How powerful can a newspaper be?

In fact, no one can say for sure, it depends on the name of the newspaper, the editor of the newspaper, the trust of the people that the newspaper has accumulated over the past few hundred years, the time of publication, the number of first editions, etc., etc., and most importantly, it depends on the content of the newspaper.

Today, the newspaper reports the same as countless times in the past.

Five years ago it was such a title.

It was the same title ten years ago.

"Inheritance Dictionary"

In just a few words, everyone in this world was told that early tomorrow morning, the next emperor of the empire would be born.

Probably still the same as in the past sixty years, Augustine the Great was once again re-elected, carrying the position of the greatest emperor in the entire holy calendar, and continuing to guard the empire, this situation has continued at a rate of once every five years, in fact, the title "Augustine the Great" has become a habit of the people of the empire.

Of course, it could also be the new politician who has just reached the age of 50, and his new energy bill does sound like it will create a better future, but it is based on the huge investor support and the willingness of the people of the entire empire to try this energy source, which has led to him having a loyal following, but there are still some people who don't remember his name at all.

Fortunately, the first king of the empire did not listen to the advice of countless ministers and changed the inheritance system of the empire to a popular suffrage system.

Because he seems to have foreseen that in the next few centuries, no matter how technology develops, the people will always be blind, because they have not seen enough, they don't know enough, everyone has their own concerns, and different people have their own pursuits, so let these mixed people hold the ownership of the emperor, then it will inevitably make the word "election" become a performative draft again and again.

Therefore, the Council of Elders system has continued to this day, and it has been proved that although this system has certain drawbacks, it is fortunate that it can indeed elect the most suitable king for the current situation for the empire.

Because humanity still exists

The headline of today's Holy Journal newspaper was very clever not to report anything else at this time, and even the 'wild demon controllable conjecture' that caused a sensation in the empire a few days ago was temporarily stopped.

Instead, the two personal biographies were placed in the most conspicuous position, and the people of the empire had no way of knowing how silent and tragic the political struggle was going on in the imperial parliament hall at this moment, and they could only hold the newspaper one by one, so that they could know more clearly what kind of person the future of the empire might be handed over.

Augustine the Great

In the year 215 of the Holy Calendar, the 23-year-old Augustine ended his four-year military service, but he did not know where to go when he stood in front of the returning steamship.

His parents died of a great plague shortly after he was born, and he was naturally sent to a welfare home, in which he survived tenaciously, but he was also frail and sickly since childhood, he hardly went out in his childhood, and he had no friends.

In a daze, he disembarked from an airship in the nearest city to the Redek Strait, where he sold newspapers, served plates, and barely managed to pay for his medical and living expenses, on top of which he finally obtained a good degree as an economics auditor at a local university, and was fortunate enough to be hired as a teacher.

It was there that he met the love of his life, a doctor at the school hospital, and the two quickly fell in love and gave birth to a lovely daughter.

In July of the same year, a gang of robbers broke into their rented house and took everything of value, as well as the life of his wife, he was devastated, but in order to raise his young daughter, he survived strongly, and in January of the following year, because of a serious illness of his children, he borrowed a high loan from a private company, and his daughter's illness was cured, and he was also burdened with debts beyond his means.

In the year 221 of the Holy Calendar, he was overwhelmed and was kicked out of the room to stay on the street, at the beginning of the 222nd year of the Holy Calendar, he spent a night in the cold wind with his daughter, he was seriously ill, and his daughter who had just arrived at the age of 6 begged for him on the street, half a month later, those overnight black bread made him reopen his eyes, in the year 224 of the Holy Calendar, he applied for the candidacy of the state administrator as a former nobleman of his grandmother, and was ruthlessly rejected, and in the same year he took a plan to optimize the amount of bank loans, called the president of the local bank, and the call was ruthlessly hung up, The following year, one of his papers on improving the economic system was published in an obscure financial magazine, and by chance, he was seen by a local legislator and made him a member of the staff.

Two weeks later, he and his daughter, after countless days and nights, finally had a meal at a restaurant.

In the same year, he successfully obtained a doctorate in economics and began to study law, at the beginning of the following year, in the case of obtaining a lawyer's qualification, he attended the committee election on behalf of the local councillor, and successfully became a legal adviser in the administrative state, in the year 226 of the holy calendar, he went to the administrative state of Belsco alone, and spent half a month to quell a student march of 120,000 people, in the year 227 of the holy calendar, he took one year to complete the study that ordinary people can only complete in four years, In the same year, his graduation speech on "Transportation and Hoarding of Consumables for Front-line Wars" was widely valued by the military, and as a recommender of the military region, he embarked on the 228-year inheritance ceremony of the holy calendar.

Since then, the 36-year-old Augustine the Great has begun his magnificent life, and the empire has ushered in the most prosperous 60 years after the gates of hell were opened.

The reform of the economic system has increased the average annual output value of the empire by 120% in half a century, and the industrial manufacturing industry has tilted more than half of its share towards the military needs of the front, while more labor is dispersed among the people, workers do not need to look at knowledge and origin, the income of factories has become transparent, military service at the age of 19 has been abolished, and the treatment of military personnel has been improved. Instead of the soldiers' strategic plan, the Holy Army and the Imperial Army adopted a mixed system, increased the construction of medical facilities, reduced the medical expenses of the working personnel, banned the price of drug research and development, and although the income of doctors decreased, they had to do their best to improve their social status and increase their living welfare, during the second demonic invasion, the king used almost explosive means to apply military weapons to the defense of the city, and the transportation of refugees in the major ports did not cost him, and he used the strength of the entire empire to ensure the safety of the people, and even did not hesitate to set back the military front that had been advancing for 20 years by more than 300 kilometers in a few months.

In short, under the control of this king, the empire seems to be really beginning to breathe, and although the poor still exist, and there is still a huge gap between the top and bottom of the pyramid, it is much better.

In these 60 years, Augustine the Great has been assassinated no less than 40 times, 21 serious illnesses have relapsed, more than a dozen times his life has hung by a thread, his daughter died in the anger of a military radical, and he even saw the body of his daughter transported back two days later because of a front-line meeting, that year, her daughter was only 22 years old, and she suffered for so many years with herself, and before she became a qualified father, she left early, and finally did not even hold a funeral.

The Council of Elders system is indeed too traditional, and it can even be said to be old-fashioned, but those old guys who have no desires are not fools, Augustine the Great can be re-elected for 60 years, then he must have the capital to be re-elected, and those challengers who have been defeated by him again and again are indeed inferior to him.

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At this time, Sherlock looked at the newspaper description of the life of Augustine the Great, and had to say that even if he read it a little forgetful of God, such a person is undoubtedly extremely legendary, and what is even more terrifying is that those political achievements are not boasting and fabrication, the people of the entire empire have spent countless years witnessing the changes of the whole world, and the achievements of this emperor are enough to be called perfect.

But Sherlock didn't feel any pity for this newspaper because of it, but felt that this guy didn't even leave a verifiable handwriting in this situation, and he was really cautious to the point of admiration.

So, is a hero who saved 100 people guilty of blaspheming a young girl?

Sherlock didn't know, he wasn't a detective, but he wasn't really that familiar with the laws of the Empire.

Is it guilty that a glorious emperor did something stupid on his deathbed in order to keep himself alive for a few more years?

In the past 60 years, he has almost carried the entire human society on his shoulders, and he has saved countless lives, but when he wants others to save himself, he also makes others pay for their lives, is this reasonable?

Sherlock didn't know either.

As I said before, he is not a moral person, he stands on the opposite side of Augustine the Great, just because of his obsession with the outcome of a case.

So, he didn't even look at the other side, the one about the life of challenger Franklin.

Instead, I flipped it back very casually.

Immediately after that, he suddenly saw something.

On the middle page of the Sacred Journal, in an extremely inconspicuous position, there seems to be a report.

It's short, and it's not important at first glance.

This report seems to mention London, mentioning the airship crash incident more than half a year ago, which shows that until this moment, there are still countless broken families immersed in the grief of that disaster, and there are still countless people who are investigating the incident day and night, trying to find out whether there is something hidden behind the disaster.

In the past six months, after collecting evidence from various aspects, it seems that there have indeed been some confusing progress.

In the list below of some of the more complex texts that seem to be of little interest at first glance, Sherlock quickly spotted such a line.

[Undigested letters were found in the stomach of the head of the port where the Bohemian airship docked, which, after identification, was identical to the handwriting of Augustine the Great.] 】

Sherlock looked at the words and couldn't help but smile:

"I'm not tall, but I'm beautiful"

(End of chapter)