Demon Sage

v4 Chapter 10: flower of hope

"What the news agency represents is the will of the Reinas government, and the people in the civilian area of ​​Reinas do not trust the current Reinas government!"

Victor started his response plan with this sentence, and Donald looked at him with a little more admiration involuntarily.

Obviously, Victor has figured out the key to solving this incident.

The strength of the Ryan Empire does not mean that the authority of the government will be blindly obeyed by the people in various regions, because of a policy of the Ryan Empire concerning the top nobles.

Specifically, aside from those secret filthiness, in terms of imperial laws and regulations, nearly 80% of the land in the Lane Empire is controlled by the imperial government, and religious forces can only affect the beliefs of the people, they have no right to participate or interfere The local government makes decisions on the economic and political aspects, and at most makes some suggestions on the cultural aspect.

Of course, this is only a superficial situation. For example, the city of Lapagade, as the core city of the Justice Sect itself, the mayor is a devout Justice Sect believer, and the rest must not be said.

What about the remaining 20% ​​of the land?

That is the private territory given to the major nobles by the Ryan Empire government.

The so-called private territory here is the territory completely controlled by the nobles, including politics, economy, culture, etc.

There are not many places in this category, and they are generally small in size. Most of them are small cities or even a village with a population of less than 2,000 people. Courtyard" or "farm" and other titles of unknown praise and criticism.

At this point, some people may ask, Renas is a medium-sized city, why did it become the private domain of Serveit Talos?

Regarding this question, Donald also got the answer from the information collected by Victor.

Strictly speaking, Renas does not belong to the Talos family. As for why Serveit Talos can control this place, in fact, to a large extent, he has taken advantage of the law.

While this process may seem complicated, it is actually very simple.

The Lane Empire has a very deep tradition of local autonomy. The entire empire is divided into 2 counties. The population of a county ranges from about 2 million to 5 million. There are generally 5 to 10 cities in each county. Every county has a county magistrate, and the county magistrates are basically local nobles. The county magistrate does not have the power to decide the development of the cities in the county, but has the power to elect the mayor of his county to the imperial government.

In general, it is somewhat like the imperial government's local supervisory family. For example, the county magistrate of East Germany is the patriarch of the Aberdeen family.

As a duke-level family, the Talos family naturally need not say much about their power in the imperial government. The appointment and removal of officials in many local cities is just a matter of their words, not to mention a city like Renas, who wants to. It doesn't take much effort to replace the mayor here with one of your own. You just need to select a few people from some Talos family, and send the name of Serveit Talos to the place where Renas City is located. The sheriff of East Germany can make a choice.

As a marquis-level family, the Aberdeen family itself has some meaning of being attached to the Talos family. Naturally, it will not refute the face of the Talos family in this kind of thing. Seeing the people with the three words Talos in the suffix of the name, two words Without further ado, he was elected mayor of Renas City.

There is no doubt that the imperial government has been greeted by the Talos family long ago.

Serveit Talos is an outstanding and well-rounded talent in the information they have taken. Such a person is also one of the heirs of a duke-level family. Is there a problem with being the mayor of a medium-sized city?

Who dares to say there is a problem?

The next thing is much simpler, Serveit Talos became the mayor of Reinas City, what he wants to do, who dares to stop the local nobles and capitalists?

What's more, what Serveit Talos did was beneficial in their eyes. Not only did they not stop it, but they were very willing to help.

Then again, because the nobles have considerable power in their own territory, a good lord often determines the life of the territorial people under his rule. Serveit Talos' series of "saucy operations" just put the original foundation. It's not bad that Renas has completely turned into a true negative model.

As a result, a large number of people have been dissatisfied with the government for a long time, and even extreme sentiments have arisen in the eyes of a considerable number of civilians. What the government supports is what they oppose, and what the government opposes is what they support!

And this is the point of public opinion counterattack that both Victor and Donald have in mind.

"Very good, your method is very good, how about leaving this matter to you?"

Donald did not say that he had come up with the same response as him, but took the initiative to praise Victor and said that he would be responsible for this aspect.

Sometimes there is no need to rush to show your smartness, because if a person is too smart, it will easily make people in the same camp feel uneasy, worrying about whether they will lose their role one day and be mercilessly abandoned, and then make Some irrational actions.

Donald doesn't want to see this situation, he really needs a "snake" to help him with some affairs now, and Victor is a very good candidate in his mind.

Not only because he has an intricate network of relationships in the civilian area or slum area of ​​Renas, but also because he has a handle in his own hands, and it is a deadly handle.

Donald wants to die anytime, anywhere!

"No problem, I'll do it."

For Donald's trust, Victor did not show excitement. He knew that this was his bargaining chip with the other party. He was putting his own position very well. Although the two sides were in a cooperative relationship, he accepted the box of jewelry from him. In the beginning, there was actually an actual subordinate relationship between them.

It's just that there are some things Victor can't help but want to ask clearly, especially after seeing Stephanie who has completely changed and only the same figure is still the same.

Victor didn't recognize who this woman was at first, and always thought she was Donald's other confidant. It was only when she subconsciously helped Donald organize the coat that was on his lap, Victor realized that this woman was Sturt. Fanny!

This sudden change made Victor have a lot of associations for a while.

So he chose to have a secret conversation with Donald, without anyone by his side and set up a secret conversation with a soundproof enchantment.

"Your Excellency, I want to know your action plan, I know it's a secret, but as your ally, before I launch my full force action, I must confirm that your plan will not let Renas in the future It's gotten worse than it is now!"

With his own experiments unsustainable, Victor has devoted himself to the cause of saving Renus.

Because of this, Victor is extremely worried that all the efforts he has made will one day become a tool for mutilating others in the hands of others, just like his corpse technology.

Victor is not afraid of death, he is afraid of becoming the opponent's accomplice.

He saw Donald's strength in his eyes. In just half a month, he killed seven families in Renas City!

These people are nothing in Donald's eyes, but in the eyes of Victor and his students, they are the real cancer of Renas!

Such a person controls Renas, and what if he wants to become a bigger tumor.

Keep trying to find a way to kill Donald Grant?

An existence who stepped on everyone's top, not to mention that he also had a group of powerful assistants, Victor couldn't think of a way to restrict them.

"What was your original plan?"

Donald didn't rush to talk about his plan, but instead asked.

"Assassination of Serveit Talos, if you can control him with the help of corpse technology, it is best, if not, his death will also change Renas to someone in power. Now Renas is already crumbling on the edge of the cliff, in my opinion Come, any attempt is necessary, because if there is no change, the city is over!"

Victor clasped his hands and fingers together, and continued with a bitter smile on his face,

"Those rich and nobles, they can leave at any time, go to a big city, and still live comfortably, and those civilians, once Renas is destroyed, they will also be destroyed!"

"Mr. Victor, as you said, if you want to save Renas, you can only find a new person in power, he must pay attention to people's livelihood, attack the current wealthy class, and change a considerable part of the government's decrees. To be honest, do you think Who can do it?"

Donald's words made Victor hang his head involuntarily. He put all his hopes on the replacement Mayor Renas, which was a gamble in itself.

After losing the bet, Renas is still the same, and nothing will change.

After all, if you want to save Renas, it is useless to rely on the people alone, you must rely on a better city government!

The problem is that the current intertwined interest chain between the inherent classes has turned Renas into a quagmire. As long as most people step in, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will be polluted, not to mention the noble character of this era.

Are there any good people?

Have!

But it may be difficult to find a few people who are dedicated to serving civilians.

"I don't want to deal with those dirty things, so I have to deal with those big tumors in the simplest and rude way as a black-robed saint first, and then, as you think, I want to control Reina Stupid, whoever stands in my way, I'm going to get rid of whoever, and when I get rid of those guys one by one, what do you think I'll do to become just like those people? No, if my goal is just to be them , why should I come here to suffer this crime, just find a city, I can live ten times, a hundred times better than them!"

Seeing Victor's annoyed appearance, Donald stretched out his hand and tapped on the wooden table in front of him with his fingers, then said,

"There is no doubt that Renas needs a wise and powerful ruler. What do you think of me?"

"As you said, with your ability, you can easily obtain an extremely favorable living environment, why should you be obsessed with Renas?"

This is what makes Victor really anxious. He doesn't believe that there will be people in this world asking for trouble. Donald's obsession with Renas makes him extremely uneasy.

Donald smiled. He was not going to hide his plans from Victor~lightnovelpub.net~, so he said calmly:

"Because only suffering can make heroes!"

"The flower of hope that blooms from the deepest despair will be remembered by people!"

"Victor Kenstein, I want to be Reyna's hope, and I want to be remembered forever by the people of this city!"

"I!"

"To be your god!"

Years later, Victor still can't forget what happened in one of Renas' attic.

There was no impassioned tone, no major body movements, and no promises of interests.

But in that man's bland narrative, Victor suddenly saw him raise his hand and clench his fist.

that moment.

Victor seemed to see that he held Reina's hope!