After having a general understanding of the affairs of the Imperial Intelligence and Greco family, Lin asked about another matter that he was very concerned about - the empress, Saint Alegria.
According to the steward of the Chamber of Commerce, the empress succeeded to the throne in 726 Aram. It was exactly ten years ago. And the reason why she wore that crown was not so much that she was outstanding, but rather that other people with the right to inherit the throne
He was seeking death, or taking great strides towards seeking death, so he was given up.
The late empress died of a sudden illness, and she did not specify a candidate for the heir apparent during her lifetime. In a situation like this, the person who is qualified to succeed will naturally have a luxurious version of the dance of demons!
But it should be noted first that in most areas of the Lost World, as well as most Homo sapiens races, including humans, the rules of inheritance of power are adopted in order to maintain social stability to the greatest extent, using the 'primogeniture system'.
To put it simply, no matter whether you are stupid or stupid, as long as you don't make a big mistake, the person who is born first will win everything. There is nothing to discuss. At most, there will be a distinction between direct descendants. The advantage of this is that people who want to take sides can easily judge
When deciding who to support, it is unlikely that an investment mistake will occur. Unless the original owner has no biological children, or these people have made an unforgivable mistake, things will become complicated.
But the Karlsruhe Empire is different from other places. The inheritance system here is 'virtuous son inheritance'. Simply put, as long as there are basic inheritance qualifications, regardless of whether they are born first or later, the best person will take over.
And this inheritance qualification is not limited to biological children, including brothers and sisters, collateral descendants, and even in-laws.
The reason why the Karlsruhe Empire's inheritance rules are so special is because the empire's nobility generation method is also very special. As long as it can attract people and enclose land to a certain level, the empire will grant the corresponding noble title.
In the era before the empire became an empire, the eldest son still inherited first. However, there have been too many situations where non-eldest sons and nephews have developed better after the separation of the family, and eventually counterattacked and returned to the family. The entire society
A system has gradually evolved in which the best child inherits everything. No matter if it is not given to him, someone with the ability will still grab it.
The inheritance of the patriarchal clan evolved in this way, and the nobles of the empire were generated in that way. Ultimately, it is due to the terrain characteristics of the Karlsruhe Empire, that is, it is mountainous and watery. It may be easier to understand in another way,
That is 'easy to defend but hard to attack'.
For terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, instead of risking human lives to conquer it, it is better to rely on political skills to merge. Therefore, "appropriate" display of strength, and then everyone sits down to talk, became the political game of the Karlsruhe Empire.
If you want to stand out and become a leader, you must naturally follow the consensus rules of the entire society and try your best to get the majority of people to agree with you and then support you. Only the inherited rules will also focus on social stability.
The primogeniture inheritance system has been transformed into the meritocratic inheritance system that pursues maximization of interests.
It is true that the virtuous son inheritance system has its flaws, that is, it is easy to focus on internal fighting; and in the process of internal fighting, too much strength may be lost, which will lead to the decline of the family or the nobility, or make people have troubles.
Take advantage of the opportunity.
So... so what? If the person occupying the manhole doesn't fall down, how can others have the chance to squat down?
Even if there are vested interests who want to guard their own one-third of an acre of land and are unwilling to communicate with the outside world. The mountainous and watery terrain of the Karlsruhe Empire means that the empire can use water transportation to achieve smooth communication of information and goods. Good.
Using these two can make its power stronger. But as long as it communicates with the outside world, it means that the conservative forces and radical forces have lost for a while.
With the entire social atmosphere in a radical atmosphere, the desire of conservative forces to live a peaceful life is simply out of reach. Even if they do, the final outcome will be to be eliminated by society and they will not be able to live in peace.
Generally speaking, such a society can easily embark on the road of self-destruction. But when external pressure becomes the direction of the release of internal pressure, the whole situation is completely different.
The Karlsruhe Empire has existed since its founding and has two old rivals that cannot be eliminated: Dragon Island and the Haider Empire.
Although they have maintained peaceful coexistence with Dragon Island, everyone knows that this is just an illusion. The Midi may not have a complete theory and concept of the food chain, but they can also understand that humans, who are regarded as one of the foods, are
It is impossible to achieve true equality with the dragon clan of top hunters. Occasional exceptions cannot mean anything.
The reason why the Empire and Dragon Island maintain peace and rely on transactions to obtain what each other needs is because the Empire does not have the ability to destroy the other party without harm; and Dragon Island cannot completely destroy mankind and deprive itself of food, regardless of whether the other party sends food
, or it doesn’t matter if you become your own food. As long as there is a way to break through the status quo, the two sides will definitely be at odds, and the human (dragon) brain will show off the dog brain!
The situation in the two great empires of Karlsruhe and Haider was even more complicated.
Basically, the five empires of Midland do not border each other. There will be some small countries in the middle, or natural chasms separate each other. Only the Karlsruhe Empire and the Haider Empire are connected on the Oz Plain.
The Oz Plain is surrounded by mountains. It is not unique in the mountainous and watery terrain of the Karlsruhe Empire, but it is also quite rare. The plain terrain has two meanings. First, it is an important product.
Grain land. Secondly, this place is easy to attack but difficult to defend.
The presence of a big foodie like Dragon Island means that the Karlsruhe Empire cannot easily give up such a high-quality grain-producing area. Even if the terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it is destined that the Karlsruhe Empire will not be able to fill it with human lives.
The Plains of Oz must be firmly held.
As the other hostile party, the Helder Empire used Jietianguan, a fortress at the mountain pass, as a bridgehead to invade the Oz Plain. Behind the mountains is the territory of the Helder Empire, a large desert known as the Sea of Death. That is,
It is said that the areas occupied by the Haider Empire in Jietianguan and Oz Plain can be regarded as enclaves.
It stands to reason that the difficulties in supplying and supporting an enclave across the desert would easily make rulers with a medieval culture like Midi choose to give up. But the Haider Empire has airships for transportation.
Supply missions completely ignore the terrain.
A well-known thing is that the ace airship corps of the Haider Empire was originally established to transport and supply Tianguan, an important enclave and fortress city. And the initial transport and supply team gradually expanded to form what it is today.
Fighting group.
The reason why the Haider Empire tried to keep the Jietian Pass intact is also very simple. The great desert behind the Jietian Pass connects the hinterland of the Haider Empire, with grain, minerals and other important outputs, and the tribes cannot keep up with it.
So from the perspective of the empire's strategy, is it easier to defend a strategic point at Jie Tian Pass, or is it easier to defend the entire desert? Or is it easier to hope that the desert can become a barrier and then defend all the cities in its hinterland?
Under the premise that the supply routes were open, the empire's generals and successive emperors all chose to defend Jie Tian Pass! Instead of deploying a hundred or ten times more troops in areas where the hinterland became the front line, hoping that they could overcome the exhaustion of the desert.
The army attacked head on.
The former is easy to focus on defense, while the latter is easy to be broken through, and then the whole line collapses. The difficulty of defense is not only ten times, but a hundred times more difficult.
Since Jietianguan is firmly defended, there is a plain area in front of it that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the output is very important food in any era, how can the Jietianguan defenders of the Haider Empire stay in the fortress obediently?
Watching your old rival farming happily?
Plowing and setting fire in the spring, harvesting in the autumn, feeding on the enemy, and reducing the supply pressure on the rear are the daily routine of the Jietian Pass defenders.
The Karlsruhe Empire had not thought of occupying Jietian Pass and driving the forces of the Haider Empire back into the desert. In fact, the Karlsruhe Empire had indeed accomplished this feat and conquered the difficult and insurmountable fortress.
Fallen fortress.
If it were other countries, once such an important level fell, it would be followed by a series of domino reactions, and no one knows how many supporting cities would fall.
But there is a large desert behind Jietian Pass. Without complete preparations, if you step into it rashly, you will die in vain. And you will die as many as you want. So at that time, the Karlsruhe Empire army gathered at Jietian Pass to invade Haider.
The empire prepares.
Then, due to the gathering of the army, it became the best target for the airship corps bombing of the Haider Empire. The entire battle fortress city turned into a huge trap, and all the troops stationed inside, together with the fortress, were flying in the air.
The ship was burned to the ground by the attack of the boat. The Karlsruhe Empire was severely damaged!
Fortunately, the Haider Empire did not have the energy to pursue the victory at that time. Although the airship army achieved an unprecedented victory, the disastrous defeat in the early stages of the war still weakened Haider's power, preventing the empire from achieving greater results.
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In short, the Plain of Oz has been in constant war since the two empires bordered each other. It has not stopped until today.
This is also a lost land today, one of the few areas that is still in a state of war. It’s just that there are no big wars like in the past. Compared with the past, the intensity of the war now is just a small border conflict. Of course, the daily burning
There is still no shortage of fields to harvest.
After experiencing the experience of gathering a large army and then being attacked head-on, the Karlsruhe Empire's defense transformed into a distributed defense. Once the defensive forces were dispersed, it was inevitable that some areas would be defeated.
Fortunately, the Haider Empire's Jietianguan Fortress had a small number of standing garrison troops. They captured several manors, villages and towns, but there was no way to expand the results to the entire plain. At most, they could only partially occupy and then farm!
When it comes to things like food, the more the merrier. Of course, it’s also common to guard against neighbors stealing food.
Today, this large granary in the Oz Plain has become the military garrison of the two empires, and not many ordinary people live here. The forces on both sides are intertwined. From time to time, they are lost here and occupied there. The teams on both sides are
There were comings and goings. There were no battles for the purpose of killing, they were all about food.
Seriously speaking, the current Oz Plain is like a training ground for the two empires, and a place for young people to obtain meritorious service. For the Karlsruhe Empire, the Oz Plain has become a place for families, nobles, or families.
When there is a dispute between a family or a noble against a noble, it is the best place to resolve the matter.
Rather than negotiation or internal fighting, it is better to decide the outcome by the amount of merit gained on the battlefield. It can be said that the existence of the Oz Plain has well released the pressure that may exist within the Karlsruhe Empire. Let the empire in
Overall, healthy development can be maintained.
Although we don’t know how long this balance can be maintained, at this stage, it seems to be a healthy development for the Karlsruhe Empire.