...But your highness's ministers, it's a big deal to study Luo Ben's office.

Robben looked carefully at the expression on his dead face. The second prince looked solemn, not like he was joking at all, but with a firm and unquestionable look.

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The ministers who were still excited just now became turtled like hornets' nests. Robben looked at almost everyone with an incredible look, and the old duke on the opposite side was already hammering his legs in pain.

Looking back at the second prince, Robben thought, this time, Mess really made this accurate. The emperor, who had just ascended the throne for less than a year, was the first target of the Divine Court!

The second prince sat on the throne, looking back and forth at the panic of the ministers, showing a funny face and his eyes turned. When he saw Robben, he found that although Robben was also full of surprise, he had no other expressions. He couldn't help but smile happily.

"Okay! Stop arguing! We still have a lot of things to discuss. What does it look like if we keep quarrel like this!"

Although his tone was relaxed and even a little lazy, the second prince immediately became quiet in the hall as soon as he said this.

Standing up, the second prince slowly walked down the golden stairs, "I know, you are all surprised when I heard that I have confirmed this news. During this period, a lot of things have happened in the empire, and you must have thought it is very strange. Now, if you have any questions, ask them!"

The second prince was walking back and forth on the central passage in the hall, turning around and looking back, Robben found that the ministers were all a little afraid, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

The ministers exchanged glances with each other, and finally, the old duke stood up as the representative. "Your Majesty, we did get some news before this, but we didn't believe that after all, the Divine Court is the spiritual leader of the continent, and we humans are all God's people. We all think these situations are just coincidentals, but "Your Majesty, we are going to war with the Divine Court, what is the reason?"

The second prince turned around and looked at the old duke with a smile, "Duke, you are so good at asking!"

After glanced at all the ministers, the second prince said loudly: "Just now, I have told you about the hundreds of years of history of the empire. All important events are very detailed about the transformation of our empire's fate. Everyone here, I don't know if you have heard about the Divine Court?"

The ministers whispered for a while, but no one came back. Robben's mind turned around. Now he had a strong mental power and his memory had also become stronger. After recalling what happened just now, Robben found that the second prince did not even mention the word "Divine Court".

The second prince smiled, "Don't think about it anymore, no!"

While paced back and forth, he thought for a while and said, "After the founding of the Empire, in the difficult process of our development, when we fought hard in blood and fire, and when we were about to be slaughtered, the Divine Court that had helped us countless times in history books has never appeared at all!"

Taking a breath, the second prince continued, "Of course, they had already arrived when we became strong at the beginning. A long time ago, when the Divine Court sent people here, they established a "deep" friendship with the empire!"

"I won't say that far away, my husband, you are a veteran of the empire. When you were young, you taught my father. Do you know what substantial help the little gods gave us in your memory? Have their powerful mages and knights ever come to our country to do anything?"

The old duke frowned his gray eyebrows, "I can't remember it any more."

The second prince smiled kindly, "Yes, it's not your fault, because it has never happened!"

"I can tell you accurately that in the hundreds of years of history of our empire, when we used the blood of our people to open up our territory, the Divine Court never gave us substantial help." Never, our empire can reach its current scale and are all our ancestors. Those fearless heroes, who work little by little with their bodies and blood, are descendants of warriors!"

After soothing for a moment, the second prince asked again: "The God Court came to our country very early. Who can you answer me? What have they been doing to us? What have they done to us?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what the second prince wanted to say, and they all chose to remain silent. The old duke seemed to want to speak, but hesitated for a moment and chose to remain silent.

"press!"

The second prince turned around suddenly and looked at the finance minister beside the old duke, "Come and tell me, how much do we have to pay the Divine Court every year?"

The fat and fat minister of finance quickly stood up, "Your Majesty, now we will give away 20% of the national treasury income every year to contribute to the Divine Court."

The second prince laughed, "What is the tax rate in the industry with the highest tax rate in our empire now?" The Minister of Finance wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the tax rate has been greatly reduced. Now, the highest tax rate is the ore industry in the Duke of Robben's province, which is specially approved to 15%!"

The second prince nodded with satisfaction, "Everyone heard that the highest tax rate in our territory is 15% now. This is already a very high tax rate, but the Divine Court has to deduct 20% from our treasury income! You may not know yet. This time, our messenger has returned from the Divine Court and brought back a new tax rate. Fortunately, the money we have to hand over to the Divine Court every year has increased by 5% and now it has risen to 25%!"

"Roben, do you understand? You duke, you have to give those priests a lot of benefits every year, but you still have to use 6% of your ore income to build a temple for those priests!"

"We spend money to support the army because they can defend our territory, rob other people's land, and we spend money to build cities. It is for the people to become richer, and we give us more taxes. I give each of you generous salaries. It is for you to work harder for this country, and we give huge amounts of money to the God Court. In addition to the priests who have become fat and big-headed and the palaces are becoming more and more gorgeous, I want to know, what are we for?"

The Finance Minister looked heartbroken,...: The Second Prince's words came to his heart, "Your Majesty, since the arrival of the God King, humans on our continent have believed in gods. Until now, it has been tens of thousands of years. In ancient times, the God King had saved humans from danger several times. Thousands of years ago, we even repelled the demons.

The second prince immediately stared at the old duke, "Do you mean "kindness?" or "fear!"?.

"Yes, in the Scriptures, these things are indeed recorded, and I don't want to investigate the authenticity of these things. After all, tens of thousands of years have passed, hehe, and you have no idea about the short history of our empire for hundreds of years. I just want to say that since the establishment of our empire, the Divine Court has never given us a little help, but our biggest expense every year is to give the Divine Court's property, and even in the war years of our ancestors!"

"Your Majesty, the people of the empire believe in God. Under the inspiration and education of God, the people are kind-hearted, the country's public security and stability, trade integrity and prosperity. These are all the favors God has given us! We cannot

"Dude, do you know how much of these benefits can bring to the empire every year? Do you think if those priests stay in the temple and their work is undertaken by our officials, what we do is not enough will make our treasury lose a quarter of its property every year?"

The second prince sighed slightly, "The territory of the empire is extremely vast now. Every year, there will be more or less natural disasters or rebellions everywhere in the empire. There will be many victims, who have no food or clothing. "Do you know how many people can be treated by those priests every year? Can they accommodate few homeless people?"

“One handful!”

The second prince showed a little hatred on his face, "The priests' duties are to serve the gods, that is, to pray leisurely in the temple every day. However, the sufferings of our people are only taken care of when they are free. Now there are many temples of all sizes in the empire, but what are they doing when disasters occur? Deliver a high-sounding speech and return to the temple to continue eating and drinking, allowing most of our people to die of freezing and starving outside! Every year, we have to give these money to provide them with more gorgeous temples to build better food."

The second prince pointed his finger at the ministers in the hall, "You important ministers of the empire, the income of several people in the open and secret every year is not as high as that of the Guangming High Priest of the Imperial Capital every year! The empire is indeed developing, but obviously the development of the God Court in the empire is far faster than our own speed!"

"Initially, the tax rate for the empire was only five percent, but this year, our tax rate has risen to an even more astonishing 25 percent. What about twenty years later? Fifty years, one hundred years later? Will we have to get together to drink soup so that we won't starve to death?"

The second prince's quite angry voice echoed in the hall, and no one dared to answer.

"I am the first ruling of the empire, but when I ascended the throne, I had to crown me with a high priest of light to be considered as a complete ceremony and to be recognized as the emperor. The head of a branch sent by the Divine Court in our empire. The identity is even more noble than me. They are actually above the royal power within the empire! I want to know, one day if she and I have the opposite opinions, who will you listen to??"

“Wow

The ministers knelt down in chaos, and even the seventy-year-old duke, who was old and eighty, knelt on the ground.

Robben was a little stunned and looked around. He was bare and sat on the chair before he could even consciously. Everyone else knelt down tremblingly.

The second prince turned around and suddenly saw someone sitting in the hall. His face was strange, as if he wanted to laugh, but he had to hold it in, "Duke Robben, do you have any opinion?"

Although they were kneeling there, Robben clearly saw that the ministers were looking at him, and his eyes were so weird.

Everyone is kneeling, and you are the only one sitting there, so how strange it is?”

Robben stood up with a gritted bullet and looked at the second prince. But he saw that he was looking at him with a funny face, and he couldn't tell what he wanted to say.

"I think His Majesty is very correct. This situation cannot continue anymore. Otherwise, the empire will no longer be an empire, but will "turn into a colony like the land we have conquered!"

After Robben finished speaking, the second prince turned into a surprised look with a smile on his face. He looked up and down as if he didn't know Robben, and asked tentatively: "Duke Robben" has any unique insights on this matter?"

Robben, who manages the country, remains unmoved, but in the twenty-first century when information is rapidly transmitted, Robben knew some great principles clearly. He heard the Second Prince talk about the situation just now, and Robben is probably in his mind.

If the second prince is determined to start a war with the Divine Court, it will only benefit but not harm him. Robben's thoughts changed a few times and he became calculating.

"Your Majesty, you are the highest verdict of the empire. In the territory of the Katon Empire, you are the highest ruler. As you said, this land was watered by the ancestors with their blood and life. This has become today's prosperity. All of this has nothing to do with the Divine Court. All of this should be ours, but now the Divine Court is not only greedy to suck our blood insatiable. It is also regarding the king's power and despising our dead heroes!"

"It's no different from a robber!"

Robben was not the Great Emperor Katon. As soon as he said it, it immediately attracted many ministers' opposition. The second prince turned around and a few cold lights appeared in his smiling eyes, and the ministers suddenly disappeared.

After saying a few words, Robben felt his head bright and he simply took it aside.

"Your Majesty, here, I can roughly structure you what a reasonably existential religion would look like in the empire?

The second prince turned around and looked at Robben with his eyes glowing. "Speak quickly! Speak quickly!"

"First of all, we are an imperial country, and the authority of the emperor is above everything else. This is the foundation of the country. If the authority of the emperor cannot be guaranteed, it means that the royal power is unstable. This has actually shaken the foundation of the country. As you said, if your opinion is not in harmony with the High Priest of Light, it is not in line with the situation.

Who should the two men listen to? This seems to be a difficult "deletion; but in fact, this should not be a problem at all! When we hesitate, the country is already in crisis! The royal power is not guaranteed, how can our national system be realized? Should we follow the imperial laws or the teachings of the God Court? Are we empire or a vassal state of the God Court?"

The second prince smiled and walked up to pat Robben on the shoulder hard, "Okay! OK! Then he said, then he said, you all heard it clearly! Robben, say it!"

With the words of the Second Prince, the old duke wanted to say something, and was put to his mother again. "Your Majesty, in a country like ours, a good religious system should be controlled by the state, not controlled instead. Moreover, the religious system should not be related to politics. If you deduct a part of the money from the income of the treasury every year as taxes, it is simply a blatant act of robbery. The inheritance of the royal power should not be affected by religion. In this case, the supremacy of the royal power has actually completely destroyed the supremacy of the royal power."

"Unless it is a religious country. Otherwise, good religions that are conducive to the development of the country should be controlled by the centralized people, and are among the people, do not involve politics, and even minimize the number of high-ranking officials entering religion. In this way, religion can become something that is beneficial to the country, and will not become an uncontrollable behemoth or even suck the blood of the country in turn!"

"Haha! I didn't expect that I was misleading!"

The second prince looked at Luo Ben with joy and muttered, coughed twice, and said, "Whoever wants to talk to you?" Then he said quickly! Duke Luo Ben will answer you one by one!"

Having said that, everyone could see that Robben's words made the Emperor Katun very happy. Whoever came out to question at this time would definitely be in trouble. Thinking about what this smiling Majesty had done, everyone chose to remain silent.

Seeing that no one was talking, the second prince nodded and turned around and walked back to the throne, "Get up!"

Huh, the ministers kneeling on the ground finally stood, sat down, and finally got up

The second prince said loudly: "In the empire, the Divine Court has no practical effect except for taking the most things and doing the least things. However, it has a huge influence in politics, trade, and many aspects. The annual income is too much for you to imagine. To a large extent, it is like another country within our empire, sucking the blood of the empire like a beast, so this time, I plan to eradicate it!"

"I know you are afraid and terrified, but if I tell you that in another two hundred years, the empire will be swallowed up. Your descendants will become well-dressed slaves. I wonder if it will arouse your little resistance.

"Your..."

The old duke still walked out and said again: "Your Majesty, we all know these situations, but "Now, there are all believers of gods in the empire. As soon as you start a war, I am afraid that the army will not take action. There will be chaos at the first time. Even in this hall, most people are believers of gods! How to fight this battle! Once the news spreads, the empire will fall into chaos!"

The second prince smiled, "Duke, you are right. In fact, I am also a devout believer of gods. My devotion to God is even more pious than the pope's!"

Hundreds of eyes in the hall looked at the second prince with a look of suspicion. This guy who claimed to be going to attack the Divine Court actually said that he was extremely pious to the Divine Envoy!

The old duke was also stunned, "That"

The second prince smiled and said, "Dude, what we are going to attack is the Divine Court! It is not the Divine Spirit! They are humans, do you understand?"

The hall fell into silence in an instant. Everyone looked at me, and I looked surprised."

The second prince said with a pious look: "Our kind and generous gods have saved us humans countless times, and have also cast their powers on our magic and fighting spirit. As his devout servants, how can we have such a ruthless idea? You are really not afraid of the punishment of the gods!"

The ministers smiled bitterly, how did they suddenly become the one who did the wrong thing!

The second prince's face changed and he said quickly: "The God's Court is arrogant and extravagant, and it exploits the countries on the mainland without limit. As the spokespersons of the benevolent gods on the mainland, they did not fulfill their responsibilities, but instead regarded the gifts of the gods as rampant capital! They even claimed to be gods, and they brought pain to the names of the people on the mainland! They blasphemed the gods! They blasphemed our pious belief in the gods! So! We want to flatten them! Do you understand?"

Robben was slightly stunned, and then he understood that this, "It's just a statement, everything is driven by interests."

The second prince looked at the ministers below and continued, "This time we went on a war, but our mission, which was in the name of the gods, is to make the gods' mercy truly popularize this continent. Do you understand?"

The old duke kept exchanging winks with the several prominent officials beside him.

"We will tear down the God Court, tie the rotten priests to cross and burn them, and clean up these messy things.

The second prince raised his eyebrows, "We will establish a new order, and the merciful light of God will return to the world! How about it? We aim to do this, should you devout believers of gods sacrifice your lives to support me?"

Robben flashed out from behind and knelt down on one knee, "Seeking Your Majesty to the death and flattening the Divine Court!"

One person took the lead, and all the people came out. When Robben looked back, he found that most of the military officers were behind him. The people behind the old duke, intentionally or unintentionally, all looked at the old duke in front of him.
To be continued...