Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2015 Political wrestling
Hilda Lanna showed favor to Netheril on behalf of Yeerlan, which was somewhat beyond Xia Duo's expectations. Didn't she fight against the crowned king?Why did you still accept such a task?

But accidents are accidents, Xia Duozhao said bluntly, "Actually, Seven Towers didn't mean to target Ye Erlan deliberately, but—"

"but what?"

"In this situation, if Ye Erlan wants to get out without paying anything, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult!"

Hearing this, Hilda Lanna's eyes flickered with gloom, but she still asked without changing her expression, "What does Netheril want?"

"As I said just now, the Seven Towers didn't intend to target Ye'erlan deliberately, but we hope that the southern region of Sluvand, which has been occupied by Ye'erlan, will become independent!"

"You want to make the southern region of Shruvand independent?!"

Hilda Lanna reacted instantly and realized that this should be Netheril's bottom line. She also had a general understanding of the previous negotiations between various countries in the floating city of Xiaduo.

The Sluwende area that Ye Erlan has occupied is considered to be the focus of negotiations after the review of the demons, and it is an unyielding interest for the faction of King Helien.

But for Hilda Lanna, this is not uncompromising. You must know that Shruvande has been "supervised" by Yeerlan for thousands of years, especially the southern area near Yeerlan, which has been influenced by Yeerlan in almost every aspect.

This kind of influence cannot be eliminated simply by changing the country or becoming independent. That is to say, no matter which side the area ultimately belongs to, it will have little impact on Yeerlan's actual interests.

Even if it belongs to Ye Erlan, maybe there will be a burden that is difficult to shake off!After all, it has become the territory of the country, and many methods that were originally used in the dependent country can no longer be used.

But on the other hand, if that area is lost, Mianwang's family will lose too much politically. They started the war and won the land smoothly, but they gave it up again in the end.

No matter how reasonable the reasons are, no one would be willing to bear the reputation of losing ground. Hilda Lanna actually wished for such a rare good thing that could severely damage the reputation of the Crown King!

At this moment when Xia Duo proposed such a condition, her first reaction was not humiliation, let alone embarrassment, but surprise. The Mianwang family already had the upper hand in Yeerlan, but accidents frequently occurred in this war. If they didn't get anything, Mianwang would be the one who lost the most points in this war!
Hilda Lanna and the upper-ranking families of her faction do not actually oppose the centralization reform. What they really oppose is the excessive compression of their own authority under the new system.

In other words, if the reform is led by them, they will even be more active and even more radical than Mian Wang, and correspondingly, they will also compress the authority that originally belonged to Mian Wang to the extreme.

If the influence of the defeat in this war can be used to force Mian Wang to make concessions in the reform process, it will undoubtedly be a key victory for the opposition, which has gradually fallen into a disadvantage or even completely lost power.

"Lord Xia Duo, the country will not easily agree to this matter. Even if I promise you now, I don't think you will believe it, but what I want to say is that at least we have common interests in this matter. As long as During the talks tomorrow, there will be news about the independence of the southern part of Sruvand back home, and I will do my best to handle this matter."

Although Hilda Lanna said "do my best", her tone was very affirmative. It might not work well if the southern area of ​​Sruvand was returned to Sruvand, but if it was just to let the area become independent If so, there is still a chance, and the chance is not small.

During the daytime talks, after the news about the demonic censorship rights was sent back to Tavimansa, it immediately aroused the unanimous opposition of the upper family. The last time Hilda Lanna saw the Tavimansa upper family so united was more than 100 years ago , Netheril wanted to renegotiate the Three Kingdoms Mithril Agreement, but that was the only time.

Afterwards, news came out that King Mian wanted to carry out centralization reforms. After that, whether it was facing the rise of Netheril, dealing with the tide of orcs, or evaluating Comanthor, the upper echelons of Yeerlan never unified their opinions. .

Up until now, there have been two largest factions in the country, one is the upstart faction headed by Mian Wang, and the other is the ancient family line where Hilda Lanna belongs to.

Of course, Yeerlan's so-called ancient is different from the ancient families in Evereska and Akola that can be traced back to before the Crown War.

The difference between Yeerlan's ancient and upstart lies in whether the family was formed before Yeerlan's founding. The so-called ancient family was actually a declining high-ranking family in Sharvin at that time.

Only a very small number of real high-ranking families, with the idea of ​​investing heavily in a country, established Ye Erlan together with those declining high-ranking families.

The idea of ​​the ancient family line is that even the country was established by us, and the crown prince wants to centralize power. Have you asked us?Is there enough important place left for us in the new system?
The Mianwang is actually an ancient family line, and it was the real high-ranking family in the early days of the founding of the country, otherwise it would not have enough prestige to be recognized by all the high-ranking families. From the founding of the country to the present, the Mianwang crown has only been handed down in the Herien family.

And those upstarts are actually not real emerging families, most of them have various connections with upper-ranking families, or branches, or vassals, and they develop gradually.

In the past, the ancient family never thought that the domestic situation in Yeerlan would be divided in this way, and even gave the upstarts a lot of support with the idea of ​​spreading their branches and spreading their wings, so that in this generation of crowned kings, the power of the upstarts has almost reached its peak.

Coupled with the fact that many elves in the ancient line recognized the political philosophy of the Crown King, this eventually led to a result——

The reality is that the upper family that still controls most of the power in this country is going downhill in terms of momentum, actual strength, and future potential, and it is going faster and faster!
If it weren't for the purpose of avoiding the civil war and the entire country falling apart, perhaps Mianwang would have pushed for reforms long ago.

From Hilda Lanna's point of view, although Mian Wang took the lead in proposing this key system reform, it is also an opportunity for the ancient family line. If it succeeds, their family will be completely bound to Ye Erlan , and has been passed down ever since.

Correspondingly, this is also the last chance for all the upstarts in Yeerlan and even the emerging families in the future. Once missed, if there is no big reversal in the future, it will be difficult to get ahead.

In fact, Hilda Lanna is also faintly aware of the danger, not from the Crown Prince family, but from the uneasiness of the idea that only a few families control a country.

This may also be an important reason why many ancient families are also on the side of Mianwang, but the idea of ​​making the family inheritance enduring is also an irresistible temptation for many high-level mages.

　Ye Erlan's system can finally be reflected in the Mysuo. If the ancient family line has the upper hand, then the unified Mysuo system will be in the hands of a few families, and the rest of the upper-ranking families will either obey or have to leave.

If the Mianwang family has the upper hand, whether it is due to the original political philosophy or to appease the ancient family, Mysuo will eventually be controlled by the power organ of the new system in a more just form, and there is a high probability that this power organ will have Relatively complete removal and appointment procedures, in layman’s terms, are the difference between dictatorship and democracy~~even if it’s just formal democracy~~
　
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