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Finally, the old will be abolished and the new will be established. By means of "public trial and accountability", the reputation of the church will be hit. Then a new leader will be elected under the control of Al to utilize the remaining power and reputation of this position.

Interlocking.

Just like boiling a frog in warm water, by the time those capable and active Estalia patriots, such as the Margarita Seven Salvation Army who had cooperated with the tribal coalition many times, realized that something was wrong, El had already completed his control over the southern region and society in all aspects.

When all the men who were able and willing to fight joined Ai'er's army, those who stayed behind no longer wanted to shed blood for anything and just wanted to live a peaceful life.

The Church is controlled and divided, and the elite has surrendered their loyalty to Al.

They could only sadly discover that they could pick up swords themselves, but they would no longer find warriors willing to follow them.

Nan Ying's inauguration ceremony was delayed in order to make it as solemn as possible and increase its legitimacy.

But on the day before the inauguration ceremony, the previous unrecognized "Eagle of the South", Andrew Nisos, the adopted son of the assassinated orthodox "Eagle of the South", Tiger Nisos, was taken to the main square in the city of Margarita for public trial along with dozens of lawless elements who had served the enemy during the occupation, oppressed civilians, extorted money and were accomplices of the enemy.

Al deliberately undermined the sacredness of the authority of the Southern Eagle as a spiritual leader in the hearts of the people. The public trial the day before Gregory took over was also to prevent as much as possible that "the liquidation of the predecessor was the result of a power struggle within the church." He wanted to break the spear and shield of the goddess of war and then replace them with the Four Mothers and Six Seals.

The six seals are: Ouroboros, Eye of the All-Seeing, Reverse-Khorne, Winged Heart, Chaos Octagon, and Hexagram of the Eternal Chosen.

Finally, he believed that he was innocent - most of the supporters who opposed the trial of the deposed leader had the same reason, believing that many of Andrew Nisos' actions were forced and against his will.

The most typical example is the call on all war believers to launch a holy war against the beastman "invaders", denouncing El as the barbarian chieftain and the beastmen as the mortal enemies of Estalia. It was confirmed through Andrew's self-defense and the testimony of some close servants that the words were forced to be issued by the pirates.

The pirate scum captured hundreds of innocent civilian women and nuns and locked them up in the preaching chapel of the Grand Temple, threatening them that if they did not issue such a statement, they would rape and kill all the women in this sacred temple, and also set fire to Margarita...

There are also soothing notices calling on believers to focus on resuming production and life now, and not blindly engage in some "radical" behavior.

In fact, from a personal point of view, Al had no animosity towards the unlucky guy who was put in this position. Although the latter was the adopted son of the former head of the church, there was no plan for him to succeed him in the church sequence. Instead, two other outstanding priests were selected as candidates for investigation.

But unfortunately one of them died during the siege, and the other went to visit Kislev before the war, and no one is paying attention to him now.

Actually, he shouldn't be in the position based on seniority, but... this position was a hot potato at the time. The city was crumbling and there was a risk of it being breached at any time, so in the end the adopted son was pushed to a high position and inherited his adoptive father's legacy.

Apart from being forced, he did not actively serve the invader like a pushover or someone with impotence, for fear that if he did not lick hard enough and attentively enough, his father would not allow him to be the emperor.

but.

Even if the orchids are in power, they must be removed.

Andrew Nissus was sentenced for serving the invaders during the war, for being cowardly and unwilling to act after the Battle of Tolosa, for watching the opportunity for uprising slip away and allowing Margarita to suffer again (in fact, most of the blame should be borne by the parliamentarians and dignitaries, but Al wanted to use this reason that could incite public opinion to judge), treason, and apostasy.

Deprivation of church membership and the call for hanging of the deposed leader were originally incited by the fanatical voices, but King Al, who was an ally and guest and temporarily helping his neighbor to manage affairs, could not stand it anymore and took the initiative to stand up and said that there was nothing that could be done about the many crimes Andrew had committed. Although he also supported a public trial, he also hoped that his punishment could be reduced.

Al and his tribe enjoyed a high reputation among the Margarita people, so the proposal was passed.

In the end, the deposed leader was sentenced to "blind his eyes and take poison that would make him mute forever, as punishment for his blindness and silence during the war" and then exiled to the Pina Forest. With the warm and kind tribal allies, Al was willing to prepare a small temple for the deposed leader, who had become a crippled man, and allowed several loyal servants to follow and serve him, so that he could live out the rest of his life.

Then the next day.

Gregory Huey, with nearly 50,000 people watching, walked from the entrance of Margarita City all the way to Tranquility Harbor, surrounded by elite soldiers drawn from the three human legions of Storm, Dauntless and Vengeance as his guard of honor and escort, and commemorated the demise of the Invincible Armada. Then he walked up to the Great Temple, climbed up to the Preaching Square, stood under the colossal statue of the goddess, and announced to the citizens of the city that he had ascended the throne of the Eagle of the South.

Al watched the entire event, which was a rare event since the beginning of the Patriotic War, such as the Invincible Fleet's Caress and the Battle of Margarita. At the same time, after Gregory Huey announced his succession to the entire military and civilian population of Margarita, he immediately issued several decrees in the name of the church:

First, declare that the tribes are the closest and most indistinguishable allies of the Kingdom of Estalia, and that the relations between the two sides should not be measured by the relations between different countries, but should be regarded as different forces within the same national system, just like the United States of Bretonnia;

Second, declare that "King Aiel" is the savior of Margarita, the savior of all southerners, the destroyer of greenskins, the killer of pirates... At the same time, due to the premise of the first article, the church publicly recognizes that King Aiel will act as the supreme military and civil chief to govern during the war for the purpose of military defense, eradicating traitors, and resisting threats.

Third, the "anti-counterrevolutionary investigation" campaign must be carried out to the end and carried out persistently until all internal and external threats are completely eliminated......

........

The promulgation of the first decree caused cheers among the Margarita people.

Because in the eyes of the Estalia, a tribe with tens of thousands of powerful warriors but a population of less than 100,000 has become "the same system" - in the simple cognition of most people, this system is a "kingdom", and a group with powerful military force and a sparse population that will not squeeze its own interests "integrated into Estalia" at a time when it needs military protection the most. This is undoubtedly a great diplomatic success in the eyes of many people.

Then the second and third ones are a little bit "out of line", so not many people care about them.

As for the regent, King El has already done so, and he has done a good job. You said he is not an Estalia? He has taught the capital to declare that the tribe and the kingdom are indistinguishable and have merged into one. Why should I care so much?

As for the purge... Humph, anyway, the ones being purged are those traitors and running dogs, so what? Are you not afraid?

And just like that, amid the cheers of the people.

Al finally got what he had longed for:

In accordance with the law, public opinion, and name, "Agency" is the highest authority that governs the land south of Estalia.

Chapter 85: The Blue Hats of the NKVD

During this period, Al had been using various methods to torment those upper-class people who were under semi-house arrest in the North District of Margarita.

In addition to guiding the public to smash and destroy things at zero-yuan stores from time to time, even when there is irrefutable evidence - collecting evidence of a person's or a family's treason is a long-term job, Al is determined not to allow false and wrongful convictions to happen, so he will only take action when there is irrefutable evidence.

And when the evidence is "conclusive", it is of course...

The king is arbitrary and arbitrary.

As the saying goes, "If the punishment is unknown, then the power cannot be measured."

That's the truth.

El was not really trying to purge traitors and spies for the Estalians. His purpose of purging them was ultimately to strike at the old order. At the same time, through the threat of putting the power of life and death in the hands of others, he induced some people and forces to join El in order to protect themselves. This was the purpose of his so-called investigation of traitors' crimes.

In the process, it is inevitable that "innocent people will be harmed" and "the attack will be expanded". As for some people and forces who are more thoroughly slid to their knees and are not so clean, El will generally save them and control the impact of the movement, making them feel fortunate to have a protector while they can only rely more on El's big tree.

Otherwise, he could throw these people out at any time, or simply solve the problem by saying, "Please come with us (the Ministry of Internal Affairs)."

After entering Margarita, Al expanded the size of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while also carrying out his original plan: splitting the tribe's intelligence agency into two parts: internal and external.

Most of the new staff members who joined Margarita were assigned to the "internal affairs" area, while most of the original staff continued with their old job of foreign intelligence work.

In order to satisfy Al's own bad taste, and also to make the agency clear at a glance and leave an impression in the minds of the people, Al equipped the new Ministry of the Interior, which was responsible for internal affairs, with uniform uniforms and iconic blue and green hats.

Every time the news of the "Blue Hats" starting their activities in the North District reached the tightly closed mansions, it would cause a wave of nervousness and anxiety, for fear that these Blue Hats would lead the "mob" who were instigated by them and followed them to the outside of their own courtyards, and then the Blue Hats would raise their arms and declare that there was solid evidence that so-and-so's family were collaborating with the enemy and treason, cooperating with the invaders, and conspiring against the Coalition Forces and the Regency Conference, and that they must be arrested immediately!

Then they would kick out the new city defense force that had been absorbed by the human legions in the three coalition forces and then spit out a part of them - if the resistance was more resolute, they would simply use cannons to blow open the courtyard wall, and then arrest all the people in the villas and mansions and drag them for public trial.

As for the family property, it was naturally confiscated. At the same time, Al did not mind letting the people make a fortune in the process and vent their grievances. At the same time, they gained benefits and offended the nobles and wealthy businessmen. Naturally, they would support the rule of the "Regent King" more.

The authority of the Blue Hat is so great that many nobles and wealthy businessmen, in addition to currying favor with Al, would specifically try to get close to these "lowly vicious dogs" in order to get information or some preferential treatment.

But Al was very wary of some of the mistakes that had occurred in the history he knew, and was very clear about these methods and approaches. After all, he was good at this.

So he put a few chains on the vital points of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As long as Al wanted, he could conduct an internal cleansing of the places where mistakes occurred with just a flick of his finger.

All "blue hat" internal affairs personnel who participate in public activities are numbered and identified. Through such identities, they can seek help from any member of the public within the other party's capabilities, and can contact the garrison at any time for support.

In case of emergency, you can contact the regiment and directly dispatch the angry-horned beast warriors for support.

At the same time, anyone can use this identity number to go to the Regency Council, or directly make a request to a blue-hatted person passing by in public, such as accusing someone of not paying for meals or molesting my daughter. The internal affairs staff who receive such requests must immediately report the matter to the Regency Council once such a problem is verified.

Usually it means a lifetime of hard labor.

The circumstances are a little more serious, such as molesting women beyond a certain limit, not paying for meals, and beating people...

They were brought to public trial and then subjected to target practice.

The punishment is made public, and the crime is announced to let the people know that the regent always has the people in mind! The blue hats are always their trustworthy protectors. If someone fails to live up to this trust, then his fate will definitely be seen immediately!

The punishment is severe, but the grace is also great.

Al gave the blue hats excellent treatment. The beastmen did not require any maintenance fees, and the demand for new troops was also very low because there was not much place to spend money in the past.

Ai'er fought all the way, and although he did not extort money or solicit sponsorship at every place he arrived at, there were always "righteous people" who would "bring food and drink" to welcome the royal army and voluntarily offer a certain amount of money and fodder.

There were also the gains from investigating traitors and ransacking their homes, as well as the spoils from defeating the enemy. We had always been in a state of having mountains of gold and silver but nowhere to use them.

Once the proportion of humans under his command begins to increase rapidly, these little things that are very important in the civilized order will finally be able to play a role.

The most important thing is to recruit people.

Al is not going to recruit some frivolous and rogue mercenaries to take care of internal affairs. That will only lead to a chaotic and cruel government, and the bad reputation will be all attributed to him.

Besides, such things are really inconsistent with Al's consistent values ​​and cognition.

Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs recruits high-quality soldiers and strong laborers who have families, good reputations, (relatively) good morals, no bad habits, are in good health, and have acceptable looks.

There are very few people like him, and if he joins the army, he will quickly become a qualified and excellent soldier. However, Al's military knife is already sharp enough, and this good steel can only be used in other places.

The monthly salary of the "maintenance fee" alone is enough for the blue hats and their families to live a comfortable life without worries, except that the official working hours are relatively long and they have to travel outside.

In addition, it is equipped with uniform standard equipment, various subsidies, comprehensive holidays, promotion opportunities, enormous power, etc. The Ministry of the Interior is a sharp sword for El to complete the complete control of the larger and more complex residents in the south of Estalia, the future country, and other regions. Naturally, it must do its best and use advanced and strict institutional advantages as a supplement to other things.

Let the people respect and love this army, believing that they are indeed their protectors - and at the same time respect the regent even more.

This is what Al expects from the Blue Hats.

So the old nobles were afraid, but the vast majority of the citizens in the entire city of Ma loved these blue hats very much. Al asked the internal affairs personnel to do a good job of "internal affairs", that is, to serve Al, the Four Mothers and the people as much as possible within the country.

When the people have urgent needs, such as being bullied by gangsters or mercenaries, when there is a fire, when children are lost, or when the elderly and young are left without anyone to take care of them, we must help them as much as possible, help them first and then report them. Regent El will cover them and provide subsidies based on their efforts, as well as additional rewards.

In this process, the blue hats will gain the respect of the people, receive material rewards, and naturally form a good habit. As long as this reward and punishment mechanism can continue to operate correctly, Al believes that the tools he has created will not become the team that is severely stigmatized in certain things and can be called "notorious" in the eyes of the people.

Incidentally.

The blue hats all worship the loving mother.

El generally does not have mandatory requirements for beliefs, but those who join the Ministry of Internal Affairs must worship the Mother Elephant of Mercy and be received by El to ensure that these people create more "positive" than "negative" contributions to the world.

The Blue Hats, who are cruel and bloody to their enemies but kind and friendly to their own people, are very much in line with the Mother's teachings in this regard.

"Use spring rain to protect all living things, and use thunder to cleanse away filth"

It is another small branch growing from the big tree of faith of the Four Mothers.

In this regard, the four mother faiths have more or less this problem, with obvious doctrinal characteristics and differences.

For example, there are now four or five different factions of faith in the Blood Mother within the tribe alone.

Centaur girl, Sister Helen, Wolf girl Hera, Patriot of Estalia...

This is actually not a big problem. After all, we are all on the same path, just with different ways of cognition, but the goal is the same.

The birth of different cognitive doctrines can also inject new vitality into Ai'er's Apocalypse War Gang.

This reminded Al of a game called "1444 The Rise of Byzantium", in which Eastern Confucianism was integrated with different religions to gain buffs.

I hope this situation will continue to move in a good direction...

.........

With Aiel in charge of the regency and legitimate "acting" in all affairs of the alliance, he was suppressing counter-revolutionaries while handling internal affairs, restoring declining production and life, winning the hearts of the people, and slowly expanding the army. The situation in the south was thriving and everything was looking forward to the good - after all, it was already a trough, and no matter how it went, it would be on the rise.

The "Margarita Seven National Salvation Association", which had many collaborations with the Allied Forces and was founded by seven founders from different fields with unique skills and patriotic sentiments, is on the verge of splitting and dissolution.

The reason.

It's because of Al.

Chapter 86: The Split National Salvation Association and Character Play

In the early days of the purge, the National Salvation Association was actually opposed to the purge initiated by Al.

At least that's the case for most members of the well-off, upper-middle class.

Some lower-level members who came from the lower classes and were developed by the National Salvation Association because of their patriotism or outstanding abilities mostly recognized the importance of the anti-counterrevolutionary movement to the future of the kingdom.

In the end, under the general trend, the voices supporting the coalition's anti-counterrevolutionary campaign became mainstream. Of course, the support of the National Salvation Association could not influence Al's decision.

Among the seven, the "Fighter" and the "Craftsman" supported the purge, while the "Scholar", "Merchant" and "Mercenary" were more or less opposed to it. For example, the "Scholar" Eve agreed with the purge, but believed that this matter should be handled by the Estalia people themselves.

In the words of the "craftsman", "Let the nobles, the rich, and the priests and judges investigate their own problems and judge themselves? Goddess, if there is justice in this way, I would rather believe that the greenskins love peace!"

The "Countess" Melisandre Skaya, who was obviously greedy for Al, and the "Captain" Taylor remained neutral in this line struggle.

When the anti-counterrevolutionary faction had the upper hand, they even took the initiative to serve Al, and through covert investigations and interviews, as well as intelligence channels within the National Salvation Association, they collected a very detailed list and gave it to Al.

They are all based on irrefutable evidence and have serious stains—the kind that can be considered crimes.

After all, if one cooperates with the invaders in a basic way, such as going to a wealthy businessman with a knife and demanding food and money, in such a situation, one cannot refuse as long as one wants to protect his family, and such a person cannot be called a "traitor" or a "running dog."

Otherwise, more than half of the more than 300,000 people in Margarita would have been brought to public trial.

The people on the list not only cooperated in a forced and passive manner, but also took the initiative to build bridges with the invaders and exchange interests; they used the occupation army's skin to show off their power, oppressed the people more than before, and were willing to be the enemy's running dogs; they helped them prepare weapons, betrayed them, suppressed the resistance movement, etc.......

It's the kind of crime that is unforgivable.

They were filled with joy and hoped that Ai'er, the tribal king who led the army like a god to rescue the entire south, and their great ally commander, would be able to ruthlessly wipe out these insect traitors.

In Al's opinion, such expectations made him feel like a neighbor who came to help put out a fire or beat a robber, and after putting out the fire and beating the robber, he also cleaned up the house, put up the walls, sentries and other defensive measures, and then went home, hiding his achievements and fame...

He is not really a living saint.

Besides, even if he is, he is still the living saint of the tribe, the living saint son of the Four Mothers.