Godsend Field

Chapter 348 Congratulations
"Dang! Dang! Dang!..." came the sound of the crutch falling to the ground.

All the sounds in the hall disappeared strangely, everyone held their breath and stretched their ears to listen carefully!

"Dang! Dang! Dang!..."

Familiar, quite familiar!

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

"Grandpa, slow down, it's okay!"

It came again from outside the hall.

"Crack!" As if struck by a thunderbolt, everyone in the hall froze in a daze. It turned out that he came, that person who had dominated the empire for decades!
With a stooped figure and a cane, he appeared at the entrance of the hall with the support of the young man.Slowly raised his footsteps, stepped over the threshold, and the crutch in his hand fell to the ground.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!..."

The hearts of all the officials were beating with Dangdang's landing point.

"Duke Kate!"

The governor Shangsi sitting in the front row stood up almost at the same time, clasped their hands and shouted.Even the three princes above stood up unnaturally, watching Duke Kate's slow pace.

"Hehe, my colleagues haven't forgotten me. It seems that I haven't been away long enough!" Duke Kate laughed, waving his hands to signal the officials to sit down and stand up.

"Oh? Why are the three Shangsi kneeling on the ground? Today is the New Year's Eve, can you make way for me, an old man, I have bad legs and feet, and it's inconvenient to take a long way!"

The three Shangsi were ashamed, hurriedly got up and saluted, and sat back in their seats.

The eldest prince, the third prince and the sixth prince came down with smiles on their faces, "Master Duke, why are you here today? Are you feeling better?"

"Thank you, Regent, and Assistant Regent for your concern! The old body is not good enough. The more you rest for the past six months, the worse your health will be. I'm afraid that if you continue to rest, you will never be able to come to the Palace of Qinzheng again!"

"There, isn't the old Duke able to walk and talk? Why can't he say that he can't!" Marshal Lankers came over and said with a smile, "Thank you for the matter of William!"

Waving his hand, "Hehe, I know my own body. I'm not like you. I can run around at the age of two or three hundred. I really can't do it! As for William, he is the pillar of our empire. I like this kid too, and I will definitely be able to in the future." Inherit your remaining courage! It’s nothing to suffer a little now!”

The old marshal nodded in relief and retreated.

"Duke, sit down quickly!" The third prince moved Duke Kate's seat to the Duke's side, supported the Duke with Nero, and sat down facing the courtiers.

"Regent, today is the New Year. According to the usual practice, His Majesty will make a year-end summary and New Year's wishes. Now His Majesty is still in a coma. I don't know who will come up with this year's summary and wishes?" Duke Kate asked.

The regent chuckled, "Old Duke, last year's event was canceled because the father was in a coma. I originally planned to cancel it today, but since you are here today, Duke, I think it's better to let you come! You are the son of the father's humerus." Minister, my father often calls you brother, so I think it is most appropriate for you to deliver a speech on behalf of my father this year! Third brother, sixth brother, what do you think?"

The third prince and the sixth prince nodded one after another.

This speech is the emperor's summary of the year. Only the king is qualified to do so. Even if the king does not make it, the crown prince will do it.Now in the Welsh Empire, none of the three princes is suitable!

"Now that I've said that, I'll be brazen!" Duke Kate stood up.

All the officials immediately lifted their spirits, and the three princes returned to their seats.

Duke Kate himself walked to the middle of the hall with a cane, and glanced at the officials around him.

"My colleagues, today is the New Year, a day to say goodbye to the old and usher in the new! No matter when in the future, I think as long as I think back to today and the two years we just went through, everyone will feel sad. Your Majesty's coma, the arrival of foreign enemies The criminals, Xiao Xiao’s robbery in the southwest, the invasion of orcs, and the tragedy of our Eastern Expedition Army. Everything makes me uncomfortable, and makes me feel uneasy! I think all colleagues feel the same!"

Following the old and hoarse voice of Duke Kate, all the officials looked back on the past, and couldn't help feeling sad.

"However, I am also very pleased. In the face of these things, everyone did not fall down, but united and resisted one storm after another. The country thrives after many disasters! Without setbacks, there will be no growth. In the past few decades, Under His Majesty's protection, we have been stable for too long, but this time we tested everyone, and everyone has passed the test. Many people have also grown up, and the immature eagles have grown into eagles with wings!"

Many officials nodded, but some of them looked at the empty seats behind Nero and the governor!
Duke Kate had a big smile on his face, and looked at the governors next to him, "Seven governors, these days you are discussing government affairs and sharing worries for the country, you have worked hard!"

The seven marquis governors hurriedly stood up, "Your Excellency, Miao Zan, this is our duty!"

Duke Kate raised his hand and gave a false pressure, and the marquis and governors sat down obediently.

"Sephiroth, all the ministers and officials of the Finance Department, you have worked hard!"

Safeiros and the four ministers hurriedly stood up, and together with the two deputy counselors behind them, dozens of officials saluted together, "Duke Kate is a role model for the country and the people!"

Duke Kate nodded, and the officials of the Finance Department consciously sat down and stood up!

"Generals, you have worked hard!"

All the generals hurriedly saluted, "The last general will defend the empire to the death!"

Duke Kate and the old marshal nodded to each other. They have been officials in the same dynasty for [-] years, so there is not much to say!
After the Duke of Kate greeted the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry of Finance, he turned his head and walked towards his own Ministry of Government Affairs. All the officials of the Ministry of Government Affairs, Shangsi, waited for the greetings from Duke Kate with full energy.But Duke Kate just watched and didn't speak for a long time.

All the officials were a little confused, even the eldest prince couldn't figure it out.Seeing the half-smile at the corner of Nero's mouth, the third prince's heart twitched.

not good!

"Huh!" Duke Kate let out a long breath, "Dear colleagues, do you still know me?"

The officials of the Ministry of Government Affairs were shocked. This is Duke Kate, the famous Minister of State Affairs of the Empire. How could he ask such a question?
"I am Minister of State for the Welsh Empire, Dress Kate! It has been more than 50 years since I sat in this chair! For more than 50 years, I have been in and out of the government hall, and sometimes I think of a Question. Why do the officials of the Ministry of Government Affairs stand on the left hand side of His Majesty, while the officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Military Affairs are on the right side? Why do the Ministry of Government Affairs have eight divisions, while the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Military Affairs add together There are only six divisions? Have you ever thought about it?"

Following Duke Kate's question, all the officials were slightly taken aback.

Duke Kate paused for a while to rest, "Haven't you thought about it? Maybe you think my question is ridiculous, and you don't bother to answer it, but I really have thought about it carefully. We claim to be an empire, so who can tell me what an empire is? Is it called an empire with countless purple gold coins? Or is it called an empire with a powerful army? No, neither! The emperor means that we have a vast territory, and the country means that we have a large population! Colleagues, you are also full of reading People of history books, in the 3-year history of mankind, there is an empire that does not meet these two conditions? There is wealth when there is land, and there is an army if there are people! The Ministry of Finance is used to manage these wealth, and the Ministry of Military Affairs is used to manage these armies Yes, then what is our Ministry of Government Affairs used for?"

Quiet!

"I don't know? Then let me tell you, our Ministry of Government Affairs is used to manage land and population! To be more clear, our Ministry of Government Affairs is used to manage the empire! Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!..." Kate The Duke bowed and coughed in excitement.

"Grandpa!" Nero rushed forward.

Duke Kate suddenly stretched out a hand to prevent Nero from approaching, and slowly stood up while coughing.

"Compared with the land of the empire, how much is the wealth managed by the Ministry of Finance? Can it reach one ten-thousandth?"

"No!" Sephiroth stood up and answered with a bow, then sat down.

Duke Kate didn't look back at Safeiros, and continued to say, "Compared with the people of the empire, the number of troops managed by the Ministry of Military Affairs can reach one thousandth?"

"No!" Marshal Lankers also stood up and answered, then sat down.

"The three major ministries of the empire, the financial department is not enough to manage the finances, and the military and political department is not enough to manage the army! Dear ministers and colleagues of the Ministry of Government Affairs, do you feel the pressure? Are you still standing for us at this time? Are you proud of your majesty's left? Are you still complacent that we have two more ministers than them to share the pressure?"

The officials of the Ministry of Government Affairs just now felt relaxed and had disappeared, and at this moment their hearts seemed to be weighed down!

"The heavy responsibility of the empire has fallen on your shoulders, especially in this special period. You should have done your duty conscientiously, but what have you been doing all this time? Noisy and smoky atmosphere in the court , What do you take this place for? Shirking responsibilities, accusing and wrangling, where have you put your responsibilities?" Duke Kate suddenly reprimanded severely, looking around with his eyes closed, as if two sharp swords pierced through on everyone's mind.Everyone suddenly felt chills in their hearts!
"Naroro from the engineering department is dead, why? Corruption, cutting corners, cheating! Do you feel relieved? Then have you asked yourself whether you will become the second Naroro ?”

Duke Kate slowly walked up to Waco!
"The Bureau of Officials is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of all nobles in the empire, and is responsible for the assessment, appointment and dismissal of all officials in the empire. You manage hundreds of millions of people in the empire, and the population you manage alone exceeds a thousand times the entire military and political department opposite you! These generals even know , One mistake in your life, there are tens of thousands of corpses below! Be careful when you use your troops. You, an official, Si Shangsi, shouldn’t you be more cautious when appointing an assessment officer? Wa Ke, are you guilty?"

Official Sishang Swake trembled all over, stood up with a trembling face, "Your Excellency, I...I..."

"Are you convicted?" Duke Kate continued to ask coldly.

"Plop!" Wa Ke knelt on the ground, "Master Duke, I have always been cautious, and there was never any mistake. Some people deliberately framed me, you have to be the master for me!"

"Really?" Duke Kate said coldly, looking at Supervisor Shang Sihar, "I heard that you participated in him, what crimes are you, can you let me see?"

Hal was overjoyed, and handed Duke Kate the sheet music he participated in last time.

Duke Kate glanced at it, and threw it in front of Waco, "Do you dare to say that there was no mistake?"

"My lord, this is a false accusation, a false accusation!" Wa Ke was anxious.

"Really?" Duke Kate looked at the officials of the official department behind Waco. "You are all officials of the official department. I think you are the most clear about whether the above is true or not. Who can tell me?"

"Return to the Duke, everything written on it is true, and some of them are personally supervised by the subordinate officials! At that time, the subordinate officials raised doubts, but Hawa Shangsi refused to listen, and insisted that we do what he wanted. At the same time Give the subordinate a lot of purple gold coins and promises! The subordinate officials have reported everything and every amount of purple gold coins to Mr. Nero, the deputy counselor in the past two years!" At this time, a secretary behind Hawa stood up and reported.

"It's true! This is the evidence!" Nero said, taking out an account book and a box containing purple gold coins from the interspatial ring.

"Reporting to Your Excellency Duke, besides the above, the lower officials also have..."

"Report to Lord Duke, last month..."

. . . . . .

The two officers of the official department, several Langzhong Yuanwailang and the principals all stood up one after another, telling about Wa Ke's crimes, and Nero took out the criminal evidence one by one in front of him.In the entire bureaucracy, everyone pointed their finger at Shang Siwake!
"You... you... these traitors, I, Wake, usually give you less food or drink, why did you betray me!" Wake suddenly stood up and roared, just now he was clamoring for these officials to prove their innocence , I didn't expect that with the appearance of Duke Kate, everyone who used to be warm with me has changed!
Wa Ke looked at the determined faces of everyone, suddenly thought of something, looked up to the sky and laughed, and pointed at Duke Kate, "Hahaha, I understand, I understand! It's ridiculous that I, Wa Ke, thought that I had mastered the bureaucracy in the past two years. I thought what I did was so hidden, it turned out that it was all under your Kate’s nose, I’m just a clown, the bureaucracy is still in your Kate’s hands from beginning to end, hahaha, hahahaha, ridiculous, ridiculous!”

Listening to Wa Ke's almost crazy laughter, all the officials in the Palace of Qinzheng began to feel cold behind their backs. How terrifying the crooked body in front of them suddenly became!
Nero stepped up, grabbed Waco like a chicken, and threw him on the ground, "The regent, the assistant regent, and the official Sishang Siwa can use nepotism and disregard the empire's assessment system. The crime is heinous, please decide! "

The eldest prince, who hadn't said a word from the beginning to the end, had already seen cold sweat on his forehead.Looking at the silhouette of Duke Kate, I couldn't help but tremble in my heart. This is the minister of state affairs of the empire, and this is the minister of the humerus who fought with his father in the wind and waves. He suddenly became insignificant in front of him.Just like Waco said, I thought I took the Ministry of Government Affairs, but in fact, the Ministry of Government Affairs has always been in the hands of Duke Kate, and I am just a clown!
"Please regent and assistant regent!" Nero said loudly again.

The eldest prince let out a long sigh, "Push it out...beheaded!"

Two guards ran in, carried Wa Ke on the ground and walked out of the Palace of Qinzheng!
Duke Kate moved a step, and the crutch in his hand made a rattling sound.

"Criminal Justice Omar, are you convicted?" An old and powerful voice said.

Omar's eyes were dull, and he tried hard to stand up, but his legs suddenly gave way, and he fell directly at Duke Kate's feet, unable to say anything!
"If you don't tell me, I won't wrong you!" Duke Kate looked at the criminal justice officials behind Omar.

The two ministers of the criminal law department, several doctors and other officials, and the principals, just like the officials of the bureaucratic department, listed Omar's crimes one after another.At the same time, Nero took out the evidence one by one according to what they said.

"The Regent, the Assistant Regent, and the Minister of Criminal Law, Omar, have committed a heinous crime of using power for personal gain, corruption and breaking the law. Now all the evidence is convincing, please decide!"

The eldest prince is helpless, the current situation has come to this point, even if he wants to stop it, he can't stop it, so he waved his hand, "Pull it out, behead it!"

The two guards also carried out Omar who fainted from fright!
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Everyone's hearts beat three times!
"Secretary of Civil Affairs, Si Chile, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, can you two be convicted?" Duke Kate asked coldly.

The two of them were already fidgeting. When they heard Duke Kate's question, their eyes blurred and their minds went blank!
"Similarly, I, Kate, will not wrong you! You all talk about it!"

The officials of the two divisions announced the charges one by one, together with the evidence.

The crimes of these two people are relatively minor. Among them, Shang Si Chile, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was assigned to the Northeast Province and never left.And Shang Si, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was fined and assigned to the western provinces, and he was never allowed to leave!

So far, all the people that the eldest prince had arranged to use to seize power in the Ministry of Government Affairs have been eliminated, and all his cronies who were arranged by the ministers to enter the Ministry of Affairs have also been eliminated here at once!
The eldest prince looked at the empty seat of Shang Si, his heart suddenly became empty, there was nothing but a wry smile!
"Supervisor Shang Sihar, are you convicted?" Duke Kate's voice sounded again.

Hal, who was still gloating just now, was startled, his blood rushed into his anger instantly, and he recovered after a while, "Your Excellency, I... I am the speaker, and the speaker is innocent. I am thinking of the interests of the empire?"

"Really?" Duke Kate smiled slightly, and glanced at the officials behind Hal.

Hal was covered in cold sweat, turned his head mechanically, looked at the eyes of the officials behind him, and his head was blurred.

"The speaker is not guilty! This is the shield that the empire gave you to inspect the officials without malicious retaliation, not the gold medal for avoiding death for your misconduct! You instigate hostility in the court, sow dissension, and delay the normal court meeting. One point is a capital crime! The officials can hear rumors, not let you do it on purpose. You impeached the criminal justice minister Omar for accepting [-] purple gold coins for a nobleman and released a detained clansman, then I ask you , who instructed this nobleman to bribe Omar?"

Hal was so weak that he fell to the ground!

"Hal!" At this moment, the eldest prince suddenly roared, with great hatred in his heart, "Come on, drag this traitor Hal out, and execute him Lingchi! This despicable villain, I will let him slap him with a thousand swords! "

Hal was pulled down.

Of the eight ministers in the Ministry of Government Affairs, only three are left now!

Nero took advantage of the situation and proposed new Shangsi candidates, all of whom were the Shangsi before the eldest prince and the third prince competed.At this time, the eldest prince has no ability to think, and even the third prince has nothing to say, so let's play!
"My fellow ministers and colleagues! The Ministry of Government Affairs is the foundation of the empire. You have a great responsibility. The new year is coming. You must learn from their blood and manage your own affairs well for the country and the people!"

"Yes!" All the government officials shouted in unison.

Duke Kate smiled, "You guys have worked hard!"

(End of this chapter)