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Chapter 238 Nobles

Inside the palace, the ministers and nobles lowered their heads in silence, waiting for the king's words.

General Baker and all the generals of Aga City knelt before the throne.

While they looked up at the person on the throne, they also accepted the scrutiny from a high place.

King Anukt looked down upon them, the secular authority of the land of Agha, who was certain to win the war.

He will not accept the failure of this war, nor can he accept the failure of this war. How could the creation of Kagaurus, the three-eyed ape-man with the ability to predict, lose to those ruthless orcs who drank blood?

"I will give you swords, I will give you armor, and I will give you chariots and horses."

Under the witness of his ministers, King Anukt slowly promised various rewards to the generals,

"If you return in triumph, I will give you eternal land, so that your grandparents and future generations will enjoy infinite glory based on your achievements today."

King Anukt's rewards were not insignificant, and everyone knew that even though the king was severely punished, he was still a man who had to perform.

The generals knelt in front of the throne, their hearts excited for the war, and trembling at the sight of the king.

"My sharp swords, what's your answer?"

Anuckt looked down at them and asked.

General Baker and even the leader of the generals raised his head slightly at this moment, his hands trembling involuntarily, and the ominous premonition in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, but in this palace, no one dared to oppose the king's will.

So he straightened his neck and asked the king bluntly:

"Your Majesty, can you predict this war?"

General Baker did not dare to disobey the uncompromising king in public, but he was making the final salvage for this war.

"General Baker, are you doubting my will?"

King Anukt looked at the general in front of him coldly,
"My high priest, Hotep, has already predicted that this war will bring a vast land to the kingdom, seize the cattle and sheep of the orcs, and make the orcs and women cry for them, and the tears shed are enough to melt make a river."

After General Baker heard it, the uneasy premonition in his heart did not subside, but was intensified by these words.

The prophecy will not be violated, and the prophecy will surely be fulfilled, because this is the trajectory of fate and the revelation of Kagaus.

But as a three-eyed ape, a race that enjoys the grace of Cargaus, almost every wise man knows that no matter how clear the prophecy is, it is just a side of fate, just like a river does not reflect your whole body in the river. middle.

What's more, no matter how strong the power of prophecy is, the three-eyed ape-man is nothing more than a mortal, and the prophecies made by mortals are often vague.

"Your Majesty, that prophecy...that prophecy is true..."

General Baker said anxiously
King Anukt's complexion changed, and there was a little sullenness in his eyes.

At this time, Casas' father, Prime Minister Ilya, stood up and stopped Beck and said:

"General Baker, do you still want to question His Majesty's will?
Your Majesty is the one under the protection of Cargauth, you are worried, wouldn't His Majesty be worried before you? "

After Prime Minister Ibia spoke, General Baker's shoulders trembled and he was unable to say a word for a while.

King Anukt was so arbitrary that the ministers did not dare to refute all the will of the king, but flattered him for his wisdom.

And this prime minister has always played the rudder according to the wind. When King Uldun was still alive, he offered male favourites. When Queen Isis was in power, he showed great loyalty.

Now that King Anukt is in power, the prime minister of Ibia, who is good at catching wind and shadows, naturally supports the king's choice infinitely.

And this prime minister is just a microcosm of the ministers.

Following the words of Prime Minister Ibia, the ministers stood up and were in an uproar. They accused the generals of being cowardly, doubted whether they could not take on important responsibilities, and even questioned the loyalty of the generals to the king.

"Enough, stop."

King Anukt said lightly.

He looked down at the generals who were besieged by words, and their trembling obedience made the king extremely satisfied.

No one dares to disobey himself, no one can refute himself, everything is above the scepter.

This is what a king should look like.

"General Baker, I know you have concerns, but all you worry about is nothing more than your excessive nervousness."

King Anukt did not follow the prime minister's words, and continued to criticize General Baker. On the contrary, he restrained the anger in his eyes, and said in relief.

The prime minister of Ibia has already met his wishes and reprimanded General Baker for his cowardice, so there is no need for him to add fuel to the fire.

This is where the power of ruling subjects lies.

"In addition to you, I have already asked several other generals. You must know that you are not the only one leading the army in this kingdom."

After hearing this, General Baker turned his head and looked at the generals behind him.

I saw one of them speak and say:
"General Baker, I respect you, but right now you are nothing but unfounded worries. We all know that the orcs kept the wounds of the war, so how can they resist Aga's sharp sword?"

General Baker was silent, maybe he really was worrying unfoundedly, and the other generals didn't have such an ominous premonition like him.

And apart from that premonition, I couldn't see the possibility of their defeat in this battle.

In the end, General Baker could only say:
"Cagaus, the mysterious prophecy, may you guide us in the direction."

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After this brief expedition meeting, King Anukt sat on the throne and listened to the ministers' reports on the affairs of the kingdom.

King Anukt was not a stupid king, otherwise he would not be able to monopolize the power of the kingdom.

If anything can describe a king, there are only two words: wise and selfish.

The wise thing is that King Anukt judged the situation. He learned to coordinate the power of all parties and listen to the voices of the ministers. own rule.

Above the palace, the priests represented by Hetaipu stood on the side closest to the throne.

The king's sharp eyes examined everyone who reported to the king.

The reason why the priests who were originally dedicated to serving Cargaus were able to appear in the palace was because of King Anukt's means.

In order to check and balance those ministers, King Anukt introduced the priests into the palace under the name of "Ticagaus Witnessing the World".

Thanks to this, the priests successfully participated in politics and formed a unique interest group.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of Anukt's kingship tactics.

Since in the Kingdom of Aga, official positions are generally hereditary or selected by the king, King Anukt paid special attention to attracting fools such as Prime Minister Ibia and suppressing those stubborn people in the early days of his administration. After a few years, most of the stubborn ministers disappeared, and the scumbags who were originally attracted became bigger, and King Anukt ruthlessly suppressed them.

The essence of grassroots is to follow the wind to make the rudder. Although they can grow bigger, they are just a mob who accepted the king's suppression without resistance.

A noble minister stood up and reported to the king.

"Your Majesty, the disturbance of those stone slaves in Nanai is finally over.

They had killed their overseer before, escaped from the mine, and were finally captured by us two weeks ago.

And the reason why they dare to plot rebellion is inseparable from the instigation of the true believers. "

The nobleman changed the topic and continued:

"During the interrogation, I learned that three out of ten of these stone slaves believed in the so-called heavenly city, and some even publicly cursed Cargaus and our priests in prison."

As the voice fell, the other nobles in the palace immediately talked about it.

In the era of Queen Isis, there were already many noble ministers who advised Queen Isis, explaining the dangers of the true believers' beliefs to Cargaus and the whole kingdom.

It's just that at that time, the influence of the Prophet had not gone away, and Queen Isis ignored these remonstrances.

But now, more than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye. As the story of the prophet fades away, King Anukt's political tactics have increased the power of the priests of the Great Temple.

The nobles who were already dissatisfied with the true religion, coupled with the need to be close to the priests, once again set off a wave of opposition to the true religion within them.

Although nearly one-thirteenth of the nobles have become true believers, most of them are low-level nobles, and compared to the majority of nobles in the royal city, there are very few.

Opposition to the True Religion is not only because of the Kagaus belief passed down by the nobles, it is difficult to tolerate the contamination of the True Religion, but also because of interests and desires.

The existence of the true religion has shaken the original interests of the nobles.

Most of the true believers are stone slaves with low status. They originally obeyed all the orders of the nobles like livestock and maintained the inherent order.

But after the church came, the preachers preached the prophet who was born of stone slaves.

In the eyes of the nobles, the behavior of the preacher was like the temptation of a witch, making the stone slaves gradually no longer satisfied with their status, and even gathered, prayed, and formed associations without authorization in the name of mutual help among true believers.

And the stone slaves became more and more united, and began to demand more rights from the nobles, and when the nobles were cornered, they had to give up more benefits to these slaves.

Therefore, the nobles often reprimanded the church, such as "that religion is evil and dangerous", "those slaves are bewitched and are not loyal to the king and the country." Such remarks emerge in endlessly.

In their eyes, Zhenjiao is a religion that "disrupts society and order".

In fact, Wangcheng was already regarded as an enlightened place.

In the other remote city-states of the kingdom that believed in Cargauth, the order of the nobles was more unbreakable, and they hated the preachers even more.

"Your Majesty, let the True Religion run rampant like this, let the True Religion believers grow, and before long, even the entire palace will be true believers!"

The deputy prime minister stood up and remonstrated with King Anukt loudly.

Seeing this, the other nobles echoed, as if this prime minister represented everyone's wishes.

Prime Minister Ibia saw this, and after hesitating, he took a step forward and said:

"Great Anukt, our Majesty, in my opinion, this is too alarmist. Although I don't deny the harm that true believers have brought to the kingdom, but... that New Law Garden, didn't it bring us Come to the old saying?"

King Anukt stared at Prime Minister Ibia, who shrank involuntarily.

"Could it be that someone who made great achievements at a young age and later committed treason did not have to be punished?"

The deputy prime minister sneered and said:

"Those true believers have incited the stone slaves to rebel not once or twice. Although it has always been a small-scale rebellion, if it is not stopped, it will lead to a catastrophe one day."

The most important reason why the nobles are so confident about the church that masters the ancient sayings is that the church does not monopolize this extraordinary power.

The prophet who brought the old sayings, no matter rich or poor, regardless of beliefs, high or low, as long as he comes to the Garden of New Laws, he will teach the old sayings given by God after preaching.

Because he does not act according to human desires, but according to the will of God.

Those stone slaves who had been taught the ancient sayings belonged to different nobles. Most of the time, they would unreservedly tell their masters the ancient sayings taught by the prophet in exchange for rewards.

At that time, there were also some stone slaves who obeyed their master's orders and pretended to convert to the true religion.

Nowadays, because of the preaching of the prophet, the ancient sayings can be widely spread almost without hindrance, and even the orcs in the wild land can understand some of them.

But this also indirectly created the situation of the church today.

King Anukt's hatred of the church was never his own will.

(End of this chapter)