foris didn't expect someone to do it to him on the spot, he only felt a chill in his chest, and then the strength of his whole body was gone, and when he saw the short life in his chest, his face was full of incredible expressions, and then he slowly fell to the ground, causing a panic among the surrounding nobles.

Constances II was also frightened, he grew up in the court, he didn't expect that anyone would dare to kill in front of him, and the person who was killed was his closest person, which made him angry at the same time, but also felt a deep fear from the heart, and even this fear had overwhelmed the anger, so that his whole body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

The same is true of the other nobles, whether it is the previous supporters or the opposition, they did not expect Cherno to kill in public, although Foris is usually a little arrogant, but after all, he is also a member of the nobles, his death made the other nobles feel a little frightened, and they looked at Theodosius and Cherno with horror.

Seeing this, Theodosius knew that his goal of shock had been achieved, and he needed to appease these nobles, and at the same time give up certain benefits to make the nobles give up their support for Constans II and help him become the new Roman emperor. (To be continued......)