Chapter 544: Catching a Turtle in an Urn (I)
"Latinia, what do you think I should do now?"
On this day, Latinia sneaked into the town hall again to play with the maid, and as soon as she pushed the door and walked in, she heard the maid ask.
Watching the maid's fingers tap a piece of paper on the table, Latinia walked over to pick it up and looked at it, and it didn't take long for her to almost burst out laughing.
"'The nets have been cast, ready to be reeled,' ......" looking at the last few lines, Latinia held back a smile and read it word by word.
Seeing the name of the person above, Latinia remembered the undercover agent that the maid had told her about, and couldn't help but joke: "Sera, you often tell me 'fishing law enforcement', 'fishing law enforcement', you are not only fishing now, you even cast the net, you are 'fishing law enforcement'!"
There is at least bait for fishing, but now when the net is cast, there is no bait, and it is all a bunch of empty checks.
The maid pretended to shake her head and sigh, shrugging her shoulders and spreading her hands, "Alas, no way, who made them so stupid, but except for the one I arranged...... Look, there are two more letters here, both of which were surrendered before!"
Looking at the maid's fingertips, Latinia was immediately happy to see two unopened envelopes next to her.
"Hey, let me see ......"
Reaching out to open the envelope and taking out the letter paper and looking at it a few times, Latinia was even happier: "Hey, Sera, did you say that they didn't know that the other was actually an undercover agent?"
The maid frowned dissatisfiedly and blamed: "How can you say that they are 'undercover'?
But as soon as she said this, she and Latinia burst out laughing, and the office was filled with a cheerful air.
After laughing for a while, the maid's face changed, "Okay, now is not the time to laugh at them, they are about to launch their plan, although I already know what they want to do, but what should be done now is not to prevent trouble, but to get rid of them all before they start their plan, so that the Duchy of Sorrow can be spared." β
The plans of those nobles were based on the premise of 'self-harm', and now the Duchy government has infiltrated the territories of every noble, even the territories of the rebellious nobles, no matter how early they realized that she had consciously infiltrated their territories, but the territories of others have become prosperous because of her plans, and they cannot be left behind.
At that time, they still believed that their rule over their own territory was unshakable, so they let the maid's behavior go, but later on, they realized that they were very wrong.
They had not seen these things that appeared in this world for the first time, and unlike every dynasty in the history of the world of Assatom, they did not know what kind of 'centralization' was.
The nobles suffered the loss of ignorance, and by the time they realized it, their territory was not exactly theirs.
And because of the disdainful contempt of the people they once ruled, they could not even pass on orders to what they wanted to do, as long as it was not through the grassroots officials.
The reason why the principality government was able to stealthily take over power from the nobles so quickly was because their starting points were diametrically opposed to those of the nobles.
If in the past, nobles accepted the offerings of commoners and gave them protection, which was quite normal, but nowadays, most nobles only care about their own glamorousness, and have completely forgotten that they have responsibilities as nobles in addition to power and wealth.
Letting these nobles continue to rule will only make the commoners continue to suffer, and many of the maid's policies will harm the interests of the nobles, so they simply don't do anything and directly dilute the role of the nobles.
The time has not yet come, and now is not a good time to be able to kill them completely, so let them survive for a while longer.
Improper power becomes a natural inheritance, and some people are very good, but it does not mean that their children can be equally good, and it does not mean that their grandchildren can be equally good.
The civil servants of the Duchy's government have infiltrated every corner of the country, and after careful exploration, sooner or later, the villages that are almost independent of the state will also be brought under the rule of the Duchy.
The nobles also knew that if they wanted to rebel, they needed to get rid of all the officials in the territory, otherwise those people would definitely get in the way, so the maid had to act before the nobles took official action.
Except for a few undercover agents, those nobles will be sentenced to 'treason', and then thrown into prison, their relatives will also be deprived of political rights, this is not the earth, there is no such thing as 'human rights', it is a common thing, but the maid only deprives the relatives of those nobles of their political rights, and maybe they will be praised for 'mercy'?
"Fortunately, the laws of this world are not perfect, and fortunately, there is no such thing as 'human rights' in this world......" The corner of the maid's mouth hooked, picked up the boiled water that she had placed on her left hand side before and took a sip, with a hint of sarcasm in her narrowed eyes, "Arrest them first, and then supplement the human and physical evidence, you don't need to use spells to make them subjugate, how good this world is!"
Seeing Serena's eyes, Latinia felt a pang in her heart for some reason.
She had some understanding of the maid's words, and the maid had mentioned these things to her before, but most of the time, many things were mentioned in one sentence and nothing was said.
But she also knew what those words represented, and a thought suddenly arose in her mind: "What if someone abuses the law, Sera?"
The maid looked at the goddess of fortune in astonishment, and she found that her friend of the gods was looking at her earnestly, waiting for her answer.
"The gods can't really 'witness everything'β" The maid knew that Latinia was referring to the words at the courthouse.
Latinia propped her hands on her desk, leaned forward, and said, "You already have an idea, right?"
"Of course!" said the maid with a smile.
She has already had a detailed plan for Latinia's worries, but it is not yet time to implement it.
Compared with those rebellious nobles who are already the turtles in the urn, Latinia is more concerned about whether someone will abuse this method in the future, after all, mortals are not people like Serena with a strong will and lofty ideals, maybe they can control themselves at the beginning, but as long as there is one time, then there will be a second and third time......
As a deity, Latinia understands that there is no limit to the greed of humans, or most intelligent beings, and according to the 'broken window effect', as long as one thing is opened and not made up in time, then more and more people will follow suit.
"From what I thinkβ"
Latinia's eyes widened as she watched as the maid raised her hand and pointed at her, her thoughts racing through her mind, and the next moment, she realized what the maid was referring to.
Latinia blurted out her thoughts: "The church and the secular are no longer independent of each other, but relatively independent, yet intertwined!"
"It's like ......"
"It's like a 'bank'!" the maid smiled, "You can teach you." β
"For this, I need to talk to the gods, but not ...... now"
The maid's voice was slightly hoarse and seductive, causing Latinia to blush and breathe rapidly.
"The time has not yet come, and I don't have enough chips in my hands to get them to support my approach...... But it won't be long before it......"
"It won't take long to ......" ()
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