"Your Majesty, Duke Rox asked to see you outside the palace."
Buell carefully walked to William's ear and whispered softly. When he heard that Rocks wanted to see him, William frowned.
"Tell Mr. Rocks that I'm busy. You can take him to the hall to sit for a while, and then I'll go there when I'm done."
With that said, William waved his hand and asked Buer to retreat.
It was already the second day after William returned from hunting, and Rocks came to Sanssouci Palace unexpectedly early in the morning. He must have received the news.
"Buer, tell me honestly how your Majesty feels?"
After Buell relayed William's words to Rocks, the old Rocks asked Buell with a somewhat bad expression.
"I said, old man, you must also know what happened yesterday. Under such circumstances, do you think our Majesty is in a good or bad mood?"
Buer was speechless when he heard Rocks' words. He didn't expect that his old friend, who was always shrewd in the past, would suddenly ask such a stupid question. No matter how he thought about it, His Majesty's mood would not get any better.
ah.
"oh........."
After saying "Oh," Rocks said nothing more, his face filled with gloom.
When Locks learned the news from Hui Ande last night, he never thought that he, an incompetent junior, could offend William without opening his eyes. Although Hui Ande said that he was innocent, Isa
Bella's words made Rocks understand the truth of the matter.
Originally, Hui Ande had already colluded with his group. In his opinion, as long as he concealed certain things, Rocks would punish him but not too much, but he forgot that Yi
Sabella.
In terms of blood, Isabella is Hui Ande's cousin, but in the eyes of this cousin, Hui Ande is simply a good-for-nothing playboy. If it were not for the favor of the family elders, he would have died in the wilderness long ago.
Already.
After seeing Hui Ande causing such a huge disaster, Isabella still wanted to hide it. Isabella was filled with anger. Hui Ande was going to drag the entire family into hell! You must know that everyone was a witness to what happened that day.
Although Huiande can temporarily unify everyone's opinions and deceive Rocks, if Rocks uses this to argue with the king, it is foreseeable that the entire family will be torn into pieces by the king's anger.
Although Locks is indeed one person above ten thousand people in Prussia, William is the one person above that. It seems that the Locks family is powerful, but if the real people in power are determined to deal with the Locks family, that will be
A catastrophe.
At the beginning, after hearing Hui'an's description, Locks thought it was just a fight for prey between the two. In Locks' view, this was not a big deal, even if William was the king. But if he used this matter to attack Hui'an
If you are virtuous, you will definitely lose more than you gain. After all, for a king and a noble to worry about a wild deer, it seems a bit narrow-minded.
But when Isabella stood up, Rocks had completely abandoned his previous thoughts. At that time, he kicked Huiande to the ground with a horizontal kick.
He actually dared to blackmail the king, and then fought with fists and kicks. This was completely beyond Locks' expectations. If William was serious, it would not be an exaggeration to think that Huiand would be charged with treason for this. Think about it if William really made up his mind.
Then he punished Hui Ande for assassinating the monarch, and Rocks suddenly became extremely frightened.
But Rocks is still Rocks after all. The old fox who has dominated Prussian politics for decades can still calm down quickly. After just a moment of panic, Rocks had an idea.
Hui Ande was definitely not saved. Even if William didn't say it openly, he must be full of resentment towards this person who disrespected him. Under such circumstances, all Rocks could do was to lose his car to save his handsome man.
Just when Rocks was worrying, a thunder flashed through his mind. He suddenly thought that Hui Ande was the representative of the family branch and the second heir of the family. Could Hui Ande's big mistake be used to force the family?
What if a branch gives up its family inheritance rights?
That night, despite the fact that it was late at night, Rocks ordered his attendants to arrest Huiand and escort him to the city hall in Potsdam. Not only that, Rocks also ordered the collection of all evidence of Huiand's crimes, and Rocks also took this opportunity to deprive Huiand of the branch where he was working.
It is the right of inheritance to the family.
Although Locks' order caused a commotion in the entire family, when Isabella's testimony was sent to everyone in the family, everyone was shocked. No one thought that Huiande would be bold enough to blackmail
His Majesty the King of Prussia even exchanged punches and kicks. Everyone suddenly shuddered at the thought of His Majesty the King punishing the entire family because of this.
That night, Rocks had a rare sleepless night. He thought about many things, including the king's attitude towards him, Karina, the future of the family, Hui Ande's affairs, etc.
After leading Rocks into the living room, Buell apologized to Rocks and left the room. Now Rocks was the only one in the room.
Locks looked around the room. He was extremely familiar with this room. When Frederick the Great was in power, Locks, who was deeply trusted by Frederick, had participated in the later construction of Sanssouci Palace, and this room was
It was arranged by Rocks himself.
On the east wall of the room hangs a huge oil painting of Frederick the Great with his sword on horseback. This painting was made for him by the court painter at the time after Frederick captured Silesia. The whole painting cost nearly half a year.
Months of time. The carpet laid on the ground was presented to Frederick as a national gift by the Ottomans in 1768. Even the tables and chairs in the room, Locks knew the origins, and he must be familiar with the things in front of him.
Everything seemed strange, and Rocks was filled with emotion.
Just when Rocks was recalling the turbulent years in the past, a shout made Rocks' spirit refocus.
"His Majesty the King has arrived!"
Hearing this voice, Rocks quickly stood up from his seat. Although he did not need such respect due to his qualifications, and William had indeed given Rocks the privilege of not having to stand up to pay homage. But at this moment, Rocks knew that he should now
What to do and what not to do.
Seeing Rocks standing aside and saluting respectfully, William said nothing, but the look on his face looked a little better. If Rocks was relying on his old age in such a situation, it would make William extremely disgusted, and
Locks' knowledge at this moment undoubtedly made William less disgusted with the old prime minister.
"Your Excellency, I wonder why you came here in such a hurry?"
William just walked to his seat and sat down and asked. Although both of them knew very well why Rocks came, sometimes this gesture was necessary.
"Your Majesty, I heard that yesterday, you met an incompetent descendant of yours in the Larven Forest. I am deeply sorry for his offense to you. Last night, your Majesty had ordered Huiand to be sent to Potsdam.
Sheriff’s Department, please forgive me for your lack of strict governance.”
As he spoke, Rocks bowed deeply to William.
Rocks' attitude surprised William a little. He didn't expect Rocks to be so decisive in sending Huander to the Sheriff's Department. This step can be said to have made William unable to express what he had drafted in his mind many times before.
"Your Majesty the Duke, I think that although Hui Ande's personal character is relatively lacking, it has nothing to do with you. After all, he is not your direct relative, and there is no need to say that he is lax in running the family."
Seeing that Rocks had taken a step back, William naturally couldn't dwell on this issue anymore, otherwise it would appear that William was narrow-minded, but William had no intention of settling the matter just yet.
"However, what I didn't expect is that Hui Ande not only lacks character, but more importantly, he is too courageous. Your Excellency, the Duke, here is not to say that I want to file a complaint, but that I want to report what I said yesterday
Everything I saw clearly tells you that Huiande has been forcibly collecting various miscellaneous taxes from several towns near Larvin Forest for a long time without a tax collection license issued by the government. I would like to ask.
Ask Hui An, does he still have the government and me, His Majesty the King, in his eyes?"
The expression on William's face was not very serious and even revealed a hint of relief, but what he said made Rocks sweatdrop. To put it bluntly, William's words were heartbreaking.
"Your Majesty, I think you may have misunderstood. Several small towns near Larven Forest are the fiefdoms of the Chen family. As for Hui'and sending people to collect taxes, I don't think it is contempt for you. After all, each family collects taxes from its own fiefdom."
The tax time is different, maybe Hui Ande is collecting this year's taxes from the people!"
Although Locks didn't know why William mentioned Huiande sending people to collect taxes, when William's words came to light, Huiande only thought about it for a short while and then thought of a more appropriate answer. And indeed, this answer
It also made William unable to perform at this level.
The residents of the territory had an unshirkable responsibility to pay taxes to the lord. Although William had liberated the serfs, this did not mean that the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes on various noble fiefdoms were cancelled. You must know that in the original history, it was not until William I came to the throne that
Bismer, the iron-blooded prime minister of the generation, personally canceled the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various aristocratic territories in Prussia. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your support is mine