Douluo: Becoming a God From Dreaming

Chapter 228 Getting Ready
  Emperor Qinghe received the petition in tears from the people of the imperial capital and ignored it without making any immediate response.

That night, the emperor paid a private visit incognito to explore the real people's sentiments and the truth about the domineering and corrupt imperial nobles. As a result, he was assassinated by an unknown person again. The emperor was injured and unable to take charge.

For a time, the entire empire was boiling.

Emperor Qinghe's prestige among the people is still very good. Since he succeeded to the throne, he has set things right, eradicated many lawless nobles, and defeated the rebels and the invasion of the Star Luo Empire. He is a wise king and is respected by hundreds of millions of people. .

Such a heroic emperor, because of his intention to make decisions for the people, offended the interests of those lawless nobles. As a result, he suffered an immediate backlash. Now he does not know whether he is alive or dead. This made the subjects of the empire feel strong indignation against those lawless and decadent nobles.

"Who moved the hand?"

In the Tiandou Auction House, in the underground secret room, Aosta roared angrily.

Tiandou Auction House is the largest auction house in the empire. Money is being made every day, there are mountains of gold and silver in the ocean, and the buying and selling of slaves happens every day.

Every maid here is a high-quality woman who has been carefully selected and trained. Most of them are kidnapped from the people. They are part of the goods themselves. As long as they can afford it, they can be bought at will.

Human trafficking and slave trading are expressly prohibited by the empire. Once caught, it is a death penalty. However, in the eyes of the great nobles, the laws of the empire are worse than toilet paper.

Tiandou Auction House dares to blatantly trample the laws of the empire in front of its eyes, and even members of the royal family participate in the auction, which shows that its background is deep, and even the emperor dare not mess with it.

At this time, in the secret room, in addition to the Marquis of Aosta, there was also a large group of well-dressed and majestic associates. They had a common identity. They were the old nobles of the empire. They basically regarded the law as waste paper and obeyed the law. Doing the darkest and dirtiest things, any one of them, the crimes are too numerous to list.

Things that were originally kept secret were brought to the surface, which made them very passive.

Buying and selling slaves, especially kidnapping the children of common people, training them into slaves and selling them to the powerful is prohibited by law, but they never take the law seriously. It is to restrain the common people and is their tool of rule. When will it in turn restrain them? Already?
  Who wouldn’t know about this situation, as long as anyone has some status? No one dared to say anything, because the interest groups represented behind it were too powerful. Anyone who dared to express dissatisfaction would definitely end up in a miserable situation. Even the emperor did not dare to touch this area.

But now they are exposed directly to the sun. Even if they don't think it will be a big deal in the end, and they don't think the emperor really dares to punish them, but when the situation boils down and complaints are made, the emperor has to show off no matter what. Kill some of the scapegoats that were pushed out.

They have to restrain themselves in a short period of time. How much money will they lose?
  What made them even more annoyed was that His Majesty the Emperor was suddenly assassinated, and all suspicions pointed to them. Even they themselves suspected that someone of their own had done it.

After all, the emperor actually investigated them secretly. Did he really want to take action on them? Then why not give him a warning to let him know how powerful he is? But at this time, attacking the emperor would be like adding fuel to the fire.

Once the emperor loses his mind in rage, he really wants to take action against them. These old nobles are deeply entangled and have deep roots. They have great influence on both the military and political parties of the empire. Although they may not be afraid of the emperor, there is no need to go so far. This step would hurt both sides. It would be a disaster for the emperor, but what good would it do to them?
  No one responded to Aosta's roaring inquiry. At this time, no one would admit it, otherwise they would be pushed out by others to calm the emperor's anger.

"Don't worry, everyone. Our Majesty is a tolerant person. He will never quarrel until he is unsure."

An old man spoke slowly and said in a deep voice: "But we must also be prepared. As we control these hugely profitable industries, it is inevitable that we will be jealous and be jealous of countless people. If it is not possible, the worst we can do is to give up some benefits to appease the emperor's anger and win over What about those who are jealous of us? As for the anger of those untouchables, who cares about them? The empire is the empire of the nobles, and those untouchables can’t stir up trouble. The best thing to do during this period is to restrain ourselves, and when the limelight passes, we will redouble our efforts to plunder them from below.”

"The old Duke of Xuefeng is right. You have royal blood. How can His Majesty not give you face?"

Another man in his thirties, who looked very young among a group of old men, shouted: "The emperor has used various excuses to attack many nobles for more than a year, which made him have an inflated mentality and gave rise to the illusion that we... The old nobleman is nothing more than that. We need to let him know how powerful he is. I think whoever did the assassination did it well. I hope he can wake up. He also doesn't think about it. Without our support, he can Can we eliminate political opponents and eliminate rebels if we secure the throne?"

The Marquis of Aosta believed deeply: "The words of the Duke of Oran really spoke to my heart. In the past, there were too many nobles, which affected our interests, so we just stood aside and turned a cold eye. We even added fuel to the flames and were willing to act as a knife for the emperor to eliminate a group of people who were like us." Families competing for interests. Now that some of the old nobles have been eliminated, the remaining interests are enough for us to digest for a long time. There is no need to coddle the emperor anymore. He must know how powerful he is, otherwise he will be eager to try, thinking that he can deal with the previous families like he did. , continue to attack us."

The young Duke of Oran was high-spirited and said loudly: "Don't worry about the emperor's attitude. Let's keep in close contact and seize the troops we can control just in case. At the same time, we mobilize our people to put pressure on the emperor to stop him. Ignore this matter, it will pass after a while. At the same time, we must find the person who dares to expose us and torture him to death with the most cruel methods to make him regret going against us."

One person immediately responded: "Yes, the Duke of Oran said it well. As long as we have soldiers in our hands, we will be invincible. If the emperor gets hot-headed and insists on going against us, then don't blame us for being obedient." Up."

The Marquis of Aosta sneered: "If the Emperor is smart enough, he should know that our nobles are the cornerstone of the empire's rule. For the sake of mere untouchables, he actually plans to attack our nobles? Do you really think that his so-called emperor's prestige depends on this? What the untouchables got? Without our support and our praise, how could he be where he is today? But after this, his so-called aura of the great emperor will no longer be there. Without the ability to make decisions for the people, what kind of emperor is he? "

Everyone laughed for a moment. Many of these nobles were much older than the Tiandou Empire. They were known as the dynasty's iron-clad aristocratic family. Their heritage and strength were unfathomable. They had always ruled the world with the emperor. Once the emperor did not know what to do, , If they want to deal with him, they will let the emperor know how powerful they are.

Changes of dynasties have always been indispensable for them. Once the old dynasty cannot satisfy their interests, they will choose a new spokesperson.

Therefore, although Emperor Qinghe seemed very majestic, famous and capable, and had a group of supporters, he was not taken seriously by them.

At this time, Emperor Qinghe, who was underestimated by them, also did not pay attention to these rotten bones in the tombs. He issued an imperial edict, preparing to cut off these cancers of the empire and even the entire human race.

(End of this chapter)