Chapter eight hundred and sixteen? Claudius' choice
William III, who had been playing politics all his life, nodded heavily after hearing this, and he felt most deeply about this.
Of course he understands that the weak will be beaten, and he has learned from the local coup that year. This backstab almost caused Emsdan's crown to fall.
Therefore, in the decades since he has presided over the kingdom, in addition to his cautious and low-key diplomatic style, he has always worked hard to cultivate his internal strength and develop the national power towards improvement. He must create conditions even if there are no conditions, so that Emsdan can grow from a small country to a small country.
The island country has become the third most powerful country in the New World. Its comprehensive strength is second only to the White Eagle Federation and the Santis Empire, which has a vast territory. It has the first year-on-year military combat effectiveness, the first national happiness index, the third financial center in the New World, and the international
Trade transfer station and other achievements.
The remaining New World countries may have a land area dozens of times the size of Emsdam, but none of them can conquer it.
Not to mention other achievements, Emsdan alone has developed from an island country with a total area of no more than 20,000 square miles and a population of only a few hundred thousand to a military that is said to be the best in the New World in terms of combat effectiveness. Of course, hard work and simplicity are indispensable.
The national advantage brought by Zeman's immigration, but the main reason is because the royal family Hessenser lacked an army loyal to the royal family during the republican coup that year, so they were forced to move to the New World, and then learned lessons and changed national policy.
, both generations of kings vigorously developed their military.
Unlike the Beat Generation in Germany, which was similar to John's previous life, after World War II, in this extraordinary world of the main world, the Zeman people who dominate the Old World still maintain their perseverance and martial spirit since ancient times, and there are also some slightly serious and old-fashioned people.
Their temperament and customs can be described in one sentence as lacking romantic elements or not having so much playfulness. Such people are undoubtedly a high-quality source of soldiers.
You must know that the original Heisenser family did not invest too much in military force because of its low-key style and the strong backing of the Holy Empire. Instead, Heisenser's power was in the unknown extraordinary field.
Stronger.
It was only through that coup that Hessenser discovered his biggest weakness. Although the royal family directly controlled hundreds of people with extraordinary powers, including many silver masters who could equal a thousand and bronze-level formal extraordinarys, facing thousands of
Surrounded by tens of thousands of mortal troops, and tens of thousands of people inspired by capitalists, the extraordinary force of a few hundred people seems very weak. There is no problem at all in protecting the royal family from breaking out, but it does nothing to prevent the coup from happening.
These are their own people, how can they kill them all?
So the Hessenser family retreated. Although they had the power to massacre all these people and troops, doing so would not only violate the extraordinary convention, but also alienate the royal family from the common people, even if the Kingdom of Emsdan was victorious in the end.
There will also be a loss of cohesion, and in the end it will be the capitalist forces behind the coup or the foreign conspirators who will gain the advantage.
The example of the last emperor of the Iris Dynasty, Franz, is mentioned above. Although the Hessenser family will not fall into the miserable situation of going to the guillotine, they will try their best to avoid the kind of tragedy that is called a revolution but is actually a tragedy.
country that they rule.
Therefore, the then King Charles V chose to negotiate, and finally left the Old World with dignity and went to the New World to reestablish the country.
Of course, with the support of the Holy Empire headed by the double-headed eagle, the Heisensel family took away a large amount of wealth and resources and quickly established a foothold in the New World.
Although the newly established republican government of Emsdan gained its original business channels, it lost the foundation of its founding. All royal countries rejected them, causing them to become sandwiched between great powers like Franz and the Holy Empire.
It is no longer the first commercial and financial center in Europe.
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That night, John, Klaus and William III's father and daughter, the four existing direct descendants of the Hessenser family, met the heroic spirits of their ancestors headed by Claudius in the King's Hall of the Hanting Palace.
As ancestral spirits, it is rare for them to officially appear in the material world. In the past, they always met in the secret underground palace of the royal family, where a magic circle was arranged, which was the gap between the material world and the spiritual world, that is, the ancestors of convenience.
A space for spirits to come out and move.
This is an environment that can only be arranged by a family with very strong strength and inheritance. It is second only to the independent half-plane occupied by the mage and the secret realm of the kingdom of gods. Generally, there are ancestral spirits but families that do not have the strength and conditions, their ancestors' heroic spirits
They will all live in natural alien planes such as the spirit world or the underworld, or they will sleep in some strange objects. The former is very risky to establish itself in places like the spirit world and the underworld, while the latter falls into a deep sleep all year round.
And living in a material world that is unfriendly to spiritual bodies, it would be good to be able to maintain strength without decay, but it is basically difficult to achieve promotion.
The layout of the underground palace below the Heisenser family palace was also moved from the Old Continent. It is said that there should be no more than ten families with ancestral heritage in the entire Old Continent that can meet this condition.
"Are you telling the truth? How sure are you?"
After more than a dozen ancestral spirits appeared with either serious or excited expressions, Claudius, who was the brightest, asked straight to the point.
As spiritual beings who have been rejected by the material world, when they appear in the material world, they are bound to be shrouded in light. This is the power they obtain from their faith to resist the rejection of the material world. The more powerful the ancestral spirits are, the more they are rejected.
The stronger, of course their resistance will be stronger.
John replied without hesitation:
"If it is just about conferring gods, then I am absolutely sure. However, considering the circumstances of each ancestor, such as the degree of mastery of the realm of gods, the reputation of being praised in the world, etc., there is also the possibility of external interference. Other ancestors
I am basically more than 90% sure about their process of becoming a god, but if the person to become a god is Lord Claudius, then the chance of success is only 70% or even 60%."
The former King Charles V asked eagerly after hearing this:
"Why? Lord Claudius is the strongest and has reached the level of a high-level legend. His control over the laws of the field is also the strongest among us. Wouldn't it be more certain to become a god?"
This one is the youngest among more than a dozen ancestral spirits. He is also the biological father of the former King of Emsdan and Grandpa Klaus.
As the only king among nearly ten ancestral kings who lost his homeland, although he considered his life to be a failure, he was mostly praised by former citizens and foreign public opinion.
After all, no king can be crowned again after losing his crown. Throughout the history of the world, there are only a few such examples.
Usually, losing the crown means that the family is lonely. There may be different branches of the clan that are still strong, but your branch is bound to decline, and there are few examples of people turning around.
So looking at it this way, whether it was the decisive judgment he made at the time or his benevolent approach of not forcibly massacring the surrounding people out of love for his people, Charles V was recognized by the people of his country and other countries around the world, and was even hostile
Fang was also embarrassed to criticize Charles V, so even though Charles V was forced to abandon the homeland run by his ancestors and go to the New World, he became a tragic hero in people's hearts, and his reputation spread widely around the world.
You must know that tragedies are often more classic and memorable than comedies.
In particular, Charles V was crowned king again in the New World and led his subjects to re-establish the Kingdom of Emsdam, allowing the country to gain a firm foundation and become stronger. This made his reputation even more famous, and he even appeared in history textbooks many times.
One of the most prolific monarchs and well-known figures in modern times. Alongside him are great figures like Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Catherine the Great.
Therefore, after his death, Charles V became a blessing in disguise and became the ancestral king whose power is second only to that of the first king William I.
Even among the dozen or so Heisensel ancestral spirits, he, the youngest ancestral spirit, is still firmly in the top five.