Chapter 300 Trial
Lenz looked at the flickering candlelight in front of him and waited silently in the room.

The only light in the room was the candle in front of him, no other light.

He sat at the table, waiting in silence.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure opened the door of the room, and the faint light outside slowly illuminated the entrance.

Then, the figure closed the door, walked over to Lenz's side, and spoke in a low voice.

"The trial has begun over there."

Lenz nodded slightly and said nothing.

The figure didn't say much, but just stood quietly beside Lenz, hidden in the darkness.

The two waited in silence until someone knocked on the door.

The figure behind Lenz walked to the door, opened it, took the paper brought by the waiter outside, and placed it on Lenz's desk.

Looking at the paper on the table, Lenz opened his mouth and uttered a word.

"read."

The figure nodded, picked up the paper and began to read.

"On August 1253, the first public trial presided over by Administrator Feng En officially opened. A total of people were tried. The charges included illegal fighting, intentional homicide, illegal assembly, and conspiracy to rebel."

"Since the promulgation of the Golden Rule, some citizens within the War Council have deliberately defied the Golden Rule, attempting to challenge and undermine the peace and prosperity under the Council's rule. Their various violations have been repeated, ultimately leading to this regrettable bloody tragedy."

"According to the criminal's memory search, this case was secretly induced and instigated by a secret group of ten people headed by Ajula, who attempted to provoke large-scale illegal criminal activities in the Commissioner Province to oppose the [Golden Law]."

“According to statistics, more than 300 villagers died in this private fight, and more than 500 were seriously injured.

Fifty militiamen and ten accompanying village and town administrative officials were all killed.

This is a blood debt that cannot be erased, and someone must pay for it.”

"In addition, according to the search, the Ajura secret group has held several illegal gatherings, secretly summoned some citizens, tried to induce chaos, and plotted rebellion within the War Council."

The figure read the contents of the paper, while Lenz looked at the candlelight in front of him and listened silently.

The War Committee is paying close attention to this grand trial.

Therefore, in order to expand the influence of the trial, the committee also specially mobilized the communication equipment of local city halls, using text live broadcast and local printing to be pasted on the notice to instantly transmit this grand trial to all parts of the committee.

Therefore, anyone who has some ideas about the trial can basically easily know the entire process of the trial.

Lentz is no exception.

Although as local nobles, their current situation is rather awkward. After all, they were jumping up and down before, and now everyone knows that they want to interfere in this trial, but in the end no one pays any attention to them.

However, it is impossible for them not to pay attention to this great trial.

After all, this great trial will most likely reveal what the current Executive Committee thinks of them.

Therefore, although Lentz did not go to the bulletin board directly to check it, he could also pay someone to copy it and then send it over. At most it would be a few minutes late, and the impact would not be that big.

In the dark room, apart from the knocks on the door from time to time by someone who came to deliver the latest news, the only sound was the continuous sound of human figures.

Lenz closed his eyes, listening to him and thinking silently.

"According to the relevant provisions of the Golden Law, the official verdict is as follows: Bandy, Hoffman and other 23 leaders of the fight are sentenced to death and executed immediately. Led by Ajula, 23 other 200 serious criminals involved in treason and rebellion are sentenced to death and executed immediately."

“The above is the entire process of this trial.”

After reading the last sentence of the report, the figure put down the last piece of paper and looked at Lenz.

After the figure finished reading the live text broadcast released by the committee, Lenz also opened his eyes. He looked at the slowly burning candle in front of him and tapped the table with his right fingers at a steady frequency.

"It seems that the Executive Committee does not intend to launch a new purge."

After hearing all the news, Lentz said calmly.

The figure nodded slightly.

As long as you read the live text report released by the Executive Committee, you will know that the Executive Committee has no intention of taking action against the local nobles and knights from the border areas.

After all, more than a thousand people were captured, but less than three hundred were killed. Moreover, except for the Ajura clan who committed rebellion and were executed, only a few people from other families died.

Although this would undoubtedly be a brutal case that would shock the entire resistance army during the time of the rebellion, it can be said to be quite mild for the current war committee.

After all, during the Civil War and the Great Purge, the War Council would simply find an excuse and kill your entire family.

Now, killing just these few people is already considered very mild.

Of course, if it were still the period of rebel rule, Lentz and his people would definitely unite to force the emperor to abdicate and ask Locke for an explanation.

However, now was the period of the war council, so they did not dare to unite and ask Roland for an explanation.

After all, if they go to Locke, Locke will definitely not kill them, but Roland is different.

Although Roland is easy to talk to, once he makes up his mind, he will never show mercy.

Moreover, Roland had ordered the killing of countless people during the Great Purge. How could they have the guts to ask Roland for an explanation? It was good enough that Roland didn't ask them for an explanation.

Moreover, according to rumors, Roland can use witchcraft to determine whether a person's words are sincere. If someone is making a sincere suggestion, Roland is willing to listen. However, if someone is begging for benefits, Roland will only investigate strictly and then send them away together.

Considering the Executive Committee's usual practices, Lentz was able to conclude that the War Committee did not intend to purge them all like the Great Purge.

However, although the committee did not intend to carry out a major purge on them, before this trial, the poorly performing nobles and knights of the border region would no longer be able to trip up the committee or even go against it.

Otherwise, local officials will definitely use the contents of the Golden Rule to deal with them.

Lenz knocked on the table and spoke.

"I remember that the City Hall sells the Golden Law. Let the people in the tribe buy some and arrange for them to learn about it. Tell them to stop doing anything that violates the Golden Law. Otherwise, if you get caught, you'll just have to take it as your bad luck."

"Also, inform the clan members that from now on, all orders of the committee must be obeyed. I don't want to hear of anyone using the family's influence to interfere with local officials. If I hear of it, I will personally depose him."

Now that they have exposed their own weak nature and realized that they have become the weaker party, they cannot influence, let alone fight against, the War Council.

Naturally, Lentz would not insist on his stance, so he decisively softened and flexibly shifted his position.

In fact, I have long been the most staunch supporter of the War Committee.

Anyway, when the resistance army was established, after being assigned to the high-level Border Area Faction, Lentz was able to abandon the then weak local faction and take the initiative to join the Border Area Faction, serving as a blood transfusion package for the Border Area Faction's army. Now, he is just repeating the previous operation.

"clear."

Listening to Lenz's words, the figure nodded and agreed directly without any questions.

Although these two surrenders not only did not bring any benefits to Lentz's family, but also caused considerable losses.

After joining the Border Area Faction, they sucked away the family's wealth for several years, and almost all of the family's wealth accumulated over the years was sucked away. Now that they have sided with the War Committee, Lentz estimates that the family will suffer more losses.

However, as long as the family can survive and continue, any amount of bleeding is worth it.

After all, many local families were assigned to the Border Area Faction back then. As their superiors, the Border Area Faction asked them to provide money and manpower. Even if they didn't want to, could they still refuse?

Moreover, in the chaotic times after the Central Kingdom was destroyed by the Green Tide and the various Donnar Knight Kingdoms collapsed, who the hell would care about those bullshit unspoken rules, not to mention the Border Faction whose minds are filled with revenge on the Green Tide.

If they don't pay money or send people, the border area group will have to take it themselves and just send people to slaughter them.

The reason why Lentz's family was able to survive was because they knew what was best for them and honestly contributed money and manpower, which is why they were lucky enough to escape the disaster.

And now it is the same. The war committee has already been established. With the support of the border faction, the local nobles and knights who have defected to the border faction have no other choice. Lenz sighed, looked up at the figure beside him, and spoke.

"Gavin, you are my best child. It's time for you to contribute to the family."

Gavin in the shadows nodded and said.

"Father, please tell me what you need me to do."

"I'm sure you've heard that the committee is going to expand the army in a month. You can join the army in a month. When the time comes, take all the land deeds of the clan to the city hall."

"In addition, please ask the administrator to send an official here in my name. Tell him that our tribesmen have limited abilities and it is difficult for us to fulfill the trust placed in us by the committee. For the sake of the committee's great cause, please send someone to support us."

Lenz closed his eyes and spoke calmly.

"Father."

Gavin said hesitantly after hearing what Lentz said.

"If we hand all of this over, we won't have anything left."

Lenz opened his eyes, shook his head helplessly, and said.

"Don't worry about these external things. Our people are our most precious wealth. As long as people are alive, the family has a future."

"As for the land and authority, can't you see it? The War Council has already taken control of the land and authority of all the central provinces, and up to now, they have no intention of dividing them up, but are firmly holding on to them."

"Why did so many local nobles die in the previous purge? There is only one reason. They were the obstacle that prevented the War Council from controlling all lands and power."

"The War Council is destined to establish a kingdom that is different from the ordinary knight kingdom. They will not share land and power with any nobles. Those officials who have no foundation and are selected through examinations will divide the traditional status of the nobles in the local area."

"Although we still have some land and authority in the Commissioner Province, do you think we can still keep these things?"

“Instead of waiting for the committee to find a reason to take it back later, it’s better to take the initiative and hand it over.”

Gavin was silent as he listened to Lenz's explanation.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again.

"I understand."

"But, father, is the era of the nobility really coming to an end?"

Hearing Gavin's question, Lentz shook his head and said.

"I do not know."

"I don't know whether the era of the nobles has ended, but at least it has ended in the current war council."

"You have to remember that we cannot influence or change the trend of the times. The only thing we can do is to follow the trend of the times."

Gavin nodded and said nothing.

And Lentz continued to exhort.

"After joining the army, don't advertise your identity everywhere. Once you're in the army, treat yourself as an ordinary person, obey the army's orders, and don't cause trouble."

"I see."

Gavin nodded.

"But don't be too hard on yourself. If you are short of money, write to the clan and I will send someone to deliver it to you."

Lenz patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Okay, go down and have a good rest."

Gavin nodded and turned to leave the room.

And everything was pretty much as Lentz had guessed.

After Feng En's trial, everything returned to calm. The Executive Committee did not use this as an excuse to launch a full-scale crackdown on the local nobles in the border areas.

Except for the only local noble family that was exterminated, the remaining local nobles and knights seemed to have no changes. Everything was exactly the same as usual, and the entire war committee was still quietly building and developing.

However, some minor changes did occur in the commissioner provinces, and government affairs that had once been difficult due to the influence and obstruction of local nobles and knights were no longer difficult.

Local nobles and knights everywhere also put away their rebelliousness and obediently obeyed the orders of the committee.

Although they still failed to carry out the orders wholeheartedly, they at least obeyed after exposing their own power.

Moreover, after the first live text broadcast was a success, the Golden Law also established its authority with the blood of hundreds of nobles.

During the trial, Feng En performed outstandingly and was promoted to the Central Law Department of Apocalypse.

In addition, due to the good effect of text live broadcast, in order to promote the use of the [Golden Rule], the Executive Committee also asked Feng En, who was promoted to the Central Law Department, to organize a legal education team.

He planned to have Feng En lead people to judge cases everywhere, and broadcast live the various cases he encountered in text to promote the [Golden Rule].

In this era of entertainment scarcity, Feng En's live text broadcast can be said to have attracted the attention of countless civilians.

Although most civilians can't read a few words, it doesn't matter. We can recruit newspaper readers, record the text memories, and let them stand next to the bulletin board and read the text live every day.

Compared with the ordinary lives of ordinary people, the cases that can make Feng En broadcast text live are basically all of them have something interesting. Therefore, ordinary civilians are happy to go to bulletin boards in various places to listen to the newspaper readers explain the text live broadcasts.

The newspaper reader will certainly not only read the content of the live text broadcast, but after the live text broadcast is finished and before the next part begins, the newspaper reader will also intersperse some other announcements on the bulletin board, subtly injecting the content into the minds of ordinary people.

Of course, as an official newspaper reader, what the reader reads and when he reads are all decided by the official, and it is impossible for ordinary people to request it on demand.

However, ordinary people don't care about this. After all, the newspaper readers are provided to them for free. Since it's free, they have the right to be picky.

If you missed a part of the plot, just ask others what happened in the previous live text broadcast.

If all else fails, you can spend a few food coupons and find someone who can read the previous live broadcast.

If you are reluctant to spend the money, there is still a way out. The city hall provides free literacy education. You can go and learn on your own. Once you have learned it, you can read it yourself.

After a relatively uneventful month, it was September 9st.

Due to the public war preparedness plan and the implementation of the National Conscription Law, the news that the War Committee wanted to expand the military had already spread throughout the committee.

Most local city halls and military departments have also made preparations for military expansion early on.

It was not until early September, when preparations had been completed in various places and the 500,000 soldiers of the original War Committee had been integrated and reorganized, that the Executive Committee's order to expand the army was issued to various places, and large-scale recruitment of professional soldiers began.

After receiving the order, the recruitment offices that had been prepared in various places all officially began to operate.

Every town on the war committee had a more or less recruiting office, and in the vast countryside, village officials also began to take on the task of recruiting soldiers.

They will be responsible for counting all civilians in their jurisdiction who are willing to join the army. After completing the count, they will find a time to gather them together and send them to the nearest town recruitment office.

Although the War Council had caused bloodshed everywhere in the civil war and the Great Purge in recent years, the targets killed by the War Council were mainly nobles and their lackeys.

Ordinary people didn't care about this. They only knew that under the rule of the War Council, they could finally have enough food to eat.

As the War Committee kept them well fed, had a deep hatred for the Green Tide, and offered favorable treatment for joining the army, there were quite a few civilians willing to join the army, and they all signed up very enthusiastically.

However, despite this, the Executive Committee's review of this military expansion is also very strict. Every civilian who joins the army needs to undergo a magical review, and only those who choose to join the army voluntarily can pass the preliminary review.

After all, spell examinations are conducted personally by the military, and new recruits will be reviewed again when they enter the barracks.

Only after passing several tests such as spell review, talent detection, willpower test, etc., can they successfully join the army.

(End of this chapter)