Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 442 Riot VI

"Your Excellency objects, but I wonder why?" Perfecto stared at the noble who raised the objection with his heterochromatic eyes. The expression on his face was as calm as water, and no emotion could be seen. His tone was as flat as if he was talking about today's weather.

But no one dared to really believe that Perfect was really indifferent at this moment. You have to know that even as they were having the meeting, many departments including the Imperial Intelligence Department, the Military Intelligence Department, Princess Anne's Knights, the Church's Inquisition and others were conducting joint law enforcement and conducting a large-scale investigation into the corruption at the relief points in the city of Langton.

This kind of investigation is not about arresting, sentencing, or putting people in jail. Instead, if someone is found to have engaged in corruption or other illegal activities, they will be executed on the spot.

This large-scale clearing operation started yesterday. People were killed all night, and now the whole city of Langton is filled with the smell of blood.

For Perfect, she certainly knew that this didn't have much practical significance and killing people would not solve the problem.

People are always greedy. If you kill a group of corrupt officials, the people who replace them may not be corrupt at first, but after a period of time they will gradually become corrupt and start to engage in corruption again.

This kind of thing has never been completely eradicated or cured, no matter what era it is, from ancient times to the present.

But from another perspective, killing a group of corrupt officials will always be able to calm the situation for a while. After all, people are afraid, and the heads of the previous batch of officials who were killed are still hanging there, so the next batch will always be more restrained.

For those really daring elements who dare to commit crimes at this time, Perfect doesn't mind using more brutal means.

Although she remains calm and rational now that she is wearing the crown, this will not affect the means she adopts. She will just think more rationally about which means to take in order to maximize the effect.

Although the current mass killing will cause panic among the people, it is also a way to stabilize the situation.

As long as she can maintain stability for a while, Perfect can launch a new construction plan and turn the situation in the direction she wants.

After all, what she wants is just temporary stability, not long-term peace and stability.

It was just that someone opposed her construction plan, which made Perfecto feel a little unhappy.

Although she knew that there would definitely be people who would oppose something like this that involved the interests of the majority, she did not want anyone to clearly oppose it from the very beginning.

“My Lord Earl, since the Empire has the resources to carry out large-scale construction, why not invest these resources in the North? Wouldn’t further construction in the North help shelter more people?” The opponent did not answer Perfectot’s question, but asked her a question instead.

Hearing the other party's question, Perfect felt nauseous for no reason, and then asked him: "Do you think that the people of the Empire are not considered human beings?"

"No, that's not what I meant!" The opponent hurriedly denied it. Of course he couldn't take the blame. If he admitted it, it would not be a question of stance, but a political issue.

Perfect looked at him deeply. She was too lazy to say anything more. She just stared at him and asked, "What do you mean? Whether in the North or the Empire, the people of the Empire are equal and treated equally.

Although the Empire had previously planned to abandon its homeland, this abandonment only meant that the focus of responding to the doomsday disaster would be placed in the North, and it did not mean that we would abandon the people of our homeland as well!"

"But, Lord Earl, if the resources used for local construction were invested in the North, wouldn't it be able to shelter more of the empire's elite? You should understand that for this empire, only the nobles and the business class are the foundation of the empire!" The opponent shouted loudly, with a righteous look on his face, causing many people present to express their support.

Perfect didn't comment on this, but looking at the faces of these people, he felt that during the French Revolution in his original world, the guillotine was indeed an efficient means of cleaning.

But she was just thinking about it. Whether she was emotionally affected before or in her current rational state, it was not appropriate for her to massacre the opposition.

Moreover, Perfect could see that the person who spoke out against it was just a representative who was pushed out. He had the support of a relevant interest group behind him, and the interests and political positions involved were not simple.

In a sense, this relevant interest group can even be regarded as Perfectoct's previous supporters.

Because their goal is to protect their own interests, and when the end of the world comes, supporting the North is the best choice.

So before, it was natural for these people to support Perfect.

Even now, they still support the Northern Plan and can be considered a faction on the side of Perfectoct.

But they stood on Perfect's side only out of interest, and they were not her die-hard fans.

Once Perfect's interests conflict with theirs, the relationship between the two will immediately become one of contradiction and conflict.

The opponent in front of him was, to a large extent, a test thrown by the other party. After all, before this meeting, Perfect had already discussed with the relevant departments what he was going to do, so it was not surprising that the other party was able to obtain the information.

So was this a test? This thought crossed Perfect's mind, but she quickly rejected it.

Perhaps this opponent was a test thrown by the other party, but what he said was not. This was most likely a statement from the other party to show their attitude, and also a statement to judge whether Perfect was "like-minded" with them.

Thinking of this, Perfect changed his tone and said, "The nobility and the elite are the foundation of the empire. Although this is true, it is also biased."

As soon as Perfecto said this, she keenly noticed the dissatisfaction and disappointment that flashed across some people's faces, as if they felt that she was not the same kind of person as them.

However, this reaction was already within Perfect's expectations. She simply changed the subject and asked, "But can you answer me a question? Do the nobles and elites of the empire know how to farm?"

"My Lord Count, farming is done by the lower-class peasants. How could the nobles and elites of the empire do such a lowly job!" A representative of the bourgeoisie spoke up and answered Perfecto in a matter-of-fact tone.

Although his words were a bit exaggerated, it was obvious that quite a lot of people agreed with this statement, and at most they just felt that the wording was inappropriate.

Perficot nodded to this answer, not caring about the other party's choice of words. After all, in this era, people are divided into high and low. If Perficot said that everyone is equal now, she would immediately become the target of public criticism.

Therefore, Perfect did not explicitly propose that everyone is equal. She just calmly asked again: "Nobles and elites don't know how to farm, so what about building houses and weaving? Do you run related industries? Will you do it yourself?"

"Mr. Earl, what do you want to say? Just say it." At this time, a nobleman spoke up and pointed out the topic to Perfectcot: "These nobles and imperial elites you mentioned will not do it themselves. This also requires a large number of ordinary people to do the relevant basic work. We can understand this, but what does this have to do with the topic we are discussing?

If you feel that ordinary people are needed, we can migrate more people to the North, as long as there is an appropriate ratio between them and the nobles, right?"

In the eyes of this noble, what Perfectoct wanted to express was that ordinary people are the foundation of the empire. They are engaged in a large number of things that nobles and elites would not do, but these things are closely related to everyone in the empire.

So he offered concessions in his words, trying to reach a consensus with Perfectoct.

"Having said that, have you ever considered the impact on the empire if a large-scale riot breaks out right now?" Perfect did not refute the other party, but just signaled him to think from a different angle.

After hearing what Perfectcott said, everyone's faces suddenly became solemn.

The large-scale riots that broke out in the empire were indeed an event of huge impact.

Although the empire's homeland has to be abandoned, it does not mean that it will be abandoned immediately. You must know that the empire announced the doomsday news at the last minute, and there are still a large number of nobles and elites in the empire who failed to get the news in time, or went to the north before the doomsday news was announced. They still need time to deal with their various industries before they can go to the north.

These people still live in the mainland of the empire. For them, a stable mainland environment is very necessary.

So they quickly understood what Perfect meant, and someone changed his position and said, "The Earl is right. What we need now is stability. If we concentrate all resources in the north, the empire will inevitably be unstable, which is not what we want to see."

These remarks were recognized and agreed by most people. After all, they were still in the empire's homeland. If they really made trouble and threatened themselves, it would be terrible.

Although they did not really agree with Perfectoct's plan, at least they no longer opposed it on the surface.

Seeing that no one objected, Perfect nodded in satisfaction and said, "In that case, let's change the previous plan. The plan to transform the church into a shelter will remain unchanged, but the scale will be expanded. I will be responsible for all the related resource investment.

As for the recruitment of personnel, transportation of materials, organization and coordination and other related work, we still rely on you. Please do your job conscientiously. The empire needs everyone to fulfill their duties conscientiously. "

"Please rest assured, this is our duty." A noble representative bowed to Perfect.

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Inside Windsor Castle, Perfect was in his office reviewing documents that seemed like he would never finish reading, his face showing signs of fatigue.

Although as an alchemist she can use various potions to make up for physical fatigue and even replenish mental exhaustion, the psychological fatigue and exhaustion can never be eliminated.

At this moment, she was supported by a strong spirit. If she didn't have this support, she might have given up long ago and found a place to take a comfortable hot spring bath.

Although there are not many hot springs in the empire, with her current status, it is still easy for her to find a place to soak in a hot spring.

But someone has to do the work, and now Perfect cannot find anyone to replace her, so she can only shoulder everything on her own.

The burden of the empire and overseas colonies lies on her shoulders!
Perfect actually wanted to pass the blame on, but the person she could pass the blame on to was still trying to pass the blame on to her.

"Little Perfect, please help me with this matter! We can't just watch those poor people starve to death!" Princess Anne was pleading with Perfect at this time, with a kind of persistence.

Facing Princess Anne's plea, Perfect sighed helplessly and said, "Aunt Anne, you should know that we don't have much food left! The empire's overseas trade has been severely affected, the overseas colonies themselves have reduced food production, and the food imported into the empire is seriously insufficient. I don't have any surplus food to help more poor people.

If they don't work, they won't eat, and there is no room for negotiation.

And you know what my plan is. If it weren’t for stabilizing the environment in the empire, these people would be abandoned.”

Perfect actually had a way to provide relief to the victims, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Now she is promoting a local construction plan to allow the lower-class people to work in exchange for food. If some people can get food without working at this time, the situation that has finally stabilized will become turbulent again.

Therefore, even though she sympathized with the poor people who were starving to death as described by Princess Anne, she could not show the slightest sign of wavering.

"Don't you have any solution, little Perfect!" Princess Anne obviously didn't believe Perfect's words. She asked directly, "I know you must have a solution. Please help me! I will agree to any conditions you have!"

Obviously, Princess Anne was desperate and was trying every possible means.

It's not that she herself hadn't tried to provide relief to the poor or help them through other means.

However, although she is the eldest princess of the empire, all the affairs of the empire are now in the hands of Perfecto. In addition to her, there are also the Queen herself and the Duke of Gloucester. The resources that Princess Anne can mobilize within her authority are very limited, and there is very little she can do.

In particular, Princess Anne was not willing to bully others by taking advantage of her status and power, or to use her status and power to forcibly transfer certain resources that had their uses. This further aggravated her embarrassment, so that she had no choice but to come to Perfectoct for help.

Facing Princess Anne's plea, Perfect thought for a moment, tapped the pile of documents on the table that almost covered her whole body with the pen in her hand, and said, "If Aunt Anne can help me review these documents, I will consider helping you."

(End of this chapter)