"Oh? Is it really not the case? If so, just say it. If I can solve it for you, I'll solve it for you first. Don't delay it until it develops into a big trouble later."
"Really not! Lord, since the old lord showed up in the north, those objections have disappeared instantly. There is no obstacle to the integration of the territory. This is true."
"I see!"
Chateau suddenly realized that Epps had gone to the north. This was not surprising. The people who hindered the integration of the two places in the Saville Territory were basically middle and low-level people. They were not opposed openly, but in various ways.
A delaying obstacle.
In order to appease the people and the followers left behind by Epps - who are actually Niya's elders - Chateau could not instruct Leiden to use too drastic methods.
It can only be grinded away little by little, but it will be different after Epps comes forward. The fundamental reason why those opponents oppose the integration of the two places is that they are afraid of losing the little power in their hands, but they are using Epps's
name.
For example, protecting the territory left by the old lord, protecting the inheritance of the Savile family, etc., all kinds of high-sounding reasons.
But when the old lord Epps that those people thought of actually appeared, those people were dumbfounded. It turned out that the old lord was not dead, he was still alive and well, and the most important thing was that the old lord also supported the integration of the territories.
So what do they object to?
This scene has a sense of humor that "the ministers are about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?"
In fact, a big reason why the opponents had to wait until Epps came forward to die down was because of the benevolence and orderliness shown by Chateau from the time he opened up the territory to the present.
Not to mention benevolence, just look at the Bactrian Codex and you will know that there is no place in Netheril or the entire main plane that is more benevolent than the Bactria Territory.
Lawfulness is not only about establishing an order for others to abide by, but also about obeying this order yourself, especially the latter, which is almost unique in Netheril.
Other lords in Netheril will also make laws for their people, and some of them look like that, but they themselves will never take those laws seriously, and firmly believe that those laws are only used to rule the people.
, rather than constraining itself.
This also caused many lords of Netheril to copy their concepts to their attitude towards the Sevington Covenant, so they hit a wall, but this also further made them trample their own laws in their own territories.
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It's similar to "the authority you can't get in one place must be made up for in another place."
Xia Duo was very disdainful of those people, not because they trampled on the law, but because those people couldn't even stand up for themselves.
In the final analysis, those lords who trampled on the laws of their own territories believed that the strong were justified and the weak should obey the strong. But when they faced the Seventon Covenant, shouldn't they also agree with the underlying logic that the strong were justified and then obey firmly?
Why still break the covenant?
Or are those lords so arrogant that they think the entire world must obey their orders?
Xia Duo feels that those people are probably not so arrogant and stupid, so there is only one answer. When those people are strong, they think that the strong are justified and the weak should obey the strong.
But when I was a weak person, my attitude suddenly changed. I thought that the strong should not criticize the weak too harshly, and thought that any behavior of the weak should be taken care of.
The standards are so flexible, which highlights that there is no bottom line, and whatever is good for oneself is considered right.
If those people always firmly believe that the strong is right and the strong dominates everything, then they should believe in the truth of the Seventon Covenant and dare not violate it in any way.
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If this is the case, then Xia Duo might still look down upon them.
Unfortunately, it didn't happen. This was the fundamental reason why Xia Duo looked down on those people.
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The reason why Chateau abides by the laws he has made is, to a large extent, that these laws are his own code of conduct. The so-called "code", of course, refers to relatively stable and solid principles.
If a person doesn't even have basic principles, can he still be considered a person?
Therefore, even though Chateau violated the law and no one could judge him, he still abided by the constraints of the law because this was a process for him to practice his own principles.
At the same time, he also knew that although many ordinary people in Netheril currently believed in the authority of the law due to their beliefs, even when the lords themselves did not abide by this set of rules.
But society will always continue to develop. Sooner or later, ordinary people will realize that lords are not a necessary condition for the development of civilization and are completely disposable. Once the ideological chains are released, they will inevitably pursue the collapse of the shackles in reality.
In this case, how should the lords choose? To maintain their rule and repress firmly? Or to follow the historical trend and return power to the people?
If you are the most traditional Nese lord, you will probably choose the latter, but now is no longer the time when Netheril was just born. Many lords have changed their minds. They believe that their duty is not to protect the people of the territory, but should
The people of the lord naturally need to obey their lord, serve their lord, and work for their lord all their lives.
Xia Duo doesn't think he is a superman, he is just an ordinary person. He is also worried that he will change his mind one day, so he has been preparing for the future from the beginning.
It is not true that such a situation does not exist if you indulge all the time and then suddenly wake up one day and become restrained. However, compared to staying awake and restrained from the beginning, the latter is obviously easier to achieve.
This is what Sha Duo is doing now.
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In Netheril, many ordinary people choose to believe and obey the authority of the law because of their faith. A lord who violates the law will not make people change their views on the law, but what if the lord himself also obeys the law?
Obviously that would make the law more authoritative.
Even in an era when the people are enlightened, such existence will not undermine the authority of the law. On the contrary, those lords who do not abide by their own laws may face the biggest fork in their lives.
In the large land of Bactria and the Saville Territory to the north, the authority of the Bactrian Code is unquestionable, although the current people in the territory still retain many backward concepts from the old era, such as saying that mages are superior to others.
But facts have also proven that even spell casters do not dare to violate territorial laws easily. This can be seen from the proportion of cases involving spell casters in the trial court.
Therefore, those who oppose territorial integration, as long as they do not clearly violate the law, they will not worry about what the law-abiding Xia Duo will do to them, even though Xia Duo is also a mage that many of them think is superior to others.
But just because Chateau abides by the law does not mean that Epps also abides by the law. At least in the eyes of those who oppose it, Epps will most likely not take the law into account and is more of a deterrent.
Therefore, when Epps came forward, those opponents immediately stopped, because they knew that Xia Duo would not do anything to them, but the old lord would not tolerate them. If they really angered the old lord, they would not have any good results.