Chapter 811: Echoes of the past

The tall gallows erected quietly on the marble-paved square, a place that was disgusted by all nobles.
Time is mottled on the solemn marble square, and the "Empire Code", once regarded by countless people as a god, is engraved on a gray stone monument at the corner of the square.
However, it has not been used for a long time, and every corner of the square is covered with dust.
The manager stood by Caesar XIII with anxiety, and followed the majestic emperor in this square looking for traces of years.
"I remember the royal family has allocated funds every year for you to repair here..."
Standing in front of the stele, Caesar XIII touched the stele bearing countless hours and memories, and asked the managers here: "Are you so'repaired'?"
Although the tone is light, but the words are full of pressure, so that managers can not lift their heads.
Hearing Caesar XIII's accountability, the manager shrank his neck, his head dropped, and his eyes suddenly filled with confusion.
"I, every three months we will send someone to clean, but, but..." The manager's brain is spinning fast, stutteringly trying to find a reasonably sufficient explanation.
But at this moment, the emperor suddenly spoke, interrupting his words.
"Lick clean."
The manager's head suddenly became blank, and the trembling dare not looked up.
Caesar XIII waited for a moment, did not wait for a response, and made a gesture impatiently. A guard standing behind them stepped forward and pulled the head of the manager hard, letting him look at the dusty side. Stele.
"I don't want to say the second time!"
Caesar XIII looked indifferent, his eyes made the manager's heart beat.
"me……"
The manager's eyes moved involuntarily to the stone tablet. At this time, his heart was full of regret, regretting why he had greedy the repair fee before. If he was given another chance, he would not do that!
It is a pity that regret is too late.
Caesar XIII left the ashamed manager and the guards guarding him there, and left the'punishment' with the remaining guard.
Until he walked out of the gate, he was still immersed in the "memory of the past"-he asked the court mage to cast a magic on him, that magic can let him see the scenery of the place in the past.
Since the imperial power began to weaken hundreds of years ago, and most of the nobles have deteriorated, this execution ground has never been used again.
Maybe it will be reactivated soon, but...who knows?
The past scene flashed in front of the eyes like a glimmer of light, but Caesar XIII was able to see clearly what the people in the scene were doing.
Just as when standing in front of that stone tablet with him, I saw many civilians crowded with some nobles.
The appearance of those nobles changed, and the mental outlook of the civilians also changed.
From the previous hopes and longings, to the later indifference and indifference, and then suddenly turned into hatred and numbness, in the end, all civilians disappeared in this execution ground, standing in the execution ground to watch the execution, only some left on the face Full of arrogant nobles.
It used to be full of people, but now it is covered with dust.
The nobles who are fair and strict are no longer, and the nobles now no longer consider the "ideal" and "future", they only focus on "interests" and "present".
Old scenes passed by in front of Caesar XIII, he watched the number of people walking from this road to the square, the civilians from the presence to the absence, the decoration of the nobles from the unpretentious to the Eguan Bo belt , The expression from anger serious to frivolous arrogance.
The nobles that originally thought of the country are now very few, and the rest are always loyal to ‘interests’ and ‘desires’.
Looking at these past scenes, even Caesar XIII, the eyes of which can't help but appear a trace of sadness.
Time is the cruelest punishment in the world. It can destroy a young man who is full of enthusiasm into a stubborn old man, and a foolish old man.
Let this place that should be ‘sacred’ also be stained with greed!
Here, it was supposed to be a sacred place for civilians to complain about grievances and criminals to be punished accordingly, but human greed gradually evolved into a pickled place for eliminating dissidents.
Once the nobles were magnificent, even though they could not all be perfect, they were able to abide by the laws and regulations that they had made, and they did not want to do anything to others.
Today's nobles are filthy, and the laws used to restrain their subordinates and themselves are trampled upon by themselves, imposing their will on others, even if they have already carried thousands of sins, they can still enjoy their old age!
When did the nobility begin to deteriorate? When did the civilians no longer dare to be fair?
Since when did the nobles become enemies of civilians? !
Looking at the scene flashing before him, Caesar XIII only felt irritable.
His empire, the country he loves, when has this country deteriorated?
Did it start with the'Prince Roder's Rebellion' more than a thousand years ago?
Did it start the war with the Arcane Empire more than 800 years ago?
Or does it begin with the'Northern Great Evacuation' more than 700 years ago?
Or, did it start with the'Royd Riot' five or six hundred years ago?
Caesar Thirteenth felt a painful pain, but only this painful heart pain can make him persevere!
He hopes that this empire he loves can return to the old daylight scene, that the young people of this empire can be full of hope for the future, and that this empire will not continue to sink...
Therefore, he will do his utmost to promote change. The old system is no longer suitable for the present, and those old things should be overthrown.
The empire should inherit the advantages of the past and keep it, and then remove those things that are dross. Only in this way can the empire be continued.
Although the high-ranking Duke and Earl may not like to see this, it is precisely because they do not like it, so he must stick to it!
Even he himself thinks that it is very difficult to make this future appear, but he never fears, he just... fears that he will shrink from seeing the tragic state of the empire...
So, he came here!
The roots of this empire have already rotted away. If you want to cure this country, you can only remove part of the rotten meat. Even if you scrape off the bones, you have to do all this.
Otherwise, after his death, his successor may usher in a more serious rebound, the empire will be completely divided!
Those ambitions have climbed to the top, they have no way to ascend, unless, this empire is divided-only in this way, they can wear the crown and become the real of all their existence.
The guards guarding the gates of the execution ground opened the gates, and Caesar XIII walked out of the gates, feeling as if he had passed by.
He will not let those careerists succeed!
Caesar XIII took a deep breath and stood in front of the execution ground, and the royal carriage greeted him.
The attendant pulled the door for him~EbookFREE.me~ The emperor walked up slowly, which made him feel the shock of his mind calm down.
"Return to Yongdi Palace."
Hearing the order from the car, the silent driver shook the reins, and the four horses took their steps at the same time.
Having just walked through the dirty execution ground, Caesar XIII was covered with dust and dirt, his appearance was dirty, but his eyes were very bright.
He has strengthened his heart and can continue to persevere toward the path he originally formulated!
"I am sorry……"
I don't know if the driver heard it wrong. He seemed to hear a sigh coming from the compartment.
The driver, who had always been silent and full of military style, pursed his lips, and a few tears squeezed from the corners of his eyes.
Then he swayed the reins and drove the carriage to Yongyong Palace slowly under the support of a group of cavalry.