Imperial Diet III

[AussieGiant]

While spinning the tip of a dagger on the palm of his mailed handed, Arnold flips it up and snatches it out of the air at end of Elberhard statement

Christ Elberhard, what the blazes are you carrying on about?!!!

Scotland!! Are you on some of this hashish stuff!!??

[Ituralde]

An Austrian noble stands up from the ranks to adress the Assembly:


It has come to my attention that the populace of Budapest is revolting against the rule of the Reich. This is due to an absurd amount of taxation set by our current Chancellor Ulrich Hümmel! This goes against the express wishes of my master the Count of Budapest, who has clearly stated in his orders for the Chancellor that tax levels in Budapest have to be adjusted to a level that keeps the populace at least content. (OOC: yellow or green face)

It seems Budapest is not the only Imperial city suffering of such blatant over-taxation. While I'm not aware of the arrangements made by other Counts, I hope this has not been their intent. I urge the Chancellor to remedy this situation immediately, the Count of Budapest is already quite displeased as it is!

[FactionHeir]

Hans enters the diet, visibly angry

What mockery is this chancellor making of the empire and its laws I ask, my lords?

From what my informants are writing, it seems that we have bought Edinburgh and Inverness off the English and are currently laying siege to Gaza and several units are en route to besiege Caesarea.

Besides that, the merchants that were hired many years ago still sit idly in their offices and our best diplomat has defected to the Russians. Jonas von Mahren is still camping out in the woods south of Magdeburg, although he should have been at Hamburg by now.

Additionally, Outremer is left entirely undefended and 4 Imperial cities are rioting with several others on the verge.

In regards to our laws, the witch near Ajaccio is still alive while the Bavarians are ordered to siege the castle and the above-named expansions go against the charter.

Lastly, I am most displeased that I am still being sent towards Vienna although I have explicitly requested to be sent to Outremer to help defend against the new invasion of the Mongols.

[Stig]

Ansehelm comes walking into the Diet, looking more than displeased

I've heard these words of the Honourable Hans, and I demand an explanation from the chancellor, immediatly, within 24 hours. And no excuses!!!
Also I want to know where my army is, I am supposed to go on crusade, and there is no sight of an army, I'm currently commanding something that resembles a Household Army while I should be near Riga. You throwed a reinforcement army against some insignificant Poles and I still have no explanation for that.
So you have some explaining to do.

And don't worry, I'll be up the entire 24 hours waiting for you to talk.

Ansehelm sits down on his chair, looking annoyed while he orders a servant to fetch some blankets as he will be here till he hears the explanations by the chancellor

[GeneralHankerchief]

*A Bavarian lawyer rises.*

*Ahem* Honorable Electors, I speak for Conrad Salier, who did not wish to raise much of a ruckus in the Diet. However, upon further examination of the current situation of the Reich, King Salier believes that there are several situations that are not quite in line with the Imperial Charter and the edicts of the recent Diet session.

First, the issue of Edict 10.2 comes up:

Edict 10.2: The Chancellor will not authorise any construction in settlements without the highest level of religious building currently possible, unless there is a religious building in the build queue.

This is not the case in several settlements. Thorn, which currently only holds a Small Chapel, is undergoing a "Military build policy," leaving no room for religious buildings. The same goes for Sofia.

Second, Edict 10.6:

Edict 10.6: The continued Milanese threat to Imperial trade and lands will be ended by taking Corsica and Sardinia. The witch Danae will be eliminated before any siege of the Castle on Corsica. The most devout Priests available, at least two, will accompany the army to bring the light of God to that accursed Isle. Once both islands are in our possession, Sardinia will be offered to the Sicilians in exchange for florins and/or their good will. All this must be accomplished in 10 years (5 turns).

The witch Danae has not yet been eliminated, but Ajaccio is still under siege. The two priests mentioned are nowhere in sight.

As Ansehelm already mentioned, the Teutonic Crusade Army is nowhere to be found.

King Salier also has two personal grievances with the Chancellor. He requests an explanation for why all of Bavaria's Italian possessions, plus Marseille and Venice, which belongs to Austria, are currently dangerously near rioting. Even in Rome, the capital of the entire Empire, the peasants are restless.

Finally, he is extremely displeased with the status of Outremer. He questions the wisdom in having him march in the desert straight for the entire force of the Horse Lords. He is also wondering why Gaza is currently being besieged by an Imperial Army. Outremer is complete, and if Gaza is to be included in its lands then it will be a violation of the Kingdom's Charter.

*The lawyer coughs, pauses, and finishes reading off of his paper.*

Ordinarily King Conrad would only ask for an explanation, but considering that there have been so many violations in so many different places, combined with Chancellor Hummel leaving the entire Diet in the dark for an extended period of time, he does not believe that the Chancellor is in a position to deliver a report.

King Salier formerly requests that either Kaiser Jobst, the new Prinz of the Reich (whoever it may be), or three of the Dukes call an Emergency Session of the Diet to discuss Ulrich Hummel's competancy as Chancellor of the Reich.

*The lawyer sits down, expressionless.*

[Stig]

Ansehelm stands again

I must say that it would be fair to give the chancellor a change to defend himself, otherwise we could just as well start a coup.

Ansehelm sits again

[GeneralHankerchief]

*The lawyer stands.*

There will be plenty of time to do that at the Emergency Session. That is the purpose of it, is it not?