I, Emperor Ursus!

Also mentioning this, Nicholas doesn't want three teenage girls thinking about it.

"Behave well and don't let me down!"

In the end, he and the imperial guard slowly left the sight of the three girls, leaving the three happy girls staying where they were.

{This emperor, maybe... is not as bad as imagined? }

This is the thought between Lindong, Gumi and Zhenzhen in an instant.

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Chapter 16: Use dogs to deal with dogs

After making arrangements for Winter, Truth, and Gumi, Nicholas, who was sitting in his private room, summoned Augusta, the current chief prosecutor of the Ursus Empire.

"My lord, I greet Your Majesty!"

And it didn't take long before he came to Nicholas' room. Augusta knelt down on one knee and slightly bowed his old body. His age can be said to be the oldest among the ministers in the court of Ursus. One, who used to assist the first emperor and now assists Nicholas, was not politically liquidated by Yesnina because of her honest character and excellent personal ability.

Of course, this is also what Nicholas values.

Especially after being 'reminded' by Yesnina, Nicholas knew that it was time for him to redefine Augusta.

"No gift, get up."

Nicholas lightly waved his hands and replied indifferently.

"I invited you here this time because I actually want to ask you something."

Immediately after Augusta got up, Nicholas asked calmly.

"What do you think of the ministers in the court of the Ursas Empire today?"

Asking this question has a special meaning. It is not asking about the Ursus Empire itself, but directly referring to all the officials of the court.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I believe that the current ministers of the Ursus Empire have always been conscientious."

Get an immediate response from Augusta.

"Although there are occasional mistakes, the things I entrusted to them can be done well. I don't think there is any big problem."

It is still the kind of sloppy answer, like the answer taken from a textbook, which generally does not provoke anyone, and the evaluation is considerable, with praise and criticism.

"absurd!"

As a result, Nicholas yelled angrily.

"Augusta, you dare to deceive me!???"

Facing Augusta's dumbfounded face, he got up directly from his seat, and Nicholas pointed at Augusta's astonished face, which hadn't reacted. The expression on his face was instantly filled with endless anger. Full, bursting out a fierce aura.

"Chen, I don't understand what His Majesty means!"

Augusta, who saw it, knelt down in panic on the spot and said, although seeing Nicholas in the court had already lost his temper with other ministers, but when the target was changed to himself, even Augusta was terrified , especially when she vaguely guessed that Yesnina and Nicholas were likely to reach an agreement in private, she was even more worried.

"Huh? Don't understand what I mean?" Nicholas sneered.

"Augusta, have you heard a word?" Then, staring at Augusta who was kneeling in front of him, Nicholas said coldly with a blank face.

"One person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven! Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes!"

Saying this in a deep voice, Nicholas pointed at Sang and scolded Huai.

"Although you are not like this, but in my eyes, your behavior is no different from these, occupying an important position of supervising all the officials in the world, but you only want no merit, but no fault. Lazy government, what is the difference between you and a corrupt official!? Open your eyes and talk nonsense, don’t you think I don’t know that my court is already in a mess!?”

"The old slave is guilty, and the old slave must die!"

There was fine sweat on Augusta's forehead.

"Guilty? Ha...! How dare I convict you, Augusta, you think I don't know, you're not on the same side as anyone, but the supervisors under your management have long been the same as you Augusta Surname, why do you still obey my orders? I really want to convict you, I am afraid that your supervisory committee will convict me of treason? Said that I conspired against you in Augusta and sent me to victory Square beheading?"

Nicholas spoke sarcastically, sat back on his seat, and looked sharply at Augusta who was kneeling on the ground and shaking.

"Your Majesty, how dare I do it! I am loyal to His Majesty, and never have any thoughts of usurping! I have been serving Your Majesty respectfully all these years in office, and this is obvious to all!"

Augusta hurriedly apologized, thinking that this time Nikolai would probably attack him. He had expected that this would happen sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. Nikolai and Yesnina When talking in private, he targeted him, and said the words so directly, thinking that he was serious.

It was just that he was asked to give up the position of the chief prosecutor, and Augusta was a little reluctant. As the saying goes, it is normal for a person to occupy a high position of power. As an old prosecutor, it can be said that the royal family holds the highest authority. A person with power, he has long been used to sitting in this position.

The most important thing is that Augusta knows that once he retires from this position, who knows if the people who have had a bad relationship with him before will come to mess with him. His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not worry about his life and death. The key still depends on Own.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Augusta's thinking. For example, He Shen, who was bestowed by Qing Renzong to commit suicide in ancient times, or Wei Zhongxian, who was confiscated, basically refused to step down after staying in a position for a long time. I don't want to quit because of my personal ambition, and the second is worried that if I retire, I will be worse than if I don't quit.

When you have power, people will look at you more, and when you don't have power, everyone will push you down. This is a very common target in officialdom.

Nikolai knew this, of course.

"Get up, Augusta, I don't want to hear your nonsense!"

Afterwards, noticing Augusta's fear, Nicholas snapped, not bothering to listen to Augusta's begging for mercy.

After all, don’t be afraid alone, how can you want someone to do things for him wholeheartedly, like Augusta, Nicholas knows that it is the most suitable choice to act both hard and soft, and he has shown his hard side, so what’s next It is the soft side.

"Augusta, smart people don't speak dark words, and I never beat around the bush with smart people. I'll tell you straight now, I want you to be loyal to me, and if you are loyal to me, I will keep your family safe, and your family will be safe. I will give your descendants a half-job and a safe future, you must have already greeted the Queen Mother, and you should understand what I mean."

Then, Nicholas' subsequent "soft" words made Augusta overjoyed, and even undisguisedly had a showdown against Augusta. At present, the emperor and the queen mother are already one faction, no longer need to be timid as a fence-sitter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will be loyal to Your Majesty, and I would rather die to serve you!"

Augusta hurriedly thanked him and said that with Nicholas's promise, he felt a lot more at ease, at least to ensure that his and his family's lives would not be in danger, and there were not small benefits, so why not accept it.

"Then, I should also get to the bottom of it with you and tell you what I want you to do."

Afterwards, Nicholas opened the skylight and spoke bright words, followed by indifferent words that shocked Augusta in place.

"I ask you, what should I do to get rid of Divsky and Rasputin, and get rid of these two black sheep and all their heirs systematically!"

Because Augusta assures that he heard correctly, what he heard at this moment was Nicholas' words. It turned out that the target of Nicholas' attack was not him at all, but the two speakers, or his subordinates. of the two Speakers.

In Augusta's cognition, it is no different from a powerful boss who wants to deal with his two dog legs.

Only Augusta understands that the "treatment" mentioned by Nicholas is not a simple treatment, but a "fair and fair" treatment, not only to get rid of Divsky and Rasputin with legitimate reasons Zhenchaotang wanted to spare even one of the two subordinates and eradicate them all.

As for the reason, Augusta didn't want to understand it, and he didn't need to understand it, he just needed to help Nicholas with peace of mind.

Anyway, he didn't die, he didn't care.

"Your Majesty, Eli will do!"

Immediately afterwards, Augusta said solemnly.

"Those in the world who unite for profit will also separate for profit. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship between villains is sweet, and Divsky and Rasputin want to cling to His Majesty's villain! If Eli colludes together, it will end with Eli!"

There is no need to hide the words so far, simply following Nicholas's mind, Augusta demoted Divsky and Rasputin to pieces, and at the same time expressed his own suggestions.

"So, as long as His Majesty dismantles their co-existing 'benefits', they will fall into internal strife, and His Majesty only allows them to play the role of guidance. If the two of them change from collusion to hostility, then their alliance will not attack. Since they are broken, they will attack each other because they know each other's details well. At that time, His Majesty only needs to sit in this room, and they will try their best to kill each other to please His Majesty."

"At the same time, during this period, the minister will also secretly send supervisors to investigate their subordinates secretly. When the time is right, His Majesty will announce the contents of the investigation by the minister to the court. The two villains have great abilities and will not escape death, Your Majesty can also reorganize the court and establish the authority of our Ursas Empire!"

To expound two points in one breath, firstly, breaking the political alliance between the two will require them to fight internally, and secondly, to investigate their subordinates in private instead of themselves so as not to startle the snake, simple and straightforward.

To put it bluntly, it is to use 'dog' to deal with 'dog'.

It is the same as using magic to deal with magic.

"Hahahahahahaha! Not bad, not bad! Dogs beating dogs, I like it!"

Nicholas laughed amusedly. After Augusta said this, he already had an idea in his mind, and his mood instantly became much happier.

"But, Augusta..."

Then narrowing his eyes slightly, the corners of Nicholas' mouth raised, and his eyes suddenly exuded evil meanings, causing Augusta, who was facing Nicholas, to swallow a mouthful of saliva in horror.

"You, maybe you have to feel wronged for me~"

[Myself, are you pitting yourself? ]

Augusta thought sadly.

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Chapter 17: Man dies for money, dog dies for power

"Rasputin, tell me, isn't Your Majesty a bit strange recently?"

Walking in the spacious and luxurious Ekaterina Palace, Divsky, who was summoned by Nicholas at the same time, whispered to Rasputin with a complicated state of mind.

"You said that His Majesty suddenly didn't listen to us and scolded us. Why did you reuse infected people like Bangla Lev, and recently went to places like Nancheng District that don't shit? Don't you think it's strange? Don't you think it's strange that day? Can Lei Yipi really change His Majesty's character?"

In a way, he was confiding his doubts to his "fellow party". According to the past, Divsky knew that at this moment, he should be as happy as before. Concubine, that's really a leisurely life, it can be called a life of drunkenness, living to the highest point of life.

But now, Divsky is in a depressed mood. Every time he goes to court, he is scolded by Nicholas, and he doesn't talk about royal etiquette. Face, although Nicholas used to have a violent personality, Divsky knew that he would only scold Vito's speaker under Yesnina's command. Now that the target has changed suddenly, the mood is really not in a good mood.

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Rasputin glanced at Divsky with the same irritability.

"In short, let's be more cautious recently, and be careful when sailing for ten thousand years. The current majesty may not be as easy to fool as before. If there is anything to do, we should follow this majesty, lest you and I fall out of favor, and the gain outweighs the loss."

As mentioned at the end, Rasputin did not focus on Divsky any more. Like Divsky, he noticed Nikolai's anomaly, but he also couldn't understand the reason for it. Even the thunder that day was nothing more than It was a rumor in the palace, who knows if it really fell on Nicholas.

After all, Rasputin couldn't imagine being struck by a thunderbolt without dying and becoming smarter.

What surprised Rasputin and Divsky was that when they were only a short distance from Nikolai's room, they suddenly saw a thin figure.

It is none other than Augusta, the current general prosecutor of Ursus. At the same time, for some reason, both Rasputin and Divsky can see that Augusta's old face suddenly haggard several times, it is almost like a As if he hadn't woken up, he was completely different from the image of the calm old man in the hall.

"Ah? Rasputin, Divsky, you have come to see His Majesty too." Then, Augusta took the initiative to say hello to Rasputin and Divsky.

"Your Majesty has worked so hard recently, you must help His Majesty well, so that His Majesty...cough cough cough! Take care of it with peace of mind...cough cough!"

And in the middle of the conversation, in front of Rasputin and Divsky, the dejected Augusta suddenly coughed violently, causing Rasputin and Divsky to look at each other.

"Augusta, how are you?"

With a tentative attitude, Rasputin asked pretending to be concerned.

"Ah, no, it's okay... Cough cough cough, some minor problems, some minor problems, cough! You go to see His Majesty."

Augusta didn't answer, just swayed his hand to cover his mouth and walked quickly, leaving Rasputin and Divsky's sight for a while.

"What do you say about Augusta?" Divsky asked puzzled.