"Father, today I reprimanded Chancellor of the Exchequer Sadov, there are some unclear aspects of his financial statement reported this quarter, especially regarding the expenditure of the army, which spent hundreds of thousands of rubles more than in the previous quarter, and the army has not expanded in the slightest."

The gray mist was hazy, and Katerina sat on the bench, looking at the three souls opposite, smiling.

The excess expenditure of the army was a big deal and had to be taken seriously, which was why she came to ask Peter the Great, but in front of her parents, the anger in her heart diluted a lot, and her mood became calm.

"Who is the current marshal of the military?"

"During the non-war period, I did not set up a marshal, only I have the right to mobilize the army of the kingdom, and the generals can only mobilize their own corps, Onufri, Ravl, Makarov, and Jorugin are all generals who control the corps."

"They're all acquaintances."

Hearing these names, Peter the Great, who was twisting his beard, nodded slowly, and a look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.

Whether it is Onufri, Ravl, or Makarov, they are all cronies who have fought with him, and even participated in the civil war to overthrow the Apocalypse God system.

After his death, these generals took refuge in Katerina.

Without the help of Onufri, Raffl and others, Katerina would not have been able to sit on the throne, and they contributed a lot.

When it comes to loyalty, Peter the Great has no doubts about them.

The question is.

Now the war is over.

After the end of the war, it came to peacetime, the generals had nothing to do, and they who managed the army, they would always have some careful thoughts, which was unavoidable, and even during the reign of Peter the Great, there would be a situation of unclear military expenditures.

Loyalty to loyalty, greed to greed.

The military expenditure is unknown, and the Minister of Finance Sadov cannot be blamed for this matter, whether he is involved in this matter or not, but he certainly does not dare to report directly to Katerina and offend the military generals.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Sadov was single-handedly promoted by Katerina, and this position was originally reserved for Dino, but Dino was unwilling to serve as the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom, so Katerina handed over the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer to Sadov, who was still a confidant of Grand Duke Mosk.

But now there are problems with the accounts, which causes Katerina's dissatisfaction.

Two years ago, she had just ascended the throne, and the Romanov kingdom was in ruins, and the clanging of poverty from top to bottom was not a problem at that time, but now with the introduction of industrial technology from the Windsor Kingdom, the economy began to grow by leaps and bounds, and the accounts were not transparent.

The kingdom's taxes are higher than January in January, the economy is thriving, the employment rate is extremely high, because of the shortage of labor, the newly established factories are recruiting workers on a large scale, and basically they can make money with their hands, and no one complains, everyone is happy.

On the economic upswing, Katerina is happy, but the accounts are not transparent, so she is not happy.

Because Sadov could not give a clear explanation, Katerina reprimanded him harshly, demanding that he re-audit the accounts, and that the accounts must be transparent, so that she knows the ins and outs of every payment.

Sadov left with his legs trembling, perhaps afraid of Katerina, perhaps afraid of the generals.

Katerina was grateful to these loyal generals who helped her ascend to the throne and gave them a status worthy of merit, but corruption has always been a taboo for Catherina, and it was a reform that Peter the Great pushed for during his reign.

The rewarded generals not only followed Peter the Great, but also a considerable number of military nobles, who took refuge in Katerina in Tyumen, which was considered timely rain, but they still couldn't change the old habits of the aristocracy, their hands and feet were not clean, and they always thought that they could be lawless with their own merits

In fact, even during the reign of Peter the Great, he turned a blind eye to some opaque accounts of military spending, and usually did not intervene as long as it was not too excessive.

"Father, what should I do?"

Katerina asked softly, "Should I tolerate them?" ”

"You're the king, you shouldn't have asked me this question"

Peter the Great looked at his daughter with doting eyes: "Besides, you have your own decision, don't you?" ”

Katerina smiled, she had indeed come to seek her father's advice, but she had already used a similar excuse five times this month, and chatting with relatives was perhaps her most fundamental purpose.

"Onufri They are the generals brought out by your father after all, their loyalty and dedication are beyond doubt, and the country also needs them, I want to ask you to come forward and wake them up."

Peter the Great thought for a moment, nodded and said, "We can't leave the Land of the Dead, you can bring them." ”

"Hmmm! I'll bring them over as soon as I can. ”

Katerina glanced at the time, and when she realized that it was almost night, she got up and said, "Father and mother, I'll go first." ”

After saying that, she also glanced at Paul I, who bowed his head and was silent, shook his head, and left without saying anything.

For her younger brother, her heart is also very complicated, the person is dead, there is no point in reprimanding, but to say forgiveness, it is difficult for her to forgive Paul I, who left her alone, and even the death of Peter the Great is inextricably linked with Paul I.

What should she do?

How can it be?

But his mother still protected him and didn't let himself scold.

After Katerina left, Peter the Great waited quietly for the chains of the soul seducers, and only when Katerina was there, they could see the light of the outside world, and when the country of death was closed, they would return to silence and continue to wander in the land of death.

The cold chains did not arrive for a long time, but the gray mist surged in front of them, and after a while, several figures appeared.

Looking at the man in front of him, and then at the girl next to the man, Peter the Great spoke: "Mavi Enders? ”

Ma Wei took off his hat and pressed it to his chest, bowing slightly: "Your Majesty Peter." ”

Although it was the first time they met, Peter the Great had already learned about the Great Pope from his daughter and son, and he was even more familiar with it than he had met.

"I agree." Peter the Great said.

"Agree with what?"

Ma Wei was stunned, confused by this inexplicable sentence.

Seeing Ma Wei's dazed face, Peter the Great frowned: "What are you doing with me?" ”

"Tell you about Her Majesty Katerina."

That's right.

Peter the Great twisted his beard and said, "And then? I'm a very open-minded person, just be a little bit more and don't want a mother-in-law. ”

Ma Wei nodded, did not sit down, and said bluntly: "I really want to resurrect you, but the conditions for resurrection are very harsh Tilde!" Tilde! ”

"Shout what to shout! I'm a dog, come when I bark? ”

The gray mist condensed into Tilde's figure, appeared in front of everyone, and glared at Ma Wei very dissatisfied: "I'm not satisfied with letting you in?" Still want to take the soul out? This is absolutely not a no-go! ”

The composition of the soul has long been understood by Mavi from the mouth of Tilde.

The spirituality left by the Creator gathers in the human body and manifests itself in the form of a soul, and after death, the spirituality must return to heaven and earth, and the country of death is a place where the soul is digested.

The soul will wander in the land of the dead until consciousness is completely extinguished, and then the soul will completely collapse and return to the world.

This process can be very long or very short, a soul that is extremely overdrawn like Rhodes IV will completely dissipate in a few months, and a soul that is half-collapsed and obsessed like Caesar may not dissipate for two thousand years.

Peter the Great belongs to the latter, which is why he is still conscious.

Rules are rules, as the controller of the country of death, it is impossible for Tilde to allow Ma Wei to take the soul out of the country of death, and once the soul leaves the country of death, it will accelerate its demise, as short as a few days or as long as months, because the consciousness is not completely eliminated, this part of the spirit needs to go through a longer evolution before it can be absorbed again, and if there are too many of them, it will make the order chaotic!

"I don't want to take their souls with me, but I want you to tell him about the consequences of the living entering the land of the dead." Ma Wei said.

Peter the Great and the three looked at Tilde, and Tilde said: "The country of the dead is a place where the soul dies, and the entry of the living here will not have much impact in a short time, but if it is a long time, it will be eroded by the gray mist, causing permanent damage to the soul." ”

There is a difference between life and death.

Whether it's the living entering the realm of death or the soul returning to the real world, it's a reversal of breaking the rules.

By saying this, Mavi wanted Peter the Great to know the seriousness of the problem.

"There are also conditions for resurrecting the dead, please tell them."

"The blood of blood relatives, the bones of enemies, the hearts of loyalists, and parts of the bodies of gods"

"The latter two need to be voluntary, the first two don't," Tilde said. ”

"The Romanov royal family is prosperous, and there are many collateral blood relatives, so it is not difficult to catch a few of them and launch magic."

Mavi said softly, "If you think this is a good thing for the Romanov Kingdom, I can resurrect you, Your Majesty Peter." ”

"Me"

Before Peter the Great could speak, Paul I, who was next to him, raised his head.

"Shut up."

“.”

"The Romanov kingdom does not need two kings." Peter the Great lowered his eyes and said: "Katerina has done a good job, she is my proudest daughter, my rebirth will shake her rule, I will not do it, she once mentioned it to me, and I rejected it." ”

"I also understand the purpose of your special trip, next time, I will warn her, let her concentrate on government affairs, and don't always come to see us."

"Twice a month is fine."

Mavi did not want to cut off Katerina's connection with Peter the Great, he did think about Katerina: "No more than an hour at a time, it will not cause harm to her body." ”

With that, Mavi clapped his hands, and several monks walked in carrying a standing clock, and placed it next to the table and chairs that Katerina had arranged.

With a clock, Peter the Great could know when Katerina entered the Land of the Dead.

"Suddenly there's an extra clock, and she'll know you've been there." Peter the Great said.

"It's better to know than to find out afterwards, and you don't have to hide it from her." Ma Wei smiled: "If it weren't for the fact that the voices inside the country of death couldn't be heard outside the world, it would be good for you to communicate through the door, but it's a pity. It's all Tilde's fault. ”

Tilde's mouth opened wide and his face was full of shock: "Blame me? What does it have to do with me! I didn't make this rule! ”

"Don't blame you, do you blame me?"

"Good, good"

Taking a deep breath, Tilde's figure dissipated into a gray mist, not wanting to say another word to Mavi.

After explaining the situation, Mavi put on his hat and left the Land of the Dead with Yunia and the monks, and after they left, the Soul Seducer shook his chains and emerged from the surrounding mist, trapping the souls of Peter the Great and returning to the depths of the Land of the Dead.

Within a few days, Katerina summoned Onufri, Makarov, and Ravl, who had followed Peter the Great, and brought them to the church.

When the gate of the country of death, which exuded a gloomy and cold aura, appeared in front of them, Onufri and the others quietly shuddered, and behind the door was the world that belonged to the dead, and just thinking about it made people shudder.

Walking into the thick gray fog and coming to the table and chairs, Katerina sighed.

She saw an extra standing clock next to the table and chairs, and it was clear who had put it in to do it

There seem to be only a few.

It's not Tilde, it's Mavi.

Tilde didn't bother to care at all, even if he was the least Buddhist of the three sisters of fate, he rarely meddled.

Put a clock in. If it had to, He would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until now?

The soul seducer led the souls of Peter the Great and the others out of the gray mist, untied the chains and retreated again, seeing Peter the Great, Onulfri and others with weak legs, and almost fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty!"

Makarov was the first to react, wailed, and rushed to Peter the Great to hug the other party, but his body passed through.

The cold feeling coming from his body made him understand that what stood in front of him was only a soul.

In the face of Peter the Great, the veteran generals all wept bitterly, as if they were remembering those years, when Peter the Great led them to rise from the end of the mill, turned the tables in adversity, not only regained power, but also overthrew the Cult of the Apocalypse that was lying on the empire and sucking blood in one fell swoop.

Such a brilliant feat was achieved by their hard work!

"Your Majesty, why did you die early!"

Peter the Great didn't want to talk about the cause of his death, he quietly looked at the people who were crying and crying, and waited for them to calm down, and then said quietly: "You all have a chance, Onufri, you were only 19 years old when you were loyal to me, you were the youngest officer, and everyone protected you intentionally or unintentionally when you charged."

"Raffl, you were 20 years old at the time, and you rushed forward desperately, and when the bullet was finished, you drew your saber, and once you even cut off the knife"

"And Makarov, you are the most fierce drinker I have ever seen, one person can drink five bottles of vodka, and after drinking, you can go to the enemy to sneak up on the enemy."

One by one, the past was recounted, and in a trance, it seemed to return to that period again, just when everyone was reminiscing with a smile on the corner of their mouths, Peter the Great suddenly raised his voice and shouted:

"Look at you now! Wearing expensive leather clothes and expensive rings, they are all fat and big-eared. Have you forgotten the goal of imperial reform? ”

(End of chapter)