Volume II, Chapter 14: The Holy Lordic Empire
"You should know this place! Lying here are the more than 7,000 Viruga warriors who guarded Viruga and died in a bloody battle with the Swadiaans, and the more than 1,000 Rodoks who died yesterday (more than 200 and more than 1,000 guards of Van Min). This is a place of pride for us Rhodocs!, because he told us that we were fighting for freedom!" said Van Ming, pointing to the tombstone
"Today, we stand here! We stand on the land of the Rhodoks! We stand on Viruga, the land that our ancestors watered with their blood and dignity! Behind me are the tombstones of the Rhodok warriors! They are the freedom fighters recognized by the whole continent! They are the light of the whole continent!"
There was pride on people's faces, and some of them secretly sobbed when they remembered their sacrificed relatives.
"Before me, standing is a people, a nation groaning in humiliation! After the end of that war, the pride of our nation is gone! The victors ride on our necks and trample on our dignity, the dignity of the noblest nation on the European continent! Do you choose to be a fighter for freedom like the warriors who died behind me, or a slave?!
You may say, "Mr. Fanmin, I need a job, a piece of bread." Yes. You're right, life is so important. But I'm going to sue you. There is one thing in this world that is more important than life, and that is freedom!
As long as the Swadian flag is flying over Agoron and Gruenward for a day, our dignity will not exist! As long as we are on the map of Cadia, this country called Rhodoc is divided and weakened. As long as people from other countries laugh contemptuously when they say the word Rhodok in conversation. There is no dignity in us!"
At this time, people's faces were already filled with grief and excitement. They were infected by Fan Ming's words.
"What we need is not a piece of bread! But a living space! A living space for a nation! This living space is not achieved by begging and protesting, but by iron and blood!
When others insult us, even the most despicable people like Svadia come to trample on us, we will only cry: we express strong indignation and protest, such people. It's a boneless person! We should use the drums of war to shake the deafening sound of the enemy tremble! We should crush their dignity and lives to let them know that we are not a bunch of cowards who only know how to protest!
You have to remember that a country that only knows how to protest. It is a country without bones! A government that only knows how to protest is a government without bones! We don't need to protest shamelessly against the local government when our dignity, territory, and living space have been trampled on!"
There was a round of applause among the citizens. The soldiers also tapped their weapons. Loudly responded.
"I'm proud, among you people. There are very few people without bones like this! In front of me is an army with unyielding blood for thousands of years! This blood once flowed in the veins of our ancestors, and they never gave in! Now, they are bubbling in our bodies, you sue me. Do you want it to cool down!?" asked the 'audience' in front of Fan Ming's finger aloud.
"No, no, we want to fight!" the soldiers shouted en masse. The sound is deafening.
"To be able to unite people. There are two things: a common ideal and a common crime. We have the great ideals engraved on the banner of Rhodokzhi. We will shed our last drop of blood for this ideal! Nothing can save our kingdom but this ideal! It is a great disgrace! We have the determination and the reason to refuse to carry it out! Do what you want! Take up arms like the warriors behind you, just as he led them to lead our brethren in the city of Viruga to fight valiantly with the banner of freedom! If you want to fight, then go and fight! Then I will be able to see if you are a band of slaves or a group of unyielding Rhodoks!"
"Fight! Fight! For the free Rodok!" "Long live St. Van Min!" "Long live the free Rodok!" burst into cheers and shouts from the crowd, towards the people they worshipped, at this time, the people had completely changed from the worship of thought to the worship and respect for Fan Ming's personality.
"Everyone, please see, this is the appointment letter given to me by the royal family, let me be the master of Veruga, and promise to give me the title of duke," said Fan Ming, taking out the appointment letter and showing it in front of people.
"What do you think I should do!" Fan Ming asked the people with the letter of appointment in his left hand.
"Tear it up, not for the sake of the vicious royal family!" shouted from the crowd.
Fan Ming raised the letter of appointment in the air, and then used both hands together, and the letter of appointment became two halves: "Today, I want to tell everyone! I, Fan Ming, will swear to overthrow the despicable royal family! Lead everyone to establish a free kingdom of Rhodok, so that the people of the whole continent will know that the Rhodok people are the noblest and most heroic people!"
"Long live San Fanming! Long live San Fanming" The crowd was already jubilant at this time, shouting loudly for the idol in their hearts. In their eyes, Fan Ming is undoubtedly already a god-like being.
"From now on! We will build a brand new kingdom, although we have a million soldiers in us, we have the most elite free army, although we are not rich in the world, but we have the belief in unity and freedom! He is sacred! This kingdom is the Holy Rhodok Empire, a new empire that will be democratic, ruled by the people!" Saying that, Fan Ming asked people to take out the flag that had been prepared a long time ago, with a black background, on which a eagle with wings was depicted with gold threads, yes, this is the Imperial Eagle Banner in the previous life, which was moved out by Fan Ming, and he waited for a day, it has been a long time
This speech was called the 'Speech on the Origin of the Empire' by later generations, and was also regarded as the founding day by later generations, and every day will commemorate the great St. Van Ming the Great's exploits in establishing the empire.
At this time, the empire had only 3,000 elites, tens of thousands of people, and an empty treasury
When Viruga was conquered, the news of Van Ming's refusal to accept the Duke's allegiance to the royal family of Rhodok was transmitted back to Aaron
Aaron, in the royal palace.
"What! It's presumptuous! Did you get it with your own eyes!" the queen snarled as she smashed the vase on the table.
"Yes, Your Highness, I was among the citizens that day, and I saw him tear up that letter of appointment and declare what he wanted to build, the Holy Rhodic Empire!" the spy thought to report it one by one.
"What! And stand on your own!Ha! It's ridiculous! Does he think that he can confront the royal family with just a few thousand of his men!!" said the queen viciously.
"Have you seen the princess?" asked suddenly, remembering something.
"No, we inquired, only that Fan Ming brought a carriage when he entered the city! It seems that it was the princess, but there were too many people at that time, so we couldn't do it! The carriage also entered the lord's castle along the avenue!"
"In this way, the princess will be fine now!" At this time, the palace minister stood up and said to the queen: "It seems that we have underestimated him, and his desires are not only satisfied with the duke, but the entire kingdom of Rhodok!"
"Hmph, I want him to know what it will be like to anger the royal family!" the queen looked out of the window coldly, "Gong Xiang, what other troops do we have to use?"
"Your Highness, it's unfortunate! Except for the more than 1,000 people guarding Aaron, the royal family has no more troops to fight again!" said the palace minister truthfully.
"Shall I let him go, then? I will not be reconciled! I will not hesitate to let the whole peasant of Rhodoc die under the city of Viruga!" the queen now hated the man who had taken his daughter, and now wanted to shake the foundations of his kingdom, and wanted to crush him to ashes.
"Queen, why don't you let them go!" the palace minister pointed to a pearl on the queen's laurel crown.
It was previously offered to King Rhodok by a group of pirates, in order to seek the consent of King Rhodok, to give them a small island overseas of Rhodok as a fief, and willing to be loyal to the royal family for the rest of their lives, the king felt that the island was useless, so he gave him to this group of pirates, but did not understand that the pirates' intention was not on that island, but to use the island as a base, robbing nearby merchant ships, and to be loyal to the king, they also carried a banner of legal robbery.
After that, the pirates cut off contact with the mainland, but their conscientious 'work' never came to the world.
"But how many men can they produce! You must know that there are more than 3,000 rebels! they are even bewitching the damned untouchables!" the queen was furious.
"Oh, Your Highness the Queen, don't forget, we can, on the pretext of protecting the aristocratic system, let the lords also send troops, and believe that those selfish lords will send troops in these aspects that touch their own interests!"
"Well, then, you take the royal summons, recruit those pirates, and go to the lords, and tell them this! This time, I'll see what else he can do!"
"Your Royal Highness, I'll do it!" the palace minister nodded respectfully and walked out of the castle.
When the palace minister walked out of the castle, the queen looked at the little king who was sleeping soundly on the bed: "My son, the queen mother will firmly grasp this kingdom for you! No one will be allowed to take him away! never!" The queen gritted her teeth and said, with both firmness and a little helplessness in her eyes.
After leaving the castle, the palace turned into an alley, and when he looked around to make sure no one was following, he stopped in front of a dilapidated house.
There was a rhythmic knock on the door, apparently a code for entry, and then a man's voice came from inside the room: "Who?"
"It's me, Hal," replied the man inside.
Then the door opened a crack, and after checking it, he was let in.
"Boss, how are you here, when are we going to do it?" asked the man inside after closing the door. (To be continued......)