Volume 8: The Clever Girl and the Imperial Tool Chapter 022: Abandoning the car to save the king
In response to Emiya's words, every single one of the civil and military officials present raised their hands in agreement.
After all, these words came from the emperor's mouth, and it was an oracle. One is a god and the other is the emperor. When the two are combined, they, a group of mortals, should just carry out their orders honestly.
Haven’t you seen that the ministers who used to be arrogant and domineering have become honest?
However, at this moment, a man suddenly walked out from the ranks of officials and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, your servant Shaoer has something to say."
Emiya looked down and saw that the man kneeling on one knee was a middle-aged man with a beard. He looked familiar, as if he was a minor character in the original work.
It seems that this guy had impeached a minister in the original plot, but was killed by the minister. Even his wife and daughter fell into the hands of the minister and were tortured.
This incident seemed to have happened shortly after Tatsumi joined the night raid, and the other party seemed to be an internal affairs officer of the empire.
"Do you have anything to say, Lord Shao?" asked Emiya.
The interior official said with a determined look: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the minister."
All the civil and military officials present changed color when they heard this sentence, and even the minister's face turned gloomy. In the past, he would not care about the impeachment of an internal affairs official.
But things are different now. I am no longer the only one who has the final say in this palace. There is also a goddess above me. God knows what that goddess thinks.
If the other party wants to kill me, even if I have ten lives it won’t be enough.
At this moment, the minister's mind was in a thousand turns. He quickly walked out of the crowd, knelt on the ground, and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, I am guilty. Your Majesty, I am sorry for you."
The interior minister Saul was completely confused. He hadn't even pointed out the minister's evil intentions yet, but the minister collapsed and admitted his guilt. It seemed like he didn't want to live anymore.
Emiya maintained the innocence that the little emperor always had, "Minister, why do you say that you are guilty?"
The minister cried and said, "Your Majesty, I have a relative named Iokar, who is very much in my heart. But not long ago, I found myself being deceived by this Iokar. He used my reputation to do all kinds of bad things, kidnapping women and killing them, and taking bribes without telling me, and..."
The more Interior Minister Shao listened, the more frightened he became. The minister wanted to shift all the crimes he had committed over the years onto this relative.
The officials of the conscientious faction glared at the minister, while the officials of the minister's faction were shocked beyond words by the minister's outrageous move. No wonder the minister would condone his relatives to impose heavy taxes and levies. It turned out that he was using them as abandoned pawns at this time.
After hearing this, Emiya couldn't help but say, "So, Minister, your relative is so hateful."
The interior minister Shaoer hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, you have been deceived. What the minister said was not done by his relatives at all. It was the minister who did it all. He is the biggest borer in this country, Your Majesty."
The minister said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I know that Lord Shaoer has misunderstood me. It is not Lord Shaoer's fault. After all, my relative did something very excessive."
Emiya said, "Since this matter was done by your relative, then it naturally has nothing to do with you. I think we should arrest your relative and execute him by slow slicing."
Of course the minister would not object, but took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, although he did all these things without telling me, I am also guilty of negligence, please punish me."
Emiya nodded and said, "In that case, then I will fine you three years' salary, Minister."
The minister smiled inwardly and said quickly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
When the officials with a conscience saw this scene, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, knowing that the emperor still sided with the minister and was unwilling to punish him severely. It seemed that getting rid of this minister would not be something that could be done in a day or two.
However, this is not a bad thing, but a good thing, because the appearance of the goddess means that the ministers can no longer cover the sky with one hand as before.
This is undoubtedly a victory for the conscientious party.
The officials of the conscientious faction seemed to see a ray of hope. Another internal affairs official stood up and knelt on one knee in front of Emiya, "Your Majesty, I also have something to say."
"Oh, do you have anything to say?" Emiya asked.
"Captain Oka of the Imperial Capital Garrison has been levying heavy taxes, slandering others, killing people at will, openly embezzling, colluding with profiteers, and committing all kinds of evil over the years. Under his leadership, the once glorious Imperial Capital Garrison has been corrupted."
The conscientious internal affairs officer said slowly: "Your Majesty, a person like this is no longer suitable to be the captain of the Imperial City Garrison. Please order the immediate arrest of Ouka, purge the corrupt elements in the Imperial City Garrison, reorganize the Imperial City Garrison, and restore peace to the empire."
After hearing this, Emiya looked at the minister involuntarily, "Minister, is that so?"
The minister's eyes flickered slightly. In fact, the reason why the captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison, Gui Zhi Ouka, dared to be so arrogant was also related to his secret support.
It seems that these conscientious guys plan to eliminate their own followers first.
If he spoke well of that demon Ouka at this moment, his status and life would be in jeopardy... Thinking of this, the minister nodded suddenly.
"Your Majesty, I have heard a little about Ouka, but I didn't know he was so arrogant and domineering, and even ignored the laws of the empire. Such a person deserves death. Please order the arrest of Ouka to show your majesty that you are listening."
Emiya nodded, "Since the minister has said so, let's send someone to capture Ouka."
Hephaestus said calmly: "I have two people I can recommend to Your Majesty. With their strength, they can definitely capture Oka and are qualified to serve as the captain of the Imperial City Garrison."
When the minister heard this, his face became even gloomier.
Could it be that this goddess is not satisfied with being a spiritual leader and even wants to interfere in the politics of the empire.
Then wouldn't I be in danger?
Emiya said, "The warriors recommended by the goddess? I am looking forward to it. Where are they?"
"They are coming," said Hephaestus.
At the same time, the door of the hall was pushed open, and two men, one tall and one short, walked in from outside.
Although one is tall and the other is short, the shorter one is actually 1.85 meters tall. The reason why he looks short is mainly because the man standing next to him is too tall.
With a height of over two and a half meters, he was enough to crush everyone present.
The two people who walked in were none other than Hercules and Cuchulainn.
If they want to manage a powerful empire, it is not enough for Emiya and Hephaestus alone, so before Emiya went to the festival platform this morning, he brought a few idle guys to this world.
Hercules and Cuchulainn were just the first two to appear.
As for the others, Shirou will arrange them to appropriate positions one by one in the next period of time.
Hephaestus said slowly: "Your Majesty, these two people are called Hercules and Cu Chulainn, both of them are demigods with divine blood. Although they are not imperial equipment users, they have strengths that surpass those of imperial equipment users. With their strength, Ouka is not worth mentioning."
Emiya nodded and said, "Since it was recommended by Her Majesty the Goddess, I will definitely not doubt it. Let Hercules capture the demon Oka and let Cu Chulainn capture the minister's relative."
Cu Chulainn and Hercules knew that the young emperor was Emiya, and did not object to Emiya's arrangement.
"Leave this matter to me, Your Majesty," Cu Chulainn said .
The reason why he was so excited was certainly not to capture a minister's relative. That kind of thing was not worth his excitement. The reason why Cu Chulainn was so excited was mainly because he had a fight to fight.
Although there are not many masters in this world, there is indeed one person who makes him quite excited, and that is the empire’s strongest General S... Esdeath.
Besides Esdeath, there are all kinds of terrible and dangerous species.
These super dangerous species are extremely tenacious in both strength and vitality, so Cu Chulainn really wants to challenge them to see how dangerous they are.
After Cu Chulainn and Hercules left, the meeting was almost coming to an end.
The officials of the conscientious faction won a great victory and were jubilant.
The minister and his followers all had solemn expressions, especially the minister. The appearance of a god disrupted his entire plan and made him extremely angry.
But if he was asked to show his power to the gods, he would not dare to do so, because the other party could easily kill him.
So the minister could only hold it in.
This meeting was very frustrating.
After the meeting, the minister left the palace almost immediately and discussed future countermeasures with his followers.
After everyone left, Hephaestus looked at Emiya who was sitting on the throne, "I thought you would kill the minister first."
Emiya said: "Ernest is cruel and ruthless, but he is still capable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have squeezed out the former minister and taken this position. After I have used up his usefulness, I will throw him out to appease the public anger."
Hephaestus rolled her eyes, not bothering to argue with Emiya.
Then, Emiya called General Bud and said, "I want you to find someone."
General Bud knelt on the ground and asked, "Who does your majesty want to find?"
Emiya said, "There is a woman who uses a biological Teigu among the Imperial Capital Guard. Go and bring her and her Teigu here."
General Bud thought that Emiya wanted to upgrade this imperial weapon, so he nodded and said, "I will send someone to handle this matter immediately."
"Go ahead." Emiya said calmly.
General Bud stood up and slowly left the palace.
At the same time, the disappearance of the gods soon spread throughout the imperial capital, causing an unprecedented storm.
