Lux's Farewell

Although he was in the dock, Jarvan IV still held his head high.

He has heard of many precedents of public trials, and also heard that when many nobles and their offshoots were hanged in public in disgrace, the local people cheered for joy.

But Jarvan IV didn't panic at all, because he knew that he was different from those people.

In Jarvan IV's view, although those nobles were not guilty of death, they should also be severely punished. If they fall into their own hands, they should at least be the kind that deprive them of all honors—just because the nobles have absolute control over their fiefdoms. Right, it's just that you can't get in your own hands.

He can confidently say that he has a clear conscience.

It's not that Jarvan IV is being stubborn, but that since he ascended the throne, the army with the strongest control has indeed been relatively fair. Many soldiers of the regular army made meritorious service and became minor nobles.

Therefore, as long as Lux dares to show her attitude in the northern border and conduct a trial relatively fairly, then she is doomed to be innocent.

However, what he never expected was that Lux's first question exceeded his expectations. What kind of rights and obligations does the king of Demacia have... Does she want to prove that she is incompetent?
Isn't this a joke!
Since he ascended the throne, Jarvan IV can be called a long-cherished sleeper. He doesn't like extravagance, doesn't like formalities, and is alone. He even goes to work in the military camp regularly. Most of the income directly under the fief is spent on Maintain military benefits and provide subsidies to retired soldiers.

Although the use of retired soldiers as grassroots missionaries of the Illuminati reduced the financial burden to a certain extent, but when the soldiers retired, Jarvan IV did not hesitate to give them severance pay.

It is precisely because of such a generous subsidy that Jarvan IV can firmly control the army. On the one hand, he digs the corners of the nobles at the grassroots level, and on the other hand, he seeks commercial interests from the outside world—even if the Twilight Protoss did not do things, the Xiongdu Front Army and In the battle between the walkers in the north, I am afraid it will not be so easy to tell the winner!
Therefore, when Lux asked in the next sentence, "Have you fulfilled your obligations as a king", Jarvan IV replied confidently, "Yes, I have fulfilled everything I should do as the king of Demacia."

"So, how did you implement it?" Facing Jarvan IV's answer, Lacus seemed to have expected it, but continued to ask along his words, "Since you took the throne, all the policies you have implemented, most of them It's all focused on the military."

"Because the army is the foundation of Demacia." Jarvan IV said as a matter of course, "Despite the tragic defeat, the soldiers of Demacia are worthy of this country."

"This explanation is not exact." Lux shook her head lightly, "Maintaining the army is certainly important, but judging from the results of checking the existing accounts, the Demacian army has accounted for more than [-]% of the total expenditure since the accession to the throne. Most of the money is spent on military expenses, and it is the king's responsibility to lead the Demacia army, but it is not the only responsibility."

Lux's tone sounded more like a question than a trial, and she didn't have the aggressive aura of a public trial of nobles in other cities at all.

Jarvan IV didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Lacus gourd, but he did have a lot to answer for this question.

Or to put it another way... Jarvan IV, who had experienced failure, also had uncontrollable anger in his heart at this moment.

"Because many nobles are insects, they are addicted to pleasure and have no ambition to make progress." His voice was calm and firm, as if explaining a well-known fact, "They have failed the glory of Demacia—— And if you want to regain the glory of Demacia, you must rely on a loyal army."

As soon as the words were said, whether it was the melon-eating people or the other nobles waiting for trial in the dock, they couldn't help but widen their eyes at this moment.

Good guy!
Your Majesty, you really dare to say anything!
Of course Jarvan IV dared to say it—in other words, this was what he had in mind, and he had had enough of the insects of the noble council!

In Jarvan IV's view, the main reasons for his failure can be summarized from two aspects.

On the one hand, the protoss was too cunning, and the extraordinary power was difficult to control. He was forcibly taken away by the twilight protoss, and then issued a series of orders to play the piano, which directly led to the defeat of the war.

On the other hand, it was the group of short-sighted nobles who only cared about the interests of their own one-third of an acre of land, and dragged themselves back through the noble council.

Look at the virtues of these bastards, how do they meet Demacia's requirements for nobles?

In Jarvan IV's heart, the perfect Demacia should be the king, nobles, bishops, soldiers and civilians performing their duties. When he was a prince, he demanded himself with the strictest requirements. Rings are no problem.

Although the bishops of the Illuminati are a bit suspected of being a vegetarian, in fact they don't have much power in their hands, so it's okay to mess around.

As for the vast number of soldiers and civilians, Jarvan IV has a natural affection for them—from his point of view, the soldiers of Demacia are all elites, who can be called brave and good at fighting; Rent, taxation, and corvee are still active, and they are all good people.

Among all links, only the aristocrats are a bunch of rubbish. These bastards deceive the top and the bottom, annexing the land while withholding taxes. They don't do many things in line with the aristocratic spirit, but they are not small at poaching the wall from the Guangdun family.

In the noble council, the nobles and noble representatives tried countless times to restrain Jarvan IV and his father according to the most stringent requirements, but when it came to their own problems, they were often punished with three glasses of wine and gently put them down.

Although the royal family and nobles are both the rulers of Demacia, the relationship between them has never been harmonious.

Even among the teachings of Jarvan III to Jarvan IV, a considerable part was how to confront the noble council.

It can be said that the political history of Demacia is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms of the royal family, the noble council and the Illuminati. The Illuminati played a supporting role most of the time, and it was mainly the royal family and the noble council who robbed each other of power.

As the hero of a generation, Jarvan IV, whether it is based on historical lessons or personal ambitions, weakening the power of the nobility and centralizing power for the royal family are necessary links.

For Jarvan IV, since he has the ability, he naturally wants to win over the power of the nobles. There is no reason for this kind of thing!

The royal family and the noble council are torn apart, this is the main theme of Demacia!

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But the struggle for power between the royal family and the noble council has become the main political conflict in Demacia. Is there really no reason for this?

And who wrote the main theme of this song?
Jarvan IV obviously didn't think about this question.

In other words, the Demacians never thought about this issue in the past.

Only Lux, who was standing on the trial seat at this time, had a clear understanding of this.

The root cause of this phenomenon is the combination of Demacia's special natural environment and the special historical conditions when it was established.

Let me talk about the natural environment first.

Since the Rune Wars permanently changed the natural environment of Runeterra, even affecting the direction of ocean currents, after the Rune Wars, the once barren Demacian plains quickly became a godsend land with the same rain and heat.

Such a generous land that was not occupied by anyone in the past, after ushering in the ancestors of Demacia, even after more than 800 years of continuous development, the carrying capacity of the land is far from reaching the limit.

This means that, as the ruled Demacia civilians, although their lives are not good, they will never starve to death.

Moreover, since the military merit promotion system is quite mature in Demacia, and the people have a relatively clear upward path, within the scope of Demacia, although there are conflicts between the ruler and the ruled, it is actually difficult to intensify this contradiction.

The common people suffer a lot, but they can survive anyway. When they meet continuous bumper harvests, they can save a little money to pave the way for future generations to join the army.

Of course, when it comes to this, some people may wonder, are the nobles and lords of Demacia all benevolent people, and they don’t know how to suck the bones?
The answer is yes, but it doesn’t make much sense—because Demacia’s agriculture is too large, and the magic prohibition system is perfect, there was a trade deficit all year round before the Shurima trade, which led to noble lords’ enthusiasm for squeezing the civilians under their own rule. Not too high.

You can get some grain if you squeeze it, but it’s useless if there is too much food. The grain in Demacia cannot be sold, and the grain outside Demacia cannot be sold at a high price. If you squeeze it, you will cause trouble. It’s better to be able to Continue to exhaust the pond and catch fish.

In fact, it can be seen from the results of Lux's public trial of the nobles before that most common people are often not the noble lords, but the offshoots of the nobles. The intermediate state between nobles and commoners is often discarded, and sometimes the nobles will deal with a few excessive idiots, making a posture that the nobles and lords are all good people.

Just like Lux's action to rescue Ino at the beginning did not cause any disturbance in the northern border, that is because this kind of nobleman cleaning up the side bastards is not news in the entire Demacia.

So, even if the lords of the fiefs have limited squeeze, is it possible that with the expansion of the power of the nobles, the carrying capacity of the people will be unlimited?
This is of course not the case - if the aristocratic class expands infinitely, the common people will gradually be unable to bear it, and the conflict between the nobles and the common people will quickly intensify accordingly.

But the problem is that this situation cannot happen due to historical reasons.

Because in Demacia, nobles and fiefs are bound.

The ancestors of Demacia themselves were a group of refugees. They left the Noxi Empire together to find the future. After arriving in Demacia, many people left separately to find a new home to settle down.

This form of nation-building in the form of pioneering directly led to the first batch of nobles dominated by Demacia, who were completely nobles with fiefs. The fact that nobles own fiefs was passed down because it was in the interests of the nobles. down.

The fiefdom is the real interest of the nobles, and it is also the foundation of the nobles of Demacia. It not only provides the nobles with economic and political strength, but also invisibly limits the expansion of the nobles.

A city can have redundant officials, but it is impossible to have two seals in one place.

Therefore, if the aristocrats want to continue to expand, they must either expand outwards, or the royal family will provide direct territories.

But the problem is that Demacia occupies the most fertile land in Valoran after the Rune Wars. The territory directly under the royal family is where the essence of Demacia lies. The capital of Demacia is also the economic and political center of the city. … Normal nobles, who would want to expand the territory of the Freljord in the north and border Noxus in the south?
If he becomes a new nobleman and gets a new fief from the royal family, isn't he good?

It is because they are full that they will go to the frontier where the birds don't shit to open up new territories!
Don't look at Lux's success in Fossbarrow, but that's because she has the encyclopedia Kalya, the support of the Crownguard family, and the elite mages from all over Demacia rolling up their sleeves to fight ashes!

Before Lacus, the last lord of Fossbarrow would rather not be a nobleman than leave Fossbarrow!
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the political situation in Demacia is actually relatively stable. Here, the conflict between the ruler and the ruled is not fierce. The intensity of their struggle far exceeds that of nobles and commoners.

Therefore, when Lux asked Jarvan IV why he allocated a large amount of financial revenue to the army to maintain or even improve the treatment of the army, Jarvan IV did not hesitate at all, and directly said that his purpose was to use the army as the foundation , correct the mistakes of the nobles, and regain the glory of Demacia.

This remark was undoubtedly ridiculous to Lux.

But in Jarvan IV's own opinion, this is a perfect answer.

Or maybe not only Jarvan IV thinks so.

After he gave this answer, many of the onlookers agreed deeply—in the eyes of the citizens of Xiongdu, His Majesty Jarvan IV was a good emperor, and the nobles of the noble council did have different opinions. Fewer insects.

Although for these melon-eating people who don't understand war, many people think that the army has taken so much money and was pushed to Xiongdu by the northerners, which has failed the investment, but at least they don't understand the statement and purpose of Jarvan IV. All agree.

Even in the face of Jarvan IV's accusation, even though no one was named, many nobles still bowed their heads. They may not really repent for what they did, but they really couldn't find the accusation of Jarvan IV. What an excuse to refute.

This statement is true, and it is indeed in line with the traditional concept of Demacia - since the nobles have not completed their tasks, the mistakes of the nobles should be corrected.

For Lux, however, this answer was far from enough.

Most of the nobles are insects, which does not mean that the noble class should be eliminated.

So, after Lux nodded, she continued to ask.

"So, how do you plan to restore the glory of Demacia based on the army?"

Write more slowly.