Chapter 61 Peter the Great, the Source of Corruption
"Father, I reprimanded Finance Minister Sadov today. The financial statements he reported this quarter are somewhat unclear, especially regarding military expenditures. Hundreds of thousands of rubles were spent more than last quarter, and the military has not expanded at all.
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In the hazy gray fog, Katerina sat on the bench, looking at the three souls opposite her with a smile.
The extra expenditure of the army was a major matter that must be taken seriously. This was the reason why she came to ask Peter the Great. But in front of her parents, the anger in her heart was diluted a lot, and her mood became calm.
"Who is the current marshal of the military?"
"During non-war periods, I do not set up a marshal. I am the only one who has the right to mobilize the kingdom's army. The generals can only mobilize their respective corps. Onufri, Raffl, Makarov, and Zorukin are all generals who control the corps.
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"They are all acquaintances..."
Upon hearing these names, Peter the Great, who was twirling his beard, nodded slowly, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.
Both Onufri, Ravel, and Makarov were all close associates who had fought with him, and even participated in the civil war that overthrew the Apocalypse God System.
After his death, these generals took refuge with Katerina.
Without the help of Onufri, Raffl and others, Katerina would not have been able to sit on the throne. They are indispensable.
When it came to loyalty, Peter the Great had no doubt about their loyalty.
The issue is...
Now the war is over.
After the war ended and peace came, the generals had nothing to do. They who managed the army would always have some little thoughts. This was inevitable. Even during the reign of Peter the Great, military expenditures were unclear.
Loyalty is loyalty, greed is greed.
The military expenditure is unknown. Finance Minister Sadov cannot really be blamed for this matter. It is not certain whether he was involved in this matter, but he certainly did not dare to report directly to Katerina and offend the military generals.
Finance Minister Sadov was promoted by Katerina. Originally, this position was reserved for Dino, but Dino was unwilling to serve as the Kingdom's Finance Minister, so Katerina handed over the position of Finance Minister to herself or Mo.
Sadov was a confidant during the Grand Duke's time. Sadov was conscientious in his work. He was not very good at increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, but he was good at settling accounts.
But now there are also problems with the accounts, which arouses Katerina's dissatisfaction.
Two years ago, when she had just ascended the throne, the Romanov Kingdom was in dire straits and was in dire straits from top to bottom. At that time, there were no problems with the accounts. Now that the industrial technology of the Windsor Kingdom has been introduced, the economy has begun to advance by leaps and bounds, and the accounts have become opaque.
The kingdom's tax revenue is higher than the previous month, the economy is booming, and the employment rate is extremely high. Due to the shortage of labor, newly established factories are recruiting workers. Basically, you can make money with your hands. No one complains, everyone is very happy...
Katerina is happy when the economy is improving, but she is not happy when the accounts are not transparent.
Because Sadov could not give a clear explanation, Katerina reprimanded him severely and asked him to re-audit the accounts. The accounts must be transparent and let her know the ins and outs of each payment.
Sadov's legs were shaking when he left, maybe because he was afraid of Katerina, maybe because he was afraid of the generals.
For these loyal generals who helped her ascend to the throne, Katerina was very grateful to them and gave them status commensurate with their merits. However, corruption has always been a taboo for Katerina. This was also the case during the reign of Peter the Great.
Reforms promoted with all efforts.
The generals who were awarded the reward were not only those who had followed Peter the Great, but also a considerable number of military aristocrats. They took refuge with Katerina in Tyumen City. It was a timely blessing, but they still could not change the old habits of the aristocratic period. Their hands and feet were unclean and they always thought that they relied on their
One's own merit can be lawless...
In fact, even when Peter the Great was in power, he turned a blind eye to some opaque accounts of military expenditures, and usually did not intervene as long as it was not too excessive.
"Father, what should I do?"
Katerina asked softly: "Should I tolerate them?"
"You are the king, you should not ask me this question..."
Peter the Great looked at his daughter with doting eyes: "Besides, you have made your own decision, haven't you?"
Katerina smiled. She was indeed here to seek advice from her father, but she had already used similar excuses five times this month. Chatting with her relatives might be her most fundamental purpose.
"After all, Onufri and the others are generals brought out by you, my father. Their loyalty and dedication are beyond doubt. The country also needs them. I want... to ask you, father, to come forward and wake them up."
Peter the Great thought for a while, nodded and said: "We cannot leave the Kingdom of Death, you can bring them here."
"Yeah! I'll bring them over as soon as possible."
Katerina looked at the time and realized it was almost midnight. She stood up and said, "Mom, dad, I'm leaving first."
After saying that, she glanced at Paul I who was bowing his head and said nothing, shook her head, and left without saying anything.
Regarding her brother, her heart was also very complicated. He was already dead, so reprimanding was meaningless. But when it came to forgiveness, it was difficult for her to forgive Paul I, who left her alone, or even Peter the Great.
Death is inextricably linked to Paul I.
What should she do?
What can be done?
But his mother still protected him from scolding him.
After Katerina left, Peter the Great quietly waited for the chains of the seducer. Only when Katerina was there could they see the light of the outside world. When the kingdom of death closed, they would return to silence and continue to live in the world.
Wandering in the land of death.
The cold chains did not arrive for a long time. Instead, gray mist surged in front of them. After a while, several figures appeared.
Looking at the man in front of him, and then at the girl next to him, Peter the Great said: "Marve Enders?"
Ma Wei took off his hat and put it on his chest, bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty Peter."
Although it was their first meeting, Peter the Great had already learned about the great pope from his daughter and son, and he was more familiar with him than he had ever seen him before.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I agree." Peter the Great said.
"Agree to what?"
Ma Wei was startled and confused by this inexplicable statement.
Seeing Ma Wei's confused look, Peter the Great frowned: "Why did you come to me?"
"Let's talk to you about Your Majesty Katerina."
You are right as I thought...
Peter the Great twirled his beard and said: "Then what? I am a very open-minded person, so just don't want a mother-in-law or a mother-in-law."
Ma Wei nodded, without sitting down, and said bluntly: "I really want to resurrect you, but the conditions for resurrection are very harsh... Tilde! Tilde!"
"Why are you shouting? I am a dog. I will come when I bark?"
The gray mist condensed into Tilde's figure, appeared in front of everyone, and glared at Ma Wei with dissatisfaction: "I've let you in, and you're still not satisfied? You still want to take your soul out? This is absolutely not possible!"
Mavey has long understood the composition of the soul from Tilde.
The spirituality left by the Creator gathers in the human body and appears in the form of soul. After death, the spirituality must return to heaven and earth. The kingdom of death is the place used to digest the soul.
The soul will wander in the kingdom of death until the consciousness is completely eliminated, and then the soul will be completely defeated and return to the world to wander.
This process can take a long time or be very short. An extremely overdrawn soul like Rhodes IV will completely dissipate in a few months. A half-dead soul like Caesar who still has an obsession may not dissipate in two thousand years.
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Peter the Great belonged to the latter, which is why he is still very conscious.
Rules are rules. As the controller of the Kingdom of Death, it is impossible for Tilde to allow Ma Wei to take the soul out of the Kingdom of Death. Moreover, once the soul leaves the Kingdom of Death, its death will accelerate, which can take anywhere from a few days to several months.
Because the consciousness has not been completely eliminated, this part of the spirituality needs to go through a longer evolution before it can be absorbed again. If the number is too large, the order will be disordered!
"I don't want to take away their souls, but I want you to tell him the consequences of living people entering the kingdom of death." Ma Wei said.
Peter the Great and the three looked at Tilde, who said: "The Kingdom of Death is a place where souls die. Living people entering here will not have much impact in a short time, but if it takes a long time, they will be covered by the gray fog.
Erodes and causes permanent damage to the soul."
There is a difference between life and death.
Whether a living person enters the kingdom of death or a soul returns to the real world, it is a counter move to break the rules.
By saying this, Mawei hoped that Peter the Great would know the seriousness of the problem.
"There are also conditions for resurrecting the dead. Please tell them."
"Blood of blood relatives, bones of enemies, hearts of loyal ones and parts of the bodies of gods..."
Tilde said: "The latter two need to be voluntary, the first two do not."
"The Romanov royal family is prosperous and has many collateral blood relatives. It will not be difficult to capture a few and activate magic."
Mawei said softly: "If you think this is a good thing for the Romanov Kingdom, I can resurrect you, Your Majesty Peter."
"I..."
Before Peter the Great could speak, Paul I next to him raised his head.
"you shut up."
"..."
"The Romanov Kingdom does not need two kings." Peter the Great lowered his eyes and said: "Katerina has done a good job. She is my proudest daughter. My rebirth will shake her rule. I will not
She once mentioned this to me, but I rejected her."
"I also understand the purpose of your special visit. Next time, I will warn her to focus on government affairs and not come to see us all the time."
"Twice a month is good."
Mawei did not want to cut off the contact between Katerina and Peter the Great. He did consider Katerina: "It will not exceed an hour at a time and will not cause any harm to her body."
After speaking, Ma Wei clapped his hands, and several monks came in carrying a vertical clock and placed the clock next to the table and chairs arranged by Katerina.
With the clock, Peter the Great could know the time when Katerina entered the Kingdom of Death.
"Suddenly there is a clock, and she will know that you have been here." Peter the Great said.
"It's better to know than to find out later, and it saves you having to hide it from her." Ma Wei smiled: "If it weren't for the fact that the voices inside the Kingdom of Death can't be transmitted to the outside world, it would be good for you to communicate through the door, but it's a pity...it's all the fault of Di
Erd.”
Tilde's mouth opened wide with shock on her face: "Blame me? What does it have to do with me! I didn't make these rules!"
"If I don't blame you, do you blame me?"
"Okay, okay..."
Taking a deep breath, Tilde's figure turned into gray mist and dispersed, not wanting to say another word to Mavey.
After explaining the matter, Mavey put on his hat and left the Kingdom of Death with Yunia and the monks. After they left, the seductress emerged from the surrounding fog while shaking his chains, trapping the souls of Peter the Great and the three of them, and returned to death.
Deep in the country.
Within a few days, Katerina summoned Onufri, Makarov, and Ravel, the generals who had followed Peter the Great, and brought them to the church.
When the gate to the Kingdom of Death, exuding a cold aura, appeared in front of them, Onufri and the others shuddered quietly. Behind the door was the world of the dead. Just thinking about it made people shudder.
Walking into the thick gray fog and coming to the table and chairs, Katerina said "Huh".
She saw an upright clock next to the table and chairs. It was obvious who put it in and could do this...
There seemed to be only a few.
Either Tilde or Mavi.
Tilde didn't bother to care at all. Even though she was the least Buddhist among the three sisters of fate, she rarely meddle in other people's business.
Put a clock in... If it was necessary, He would have done it already, why wait until now?
The seducer led the three souls of Peter the Great out of the gray mist, unchained them and retreated again. When they saw Peter the Great, Onufri and others, their legs weakened and they almost fell to their knees.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
Makarov reacted first, wailed, and rushed to Peter the Great to hug him, but his body passed through him.
The cold feeling coming from his body made him understand that what was standing in front of him was just a soul.
Facing Peter the Great, the veteran generals all cried bitterly, as if they were remembering those years when Peter the Great led them to rise from the bottom and make a comeback from adversity. Not only did they regain power, but they also overthrew the Apocalypse Sect that was sucking blood from the empire in one fell swoop.
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Such a glorious feat was achieved through their hard work!
"Your Majesty, why did you die so early?"
Regarding the cause of his death, Peter the Great did not want to talk more. He quietly looked at the wailing Onufri and the others. After they calmed down, he said quietly: "You are all successful, Onufri, you are loyal."
I was only 19 years old at the time, and I was the youngest officer. During the charge, everyone would protect you intentionally or unintentionally..."
"Ravl, you were 20 years old at the time. You rushed forward desperately. After the bullets were fired, you drew your saber. Once, you even cut off the saber..."
"And Makarov, you are the heaviest drinker I have ever seen. You can drink five bottles of vodka by yourself, and you can even sneak attack the enemy after drinking."
The past events were recounted one after another, and in a trance, it seemed as if they had returned to that period again. Just as everyone was recalling with smiles on their lips, Peter the Great suddenly raised his voice and shouted:
"Look at you now! Wearing expensive leather clothes and expensive rings, all of you are fat and rich...Have you forgotten the goals of the empire's reform!"