Hail the King Chapter 132-133

Chapter 132: Bylaw Enforcement Officer

Fei gently nodded.

He knew, these foreign warriors were the bandits that the cold-blooded, devilish woman Paris was talking about. Originally, in Paris's plan, Chambord city wouldn't have the slightest strength to fight back. Waiting after she successfully a.s.sa.s.sinated the Elder Princess at the Eastern Mountain top, she would kill Fei and the others on that mountain as well, then rob all the wealthy, n.o.ble, and royal families in the city, destroy the city, ma.s.sacre the other citizens, and completely erase Chambord city from the map of Zenit. That way, the shocking a.s.sa.s.sination of Elder Princess will no longer have any witnesses nor leads for the investigators sent by the Emperor, and the robbed wealth could be used to strength His Highness Dominguez's army.

Such means was already very familiar to Paris, as if she had done it for many times.

The legend said that on the land of Azeroth, there were kings that would bring his men and pillage because he was too poor, so Fei was not very surprised that Dominguez, as the second prince of the emperor, established a group of robbers to plunder wealth for him. Although real aristocracy did exist, most of them were d.i.c.ks but also liked to brand themselves.

Fei, for a second, thought about the time he saw fire and smoke rolling into the sky when he was at Eastern Mountain. He still felt a bit uneased and he asked, "Um… Besides Viscount Louis and his big businesses, were there any damage to the rest of the city?"

"The palace was also attacked, but the enemies were fought off. As for other places, there weren't any attacks…" Brook asked with a little suspicion, "What's strange is, these guys seem to know exactly how the city's strength and wealth is allocated, so they didn't attack the normal citizens' houses at all!"

Fei laughed out loud, "They are experts in rubbering and murder, it would be strange if they can't even figure that out… Haha, break the arms and legs of all these people, chain them up and keep them in the [Little Black Room]. If someone comes to redeem them, let each of them go for 100 gold coins. If no one comes to redeem them within a month, throw them all to the lake to feed the fis.h.!.+"

"Yes Your Majesty!"

Brook was very efficient with taking care of things, and very soon, those 50 to 60 foreign fighters had their arms and legs broken in screams and were taken to the [Little Black Room].

"Your Majesty's methods, indeed are… clever ah!"

Bast who had been silently looking at the Viscount Louis's palace, suddenly let out an exclamation, and the way he looked at Fei became unprecedently serious. This old handsome bro who rarely showed emotion besides that time he was bitten by the big black dog, showed a very complicated emotion in his eyes. There was doubt, there was relief, there was surprise, and there was also…  a trace of fear.

Fei just slightly smiled, and didn't say anything else.

He knew what his father-in-law was referring to.

That's right, the destruction of Viscount Louis and some of the wealthy families, was indeed part of Fei's plan.

In fact, it was at as early as on the first leaders.h.i.+p expansion meeting after defeating the Black Armor army, Fei already clearly knew that the old aristocratic groups with Viscount Louis as the leader will not be used by him. They would have definitely become a cancerous tumor for Chambord City's future. Fei could not let this kind of thing happen, so from that time, he had already began thinking about how to remove this rotten meat from this "fresh meat" of Chambord City. And then after these people frequently blatantly went against Fei's orders in public and committed many acts that damaged the kingdom and the people, Fei finally had the intention to kill these clans to completely wash them away from the Chambord City.

This was the [Cleaning Plan] that Fei had been planning for a long time for.

Fei's original plan was to let Elena and other female rogues wash away this bad meat, but when the storm was about to arrive, Fei's prejudgement of the danger quickly told him, there was no need anymore.

This Eastern Mountain a.s.sa.s.sination was a very good opportunity.

It was a chance to borrow someone else's knife to kill.

Although Fei didn't know in what form the danger will arrive in, it didn't stop him from making some arrangements in the big picture. Fei told the citizens inside the city to temporarily move to the encampment near the Zuli River, Viscount Louis's clan and the others didn't listen, and that played right into Fei's hands. Fei didn't force them to retreat at that time, but allowed them to stay. Indeed, things progressed as Fei expected, Chambord City indeed was attacked, and this "borrow someone else's knife to kill" strategy worked perfectly.

Now, the old aristocratic forces in Chambord city were completely swept clean by Paris's people.

Then the loot of the robbers on Paris's side also went into Fei's hand. At this moment, all the old aristocratic clans and wealthy families didn't have any heirs left, so according to the empire's law and Chambord City's tradition, this wealth was all added to the royal bank, and turned into the royal family's wealth. To Fei, everything happening at the Eastern Mountain today was just a staggering money-making trip. Wait until the poor princes that joined this a.s.sa.s.sination plan were redeemed by their fathers, and wait until the promised financial support agreed by the Elder Princess gets implemented, the wealth acc.u.mulated at Chambord City will far exceed the total wealth of the past two hundred years.

And more importantly, Fei purified his "revolution army".

From now on, Chambord city was truly Fei's kingdom, and there won't be anyone that dared to openly go against his orders, nor will there be people that secretly carried out sabotage activities in the dark. Fei turned himself into the only voice inside Chambord city, and the following series of development plans can now be implemented with a.s.surance.

Time flew, and soon, the vast night shrouded Chambord City.

On the second day, Zenit Empire's emissary group left Chambord City.

[G.o.d of War] Andre Arshavin already left without saying goodbye to the host Fei, and left Chambord City right away with a army of elite soldiers. Although this trip back to the empire was likely to be very dangerous, but considering that the secret of him leaving St. Petersburg was already leaked, time was pressing. Emperor Yaxin's health was worsening every day. The storm clouds and winds changed mysteriously in the empire city and as the eldest prince was most likely succeed the throne, if Arshavin continued to stay here to recuperate, then his compet.i.tor Prince Dominguez might take this opportunity and eliminate his disadvantage at the empire. So as dangerous as it was, Prince Arshavin must risk it and head back.

Fortunately, that half bottle of [Vitality restoration potion] Fei left him already healed most of his injuries.

Surprisingly, as the indispensable military adviser of Arshavin, the most trustworthy think tank, Elder Princess decided to temporarily stay in Chambord city.

But these were not Fei's concern.

For Chambord city, the change has finally come - the military and political reform plan that waited an entire month for, finally began to be implemented.

After Alexander was officially crowned, the first King's order was finally issued under everyone's expectations.

This was an order regarding the military -

Chambord City formed two large legions -

The Saint Warrior Legion.

And Chambord City's Bylaw Enforcement Legion… Also, known as the Bylaw Enforcers.

If saying the first name was pretty acceptable for the leaders of Chambord city, then the latter name "Bylaw Enforcers" simply tested their imagination. Maybe they will never know, because this was another instance of Fei's gross hobby of being an otaku exploding again - maybe to Fei, this was a reminder he gave himself, telling himself, what kind of world he lived in before. (TL: Bylaw enforcers have a negative connotation in China because they usually abuse their power and f*ck with citizens)

Chapter 133: Three Departments and Six Ministries, and the Bronze Code of Law

                Before Fei reincarnated, he was just a third-rate college study without much talent, nor did he have any extraordinary experience. So, towards Chambord City's restructuring, he couldn't put forward any constructive comments. Saint Seiya and the Bylaw Enforcement divisions were all based on his stupid hobbies. These were the military power on the surface of Chambord City. If you wanted to draw the clear line between the two, it would be that the Saint Seiyas were more like the imperial guards from the old dynasty eras, the body guards of the King, responsible for the security of the palace and executing certain commands from the King. And then the Bylaw Enforcers were the regular army, other than managing the country's regular tasks and military operations, it still carried the city management responsibilities. After all, Chambord City was still too small at the moment, and there was no need to raise a more detailed system.

Of course, what everyone didn't know was that Fei originally planned to form another power - a troop that he planned to name the "Secret Service" shadow troop, used to execute some missions in the dark. In a sense, the existence of this army was necessary. Kind of like the group of bandits under that cold-blood demonic woman Paris's command. But, Han noticed that there was no people with talent in that area at the moment in Chambord City, so he temporarily gave up.

However, Fei mastered the Diablo World's [a.s.sa.s.sin Mode], proficient in camouflage, infiltration, a.s.sa.s.sination, poison, traps, and other skills. As long as he could find the right people in the future, this army will be built sooner or later.

That way, counting the Secret Service that has yet to be developed, then Chambord City's military system was divided into three.

The highest commander of these three military systems was the King himself, so they will report directly to the King.

Fei clearly remembered Chairman Mao's words from past life, "Politics comes from military power!". That's why he tightly grasped the military power in his own hands. Such a way was also in line with the habit of the monarchs on the continent of Azeroth. So many people only felt that the name of the new military system was a bit strange, but whether it was Bast, Brook and the others, or the peasants, they all showed full obedience to King Alexander's new orders.

And as for the administrative system reform outside of the military, although Fei had received many suggestions in the past month, there was no beautiful plan that stood out in his eyes. Bast also got a few more white hairs from being so sad, and in the end, Fei had no choice but to do it himself. He simply once again shamelessly plagiarized the wisdom of the past world's wise people, and brought Tang dynasty's Three Departments and Six Ministries to the Land of Azeroth.

In the name of King, Fei completely abolished the past system of having the Head Minister in full control of the political system, and instead set left and right prime ministers and a Censorate to divide up the previous head minister's power. Under these three, there were the Ministry of Rites that was in charge of the Kingdom's rituals and traditions, the Ministry of Personnel that was in charge of promotion of personnel, the Ministry of Justice that was in charge of the law and the prison, the Ministry of Defence which was in charge of the logistics side of the military system, the Ministry of Works which was in charge of construction, and the Ministry of Revenue which was in charge of the treasury.

This was a version of the three departments and six ministries that was modified based on local conditions.

Fei changed and simplified a lot of this c.u.mbersome system, and also modified many functions of the six ministries. For instance, Chambord City's Ministry of Defence had its power greatly reduce. In the ancient dynasties in China, many dynasties' Ministry of Defence could directly control the military, but Chambord City's Ministry of Defence was only in charge of the military's logistics. But anyways, this was a detailed and clear plan. The Three Departments and Six Ministry System could last for many decades in the past feudal dynasty, condensed from the wisdom of innumerable wise people, it should probably be enough to keep this small Chambord City in order.

Such a series of changes, for a small Kingdom like Chambord, was for sure absolutely ground-breaking.

Seeing Fei proposing the new administrative system reform program, Bast became silent for a long time.

Though the Eastern Mountain battle had just ended, this old handsome man originally thought that he already had a clear grasp of this future son-in-law's capabilities, but, when the facts showed in front of his eyes again and again, this old handsome man was still shocked.

Bast was born in a once glorious and arrogant aristocratic family, and was educated by a very complete and strict ancient aristocratic education system. This is why this old handsome man could always gracefully show an elegant aristocratic temperament. Then, due to certain reasons, his family lost its power, and Bast had no choice but to wander in the cruel world with the Angela who was still in infancy. When they came across Chambord City, they were adopted by the kind former King. Then in order to show grat.i.tude and also in consideration of finding a good destination for his daughter's future, he arranged the marriage for Angela and Alexander. At that time, Alexander was still small, and everything seemed normal, but who knew that the Alexander would grow up to become a r.e.t.a.r.d…

Bast had regretted this, but due to the glory of the n.o.bility and the old king's kindness, Bast could not get those words of regret out of his mouth.

Then the Old King pa.s.sed away, and Bast's attempt to keep the idiot Alexander's throne could be described as painstakingly. Two months earlier he swept away all the treasures of the royal family. The outsiders only knew that he ran away after selling his daughter, but only Lampard knew, this old n.o.ble actually abandoned all his dignity to go to Zenit Empire to beg for Alexander's King's throne. He exhausted all wealth and suffered enough embarra.s.sment and finally got to see the big figure in the empire, finally reminding those big figures at Zenit Empire about the small Chambord Kingdom in the distant border that there's a little king named Alexander that just hit 18 years old and needed to be canonized.

Once officially canonized, no matter how domineering the Head Minister Bazzer was, he wouldn't be able to shake the idiot son-in-law Alexander's throne.

This was Bast's intention.

But what he didn't expect was that the Elder Princess and Paris, the two most terrifying women in the empire had already had their eyes on Chambord City as the best place for their spat, and ultimately did Bast the favor on the way. The monarch's emissary group finally was on its way to Chambord city, but on the way, hearing the scout report that Chambord City was attacked by the Black Armor army, Bast's heart felt like he was being barbequed. Fearing that he would return back late only to see the cold bodies of his daughter and son-in-law… Bast didn't even dare to dream that upon meeting again, the G.o.d would play such an incredible joke with him: his idiot son-in-law not only returned normal, but also turned into a true domineering king.

Seeing this administrative system reform plan in front of his eyes, Bast had to once again admit that he underestimated the future of his son-in-law. Alexander's growth rate was appalling, beyond the most exaggerated songs in the lands of Azeroth of any well-known king. The level of perfection of this reform plan has far exceeded Bast's most optimistic expectation. As a pure aristocracy that was previously properly educated, Bast's vision in the administrative aspect was far better than Brook and the other common people. He could already foresee the kind of changes that will take place in Chambord when this program gets implemented, and what kind of impact it will bring to the Zenit Empire.

This was a terrifying force that was far beyond personal strength, and it will change the entire world.

"This is an incomplete proposal and some things need further refinement. Hopefully uncle Bast can complete it as soon as possible. Chambord city don't have any talents in administration at the moment, so the tasks of Left and Right Prime Minister will still need Uncle Bast to take care of. As for the nomination and promotion of the six ministries, I will still need you to prepare the candidates…" Speaking of this, Fei once again felt the difficulty of running a country. No wonder there was a great man that said "talents are what is most valuable in the 21st century." Chambord City right now was basically a pirated version of a good city. Military power could be easily solved, but administration talents were really lacking.

"If it doesn't work, we will open up administration and political courses in the Chambord Civil and Military School, and cultivate talents from youth!"

Sweeping away the old aristocracy, Fei simply took the opportunity and directly abolished the old aristocratic hereditary system, and it was implemented very thoroughly.

Then, on the third day after the battle of Eastern Mountain top, King Alexander did another unprecedented act.

12 six-meter tall bronze warrior statues were set up in front of the Chambord City temple, and the copper body was engraved with dense inscriptions. These were the new laws Fei designed for this entire Kingdom, and each Bronze statue's body described a certain facet of the laws. The first nine statues all had their carvings divided into summons, trials, execution, kings.h.i.+p, inheritance, custody, owners.h.i.+p and possession, land and housing, private law (specific crime statement), public law and other content, and then the other three statues were left blank.

When the 12 bronze statues came out, the whole Kingdom was shocked.

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