Chapter 606, Imperial Court
"Amiya?" Little Frederick hugged the little rabbit in his arms. The boy was still very young, not much bigger than a rabbit. He heard his mother give the little rabbit a name, so he hugged the little rabbit excitedly. The rabbit kept shouting: "Great, Amiya, I will call it Amiya, and it will be mine from now on!"
Emilia frowned. The Duchess of the Empire thought that rabbits are very smelly and not easy to raise. Does my son really want to raise this thing?
Emilia is not an ordinary imperial nobleman. She has learned a lot of basic knowledge from the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group during the years in exile, and she also has some understanding of raising rabbits.
Why did Karl Franz give his son a bunny?
Due to her experience, there are not many people Emilia can trust, even Karl Franz, she does not fully trust, the Duchess of the Empire did not agree, she got up, washed and dressed, changed into a set of casual clothes, by the way After putting on a light makeup for herself, she called Wagner, the master engineer under her command: "How did this rabbit get here?"
Wagner told Emilia that when he was going to the palace, Emperor Karl Franz just got up and was preparing breakfast. The boy ran into the kitchen and saw this little rabbit that was used as food. Seeing the rabbit If it is cute, it must be brought, and the palace chef has no choice but to give it to him.
Before Emilia could make arrangements, the little Devonhill who was crawling on the ground drooled and barely stood up. He stretched out his hand, pointed at the little rabbit in his brother's arms, and shouted: "Donkey! Donkey! ! It's a donkey!"
"Ah?" Emilia felt a little strange. The little maid looked at Ryan and Suria's son, thinking that she should have a bowl of water to level it out, so she took it from Frederick's hand. He took the little rabbit and said with a smile, "Devonhill, this is obviously a little rabbit, how can it be a donkey?"
"It's a donkey! It's a donkey!" Devonhill didn't wipe his mouth clean, and the saliva flowed down, hitting his clothes. The five-month-old boy was very firm. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the little rabbit's side. To brown prick ears: "It's a donkey!"
"...This is the Rex rabbit, Devonhill." Emilia patiently explained: "This kind of rabbit is a typical meat rabbit, which is a cross between the Empire rabbit and the Britannia rabbit. The ears are erect and very long, a bit like donkey ears, but they are definitely not donkeys!"
"Donkey!" Little Devonhill stood up, stretched out his hand to hold a pair of ears of the little rabbit, and tugged vigorously: "Donkey's ears! Donkey!"
The little rabbit's ears were grabbed by Devinhill, and it screamed in pain. The sound of the rabbit attracted Ryan and Suria. Seeing this, Suria quickly picked up her son and hugged her in her arms: "Okay Oh, Devonhill, that’s the little rabbit, it’s Amiya, at most it’s Amirabbit.”
"Donkey, Amidonkey!" The little guy seemed to be on the hook with this matter.
"Haha, referring to the rabbit as a donkey." Ryan couldn't help laughing, he seemed to have no intention of arguing with his son on this matter.
However, a terrible scene immediately appeared in the Duke's mind.
Twenty years later, when his two sons had grown up, they were arguing over a rabbit, arguing whether it was a donkey or a rabbit.
"It's Amy Donkey!" Behind Devonhill, there were Holy Grail Knights, Old Guards and an army of knights.
"It's Ami Rabbit!" Behind Frederick, there are the Nuer Iron Armored Army, steam tanks and the Imperial Army formation.
After thinking about it, Ryan couldn't laugh anymore, and he quickly said: "Okay, stop arguing, it's pointless, let's eat, eat.
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It's over, Ami Rabbit has become Ami Donkey! Emilia shook her head helplessly. She gave up. After all, he wasn't her own son. She felt that it was inconvenient for her to control him, so she signaled to the Nuer Iron Armor Army under her command to take the rabbit down and talk about it later.
The next morning, Ryan and his group first visited the Imperial Court.
There is a certain degree of difference between the laws of the Empire and the laws of Brittany, but there is no doubt that the laws of these two human countries, or the entire human country of the Old World, come from the heritage of the elves, and that It is the "Elf Code" written by the Elven Empire.
It is a huge code that needs dozens of carriages to load, and its content is detailed enough to ensure that no ordinary human being can fully understand this code in a lifetime, because even with the longevity of elves, it is impossible to understand it. It will take at least a hundred years to fully read and comprehend this code with astronomical regulations and become a qualified elf judge.
Humans couldn't do it. After Charlemagne established his empire, he immediately ordered his courtiers to spend countless hours translating and condensing the writings left by the elves. After the era of catastrophe, the entire old world was actually in a state of In the illiterate or semi-literate state, almost no one can read except the priests, and the level of the low priests is also very low, and they also lack education.
In order to change this situation, Charlemagne gathered the best priests of the entire empire together to restore and build schools and libraries, desperately absorbing nutrients from the remains of the brilliant civilization of elves and dwarves, religious educational institutions began to appear, and human civilization gradually developed.
This period of history is called the "Carolingian Renaissance".
Imperial law has shadows of both elves (statutes) and dwarves (case law), while Britannia's laws have been copied from elves and "improved" (more statutes), but are generally similar, knightly kingdoms The "Rules of Knights" strictly stipulated the difference between knights and serfs, and they were bound by different laws.
The core of Brittany's law is that "knights enjoy the ownership of serfs, but they must also undertake the obligation to protect serfs."
The core of the empire's law is "the people of the empire keep their jobs and fight to protect the country!"
But obviously, under the supervision of the fairy in the lake, the knights have adhered to the spirit of chivalry for thousands of years, and the empire collapsed after adhering to this principle for nearly a thousand years. The war and the familiar, well-known Great Jihad that followed.
After the Great Holy War, the new Imperial Emperor Ludwig the Savior amended the Imperial Law and added the clause "Everyone has the right to be paid for his labour."
Today, Ryan and the others are watching a trial by an imperial judge, and the trial targets are some imperial citizens who have broken the law.
A man was sentenced to twenty lashes for theft and wounding and ordered to pay damages.
A male aristocrat was sentenced to fifty strokes of lashes after he was drunk and found trouble in the street, and made blasphemy remarks, but because he paid enough bail and a high fine, he was sentenced to be put in a "crime bag" for public display Two hours and no food for the whole day, only water.
Several cult members were sentenced to death and executed immediately without bail because they were found to believe in the evil god of chaos.
Ryan and others watched a series of judgments, and he asked the entourage sent by Emperor Karl Franz: "Now we know how the imperial court works in Brunswick, so what if it's not in the city? "
"It's the circuit court, Your Excellency Ryan, Your Excellency Suria." The emperor's entourage replied respectfully: "The city will regularly send circuit judges to lead a team of guards to the countryside where there are no judges to adjudicate matters until one day A resident judge takes over the duties of a circuit judge, but I would say it's not a good job."
"Isn't it a good position?" Ryan lowered his head and thought for a while, and he asked, "Why?"
"It's too dangerous, Your Excellency Ryan." The entourage hurriedly told Ryan what he knew in a flattering manner: "The circuit judge has to move back and forth in the wild and hold circuit trials in different places. Even in Rickland, this is a Very dangerous job, after all, no one knows what is in those black forests, and... compared to the huge risks and hard journeys, the salaries of circuit judges are really not so lucrative, and they are often witnessed. The farmers demanded payment and offerings, and those who provided food and money were able to sit on the jury with dignity."
"Huh~" Emilia snorted softly, but she didn't say anything.
"Why is this!" The fairy in the lake who controlled Suria said unhappily. She wanted to say something habitually, but the goddess soon realized that this was the empire, and she also snorted. , Changed his words: "So many crimes can be forgiven as long as they pay enough fines?"
"Yes, except for some unforgivable crimes, almost all crimes can be offset or exonerated by paying high fines." The entourage said immediately: "In fact, many fines are also an important income for these circuit judges."
"It's better than we have been relying on the village elders and the elders to solve the problem by themselves." Ryan laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "Who are the main circuit judges?"
"Most are lawyers who can't be famous, or unlucky people who have offended the local law research association." The entourage continued: "There are also devout followers of Madam Justice, but there is no doubt that as long as they have the opportunity, they will try their best to return to the city Come inside."
Lady Justice is the folk name of Valenna, the god of justice and law. Valenna focuses on real fairness, not the fairness in law that serves some people. She and her followers have always opposed tyranny and oppression. As Valenna represents wisdom and education, priests of her cult practice magic more actively than clergymen of other religions in the Empire.
However, justice has never been equated with justice. The Goddess of Justice sect will ask the nobles for legal remuneration and justice because of the civilians who are owed wages or bullied by the powerful. But similarly, the Goddess of Justice sect will also punish them because of the law And the suppression of illegal civilians, even if the civilians are wronged or innocent, the Goddess of Justice sect does not have any extrajudicial grace or mercy. Faced with the same punishment, the nobles can exempt or reduce the punishment by paying high fines. Civilians have to accept judgment if they can't pay, and Ms. Justice agrees.
The empire should be more open in this regard. The so-called openness is reflected in the fact that many things can be settled with money. Generally speaking, almost all crimes can be solved by paying fines. If you can’t, then you must have paid enough fines. However, the gods treat the nobles and the common people equally, it depends on whether they have money or not.
The same is true of the Moorish sect of death. When the Moorish priests come to hold a funeral, the more money they give, the better the treatment for the deceased. If there are only a few copper coins, it is just to say a prayer and arrange cremation. Silver coins can be buried in a small grave bag, if there are two gold coins, the deceased can get a corner in the Moorish garden, if there are twenty gold coins, the sarcophagus has it all, the more money, the Moorish sect can do it The better, in many cases, how well the deceased can be treated does not depend on the Moore priest, but on how much the deceased's family is willing to pay.
Ryan also expressed his understanding of this. After all, the church also needs to provide food, and the Reaper Sect rarely collects tithes. Their main income is funeral expenses and donations from nobles.
Most of the residents of Brunswick and Nuer believe in Valenna, the lady of justice, especially honest bureaucrats, enlightened nobles, scholars, wizards, and citizens with a certain level of education. Valenna is also the wife of Moore, the god of death.
"Yeah." Ryan was also about to start implementing the circuit trial system. After hearing this, he knew it in his heart, so he didn't say any more.
After visiting the trial of the Imperial Court, Ryan and others entered the Imperial Palace and had lunch with the Emperor's family.
On a snowy afternoon, along the snow-covered stone slabs, the emperor and Rick's guards led Ryan and his party towards the Brunswick Royal Zoo.
Karl Franz was wearing a purple-gold shirt, breeches, and a gorgeous emperor satin robe. The Rick collar rune teeth hung around his waist, which was the symbol of him being the great prince of Rick collar. The divine hammer Gael-Maraz did not appear. It is said that this divine hammer was placed in the Cathedral of Justice to be enshrined when the emperor did not go out to fight and swore his authority as emperor.
"When you came to Brunswick last time, you said you wanted to visit the Royal Zoo." Emperor Karl Franz said with a smile: "But when I arranged someone to let you visit, you rushed to leave, and in the end you didn't After the visit, why were you so anxious to leave? It seemed like there was a purpose."
"Hehehe, it was His Excellency Teclis who told me that he was going back." Ryan was a little embarrassed, and he immediately used Teclis as a shield: "He said he had been in the old world for a long time, the high elf Saf The Magister Council of the White Tower of Heth in the Kingdom of Rui cannot be without him, the supreme mage, for a long time, and since he is gone, I don’t think I will be able to stay any longer.”
"That's it." Sure enough, for the emperor of the empire, he had an instinctive admiration and affection for Teclis. After all, Teclis' achievements in the great holy war and his contribution to the establishment of the Royal Wizarding Academy brought great benefits to the empire. Hearing that this was what Teclis meant, the emperor didn't say anything more, he began to introduce the history of the Imperial Royal Zoo: "The Imperial Royal Zoo was established by Emperor Dieter IV, at that time, it was a long time before the Great Holy War and the New Empire. There is still a long way to go, it is the home and collection of the most dangerous animals in the old world, and it also provides enough mounts for the imperial army."
After finishing speaking, the emperor suddenly smiled meaningfully: "The zoo is also the most important place for the production of imperial war horses. These war horses mainly come from Aviland, which is a plain rich in war horses... Ryan, you and Mrs. Suria Are you riding your own horses this time? Are you interested in bringing them here? We have many beautiful mares here."
"As long as the grape looks good, I have no problem." Ryan also smiled: "But I will not force my mount to do something. I want to remind you that the grape has a bad temper."
"Good mounts are always scarce." The emperor could hear Ryan's implication, and he shrugged: "Of course, my mount, Death Claw, is also here."
"His Majesty Karl Franz." At this moment, Suria, who was holding Ryan's arm, spoke, and she asked with interest: "I heard that there is a dragon in the Imperial Zoo?"
"This……"