"What is Rhodes doing? Wren, take your men, cut him off!

"Vladimir, you traitor! you have betrayed your oath!

In the empty hall of the Bandargarh Palace, Tsar Pavel shouted hysterically. He almost broke down and yelled at the empty hall, but no one responded, only the echo of the silence.

The northern army entered the city at dawn and took over the city defenses, blockading the entire city, including the Tsar's palace. At this moment, Tsar Pavel, like a prisoner, was locked in the palace. This is a great shame for Pavel. One moment, he was still the high-ranking Czar of Kislev, and the next, he had become someone else's prisoner. What made him feel even more disgraced was that the person who imprisoned him turned out to be his father-in-law.

The daughter steals, the father leads the army to rebel, the people of this family are simply demons, all beasts! Pavel scolded angrily. However, no one responded to him.

Even Wren, the commander of the Krem Forbidden Army, who had always obeyed his orders, was grim-faced, silent, like a bronze statue standing next to the throne.

......

In the dimly lit town hall of Kislev, with closed doors and windows and oil lamps, more than sixty Kislev nobles gather here. The people who participated in the meeting were all pale and silent.

Although, they succeeded, succeeded in confined Tsar Pavel to the walls of the palace, but this was not the goal. Their ultimate goal was to negotiate with the Tsar. Obtain your own "legal" rights.

They have the man in charge, and that is Rod Lawn, the Grand Lord of the Northern Frontier of Kislev. However, for the first time in Kislev's history, the king was forced to negotiate and sign a treaty. It should be said that even the empire next door is unheard of.

What should be the appropriate content of the treaty? It would ensure that his own rights would not be infringed upon, and that the Tsar would be able to sign it. This became the subject of discussion at the meeting. Moreover, what if Tsar Pavel did not agree and did not sign it? Could it be that he wanted to kill the king? Who would bear this infamy? Even if someone was willing to bear the charge, who would be the new king after the murder of the king? Pavel might have many illegitimate children, but not a single one in the main room. You can't go to the people to find those illegitimate children to be kings, right? These are a series of issues that the nobles need to consider.

Rhodes sat in the center of the long table, the Dragon's Tooth greatsword reclining against the wooden chair, a chill surrounding the room. In order to avoid creating tension, before the meeting, Rhodes deliberately took off his armor and changed into a duke's robe, wearing a black velvet shirt underneath. On his hand he wears a ruby ring that symbolizes power and status. But even so, the atmosphere in the venue was still silent and oppressive.

"Honorable Lord of the North, Marshal Rod Lawn, Lord Protector of Kislev, let us begin this meeting now. Discuss the specifics of the Treaty. ”

The great nobleman Yevgeny stood up and said respectfully. And the "treaty" in his mouth is only a rough name, and the nobles have not even had time to think of the name of this treaty. It can only be summarized briefly in terms of treaties.

"Everyone spoke freely. Tsar Pavel violated our rights, and we must take up the arms of the law to defend ourselves. This is the only opportunity, and we must seize the time to discuss it. The tsar was under house arrest and the country was in turmoil, which was not a good thing. Neighbors can keep an eye on it. ”

Rhodes answered. The meaning of the words is understood by a discerning person as soon as he hears it, and the only chance is that the people below should not think of other tricks, honestly carry out this meeting, and come up with a concrete treaty to negotiate with the tsar. Don't take advantage of this to stir up trouble. Rhodes deliberately emphasized the word law, which meant that they should stop thinking of other means, and that a peaceful solution was the best way. If he uses this matter to recruit troops again, the king of the north will not tolerate it.

"Laws? Kislev never had such a law before. "I love to read books

The nobleman stood up and said.

"That's right, so once the Treaty is signed, it's the law. Even the king himself must not disobey. ”

Evnigan responded, and took out a draft from his pocket, with a cover made of cowhide, half a finger thick.

"Here's a first draft, so you can circulate it first. ”

There were no servants, and each nobleman passed it by hand, and the scene was surprisingly quiet, and there was no sound except for the sound of the manuscript being delivered.

Rhodes had the same manuscript in his hand. In fact, he and Yevnigan worked on the first draft overnight.

The first article of the Treaty was a limitation of the power of the king, and no duke, marquis, count, or baron could be deprived of their personal liberty and that private property was sacrosanct. In case of special circumstances, such as wartime, natural disasters, plagues, etc., the king needs to expropriate the land of the noble lord, and the nobles and the lord need to cooperate, and the king should return the land in time after the war and pay the expropriation fee during the expropriation period. It can be said that this first point is the core and fundamental of this negotiation. The aristocrats were dissatisfied not with the chaos of the Tsar's private life and neglect of state affairs, but with his arbitrary appropriation of the land and property of the nobles. The treaty was to limit the power of the king in order to guarantee the personal power and property freedom of the nobles. However, the treaty still retained the obligations of the nobles and lords to the king.

The second article deals with the right of inheritance. The king's power to deprive himself of private property was limited, and the right of inheritance was consolidated and perfected. After all, if you can't kill you, I'll wait for you to hang up and your son. This is a commonly used method.

The shrewd representatives of the nobility had long thought of it, so Article 2 of the treaty clearly stated that in the event of the death of any duke, marquis, earl and baron of Kislev, if there is an adult heir, the heir shall have the right of legal inheritance, including estates, land, and all inheritances. This is also a routine operation, it should be said that it is justified, but it was not clearly written before, and the king and the lords have a tacit understanding to act according to tradition, but now that they meet such a strange king as Pavel, they have to write it in the form of articles.

In addition, each treaty has a subtext, which amounts to a supplementary note. The succession treaty mentions that if the heir of the lord is still a minor, a relative or another person may manage the affairs of the territory on his behalf, and the inheritance will be handed over to the heir when he is an adult. The agent is not allowed to collect any inheritance tax and estate transfer tax.

Article 3 of the treaty was still a restriction on the king's powers—no law could be repealed or enacted by the king without a resolution of the judicial assembly.

Article 4 of the treaty states that the noble women of Kislev shall have the freedom to marry and that the king shall not interfere with it.

Article 5 deals with armaments, and it is proposed that the king shall not forcibly conscript civilians as a standing army without cause. Men under the age of 15 may not be coerced into military service.

There are 63 clauses. Each clause has a subtext. This is the half-finger-thick Treaty.

Of course, except for the first five, the following clauses are all regular clauses, which are decent, and there is nothing worth investigating.

In a suffocating atmosphere, the nobles took a draft by hand and read it carefully.