As the Noxian army collapsed, the defeated soldiers retreated to Tobitsia Fortress and were trapped in the isolated city. The victory of this war was about to end with Demacia's victory, even if the Gate of Mourn was still controlled by Noxus at this time.
, but as the main army was dumped in one pot, Noxus no longer had the strength to fight.
However, for Jarvan IV, the result of this victory was not perfect.
Because at the last moment, the dark descendant who took away the German Governor and the black mist that besieged Xiongdu appeared again, and this time, he took away the Winged Sisters.
It seems that the war is over and Jarvan IV's reputation is growing and he no longer needs the Winged Sisters. But in fact, at this time, Jarvan IV needs the Winged Sisters' endorsement even more - without the Winged Sisters around,
Jarvan IV's control over the Illuminati is not direct enough!
In the past, Demacia's power was passed down in layers, from the king to the nobles, and then from the noble families to the branches, and then to the sheriffs, thereby ruling the entire Demacia. The royal family wanted to control the entire Demacia.
, we must rely on the help of the nobles, because the nobles are the most important part of this ruling system.
According to Jarvan III's vision before his death, if the royal family wants to consolidate its power, it must open up another channel in the ruling system to compete with the nobles, so that the royal family can control the overall situation as an arbiter and leverage its strength.
Although Jarvan III has passed away, the idea he proposed is still very meaningful. After fully understanding it, Jarvan IV has been acting in accordance with this idea.
However, there is a very big problem here, that is, the Illuminati can take advantage, but if they are directly used as a part of the rule, these charitable, religious, and artistic guys are completely unqualified.
The emergence of the two-crop tax has already explained this.
The Illuminati, which should have had an easier time grasping grassroots public opinion, did not help the royal family at all, causing Jarvan III to completely misjudge the situation.
After the unremitting efforts of several generations of kings, the political strength of the Illuminati in Demacia is now very weak. If he wants to support them to compete with the nobles, Jarvan IV must start from two aspects.
On the one hand, he needs to strengthen the political attributes of the Illuminati so that they can have laws and regulations to follow, and have the power to influence grassroots governance.
On the other hand, he also needs to strengthen the control of the Illuminati to prevent the Illuminati from simply colluding with the nobles and fighting against the royal family.
The former needs to be solved through political means, and Jarvan IV already has an idea for the specific method; while the latter requires the support of the Winged Sisters.
After all, even if Jarvan IV returns from the summit and has a status equal to that of a divine envoy, he does not have the power to directly command the Illuminati; instead, the Winged Sisters, who actually have no interest in mortal affairs,
He is the legal supreme leader of the Illuminati.
Therefore, Jarvan IV hopes to confirm his status within the Illuminati after his victory. With the support of the Winged Sisters, he can become the first pope in the history of the Illuminati!
After that, according to Jarvan IV's plan, after the war is over and the follow-up finishing work is completed, he will use the power of victory to promote those meritorious warriors who came from the private armies of various nobles to join the Illuminati and let them go to the grassroots level.
As a priest, the royal family can directly contact them through the Illuminati, and act independently of the nobles on some issues, thus weakening the influence of the nobles and achieving the effect of shrinking power.
But now with the disappearance of the Winged Sisters, Jarvan IV found out awkwardly that he seemed to have no good way to directly appoint grassroots priests. He also needed to go around the Illuminati bishop!
This greatly weakened Jarvan IV's control over the Illuminati. After much thought, Jarvan IV could only settle for the next best thing, giving up the opportunity to become the pope and instead serving as the cardinal of the Illuminati.
Only in this way can he directly and completely control the Illuminati and achieve the complete unification of supreme power from both the perspective of the Illuminati and the feudal government!
But doing so has great disadvantages. After all, the cardinal is only the "most important bishop" and theoretically has no direct jurisdiction over other bishops. Within the Illuminati, the cardinal system has always existed, whether it is a cardinal or a cardinal.
A cardinal priest has the same status as an ordinary bishop or priest. If Jarvan IV presides over all work as a cardinal, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble.
As a ruler, Jarvan IV obviously cannot ignore the old order - all his status comes from the old order and tradition of Demacia, and what he can do is only brought about by climbing mountains and winning battles.
personal prestige, and then mend it on this basis.
There is no way around this.
It is foreseeable that after the war is completely over, Jarvan IV will consolidate political and religious power, but this consolidation process may not take effect in three to five years.
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On the other hand, Lux's situation in Forsbarrow was completely different.
At the beginning, Lux came to Forsbarrow as a local lord.
However, unlike the traditional local lords of Demacia, her power almost entirely comes from personal prestige, whether it is for the Forsbarrow people or for her direct line of law controllers, the Northern Walkers.
The people of Fosbairo support Lux, not because she has a commission from the king or the land deed of Fosbairo, but because she has truly changed Fosbairo and the lives of the people in Fosbairo.
Lux is indeed the lord of Forsbarrow granted by Demacia, but for the people of Forsbarrow, Lux's governance of Forsbarrow is not based on her status as lord.
Other lords collected taxes, including field taxes, business taxes, toll taxes, and poll taxes. There were many types of taxes. It all depended on the consciousness of the nobles.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Lux does not collect taxes - or in other words, she will not ask for even a penny from the Forsbarrow people for no reason.
Although more than half of the income from Forsbarrow's trade, planting, mining, and fur handicrafts fell into the hands of Lux, don't forget that these new industries were completely developed after Lax came to Forsbarrow.
, it was built and managed from scratch little by little with the help of the Dharma Master!
And Lux, the labor force of the Archon, did not go to waste. She taught the Archon the most orthodox magical knowledge inherited from the Shurima Empire in exchange for these people to work for her.
It is precisely because of this completely different relationship with the old order of Demacia that Lux can not only act arbitrarily, but also does not need to worry about additional resistance to action - if Jarvan IV understands Forsbarrow, He would be surprised at the strength of Lux's rule.
But in fact, the source of this solidity is because Lux has a clear governance purpose, and this purpose is consistent with the interests of the Forsbarrow people and the development direction of advanced productive forces.
From the perspective of the ruler, Lacus is the owner of the highest legal principles of Forsbarrow and the leader recognized by all Forsbarrow people; from the perspective of the people, Lax is the creator of a better new life. Only by following her can we have a better life and a more promising tomorrow.
If when Lux first came to Forsbarrow, she, Ino, and Sona were like the three little mares pulling Forsbarrow's broken car, then now, with Forsbarrow, Luo's thoughts gradually unified, and as her work showed results, she changed from a cart puller to a helmsman who controlled the direction of Forsbarrow's progress.
Before she knew it, she had established a new order in Forsbarrow.
If in Zaun, Lux relied on her outstanding theory and strength to integrate the already advanced Zaun workers and build a brand new Zaun, then in Forsbarrow, she really did it Down-to-earth, step by step, in the remote northern border, we created an order that was completely different from the original situation in Demacia.
For Jarvan IV, the Battle of Tobitsia was his battle to establish himself.
On the banks of the Tobitsia River, the young king commanded the army to victory. Not only did he regain military power from the nobles, but he also truly gained prestige and had the foundation for the next drastic reforms.
When he returns victorious, he can tell all the previous kings with his head held high that he defended the glory of Demacia and the glory of the Lightshield family!
In Forsbarrow, Lux, who had completely unified her thoughts and restructured her system, had completely completed the weaving of the new order and was ready to further expand it to the entire Demacia.
After she takes the next step, perhaps all Demacians, whether nobles or commoners, will have the opportunity to usher in their own glory.
Is it to revive the glory of the kings of the old era, or to enter a new order where everyone is like a dragon?
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And looking at the entire Runeterra, except for this corner of Demacia, nowhere else is peaceful.
After Noxus lost the power of the Black Rose and lost Swain to command the overall situation, a complete split may be close at hand. Even if Darius is still there, without the help of Swain, this Noxian Whether the Hand of Sri Lanka can lead the severely injured Noxus out of the predicament is still unknown.
After losing the suppression of force, military nobles from all over the country will inevitably come back. Whether to carry out a new round of conquest or to compromise with a bottom line will be the most serious problem Darius faces.
With the further decline of Noxus, the struggle between Ionia's hawks and doves will probably further intensify. This will undoubtedly be an extremely difficult situation for Irelia, who has barely established a unified government.
A serious challenge.
In the snow-capped Freljord Plains, although Winter's Claw has long since fallen apart, Ashe, who wanted to take the opportunity to continue to expand her influence and unite the Freljord people in a more peaceful way, encountered new difficulties, and
Above the Howling Abyss, no one still knows what the witch in the Frostguard Fortress is thinking.
Perhaps the only thing the ice travelers here know is that this year's thunderstorms are getting more and more intense, and the losers are getting more and more crazy.
At the same time, as the profits of Ionia's trade gradually became known, more and more merchants turned their eyes to the ocean and unknown places. While Bilgewater became more and more prosperous, some
The ancient kingdom hidden in the historical books may soon be revealed to the light of day.
In the southern continent of Shurima, every city-state under the banner of the Shurima Empire claims that they are the orthodox. However, those forces that are truly closer to the Shurima orthodoxy, some are watching with cold eyes, and some are indifferent.
Be prepared to clean up these heretics who pretend to be orthodox.
The scale of Vazuan's city has further expanded, and the cultivation of rune trees has also reached the stage of promoting planting. In order to protect business secrets and avoid the leakage of the secrets of the rune trees, Vazuan held a secret meeting internally and decided to expand into the depths of the rainforest.
, large-scale planting of rune trees was launched deep in the rainforest.
But the citizens of Vazuan obviously did not expect that in the depths of the ancient rainforest of Kumang, an ancient and isolated magical civilization would have to show its face because of these rune trees - the magic that Ixtal used to hide himself.
The magic barrier will be the best nourishment for the rune tree. Once the magic barrier fails, they will inevitably come into contact with the Wazuans no matter how reluctant they are.
Also about to reappear in the eyes of more people is Southern Shurima, which has always been as transparent as a small one. In this area isolated from the world due to deserts and oceans, history has recorded it as the last emperor of Shurima and the emperor of Shurima.
The two betrayers will join forces once again to make Shurima great again.
Under their shadow, the Void believers are planning a "surprising" big plan. This time, they have set their sights on the demons who are sealed in the depths of the sand sea as recorded in ancient classics.
, hoping to open the passage to the void again through the power of the devil.
Also coveting the power of demons is a young girl who has just left Kamavia. She signed a contract with the Demon of Joy to collect the power of all other demons for it and forge the purest demonic origin.
In her hometown, Ryze discovered signs of the emergence of a new world rune. What was worse than the possible appearance of the world rune was that it seemed that the Kamavians were looking forward to the emergence of this world rune. They believed that this world rune would appear.
This world rune will become their constant source of magic power.
But what they didn't know was that in the long river of time, there was a pair of wise eyes always watching them. This time traveler found the only hope amidst endless regrets and tried hard to persuade everyone to put down their grudges.
, be prepared.
Also watching everything silently were the aloof giants. After experiencing many failures, they finally learned from the pain and planned to take more drastic measures to deal with the mortals who were becoming increasingly difficult to fool.
Perhaps, Runeterra will usher in an unprecedented era.