Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 170 Thoughts in the Morning

Early the next morning, when Purficott was about to leave the palace in a carriage, he happened to see another team of royal carriages carrying various luggage, and there was Justinian rolling around beside him.

"I am Duke Windsor! How dare you be rude to me! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you all!" At this time, Justinian was being escorted into a carriage by several royal guards. Having been driven to Shaker County like this, he was shouting and splashing around.

Seeing his unseemly appearance, the expression on Purficott's face was a bit unbearable, and he became more and more determined in his thoughts.

At the end of the world, if the empire is handed over to such a person, I'm afraid it won't be over seven years next year.

A person like Justinian, even if he were a king or emperor in peaceful times, would be a tragedy for the country, and he would inevitably become a faint king.

It would be okay if it was a government system where the king had little power. With a government that could function normally, the situation would not be that bad.

But if the king holds power and sufficient authority, he is likely to lead the entire country into the abyss.

"You should be lucky that you have a good sister, otherwise the corpses would have been transported out today." Purficott couldn't help but murmured as he watched the carriage carrying Justinian drive out of the palace.

Purficott did not care about this matter anymore. She had made it very clear to Princess Anne last night. If Princess Anne couldn't handle this matter well, then Purficott would have a greater opinion of her. Discounted.

Although this will not change anything, Purficott's attitude towards the empire will change.

After all, in the face of a cruel doomsday, the weak are not qualified to rule the strong.

"My Lord Earl, what is your schedule for today?" The palace attendant sent by the royal family asked Perficott. He was in charge of all Perficott's itinerary today.

"Go to the Parliament of Nobles first. I made an appointment with the Minister of Industry and Commerce to discuss matters in the morning, and I will go to the Royal Academy of Sciences in the afternoon." Purficott gave casual instructions, and then said to him as if he remembered something again: "Please send someone there. Inform Mr. Robert Carter and Mr. Oliver White that I invite them to have lunch today at noon, and help me arrange a suitable restaurant."

After saying that, Purficott glanced at the palace attendant again and asked casually: "You should know who I am talking about, right?"

"If, Lord Earl, you are talking about the former palace attendant Robert and Mr. Oliver, the pioneer knight in the north who was recruited by you, I think I should still know." The palace attendant replied politely.

Purficott couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard the palace attendant's answer. She got into the carriage, but she didn't rush to let the coachman start. Instead, she asked the palace attendant again: "Do you know Mr. Robert Carter?" ?”

"Yes, Your Majesty Earl, when Robert was still a palace attendant, we were good friends." The palace attendant simply introduced himself, but didn't say much.

As palace attendants, they themselves have strict norms and requirements. Not everyone can be as lucky as Robert, recruited by Perfectcott, to become an aide or court official of a powerful noble.

Purficott didn't say much, nodded and let the carriage set off.

The Royal Palace is not far from the Parliament Building where the Noble Parliament is located. They are both located in the central city of Langton City. They are buildings that have been built for hundreds of years, although the Parliament Building was built slightly later by more than a hundred years.

The emperors who ruled the empire in the past were like Perficott now, riding in royal carriages to the Parliament of Nobles to handle state affairs. In a sense, Purficott is now considered to be on the same level as the emperor. After all, she also handles national affairs.

And if it was in the past feudal era, Perficott, as the guardian of the north, could also be regarded as a powerful man, a powerful figure who could be on an equal footing with the king.

Of course, this is based on the fact that the northern territory has completed basic development and achieved self-sufficiency. It is a true county, rather than the barbaric country that is still in the development stage now.

"If I were an ambitious person like Cromwell, maybe I could really consider becoming the Regent of the Empire?" Sitting in the carriage, Purficott looked at the foggy cities and streets outside, as well as the people walking in the fog. The worker looked sallow and skinny, and she couldn't help but think of a careerist who had appeared in the original world.

This can be said to be one of the key figures in the transformation of Britain from monarchy to constitutional monarchy in the original world. He once forced the British monarch to abdicate, dissolved Parliament, turned Britain into a bourgeois republic, established the English Republic, and served as the Lord Protector, which became a fact in Britain. head of state.

However, in this world, although the Victoria Empire is very similar to Britain in the original world, due to the existence of extraordinary beings in this world, the knights used their swords to defend the royal power.

This is why the headquarters of the Knights Association can be closer to the palace than the parliament building, and it also has a castle in Langton that can be garrisoned.

Looking out the car window at the brick walls of the castle that had become darkened by time, Perfectcott couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

If it were in the era of cold weapons, this strong castle could play a great defensive role and could be used as a stronghold when various crises or problems occurred in Langton City.

There have been many military coups in the history of Viktoria. The emperor at that time relied on hiding in this castle and relied on the knights' protection and military support from the Knights Association to defend his royal power.

From this point of view, the Knights Association has actually played a positive role in the past, because they have indeed maintained the orthodoxy of the empire, abided by the traditional knight's creed and were loyal to their monarch.

Similarly, precisely because of their conservatism and tradition, they did not want the throne of the empire to be inherited by women.

After all, in the traditional concept, it is always men, not women, who protect this country.

But just as the long swords in their hands have been eliminated by the times, these knights and their castles have gradually become a kind of decoration in Langton City, and their traditions have become an obstacle to progress.

This made Purficott couldn't help but think about the price she would have to pay if she really wanted to eradicate the Knights Association.

If Purficott is allowed to do whatever she wants, even if the castle has been equipped with forts and the knights guarding it are equipped with muskets and blunderbuss that are not in line with chivalry, she will still not be able to stop her from destroying the castle. .

As for switching to a steam knight? The castle could not hold out for ten minutes.

So for the Knights Association who wanted to cause trouble, after carefully evaluating the force they had, Purficott could only treat them as a joke.

(End of this chapter)