Chapter 2356 Riot
The strong dislike for the rulers of the empire prompted Joan to decide to do something, to announce the unfair treatment suffered by the people of Alfheim, and to call on people of conscience all over the world to condemn the atrocities committed by the rulers of the empire.
Closing his eyes and entering a state of meditation, Joan logged on to the "Cloud Network" and cast a spell to copy the full text of "Summary of the Rights of the Empire's Overseas Colonies" to the forum, so that outsiders can understand the struggle and demands of the Yalfheim people.
Joan was still thinking, and then opened his cloud asset account and checked the deposit.
There are still more than 100,000 "Austrian Coins" available for use, and the power point is as high as 160,000.
These deposits are of no use right now. After a brief hesitation, Qiao An resolutely made a decision to lend all these deposits to the Central Bank of the Far East Kolas Government.
In order to raise war loans, the Far East authorities offered an annual interest rate as high as 12%.
Joan doesn't care about the rate of return. He lent money to the Far East government, not for the purpose of investment and profit. He just didn't want the Imperial Expeditionary Army to easily overthrow the Kolas government, which is more popular in the Far East. He didn't want to see what happened today. The tragedy in the Far East will repeat itself in his hometown Alfheim in the future.
When the distant and unfamiliar "motherland" conflicts with the hometown where he was born and raised, and the conflict intensifies to the point of irreconcilability, no matter how loyal and patriotic Qiao An is, he still has to make a choice in the end and stand on the side of the local compatriots in his hometown.
Closing the Yunwang page, Joan finished her meditation, and couldn't help recalling what Rebecca said tonight, thinking of Rebecca's perception and intuition, which were far higher than ordinary people, and thinking of her as the priest of the "Goddess of Destiny", occasionally Can predict the future like a "prophet".
Joan was vaguely uneasy, worried that Rebecca's dire predictions about Mr. Jefferson's private life and the future of this country would eventually be confirmed.
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In addition to resisting taxation, the protesters in Leyton City also have an important mission, which is to protect the real governor in their minds-Sir John Norfolk.
When the time came to late April, an astonishing piece of news was leaked by someone with a heart, and it spread throughout the city overnight, causing a sensation!
It is said that the new governor, Lord Edmund Fogle, believed that his former governor was the culprit who secretly incited the mob to resist taxes, and planned to use his private guards to arrest John Norfolk and escort him back to the holy city of Ashan for trial.
When this news broke out, it was like igniting the fuse, which completely intensified the conflict between the public and the government. Leiden Port immediately fell into chaos, and countless "thugs" emerged from the ground.
These "sons of liberty" are dedicated to fighting against Lord Fogel and his "running dogs". They burn down a building today and rob people the next day, and they haven't stopped for a minute.
Sir Fogel sent guards to suppress, but the pressure became more and more intense, and a large-scale conflict seemed to be on the verge of breaking out.
In this season of turmoil in late spring and early summer, Joseph Adams secretly came to Alfheim, and with the assistance of Ms. Miranda, the leader of the "Sons of Liberty" in the south, he jointly planned a series of protests and demonstrations.
Under the control of these two behind-the-scenes leaders, thousands of anti-tax people gathered outside the Governor's Palace to shout and demonstrate.
When the governor's guard tried to disperse the protesters, the demonstrators responded immediately, throwing bricks and stones at the guards, and some set fire to the stables of the governor's palace.
The noisy and furious crowd outside the courtyard wall, and the thick smoke and fire inside the courtyard wall caused the entire Governor's Mansion to fall into a great panic.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the "Sons of Liberty" rushed into the Governor's Palace and kidnapped Sir Fogel as planned.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Edmund Fogel hurriedly performed the "transformation technique", turned into the appearance of a maid in the mansion, and hurriedly changed into women's clothes in an attempt to get away with it.
As soon as Edmund Fogel escaped from the Governor's Mansion through the back door, he was caught by the "Sons of Liberty" who were spying on him, and they were strictly interrogated like other servants who escaped from the Governor's Mansion.
Edmund Fogel does a good job, perfectly portraying the demeanor of a terrified maid.
If all goes well, Sir Fogel should be able to pass the test safely, but fate played a malicious joke on him. He was too hasty during the disguise and even forgot to change his shoes.
Just when the interrogators were about to release him, Xiao Miao, Ah Zhi, Benny and Allen happened to pass by this area. When they saw the crowd gathering, they came to join in the fun.
The sharp-eyed catwoman ranger saw that something was wrong with the pair of big leather boots worn by the "maid" at a glance, so she obtained a scroll of "lesser true seeing" from Allen, and inspected the suspicious governor's mansion after casting the spell The maid, couldn't help laughing afterwards, and exposed his true identity in public.
Xiao Miao and others are middle-level cadres of the "Sons of Liberty Association", and they are also the on-site commanders of today's demonstration.
The other "Sons of Liberty" and more people who were instigated by them soon received the news that Sir Fogel, the culprit, had been arrested, and they all crowded around excitedly.
The thugs happily erected a gallows on the street. They planned to hang the governor in public. At the critical moment, Sir Norfolk was sober-minded. When he heard the news, he rushed to the execution ground immediately, appealing to everyone to remain calm. Enough is enough.
The "Sons of Liberty" reluctantly accepted Lord Norfolk's advice and dismantled the gallows.
The rioting crowd chanted slogans and marched Edmund Fogel along the street. The angry people spat at him one after another, threw eggs and rotten tomatoes, and finally threw the humiliated Governor on board and drove him back to the holy city of Asan.
In the next fortnight, elections were held for the Colonial Assembly, and Sir Norfolk was reinstated.
Mr. Jefferson, who became famous for publishing "Overseas Colonial Rights Overview", resigned from his teaching position and entered the political circle. He was successfully elected as the chairman of the parliament and became the biggest beneficiary of the tax resistance turmoil.
The first bill introduced by the new Alfheim Parliament was to abolish the "land tax" that the imperial authorities tried to collect in the colonies.
At this time, the imperial authorities had devoted all their energies to the war in the Far East, and had no spare power to send troops to suppress the rebels in the New World. Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet were afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Far East in Yalfheim, so they had to pinch their noses and be forced to accepted this established fact.
So far, the anti-tax movement in the colonies has achieved a staged victory.
Encouraged by this victory, the radicals of Alfheim realized their strength and devoted themselves with redoubled enthusiasm to the movement for the independence of the colony.
Throughout the summer of 1625, the "street politics" in Leiden City intensified. The "Sons of Liberty" seemed to have taken "stimulant drugs", and their methods became more and more extreme and violent!
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