232 Telling nonsense with your eyes open is a basic survival skill
Oppenheimer was not energetic and did not participate in the scolding battle, but he lay down and was shot, looking over there in horror, and suddenly remembered what Frederick had revealed: "The secret police have listed you and David as direct suspects, and are intensifying their investigation." The pen and the fun www.biquge.info" suddenly frightened Oppenheimer's chrysanthemum, and then he believed that this matter was not groundless, and he pricked up his ears in fear, and paid close attention to Frederick's next words.
Filia clung to the railing, tiptoeing to look at the back of Frederick's head, but because of the crowd of the councillors, she couldn't see it, and she was so anxious that she felt that it was a pity that she couldn't see his back.
The speaker was also frightened when he heard this, and his head immediately secreted a cold sweat, and he looked left and right and said to him: "You put your feet down first!"
Frederick put his feet back under the table, and the Speaker could think of a wording, and immediately punched hard: "The secret police are the Empress's detectives, how can you exchange information with them?"
"Hah!" Frederick asked curiously with a rare expression of discovering the New World, "Every plant and tree in the HRE Empire is bathed in the glory of the Empress and thriving. Is it true that only the secret police belong to the Empress? In your senses, I am not a knight of the Empress? And which country are you the Speaker of the Parliament?"
The Speaker's face turned pale, hating himself for accidentally picking out his private words, and suddenly like a boxer who had been knocked out of his teeth, he hurriedly hugged his head and defended: "I didn't mean that! We are all slaves of the Empress......
Frederick raised his head to look at the curtain in the sky, and buttoned his hat meaningfully: "Speaker, don't forget if you usually speak inappropriately, today the emperor is listening, and you openly say something about the party's differences, your wings are very hard." ”
The speaker suddenly found that this young man was not only not afraid of the emperor's majesty, and dared to openly use the emperor as a weapon, but also the sinister degree of his words and sentences was indistinguishable from his own, and he was simply insidious and cultivated into a human form. Although he was extremely active, he did not dare to fight against the system, and hurriedly raised his head to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty ......the Emperor!
"Do things according to the rules, don't turn the House into a place to curse the streets. Qing Yue's beautiful command fell on the world like a gentle wind and drizzle, and the emperor seemed impatient: "What Count Frederick said is the truth. The hearing can be over. ”
The Speaker was dumbfounded, and the members looked at each other.
And that's the end of it?
The hats of corruption moths and enemies of the state have not yet been fastened, and the atmosphere of unhappiness has not yet been created, and Griffith is still standing, but the hearing is over?
"Shall it be over then?" said Frederick, lazily.
The Speaker was dumbfounded and announced the end of the hearing and entered the voting session. Griffith calmly walked away as everyone voted in silence, but as he passed Frederick, he paused, looked at him and said, "Don't think I'm going to be grateful to you." ”
Frederick didn't even glance at Griffith, concentrating on manicures: "Don't think I want you to be grateful to me. You're not the fish I'm going to catch. ”
"What fish are you going to catch?" said Griffith.
"Nonsense. Frederick looked up in disgust, "Big fish, of course." ”
Griffith didn't even realize that he was just a small fish, so he gritted his teeth angrily and swam away speechlessly. As soon as he left the hall, he heard a pleasant "brother", and turned his head to see Filia hurrying down the steps like a red butterfly, chasing after her red hair trembling slightly.
Griffith stopped and waited for her. Filia threw her arms around him, shook it with joy, and looked up at his face, "You owe Frederick a favor." ”
"Be careful yourself, that person is bottomless. Why. Because he openly speaks falsely in the House. Griffith looked ahead and spoke like a machine gun: "First, the secret police are only responsible to the Empress, and it is impossible to reveal information to him. Second, the secret police and the Praetorian Guard conducted a joint investigation, and the police found nothing at all, not only did they not list the so-called suspects, but they also did not have a clue. I'm very clear about that. But what did Frederick say? He embezzled the name of the secret police and told a big lie in the holiest part of the empire. Griffith hurried downstairs, pulling his sister's skirt slightly fluttering, like a butterfly spreading its wings: "There are at least three people in the House who can expose him, but he ignores me and the emperor, and lies more than fart." This person is not only bold, but also has no bottom line, whether to associate with him, you weigh it clearly. ”
Filia's tears were all trained by him. The clues told by her brother were all ignored by her, and she only cared about her grievances and disappointments: "Why are you like this! He said that these are also to help you!"
"I'm saying this to help you. Think about it, why didn't the emperor expose him. Griffith put his hat on, patted Filia on the shoulder, then turned and mounted his horse, and galloped back to the headquarters surrounded by the Praetorian Guard.
Filia watched the busy horses disappear into the streets, and suddenly wanted to go back to the House to watch Frederick's performance. She was suspicious of her brother: "The crime of cheating the House is not a joke. What was the purpose of Frederick's desperate move, and did Elena protect the Farina family by not exposing him...... Anyway, just ask clearly. "Fingers curled up in the skirt, even if the mind wanders, people are like ghosts in the wind, floating involuntarily towards the place of attachment.
In the House of Representatives, the final debate on the Commercial Tax Amendment is in full swing. Thomas, the dignified nephew of the Speaker, held on to the rostrum and talked eloquently, arguing bitterly about the role of tax exemption in saving the market. He generously clenched his fists and raised his head, quoted scriptures and classics, eloquently laid out the arguments in an orderly manner, and divided them into 123 articles to argue rigorously, in a clear manner and with clear ideas, which received enthusiastic responses from half of the parliamentarians.
Frederick propped his chin and looked impatient, his fingers tapping on the table in turn. Because of his involvement, Griffith's culpability rating was reduced to "unclear." But there has been a wave of unsettled, and among the four candidates for speaker, three have already taken office, all of whom are loyal supporters of the tax exemption bill, apparently trying to please most of the parliamentarians to canvass for their own votes. Thomas, the third person to come to power, was one of the best, he was clearly organized, deliberately ignored the irrationality of the tax exemption case, and focused on highlighting the prospect of the tax exemption case to save the market, and his logic and eloquence were first-class.
However, the tax situation is very serious: the nobles above the viscount are exempt from personal income tax. If the most fertile textile, mining, and financial taxes had been waived, the wealth of the country would have flooded into private pockets as if the floodgates had been opened, and the situation of the workers and peasants would not improve in the slightest.
It would be the spring of the bureaucratic capitalists, and the abyss of the royal family and the workers and peasants.
If the empire maintained the status quo, Frederick would have a chance to assert power. If the empire fell apart before Frederick could exert his strength, he would have only two options, either to go up to the mountains to fight guerrillas, or to go to the sea to become a warlord. It is clear that neither is having a good life. So he is attending today's parliament to muddy the tax exemption bill. (To be continued.) )