Blackstone Code Chapter 748: Start

The trend caused by Richard's death continues. For the nobles, if they just die alone, they won't care at all, and they won't be involved.

The problem is that before "suicide", Richard also wrote a letter of repentance, and it was this letter of repentance that really pulled the nobles into the "battlefield".

Actually, if there is any terrible content, it is not necessarily. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already checked the letter of repentance, and the content has also leaked. Most of the nobles know what is written on it.

It was nothing more than an obsession and thirst for money that led him to risk bad decisions, and ultimately the fear and pain of being in a desperate situation. What really led him to death was the discovery that he seemed to be being watched in his hidden abode .

The pressure finally overwhelmed him, and he decided to take his own life.

His life is very short, and he doesn't have much experience to show everyone. He doesn't want to be locked up, interrogated, and after all kinds of pain, he will die in prison, or directly sentenced to prison. Shooting.

Hanging is the only way he can keep his dignity, and it is the only power he can fully control at the end of his life.

In addition to these, it also involves some things and some people, such as how he exploited loopholes to get the company listed...

After the appraisal of the handwriting appraisal experts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the letter of repentance is indeed the same as Richard's previous handwriting, although there is a slight difference, it is within the scope of permission.

The handwriting will change with the change of mentality and emotions. For example, when people are particularly proud, they will write more casually than usual, and some details may be handled differently.

The stress and fear experienced before suicide can also change handwriting.

This result also confirms that the content of the letter is authentic.

A number of key names are mentioned in this letter, and these people...are all under the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Any country's finances are very important things. In the Commonwealth, the Ministry of Finance manages it. This function can be traced back to the beginning of the Commonwealth.

In the Gavra Empire, the Chancellor of the Exchequer handles the money, but Chancellor of the Exchequer is not a specific job that has been around for a long time!

According to the various records of the Gavra Empire, in the past, although the Empire had the position of "Financial Minister", this position was often ignored by people, because the Prime Minister was often the Minister of Finance.

This has evolved into a tradition that has continued for many years.

After all, the Prime Minister of a country is an important assistant who helps His Majesty the Emperor handle his daily work, and he needs to have enough power to run the country well.

But in recent years, for some reason, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been independent again and became a formal official position.

Sometimes the emperor will appoint the finance minister, and sometimes the emperor will not appoint the finance minister, which also causes the power of the prime minister to be sometimes great and sometimes not so great - without the nod of the minister of finance, all the thoughts of the prime minister are forever are just ideas.

The position of Chancellor of the Exchequer can be said to be empty of the Prime Minister to a certain extent, so only the Prime Minister who also serves as the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be recognized by the nobles as "power minister".

As for the Prime Minister who is not also Chancellor of the Exchequer?

That is a mascot. After asking the emperor, he has to ask the finance minister. The finance minister may not agree with the other party's suggestion. In the end, the finance minister and the emperor should discuss and make a decision. Isn't this a mascot?

Now several important subordinates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer have appeared in Richard's repentance note (suicide note), and for a moment the noble group became agitated and excited like sharks smelling blood.

The prime minister went to the palace for the first time, no one knew what he and the emperor chatted about, but on the third day of the incident, the prime minister appeared in the Privy Council.

Because Lynch was restricted from leaving the island, he ran to the Privy Council when he had nothing to do.

Many nobles in power think that the Privy Council is a nursing home. After all, the nobles here are the kind without any actual power. Not only them, but their elders have also been away from the center of power early. This situation will only become more and more worse.

In a few years, they may not even have the right to see the emperor. After all, they are just "ordinary people" with an aristocratic title, not someone in power.

Those who once held power but have no chance to touch power now and in the future have the greatest obsession and resentment for power.

It can be seen from the fact that they have nothing to do with the emperor, how irritable the hearts of this group of people are, but they are just good disguise.

The prime minister came close to noon, and there is no one here if he arrives too early.

The nobles are all people who sleep until 9:30 and get up after 9:00. It is unbearable for them to get up early. After simple grooming, they come to the Privy Council to chat and enjoy a free meal Exquisite lunch, then bragging in the afternoon, and the day goes by.

This is the life that the commoners yearn for, but it is also a manifestation of the helplessness of the nobles.

When the Prime Minister appeared, it caused a small stir among the nobles. This was the first time a Prime Minister appeared in a place like the Privy Council in more than ten years. The old aristocrats in the Privy Council seemed a little surprised.

The Prime Minister didn't come and stay for too long. He just walked around and walked around in the company of some great nobles, and then told everyone not to run around recently, and left after it was a little unsafe outside.

He seemed to show his face and didn't say anything, but he didn't say anything, instead he had already revealed what he wanted to say.

Although the nobles have no power in their hands, this does not mean that they also lose their political power.

This may sound like a conflict, but power and politics are not the same thing at all.

The nobility's political power is used well, sometimes more effectively than power.

In fact, before the Prime Minister came, everyone was already discussing an issue. Now that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is in a huge crisis, is it possible that he will be overthrown.

It is very rare to overthrow a powerful hereditary noble in Gafra, and no one has fallen for decades or hundreds of years.

But once someone falls, it means a lot of power is released.

People's enthusiasm is born of power.

In people's discussions, the most common view is that the Prime Minister will exert force. If he does not exert force, he will always be a mascot, appearing on various occasions on behalf of the emperor all day long, and saying some other people's views and opinions. Too much autonomy.

The prime minister is the real prime minister only if he has financial power.

If he wants to exert his strength, he must be recognized by the emperor and more nobles, and nominally shows the view that "if the financial power is left aside, it will lead to disadvantages", half coercing the emperor to give the financial power to the prime minister .

This promise is not easy. The prime minister has to fight with other ministers, such as the minister of war who has long wanted to do it but has no good place to go, such as some elders of the Privy Council who are obviously hereditary nobles but have little power, and the emperor himself.

Ordinary people know that whoever controls the money bag is the head of the family, and the emperor also wants to hold the money bag firmly, which is why the financial power became independent later.

The prime minister must defeat the three parties before he has the chance to become the real prime minister. His presence is a statement and position.

When the afternoon tea salon was held, people started talking about this topic.

"I don't think the Chancellor of the Exchequer will fall down so easily..." A nobleman who seemed to be in his forties but was actually close to sixty years old seemed to speak his opinion very insightfully.

"We all know that the final decision rests with Your Majesty. If His Majesty can choose to turn a blind eye to this matter, or even choose to lose the chancellor's subordinates to keep him, it will be more valuable to His Majesty. ."

"Once you remove the finance minister's subordinates and install your own, your majesty will be able to stand up for the finance minister and firmly grasp the financial power..."

This statement has been recognized by many nobles. If the emperor himself holds financial power, he actually has the capital to become a dictator.

Military power, financial power, and attracting a group of nobles to take power, it is possible that the empire will soon usher in the most powerful emperor.

When talking about these contents, the nobles, whether they are the emperor or the ministers, have no fear or avoidance, just like talking about other nobles.

At this time, someone interjected, "We all know this will happen, don't those ministers not know?"

The significance of the salon is to express one's own thoughts and communicate without obstacles.

The surrounding nobles who joined in the fun once again nodded without a position, that's true.

If the power in the hands of the emperor expands, it means that the power in the hands of the nobles will shrink.

Sometimes nobles and emperors go together, because they may face a powerful political enemy, such as a powerful figure in power.

Sometimes the nobles are a group, they want to contain the power beyond the control of His Majesty the Emperor ~IndoMTL.com~ to avoid the appearance of a dictator tyrant like a king.

Of course, the core of these struggles is power.

There is only so much power, and one share is less. No one wants to be held down by others all the time, so power should be divided, not too much, not too little, and should be balanced.

Once the emperor appears to "seize power", it is very likely that other ministers will unite.

The nobles have been discussing these matters intensely and lively all afternoon, which is also the source of their happiness, and it also means that some of them may enter the political arena because of this change.

Lynch sat on the sidelines as an "outsider", no one asked him what he thought, he was just a "newborn", he couldn't even figure out which nobleman's name was, and asked if he had What are the thoughts, it is purely a question.

Although he didn't participate in it, he gradually smoothed out some of the context as these people chatted.

At prime time at 9pm, a political talk show suddenly and unexpectedly bombarded the Chancellor of the Exchequer...