Chapter 1,436 Worry
"Do you think it's appropriate to go to a church?"
Before the imperial meeting began, Lin stayed in the emperor's study room and faced the empress' question.
He is different today than before. Deeply involved in state affairs, Lin has gained the title of consultant. There is no reward, just some convenience.
One of these conveniences is that you don't have to wait outside the palace to be summoned. You can stay in the palace and participate in the imperial meeting as an advisor to the empress. Of course, there are no seats.
In fact, before Lin took action, he had explained this issue to the empress, and only after receiving approval did he take any subsequent actions. But this time, the response caused by the nobles was so great that even the great nobles who supported the formation of the parliament complained. This was why they once again summoned a certain magician to the Royal Council.
Otherwise, before today, Archduke Frias repeatedly requested to summon the magician Guybrash Tripwood. The intention is of course to ask this magician who is causing trouble in the empire to get out, so that the new policies that are out of tune can be calmed down.
Such requests were rejected time and again by the Empress and other Grand Dukes. Until this time, the other grand dukes did not help, but just watched indifferently. The weak and weak empress could no longer protect someone, so she had no choice but to let someone come to this place again.
Alegria asked again worriedly before the meeting began. Lin Zeng's explanation convinced her, and this was also the reason why she would agree to someone's actions. But when it comes to the introduction of divine power, this has always been a taboo among the nobles. Therefore, in the face of the voice of doubt, the empress could not help but bring up the worries she had put aside.
Based on my past experience in life, when faced with continuous bombardment of the same person and the same question, you must never reply with the same answer. Because the other party would do this, it didn't mean that the original answer could not completely convince him. He just wanted to hear if there were other answers. And if you keep using the same reply, it will be considered perfunctory and you will be criticized.
If you can't shake your head at this time and walk away, you can only answer in a different way. Lin explained helplessly: "The new situation in the future is to find ways to increase people's participation. Only when participation increases, the number of support is likely to increase. Therefore, when dealing with the people, even if the results are not in line with people's demands, we must Pretend to be open-minded and listen to other people's opinions and voices. As long as this feeling of respect is in place, no one will care even if it goes in with the left ear and out with the right ear. Those who have faith Aren’t these people the subjects of the empire? They don’t live on this land? They don’t contribute to the empire’s affairs? They are certainly a group of people worthy of being won over.”
"According to your new statement, what did the magician say?" the empress asked.
"Magicians have a black-and-white agreement with the noble lords. Moreover, they only have another set of rules, rather than enjoying extraterritoriality. In contrast, the people of the church are only unilaterally excluded by the nobles, without any Legal basis.——"
At this point, Lin couldn't help but repeat the same old tune.
"——And I have also said that from the perspective of the new structure, even if the church people join, they will only be in the lower council. No matter what they do, they will only have a chance to make a voice, and they cannot be above the cabinet. Even if the gods In person, there is no legal basis for the empire to obey the will of the gods. Not to mention that it is impossible for the gods to lower themselves and join the 'lower' council."
Looking at the empress who still looked worried, Lin could only comfort her and said: "In short, you just need to treat the people of the church as ordinary citizens of the empire, and you don't need to be afraid of them like snakes and scorpions. And in terms of practical benefits, with religion Faith serves as a link, and the speed of finding and connecting supporters is very impressive, isn't it? I think people who have objections to me are just afraid of the speed of building momentum."
"Afraid of such a speed of connection?" Alegria thought carefully about the recent situation and found that the growth rate of his private supporters was indeed much faster than that of other nobles. They couldn't help but feel afraid, so they sighed: "It is indeed so."
Lin added: "And this is still the beginning, and everyone is still adapting, so I don't dare to come up with too many new things. Otherwise, let alone religious quotas, I still want to introduce women's guaranteed quotas and racial guaranteed quotas." That’s what it’s really like to fight for the big with the small.”
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"Guaranteed quota, what is that?" Alegria asked in confusion about a new term that suddenly appeared.
Lin simply explained: "In fact, it is to ensure that minority groups within the empire, because of the dispersed population, cannot have representatives of their own groups in the parliament, are given a guaranteed number of seats. It is still my old idea, which is to give them A channel for speaking, even if it is of no use at all in the end. But..."
Faced with the sudden worry shown by the magician, Alegria asked: "But what?"
After taking a look at the list of people participating in the imperial meeting, Lin looked slightly worried and said, "I think this time, the focus is not on religious issues."
The empress also looked at the compiled list. There are a bunch of names specially highlighted with red pen on it. Many of these people are members of the royal family who are not qualified to participate in politics. Regardless of whether they had the right to inherit the throne or were still in the order of succession, all the people appeared.
"A few things are making trouble at the same time." The empress curled her lips and complained: "The other old guys are not afraid of letting the water go out of control this time, and directly let old man Frias mess up the matter. Everyone is busy in vain. You are sure Can you get through this?"
The last question was, of course, asked by the empress to a certain magician.
Lin helplessly spread his hands and said: "When I was in the Holy City, although I had dealt with big figures in the Gwana Empire, I really didn't have this kind of experience of being targeted. So I don't know what moves the other party will make." , let alone precautions. There is absolutely no certainty that we can get through this smoothly. We can only do our best and listen to fate."
Hearing such a show of weakness, Alegria showed hesitation and said: "I almost risked everything for this matter. But now you have such a nonchalant attitude, have you ever considered me?" .”
...Is this a sign of an explosion?
Lin quickly realized his mistake. Perhaps I, as well as those who have been around me for a long time, have become accustomed to the safe style of calculating someone's defeat before calculating their victory. In everything, they pay attention to the spirit of letting him take one step and it doesn't matter. But for a person who is ambitious and strongly wants to accomplish something, it is not too much to say that he does not want to make progress.
Just imagine, I am trying to fight a comeback, but the counselor around me pours a bucket of cold water on myself first, instead of chopping off the dog's head and going out to sacrifice the flag, it is considered to be kind and righteous.
This person is not a novice who doesn't understand the world, or who becomes a fool when encountering such problems. So what else can I do? Find a way to coax him. Lin tried to look serious and said:
"Your Majesty, think about it on the bright side. Even if we are forced to have no choice today, it will only be temporary. As long as people still covet power, what we do today will become seeds and be buried in everyone's hearts. And it has become an undercurrent, brewing in unknown places. One day in the future, it will sweep in with a more ferocious force. Everything we do is meaningful and will definitely work. "
It's just that someone's attempt to remedy it didn't work as well as it should have. Alegria leaned on the comfortable couch, waved his hands in a dazed manner, and said, "Forget it, don't worry about what I think. Just think about how to deal with the next thing."
After finishing speaking, the empress just played with the green fingers of the calamus beside her. For a moment, there was silence in the study.
The physical injuries of the mixed-blood Sea Clan woman have long been cured under the influence of divine grace, but the mental wounds are not so easy to heal. Not only did she act startled from time to time, but she also became more silent than before.
It means that the pistachio among them is the little round-faced one who could not be saved. Without such a person, the laughter and laughter beside the empress seemed to have disappeared, never to be seen again.
In such a situation, a certain time traveler is helpless. If you have been a bitch in the past, it would be easy to be funny and lively; but would being a bitch confuse you into a fat person? Not to mention dealing with women who claim to be different kinds of creatures. This was simply unimaginable before time travel.
So even if someone has a good intention, he is actually powerless. I can only stay quiet and not break the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere of this moment.
After that incident, Alegria took the calamus with him wherever he went. Even if it is a formal occasion, he will keep her within his sight.
Such an action was quite helpful to the Sea Clan woman who had not yet recovered from her trauma. Of course, Lin couldn't hold his neck and defend forcefully at this time. This only irritates people and makes Calamus panic.
Thinking of the night a few days ago, at the empress's signal, even though she had just stretched out her hand toward Calamus and not touched anyone, she was still so frightened that her whole body shrank.
Although this mixed-race beauty still suppressed her emotions and forced herself to accept the man in front of her, Lin was not the kind of person who only focused on solving her own needs. After a little comfort, the night ended.
So looking at the tranquility in front of him, Lin didn't want to break it, nor did he dare to break it.
It means that the necromancer who did the corpse explosion has not been found yet. Although Lin can use the flash technique, any confidential location is as if he is in an uninhabited territory. But when you want to find a specific target, you still need to know who the other person is.
It is true that he can scare those nobles who think that their situation is quite safe, if he does it mentally or not. But if the other party deliberately hides, and someone has no idea who to look for, it will be quite difficult to find the undead mage without alerting the enemy. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, Lin's recent efforts have been devoted to managing the affairs of the parliamentarian representatives for the empress, and he has not been able to concentrate on digging out the rats still hiding in the dark. So this thorn in the heart has not been removed, which is probably one of the reasons why everyone is not in a good mood.
In this tranquility with different thoughts, it was time for the imperial meeting to begin.