Sherlock Holmes

How powerful can a newspaper be?

In fact, no one can tell. It depends on the name on the newspaper, the editor of the newspaper, the trust this newspaper has accumulated among the people over the past hundreds of years, the time of publication, the number of first editions printed, Wait, wait, etc., and the most important thing depends on what is reported in this newspaper.

Today, the reports in the Holy Journal are the same as countless times in the past.

That was the headline five years ago.

This was the same title ten years ago.

"Inheritance Ceremony"

These few words told everyone in the world that early tomorrow morning, the next emperor of the empire would be born.

Perhaps it is still the same as in the past sixty years. Emperor Augustine was re-elected again, carrying the position of the greatest emperor in the entire holy calendar and continuing to protect the empire. This situation continues at a rate of once every five years to this day. In fact The title [Emperor Augustine] has become a habit among the people of the empire.

Of course, it may also be the new politician who has just reached 50 years old. His new energy bill does sound like it can create a better future, but it is based on the support of huge investors and the willingness of the people of the entire empire. Based on the experiment of this energy, he has a group of very loyal fans, but there are still some people who don't remember his name at all.

Fortunately, the first generation of King Ferti of the empire did not listen to the opinions of countless ministers and changed the inheritance system of the empire to a popular election system.

Because he seems to have foreseen that in the next few centuries, no matter how technology develops, the people will always be blind because they have not seen enough and do not know enough. Everyone has their own concerns, and different people They also have their own pursuits, so allowing these diverse people to control the ownership of the emperor will inevitably turn the word "election" into a performance show again and again.

Therefore, the Council of Elders system continues to this day. Facts have proved that although this system also has certain drawbacks, fortunately, it can indeed select the most suitable king for the empire under the current situation.

Because humans still exist

Today's Holy Journal headlines cleverly did not report anything else at this time. Even the 'Conjecture about the controllability of wild demons' that caused a sensation in the entire empire a few days ago has temporarily stopped reporting.

Instead, two personal resumes were placed in the most conspicuous position. The people of the empire had no way of knowing what a silent and brutal political struggle was going on in the hall of the Imperial Parliament at this moment. They could only do it one by one. Holding the newspaper gave me a clearer idea of ​​what kind of person the future of the empire might be in the hands of.

augustine the great

In the year 215 of the Holy Calendar, the 23-year-old Augustine ended his four-year military service, but when he stood in front of the steam airship returning home, he didn't know where he should go.

His parents died of a great plague shortly after he was born, and he was sent to an orphanage as a matter of course. Although he survived the plague tenaciously, he was also frail and sickly since childhood. He hardly went out and had few friends. During his service, he never had a qualified training result due to physical reasons, and he never even held a gun. For him, the closest comradeship relationship between ordinary soldiers was almost the same. on a piece of white paper.

In a state of confusion, he got off the airship in the city closest to Redker Strait. There, he sold newspapers, served dishes, and could barely afford his medical expenses and living expenses. On this basis, he became a local man. An economics audit student at a university, he finally got a good degree and was lucky enough to be hired as a teacher.

There, he met the love of his life, a doctor at the school hospital. The two quickly fell in love and gave birth to a lovely daughter.

In July of the same year, a group of robbers broke into their rented house and took away all valuables and the life of his wife. He was heartbroken, but he still survived in order to raise his young daughter. , in January of the following year, because his son and daughter were seriously ill, he borrowed a high loan from a private company. His daughter recovered from the disease, and he was burdened with debts that were beyond his ability to bear.

In the year 221 of the Holy Calendar, he was driven out of his room and slept on the street. At the beginning of the year of the Holy Calendar of 222, he held his daughter and spent the night in the cold wind. He was seriously ill and could not afford it. His 6-year-old daughter stayed on the street for him. Begging, half a month later, those overnight black bread made him open his eyes again. In the year 224 of the Holy Calendar, he applied for the candidacy of the state executive as his grandmother's former noble status, but was ruthlessly rejected. In the same year, he took a Regarding the optimization plan for the bank loan limit, he called the president of the local bank, but the call was hung up ruthlessly. The following year, one of his economic system improvement papers was published in an unknown financial magazine. By chance, He was seen by a local council member and recruited as a staff member.

Two weeks later, after countless days and nights, he and his daughter finally had a meal in a restaurant.

In the same year, he successfully obtained a doctorate in economics and began studying law. At the beginning of the following year, after obtaining the lawyer's qualification, he attended the committee election in place of the local councilor and successfully became a legal advisor of the administrative state. In the year 226 of the Holy Calendar, he went to Belsko Administrative State alone and spent half a month to quell a student demonstration of 120,000 people. In the year of the Holy Calendar of 227, it took him one year to complete the four-year mission of ordinary people. In order to complete his studies, he graduated with first place in the Imperial Military Academy. In the same year, his graduation speech "Transportation and Hoarding of Frontline War Consumables" received widespread attention from the military and was recommended by the military region. With his identity, he embarked on the inheritance ceremony in the 228th year of the Holy Calendar.

From then on, Emperor Augustine, who was only 36 years old, began his magnificent life. The empire also ushered in the most prosperous 60 years since the gate of hell opened.

The reform of the economic system has allowed the empire's average annual output to increase by 120% in half a century. More than half of the share of industrial manufacturing will be devoted to frontline military needs, and more labor will be dispersed among the people, leaving workers no longer It needs to be based on knowledge and origin, the factory's income is transparent, the 19-year-old military service is abolished, the salary of soldiers is improved, and the strategic plan of "war consumes money and weapons, not soldiers" is proposed. The Crusaders and the Imperial Army adopt a mixed system. The construction of medical facilities will be increased, medical expenses for those in the labor system will be reduced, and marketers will be prohibited from setting prices for drug research and development. Although doctors' income has been reduced, they must do their best to improve their social status and increase their living welfare. During the second demonic invasion, this The king used almost explosive means to apply military weapons to the defense of the city. He transported refugees from major ports regardless of cost, and devoted all the power of the empire to ensure the safety of the people. He even did not hesitate to let the military front that had been advancing for 20 years collapse in a few It traveled back more than 300 kilometers within a month.

In short, under the control of this king, the empire seemed to really start to breathe. Although those poor people still existed, and there were still huge horizontal ditches between the top and bottom of the pyramid structure, this was much better.

In these 60 years, Emperor Augustine was assassinated no less than 40 times, suffered from serious illness relapses 21 times, and hung on by a thread more than a dozen times. His daughter died in an angry defection by military radicals, and he even Because of a frontline meeting, she could only see her daughter’s body brought back two days later. That year, her daughter was only 22 years old. She had suffered for so many years, but she had not yet waited until she became a qualified father. , but she left early, and in the end not even a funeral was held.

The Council of Elders system is indeed too traditional, and can even be said to be old-fashioned, but those old guys who have no desires and desires are not fools. If Emperor Augustine can be re-elected for 60 years, then he must have the capital to be re-elected. Those who have been defeated by him again and again The challengers he defeated were indeed inferior to him.

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At this time, Shylock looked at the description of the life of Emperor Augustine in the newspaper. He had to say that even he had forgotten God. Such a person was undoubtedly extremely legendary. What was even more terrifying was that those Political achievements are not bragging or fabrication. People throughout the empire have spent countless years witnessing the changes in the entire world. The achievements of this emperor can be called perfect.

But Sherlock didn't feel any pity for him because of this newspaper. He just felt that this guy didn't leave any verifiable handwriting under such circumstances. He was really cautious to an admirable level.

So, is a hero who saved 100 people guilty of desecrating a young girl?

Sherlock didn't know. Even though he was a detective, he was really not that familiar with the laws of the empire.

So when a glorious emperor was dying, he did some stupid things in order to live a few more years. Is he guilty?

In the past 60 years, he has carried almost the entire human society on his shoulders. He has saved countless lives. But when he wants others to save him, he also asks others to sacrifice their lives. Is this reasonable?

Sherlock didn't know either.

As mentioned before, he is not a moral person. He stood on the opposite side of Emperor Augustine just because of his obsession with the outcome of a case.

Therefore, he did not even look at the other side, the report on the life of challenger Franklin.

Instead, he turned back casually.

Then, he suddenly saw something.

On the middle page of the Holy Journal, in an extremely inconspicuous position, there seemed to be a report.

It's very short and doesn't seem to contain much important content at first glance.

This report seemed to mention London and the airship crash more than half a year ago, which shows that until this moment, there are still countless broken families immersed in the grief of that disaster, and there are still countless people working day and night to We are currently investigating that incident, trying to find out if there is anything hidden behind that disaster.

And in the past six months, after collecting evidence from many aspects, it seems that there has indeed been some confusing progress.

Among the complex words listed below that were of little interest at first glance, Sherlock quickly discovered such a line of text.

[An undigested letter was found in the stomach of the person in charge of the port where the Bohemian airship docked. After identification, it was found to be the same as the handwriting of Augustine the Great. 】

Sherlock looked at these words and couldn't help but smile:

"Although he is not tall, he does a good job"