Chapter 673 The Thief
"thief?"
In a room in the Faraday National Museum, Adele frowned slightly after hearing Samson's voice, and then continued to speak with a confused look.
"Can you explain it more clearly? Who was the thief? Could it be that someone else took advantage of the chaos during the Hanyue Revolution to rob the Meishen Palace?" Adele asked Samson, while Samson wiped the ashes in front of him with a towel and spoke.
"The thieves I'm talking about are not robbers in the usual sense... but a group of despicable national parasites, the shameful thieves within the late Bourbon. Since Robert ascended the throne, they have been eating away at the foundations of this country, and then when the big tree is about to fall, they will abandon it and flee."
"Internal parasites of the country...you mean...corrupt officials?" Adele asked bluntly after listening to Samson's words, while Samson, who had almost wiped all the ashes into the ashtray, continued to answer.
"It can be said that Robert was called the Greedy King. He was greedy, and his ministers were naturally greedy too. At that time, the entire Bourbon Dynasty was immersed in an atmosphere of extreme vanity, extravagance and luxury. Money was spent everywhere, and there were parasites everywhere. The one who stole Maria's life... was the biggest of these parasites, Dubois."
"Dubois? Could it be Armand Dubois? If I remember correctly, wasn't that Prime Minister Robert? It is generally said that he was a villain who successfully escaped trial, an accomplice of tyranny during Robert's period, and the Prime Minister who was called Robert's lackey?" Listening to Samson's words, Adele blurted out her own understanding of the name Dubois, while Samson on the other side responded after smoking the last bit of the cigar in his hand.
"Yes... the lackey Prime Minister Dubois... In some current dramas, he is usually portrayed as a flatterer who faithfully executes Robert's tyrannical orders and occasionally spreads slander to persecute loyal and brave people. But how many people can imagine that this Prime Minister is not a so-called "villain", but a real ambitious person, who was the secret promoter of a series of tyrannical measures during the Robert Dynasty and the direct cause of Robert's transformation into that state.
"He is not Robert's lackey, but Robert's puppet. The so-called Greedy King Robert is just a puppet of his."
After finishing the last puff of the cigar, Samson exhaled a puff of smoke and said with a serious look. After hearing what Samson said, Adele's face showed a trace of confusion, and she asked directly.
"Robert is Dubois's puppet? What exactly happened? Can you tell me?"
Listening to Adele's question, Samson slowly put out the cigar butt in the ashtray, and then seemed to be responding while speaking.
"After Charles and Maria died in a shipwreck whose truth remained unknown, Robert was crowned king according to the Bourbon Law of Succession. However, although Robert was the first in line to the throne, he was hardly trained as an heir. This was because Charles's son Robert seemed to have successfully ascended to full adulthood shortly after he was born, and he had a long life of several years, so he did not need to consider the issue of succession in the short term.
"Charles was flamboyant, confident, energetic and gifted. He believed that Farajo would enjoy long-term peace and prosperity under his rule. During his reign, he almost never considered what would happen to the country if he died in a short period of time. He spent almost no time and energy on training his children. He just gave them sufficient material support and warned them to abide by the rules and then let them go. This was the same for Robert. Therefore, Robert, like his brothers and sisters, spent most of his time enjoying luxury in a good family, not caring about the country, and was never trained as a king.
"Thus, Robert did not have the qualities to be a king from the beginning. He was not mentally prepared for Charles' death. After hearing the news of Charles' death, he cried and screamed for several days. Even when he was pushed to the throne, he still cried. He was completely at a loss when faced with the huge power in his hands and didn't know what to do. His father, who had great power, died suddenly and inexplicably. He was shrouded in fear since he ascended the throne. He was suspicious, didn't trust anyone, and was suspicious of everything. He always thought someone was trying to harm him."
Samson sat on his chair and spoke silently. Listening to Samson's words, Adele seemed to have guessed something and spoke.
"Panic...suspicion...lack of confidence...it seems that Robert was in a very bad mental state when he ascended the throne. Is this the cause of his tyranny in the future?"
"It can be said that it was because of his extreme inferiority complex due to his own talents and his extreme fear of his father's death that Robert developed an extremely suspicious and changeable personality. He thought that everyone wanted to harm him, so he used the power in his hands to defend himself irrationally and crazily. The result was that he started killing people indiscriminately as soon as he came to power and began to destroy his kingdom with his own hands.
"A person like Robert would not easily trust others, but once he gained their trust, he would become dependent on them. Unfortunately, the person who gained his trust was Dubois.
"Dubois was a mysterious man. He was a businessman who gradually approached Robert by making large donations to his court. Later, he gained Robert's trust by some unknown means and was appointed as the financial steward of his court. He was then promoted to finance minister and was directly appointed as prime minister not long after.
"In secular history, Robert's successor Dubois carried out countless tyrannies, but the reality is that after Dubois gained Robert's trust, he took advantage of Robert's dependence on him to manipulate the weak king and gradually took control of the late Bourbon dynasty."
Samson continued to speak to Adele slowly and calmly. After listening to Samson's words, Adele's expression became slightly solemn, and then she continued to speak.
"So... the one who should bear the main responsibility for the destruction of Bourbon is actually Dubois?"
"No, I think the main responsibility still lies with Robert. It was his inferiority complex and suspicious character weaknesses that created the key weakness of the dynasty. The second responsibility lies with Charles. His arrogance created Robert's character. Then there are external factors such as Dubois and the church, especially Dubois. He took advantage of Robert's weakness to infinitely magnify his influence and eventually destroyed the Bourbon.
"Dubois is a despicable speculator with a long-term plan. He is like a dirty leech. He has set his eyes on the dying Bourbon and is sucking madly." Samson answered Adele with a serious expression, and Adele continued to speak.
"It was premeditated and a speculation? How do you say that?"
Adele asked Samson in this way, and the other party was silent for a while, then lit a cigar and slowly began to tell the story.
"Robert is widely known as the 'Greedy King'. This title comes from his crazy money-making behavior during his reign. Not only did he impose various harsh and heavy taxes on all classes, he also wantonly robbed the people of Farajo of all kinds of rare treasures. People often say that Robert's crazy collection of wealth is to provide the decadent Bourbon royal family with food, drink and entertainment to maintain their extravagant and licentious life, but this is not the case.
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