242 – Before the Fall of the Elain Empire (13)
When I entered the throne room inside the castle, the first thing I saw was the throne where Adolf was sitting and the nobles who were waiting for me to come under it. Was
I passed them, sat on the throne symbolizing the emperor’s position, grabbed Elaine’s scepter, symbolizing the emperor’s authority, and held it out towards them.
Then, Hauzen, the chamberlain of my kingdom, who had followed me, opened the scroll and began reading.
“His Majesty the King, who is great and merciful, and feeds all the people of the kingdom, has come. All nobles, please raise your face.”
After speaking, the nobles slowly lifted their heads and looked at me.
Among them were the nobles of the Kingdom of Creutel who followed me, but there were also those who pretended to serve the Elain Empire just a moment ago.
The nobles who gave me information after the Battle of Brightenfield are looking at me with mixed expectations…
It doesn’t look very good.
‘Dogs who bit their masters want so many things from their new owners. Even if you’re greedy, you have to act in moderation to save your life, and the new owner will give you more profits…’
But, as long as they can’t come to their senses and are so blinded by greed… I just need to give them a title, power that is only a façade, and an appropriate pension. Is it good that I don’t have to share power?
Or is it a disadvantage because there are hundreds of useless surplus nobles, and there are people who eat up the finances of my Kreutel Empire?
If passed on to my children or grandchildren, they will be completely members of my empire, and they will serve me as soldiers, scholars, and administrators, so should I see it as an investment?
Well, thanks to the lack of full-scale engagement inside the castle, they are stuck in Elysium. Considering the labor, troops, and taxes that will be obtained from hundreds of thousands of surviving citizens and soldiers…
After thinking about it for about 30 seconds, he raised his hand to draw attention and said.
“Before announcing the treatment of Nongonghaengsang and the rest of the imperial family and nobles, I would like to commend you once again for your hard work, efforts and hardships. In particular, Count Jacques, Count Alas, Count Ferius and others who expressed their will to surrender to me found the right path, albeit belatedly, and were able to save the lives of countless soldiers and citizens in Elysium. Moreover, even the courageous decision of Count Meter who minimized unnecessary battles by killing the emperor at the end. I, no, I was very satisfied with their loyalty.”
At those words, Count Jacques and other aristocrats who had defected beforehand shed tears and spoke in joyful voices.
“No, Your Majesty. We have only found the right path with Your Majesty’s benevolent invitation.”
“Count Jacques is right.”
“We just finished what we had to do. I was only able to decorate the end in a not ugly way by getting a chance to receive Your Highness’s mercy.”
In the letter that those guys sent after the emperor of Elysium was killed, they said, ‘If you prepare a suitable stage for me and my vassals to work, I will work hard for the emperor.’
In the Joseon Dynasty, that statement might be taken as saying that one would work for the emperor without self-interest, but here, when one is ordered to work, one must classify the title, salary, or fiefdom.
I think he sent the letter thinking that if he gathered his subordinates while taking his share like that, he would be able to establish his influence within the Kreutel Empire.
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Are you going to let me get you all together because I’m crazy? Even if you don’t intend to rebel, you can’t unite those who surrender after the battle turns.
“Thus, in order to repay that loyalty, I will appoint you three as courtiers of the Creutel Empire so that the family can continue. A pension befitting the title of count will be given to you every year, so keep your dignity with it. Also, don’t worry, I’ll give your vassals a court title worthy of the title before surrender.”
At those words, the expressions of Count Farius and other nobles who had been conspiring in advance were crumpled.
Since the Battle of Brightenfield, they have provided all sorts of information to help our allies, but it’s only natural that they’ve become the boss with little real power.
Still, Nantes, the capital of our empire, has many things to enjoy, including entertainment, gourmet food, and luxury.
So, if they retire and play together, they will probably be able to play for the rest of their lives, enough that 24 hours a day is not enough.
Why do those bastards frown, as if they don’t like it even when they’re given the role of a ‘rich unemployed’ that everyone wants to do in the 21st century?
“Before going on with the other nobles, I will first deal with the imperial family and nobles who have rebelled against me, and then proceed in earnest. Does anyone have an opinion?”
As he said that, his father, who was standing at the forefront of the nobles, spoke up.
“In my opinion, it would be better for the imperial family to die an honorable death, both direct and collateral. Also, should the nobles execute the head of the head and direct lineage, and ransom the male collateral of their family by paying a ransom, send them to a monastery, or sell them?”
At his father’s radical insistence, everyone’s eyes and attention, including the aristocrats who were in Elline, were focused.
No matter how much they treat the defeated, they probably thought it was too harsh.
However, that word is actually a go-stop to prevent my father and I from needlessly killing the imperial family and nobles.
It wasn’t long before an objection arose among the nobles.
“Your Highness Paulo, even if it’s the imperial family, shouldn’t nobles not be punished so severely, except for the direct heirs?”
“Yes. Anyway, even if the Emperor of Elaine, the imperial family, and the nobles rebel, no one will sympathize with them anywhere, including Elysium. So have mercy on me.”
“Anyway, the empire is already over. Show generosity for your future reign.”
So I said, pretending to notice the nobles.
“Then I will accept the words of the Lords, and I order all members of the family, except for the head of the family and the heir, regardless of whether they are royalty or nobles, to be sent to a monastery to live as nuns or monks. They will confess their family’s sins to Deus for the rest of their lives and repent one by one with all their hearts and minds.”
If you go into a monastery in the mountains or a remote corner of the countryside, you have to do more than 6 hours of labor, more than 3 hours of mass, and 2 hours of copying every day, regardless of gender.
Even if you are quarantined in a monastery, parents and children will have to live for the rest of their lives without even sending a single letter…
When someone in my immediate family dies, or when someone in my immediate family dies, all I get is a call like ‘Your mother is dead’, so it is impossible to even attend the funeral.
“Also, bring in Eva Green, Elaine’s mistress. Her disposition of her, let me meet and decide for myself.”
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After waiting for about 30 minutes like that, the man who was in charge of the chief chamberlain at the Elaine Imperial Palace came in with a woman.
The rich brown hair, a little darker than Ella’s, hangs down in curls, the breasts with captivating volume are slightly exposed without being too much, the waist is slim enough to be caught in one hand, and the white and transparent eyes that are as fresh as green leaves stand out. A woman with skin…
Her As soon as I saw her I could understand why Guy Adolph had fallen for this woman.
She’s not as good as Elana or Irina, but she’s a woman who’s beautiful enough to steal a man’s attention from an objective point of view.
Eva Green Aware of her own charm, she greeted her, slightly lowered eyes and slightly thrusting her own voluptuous, attractive breasts forward with a seductive smile on her lips.
“Greetings from Eva Green, a humble girl from the Elaine Empire.”
…… Then I could understand why sometimes kings or emperors kill the ruler of an enemy country and covet his wife.
Because besides the two women who love me, I had a desire to justify myself that if I conquered that beauty in an instant, I could completely crush Adolf, who was the emperor of Elaine.
However, he managed to control his emotions and said.
“As expected, she is a woman who shook the foundations of the empire. It is indeed beautiful.”
Eva, when she heard that, she seemed to see some hope that she would become my concubine, win her favor, and recover again, though she looked at me again with a seductive smile.
“It makes me wonder why she only used that beauty to harass the people and soldiers of Elysium. So, she must pay the price now. The SS must immediately arrest that woman and lock her in the tower. After Elysium is sorted out to some extent, that woman will be burned at the stake.”
If you leave such a beautiful woman alive, you don’t know what kind of accident she will run into.
Even if you put her in a convent with stupid words, you can seduce a servant who does chores and plan a rebellion after leaving the world.
Of course, if she was given to the nobles as her concubine, she, who was her concubine, would dominate the nobles.
Just like Adolph did.