At this time, Leiden also realized that the lord was waiting for him outside the barracks. Didn't he mean that this report was related to Simon? There was only one report related to Simon recently, and he still had a lot of knowledge about the contents.
Deep impression.
"Sir, is there anything wrong with the content of this report?" Layton also asked.
"There is nothing wrong with the report itself. Simon has indeed discovered the problem of insufficient military construction in the territory." Xia Duo did not pretend to be mysterious and directly stated his opinion——
"However, I don't think his idea of recruiting new soldiers from the Territory Development Department is very good. Now is the era of magic, and the military should also move closer to magic. The role that ordinary soldiers can play on the future battlefield is extremely high priority."
"But my lord, the Territory Guard is already undergoing magic enlightenment, and the new recruits will also undergo relevant training. Only those who pass the test will stay."
Currently, the most elite troops in the territory are the Spellbreaker Guards. All members are equipped with the defender suit imported from Everesca as standard——
Including armor with the ability to fly, wrist guards that can activate force field shields, and short guns that can fire adjustable lightning attacks.
The captain is also equipped with an additional adamantine jet gun, which can provide extremely strong attack power.
It is conceivable that to be equipped with such luxurious equipment, every member of the Spellbreaker Guard is a leader among the territorial guards. One of their most special abilities is to be able to use magic items skillfully, and a few even have the ability to cast spells.
This is the only level of magic soldiers that Simon can understand, but for Shado, this level of magic soldiers is far from enough. He believes that the army of a magic civilization should be the strongest combat power of the entire civilization.
Unlike now, the strongest combat power in the territory is concentrated on Shado. Even if he hands over the Floating City or [Missing Robe] to the Spellbreaker Guards, these people will not be able to use these two super weapons.
the real role of.
Or to put it another way, Shado does not need a group of ordinary soldiers armed with magic items, but a group of real magic troops trained by qualified mages who can control various magic weapons and cope with various combat situations.
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By analogy with the construction of the army on earth, there are almost academic requirements for soldiers!
As for the present, Xia Duo also made his request clear to Leiden and Simon, "From now on, the number of the old army will not increase. From now on, we will only recruit mages! And not only that, we must also build the army into an army."
A specialized military school allows mage soldiers to grow and further their studies in the army."
"this--"
Hearing these requests from Sha Duo, Leiden was somewhat mentally prepared. After all, he had talked a lot with Sha Duo about territory construction before today, including some about army construction.
But Simon was completely shocked. In his impression or in his perception, the army has never been the main force in the war, but the mages. The army only needs to follow the orders of the mages and do some chores.
But now, according to the Lord's wishes, it seems that the army should be developed in the direction of the absolute main force. But in this case, will the army still be an army? Isn't it an alternative mage tower organization?
Leiden expressed his doubts, and Xia Duo’s explanation was——
"Don't treat mages as a special group. You just need to treat mages as ordinary people and it will be easier to understand."
"Treat mages as ordinary people?"
Although the territory has been promoting this aspect for a long time, and even now many children of ordinary citizens have become mages, and they often go home to interact with their families and neighbors, and everyone gets along very harmoniously, but -
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After all, a mage is a mage, and he has mastered powerful powers that ordinary people do not have. This gap cannot be bridged by emotions and propaganda.
In the eyes of many people, mages are naturally superior to others. This view is not uncommon even in Daxia Territory.
At least Leiden, the leader of the guard who can actually command the new mage soldiers, still has this idea.
Now Sha Duo once again emphasized that he should treat mages as ordinary people. Although Leiden agreed verbally, Sha Duo could still guess what he was really thinking in his heart even if he didn't use magic to spy on him.
Regarding this, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With magic, it is not difficult to remove a mountain in reality, but it is extremely difficult to remove the mountain of hierarchical concepts in people's hearts.
But it’s hard to do!
Thinking of this, Sha Duo turned to Leiden and asked: "Is there another trial about spell casters recently?"
"Yes, but not much."
"I would like to make one more comment. In the future, all trials related to spellcasters, whether they are plaintiffs or defendants, will be held in public, and previously concluded cases must be reviewed regularly. I know this may be difficult, but we must persist.
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In Shado's view, the fundamental reason why mages in Netheril in the past had a special status that ordinary people did not have was that mages had control of power, but the direct reason was the inequality of various rights.
The most unfair one among them is that "mages can pay for their crimes with gold for killing people", and mages really have the ability to kill ordinary people easily.
But in the Great Xia Territory, Xia Duo is determined to establish a new order that can unite the vast majority of people, which must take into account the interests and rights of the vast majority of people.
In the Daxia Code, there is no deliberate distinction between mages and ordinary people, which also means that mages do not enjoy privileges that ordinary people do not have before the law.
But in legal practice, how to make lawyers and ordinary people believe this is the biggest problem facing the new order.
What Xia Duo thinks of is a fair trial, but a fair trial alone is not enough, because ordinary people may suspect that the judge may be colluding with the mage, so it is best to have all cases involving spellcasters open to trial.
Let everyone see the trial process, and even allow citizens to question it on the spot.
The authority of the Bactria Code is forged with each fair trial case. As long as everyone firmly believes in the authority of the Code, the spirit represented by the Code will also be believed by everyone.
This naturally includes the concept of equality for all.
In this case, even if the mage has power that ordinary people do not have, ordinary people can still believe that everyone is equal before the law, because no matter how powerful the mage is, it cannot be greater than the code, and it cannot be greater than the set of rules behind the code shared by everyone.
The supported Daxia order.
Not only that, in addition to strict law enforcement, we must also improve legislation from the source and vigorously popularize the law among the people. This is a complete closed loop of rule of law construction.
It is also the most persistent foundation of Daxia order!
In front of Simon, Xia Duo explained each specific task to Leiden, and told Simon with practical actions that it was time to give up the old ideas of the old era, and that when you are in the Great Xia Territory, you should actively embrace the new ideas of the new era.
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And this is what the lord, the territory, and even everyone wants! ()