Holy Empire of Athens.
The next day, Queen Juliana called many nobles and officials from their castle early in the morning to discuss important matters with them.
"Everyone, I have just regained my power. The Vatican is facing a lot of problems. From now on, no one from the Vatican can hold any position in our court."
"At the same time, the Holy See's voice will be greatly reduced in the future. I hope you can understand that there is no need for us to rush now that the Holy See is without a Pope."
"What I want to talk about today is another matter, and that is the slaves of our Holy Empire!"
"I wasn't joking about what I said in Tianshen Square that day. You all know what happened. Why would someone choose not to obey even at this point?"
For a moment, all the officials in the hall were a little scared, and they were talking about it. They never expected that the queen would take the initiative to bring up the issue of slaves.
They also thought that the queen would not care about these things, and would just give verbal support to let the slaves support the queen and let the civilians have some good feelings towards the queen, but would not really take action against them.
But I didn't expect the queen to directly say that she wanted to give the slaves freedom. What should I do? How can I do this?
This is simply a catastrophe!
It’s a big deal!
So scary!
It's unbelievable.
If the slaves were really given freedom, the interests of these nobles would be greatly threatened, and these slaves would have to pay corresponding compensation in the future.
"Your Majesty, why are you so concerned about slaves? Slaves have always existed, and there has never been a talk of freeing slaves. Why is the Queen doing this now?"
"We all know that Her Majesty the Queen has lost power and that the Pope has taken over all of it. In order to regain her rights, Her Majesty the Queen chose to help these slaves and win the hearts of the people."
"It's no longer necessary now. Her Majesty the Queen has obtained the rights she wanted. Isn't that good?"
"What kind of compensation do these slaves want? What kind of free slaves do they want? They are born to die. The children born from slaves should be slaves. Otherwise, why would the word slave exist?"
"And why are there civilians, rather than just slaves?"
“…”
Hearing that so many people were against her, Queen Juliana felt very distressed. It seemed that they didn't take her words to heart at all. Did they have any opinions about her as the queen?
"You! I'm so disappointed. I'm going to emphasize once again that I'm going to give you one chance. Once you go down, I'll release you all from your slavery."
"Either release these slaves under your command, or avenge them. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude. If anyone is unwilling to obey, then I will let you know the consequences of not complying with this matter."
"Also! You just mentioned Viscount Chad!"
As soon as the words fell, Chad, who had been arrogant just now, became a little nervous in an instant. He didn't know why, but he always felt that there was anger in the tone of the Queen's words just now, as if she wanted to eat him up.
"What do you mean by this idea is proposed in order to win the hearts of the people and obtain the help of these slaves? Don't you know that this is the will of the gods?
Are you questioning what the two angels said?
"Okay, okay, since you all think so, don't blame me for being rude!"
“Several people were saying that just now!”
"Come here! Capture them. Parade them through the streets and then behead them at the city gate!"
"Let all the people of Athens know the consequences of disobeying the gods, and let them know that slaves will no longer exist."
"Not only our city of Athens, but also the other city-states of the entire Holy Empire must do the same. If no one does this, don't blame me for being ruthless and taking action against you. Don't think I'm joking."
Hearing the queen's sharp words, the people present suddenly panicked, especially the nobles who were named just now. They knelt on the ground in an instant.
They begged the Queen to spare their lives. If the Queen let them go, they would definitely release these slaves, give them a free identity, and let them become real civilians. Unfortunately...
The queen has made up her mind. Anyone who dares to disrespect the gods is disrespecting the queen, so there is no room for maneuver in this matter. They must receive the punishment they deserve.
Juliana's non-cold and ruthless appearance made many nobles in the hall panic.
They also realized that they had to convert the slaves in their hands into civilians, and after they became civilians, they had to pay them adequate compensation.
In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that some slaves come from unknown origins. Even if they are civilians, if they do not want to be paid to work for free, they will be labeled as slaves.
Some nobles can be said to be extremely shameless and do whatever they want.
These nobles had bloody lives on their hands, and they regarded the lives of slaves as worthless. Sometimes, the death of a civilian would be accused of being a slave. Slaves were the lowest class and could die however they wanted. They were not protected by the laws of the empire.
However, there are too many small spaces that can be operated here, and many people are extremely dissatisfied. The queen actually did not realize it. If Lu Yun had not explained it clearly, she would not have known that the harm would be so great.
On the streets of Athens, the nobles who had just contradicted Her Majesty the Queen were dragged onto a cart and paraded through the streets.
At this time, many civilians were very confused after seeing this scene, and they were surprised when they learned that they had contradicted the queen.
And when they saw that instead of implementing the decision to convert these slaves into civilians, they were beheaded in public, everyone was very happy.
"Very good!"
"I said that what the Queen said must be true, and the order issued by the Lord Messenger of God is also true."
"From now on, there will be no slaves in our Holy Empire, only prisoners and civilians."
"That's right! Why must the children of slaves be slaves themselves? And having too many slaves isn't necessarily a good thing. These nobles will only become richer and richer."
"We commoners won't get any benefits, and we don't have any slaves. Slaves are bought, and we don't have the money to buy them."
As this incident became a hot topic, many nobles also received the news, and they all realized that the queen was serious this time.
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