Warhammer Throne

Haimenguan Tavern "Granny's Beard" is a high-level tavern jointly operated by humans and dwarves. Dwarves occupy 51% of the shares, humans occupy 46%, and the remaining 3% are controlled by elves, although very few The elves will patronize this shop, but at least the elves will not be turned away because they have no shares.

The dwarves at Haimen Pass are already considered the most elves-accepting dwarves among all the dwarves in the old world, but even so, the relationship between the two is still very cold.

Ryan and others were welcomed after entering the tavern. The three holy grail knights had just entered the tavern, and the leading dwarf bartender put three glasses of vodka on the table: "Welcome, Lord Knight and the two holy grail knights, this It is for you. All the dwarves will remember your brilliant record. For at least ten years, we don’t have to worry about the green skin harassment from the badlands. Body."

"Thank you." Ryan politely thanked him in dwarf language. For some reason, Ryan and the others did not choose to sit in the private room on the second floor, but in the lobby on the first floor. The three ordered a little Haimenguan local specialty food, grilled meat and stuffing. Cakes, skewers and seafood, as well as black tea imported from Aurora.

The three discussed the news about how to attack the Fort Arsenal in January. From the news that Blackheart Rip sent a large number of scouts, it can be seen that the Fort Arsenal contains about 6,000 to 10,000 green skins. The name of the green-skinned warlord is called Kit-Sour Stomach, is a goblin shaman who is good at field warfare, very cunning.

The terrain of Fort Armory is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is located in the middle of the corridor between two hills. If you want to attack, you must attack along the hills. For the knight army, it is very difficult to attack this kind of fortress.

But Ryan also has an advantage, that is, Bellegar's super siege ability. The dwarf king has formulated a detailed siege policy for the terrain of the military fort, and Ryan and others have to implement it.

After chatting for a while, a few Aurora people came in outside. The headed person wore a ruby ​​top, two-eyed flower feathers, and a nine-python five-claw python robe. The clothes were embroidered with golden pheasant patterns, and they wore a long string of beads almost hanging down to their stomachs. Wearing a pair of Ruyi moiré yellow boots with a jade jade belt around his waist, he walked into the bar with the Aurora people he had seen before, and tried to communicate with the dwarf bartender in a very crude common language. They ordered After a few glasses of wine and some dishes, I sat down to eat. Among them, the Aurora man named Hong Fuchu noticed Ryan obviously. He and the Aurora headed by him pointed to Ryan and said a few words, but the shock of the man in court clothes Dan shook his head arrogantly, saying that he didn't need it.

Then a few people shouted "Tianzun immeasurable life blessing" together.

"It's rare, there are Aurora people here." Karad is obviously curious about this new thing: "I remember the old world only has the Aurora embassy in Tyrell. The last time the Aurora mission arrived in the old world was already It happened seven hundred years ago."

"Aurora people occasionally come to the old world to trade." As the eldest son of Boderek, Duke of Polderro, Federmond obviously needs to know more about outsiders: "We occasionally trade silk with the Aurora people. Gold, tea, porcelain vases and some magical crafts, but the two sides rarely touch."

"Yes, thousands of years ago, the Aurora envoys arrived in Arabi, and trade with the Nicohara dynasties at that time brought the secret of firearms." Ryan nodded, "As for the last contact between the two sides. Seven hundred years ago, the Aurora envoy arrived in Tyrell and established an embassy in Tyrell. At that time, it was the Wu dynasty who ruled Aurora. Later, the Wu dynasty almost never sent envoys to the old world. On the contrary, they are becoming more and more closed and reducing the frequency of trade. It is said that the Wu Dynasty has changed a lot of Ren Longdi, and halfway through the throne was stolen by a monkey man named Monkey King. Later, the dragon emperor spent it. It took a lot of energy to regain the throne, and the Dragon Emperor is just a title. Each Aurora emperor DìDū is called the Dragon Emperor. If the ruler changes family, it means that the Aurora Empire has changed dynasties."

"Yes, I heard that in the Aurora Empire, there is an old fable called the prince and general Xiangning. They don't seem to have the concept of aristocracy or common people." Federmond nodded, he took the mug and drank a full drink. One mouthful: "This is different from the old world. The civilians seem to like to overthrow the existing dragon emperor and recommend a new dragon emperor."

"It's the same as Tyrell, populism." Ryan said casually, holding a mug in his hand: "Populism is like this, and we in Brittany are elite politics."

"Populist, elite? My king, I don't know what the difference is?" Karad has been in contact with Ryan for a long time. He really thinks that the new knight king is an infinite treasure house, and he seems to have inexhaustible Knowledge and unfathomable wisdom.

"Elite politics is very simple. As the name suggests, the elites rule the entire country and make decisions on all the policies of the entire country." Ryan nodded, pointing to himself, then to Calad and Federmond: "Obviously , We are all elites, because we are all knight nobles, and at the same time holy grail knights. The holy grail knights and knight nobles headed by us dominate the kingdom of knights. There is no problem, right?"

Karad and Federmond nodded at the same time.

"Like us, whether it is an empire, a dwarf, or an elves, it is actually elite politics." Ryan leaned on a chair and pointed to the dishes on the table: "The national policy of the entire kingdom may also be the leader. In fact, it is controlled by the knight aristocracy, and the few of us control the destiny of the majority. This is called elite politics."

"Aren't we always like this?" Calad thought about it carefully, and tried to ask: "Can we still let those serfs who specialize in farming make decisions about national and military affairs?"

"Yes, this is the superiority of elite politics." Ryan agreed, and he said slowly: "Obviously, when marching to fight, we must choose an excellent knight who is good at battle to direct the war, not Go find ten serfs, let them vote, and decide how to fight, then we are all perished long ago. If you want to fight a war, you must find a professional, and the serfs will get out of the way."

Karad and Federmond both laughed when they heard this, and it was true.

"But elite politics also has its shortcomings." Ryan did not smile. On the contrary, the knight king's expression was very serious: "That is the following two points, first, the issue of the recognition of the elite, and second, the issue of the self-fertilization of the elite."

"Regarding the recognition of the highest authority of the elite, that is, the recognition of the Holy Grail knights, we don’t have to worry about this because there are ladies to check, and we have solved this problem in half. But for ordinary knights and nobles, this problem has been around for a long time. First of all, As long as the descendants of each knight family are grown up and obtain spurs from other knight nobles, it is equal to automatically gaining knighthood, which is the so-called low-level recognition. In this case, some people will not have the strength and strength to be knights at all. Morality has also become a knight, and morality is corrupted, and it is a misfortune."

"Second, the knight aristocracy is not an authority in all fields. Most of the knight aristocracy is only good at war and military, but not good at internal affairs, but because of the decision-making level, the knight aristocrats have to take over the management of the territory. Responsibilities, many nobles are in a mess."

Speaking of this, Calade nodded with a wry smile. Isn't that what he is talking about?

"Thirdly, many decisions of the knight nobles are not always based on the interests of the kingdom and the interests of the whole people. They often only consider their own interests and deliberately make wrong decisions." Ryan held up the wine glass again: "This It is the problem of self-fertilization of elites. This is the most fatal flaw in elite politics. Because they occupy the decision-making level, they are destined to occupy more social resources and benefits and make decisions that are beneficial to themselves. This is unavoidable and impossible. To solve the problem thoroughly, parents are always more inclined to distribute the benefits to their children. The general always allocates the best resources to his direct army. Regarding his own court, the noble court always uses nepotism."

Ryan paused for a while after speaking. He recalled many things in his previous life, including "loyalty, filial piety, trustworthiness, integrity, honesty, shame, gentleness, courtesy and frugality", "chivalry" and the so-called "aristocratic spirit", which were actually discovered by the elites. Self-improvement after the self-fatification problem, although it has a certain effect, can not cure the problem of self-fatification by the elite. People hate this phenomenon, but they really hope that they are the one who enjoys the benefits.

It was Karad's and Federmond's turn to frown.

Ryan is right. In this regard alone, elitism has the most fatal flaw. Even the Holy Grail system of the fairy in the lake only solves some of them, but it depends solely on the supervision and restriction of the Holy Grail system. Tania has stood for a thousand years.

"...So populism is voting?" Karad thought for a while and asked, "So we should let go of the decision-making tier and let the serfs participate in the decision-making?"

"Haha, the relationship between a knight and a war horse is like the relationship between a nobleman and a serf. Without a war horse, how can we be called a knight? Without a serf, how can we support the aristocracy of the entire country?" Ryan smiled and nodded: "Just from the kingdom alone. From a perspective, it should not have been allowed for a few to decide the fate of the majority, and this is the case with populists, such as Tyrell and Prince Miragrino [] are always elected by citizens, and this procedure is completely legal, because All people are equal, and most people’s approval means fairness and respect, so that the prince elected will not be overthrown, but will only be assassinated."

"But the problem with populism lies in what I said before, marching and fighting, and governing the kingdom if all serfs vote together to make decisions, it means that the country is not far from being destroyed. People who understand military and political affairs will always be a minority, serfs. I only know how to look at the immediate benefits. For example, I dug the canal to make the kingdom’s commercial roads unblocked and for the benefit of everyone, but the serfs would not understand. What they saw was that the canal would destroy their farmland and leave them without. The land can be grown, and the grain from far away will make it difficult for them to sell grain and make money. Therefore, if the serfs are allowed to make decisions, the canal will never be dug, and once someone promises a little benefit, the serfs will definitely not even want to use it directly. Feet voting."

"Similarly, the fatal weakness of populism is that after serfs gain decision-making power, it is easy to form mob politics. Serfs will have the view that I am the righteous and I am the master, and they use their decision-making power at will or even use violence. Don't say more."

"However, even though there are so many populist problems, it is almost the only effective way to restrict the self-fertilization of the elite." Ryan continued: "Compared to our Britania, due to the supervision of women and the encouragement of the Holy Grail system, the imperial side is No, the old empire collapsed as a result, and the new empire reformed the electoral system and still could not solve this problem. This is the superiority of our Bretonian system. In short, populists and elites have their unavoidable drawbacks and fatalities. Shortcomings, but in the current environment, there is no doubt that Brittany will continue its elite route in the future."

"Then how do we try to avoid our problems?" Kalad asked seriously.

"The question lies in whether the upward channel is open enough and fair enough, and whether the reform of aristocracy and bureaucracy has been carried out."