Chapter 965: The People in the Storm (II.)
Maynard frowned, this Fogel son-in-law is more difficult to deal with than it seems......
At this moment, Camp walked over, his strong figure and rough face making him look like a bear standing upright, murderous and intimidating.
"I have long said that it is useless to talk nonsense with this kind of boy who does not know the height of the sky, hand him over to me, and promise that he will be obedient in less than an hour, so that he will be obedient and obedient in whatever he does."
"You, you let go...... Don't mess around! Anthony was pinched by the bear-like man by the back of the neck, grabbed like a chicken, and screamed in fright.
Colonel Camp grinned, ignoring his struggles, and dragged the rich boy out of his seat, intending to lock him in the next room for a "caressing".
At that moment, the closed door was suddenly kicked open, and with a muffled "bang", a knight dressed in Mithril armor strode in.
Colonel Camp was startled, and turned his head angrily at the intruder, and was about to curse, when his gaze was fixed on the other man's face, and his eyes were full of astonishment.
"Knight Captain Klautz...... You, how did you come back? β
"If I don't come back, you idiot is going to be in trouble!" Klautz glared at the brute contemptuously, "Don't let go of Young Master Fogel yet!" β
"But......" Colonel Kemp was still hesitating, and suddenly noticed that Krautz's face was gloomy, and he couldn't help but tremble with fright, and hurriedly let go and left Anthony.
Anthony struggled to his feet, rubbed his neck, and said in a hoarse voice: "General Krautz, thanks to you for coming back in time and saving my life......"
Klautz waved his hand expressionlessly, and spat out a sentence in a deep voice: "Follow me." β
Anthony immediately realized that he was not really out of danger and hurriedly caught up with Klautz.
Exiting the room, Krautz stopped as he descended the stairs and handed Anthony a bottle of potion and a military uniform.
Anthony uncorked the bottle and sniffed it, recognized that it was the "Transfiguration" potion, quickly drank it in one gulp, changed his appearance, put on a military uniform, pretended to be a Clautz orderly, buried his head in his head and followed him closely, and forced his heart to jump through the crowd of protesters shouting slogans and angry faces. Along the way, he heard the agitated people claiming that they wanted to find out the "insatiable tax collector" and "the vampire of the Fogel family" and beat him to death in the street, and he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and hurried two steps to catch up with the swaggering Knight Captain Krautz, lest he lose this last straw.
Poor Young Master Fogel was terrified all the way, and it was not until he was far from the neighborhood where the protesting crowds had gathered, and boarded the carriage to the Knights' barracks that his pounding heart settled down a little.
Clutez sat side by side in the carriage with Anthony, the lieutenant Grand Knight Erwin, who had accompanied him back in front of him, and the rest of the Order on the march. In order to gain as much time as possible, Krautz forcibly requisitioned a halfway platform of the Fort Atonement-Southern Gobi Krai military railway without Philip's authorization, and seized the Magic Guide train to transport the Knights.
With the help of the rail, the Knights could return to the Fort of Atonement by tomorrow evening at the latest, and Rudolph's legions were unlikely to be around the capital before then, giving him room to get a head start.
However, Krautz was still not reassured, and Philip's attitude made him very worried. If the archbishop had colluded with Rudolph and betrayed the interests of the country, the order would have been difficult to sustain alone.
Clotz was so preoccupied that he didn't say a word, and the atmosphere in the carriage was so dreary that Anthony felt suffocated. At this time, the crisp shouting of the newsboy suddenly came from outside the car door:
"Extra! Extra! Big news! β
"The front page of the evening newspaper published "The People's Proposition", and the clarion call of the revolution has been sounded!"
"Fathers and fellow villagers, come and read the newspaper! Big news! β
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"Huh? What 'people's claim'? Suddenly alarmed, Klautz pulled the window of the car and said to Erwin, who was sitting next to the driver, "Go buy an evening newspaper." β
"Okay general." The Great Knight of Erwin put a cloak on his armor, jumped on the galloping carriage, landed lightly on the side of the road, threw a silver coin to the newsboy, snatched a newspaper and turned to run, wearing heavy armor without affecting his cheetah-like agility, and caught up with the speeding carriage in three or five steps, and jumped onto the seat.
"General, the evening newspaper you wanted." Erwin turned back and handed over the newspaper.
Klautz quickly flipped through the front page, and the bold and shocking black headline came into viewβThe People's Opinion!
Anthony couldn't bear to be curious, stretched his neck to probe over, and read the newspaper through the twilight through the window, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.
This article, entitled "The People's Proposition"?, put forward a clear-cut stand with majestic strokes -- resolutely opposing the new imperial tax law, opposing the imperial preferential system, opposing the oppression of the imperial authorities in the Far Eastern provinces for many years, from religion, politics, to social and economic life, and calling on the 4.8 million people of the Far East to unite and fight for the rights and interests they deserve!
There is no doubt that this is a manifesto of a textual nature. However, the author does not incite the people to violence against oppression, but calls on the people to express their demands in the form of peaceful protest in the tone of a religious leader, and implores the imperial authorities to face up to the reasonable demands of the people of the Far East, to influence the descendants of these heretics with grace and tolerance rather than exploitation and oppression, and to open a channel for those Far Easterners living in poverty to obtain imperial citizenship in addition to selling indulgences.
The article also proposes a comprehensive reform of the Far Eastern system, the abolition of the imperial preferential system, the abolition of the hereditary system of heresy, and the restoration of the right of the Far Easterners to convert to the Pero Church and participate in the sacraments, on the basis of which tithes can be levied legally.
The article stresses that these reforms need to be implemented by a strong administration and a leader who stands firmly on the side of the people of the Far East, otherwise even the best policies will not be implemented.
In such a situation, the article proposes that the reform of the system should start from the provincial capitals, and advocates the implementation of a system of tenure of office for the tenure of the archbishop, so that the parents and officials of the provinces can take root in the Far East and serve all Far Easterners for life.
The article bitterly pointed out that the Far Easterners did not welcome those expatriate priests who bowed down to the imperial government, had no sense of belonging to the Far East, and only wanted to return to the inland Huahua World to retire after earning a vote, and that the archbishop could not be just an empty title, not only in the Church, but also in secular affairs, and that in order to ensure the implementation of the reforms and to combat those stubborn conservative and anti-reform forces, it was necessary for the archbishop to control the provincial military power......