From this hall of holy white shine, you can see the entangled pattern of royal power and religious power of the Holy Tree Dynasty.

And the royal family is the blood of the Radiant Lord God and other people of the Heavenly Realm, and because of this, most of the users of the Heavenly Armament in the past generations are from the royal blood. Jihad angels such as Uriel, Gabriel, and Raphael have simply become constructs that have been passed down from generation to generation.

The cabinet meeting was supposed to be the internal meeting of the dynasty, but in practice, the cabinet members, including the prime minister, the ministers of military affairs and interior affairs, and the four grand dukes, could only sit on the right side of the long table, and on the left side were the seats of the church officials.

In cabinet meetings, the church also has a say and can even exercise voting rights on matters involving the Church of Light.

But this meeting, on the left side, seemed empty, and the Pope and St. Martin sat in the seven seats, and the other people who were supposed to be in the column, such as Lufeld and St. Thomas, were not present.

The emperor of the dynasty looked to be about fifty years old, and his figure was obviously a little fat, but not to the point where Philip was back then.

After Philip single-handedly conquered the place of Asahi Rì's first ascension, his motto that appetite determines strength set off a wave of fat as beauty among the mainland aristocracy. There are not many people who intend to eat fat, but many fat people will be able to walk with their heads up from now on.

The current emperor of the Holy Tree Dynasty was named Louis XIII, and he was not mediocre, but he never did anything dazzling. In fact, under the control of the Church of Light, it was not easy for successive emperors to make a difference.

Louis XIII sat down at the end of the long table and glanced at the people present. On his right hand side he sits full, while on his left hand side is empty.

Seeing this, Louis XIII smiled imperceptibly, then straightened his face and tapped lightly on the table, and the cabinet meeting began.

A grand duke first said: "Richard must be severely punished! The crime of murdering the marquis of the dynasty must not be forgiven, otherwise this precedent will not be set and everyone in the dynasty and nobles will be endangered."

Another Grand Duke chimed in: "We should seriously consider war. ”

This is how the last two cabinet meetings have basically begun.

After two heated discussions, there was already a consensus on how to punish Richard, but there were disagreements on how to punish him severely.

The two Grand Dukes from the South, as well as the Minister of War, advocated that the dynastic nobility should be the main ones and go to Akmund. However, the two Grand Dukes and the Minister of the Interior in the north strongly opposed it, believing that the army should be sent by the dynasty and the Church, or even by the power of the Church.

The differences between the two sides are actually clear at a glance, the military minister is also from the southern aristocracy, the south is very far away from Richard, and the dynasty sent troops, in fact, the main force is the private army of the major lords.

But the problem is that it has not been a year or two since the lords of the north fought with Akmund. Back then, Elijae gradually accumulated territory and resources by relying on the war with the northern nobles of the Holy Tree Dynasty, and climbed to the position of earl.

After Richard took over, Ellie Jie suddenly became strong and strong, and she wanted to have a number of soldiers, she wanted to be equipped with equipment, and if she wanted to build a knight, she had a knight, and for a time she made the border lords in the north headed by the Duke of Solam miserable.

Later, when Akmund broke away from the Holy Alliance, there was the Entente War, and the 'Ugin War' triggered by the Marquis of Brahms, in which Richard inflicted heavy losses on the northern lords of the Holy Tree Dynasty, and the total losses of the lords' private army exceeded 400,000!

It can be said that the northern nobles have been beaten a little by Richard. In the past, when Ellie Jie led the army, the two sides could still go back and forth, and they won and lost several rounds. But when the war came to Richard's hands, Akmund's army became completely flawless, and its combat power simply soared, and even two against one was bound to lose, how could this be fought?

Therefore, the two grand dukes of the north resolutely disagreed with the plan of sending troops mainly by the dynasty, under this plan, the south had limited troops, and it was the north that suffered the loss. And the northern and southern aristocracy of the dynasty was not harmonious, and once the power imbalance reached a certain level, there might be other unintended situations.

Although the proposal for the Church to send troops was proposed, the pope looked dazed and said only that such a matter would have to be decided by the Council of Cardinals.

However, everyone knows that in the final battle of the Ugin War, all the cardinals of the Church died, when will the decision of the Council of Cardinals be obtained?

Cabinet ministers and lords looked at Martin and the Pope with strange eyes.

At that time, at the time of the final World War, there were still hundreds of thousands of noble private troops present, and everyone saw that the war had actually turned into a civil war in the church.

At that time, the Pope and the Holy Son, who had beaten you to death, sat together for a cabinet meeting as if nothing had happened, which made people look awkward.

In the end, the meeting was stuck again on the question of how to send troops.

Seeing that this week's cabinet meeting would end unhappily again, a grand duke in the north snorted heavily, looked at St. Martin, and his gaze gradually became sharp: "Your Highness St. Martin, I heard that in the battle that day, you actually fought on the side of Richard. Now when discussing the plan of how to punish Akmund, the church has always shirked the blame, and you can't be the reason, right?"

"At last it comes to my head," said Saint-Martin, stretching and sitting up straight, glancing back at the Grand Duke. He always had a smile on his face, but this glance made the Grand Duke of the North suddenly shiver!

Saint-Martin's gaze swept over the lords and the three ministers in front of him, and then he said to Louis XIII: "Your Majesty, I confess that when there is war, there are conflicts within our Church. But that war was a division within the church. To put it simply, we, as servants of the Lord, have a disagreement on how best to carry out the will of the Lord of Radiance, but the disagreement is a little bigger. ”

The lords were all unimpressed by Martin's statement.

The divide was indeed a bit big, to the point of losing four archangels, an archangel, and all the cardinals. If you want to make it bigger, it's really difficult.

Then St. Martin smiled and asked, "My lords, are you interested in participating in the differences of the Church?"

The Grand Duke and the ministers suddenly felt a pang in their hearts, and they did not have this idea of participating in the infighting in the church.

The lords and ministers who can sit here are well aware of the bad debts behind the church. On the surface, it was a war between the Pope and the Holy Son, but in fact it was definitely a death fight between the various factions of the Heavenly Realm behind the scenes. This kind of mixed water, of course, is better to go less.

Seeing the lords shrink back, Martin smiled and said, "It was indeed a dispute within the church at that time, and Richard was willing to be on my side. As for his murder of the Marquis of Brahms, it has nothing to do with me. ”

Now that St. Martin had made his attitude clear, all the lords breathed a sigh of relief.

What they had been worried about before was this unfathomable Son. The outcome of the war within the Church was well known, and St. Martin could be said to have won a great victory. Just find the right time to force the Pope to abdicate, and then he will be transformed from the Son to the Pope. If the Church of Light insists on siding with Richard, then the punishment will have to be stopped.

Saint Martin said slowly, "I must remind you that Akmund's strength is almost completely undamaged. And the private armies of the northern lords suffered heavy losses. Is it appropriate to rush to war now?"

This is actually the reason why the two grand dukes in the north strongly opposed the dynasty to wage war for the lord. They need time to recuperate.

At this time, the Minister of War coughed and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the Holy Son is very reasonable. In the Ugyen War, in fact, Akmund's losses were far less than they should be. And the noble lords of the north need time to rearm their armies. So all we need now is time. In addition to providing half of the weapons and equipment, each duke should also provide two planes with a year's worth of troops to be handed over to the northern lords. What do you think?"

"Very good Jianyì!" the two Grand Dukes of the north immediately agreed, and the pressure on them to expand their army was suddenly reduced by a third.

And the two archdukes in the south thought about it for a while and felt that it was very suitable. After all, if they don't make a difference, the north will definitely not use troops. Want to use the hand of Akmund to weaken the North? No one will be fooled by such an obvious trap.

The Minister of the Interior said: "There are a total of 22 dukes in our dynasty, and there are more than 60 planes in total that can provide military resources. Akmund, how can it be possible to compete with us for war potential. I'm in favor of this plan, even if Richard is given a little respite, it's nothing, time will be on our side. ”

St. Martin simply applauded and praised: "Genius and wonderful construction! ”

In this regard, the resolution agreed that it would take six months to re-expand the training of the army. Half a year later, the Holy Tree Dynasty will formally hold Richard accountable for the murder of the Marquis of Brahms.

The cabinet meeting was over, and the thorny problem was finally resolved at this meeting.

At the end of the council, St. Martin insisted on being the last to leave, and only after all the lords and popes had left did he leave the Hall of the White Shine. Looking at the backs of everyone, there was something else in his smile.

Time, is it really on the side of these lords?

St. Martin shrugged his shoulders and walked away quickly.

The result was pretty good, and for him, with just a few clever words, he was exchanged for three zìyóu midarens, and the deal looked quite good.

When Richard returned to Norland from Greenwood, time did not have passed.

The Holy Tree sent Richard an ultimatum demanding an explanation for the killing of the Marquis of Brahms, otherwise the Holy Tree would have to take action.