Chapter 762 – #96. Jinhaesol (66)
“We will build a country for the common people!”
“I will create a country ruled by law where nobility can no longer punish commoners on their own!!”
Groups that achieved their respective powers made various pledges to build a just cause.
In particular, the Revolutionary Corps hit the jackpot in that attack.
A country for commoners.
In the world of royalty and aristocrats, they put up a slogan that would have quite a big impact and started recruiting commoners.
They hadn’t developed to socialism yet, and their pledge was to create a country where commoners could punish aristocrats according to the law.
Commoners often joined the revolutionary corps, saying that they would believe their words, even if they did not care.
From the point of view of the nobles, they were like thorns in their eyes, but since everyone’s enemy, the Geos Empire, existed, they were accepting it with their eyes closed.
“They say the emperor has changed!!”
“What?”
“The emperor has changed?”
“New Emperor…New Emperor?!”
In the meantime, news spread that a treason had taken place in the imperial palace.
All the aristocrats who supported the emperor changed their minds and accused Emperor Geos of being a tyrant, stepping down from the position of emperor and creating a new emperor.
The aristocrats and revolutionaries who contributed to the founding of the country tried their best to find out what was going on in the imperial palace while holding their breath.
‘How will the new emperor emerge?’
The change of emperor was a much more serious problem than I thought.
It was not an exaggeration to say that the black color changed to white in the particles of the people of the Geos Empire.
Attention was focusing on how the new emperor would solve the troublesome issue of revolutionaries spreading among the nobles who caused the civil war and the common people these days.
“It’s just piled up troublesome things.”
The new emperor has been persecuted by the tyrannical emperor for a long time.
So even if I tried to rule the country, I was in trouble because I didn’t know anything.
However, the nobles gladly cheered the new emperor, who showed concern, by telling him not to worry.
“As you know, the emperor of the empire lived his entire life as a fool, but belatedly appeared before the emperor and became the successor. And now he is ruling the empire wonderfully.”
The Emperor of the Empire did it, so there is no reason why the Emperor of Geos couldn’t do it.
“However, the situation between the emperor and I is not different. Our country is currently in trouble. The empire is sending troops to our country to kill the people, and the nobles are occupying the land without permission, saying they will build the country. They also have troublesome guys called the revolutionaries who are doing nothing.”
“Your Majesty, even if it seems daunting now, if you solve it one by one, you will see the light. Please do not give up. Only Your Majesty can protect the empire.”
In fact, even the nobility did not have a clear way to restore the country itself.
He was just deferring what he had to do to the emperor and trying to preserve his position somehow.
When the new emperor was clumsy, he had to devour as much of the things in the imperial palace as he could.
‘Hmmmm, this is all~ It’s fair because the tyrant is taking back the things that were taken away from me.’
Not knowing that the country’s barn was being eaten up by the nobles, the new emperor decided to solve the most pressing problem first.
“What do you think is the most urgent thing right now?”
“That’s the invasion of the empire. They are trampling on the land of the lord, stealing property and plundering the people. We have to deal with them right away.”
The families of the founding contributors were busy building the country.
The emperor suddenly changed, so it was clear that he was watching what would happen in the future.
He had to use that fleeting time to drive the empire’s army.
“It is truly tragic and regrettable to leave the traitors who started the civil war alone, but it is more urgent than them to prevent invasion. I’m here!”
For the sake of the nobles, the new emperor had to fend off imperial aggression.
“I, no, I think your opinions are right as well. I will do my best to defeat the troops stationed in the territory and drive out the invading empire!”
“”The castle is ruined!!””
The nobles bowed their heads at the new emperor’s good judgment.
It was only now that he intuited that the Geos Empire was functioning properly.
The nobles smiled heartily, regretting that they had not driven out the tyrannical emperor long ago.
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“It is said that the new emperor has turned his troops around to solve our problems first. They will probably assemble to attack our troops soon.”
“I’ve been sucking honey well, but it’s a pity.”
Of course, it is not a loss because he obtained a large amount of wealth without much damage because he robbed an empty house.
“Didn’t you say you took care of everything carefully?”
“Yes, I told you to pack everything you can. There probably won’t be anything left like the locusts have been there.”
Before the invasion, I didn’t want to wage a bloody war with the Geos Empire.
And it seemed that if I did well, I could only take advantage of it without much damage.
“Even if we go to war with blood, all we can get is wealth, but it would be better to end the war here soon.
“That’s right. It’s still premature to take the land of the Geos Empire. The Geos Empire needs to crumble a bit more.”
The Geos Empire was in the process of collapsing on its own if left alone.
There was no reason to shake the Empire as our side suffered damage.
‘Even if I shake it now, the revolutionaries and the families of meritorious subjects will benefit.’
That’s why I made it a battle to rob someone, not to kill them.
The Geos Empire had fertile territory, so there were a lot of people with ‘wealth’.
They told them to plunder and steal what they had indiscriminately.
Usually soldiers are forbidden to plunder privately, but this time they did not stop it.
I told him to take everything he could.
Perhaps when our troops withdraw, we will see the empty territory as if it was damaged by locusts (grasshoppers).
Our soldiers did not waste a rare opportunity to pack a thick pocket on the battlefield.
“Ah! Prepare for a withdrawal without the enemy noticing. We must never let them know. If they find out that the Empire has no will to fight anymore, they won’t be compensated.”
I was thinking of tearing off as much as possible.
The new emperor had no time to go to war with the empire.
Even if the troops are concentrated on our side, they will not be able to directly point their swords at us.
What the new emperor was doing now was to show people that he was pretending to ‘fix’ what the tyrannical emperor had done.
“Yes, I will.”
After finishing the report, the servants withdrew, and without a chance to breathe, other servants rushed in again.
Perhaps because the Emperor of the Geos Empire had changed, the things I had to do were piled up like crazy.
“Your Majesty, a letter from the new emperor has arrived.”
“…I was waiting for it, but it went well.”
Even so, he was waiting for a letter from Emperor Geos.
It was because he predicted that he would pretend to assemble an army and then negotiate with our empire.
That prediction has always been correct.
I personally opened and checked the secretly handed letter.
[Thank you to the benefactor. She promised to give me a new life, but I couldn’t believe it. But the benefactor really kept his promise.
The position of emperor is still unfamiliar and difficult, but over time, you will get used to this position. At least it’s far better than dying alone there.
Now that my position has changed, the next time I meet my benefactor, I will treat you like an emperor versus an emperor.]
A well-written letter of thanks.
Even if it started with a thank-you note, when it got to the main topic, the story about the army sent by the empire appeared without fail.
“This guy is definitely polite. He wrote down a thank you note at the beginning. And he also wrote down a request to stop the war quite carefully.”
It shows signs of trying to be polite.
The clumsy efforts of a person who lived a life of being forced to read even those common books looked pretty in their own way.
“The new emperor hates war. He doesn’t want to go to war because he has so many things to do in his country.”
The new emperor and I do not know each other.
But the new emperor owed me a great favor.
It wasn’t enough to free her from her tyrant, her emperor, so that her minions made her emperor.
Most of the nobles of the Geos Empire did not know, but the nobles at the center of the rebellion knew the truth.
It would have been humiliating to listen to the orders of an enemy emperor, but he would have been compelled to accept the attractive offer to end the war.
“I don’t know if I’ll be able to adapt well. There will be more people who will disturb me than people who want to help.”
Becoming the emperor was difficult, but staying on the spot was not so easy.
Since her nobles made her emperor with her own hands, they will look down on her and try to reap the cost of her hard work many times over.
“Anyway, since she didn’t change her mind even after becoming emperor, the issue of reparations should be easily resolved.”
The remaining question now is what to rip from the Geos Empire, which has many places to eat.
What should I eat to spread rumors that I ate well?
First of all, the first priority would be the fertile land of the Geos Empire.
So what about the 2nd place?
From this point on, the nobles become a herd of anglers.
I am in a position where I have to take care of the anglers and distribute them so that the food is distributed evenly.
‘And I have to take care of things.’
The 3rd priority will be the ‘it’ that I am really aiming for in the war.
‘I’ll have to check in advance how full the concubine palace is.’
3 thousand people.
At first, it was a very far-fetched number, so what I wanted to fill in was being filled little by little.
There are many concubines who have not yet been counted because they have not been hugged.
Before a new concubine came in, he had to work diligently to get the existing concubines counted.
