"But in the eyes of many of us, this does not seem to be prejudice. It is not groundless to say that the nobles of Tripolis were deprived of their fiefs. A large number of fiefs that have been passed down from generation to generation were deprived of by His Highness Justinian and rewarded others. This behavior is hard not to feel uneasy."

Merinosen gave a sharp rebuke, which was the most concerned thing for everyone present. Everyone acknowledged the strength of the young man in front of him, but no one could tolerated the young man taking away their property and land and giving it to a group of mud-legged pagans. Seeing that there were faces of Latins and Turks in the Moriya army entering the city, the Thessaly nobles had already felt disgusted.

But in the face of such doubts, Justinian was not in a hurry.

"It's true." He admitted directly. Even though he was mentally prepared, seeing the calmness of the young man in front of him, the Aristocrats in the room were still in an uproar and looked at each other.

Seeing that Justinian had no intention of making any excuses, Merinosen did not forget to press forward step by step, saying: "These lands are the property of the nobles for generations, and the owner of each land is the cornerstone of the empire. I can understand the situation that Your Highness Justinian faced at that time, and had to make extreme measures. But today, if you want to truly gain our love, I think the necessary commitments can be exchanged for our trust."

At this time, Merinoson had made great concessions after careful consideration, and this request was negotiated with other nobles of Thessaly. If Justinian wanted to annex them, he had to respect them with sufficient autonomy. He had a very good plan. Justinian got face and they held their own tight. If the other party wanted to fight against the fierce Emperor Mikhail, they had to use them.

After hearing this, the other nobles nodded one after another. Such conditions were undoubtedly beneficial to them. Now that the Latins have been expelled, they can finally get their own land back. How can they allow the mud-legged men under Justinian to share their pie? In the hall, the atmosphere suddenly became noisy, and no one noticed that the young man in the center of the seat was getting colder and colder.

"Tell me, Lord Merinoson," said Justinian. "Where are you and everyone here when the Latin Crusades swept the territory of the Empire?"

A sentence without any emotional fluctuations fell into the crowd, and the nobles suddenly became silent, and the hall was so quiet that even the sound of breathing was clean and sounded.

This is undoubtedly an extremely embarrassing question - after Bonifas led the crusaders to take over Thessalonika, the Latin invaded and swept the Thessale and Peloponnese. Countless Roman nobles could only surrender at that time, because of the lack of military preparations, the Romans at that time did not resist even if they wanted to resist. But even so, it was hard to say that. Faced with Justinian's rhetoric, the Thessale nobles were difficult for the moment.

Justinian did not ask any more. He was not interested in spreading salt on other people's wounds, but said lightly:

"Thousands of miles away, I watched Constantinople fall into the enemy and turned a blind eye. When the Latins stepped into their own land, they were at a loss. This was the act of the Peloponnese nobles. I understand that they wanted to protect their families. Moria suffered heavy losses in the battle of the olive groves. The people suffered a mistake. So at the beginning I gave the guys of Tripolis the chance, but they asked for so much? I would rather swallow all the people who were already desperate. I just did what they should do for them."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Aristocracy of Thessaly sitting in the opposite seat looked ugly. On the surface, Justinian was talking about the old Peloponnese nobles? But he was poking their backbone.

"Is this your response?" Merinoson flicked his sleeves, and the tableware on his hand slid down to the ground.

"But you need to know that the fiefs passed down from generation to generation are all the rewards our ancestors received for the sake of the ancestors' contributions to the country. You are not deprived of the qualifications. Justinian." After Merinoson said, the atmosphere instantly became tense? The other nobles also turned their eyes to him.

"In fact, I have this qualification, Merinosen." Justinian said? "The so-called inheritance from generation to generation is nothing more than an empty word. The longest family here is only the last one or two hundred years. The fiefs that have been hereditary were only established during the period of His Majesty Alexa. The land of Rome never belonged to individuals? It belonged to the Romans. There was never a country that never destroyed, nor a family that would last forever. The cornerstone of the country was never the people you and me present? But the people of Rome. They followed Caesar on the hills of the hills? The eagle flag could fly all over the world. When corrupt officials let them experience grief and death, Ravenna's court was filled with barbarians. I am forgiving, you guys? Instead of waiting for our people to liberate themselves from the bottom to the top? It is better for us to restrain ourselves from the top to the bottom? Greed is a disease that the doomed rulers cannot get rid of."

"If we perish, the empire will perish." Merinosen warned. "Without us, His Highness Justinian, who can you rely on, those Latins and Turks? Then you will be retaliated sooner or later."

Justinian looked motionless. "As you said, that's true."

Merinosen scoffed. "You are so jealous of words. But how much gold can you satisfy those alien mercenaries? Did you finally rely on dividing our land to them? That would be just a poison to quench your thirst. His Majesty Manuel I made a mistake and should all take it as a warning to us."

"I have no objection to the lessons of His Majesty Manuel, and I have not given them so far, but it is not because I do not trust them."

"Oh, why? The ministers were willing to leave their hometown and fight with bloody battles after relying on the generous rewards of the monarch. How can their loyalty be repaid?"

"Because I do not want to lose the hearts of the Roman people, the people I gave to Peloponnese are those who are capable of managing the land well, and regard them as Roman rebuilders, rather than the most convenient shortcuts to capture the hearts of the people. This is true in Molia, in Thessalonika, and in Thessali. I have never been interested in opposing everyone here, but I do not want to compromise because of asking for it. Don't reject my friendship, otherwise the ones who are attacked from all sides will never be me." Justinian said firmly.
Chapter completed!