Warhammer Throne

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

The dwarves at Haimenguan are already the most dwarves among elves in the entire old world, but even so, the relationship between the two parties is still very cold.

Ryan and others were welcomed after entering the tavern. The three holy knights just entered the tavern. The dwarf bartender led the three cups of vodka on the table: "Welcome, the king of knights and the two holy knights, this It’s for you. Your glorious record is remembered by all dwarves. For at least ten years, we don’t have to worry about the harassment of the green skin from the evil land. It’s getting cold. Have a drink of Kislev vodka. Body."

"Thank you." Ryan thanked politely. For some consideration, Ryan and others did not choose to sit in the private room on the second floor. Instead, they sat in the lobby on the first floor. The three of them ordered some local specialty food from Haimenguan, such as grilled meat and stuffing. Cakes, skewers and seafood, as well as black tea imported from Aurora.

The three men discussed the news about how to attack the Arsenal Castle in January. From the news that a large number of scouts were sent by the Blackheart Rep to know that the Arsenal Castle was about 6,000 to 10,000 green leather. The name of the green leather warlord was Jit Sour Stomach is a Goblin shaman who is more adept at field combat, very cunning.

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

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 arsenal of the arsenal. What Ryan and others want to do is execute.

After chatting for a while, a few Sinians came in. The leader was wearing a ruby ​​top, binoculars, nine pythons and five claws robe, embroidered with a golden pheasant pattern, wearing a long string of pearls almost hanging down on the stomach , Wearing a pair of Ruyi Moire Yellow Chao boots, with a jade jade belt around his waist, he took the few Sinians that Ryan had seen before into the bar and tried to communicate with the dwarf barman in a very rough common language. They ordered After a few glasses of wine and some dishes, I sat down to eat. Among them, the Sinian named Hong Fuchu clearly noticed Ryan. He and the headed Sinian pointed at Ryan and said a few words. Once the people shook their heads proudly, they said they didn't need to.

Then several people shouted "Tianzun infinite life and happiness" together.

"It's rare, there are Sinians here." Karad was obviously curious about this new thing: "I remember the old world only had a Sinian embassy in Tyril. The last time the Sinian embassy arrived in the old world was Things happened seven hundred years ago."

"Sinians occasionally come to trade in the old world." As the eldest son of Bodrick, Duke of Bordeaux, Federmond obviously wants to know more about foreigners: "We occasionally trade silk with Sinians. Gold, tea, porcelain vases and some magical crafts, but the two sides rarely touch."

"Yes, thousands of years ago, the Sinian envoys had arrived in Arabi, and the trade of the Nikolai dynasties at that time brought even the secret of firearms." Ryan nodded: "As for the last contact between the two sides , Sinian envoys arrived in Tilil seven hundred years ago and established an embassy in Tilil. At that time, it was Wu Dynasty that ruled Sinian, but later Wu Dynasty almost never sent envoys to the old world. On the contrary, they are increasingly blocking and reducing the frequency of trade. It is said that Wu Chao has changed many of the dragon emperors, and in the middle was once stolen by a monkey emperor named the beautiful monkey king, and later the dragon emperor spent It took a lot of energy to regain the throne, and the Dragon Emperor is just a title. Each Emperor DìDū of Aurora is called a Dragon Emperor. If the ruler changes the family, it means that the Aurora Empire has changed the dynasty."

"Yes, I heard that in the Sinian Empire, there is an old fable called Wanghoujiangxiangning, they seem to have no concept of nobility and civilians." Feudmond nodded, he took the mug and was full of drinks A bite: "This is different from the old world. The civilians seem to like to overthrow the existing Dragon Emperor and recommend a new Dragon Emperor."

"Like Tyril, populism." Ryan casually said with a mug in his hand: "This is populist politics, and we in Britannia are elite politics."

"The populist, the elite? My king, I don't quite understand. Is there any difference?" Karad and Ryan have been in contact for a long time. He really feels that the new cavalier king is an infinite treasure house, and he seems to have an endless body. Knowledge and unfathomable wisdom.

"Elite politics is very simple. As the name implies, the elite rules the entire country and makes decisions on all the governance policies of the entire country." Ryan nodded, pointing at himself, and then to Karad and Fredmond: "Obviously We are all elites, because we are all knights and nobles, and at the same time we are holy knights. The holy knights and knight nobles headed by us dominate the knight kingdom. Isn’t that a problem?"

Karad and Fredmond nodded at the same time.

"Like us, whether it is an empire, a dwarf, or an elf, it is actually elite politics." Lean leaned back in his chair, pointing at the dishes on the entire table: "The national policy of the entire kingdom is also the leader In fact, all are controlled by the knights and nobles, and a few of us control the fate of the majority. This is called elite politics."

"Aren't we always like this?" Carrard thought about it carefully, and he tried to ask: "Are we also able to let those serfs who are responsible for farming to make decisions about national and military affairs?"

"Yes, this is the superiority of elite politics." Ryan agreed with this, he said slowly: "Obviously, when marching to fight, we must choose an excellent knight who is good at fighting to command the war, not Go find ten serfs and let them vote to decide how to fight. Then we will all perish long ago. We need to find a professional to fight. The serfs get away."

Both Carrard and Fredmond laughed when they heard that, indeed.

"But elite politics also has its deficiencies." Ryan didn't laugh. On the contrary, the Cavaliers' expression was very serious: "That's the following two points. First, the elite's recognition, and second, the elite's self-fertilization."

"With regard to the elite recognition of the highest authority, that is, the recognition of the Holy Grail Knight, because there are ladies checking, we do not have to worry about this, and we have solved this problem in half, but for ordinary knights and nobles, this problem has a long history. First, As long as the descendants of each knight family reach adulthood and obtain the Spurs from other knights and nobles, it is equivalent to automatically obtaining knighthood, that is, obtaining so-called low-level recognition. In this case, some people will not have the strength and ability to be knights at all. Morality has also become a knight, morally corrupted, and blamed."

"Second, knights and nobles are not authoritative in all fields. Most knights and nobles are only good at war and military, but they are not good at internal affairs, but because of their decision-making level, they also have to take over the management territory. Duties, many nobles are in a mess."

Speaking of which, Karad nodded bitterly with a wry smile, wasn't he talking about it?

"Thirdly, many decisions of the knights and nobles have not always been considered in the interests of the kingdom and the interests of the whole people. They often make only the wrong decisions deliberately in their own interests." Lane once again took the wine glass: "This It is the problem of elite self-fertilization. This is the most fatal flaw of elite politics. Because they occupy the decision-making layer, they are destined to occupy more social resources and interests and make decisions that are beneficial to themselves. This is inevitable and impossible. To solve the problem completely, parents always prefer to distribute benefits to their children. The general always allocates the best resources to his own army. For his court, the courts of nobles are always celibate."

Ryan paused a little after saying this. He recalled many things in his previous life, including "loyalty, loyalty, honesty, honesty, shame, gentleness, and frugality", as well as "chivalry" and the so-called "aristocratic spirit". In fact, elites have discovered The self-improvement after the problem of self-fertilization, although it has a certain effect, can not cure the problem of elite self-fertilization. People hate this phenomenon very much, but they very much hope that they are the ones who enjoy the benefits.

This time it was Carrad and Fredmond who frowned.

Ryan is right. In this regard alone, elitism has the deadliest flaw. Even the holy grail system of the fairies in the lake has only solved part of it, but relying solely on the supervision and restrictions of the holy grail system. Tania has stood for thousands of years.

"...So the populist is voting?" Carrard thought for a moment and asked, "So we should let go of the decision-making and let the serfs participate in decision-making?"

"Oh, the relationship between a knight and a war horse is just like the relationship between a noble and a serf. Without a war horse, how can it be called a knight? Without a serf, how to support the nobility of the entire country?" Lane nodded with a smile: "From the kingdom alone From a perspective, the minority should not be allowed to decide the fate of the majority, and this is the case of the populist. For example, Tyril and Prince Milagleno [] will always be elected by citizens and this procedure is completely legal because All people are equal, and most people agree that it means justice and respect, so that the chosen prince will not be overthrown, only assassinated."

"But the problem of the populist is that I said before, marching to war and governing the kingdom. If everything depends on serfs to vote and decide, it means that the country is not far away. The people who understand military and political affairs are always a minority. The serfs Only knowing the benefits in front of me, let’s say that I dug the canal to make the Kingdom’s trade routes clear, and to benefit everyone, but the serfs would not understand that what they saw was that the canal would destroy their farmland, leaving them without The land can be planted, and the food from afar will make it difficult for them to sell grain and make money. Therefore, if the serfs are allowed to make decisions, this canal will never be dug, and once someone promises a little benefit, the serfs I definitely don’t want to vote directly with my feet."

"Similarly, the fatal weakness of the populist is that after the serfs have obtained the decision-making power, it is easy to form a mob politics. The serf will have the point of view that I am justice and I am the master, and I can use my decision-making power at will and even use violence at will. No more talk."

"However, even with so many populist problems, it is almost the only effective way to restrict elite self-fertilization." Ryan continued: "Compared to our Britannia due to the supervision of women and the incentive of the Holy Grail system, the imperial side has No, the old empire collapsed, and the new empire reformed the electoral system and still cannot solve this problem. This is the superiority of our Bretonian system. In short, both the populist and the elite have their inevitable disadvantages and fatalities. Flaws, but in the current environment, there is no doubt that Britannia will continue the elite route in the future."

"So how can we avoid our problems as much as possible?" Karad asked seriously.

"The question is whether the ascending channel is open and fair enough, and whether aristocratic bureaucratic reform is carried out.