At the same time as the emperor's coronation ceremony, something happened in the Kingdom of Gilneas and the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The timing of their occurrence was so coincidental that it was difficult not to make people wonder whether it was really behind the scenes.
There are hands controlling the situation in the empire. Otherwise, why would such important things happen at the same time? Mobile version
And the time is so consistent
But the shadows spreading under the sun don't stop there. In the northern border of the empire, in the Kingdom of Stromgard in Dustwallow Swamp, there is also a big event happening at this important moment, but it is different from the Kingdom of Gilneas and the Kingdom of Stromgard.
The Kingdom of Lordaeron is turbulent, but what happened in the Kingdom of Stromgard seems a bit calm.
And if King Liam and King Arthas made their final decision, there were more or less external factors intervening, the decision that His Majesty Garin Trollbane is about to make may be even more...
It stems from the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Stromgard at this time.
When the Kingdom of Stormgard moved to the continent of Kalimdor, it chose Dustwallow Swamp as a settlement. As you can tell from the name, this was not a suitable place to live. However, because the territory of the empire was so large, even Stormgard could
No matter how unwilling the Gard people are, they must live in this swamp for a long time. Compared with the intrigues within other kingdoms, the focus of the Strom Gard Kingdom in recent years has been on pioneering.
Under the call of King Garin, the nobles in the country led their subjects to continuously expand the living space into the swamp. With the help of the druids, the plateau people from the Arathi Highlands used soil and bricks to
Stone, like ants moving, is transforming the ecological environment of Dustwallow Marsh bit by bit. They cut down the trees in the swamp, burn the earth with fire, and transform the muddy swamp into cultivated land and pasture that can be planted.
But this is far from enough.
Due to the strange "baby boom" in recent years, the number of newborns in the Kingdom of Stromgard is very large. Once the children grow up, the existing land is not enough for them to live, so King Garin must continue
Promote this national policy of ecological transformation to allow our people to have enough land.
The survival situation of the Stromgard nobles is basically the worst in the entire empire. Since most of the nobles need to lead the people to open up wasteland, the Stromgard nobles are secretly despised by the pampered nobles of other countries.
"Master Mud Legs", in the past few years, many nobles who could not stand the poor environment and hard pioneering work in Dustwallow Swamp have moved their families.
These guys who are sitting on wealth would rather go to Lordaeron or Kul Tiras to enjoy life, and Garin is indifferent to this. He is happy for those smart and complaining guys to leave their land, and then they will be taken advantage of.
The territories abandoned by those cowards were directly governed, and only one title was reserved for them. Under this operation, a few years later, the fiefdoms directly governed by King Garin have accounted for two-fifths of the entire kingdom.
This also allowed King Garin's influence and status in the country to increase day by day, making the lords who stayed in Stromgard somewhat breathless.
The people of the plateau have a martial spirit in their bones. When they encounter bad things, they are more willing to speak with swords. Therefore, after the news that Varian was about to be crowned emperor came, several people on the border of Stromgard
The lords of several counties almost immediately rose up in rebellion. They were not against Jialin's rule, but they just wanted to use this behavior to express their will and force Jialin to make concessions.
This sudden rebellion made Jialin a little anxious when he was pioneering, but after reacting, the king of the plateau people immediately chose the most direct response.
The Stormgard fleet anchored in New Stromgarde immediately headed north, and the king's most elite Highland Knights marched along the land route. Garin had no intention of negotiating with the rebellious lords. He just wanted to use force to suppress this restless group.
Asshole, the king's actions also won the support of the rough and courageous plateau people.
We are all struggling to make a living in this swamp, but we have barely had enough to eat, and you want to jump out and cause trouble. Who can bear this?
The other lords who wanted to respond to the rebellion were also frightened by the king's decisive suppression. The angry Garin also claimed in the Noble Council of New Stromgarde that if anyone dared to rebel again, he would immediately go to New Stormwind City.
, surrender to Varian, and then lead the imperial army to hang all the restless guys!
Judging from Garin's character and his increasingly wild behavior in recent years, this is not impossible to happen.
But in order to ease the tension of the nobles and avoid another sign of rebellion, King Garin convened a meeting of the nobles after consulting with Archbishop Ms. Partrice who returned to Stromgard. At this meeting,
The nobles of the plateau people came up with a very cool operation.
Several big nobles claimed that they actually did not know how to choose, and the number of nobles in Stromgaard was too small to represent the overall will of the plateau people. Therefore, they proposed to the king that in the entire country,
Within the scope, a popular vote will be held to hand over the right of choice to the people. If the people feel that leaving the empire is a good choice, then Garin must obey the will of the people and make a clean break with the empire.
If the people think it is right to stay in the Empire and accept Varian's rule, then the nobles will shut up immediately! But King Garin and Ms. Partrice must also make a promise to the nobles:
Even if Stromgard surrenders to Varian, King Garin must also protect the nobles' personal safety, property safety, and family inheritance.
In other words, no matter what the result of this referendum is, the nobles of Stromgard will not be harmed.
The way in which the people decide the future of the country is not in line with the behavior of the nobles. But this time, these nobles behaved in a very common sense. Their submissiveness even surprised King Jialin, but the king thought
After that, he knew what these nobles were planning.
No one is stupid!
In the current empire, the Kingdom of Stromgard is the weakest in terms of national power, and it is the easiest to squeeze. If you stand up to confront Varian, it is likely to become the emperor's first target. Once the war breaks out,
, with the strength of Stromgard, even with the help of other kingdoms, it is difficult for them to win. And in the war, with the current state of the Kingdom of Stromgard, they urgently need material support from outside to ensure that
The stability and inheritance of the country and your own family.
To give a popular example, Lordaeron, Gilneas and Kul Tiras are all wealthy people. If Emperor Varian wants to take away the wealth from them, it will inevitably lead to great resistance, but Stormgar
Virtue is a true poor man who has nothing to lose.
By accepting Varian's rule like this, His Majesty the Emperor will distribute some of the wealth taken from other kingdoms to the impoverished Stromgarde.
Therefore, the emperor's accession to the throne is a real bad thing for the nobles of other kingdoms.
But for Stromgaard, it's actually a good thing.
The nobles in this country who like to cause trouble and boast about other things have already moved away. The remaining lords are willing to do practical things. They actually don't care much about honor and status. Those vain things are more real than real ones.
In terms of profit, it is simply meaningless.
Under such circumstances, the "referendum" of the Kingdom of Stromgard was, to put it bluntly, a trick used by the nobles to borrow donkeys to go downhill. Galin and Ms. Partrice realized this, so they agreed
This "referendum" can be regarded as giving the nobles a step down, and the deadline they chose is also very interesting.
Exactly the day before Varian became Emperor.
At this point in time, once the result appears, whether King Galin wants it or not, he must implement it according to the result. The nobles do not give the king any time to deal with it.
"pass!"
"pass!"
"pass!"
"Fail!"
"pass!"
""
In the Holy Advent Church of New Stromgarde, Silver Priest Ms. Partris and King Galin Trollbane sat on the left and right of the church. In front of them, the king's secretary and the witnesses sent by the nobles
The representative is opening 13 sealed envelopes, which are the referendum results from 13 counties in Stromgard. The local lords are responsible for collecting and sorting them and delivering them to the king.
In other words, no one knows whether these results have been tampered with by the nobles, but anyone familiar with the inside story knows that this is actually just a formality. The results had already appeared when the nobles proposed the "referendum"
Already.
Seeing the clerks nervously counting the results of the votes, King Garin Trollbane leaned back in his chair. He held a wine glass and shook the wine while speaking to Archbishop Partri of Stromgard Diocese.
Ms. Si said:
"These are nobles, madam. Please allow me to use rude words to describe them, but they are actually a group of guys who like to take off their pants and fart. They always like to engage in these meaningless procedures to confuse their behavior.
He has a veneer of procedural justice and likes to find all kinds of great slogans and reasons. Even if he wants to sell himself out, he still seems so coquettish."
This king's face is no longer as handsome as before due to the bad climate of the swamp. Compared with other kings, Garin now looks more like a weathered warrior.
He lost the youthfulness of his body and the restlessness of his soul, and dedicated his will and youth to the land at his feet, which was neither gorgeous nor fertile, but truly belonged to the plateau people. He learned not to speak easily.
, learned to assess the situation, learned to accumulate strength, and also learned the balance between power and politics.
Garin Trollbane is not as bright and sincere as Alsace, not as wavering and painful as Liam, and not as stubborn and eager as Drake who lives overseas.
He is the most low-key of all the kings of the empire, just like his Stromgard, he lives his life quietly.
But he is also the most king-like of all kings.
Amidst the ups and downs of Kalimdor, this once impulsive and reckless young man became more and more like his father, Thoras Trollbane, the former Alliance, the only one who could
A flawless old fox who responds to King Terenas' power tactics.
Now, when other kings are facing difficult choices, what Garin has to do is sit here comfortably, drinking wine, chatting with the beautiful priest, and waiting for the already destined result to appear.
His method of moisturizing things silently and getting the results he wanted was beyond the reach of Alsace, Liam and Derek.
"Your Majesty Galin, it is so rude to say this in front of a lady!"
The silver priest Ms. Partrice looked at the king beside her, who was no longer young, speechlessly. Facing the beautiful priest's scolding, a strange smile flashed across Galin's dark cheeks, and he said:
"Yes, I did it on purpose. How about I like seeing you angry? Do you want to have dinner with me tonight?"
"No, I refuse!"
The silver priest had a straight face. She knew what Galin was thinking, but she couldn't accept it because she wanted Galin to be 12 years older. Although Ms. Partrice looked very young due to proper maintenance and the blessing of the power of the Holy Light.
, Galin is still young, but in fact, this priest lady has already passed the age of 40. Although this is only just over half of the average 90-year-old life of humans in Azeroth, Galin is after all.
A king!
"You shouldn't say no."
Galin put down his wine glass, and in full view of everyone, he reached out and took Ms. Partrice's hand, and said seriously:
"In a few hours, I will no longer be the king. Varian may give me a title such as Warden of the North, or Grand Duke. I will still rule this land, but I will no longer be the king. You
Remember, Partris, Varian's purpose is not to eliminate the entire aristocracy. He just wants to complete the reform of the empire. As long as the aristocrats do not block his way, as long as the aristocrats contribute their strength to the new life of the empire.
, they are not actually facing a dead end."
"But the collapse of this system is doomed. At the moment when the Federation was born, the demise of the nobility was doomed. I resisted that future, but after you appeared, I was more willing to see that result. That means that those
The rules and regulations that constrain us will no longer exist.”
Galin lowered his head and kissed the back of Ms. Partrice's hand. He raised his head and looked at the silver priest who did not refuse. He said:
"Please forgive me, there are a lot of political factors mixed into this matter, but part of it, well, a small part, is because I have been alone for too long, and I hope someone can be by my side."
"But I'm a clergyman, I can't"
Jialin's words were not romantic, but they touched the silver priest's heartstrings. She was no longer a young and ignorant little girl. She knew how many factors a ruler like Jialin had to consider when making a decision, let alone
It is said that this is a major event that will determine the future of the Kingdom of Stromgard. The fact that she has a little more affection for him has proven the importance of this affection.
But Partrice was at a loss when faced with Galin's sudden confession. As a woman who would devote her life to her faith, she didn't know how to respond.
Jialin laughed and said with a hint of domineering attitude that a king should have:
"Don't be stupid! The next pope has a wife and children. Chaldea Morgan, I know him. Since your pope can have a beautiful marriage, why can't you?"
"So be it, Partrice, join me now to represent the Kingdom of Stromgard to attend Varian's coronation ceremony, and on the day I take off the king's crown, you will become my wife!"
"I will let Varian and Chaldea preside over the wedding. They will not refuse, believe me!"
