Chapter 55 Truth and Purge
Perfect’s telegram sent back to Langton immediately caused an uproar.
The knights of the guard refused to listen to orders, even though Purficott was only an envoy with special powers and authority, this was the first time in history.
When something like this happened, it was natural that the Blackwood family could not escape its involvement. Not only was Viscount Blackwood suspended for investigation, but Beckett and Theodore, who were escorted back by a frigate, were also thrown into prison, waiting for further investigation. investigation.
As for the three knights who came back with them, they were taken away by the grand leader of the knights. The nature of this incident has seriously affected the foundation of the existence of the knights, so The Royal Guard Knights must figure out what is going on immediately.
As investigations by all parties unfolded, things quickly became clear, but the truth hidden behind it made many people feel on pins and needles.
For the empire, it is easy to understand and accept that there are cliques within the army.
After all, the military reform has just passed not long ago, and the older generation of generals are all from the old times. They retain some traditional practices and habits, and this is something that everyone tacitly allows.
But it is obvious that allowing the existence of some unspoken rules or old traditions by default is not based on the premise of resisting orders and imperial power.
On the contrary, the reason for acquiescing to the existence of some unspoken rules or old traditions is simply because imperial power also belongs to one of the old traditions. Retaining some past traditions can better maintain the stability of imperial power.
At least the old generals and their disciples are the beneficiaries of this, and they will be more determined to safeguard the imperial power.
On the contrary, the emerging reformists are more inclined to get more power from the royal family, allowing the empire to enter the parliamentary era like France, where representatives elected by the public will govern the country, rather than Royal families and nobles who came to power by virtue of their bloodline.
The Blackwood family, originally a member of the conservative generals, once came from a knightly family like the old Baron Brandless. They were knighted for meritorious services in the war, and at the same time they supported the royal family and upheld tradition. military representatives.
But with the death of the old Viscount Blackwood, the current Viscount Blackwood and Purficott's father fell out. The family quickly fell to the reformists and gained a lot of benefits from the military reforms.
Because of this, the Blackwood family is quite influential in the army, and has even reached out to the Knights of the Guard.
Originally, the Knights of the Guard were not so easily affected. Although Beckett joined the Knights of the Guard, it was difficult to spread his influence.
After all, the starting requirement of the Knights of the Guards is to be a great knight, and there is an age limit. Those who can join are all outstanding talents who can be called geniuses.
These people usually come from well-off families and are difficult to win over. Even if they are persuaded for a moment, they will pay more attention to the exchange of benefits rather than simply being loyal to someone.
So although the Blackwood family has been working hard, they have not been able to successfully penetrate their influence into the Knights of the Guard.
However, when a great knight trained by the Blackwood family successfully joined the Knights of the Guard and became Beckett's attendant, the Black family realized it.
They don't need to recruit talents who have already joined the Guards Knights, they only need to send the talents they have already recruited into the Guards Knights.
After all, it would be too simple for the Blackwood family to simply win over a great knight or a talent who has the potential to become a great knight.
In this way, the Blackwood family trained several great knights and sent them to the Knights of the Guard. In addition to Beckett's Fourth Flag, two other knights of the Sixth Flag were also attracted by the Blackwood family.
Although there is nothing special about the knights of the guard themselves. There is neither a huge army at their disposal nor the benefits brought by their authority. On the contrary, the knights of the guard can even say Very poor.
However, the duty of the Guard Knights is to protect the royal family and they can have close contact with the Royal Family. This alone is enough to give the Guard Knights extraordinary status and influence.
Viscount Blackwood asked his younger brother to join the Knights of the Guard, hoping to use this status to deepen the connection between the Blackwood family and the royal family, thereby enhancing the family's status and influence.
Of course, as the power of the reformists grew, especially when France's revolution successfully overthrew the royal rule, the Blackwood family's ideas gradually changed.
The reformists seem to want to infiltrate the Knights of the Guard through the Blackwood family so that they do not have to fight this powerful knighthood when they launch a revolution like France did.
Or, like what was done during the French Revolution, the Knights of the Guards could be transferred out of Langton through some means to reduce obstacles.
The truth of the matter shocked the royal family and caused an uproar in the noble council.
Although it is a well-known fact that the country needs reform, the Noble Parliament has also been promoting some reform processes in recent years, promulgated many laws, and even transferred some powers to the reformists, but it is obvious that the Noble Parliament Never thought of overthrowing the royal rule like France did.
There is no doubt that in the view of the Parliament of Nobles, the reformists have gone too far this time.
It even exceeded the bottom line that the noble council could tolerate.
So under the auspices of the Duke of Gloucester, a purge was launched against the reformists.
Under the authorization of the royal family, a large number of reformist members were thrown into prison. According to the clues found, most of those suspected of participating in the overthrow of the royal rule were directly executed. Those who were not involved in this matter could not escape exile or other sanctions.
For a while, everyone in Langton City was in danger, and there was quite a tense atmosphere.
However, what is surprising is that those reformist members who were sentenced to exile were not sent away directly. Instead, they were all thrown into the prisoner-of-war camp established by Perfico in the suburbs. It seemed that they planned to They were sent to the New World.
At the same time, some nobles who were originally dead were also implicated.
It is well known that they have nothing to do with the reformists. After all, even if the reformists want to win over, they will win over those nobles with power and influence, not these guys who are just waiting to die.
But this time, it seems that the royal family is taking this opportunity to clean up the nobles. A large group of nobles who usually eat and die are being cleaned up.
But they were not so lucky and were thrown into prisoner of war camps. They were directly loaded onto transport ships and sent to the empire's colonies around the world for exile.
As for the other side, Princess Anne urgently dispatched another team of knights to Purfict. This time, in order to avoid suspicion, she did not mobilize the knights of the guard, but from another group of knights under her own name. Manpower dispatched by the Knights.
(End of this chapter)