() At the same time that Akhfsky and others had completed their deliberations, Prussia had also formally tried the case of Wyande.
Before the trial, William summoned Locks again at Sanssouci Palace "Prime Minister Locks, Karina is a good girl, and I think she will also be a good family heir!"
As soon as they met, William's first words shocked Locks "Your Majesty, I don't think I understand what you mean?"
As he spoke, Locks frowned and looked at William.
Locks believed that William must have known Wyande's status in his family, and Karina's status as a daughter also made her lose the possibility of family inheritance, unless "Your Excellency, I have something here that you might be interested in, and I hope you will be able to take a look" As he spoke, William handed a document to Locks, who bowed down to take it, and then looked at it carefully.
Looking at Locks, whose brows were getting tighter and tighter, a smile appeared on the corner of William's mouth, smiling like a little fox.
Looking at the document in his hand, there were not many words on it, but it made Locks's mind tumble rapidly.
"Your Majesty, this" "Hehe, my Prime Minister, this is an edict I have specially drafted for you, I think you should be more satisfied."
Looking at William with a smile on his face, Locks really wanted to throw the document in his hand in William's face, but the content of this document made Locks very reluctant.
There were only two edicts on the document that William handed to Locks, one of which was to add a penalty of political rights to the kingdom's legal punishment scheme.
The other stipulates that the royal family has the right to meddle in the succession rights of major families.
Deprivation of political rights is a punishment that William has borrowed from modern times, and the meaning of this punishment is simple and clear: the person is not allowed to have political rights under any circumstances.
Such as entering the state zhèngfǔ institutions, serving as an officer in the Prussian army, inheriting noble titles and other rights.
If this article can be passed, then it will undoubtedly become the most severe punishment in Prussia, and its punishment is equivalent to life imprisonment, you must know that even criminals in Europe at this moment do not have a clear provision for deprivation of political rights, such as most of the colonists sent by Britain to the North American continent were criminals, and when the colonies were established, many of these criminals were appointed.
And for a nobleman.
The deprivation of his political rights is undoubtedly more serious than exile, because the exile may return one day, but once he loses his political rights, it means that he has officially said goodbye to his political activities.
This is a fatal punishment for the majority of motivated aristocrats.
The fact that the royal family has the right to intervene in the inheritance of noble families is even more alarming.
As we all know, the heir of each family is appointed within the family, even if the heir is a fool, but as long as there is no objection within the family, then the heir can be supported by the law.
But now according to William's regulations.
All noble families in the territory of Prussia.
Each family must file their first three heirs with the royal family, which has the right to review the status of the heirs of the major noble families.
If the heir is deemed to be inappropriate for the character of the heir, the royal family has the right to veto the heir of the family, which also means that the heir will lose the inheritance rights of the family.
The royal family has the right to directly select one of the first three heirs of each noble family as the first heir in line to the family.
Once the edict is passed, it will mean that the royal family's control over the domestic aristocracy will reach an unprecedented level, in order to ensure that their lineage can have the right to inherit the family, presumably all the nobles will try their best to please the royal family, and some careerists who are eager for family inheritance will be more willing to become lackeys of the royal family.
"Your Majesty.
Isn't that a bit too much?
” Looking at William's smiling face, Locks asked very strangely in his heart.
Hear Locks' question.
William said calmly: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think these two articles are simply a blessing for all noble families, take you as an example, as long as these two edicts are promulgated, then you don't have to worry about any more careerists like Huiander in the family, if you want, I can use my power to help you appoint Karina as the heir to the family, isn't it the most happy thing?"
"But Your Majesty" "Well, my Prime Minister, I have done all this for your own good, and if something really happened to your son, would you like your family to fall into the hands of outsiders, and your own granddaughter will be homeless?
I'm doing this for the benefit of all families like you in Prussia."
After saying that, William still looked at Locks with a smile, and after a while, Locks compromised "Well, Your Majesty, you hit me in the soft underbelly, but I think you still have to modify this second one" As he spoke, Locks took a pen and wrote it on paper.
After Locks handed the document back to William, William took one look and said: "Then my expansion plan" "As long as your plan is affordable for Prussia and can bring benefits to the Prussian people, it is your duty to support you!"
After receiving Locks' admission, William was overjoyed.
On November 23, 1789, in the presence of William and other important nobles of the kingdom, the Prussian Supreme Court heard the case of Wyande, and sentenced him to deprivation of his title and political rights for life and ten years' imprisonment on charges of collecting heavy taxes.
Such a heavy penalty simply made the whole Prussia look sideways, you must know that Wyander is not an ordinary person, he is the nephew of Locks and the second in line to the heir of the Locks family.
And the new punishment of deprivation of political rights is even more confusing and frightening, take Huiander as an example.
Depriving Huiander of his political rights means that Huiander has lost the possibility of inheriting the family title, and not being able to inherit the family title also means that Huiander has lost his identity as the heir of the family.
Although Locks has been deprived of Huiander's inheritance in the family before, everyone knows that it is full of variables, and the branch represented by Huiander will never give up the desire for family inheritance, once Locks dies or something happens, then the branch can also bring Huiander out again to compete for family succession.
Now, with the Supreme Court's ruling, the branch represented by Huiander will lose the legal support of the heir family.
Although the branch can also send another representative to compete for the family's succession, its competitiveness will also be weakened by the influence of Huiander.
At the same time, after the trial of Wyande, William issued an edict that shocked the whole of Europe.
The edict is that the royal family has the right to review the heir rights of the major noble families, and once the royal family believes that the heir of the noble family does not have the qualities of a nobleman, then the royal family has the right to veto the heir's right to inherit the family.
Of course, there are also restrictions, the royal family cannot veto the reasonable heir of the noble family, the royal family cannot directly cross the direct family line to appoint the branch as the heir, unless the family is extinct, the royal family cannot appoint the sick, mentally handicapped and other diseases as the family heir candidates, the royal family's veto power and the right to appoint the family heir can only be carried out once against the family.
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In reality, the edict is not without flaws, for example, the royal family only has the right to choose one of the first three heirs reported by the major noble families as the first heir in line to the throne, which means that the royal family can only choose one person from the noble family, and not someone else.
However, despite the many restrictions, the promulgation of the edict still meant that the entire Prussian aristocratic family would be under the control of the royal family, and the royal family's right to remove the heirs of the family would make the heads of the major families panic.
However, William had already reached an agreement with Locks, and William obtained the consent of the military nobles, so that William's edict was passed by the cabinet by a slight margin.
Through these two things, William hung a sword of Damocles over the heads of all the noble families in Prussia.