To Four Thousand Years Later

"My lord. Everything is as you can see, except that one thing is not stable.

Floros said to Charles: "Since three days ago, some nobles in Frank have started private gatherings to discuss whether Pope Adrian has betrayed Frank and murdered Carloman, and they have also begun to discuss whether you will stand. On the Pope's side. Still on their side.

"In the beginning, there were only three or four people, and they started sporadically. After that, they quickly gathered together because of their common will. In just two days, their scale has reached the scale of more than a dozen people. Floros sees He glanced at Charles who was concentrating on writing at his desk.

He said with great concern: "The mainstream view among them is that Carloman was killed by you and Adrian Shi in collaboration. Therefore, you will ignore the condemnation of the church by the surviving nobles in the Wallachia incident. He carries out any punishment and threats.

"They even said that they should use "their own methods" to find the truth and uphold justice.

"Don't think too much about it. It's actually a good thing, my brother.

Charles put down the pen and paper, gently blew on the ink stains on the parchment roll, and laughed lightly: "From this incident, we can see that the domestic situation has basically stabilized.

"But those nobles are discussing how to be your enemy!"

"They intended to be against Adrian, not me or their king. They just suspected that there was a big gap between the two things that I secretly supported Pope Adrian." So next, What you plan to do should be to completely declare that you are an enemy of the church, so as to gain the loyalty of the nobles in the country? "Flauros thought for a while, and asked tentatively.

Hearing this, Charles couldn't help laughing.

"You see, my friend. This is where you fall into the trap of common sense, and good intentions are believed...well, good morning.

Halfway through Charles' speech, he greeted Jastaru who came from the inner room, and then continued to explain to Floros: "From this point of view, the skill of ruling people is actually against common sense." Listen to the adults Yes, Floros. Adults are professionals in this area.

Yastaru came over with a smile, looking in a good mood.

Floros turned around and saluted her respectfully: "Master Yastaru, good morning." She was wearing a dark green gauze skirt and long boots of a similar color, and her slender sleeves stretched from her shoulders to her wrists. Gradient from light green to white, the sleeves bloomed like a lily, revealing only slender white fingers. From her neckline hangs a dark golden gemstone shining with a faint red light, even the most skilled jeweler would not know the name of the stone. Hey with both hands. Sitting on the table in front of Charles, he turned around and reached out to grab Charles' forehead hair and gently pull it. Humming and smiling: "My lord, your body this time... is really handsome. The warm power gradually penetrated into the body with Ruo Yastaru's touch, and Charles' expression became much calmer and more serene.

He chuckled lightly: "How could anyone boast of himself so much. I remember that this body was built by you.

"Yes, it is my blood that flows in your body, my lord. Is your soul comfortable in it.

Yastaru's soft voice sounded softly: "If it's comfortable, it's okay to be like this from now on.

"We'll talk about the future.

Charles hugged Yastaru's waist with a smile, and gently pulled her back, so that she could sit on the table or lie in his arms. Then he put his head on Jastaru's shoulder and smelled the fragrance of Yastaru's body.

Charles thought about what he said before, and then explained to Floros: "For a monarch, unprovoked good deeds are as easy to attract hatred as unprovoked viciousness. A monarch who is completely kind and righteous is only suitable for the same kind and just people. national.

"The monarch's power has always come from the political entity, from the people. From the army, from the nobles. From the whole country except him. Therefore, whether the people or the army or the nobles are too good to cater to their spleen and stomach.

"Therefore, good deeds will be against you. Until the country is in chaos, all forces are reshuffled, high positions become low positions, low positions become high positions, new political entities are reborn from the fire, and people have new needs, the old reincarnation will End, and then start a new reincarnation. Charles smiled peacefully: "But I will not be such a king. If I came here and did the same thing as everyone else, it would be a waste of my talents.

"Beyond this, there is another option...and that is to become a tyrant. Ignore the demands of everyone and reverse the desires of all opponents. Let my will be their will, and my desire their desire, Let me enter their hearts, as Solomon and **** of old, and the gods even earlier.

"And a king is most likely to be respected by others when he is completely someone's friend and enemy.

"The truth is this - if someone is not your friend, he will ask you to take neutrality in a time of dispute; but if he is your friend, then you need to take up arms and speak out. If it is an indecisive level Southern monarchs, in order to avoid the current catastrophe, often blindly maintain balance and take a neutral path.

"However, when the monarch clearly expresses his support, when the person you support is weaker than you, then all his victories are your victories. At the same time, he will have a duty of gratitude to you.

"No giving, no gain, my friend. There is no perfect law, not even the wisdom of Solomon.

Charles said: 1 First, failure is always inevitable. If the disaster comes from the right, people retreat to the left, which means that he would rather accept the disaster on the left. Because the catastrophe on the left will be lighter than the danger on the right, or it will be easier to solve.

He said, showing a confident smile: "I choose to retreat to the left. I choose to defend the church and fight against all nobles. Because of the disaster on the left side, I am sure to resolve it. Leo is in my hand and the ring is in yours. Sooner or later, the church will become the power in my hands. It is much more difficult to obtain the loyalty and support of all the nobles.

"Let them be! Let them be against me! Let them be against me, speak against me in public, try to weaken me with all my strength, but I will not hit them, no Let them start hating me. They will see me as the enemy, not the enemy."

"You have to let them know that I not only want to support the Pope. I also want to lower the land tax and take money from them to win the support of the people. I want to recruit a batch of talented people and raise them, professor The knowledge they have as officials has never put them in any noble or humble positions, allowing them to form selling pressure on these nobles and ministers.

"I want to marry Yastaru. Not with the daughter and granddaughter of any nobleman, nor with the princess of a neighboring country, but with a sage who was born as a commoner and extremely wise and evil. Let her have such an identity. It is known that I married her for the sake of Frank, not for the security of my kingship.

"When these things are done, you go to the Pope and ask him and Leo to come to me. Explain to me what happened that day. And I will forgive any crimes that the Holy See may have committed before that. Until the Pope Zong died in an accident, and Leo became Pope." Charles Yiyan said: "Until then, the nobles will work for me, and any decision to resist me will bring consequences that they cannot bear. Born from the egg of enmity."

Just like taming all beasts.