1262 Testify
The eldest prince, who was sitting in the dock, looked at the prosecutor's tumbling words and recalled the initial appearance of this matter.
A landowner who came from a remote countryside had some money in his hands. He heard from somewhere that money in big cities was better, so he hooked up with some businessman in the imperial capital in a short period of time.
There are no "capitalists" in Gefra, at least officially.
All merchants are like lambs raised by God. They are not dangerous at all. When the nobles need it, their wool will be shaved off.
These lambs have tried to resist at different times, and the ending is never unexpected. All the lambs become roasted whole lambs.
So the lamb learned to be low-key and obedient.
In this power-based country, capitalists will never be able to make waves.
So there are no ruthless capitalists here, only docile lamb merchants.
The country landowner soon deceived many people with his foolish and false face, and gained the friendship of some.
He was offered a job, a thankless job, building tenements.
There are also low-cost apartments in Gafra, but these low-cost apartments are essentially different from the federal low-cost apartments.
In the federal low-cost apartments, tenants only need to pay no more than 50%, and most of the time only need to pay 20% to 30% of the rent to rent them.
The rest is paid for by various financial subsidies, such as the low-cost apartments in Sabine City. People only need to pay one-third of the rent to make a family live well.
The city treasurer will pay the remaining 60 percent.
Of course, when discussing this issue, there is no need to consider how federal capitalists use low-cost apartments to transfer benefits and seek wealth. At least it solves the problem of food and clothing for many people.
In Gevra, low-cost apartments are like a... superficial project.
The very important link of capitalists is missing here, so local governments are not that interested in building low-cost apartments.
After all, the more people living there, the greater the pressure on city finances. Building as little as possible is the most correct choice.
And the profit from this kind of project is not much, far less than the two million that the prosecutor said.
Heck, after the landowner completed the project, he lost hundreds of thousands!
He undertook this project actually just to build relationships with the nobles.
The reason why this matter is related to the eldest prince is because at that time, the eldest prince was actively establishing a positive image of himself.
He was the destined heir to the throne. A violent, single husband who relied on killing his brothers and sisters to ascend to the throne actually started fighting each other for the sake of his children and instituted an eldest son succession system.
After becoming an adult, the eldest prince must establish his image as a "wise king" in front of the people of Gefra.
Some charity projects and relief projects are obviously very good choices.
He can get some benefits without spending any money, and can build his reputation as a wise and considerate person. Why should he refuse?
He had done many similar projects "in name", and of course the rural landowner also got what he wanted.
Although he lost money.
The eldest prince's eyes moved slightly, and there was a mockery in his eyes when he looked at the prosecutor, as if he was mocking a person who was supposed to tell the truth, but started lying just because of political reasons.
At this time, the eldest prince's brain was spinning very fast, so fast that he began to perceive the world with a very clear feeling.
The prosecutor felt a little uncomfortable with his eyes. Pretending to be casual, he turned his head and glanced at the prosecutor general from the corner of his eye.
The aloof prosecutor general had a stern face and lowered his eyes, not noticing his gaze.
"If you need, I can call a witness, that is, the businessman."
The eldest prince still had a look of disdain on his face, "He can betray and frame me, and he will betray you and you in the future."
"Today you stand on the beheading platform and question me from the perspective of an executioner. One day in the future, you will also stand here and accept the judgment of others."
His words made the prosecutor a little frightened and a little angry. He felt that he had been underestimated.
Overthrowing the royal family is the unanimous will of all nobles, and no one can easily change this process.
He pretended to be fierce and pressed, "It seems that the eldest prince does not admit the fault he has committed. I ask the judge to summon witnesses."
The prosecutor turned, looked at the justice and bowed.
In Gevra, the chief justice was also held by aristocrats.
The justice nodded, granting the prosecutor's request, and then a chubby businessman appeared on the witness stand.
"He doesn't look like he's been beaten." Lynch, who was sitting in the gallery, came to this conclusion after careful observation.
"There's nothing wrong with the way he walks, and there's nothing wrong with his expression and eyes. The eldest prince is in big trouble."
Lynch learned a lot of interesting knowledge in the small room, such as how to judge a person's status through some details of his expression.
When a person can make the decision to betray without going through any severe torture, it means that the betrayal will be very complete.
This businessman even hopes that the royal family will be completely destroyed more than the nobles, otherwise he will be the one who will be destroyed!
There was a proud smile that was not very carefully hidden on the prosecutor's face. He used the process of turning around to regain his composure.
He walked up to the businessman and asked, "Please put your hand on the Bible and swear that everything you say is true and there are no lies."
The businessman almost covered the Bible with his chubby palms, making a funny yet serious oath that he would never lie.
The prosecutor was very satisfied with his expression and attitude when he swore, and then asked, "Tell me about the deal between you and the eldest prince..."
As the businessman narrated, some exclamations came from the back of the auditorium from time to time.
Don't be curious, those are ordinary people, civilians, citizens of the empire, call them whatever you want, in short they are not nobles.
Only civilians would exclaim, and the nobles sitting in front of them all knew that everything the businessman said was false!
Yes, everyone knows, because this set of game rules has been implemented in Gefra for hundreds of years.
There are people like this around every noble. They try their best to please the nobles. They just hope that when they encounter trouble in business, they can say something like "I have cooperated with..." to avoid risks.
For this reason, they are willing to pay some profits. After all, they also know that using the reputation of the nobles cannot be free.
Everyone knows that the eldest prince was framed, but the person who knows the truth is the one who framed him. This is very... sad.
The sorrow of the eldest prince and the royal family.
"enough……"
When the businessman talked about stripping off his sister's daughter and bringing it to the eldest prince, the eldest prince interrupted him.
There was a contradictory, embarrassed, and timid smile on the merchant's face. When the eldest prince looked at him, he lowered his head humbly, not daring to meet the eldest prince's gaze.
"Continue to read my next crime." His face had no expression, only disappointment and numbness remained.
Disappointment represents his immaturity, and numbness represents his immaturity.
When the prosecutor wanted to continue asking the eldest prince whether he admitted to the first charge, the chief prosecutor glanced at him.
Humans, like many animals, have poor static vision, but dynamic vision is better.
Just such a subtle change in an instant was captured by the prosecutor.
He ignored the question and began to read out the eldest prince's second crime.
For most of the day, except for a few crimes that lacked witnesses, almost all others had witnesses to testify against the crimes committed by the eldest prince in these cases!
When he left, Lynch could already imagine what the entire Gafra would look like when a new day came!
The collapse of faith may be a bit exaggerated, but there is only one point. In fact, many people do believe in the royal family.
After a group of scientists failed to prove the existence of gods in various ways and atheism flourished, even the faith of the royal family collapsed. It was a really bad era!
Just as the public opinion of Gaevra began to rapidly ferment, Lynch sat opposite the Prime Minister again.
Only this time, he was not acting as a noble, but as a federal diplomat.
"When I saw you coming in just now, I was thinking that after today's negotiation is over, I must call Mr. Trueman and ask him to replace him!"
The Prime Minister had a smile on his face, not strong, just lighter than a smile. "I thought my opponent didn't know much about the issues we need to talk about, but I didn't expect that I actually met 'one of my own'!"
Lynch knows the current Gaevra very well, and he has many aristocratic friends, which means that the Prime Minister cannot hide any information from Lynch during the negotiation process.
The amount of profit gained from negotiation is often related to the amount of information at hand. As the "landlord" and the person who gives the purpose of negotiation, the Prime Minister should obviously have a certain advantage.
But these advantages disappeared after facing Lynch.
Lin Qi played with the pen used to record words in his hand, and his eyes met the Prime Minister's, gentle, reserved, and strong.
"Isn't this just right?", he asked rhetorically, "I know enough about both Gefra and the Federation. I can eliminate some misunderstandings between us that should not occur and should not exist. I am the one who The most suitable person!”
The Prime Minister laughed twice, very perfunctorily. From these two simple sounds, one could hear a retort like "fuck you".
Lin Qi also chuckled twice, which probably meant "the brain is a good thing", as if no one knows this.
The perfunctory smile on the Prime Minister's face faded. He first said sorry, then put on his reading glasses, looked at the documents in his hand for a few times, and then took off his glasses and looked at Lynch, "We need food..."