Chapter 51: Aftermath
When I woke up the next day, it was dawn. The sunlight poured into the room through the window sill and gradually spread to the ground.
The warmth of the sun made me struggle for a while before I finally opened my eyes. My shoulders were a little heavy, and I looked sideways dimly, and a head of golden hair came into my eyes.
I was startled, and then I saw that it was the German literary girl Frietelia nestling in my arms, and I put an arm around her shoulder, as if we were chatting like this last night.
The sleeping German female literary youth has messy blond hair spread out, and the look of her snow-white cheeks in the sun is very peaceful and beautiful.
From the thick eyelashes to the thin lips, the thin and red lips were a little dry, which made me have the urge to kiss her for a moment.
"Wake up."
My alarm clock had the opposite effect. Not only did the sleeping German female literary youth not get up, but she moved closer to me. She squeezed into my arms, her head moved from her shoulders to her chest, and her nose was full of this woman's hair.
The fragrance made me intoxicated for a moment, thinking that this would be the case for the rest of my life.
At this time, Feletelia put one leg up and put it on my lower body through the pants. They say the early bird catches the worm, Feletelia's plump thighs pressed up like this, which was very comfortable.
However, this pressure made Feletelia wake up.
"What's so hot?"
As she said that, she reached out and grabbed it.
I'll stop him immediately!
Then, I looked down and saw a pair of eyes that were sleepy.
The owner of these eyes showed confusion at first, then shock, and finally pain.
"My head hurts!" She sat up, staggered, and almost fell down again, so I quickly caught her.
She rubbed her head and looked around again. There were wine bottles all over the floor.
We drank a lot last night, and when we got up, the two of us chatted for a long time. Finally, it was me who helped Feletelia down the palace tower where we were.
"The court physician in the hospital has a cure for hangover. I'll take you there with me."
"Isn't Hans there? I won't go."
The attitude of the German literary young woman was very resolute, so I had no choice but to take her to my bedroom.
As soon as I walked in, I saw Alexander and Cheap Daddy standing in the palace hall, looking a little relieved and a little surprised.
"Children now." The cheap dad sighed, shook his head, and left.
Alexander came over and looked at Feletelia twice: "Thank you for your hard work. You all have worked hard."
Did they all misunderstand something?
I looked at Philetlia a few more times, and there was nothing unusual about Philetlia. She was just a little pale, her feet were weak, and her clothes were a little messy. I was holding her up.
What an inexplicable group of people.
After that day, the Minister of Justice of the Imperial Court of Justice quickly intervened in the matter. Within a few days, the doors of the homes of many church dignitaries and nobles in Constantinople were filled with Imperial Guardsmen. Those who were surrounded by these people
The owners of the mansion were all frightened.
No one living in Constantinople is unfamiliar with this army.
In the thirteenth century, the empire no longer trusted any foreigners. The traditional Varangian Guard that guarded the palace was replaced by this army, which can basically be regarded as synonymous with the emperor's personal bodyguard. Compared with the Varangian Guard, whose members are all composed of Northern Europeans.
, the two thousand imperial guards are all Romans, but their origins are very special, because the soldiers of this army are all orphans left after the war. The generals of the guards will go to the local area with the emperor's edict to bring these orphans back.
Raised in Constantinople, these people grew up and became fresh blood injected into the army.
Therefore, the Royal Guards are also known as the Orphan Army, and the royal family who raised them is often slandered as a Roman orphanage. Interestingly, the first batch of Imperial Guards were the orphans who survived the destruction of Constantinople.
, so the yellow-lettered inscription under the flag of this army is also very bloody, "Blood debts will eventually be repaid with blood!"
But these are not the reasons why they are afraid. Thirty years east of the river and thirty years west of the river. This army that defended the royal family has been synonymous with purges in the past when my grandfather was still alive. At that time, it was popular among the dignitaries of Constantinople to "let them go".
This can be seen in the curse of "The Imperial Guards rushed into his door the next day!"
Now, the Imperial Guards, who had not seen any big movements for more than 20 years, were dispatched again, which really frightened a group of people. Of course, it also made a group of people happy, but more people were uneasy.
All the people in the surrounded mansion were invited to a place to be placed under house arrest. Not long after, the Legal Affairs Court revealed two vague news to the eagerly awaited dignitaries: someone was treason, and he was in contact with foreigners.
The state conspired to undermine the empire's diplomatic strategic layout, and someone wrote a book that violated the ban and insulted the royal family many times in the book. When these people wanted to know more information, this was already what the Legal Court could reveal.
All trials were conducted in secret, while the dignitaries outside were in a panic. Some of them were gloating about the misfortune, and they tried to get people to take their places, and if they wanted others to replace them, they immediately used all their abilities to forge evidence.
Those who are slanderous and those who are spreading rumors are all there, but those who are not are probably still brewing.
But if most people are scheming, how can anyone be willing to work with peace of mind? So, the biggest treason case was closed in just one week!
Exclude a few irrelevant people.
Most of them were demoted out of Constantinople on the pretext that they were not deeply involved in the case. Some went to the religious holy land of Mandeora as ordinary monks alone, and some went to another well-known monastery in Anatolia.
Hold Laura Monastery. Several dignitaries who fanned the flames in this incident were severely punished, demoted and fined. The family leaders behind them were all summoned by the cheap daddy for a night of lectures, and finally walked out of the palace in fear.
.The few principal criminals who could not be easily pardoned were continued to be imprisoned in the name of searching for evidence. The Mount Athos monastery was held to account and the abbot resigned. And for the places vacated by these people, Cheap Daddy nominated most of them and even let them
An acquitted bishop continued to retain his position, leaving some important positions for the church dignitaries to fight over.
The whole event was a happy one.
The acquitted person is grateful to us Theophano. Those who were driven out of Constantinople were not far behind. They could come back with something and could be reused, and they were slandered by hostile families.
, the mentality of conspiracy and frame-up has embarked on their path of asceticism.
This kind of treatment was beyond my expectation. Although the treatment I thought of was to demote them and leave, the monastery where they were placed was a barren place, and the above two places were either close to Constantinople or religious holy places.
They are all basically still within the circle of the center of power. So, the old ones are still the hot ones. Once the situation changes in the future, if these former church dignitaries who were placed in two different monasteries are released, there will be another problem.
Good dog!
However, the whole matter is not over yet, and their handling of the artistic girls has not yet been revealed.
Cheap Daddy came to us and asked us what we thought. Alexander’s idea was very constructive. Just like the last time he sent dozens of monks to the monastery at once, he thought it was a shame to wholesale dozens of nuns to the monastery at once.
Good choice.
Only then did I realize that more than ten days had passed since I broke into the church. When the cheap dad asked me, I told them that I hoped Caesar would let them go. Not only that, I also hoped Caesar would let them continue to create.
It’s good that those aristocratic ladies can use religion as entertainment! Very good! When everyone can be like them and realize that religion and the church can also be used for entertainment, then people will be able to view religion rationally.
No matter how fanatical they are! In this way, the church will lose the soil on which they can dominate! No matter how they appeal and show off, they will not be able to restore their former authority! Now that I have seen this secularization
There are signs of this happening, and nothing I can say can kill this momentum!
It’s useless to talk to the cheap daddy about natural human rights, religious freedom, and freedom of speech. But I linked this matter to weakening the influence of the church and used it as a deal to shut up with Fitrelia.
First, Cheap Daddy has to consider the meaning contained in it.
Then the literary girls were acquitted, but they had to modify the descriptions of my appearance and clothing in the book. This was the royal family's final bottom line.
During this period, I used my privilege to find a compensation form for the demolition of Dione's shop from the Administrative Court, and then went to the wife's house again.
Without a blush or a heartbeat, I mentioned to her the money ticket of the Sea Piaohong Chamber of Commerce worth 1.5 million solidos.
I then discussed with Alexander, Maurice, and Valens, and asked for their allowance for this month, plus all the previous funds, to get a total of more than 2,894,000 solidus. Of course, with this much money,
It was impossible to take them all with me, go to the bank to get a certificate, and then get into my cousin Marcus’ carriage in disguise the next day and go shopping around the university district.
We visited French clothing stores, perfume shops, coffee houses, teahouses, and all the shops opened by French people!
In the morning, I first helped my fat cousin to sign a contract for a building worth nearly 350,000 solidos in the block next to Dione Street for a price of 293,000 solidos.
! I gave a deposit of 2,000 Orei, and then I took the big fat man to ask his men to come forward to buy a few buildings that were eager to be sold in several prime locations nearby. Those pieces of land were all much lower than the market price.
20% or even 30%. If I were more ruthless, cutting to 40% would not be a problem. At noon, we identified a few more buildings. In the afternoon, after dusk in Constantinople, the money in my hand was spent.
It's almost done, but the harvest is also rich! I used more than 2,774,000 solidos to buy fifteen properties with a total value of more than 3,640,000! If these properties can be sold smoothly
, deducting the 1.5 million given to my wife and the 1.4 million from our capital, we will make a profit of 740,000 solidos.
And if this money is used sparingly, Alexander can use it to reform the army in the future.
Three days later, the big fat Marcus asked someone to come forward, and both parties completed all transactions with the owners of the dozen or so properties under the witness of a court notary and several bankers.
One party pays cash, the other party gives the title to the real estate, and the notary signs the transfer statement of the real estate. At this stage of the transaction, it is the tax officer's turn to appear, and the businessman who just sold the real estate will be paid the proceeds from the transaction.
5%, a total of 138,500 solidos.
I have inadvertently created considerable wealth for the empire's fiscal revenue.
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Are there many female literary youths on the road in Tibet?
Chapter completed!