Chapter 40: The Alternation of the Old and the New
When the order to arrest and slaughter came out, the entire emperor was shocked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The nobles who were usually high up in the sky are now prostrate at home, praying to the gods who are not usually very devout. I just hope that in this chaotic time, I can escape the emperor's butcher's knife.
The West District, the area of the powerful that everyone longed for, seemed unusually desolate in these times.
Every day, people were dragged out by the Praetorian Guards, and no one knows where they ended up. Whether it is life or death, no one knows.
During this time, the court discussion also stopped, and all the nobles collectively complained of illness, from the right minister to the small servant of the government council, almost all of them contracted some kind of strange disease - well, the history books are indeed recorded like this.
During this period, the Government Council was almost paralyzed, and some of the nobles who knew that they had immediate family members serving as senior generals in the Northern Legion, in desperation, they actually ran to the Holy See, that is, the location of the Holy Counsellor, and strangely, Blakely III did not let the Praetorian Guards search and arrest people in the Holy Council, but as if they did not know about these fish that had slipped through the net, they let go of these nobles hiding under the protection of the Holy See.
Clement stood in the Faculty and looked at the nobles who had come to defect, and his heart blossomed.
The long-cherished wish that the Holy See has wanted to fulfill for many years may really be fulfilled in its own hands - under the will of God, why should there be an emperor?
Of course, Clement was well aware of the reasons why Blakely III did not take action against the Senate, although he did not know why Blakely III blatantly carried out such a purge of the interior at a time when the situation in the north was dire, but it is not difficult to imagine that Blakely III could not offend two large power groups at the same time.
The aristocratic forces this time Blakely III completely tore his face and offended to death, I am afraid that if Blakely III is next, he will free up his hands to deal with the Senate.
If you want to go up, it is indeed a very serious situation. But will it really be as simple as Blakeley III's calculations?
Clement couldn't help but snort coldly, and he didn't know how the matter was going with the Inspectorate, you know, according to the expected calculation, Blakely III didn't have a few days to jump.
Otherwise, the Senate would have stood idly by in the face of Blakely III's behavior, and the battle that took place that day in the Great Hall, if Clement had been in the war as a cardinal archbishop, would have been a real matter. But it was precisely seeing that Blakely III's time was running out, and after some careful consideration, Clement chose to "fall into the ground" of the aristocratic forces, originally expected that the aristocratic forces would be grateful to him, but he didn't expect that the crooked fight was right, relying on Blakely III's jealousy of the Holy See to collect these nobles in vain.
You know, these nobles have long been a matter of one family and one family, these nobles have developed over the generations, and have formed that kind of intertwined network of relationships - who knows that there is a brother-in-law of a certain governor, a brother-in-law of a certain city lord?
When Blakeley III died, how could the trusted emperor suppress these disgruntled nobles?
Clement has planned in his heart, what kind of identity will the Holy See appear in that capacity, and finally slowly build the divine power on the imperial power, thinking of the beauty, the old fox like Clement can't help but smile a little.
Facts have proved that Clement's speculation is half right - Blakely III's jealousy of the Holy See, and the nobles who let him go, directly triggered the great chaos of the Flangelic Empire in the future.
Moreover, after the collusion between Clemand and the Inspectorate, as well as the dark Chen Cang of the aristocratic forces, Blakely III could not control the toxins in his body one day, so he had to hastily bring the great prince into front of him to entrust the fate of the empire.
"If it weren't for the repeated calculations of these days, the emperor would not have been unable to hold it so quickly!" Like a final roar, Blakely III expressed his unquestionable authority even in a faint voice.
"Damn the Holy See, when the emperor succeeds to the throne, he must beware of the Holy See, and would rather give out some benefits to the nobles than back down in front of the Holy See - the ambitions of the Holy See are greater than we imagined!"
"The Northern Legion did not rebel, this was calculated in advance by the emperor and your seventh brother, take this opportunity to get rid of those annoying nobles! These bastards always have the idea of replacing the Blakeley family! It's time to teach them a lesson!"
"There are Liufeng Xiang in the north, there is Lao Qi, and the beast clan can't pose much threat for the time being!"
"If the second child is obsessed...... said this, the old emperor was silent for a moment before making a difficult decision, gesturing his right hand, "Let him accompany the emperor!"
"The Imperial Capital Garrison Division has always been under the control of its own clan, the Western Legion is nothing more than a school of miscellaneous fish, among the four major legions, the Fengxiang Legion and the Northern Legion are in our hands, and the Western Legion is a group of miscellaneous fish, but for the Nightmare Legion in the northeast, you must be careful in the future!"
"If the strength is insufficient, it is mainly to appease, and you can agree to any conditions!"
"When your wings are full, your regime is stable, and the problems in the north are solved, you can pull out your hands and get rid of them!"
"A truly powerful empire is definitely a centralized empire! This kind of bullshit co-governance can only make the empire's national strength consume on the basis of meaningless infighting!
At the last moment of his life, Blakely III revealed a strong unwillingness, he always believed that as long as he was given a few more years, according to the current situation, he would definitely be able to create a powerful Farrantic Empire!
Unfortunately, in the face of death, Blakely III was undoubtedly defeated.
Blakely III collapsed.
After a frenzied massacre of nearly half of the nobles, Blakely III suddenly collapsed! Leaving the Grand Prince, the trusted Emperor, Blakely IV, in a perfect and chaotic situation.
Perfection is due to the fact that under the slaughter of Blakely III, the imperial capital, and even on purpose, the main opposition forces in the entire empire have been eliminated, and most of the remaining nobles have lost their bloodiness;
The chaos is due to the fact that the people of the empire are now in fear, all the governors of the provinces are living in fear, and the whole empire is in a gloomy atmosphere, full of spies from the Inspectorate, inspectors from the Garrison Division, and guards from the city guards. (To be continued.) )