1281 The Night Before

The weather in January has dropped to the extreme, and the sea water has begun to freeze. Driven by the waves, some ice blocks have just formed and are pushed to the beach.

Eventually, these ice cubes accumulated into an ever-increasing white crystalline cliff!

Contrary to the extremely cold weather, it is the enthusiasm of the people of Gefra!

His Majesty the Emperor will officially abolish the privileges of the nobility after the 15th. During this time, a large number of well-known social activists have emerged in society.

These people began to "spontaneously" explain to ordinary people the latest policy of abolishing aristocratic privileges and its far-reaching impact.

Even though the weather in Gefra can freeze people to death, people still gather outdoors...

"Why did the empire decline immediately after experiencing glory?" On the streets of the imperial capital, a social activist standing on a wooden box looked at the people surrounding him with a serious face and asked loudly.

This is on the edge of a garden used for pedestrians to take a short break on an ordinary street. There is thick snow everywhere. People are wearing thick clothes and shivering slightly from the cold, but they are unwilling to leave.

The social activist looked at the people around him and thought that he would have to ask his employer for more money. The weather was too cold today, and his influence was much greater now, so prices would naturally rise.

Of course this was just what he was thinking, not what he was going to say.

Seeing that no one answered his questions, he asked and answered himself, and used body language vigorously to deepen the power of his words!

"That's because the nobility helped the empire to reach glory, but it was also because of the nobility that the empire began to decline!"

"The aristocracy firmly holds the power of the privileged and ruling classes. This is very unfair and cruel to the entire society."

"Ordinary people's channels for advancement are blocked. Even if some of us get the opportunity to change our lives through hard work, our opportunities are often to serve the nobles!"

"A country where classes are completely solidified and will never have hope or future. This is why we are going downhill..."

Pedestrians nodded one after another and talked about their thoughts. Soon, with the friendly help of social activists, these thoughts were clarified.

As long as the nobles exist for one more day, the dark night of Gefra will last one more day!

As the privileges of the nobility are abolished, the power structure will be broken up again, and the people will have more channels for advancement. This will be the beginning of a new era.

Every time those people who are shivering in the cold wind hear these words, they will immediately sweat with excitement and forget about the cold. All they think about is the future every second!

"Where do these people come from?"

Behind a window, a noble noble withdrew his gaze. The warm room could not feel the invasion of the cold. Every gentleman's appearance was exceptionally decent, neither looking bloated nor trembling because of his thinness.

The Prime Minister glanced at the window from a distance, then withdrew his gaze, "I don't know who did it. We can let the police check it out, but the existence of these people is not a bad thing for us."

This is a very luxurious room. It is located in the center of the imperial capital and not too far from the palace.

Most of the houses here belong to nobles. The closer they are to the palace, the less common people's properties there are.

With two days left until the emperor officially abolishes the privileges of the nobility, the great nobles gather for one last time to discuss what is to come.

This noble nobleman was just a little surprised that there were too many "spontaneous" social activists in the imperial capital during this period, and sighed with emotion.

He quickly sat back in his seat, and the others also got into the mood.

There were the Prime Minister, the nobles, and the ministers in the room.

The Prime Minister was the first to speak. He is the highest-ranking person here. "I have re-read our plan and there are no problems. Do you have any questions?"

Someone raised their hand and then, with everyone watching, they said, "How do we make sure the conflict stays within the appropriate boundaries?"

"You must know that our Majesty does not have a very good temper. If he orders the palace guards to shoot, those guards who are loyal to the royal family will definitely shoot without hesitation."

In the prime minister's plan, the nobles would storm the palace two days later when the emperor formally abolished the privileges of the nobility.

And this provides sufficient reason for the prime minister and ministers to break the bones of the nobles.

No matter what the reason is, it is wrong to attack the palace. You can be reasonable, but you cannot attack the palace. This will make the whole world look at your own joke.

What left the nobleman unsure was the question of how the irascible emperor could suppress his temper.

He was not worried about whether the nobles would do that. After their privileges were abolished, they would inevitably have a fierce conflict with the royal family.

Even if they didn't think of this, the prime minister and the nobles had already arranged for some people to lead the angry noble group to attack the palace.

Then these nobles will be punished for their bad behavior. Not to mention the abolition of privileges, many nobles will also be deprived of their titles.

The aristocratic group's attack on the palace is a necessary "process". Before allowing the people to assume more responsibilities and obligations, they only need to see destruction.

The Prime Minister shook his head, "This issue does not need to be considered. Your Majesty will not let people shoot..."

His conversation with His Majesty the Emperor was currently limited to the two of them, but through this sentence, the people in the room basically confirmed that there was some connection between the Prime Minister and the Emperor.

Except that at the beginning, the prime minister directly targeted the emperor, as the situation developed, everyone could feel that both he and the emperor seemed to have suddenly targeted the aristocratic group.

No one knows why the prime minister did this, and no one knows why the emperor made the decision to seize titles and abolish privileges at this time.

Apart from intensifying the contradiction between the royal family and the aristocratic group, this will not have any other valuable political purpose for the royal family.

Since then, they have speculated whether the Prime Minister has any private contact with His Majesty the Emperor.

The nobles never expressed their stance, and the ministers seemed to be collectively invisible. The emperor completely detonated the hostility between the aristocratic group and the royal family just by seizing the title.

In fact, except for the prime minister's idea at the beginning, which was to remove the emperor, now the goal of "everyone" has been unified, and that is to deal with the nobles!

Yes, the prime minister, ministers, nobles and royal families, and even ordinary people surrounded by social activists shouting slogans in the cold wind outside the window on the street corner.

Their goals have been unified, that is, the aristocracy, a corrupt and solidified ruling class!

The Prime Minister thought for a while and added, "We must also give due consideration to whether the nobles will behave more radically than we expected. At that time, we will strengthen the guard force of the palace and conduct security checks on those who enter the palace..."

The scope of the palace does not refer to the palace walls, but to the area outside the walls, which is a large area.

But don't worry too much. In fact, the area that needs to be taken care of will not be too big. After all, His Majesty the Emperor will not appear in many places at the same time. You just need to be responsible for the environment around him.

Every step has been proofread, and some issues have been raised and discussed again and again. Only after confirming that there are no problems can we proceed to the next item.

From day to night, it was already late at night when these people dispersed.

The Prime Minister returned home, lay down on the bed after finishing the detention work, and sighed deeply.

His whole body relaxed with this sigh.

He would resign in exchange for the emperor's concession, which was what they had agreed upon.

When the Emperor met him alone, he recognized the Prime Minister's abilities and accepted his conditions.

Of course, these are after the restructuring is completed, when the empire's first popular election will be held.

Thinking of these, the prime minister's calm heart was a little disturbed.

What he wants to do is to completely release the power and light of the people through this change.

Unexpectedly, he had an uncontrollable panic about the development of the Federation. According to the information he received, Lynch's Blackstone Aviation technology was obtained and improved from some private scientists.

The civilian wild scientists of the Federation are equipped with such terrifying technology, but the citizens of Gefra are... lifeless.

There were obviously still two days left, but he was already a little sleepless. He thought about a lot of things, big things, small things, trivial things...

While the Prime Minister had trouble falling asleep, so did the Major.

But while the Prime Minister was lying in bed unable to sleep, the Major was wiping and maintaining his weapons.

Lambskin, gun oil, wipe carefully, don't miss any corner.

This weapon will become an important part of history, the Major thought.

When it fires a bullet, it will be remembered in history.

He didn't know what the world would look like after the assassination succeeded or failed. At this time, he fell into a very strange emotion.

A little excited, a little tired, a little numb or indifferent, and still unable to sleep.

The smell of gun oil made him feel a lot more comfortable. Only when he was holding this cold iron guy could he feel some strength.

He assembled the maintained weapon and pressed a bullet into the chamber.

The gun had no magazine because it was impossible to fire a second shot, and there was no need to fire a second shot.

Without the magazine, it is more conducive to concealment.

He picked up the small card on the table, which explained the evacuation route. He would leave by car as soon as possible.

As long as he reaches the beach, he will basically have a successful escape. Take a boat to the offshore and there will be a submarine waiting for him...

After confirming that he remembered correctly, he lit the small card, and with the light of the small card, he lit a cigarette for himself.

Under the dim light, a person, a gun, a cigarette...