On the summer festival day in the 960th year of the Roland Empire, the imperial capital was in chaos. The eldest prince Alvin Augustine mutinied the imperial city, and more than ten thousand rebels besieged the palace. The second prince, Chen Augustine, led the Lin army and the remnants of the Public Security Department to fight back with the soldiers of chatting and the help of the temple. During the melee, Prince Chen stood under the gate of the palace, showing the spear of Longchinus, an artifact, and thousands of knights knelt and stood under the imperial city regardless of enemy or friend. The morale of the rebel army collapsed.
The eldest prince shouted: "I am defeated, not because of the war, and I am not in my destiny." He also pointed to the prince Chen and said: "I would like to ask the flag to be buried and die!"
After speaking, he drew his sword and killed himself on the horse. His subordinates mourned, dozens of people died, and the rest of them surrendered.
And, the rest of the rebels. All the Solomons descended from the marquis, and the Luolin clan below the Earl Raymond fought hard and were captured, and the rest were captured. King Qin's army suppressed the rebels. There were more than 4,000 owl heads and more than 6,000 prisoners. The chaos in the imperial capital was peaceful in three days.
——"Imperial Chronicle, Chapter 15, Part 6: A Brief Account of the Life of the Regent" This is the record of the coup d'etat in the official historical materials of the Empire that year. Throughout the text, Du Wei, the eldest son of the Luo Lin family, was not mentioned, not even a single word was mentioned. Such a person who played a subtle role in the coup d'état, but under the instigation of relevant parties, the historian had no choice but to cut his age and disappear in the writing.
Buckets of ground water were poured down. After thousands of people are busy. The bloodstains on the central square under the imperial city have been washed clean, and the soldiers walking up and down with serious faces were all wearing the uniforms of the security forces of the Public Security Department. Look awe-inspiring. It's like facing a big enemy. There was chaos in the city for three days, when Prince Richen showed the spear of Longchinus. Du Wei couldn't help but see it, and the First Prince himself could see it too. I have lost but never won.
Those knights kneeling on the spot were like sharp needles, easily piercing the confidence of the First Prince. Looking at the dark knight kneeling in the field. The eldest prince suddenly made the last correct decision in his life.
Do you want to continue fighting? Looking at the knight kneeling in the field, the First Prince's heart was as cold as ice. He raised his long sword tremblingly, and then turned his head to look at Count Raymond.
"Raymond, we lost."
After all, the prince suddenly raised his chest. Loudly said: "I am the royal family, I will not surrender even if I die!" Then the long sword pointed at Prince Chen in the distance. He shouted loudly: "It's not that I'm not as good as you, it's just that I'm not in my destiny...you! It's just better luck than me!"
After finishing speaking, he swung the long sword across his neck and lightly wiped it on his neck. A splash of blood spurted out, and his body was already limp and fell under the horse.
Earl Raymond was clearly close at hand, but he didn't try to stop him. Because the old earl understood now. The tide is over.
Chaos ensued. The rebel army's morale was already in disarray, so Prince Chen took the opportunity to order the guards to rush out, the gate of the palace was opened wide, and the remaining Imperial Forest Army also took the opportunity to rush out.
The Marquis of Solomon surrendered, and Earl Raymond, under Alpha's swearing-in protection, originally planned to rush out a bloody road to leave, but the Earl of the Rollins family gave up at the last moment.
He pushed away the alpha bodyguard who was guarding him covered in blood, and then threw away the long sword, with a proud expression on his face, it was Earl Raymond at the moment. The performance is completely a true aristocratic style.
"The Luo Lin family, how could they run away like bereaved dogs!"
finished. The aristocratic general stood upright as he watched the garrison rushing towards him, and was soon caught. With the rope attached to his body, he sneered and said nothing, but glanced at the distant imperial city. There was a black figure there, it was his son Du Wei. There was a hint of deep meaning in the Earl's eyes, and even a complicated smile flashed across his eyes, and then he glanced at the direction where the eldest prince fell just now, and sighed: "Shuzi is not enough to plan."
And the rebellion of the coup d'état was also followed by the capture of Earl Raymond, and the overall situation was settled.
"Actually, he doesn't need to commit suicide." Du Wei looked at the First Prince's body.
At the foot, the body of the eldest prince was covered with a flag of thorns and flowers—this is the tradition of the royal family of the Luo Lin Empire. The ground "flag burial".
Even if it is treason, but he has not been officially sentenced for one day. The thorn flower flag on his body cannot be taken down.
The blood of the corpse seeped into the thorn flower flag, and the thorn flower pattern on the flag seemed to be dotted with bright red blood.
Prince Chen was standing next to Du Wei, his expression seemed to be unable to tell what he was thinking in his heart, only after hearing what Du Wei said, Prince Chen turned his face to look at Du Wei: "Oh? What do you mean? What?"
"I said, in fact, he shouldn't commit suicide." Du Wei said with a wry smile: "Unfortunately, he doesn't understand chivalry... Seeing so many people kneeling before the knight's spear in your hand, he frightened himself to death Courageous."
After a pause, Du Wei continued: "Knights pay the most attention to loyalty. Although the holy gun in your hand is a holy weapon, those knights kneeling do not mean surrender or rebellion against the prince. On the contrary, if you take out the holy gun, those Once the knight is inspired by the spirit of chivalry, he will swear allegiance to the First Prince even more... In a big battle, although he is already at a disadvantage, he still has a three-point chance to win. It's just a pity... He watched his subordinates kneel down to you , but he didn’t understand that they were kneeling down just for holy guns, not you. He thought the situation was over, so he gave up.”
Du Wei looked deeply at Prince Chen: "I really can't figure it out... How did your brain calculate these things? You have already figured it out. Take out the holy spear and let the knight kneel down, and you can scare the knights." The eldest prince gave up on Prince Chen's words and dodged. He smiled and said: "When things come to an end, no one can say that they are truly and absolutely sure. But how my brother's personality is, of course I know better in my heart. "
Du Wei was silent. He lowered his head and thought for a while before saying: "You first pulled the temple into the water, then the magic union, and then you took out the gun of Longchinus. You have so many chips in your hand. One after another, I now Thinking about it, I feel that no matter what happened that day, your strength is far superior to that of the First Prince. But if this is the case, why didn't you stop him before the coup d'état?"
Du Wei said. His eyes were like lightning, he looked closely at Prince Chen, Prince Chen looked calmly, looked back at Du Wei deeply, then left a word, turned and left slowly.
"Since you have already guessed it. Why ask me again?"
Du Wei stood where he was, speechless. Looking at the back of Prince Chen, I just feel that the people I have seen in my life, no matter whether it is my father or a strong man from the mainland, no one has a deeper mind than this Prince Chen!
He sighed. Whispering to himself: "If you don't stop him, you deliberately let him coup, just to make him jump out. If he doesn't jump out, how can you get rid of him openly. If you don't get rid of him, how can you justifiably take power... "
Said these words in a low voice, Du Wei smiled wryly himself first: "It seems that I am not a political material."
Prince Chen walked a few steps ahead, stopped, turned around, looked at Du Wei, and said with a gentle smile, "Aren't you coming?"
Du Wei smiled, and the two looked at each other, thinking for a while. Du Wei raised his footsteps and followed.
In the imperial palace, the Royal Forest Army had already replaced the gorgeous equipment on the celebration day. Fully armed, with armor, shields, long swords, axes and spears, teams of Imperial Forest Army came and went in a hurry in the palace. Those palace attendants were also temporarily restrained. Prince Chen had great ideas in his heart, and as he walked along with Du Wei, he kept issuing orders to his subordinates behind him.
Du Wei knew. At this moment, the garrison outside should have begun to take over the city defense.
Following Prince Chen walked for a while, in front of him was a group of golden armored warriors guarding a tall palace. Prince Chen and Du Wei stopped before the palace: "I want to see my father."
The leader of the team of golden-armored warriors hastily saluted: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time, and he told you to go in as soon as you arrive."
Prince Chen smiled slightly. Looking at Du Wei: "Let's go."
The leader of the golden-armored warrior stepped forward to stop him, with a troubled expression on his face: "This... His Majesty seems to only invite you in."
Prince Chen's complexion changed, and he stared at the leader of the golden armored warrior. A hint of majesty suddenly appeared on his originally gentle face, and his cold eyes made the warrior take a step back involuntarily, and quickly lowered his head. Not daring to make eye contact with Prince Chen.
Prince Chen withdrew his gaze, didn't even speak, but just grabbed Du Wei with one hand, and walked into the palace without looking at the golden armored warrior in front of him.
This golden armored warrior was sweating coldly, watching Prince Chen disobeying His Majesty's order and bringing people into the palace, how dare he stop him
He is an officer of the Emperor's Guards in the Imperial Forest Army, but after knowing what happened today, I'm afraid... the palace will change its owner. This Prince Chen is still "Your Highness", but I'm afraid that after going in and meeting the emperor, he will become "Your Majesty" when he comes out!
In this case, why should I go against his will
Who else doesn't understand this truth? They all stepped back to make way. As soon as Prince Chen brought Du Wei into the palace, the inner court warriors he commanded surrounded him and immediately replaced these golden armored warriors and took over the defense around the palace. Honestly step aside.
In such a large and spacious palace, the tall pillars all around are inlaid with golden walls, but the candlesticks that are as tall as a person are not lit, making the palace that should have been glorious with golden walls become lifeless.
The aura of wealth and nobility on the golden wall and jade wall penetrates from afar, but it is full of depression. Du Wei just took a deep breath, but he seemed to smell a decaying air that made him uncomfortable.
Well, psychological effects, these are all psychological effects. Du Wei reminded himself carefully, and followed Prince Chen expressionlessly.
Going forward, the servant who already had a timid face quickly pushed open a door and lifted the gauze curtain inside the door. In this room in the palace, there is a large square bed in the middle. The pillars above the four feet of the bed pierced the ceiling, covered with exquisitely carved patterns, and inside the moon-white bead curtains, the old emperor Augustine VI was vaguely lying on the bed, breathing heavily like a bellows.
"Chen. You're here..." There was a soft call, followed by a hasty cough. The old emperor seemed to try his best to stand up and waved his hands vigorously. A timid servant next to him raised the curtain and hurriedly retreated out.
"Father." Prince Chen knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and did not look at the old emperor: "Brother is dead."
"You... did a good job." The old emperor's face was sallow. It was a color full of dryness, and his eyes no longer had a trace of brilliance, but were full of old turbidity, and it seemed that it was difficult to even open the eyelids.
However, after such a simple conversation between father and son, they seem to have a tacit understanding. They all shut up.
For a long time, the only sound in the room was the old emperor's breathing like a bellows.
Du Wei quietly knelt behind Prince Chen on one knee. He quietly raised his head to look at the old emperor, the former hero of the mainland, now he is completely a lingering old man, the robe on his body is crooked, the wrinkles on his face are like bark, and his face is ashen. There is no trace of the look of an emperor anymore, the most important thing is that in his cloudy eyes...
Um? That is clearly vigilance!
That's right. The old emperor looked at his son in front of him, at Prince Chen, his eyes were full of vigilance and vigilance instead of the joy of quelling the coup d'etat.
Time froze as if dead, and both the emperor and the prince seemed to be testing each other's patience. Du Wei's heart suddenly moved. He clearly saw the emperor's crooked robe kicked down, revealing a sword hilt vaguely, and that big skinny hand was holding the sword hilt with all his strength.
Finally, after a long time. The old emperor suddenly sighed, and there was a trace of complexity in his voice. A trace of embarrassment: "You, are you here to ask me to abdicate."
Prince Chen didn't answer.
Suddenly a morbid blush flashed across the old emperor's face, he sat up with difficulty, still pressing the hilt of the sword in his arms with one hand, looked at his son carefully, and said slowly: "This time, it was your hand." Calm down, now everything in the imperial capital is under your control. You are young and resolute, you are thoughtful, you are secretive in your actions, and you are persevering by nature... It is mostly due to your own credit that you can get to where you are today. Moreover, according to Considering the current situation, it seems that I should announce my abdication and pass on the throne to you, right?"
Prince Chen still didn't answer.
Du Wei sighed inwardly—the emperor's family has no kinship!
Although the old emperor liked the younger son, he had always been inclined to regard the younger emperor as his heir. But... there is a premise.
If I pass the position to you, I must wait until I am willing to pass it on!
Facing the throne, who would be willing to give it up? The original intention of the old emperor was that he still wanted to hold the emperor's position for a few more years until he died. Give up again! No one is willing to give up the power in their hands.
Even his own son! Even if he is his own heir!
If you want to inherit, you have to wait until I die!
At this moment, Du Wei clearly grasped the mind of Augustine VI.
Prince Chen still didn't speak, the haze in the old emperor's eyes revealed little by little, and his breathing became short of breath little by little. She seems to be gritting her teeth: "You... want me to abdicate now, just like him?"
Finally, Prince Chen raised his head. At this moment, the prince had a gentle smile on his face: "Father, you are overthinking."
After speaking, the prince stood up easily, and he walked to the bedside with a gentle smile on his face. However, the old emperor suddenly became tense like an old lion approached by the enemy, and the veins in the hand holding the sword hilt bulged. But when Prince Chen walked to the bed, he only stretched out his hand, gently helped his father straighten his robe, then lowered his eyelids, looked at his father, and said softly: "Father, my brother and I are different."
The decline and embarrassment of Augustine VI all fell into Du Wei's eyes. At this moment, a sentence flashed in Du Wei's heart: This is politics!
"Father, you are still the emperor. Brother Chen is responsible for the coup, not me." Prince Chen smiled, his eyes were bright, and half of the sparkle was self-confidence. Half coldly: "However, father, you are indeed old. The state affairs are complicated, and your energy is exhausted. This time Earl Raymond helped his brother mobilize troops, but you didn't realize it at all... From now on. Father may need to spend more time on this It's better to put some thought into it. As a son, I can protect you once, but I may not be able to help you pass the test every time."
Although the voice is soft, the meaning in the words is unspeakably hard!
After finishing speaking, Prince Chen took a step back and bowed to say goodbye: "Your body has not healed. Leave the outside affairs to me for the time being."
After finishing speaking, Prince Chen walked up to Du Wei, gently pulled him up, as if smiling at Du Wei, and took Du Wei away.
before leaving. Du Wei looked back, and the old emperor had a complicated expression on his face. Those cloudy old eyes. Full of decay and emptiness...
After walking out of the palace, Prince Chen did not leave immediately, but just dragged Du Wei to stand at the gate of the palace and wait. His eyes were full of confidence, and there was a determined smile on the corner of his mouth.
Sure enough, within a short while, a servant came out of the palace. The inner room looked terrified, holding something in his hand. He trotted all the way to the ground in front of Prince Chen, knelt on the ground with a plop, and held the thing over his head with both hands.
Prince Chen took it lightly and opened it.
"Establish the prince Chen as the regent, and then all state affairs will be decided by the regent, and he will act as the emperor!"
This sentence was scribbled on the white cloth, and the handwriting was a little crooked. It was obvious that the old emperor was already extremely weak when he wrote it himself. The signature below is even more scribbled, and the seal stamped on it. It is also a little blurry because of insufficient force.
Prince Chen showed a satisfied smile on his face. Then recruited a servant of the inner court guard. Pass the square white cloth over.
"Send it to all departments."
Du Wei looked at Prince Chen, smiled, and said lightly, "Should I call you Your Majesty now? Or Your Highness?"
"Your Highness." Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei: "I am the regent, not the emperor. This should not be confused."
The news of the regent's initial establishment was immediately passed along with Augustine VI's personal order. Various departments in the imperial capital were not too surprised by the news. In this coup, the old emperor's aging state was undoubtedly revealed, the eldest prince was defeated and died, and Prince Chen ascended the throne, which was a matter of course in everyone's minds. The only slight surprise is that the old emperor did not abdicate immediately, and Prince Chen did not ask to succeed immediately, but became a regent.
Prince Chen acted resolutely, and immediately dispatched a thousand soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army to guard the old emperor's palace. The original subordinates of the Imperial Forest Army were changed beyond recognition under his deliberate arrangements.
Because the Imperial Forest Army lost 3,000 people in the coup, Prince Chen added 5,000 people from the security army of the Imperial Capital Public Security Department and transferred them to the Imperial Forest Army.
Afterwards, the regent's orders were passed down like water.
The Marquis of Solomon abolished his title, all the royal firms under his original name were cut off, his territory was taken back, and the family's private army was dismissed on the spot.
General Juncker (deceased) lost his baronetship. Once the military position was removed, he was buried with civilian ceremonies.
The rest of the nobles and officials involved in the coup were all imprisoned in the prison of the Imperial Supervision Office pending trial. At the same time, 3,000 garrison troops were dispatched to supervise the prisoner's mansion, and they were not allowed to enter or leave.
All soldiers and warriors who participated in the mutiny were dismissed from military posts on the spot, and those who died were buried with civilian rites. The survivors are being held pending trial.
What made everyone heave a sigh of relief was that this Prince Chen, the newly-appointed regent, seemed to have no intention of killing people for the time being. Among all the orders, the prisoner was detained, but no one was ordered to be killed. Even a rebel leader like General Junker who died was only expelled from his title, and could be buried with civilian ceremonies...
This is already extraordinarily tolerant. Just imagine the royal coups in the history of the empire. In any case, the successful ones wielded butcher knives to kill the losers. The scene of blood flowing into rivers in the imperial capital is vivid in my mind!
It's rare to be kind like Prince Chen who only shuts him down but doesn't kill him. It's just that everyone hasn't grasped the victor's current intentions, except for a few two hundred and five nobles who were anxious to pat the horse and proposed severe punishment for rebellion, but they were all ignored by Prince Chen. Only then did they realize that they patted the horse on the horse's leg.
Another three days later, the magic circle of the imperial capital had already been eliminated. Prince Chen mobilized the guards of two divisions loyal to the royal family from the guard city around the imperial capital to enter the city and controlled the city defense. The rebel army of the Second Division has canceled its designation, and thousands of rebel prisoners of war have been detained in the camp outside the city.
Prince Chen issued a series of orders again, but this time it was a reward. after all. A coup d'état is like a congress of robbers.
after the end. Naturally, it's time for the winner to share the spoils.
To everyone's surprise, the name that ranked first in this commendation order was actually the name of Du Wei, the eldest son of the Luo Lin family!
Du Wei, bestowed the surname "Rudolph" (it is said to be the surname of a knight in the Saint Laurent Knights around Aragon in history.), awarded the title of duke, the title of court magic advisor, the title of court university scholar, and the title of court astrology Master title, and the prince's magic tutor.
What made all the rich and nobles almost stare out of their eyes was that the title of "Duke" that Du Wei got was clearly written in the order of the regent...
hereditary!
This news almost immediately caused a gust of wind in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital!
When Prince Richen was in the coup, many people heard Du Wei's promise of dukedom. However, everyone naturally thought that the duke promised by Prince Chen must be something similar to a court title.
There are two types of titles in the Roland Empire, hereditary titles and lifetime titles. The title of life system is only granted to the person, not hereditary. There is no territory, and no private army can be formed. And once I die. The title will naturally be cancelled.
Generally speaking, such a title is something that the royal family is often willing to reward. Because the land cost is small. Although glorious, but not much real power.
But hereditary titles are definitely not easily rewarded! A hereditary title means that the person who was granted the title can get his own territory. Collect taxes on your own in the territory, and you can also form your own private army, and pass it down from generation to generation! It is equivalent to adding another country within a country to the empire. The emperors of all dynasties were not fools, of course they understood that the fewer such hereditary titles, the more stable their empire would be. Therefore, unless the credit is great, there will never be any hereditary titles!
Otherwise, the more and more hereditary titles will be awarded, and more and more territories will be rewarded. No matter how vast the territory of the empire is, there will always be a day when the titles will be exhausted!
Back then, the ancestor of the Luo Lin family, the general Luo Lin who assisted the Augustine family in their rise to unify the mainland, had made great military exploits, but he only won a hereditary earl. As for Du Wei, although he stood on Prince Chen's side during the coup d'état...but it's hard to say what he deserved. It can be said to be big, and it can be said to be small, but it is not easy to evaluate. It's just that being able to become a duke in this way is still hereditary, which shocked these nobles too much!
And the even more shocking scene that everyone didn't know happened in the palace, the original residence of Prince Chen, and now the Palace of the Regent.
In front of several trusted subordinates, including the ten-year undercover agent who played a key role in the coup d'état, the guy named Camisiro, as well as Baron Sark, the former head of the Public Security Department, and several subordinates of Prince Chen The direct descendant of the earth.
The regent casually threw a map of the empire in front of Du Wei. With a smile on his face: "My Lord Duke, look at the map! Where do you want to be your territory. Pick whatever you want on the map!"
When this word came out, everyone was shocked, and everyone changed color! !