Chapter 309 Countermeasures

"Silence! Silence!"

Victor Ponta, the leader of the lower house, stopped the discussion of the members. The next step should be to follow the order of the chancellor and listen to the emperor's words with the people of the upper house. But he still needs to submit their petitions to the emperor, so as to complete the task entrusted by the local people.

"Sir"

A member stopped Victor. "Stevo, what do you want?"

The man named Stevo took out a document. "When I was on my way to Constantinople, 352 farmers in Skopje jointly submitted a petition, saying that Klaus Johannes had encroached on their land, killed their husbands and fathers, and even occupied their wives and daughters. The local mayor also colluded with him and oppressed them together."

When this was said, the other members were shocked and speechless. Everyone knows that the Johannes family has a large area of ​​land in Macedonia. They were originally the Bey appointed by the Ottoman Sultan. After the Ottomans were defeated, they directly turned to Wallachia and destroyed all the evidence. Then they easily escaped the investigation of Wallachia.

I thought he would be more restrained, but he turned out to be so arrogant. Moreover, he also married some nobles in the House of Lords to form an interest group. He must pay the price for being so arrogant.

"Johannes is by no means an exception. The same is true in Nicaea, Thessaloniki and other places. They rely on their own property and ignore the laws of the empire. Do you think we can watch them do whatever they want?"

"No"

Stevo's words made the members of the House of Commons angry. They wanted His Majesty the Emperor to expose the behavior of this shameless man.

The situation shown by the upper and lower houses made Mircea feel that it was better to let them quarrel. So, the Minister of Seals was sent to convey a message to the meeting: The emperor took the queen and other members to the monastery in the suburbs.

When the argument at the meeting was the most intense, the emperor went to the monastery, which actually put Constantinople into a state of no master. Some supreme orders could not be implemented without the emperor's approval, and the next itinerary of the meeting was forced to be terminated, and could only continue after the emperor returned.

Moreover, a rumor appeared in the streets of Constantinople. It was said that the emperor could not stand the people of the Boyar Conference and had to leave Constantinople, and even planned to move the capital to Bucuriesti, which made the people in the capital a little angry.

In their view, the Bartlan family was the savior of the Roman Empire and Constantinople. Now those nobles actually disrespected them, which was a chilling move. They, the nobles, could not represent the vast majority of people.

I don't know if the nobles had thickened their brains or what, and they actually did this when the triumphal ceremony was approaching. When the people of the empire were most supportive of the royal family, they came here to do this, isn't it asking for a beating?

The citizens of Constantinople began to attack those nobles and asked them to invite the emperor back. Those guys in the Senate panicked and hurried to find the Grand Vizier, hoping that he could persuade the emperor to come back.

"Everyone, the Prime Minister is ill, so he won't see guests. Please go back."

"How can this be done? Now that the emperor is not here, the Prime Minister must take responsibility."

"The Prime Minister is indeed ill. Please come back another day."

And is our Prime Minister really ill? No, he is tasting the coffee given by the emperor in his study.

"Father, those people are gone."

"Well, get ready, we have to leave Constantinople too."

Angel also knew about the document in the Senate. This was an offense to the emperor, but the emperor could not clean it up in the same way as he dealt with the Wallachian nobles last time. The most useful way now is to use the power of the citizens in the city to force them. It would be even better if they were related to a few more cases.

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Peter set out from Salageb to Constantinople. At this time, he didn't know what happened in the capital.

Since the triumphal ceremony needed to be prepared and the transportation of treasures took time, Peter decided to go somewhere else first. The vast land needs the emperor and Caesar's parade to improve cohesion.

"I have seen the Caesar of the Empire"

Peter came to a manor in the Serbian province. The owner was a famous local landlord. It was said that his land output and tax were the highest in the local area, which made Peter want to see his methods, maybe he could promote them nationwide.

"I have heard that your land output is good, so I came here today to see it."

"It is my honor for Your Highness to come here."

The manor owner led Peter into his manor. The serfs and tenants in the manor knelt down after seeing him. The owner personally told Peter about his governance policy.

"In the past few years, the local area was unstable, and there were always some refugees. I let them open up new land, and they signed a contract with me. In the first year, I not only did not let them pay rent, but also gave them seeds, farm tools and oxen."

Peter did not believe what the manor owner said. After all, this was the first time he had seen such a kind landlord.

"Do you grow crops here?"

"Most of them grow crops, some also grow some cotton and apples, and some are used for beekeeping."

It sounded fine, but he felt a weird atmosphere as soon as he came in. The factory owner Petkov, who was beside Peter, also felt something was wrong. He asked the guards who followed Peter how they knew about the serfs.

"You only need to look at the management manual of the manor and the serfs to know whether the owner treats them well and the life span of the serfs."

Although Peter set a very high ransom, many people saved up enough money to redeem themselves. Some people would join the army, and refugees would join Peter's private army after settling down. This guard was like this. He was born a serf in Ukraine. Later, he fled with his family to Dobruja at that time, and then participated in the war and was promoted, which gave him his current status.

Petkov went to collect information according to his instructions, and the guard heard a sound. When he turned around, he saw a serf constantly breaking branches. When he saw the other party turning around, he waved to him to come over.

The guard was curious and followed him. The serf just waved and didn't say anything. When he came to his residence, he found a person hanging on it, who had been dead for a long time.

"This..." The guard was speechless. In his opinion, even the cruelty of the master to the serf was not so severe. Looking closely at the serf kneeling on the ground, he found that his tongue was cut, and he kept grabbing the guard, hoping to help them get justice.

At this time, the guard realized that a riot would soon break out in the manor. He must find Caesar and leave as soon as possible, otherwise he will hurt himself.