King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 663 Subversion Template (Part 1)
Domineering and Dictatorship - This is Gordon Gardner Lonnier was two of the most widely criticized points at the end of his tenure as the chief of the Keyholders Association and the de facto leader of the Iron Vault and Braavos, until he voluntarily retired after he became famous, decisively gave up the seat of oneself to the younger generation and moved out of the main city to the countryside Yiyang Tiannian was far away from the center of power, and he completed the full set of operations of "retreat with rapidity" and "washing hands in a golden basin" one by one without error until it was completely rounded up, and the relevant criticism began to calm down and gradually disappear.

Time has changed, and the peers who criticized Gordon violently in those days have all withered away, and now there are very few people sitting in this room who have ever discussed things with him at the same table. Most people's impression of this old man is only Staying in the descriptions of others (mainly elders): very awesome, but more arrogant and despotic...saved the decline of the Iron Vault, and almost turned Braavos into his Human King country.

This is a Legendary character with mixed reputations, but at this moment, the same single thought appeared in the hearts of most of the main fighting factions present: Although democratic discussion is good, there is a powerful person at the critical moment. The feeling of people taking the lead and carrying things is not bad.

However, the members of the Keyholders Club, who were criticized no matter which way they stood, waited for a while with big eyes staring at small eyes, but did not hear the irritable old man's next instructive speech. He took the small jug handed by Maiden, leaned back into the wheelchair cushion, and began to slowly sip the liquid that he did not know was tea or wine, while remaining calm and composed while handling pressing affairs, observing the expressions of the people around the table expression.

This situation lasted for dozens of seconds, and everyone suddenly realized that this guy was planning to point out the direction and then retreated behind the scenes, leaving the specific operation part of "ideas" to their juniors.

“How to subvert the dynasty of Mother of Dragons?” The current president broke the deadlock. The scene of Gordon’s high-spirited and vigorous anger was too shocking, and he was secretly longing for it. Take it as an example for oneself to study hard, and if you want to become a political strongman like him, let's start by leading the war first. "Braavos has exhausted or defeated countless opponents in the long history, and has a lot of successful experience. You can learn from it, what's there to worry about? Not to mention, the Roger Bank that Mr. Gallonier mentioned just now is not a weakened version of the Westeros Bank at present? The process of destroying this opponent is quite a lot. Departments cooperate to fight, by fair means or foul to eliminate the textbooks and models of the deadly enemy... There are ready-made templates, what other ways can we find?"

Everyone came back to his senses, eyes bright and nodded in favor , and began to recall the entire process of the Iron Vault crushing the Rogal Bank.

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Rogal Bank, as everyone knows, is a bank once opened by Lys' Rogal family.

During the Regency of Aegon III, the then House Head - "The Great" Lissandra Rogal, by chance, married her daughter Lara Rogal to Viserys Targaryen, then Prince. The second, also successfully helped younger brother Drazek Roger to marry Dorne Queen Alexandra Martell through operations.

After completing these two "feat" Divine Grade marriages, Rogal Bank, which has the Westeros Kingdom as an ally and largest customer, soon became richer and more powerful than the Iron Vault, faintly Begin to challenge the former's financial position. But this prosperity came and went quickly, and after Lissandra and Drazekko's brothers, Helmsman and the two pillars of the Rogar family's rise, died on the same day, the family declined rapidly, and after a series of accidents And collapsed after the tragedy, submerged in the tide of history.

Due to the long history, the remnants of the Roger family have long since disintegrated and scattered all over the world. The details of this history are almost impossible to test, and only the most crucial content is still firmly remembered: the same Sect Master Lissandra and younger brother Drazeko of the Rogal family who died suddenly, on the surface one died in a boat accident, the other was choked to death by Bacon... But the conspiracy theory says that they both died in the iron vault The assassination of the "Black and White Court" of his brother's unit.

Unlike most of the conspiracy theories that are rumored but have no evidence, this time, the rumors are true.

But what needs to be added is that what the Iron Vault or Braavos did in the fall of Rogal Bank is far more than just sending killers to kill the two Sect Masters.

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If you want to straighten out this matter, you have to start before the Roger Bank is far from reaching Peak, and before it has caused the fear and full-scale attack of the Iron Vault.

Since the 129th year of the Aegon calendar, a bloody civil war called "Dance of the Dragons" took place on the Westeros continent: the approximate process of this civil war has been recorded in countless historical materials, and no further details are needed. . This Dragon Family infighting, which can also be called "Princess and Queen", "Black and Green Fight", and "Two Women in One Play", ended in a very tragic ending. The leaders of the black and green parties ended in death. Targaryen Dynasty has since turned from prosperity to decline, and Demon Dragon has finally disappeared completely because of this war.

A war with no winners—this is the concluding view that has long been agreed upon by historians.

But it should be noted that just because there are no winners does not mean that there are no winners.

The biggest beneficiary is Braavos.

As the financial center of the known world, Braavos has political needs that the other eight city-states do not have: it needs to ensure that it maintains a certain degree of control and influence over the world other than oneself in order to maintain oneself. core interests.

But for Westeros before "Dance of the Dragons", Braavos could only barely manage to "roughly grasp the changes in the situation".

Not because their foreign work was ineffective or slack, but because at that time after the truce between Targaryen and Martell Two Great Families was temporarily peaceful, under their respective leadership, the Seven Kingdoms or 6 The power of the +1 country has grown rapidly to an astonishing magnitude - the result of this prosperity is that many lords and nobles who do not deal with Braavos at all and are not on the list of contacts in the Iron Vault have also quickly gained wealth and Influence, and then began to have the right to speak and the need to speak. The appearance of this group of people did not weaken the influence of Braavos on Seven Kingdoms, but it was like the color dyed on the inflated balloons will become lighter-in a way of expanding the overall volume, diluting the original iron vault in Seven Kingdoms. The dense and wide network of connections makes the former's considerable control and interference power over Westeros almost diminished.

Braavos desperately needed an opportunity to bring the giant beast of Westeros back into control.

At this time, the "black" and "green" two parties began to show signs of struggle.

Of course, it must be made clear: Braavos is not the instigator or manipulator of this civil war - no matter how the mythical iron vault has that ability. This civil war started with the death of Viserys I; it started with the coronation of Prince Aegon by Queen Allison Hightower's co-parties in disobedience to the king's will; And then officially broke out after a dragon-riding duel called "Shipbreaker Bay Dance" in the bay outside the castle; eventually, the hatred and anger of the respective members of the black and green parties against each other grew more and more, until it swept the entire Seven Kingdoms. Even the known world...

During the entire war, Braavos and the Iron Vault had no role, but the intensity and outcome of the war were actually brought it up a level or worse under the control of its countless threads , In the end, the black and green parties exhausted each other's energy in a nearly perish way, and the overall national strength of the entire Seven Kingdoms shrunk by an order of magnitude.

Westeros is still the Westeros of House Targaryen, but the giant beast, who has lost a lot of weight, has become more likely to be led by the nose than before Dance of the Dragons. Although Braavos did not end up as a spectator throughout the whole process, he continued to re-organize his network of contacts during the years of the civil war, and decisively supported the victor at the juncture when the outcome became clear. In the end, he was the marginal victor and mediator. As one of the people and a supporter of post-war reconstruction, he has gained more influence and voice in grand competition.

How successful was its taming of Westeros?
Folklore "Who sits on the Iron Throne has to be decided by the Iron Vault"!
Sadly, this statement actually makes sense in a way: After the Civil War came to an end, everything from Cregan Stark, who signed nearly two dozen death sentences on any given day, to the famous "Hood" "Prime Minister" Tyran Lannister, then to arrogant and domineering, Ulwin Peake, the powerful and young Thaddeus Rowan, and Matheson Waters, who was born in Guard... Several consecutive prime ministers like water , either an old friend of Braavos, or a powerful minister who has more or less taken the benefits of the Iron Vault, directly or indirectly served his interests in accordance with the latter's expectations and implications. If neither of the two is accounted for, it will quickly step down for all kinds of strange "reasons" - the Regency and the Royal Front are filled with foreign representatives of interests, and this trend is not until Aegon III enables the absolute trust family. Viserys Targaryen, a member, oneself's pro-younger brother, who later became the king, served as Hand of the King, and finally got effective control!

However, just when Braavos bankers and Keyholders thought that Westeros had been acquired by them and their status as the "world financial center" was unshakable, a Rogal family suddenly appeared halfway through. It also jumped out of the chicken feathers of Dance of the Dragons... no, it should be said that it jumped out of an Earth Dragon scale, and I also want to be the biggest beneficiary!
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(end of this chapter)