Chapter 428 A Big Case
At noon on this day, the entire city of Cologne was in shock and rumors.
Rudolph called a meeting of nobles in the morning. Not long after, the royal knights and the royal mages blocked the city gate, surrounded the palace, and even surrounded the financial building. Everyone inside was arrested.
The people and the small nobles were immediately frightened, thinking that someone was launching a coup, or that Rudolf was going to kill the nobles who were going to the meeting.
In the afternoon, the Royal Knights began to post notices on the streets to calm the people.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be not a coup.
Only after Rudolph came out of the bedroom did he know what had happened. He was angry and scared at the same time. He never thought that someone could actually mobilize the royal mages and royal knights privately. What was even more frightening was that they actually listened to Ordered, no one informed me.
At this time, a servant came to report, and the Supreme Judge, the Grand Duke of Nassau, came to report on the work.
In the reception room, the Grand Duke of Nassau was sitting upright on the sofa, with the sword on his waist in front of him. Rudolph stood up and saluted after entering.
In Rudolf's heart, the shadow of the Grand Duke of Nassau was greater than that of Frederick, because he had the power to beat him first and then follow up. He was often beaten when he was naughty when he was a child.
Rudolf asked the attendant to go to the tea cabinet and take a tea set imported from Peach Blossom Stone, put it on the coffee table, fetch water, boil water, and then left.
This white tea set is as thin as an eggshell, and light can pass through it. It is said that the entire Rhine League only has it in the palace, and Duke Wesson does not have it.
Rudolph took out half a dark brown dried "Paladin Fruit" from the jar, broke off a few pieces of the shell and seeds and put them into the teapot, and finally poured boiling water.
After a while, Rudolph poured the brewed Paladin fruit tea into the teacup and handed it to the Grand Duke of Nassau.
At the same time, the Archduke of Nassau returned to Rudolf a warrant issued by William.
This warrant was two years older than Rudolph. Not long after William became king, he needed to go on an expedition. The Grand Duke of Nassau stayed in Cologne, so he gave him a warrant to mobilize the troops left behind in the city when the royal family was in danger. The Royal Order of Mages and the Order of Knights.
At that time, the rear was safe and the warrant was not used. William trusted the Grand Duke of Nassau and let him keep it.
Rudolph has nothing to say, this warrant will not expire until after the funeral tomorrow.
The Grand Duke of Nassau picked up the eggshell porcelain teacup and held it up to the lamp. The color of the tea inside could be seen through the cup.
Rudolf smiled. Many guests would look at this tea set like this when they saw it for the first time, and said with some pride: "This is the eggshell porcelain bought by Antonia. I am the only one in the entire Rhine League. There are two sets here, and one was given to Count Shuyun Stiga yesterday afternoon.”
The Grand Duke of Nassau nodded and said: "Count Shuyun Stiga is loyal and loyal, which is obvious to all."
He then asked: "Your Highness, does he know how much this tea set from Peach Blossom Stone costs?"< br>
Rudolph said: "I heard from Antonia that such thin peach stone porcelain is ten times as heavy as gold, and ordinary porcelain is worth three times as heavy as gold."
"Royal Palace The utensils in it were all handled by her, so I don’t know.”
The Grand Duke of Nassau took the cup in front of him and looked at it carefully, and said, “I suggest you find out more about it.”
"These porcelains were shipped back from the Peach Blossom Stone by the Kingdom of Kush last year after the destruction of the Ghazi Empire's sea power. They are only sold to Wesson."
"Wesson's wholesale price of ordinary porcelain is higher than that of the same weight. Gold is slightly higher. This particularly fine porcelain is three times the weight of gold. The quality of the porcelain produced by Wesson is not that good, it is only 80% of the weight of gold."
Rudolph frowned, realizing the price. Somewhat exaggerated.
The Grand Duke of Nassau continued: "Wesson has always been good at doing business. He intends to let the royal family drive the trend of porcelain, so in the past three years, the porcelain used by the royal family has been sold at a low price."
" According to the data given by Wesson via telegram, the royal family bought 20% of the porcelain.”
He finally said: "All these eggshell porcelain tea sets were bought by the royal family, about twenty sets, and Weisen didn't keep any for himself."
Rudolph was not stupid enough to not understand what it meant, Weisen Sen sold 20 sets over there, but he only had two sets here. Where did the others go?
The Grand Duke of Nassau took a sip of tea and continued to look at the tea cup and said: "I just saw in the Ministry of Finance that the royal family purchased this batch of porcelain directly from Wesson at the price mentioned by His Highness, of which Including the rough porcelain produced by Wesson himself."
He put down the tea cup and finally said: "This is just porcelain, the court has not had time to investigate other places."
Rudolph stood up suddenly. When Frederick was selling it at a low price, the royal family was buying it at a high price. Where did the price difference go?
All the royal family's property belongs to him. Taking away people's money is like killing your parents. It's like losing your biological father twice. "Check!" Rudolph was like a furious lion at this time, "We must get to the bottom of it! No matter who he is, he must be punished!"
The Grand Duke of Nassau stood up , saluted Rudolf: "Your Highness's will is my goal."
When he was about to leave, Rudolf stayed for a moment.
Rudolf thought for a while, signed and renewed William's warrant, stamped it with a fire seal, and handed it to the Grand Duke of Nassau in person and said: "I'm grateful for everything."
The Grand Duke of Nassau thought that he would be punished for this private action, and was prepared for Rudolf to be fired after he came to the throne in a few days. He did not expect to continue to serve as the supreme judge.
Originally he only planned to seize the porcelain issue and beat Antonia, not the treasury.
Since Rudolph supports it, it is not just as simple as beating, but any hands that stretch out randomly will be cut off.
Frederick has been paying attention to this matter for a long time. There are many similar things. Some people even opened a leather bag merchants' association in Weissenburg City and purchased goods from the leather bag merchants' association at a premium.
If Antonia hadn't tried to attack Limetree City this time, he would have just opened his eyes and closed his eyes. Anyway, it was not his own money that was being embezzled.
He went to the radio station last night and sent a telegram to Weisenberg City, where they compiled and sent relevant information. The Grand Duke of Nassau was using the strategy to arrest people.
Frederick did not expect that the Grand Duke of Nassau had a warrant to mobilize the royal mages and knights, and that he would react so violently, which was a lot of fun to watch.
He didn't care what happened next. The Grand Duke of Nassau had always been impartial and selfless, but he didn't know how to measure things.
This matter will definitely not be traced to Antonia. If Antonia's head maid was sensible, she would take care of everything. If she is not sensible, someone will teach her to be sensible.
Now Frederick had to prepare for the day of Rudolf's coronation ceremony, and hold his canonization ceremony immediately after the ceremony. After that, he would be called Archduke Wesson.
"Rudolph's skills are pretty good." Frederick said to Psyche at dinner. "There is a rift between me and the royal family, and it has appeared again recently. I can be canonized as soon as possible to announce to the world that both of us are involved." The relationship is very strong."
Psek said: "The authority of the Rhine League royal family is now higher than before."
"I know why Rudolf did not announce his successor the day after William's death. Charles announced his succession on the day after Elizabeth's death. The ceremony can be held later."
"When I first came to this world, the successor to the throne needed to be decided by a vote of qualified nobles. After the death of the previous king. The time until the burial is reserved for voting."
After eating a meatball, Frederick said: "Ignore him, I will continue to walk at my own pace."
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Psyche said seriously: "I just got a piece of information that Casimir, the prince of the Piast Kingdom, may launch a coup."
Frederick nodded. Casimir had an army of 100,000 that year. After losing to yourself, life will be difficult. If you want to reform, you will encounter great resistance, and it is normal to launch a coup.
"You said..." He looked at Psyche thoughtfully, "Didn't a lot of kings die this year?"
"First the Osmaga Empire, and then here. , The one from the Kingdom of Tarago is probably going to be there soon, and I don’t think the one from the Kingdom of Piast will survive. I don’t know who else will die before the end of the year.”
After saying that, Tony hurried. He walked into the restaurant and handed a telegram sheet to Frederick.
Frederick picked it up and took a look, and was dumbfounded. He raised his head and said to Psyche: "Am I a crow's mouth? Another one will die soon."
Psyche was also speechless and survived. I have seen many people who said Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived in such a long time. I have never encountered someone who said he was going to die and the king was really going to die.
Frederick shook his head and said: "You think this old Louis is still playing some kind of knightly joust with others at such an old age? He actually lost it at the critical moment when the war was about to begin. The wound was infected and he had a high fever. Retreat."
"Now the people in the Kingdom of Gaul are going to get excited, and the Kingdom of Tarago is also going to be lively."
"Who knows," Psyche said. , "Maybe it's just pretending."
Frederick nodded, which made sense.
"Never mind." He continued to eat dinner, "Gather up your energy and deal with it after these few days."
(End of this chapter)