Count Raymond's dungeon is at the innermost point of this level.

Robesy did not lie, the place where Count Raymond lived, and the place was indeed a clean single room with special care.

After his men opened the iron gate, Du Wei saw his father sitting behind his desk reading a book with a relaxed face.

He gently held a heavy copy of the second volume of the General History of the Continent in one hand.

Even when Du Wei came in, the former earl only raised his head, his face was a little relaxed, and he greeted casually:

"Oh, you're here."

This tone, this demeanor, is almost the same as the expression of Du Wei when he walked into his study in the Earl's Court.

Baron Robeschi withdrew, very amused, leaving the father and son to come up with it alone.

Count Raymond was still holding the book, and he didn't put it down, while Dewey looked at the cell with his hands.

Objectively speaking, this is a very clean room, with the floor, walls, and ceiling made of huge and solid stones, and it is said that in order to prevent the prisoners from escaping (many of the generals in the prison area are martial arts masters), it looks like the walls are made of stones, but in fact there is a layer of steel plates embedded in them.

There is only one large subway window in the room, which is very high from the ground, and there is a faint amount of sunlight spilling in from the outside, and the subway railings on the windows are already full of rust, and the room is full of a musty smell that cannot be concealed because of the lack of sunlight all year round, and there are some mottled ground in the cracks in the stone on the windowsill

In addition, the room is still very clean, but as a cell, there is only one hard bed in it, although it is covered with white sheets, but it is conceivable that it is definitely not as comfortable as the bed in the Earl's Court.

A desk is extra special care for the home of this Rollin family.

On top of that, the last thing left is a dung bucket in the corner.

Simple, rough, cold.

This is the dungeon of a generation of famous imperial generals who once held great power and led the imperial naval fleet to expedition thousands of miles to the South Seas.

Du Wei was not in a hurry to speak, and Count Raymond did not seem to be in a hurry, he still calmly turned the last few pages of the second volume of the Continental General World in his hand, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he pointed to the bed where he was: "Sit down, the only place to sit here is the bed."

After Du Wei sat down, Count Raymond had already put down the book, quietly looked at his son for a while, and then he asked slowly, "How is the house?"

"Not bad." Du Wei hesitated for a moment and said: "The local guards have taken control of the city defense, and the mansion at home is surrounded by the guards, so they can't enter and exit for the time being, but because of my local relationship, they are a lot more polite, and the rest of the house is fine except for some inconveniences in and out."

Count Raymond nodded, "What about your mother and brother?"

Du Wei sighed: "Mother's mood is very bad, and her health is not very good, but I invited the temple to come and see it, but I am worried about it, and there is no big problem.

Count Raymond pondered for a moment, and then looked up, his eyes lit up, and looked at Du Wei: "What shall I call you now, then?" or...... Like everyone else, call you 'Lord Duke'?"

This tone made Du Wei feel as if he had been stabbed with a needle in his heart, and he tilted his head slightly, not directly contacting Count Raymond's gaze: "Do these words make sense?"

Both father and son fell silent.

After a long time, Count Raymond laughed, and he laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "Yes, you are right.

Although I've lived here for a few days and reminded myself that I have to face the reality of failure, there are a few people who can really ...... to such a scene in life."

After speaking, Count Raymond stared at Du Wei, his eyes seemed to tremble, his lips opened and opened slightly, and finally he slowly spit out a sentence: "You are good, very good...... Son, you're better than me."

Seeing that Du Wei seemed to be about to speak, Count Raymond waved his hand: "You listen to me first.

We are born in the field of power, struggling, deceitful, life and death, some people are beautiful, some people are ruined, but in the end, we ......."

He casually pointed to the book next to him: "A hundred years later, everyone is just written in this book, no matter how beautiful it is, it is just a sentence in the book."

Du Wei didn't speak, savoring his father's words carefully.

The Earl looked at his quiet son, his eyes were a little eager, and then he lowered his eyelids, and whispered, "I've been wondering what my biggest mistake is...... My mistake is not that I helped the eldest prince fight for the throne, nor that I stood on the wrong team. In the political arena, no one has a lifetime of glory, some people win and some lose, this is nothing. My biggest mistake is that from beginning to end, I have not seen you clearly, my son."

"You're very sè, even far beyond my expectations." Count Raymond had a smile on his lips, and this smile was sincere, looking at his son: "On that day in the square, you broke with the family in public...... Actually, you and I both know in our hearts what is going on, Du Wei, until that moment, I really regret it! Because I saw you clearly, I saw clearly that you were actually responsible for this family in your heart, and you wanted to preserve the family, so you broke with the family in public...... If I say that when you went back to dìdū, I said a lot of things to you, all of them were false, and even sent people to assassinate you on the road, it was also my decision, and I hurt your heart afterwards, in fact, I didn't regret it at that time, because I always thought that it was worth it to lose a son and save the family. But that day, you actually took the initiative in the square..."Count Raymond sighed and stared at Du Weidi's eyes: "Until that moment, I regretted it! Du Wei: Your land has exceeded my expectations, and it is far beyond my expectations! I suddenly understood. I have lost not only a son, but also an heir that I have always dreamed of! Unfortunately...... I was wrong from the beginning, and I pushed you farther and farther away, and by the time I realized that the rift between us was irreparable."

Du Wei didn't speak.

"I lost the coup d'état, but I don't resent you.Because of the things of heaven and earth, I think about it carefully now, and I feel that Prince Chen's personnel plan is first, but he hides it deeply.This kind of cleverness is really not comparable to that of the great prince, that day he was one after another, from the temple to the magic union, from the jǐng reserve army to the knight's spear, and his means of winning people's hearts, his foresight...... These are far better than the great prince of the land that I support. I have been reading the general history of the mainland for the past two days, and I have looked at one thing in history. I suddenly understood. This is the inevitable law. The strong are respected, and the weak will naturally become the cornerstone of the strong on the throne.

Du Wei nodded and admitted: "I really didn't expect that, originally I planned that if the coup d'état of the eldest prince succeeded, I would take advantage of the chaos to save Prince Chen and save his life, and I would be worthy of him."

Count Raymond smiled: "On that day, without you, we were actually doomed.

Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at his father calmly, and then said slowly: "Father, tell me, what can I do to protect the family?"

"Huh?" Count Raymond was stunned, he really didn't expect Du Wei to ask such a question.

"I promised my mother." Du Wei said lightly: "With me as soon as I am in the family, I must not let the glory of the family be destroyed."

Count Raymond was silent for a moment and sighed, "You've done it."

He smiled bitterly and said: "Although you have nothing to do with the Rollin family now, but those nobles, those ministers, who will really think that in their hearts? Although I have fallen, everyone will see you as a continuation of the Rollin family. I used to be just an earl, but now you are a duke. Although you were given the surname Rudolph, who will take it seriously? You know that when my coup failed, but after I was captured, I did not despair in my heart, because at least, you succeeded in preserving, and you stayed, no matter if, It was the Rollin family who left a seed."

"What should I do?" asked Du Wei in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on his father.

He came today to seek advice.

At this moment, although the coup d'état ended, Du Wei was favored by the prince of Chen, and he was named a duke at a young age, and the regent almost regarded him as the first cronie, and he was in the coup d'état.

But Du Wei himself also understands his own problems, although he is a human being in two lives, conceited and intelligent, but when it comes to politics, he is not born to understand the earth.

Although he was born in an aristocratic family all his life, he has tried to avoid curling these things since he was a child, and his political experience is definitely not something that talent and intelligence can make up for.

In this field, Du Wei is very clear about his own positioning, and he is still a complete rookie! Although he has been a human being in two lives, he has not experienced the real test of politics, and even if he is out in other places, he does not want to become a qualified politician.

Although he has been in the limelight recently, Du Wei has already faintly felt a sense of crisis.

Ever since that Tianchen Prince gave him the map of the Roland Empire in public, and let himself out of the territory at will, Du Wei could clearly feel the envy and even jealousy and hostility from his colleagues around him!

Although there are many strange companions around Du Weidi, there is Hussein, there is a mouse Gargamel in magic, and there is a Medusa, but he has never been able to act as his staff and think tank - because in the past he felt that there was no need at all, and his own brain was enough.

But on the contrary, it was none other than Prince Chen, who shattered his superior psychology!

When the prince of Chen strategized, one move after another, after forcing the eldest prince to death, this prince who was deeply hidden, and always smiled and spoke gently to people, made Du Wei have a deep jealousy!

To tell a joke, when there is a land, Du Wei even had a trace of absurd thoughts: Who is the one who has crossed over to the land? This prince of Chen is even more like a person who has traveled to the land than himself!

Later, Du Wei figured out that this has nothing to do with whether or not to cross.

Since he was a child, he has been trying to avoid the whirlpool, calm zìyóu rìzi, and the prince of Renchen has been in the fierce struggle for imperial power in the palace since he was a child, and the distance between the places is really difficult to calculate.

Thinking about it, maybe only this disadvantaged father can solve his doubts.

It can be said that this strange father and son have never really had a heart-to-heart relationship like today, Du Wei is bent on seeking advice, and the earl, who has lost power, is also wholeheartedly good for his son at this moment: after all, he has fallen, and all the hopes of the Luo Lin family are pinned on this son!

"If you really want to preserve the family's hope......s," Count Raymond smiled bitterly, "Then the most important thing you should do now is to keep your distance from me!"

The earl tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and said slowly: "As soon as I fall, Prince Chen will inevitably carry out a great purge! This is inevitable. No matter how much he values you, it is impossible to let go of the Rollin family for the sake of you! So, in the short term, the Rollin family has become a quagmire whirlpool, and whoever gets involved is unlucky. And you are now my only hope, to preserve the hope of the family, you must first protect yourself! So, for a period of time, you have to stay away from the whirlpool of the Rollin family, the best way, It is to make a detached appearance to the outside world, expressing

You've really broken with the Rollin family, and it has nothing to do with it!"

After a pause, Count Raymond smiled: "Do you know why Prince Chen still puts us guys here and doesn't kill them?"

Du Wei nodded: "Yes.

He sighed: "Whether it is the Luo Lin family or the Solomon family, they all have their own territory, as well as their own private army.Prince Chen is such a smart person, of course he knows, if he rashly kills you now, then the family territory will be in chaos first! ......The Luo Lin Plain is almost the private property of the Luo Lin family, and the people there, everyone is proud of being the Luo Lin family. How could a person like Prince Chen not see through this truth?"

"Not bad." Count Raymond looked at his son with satisfaction: "You can see it very clearly. So, I am not dead yet, it is because Prince Chen wants to free his hands first, play this game of chess, and wait for him to take back several family territories, and the private army has been laid off, and finally come to settle the charges against us.

Du Wei frowned: "Do you think he will kill you?"

"It's hard to say." Count Raymond smiled bitterly: "I can't help it......" Speaking of this, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at Du Wei solemnly: "You must promise me two things!"

"Say it." Du Wei sighed, he had already guessed what his father wanted.

Sure enough, Count Raymond's face was serious: "First, if one day in the future, Emperor Chen orders the execution of my earth, you must not try to dissuade him, let alone try to make him change his mind! Du Wei, you have to understand, the emperor is the emperor. He may look at you differently, but the bottom line of the emperor's heart is that no one is allowed to challenge the ground! Once you challenge his bottom line, no matter how good he is to you, he will never be kind to you! So. I just said, for now, protect yourself, It's the best way to leave hope for the Rollin family, so if he wants to kill me, you can't do anything about it.

Du Wei didn't speak: "Second?"

"Second ......" Count Raymond's eyes showed a hint of loneliness: "After I die, take care of your mother and brother.

Du Wei Moran.

As soon as Count Raymond fell, not only was he unlucky, but even Du Weidi's younger brother Gabrie was also implicated.

A sentence of never being knighted is enough to make this vein never turn over in the future.

In other words, Gabry, don't want to turn over and become a nobleman for the rest of his life, and the same is true for the descendants of Gaburi.

After this coup d'état, the final winner was undoubtedly Emperor Chen himself, or further, in fact, such a coup d'état also brought a certain degree of stability to the imperial power.

Although the Roland Empire owns the entire continent and has a vast territory, it has not known how many wealthy nobles have been sealed since the founding of the country for thousands of years, and the land on the continent has been seriously annexed.

And in this coup d'état, many aristocratic families who supported the great prince were almost swept away, cut off their lords, recovered their territories, and laid off their private armies...... And so on and so forth.

After some statistics, it made the empire zhōngyāng reap a fruitful harvest, and the territory directly under the zhōngyāng land increased a lot, and those private armies were reduced and retreated

Points can also be converted into ready-made local garrisons (of course, it is inevitable to change geographical locations.)

A large amount of land was recovered, a large number of private armies were reduced, and the wealth accumulated by many wealthy families was also recovered, which relieved the originally tense imperial finances a lot.

Emperor Chen does have the potential to become a generation of Ming monarchs. After dealing with the coup d'état, he was very wise in sweeping up all kinds of work, not in a hurry, little by little, cutting a little today, tomorrow a little, in less than ten days, he cut the power of several wealthy families in his hands almost to the ground. On the one hand, he monitored the land of the nobles who participated in the coup d'état, and on the other hand, he cleaned up at lightning speed.

One thing is done, it is clearly organized, and the effect is also very good.

In less than half a month, the tense atmosphere after the coup d'état in the entire dìdū land was swept away.dìdū regained its prosperity and liveliness, and after the coup d'état, he bought the hearts of many people, and immediately gathered a group of wealthy families loyal to the royal family.

And at this moment, after completing the preliminary work, Prince Dichen finally turned his attention to the leaders of these coup d'état places imprisoned in the inner hall of the Supervision Bureau......

The Solomon family's property has been confiscated to the fullest.On the Rollin Plains, the four local garrison infantry regiments in the province of Cotter and Lille have been driven from all sides, supervising the completion of the private army retreat on the territory of the Rollin family.The Rollin family is very cooperative, and there is no stubborn resistance to the burning of jade, which has a lot to do with the wisdom of Count Raymond.The old earl understands that the general trend has gone, and instead of burning the jade, it is better to leave a trace of vitality in the Rollin family, so that there is hope for a comeback in the future.

In the end, the Shangdi area of the Luolin Plain had been appointed by the imperial zhōngyāng to take over, and there were teams of local garrisons that replaced the original Luolin private army.

However, most of the extrajudicial grace is to see Du Wei's land, and the Rollin family still retains the Rollin Castle in his hometown and the surrounding land for more than ten miles.

Prince Chen has been chūn proudly recently, but he himself is still that pampered and calm appearance, without the slightest pride and complacency, but this young prince is so powerful and wise that many old ministers of the empire have looked at him differently.

Originally, when Augustine VI was in power, this old man who was so happy had already tossed the imperial finances into a miasma, and several chancellors of the exchequer were finally swept home.

It is said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had been sad every day, returned home at night after the first day of the regent, and the stern old man drank a pot of wine, and shouted in the courtyard while he was drunk: "The empire is hopeful!"

It is conceivable that at this moment, the prince of Dichen has won the hearts of many people.

Finally, on this day, the regent and the chancellor of the exchequer looked at the list of lands that had been compromised, and looked at the details of the land recovered by the empire, and cut the land for its return

The private army of the clan, as well as how much revenue can be increased for the zhōngyāng treasury every year in the future, etc., etc., the regent smiled slightly, sighed, and said, "The overall situation has been decided."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

He has been in this position for ten years, and the most uncomfortable thing every year is that he can't make ends meet, tearing down the east wall everywhere to make up the west wall, looking at the long list of income in front of him, thinking that he no longer has to worry about financial revenue in the future, and there are no military bigwigs and other departments to collect money, and he can't help but sweep away the depression in his heart.

And then, at an internal meeting of the regent's small group, Du Wei finally replied to Prince Chen's decision on his own territory.

That day, the prince boldly threw away the map and let Du Wei choose at will.This kind of thing is not trivial.Facing the envious or hostile gazes around him, Du Wei is no longer the boy who has just set foot in politics, he smiled at the time, and just said that he wanted to go back and think about it.

During these days, Du Wei went to the prison of the Inspectorate three or five times, and each time he talked with his father for half a day, and brought Baron Robertsky money to entertain the two hundred and five generals.

Finally, on this day, Du Wei held the map in front of many of his cronies in the land of Prince Chen: "Your Highness, I have thought about it."

"Oh?" Prince Chen smiled: "Okay.I think you must have been dazzled.Say, which piece of feng shui treasure land do you have a crush on?"

All around are envious eyes.

Du Wei slowly unfolded the map, and everyone next to him couldn't help but look at it with their heads. Most people decided that this young duke would probably choose the southeast!

The southeast is fertile, the climate is pleasant, the wind and rain are smooth, the population is dense, it is the most prosperous area on the mainland, plus the imperial navy has been expeditioning overseas again and again, the maritime trade is becoming more and more prosperous, and it is a wealth of money.

With the title of Duke of Du Weidi, it is certainly no problem to refer to a province near the sea in the southeast, but it has a province, millions of people plus fertile land, and several large ports that are constantly engaged in overseas trade.

But after Du Wei slowly unfolded the map, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the map, with a smile on his face: "I have taken a fancy to this place."

He pointed his finger at the corner of the map, and everyone looked at his finger in froze!

Prince Chen's original smile was kind, but now it gradually faded, and he glanced at Du Wei deeply, and his voice suddenly became a little dry: "You...... Did you really figure it out? Is this your final decision?"

Du Wei met the eyes of the regent and said slowly: "I figured it out, I want it here."

Everyone around showed an unbelievable expression, and for a while, I am afraid that everyone thought that the young duke was crazy.

"Don't you regret it?" Prince Chen had already stood up and stared at Du Wei.

"No regrets." Du Wei shook his head, then he suddenly smiled and slowly bowed down: "Please regent to fulfill it!"

This time, where is there still half a point of calm and gentleness on the face of Prince Chen, he gritted his teeth, stared at Du Wei, and after a long time, he let out a long breath, dropped a word, and then didn't look at the many cronies and subordinates around him, turned around and walked out of the gate of the palace behind him.

"Accurate!"

In the summer of the 960th year of the Roland Empire, the coup d'état finally came to an end. All the nobles and wealthy families who participated in the coup d'état were swept away, and the land was disarmed, and even the dìdū prefecture was confiscated, and the whole family could only leave the dìdū in disgrace and survive on their own.

Then, a murderous order was passed down in the palace!

The coup d'état involved in the local family, from the Marquis of Solomon down, all the way down.

And the only exception, to the Count of Raymond in the Rollin family, has become "out of all positions and titles, never knighted"

Just such a gentle sentence, but the death penalty of Count Raymond was exempted, but the Rollin family also took back the Count's Mansion in Dìdū, and ordered the Count Raymond of the Rollin family to leave Dìdū immediately and go back to the Rollin Castle on the Rollin Plain to retire.

In addition, an episode is: The empire has not been crowned with such a duke title in a hundred years, but the newly promoted young duke Du Wei is under the favor of the regent......

To the northwest, next to the Kilimaro Mountains, the "province of Dessa".

A barren, ignorant, and even barbaric backward region, in terms of fiscal revenue, such a province is not even as rich as a rich and medium-sized city in the southeast.

It is even more unknown, because this scene will never be recorded in any orthodox historical sources:

After Du Wei pointed out the territory that day, Prince Chen returned to his room, the regent who had always been gentle and good, suddenly became furious, and smashed everything in the bedroom that could be smashed to pieces, and the guards around him were dumbfounded, and they didn't know why this noble regent was so angry.

"He still refuses to be loyal to me! He still refuses!!" Prince Chen kicked over a three-foot highland coral shelf, and shouted angrily: "The Rollin family gave him land, and I gave it all! The Rollin family didn't give him the land, and I gave it too! But now! He took the honor and favor I gave him, but as long as he changed the life of the old Raymond! He was towards the family! One by one, he only regarded the loyalty of the family as more important than me! In this world, I can't find a person who is completely loyal to me! I thought you were an alternative that would make me feel satisfied! But you've disappointed me!!!!!!!

Father, you are right, if you want to save yourself, my earth should not save your life......

However, I'm Dewey!

If I don't...... Me, or me?

Du Wei walked out of the palace with a smile, a sincere smile.

I, go the way I choose!