Arcane Lord

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From this booklet, Xia Duo saw the sincerity of the Seven Towers, but he also saw his ambition. He could already guess what would happen to Netheril after this new covenant was established.

Mostly it was just a struggle between centralization and independence. Although the new covenant also clarified the independent status of the territory, with the development of the times, as a country as a whole, there is indeed a lot of power that needs to be brought back to the center.

For example, the unified commercial taxation, the current situation where local lords act on their own is very unfavorable to the development of commerce. Commerce is actually the economy. If the economy is not good, it will be difficult to develop other aspects.

Another example is the standing army that Xia Duo has been concerned about before. The war mobilization capabilities of other countries in the Northern Alliance are constantly improving. Netheril will not start recruiting until the time of war, right?

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, the so-called combat power largely refers to the high-level spellcasters themselves, but Xia Duo has experienced the training of the projection plane of the Red Heart Alliance, and he is very clear about the difference between the standing army and the temporarily recruited spellcasters .

Leaving aside the weapons and equipment, it is impossible for the temporary recruits to compete with the full-time fighters who have been trained for a long time and have long been aware of fighting in terms of fighting will.

Anyone can fight against the wind, but once there is a slight headwind, temporary conscripts who lack the will to fight may become their Achilles heel.

Therefore, in Xia Duo's vision, even in the magical world, a standing army ready to fight at any time is also essential, and the sooner the separation of the spellcaster's combat and research responsibilities, the better.

Those who are good at fighting and like fighting should be allowed to fight full-time, and those who like research and are good at research should be allowed to study full-time.

Letting professional people do professional things is what Xia Duo has always advocated and advocated.

…

In the Seven Towers program manual provided by Jenna, there is very little mention of the areas that need to be centralized in the future. This may be considered that the Seven Towers did not think of those.

However, the centralization reforms that the elf countries of the Northern Alliance have started a long time ago, it is impossible for the Seven Towers to fail to see this. As long as they see it, it is naturally not difficult to think of many key areas that must be centralized in the future.

If you don't say anything at this time, it's hard to say that you didn't deliberately bury the pit.

Because once the Seven Towers are allowed to pass this hurdle, Netheril will be fully integrated, and the rightful name will be mastered. This is actually similar to the reduction of feudal vassals in Xia Duo’s hometown in ancient times. legal excuses.

To put it bluntly, the interests of the Severton Council and the interests of the Nether Lords are not completely consistent, and the differences between the interests of the Nethers are even greater.

However, Xia Duo has no intention of designing a system for Netheril that is universally fair and benefits all ordinary people. This is unrealistic, and once the system is too perfect, how will his Great Xia leadership and Great Xia order win?

…

After thinking for a while, Xia Duo closed the Seven Towers plan manual in his hand, and handed it back to Jenna. Jenna was stunned, and asked cautiously:

"Is Lord Xiaduo dissatisfied with the above plan?"

"No, I think it's fine, it's just that there are some terms that are still open to discussion."

"this-"

Jenna looked at the handbook with traces of flipping over on the table, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Lord Xiaduo still has objections to the terms, you might as well make it clear that I can pass them on to the Seven Towers. Solving some principled issues will also help to end the recent chaos as soon as possible."

The Severton Covenant is a matter of principle. Xia Duo has objections to the terms of the Severton Covenant, which naturally means that he has a principled opposition to the Seven Towers plan.

If these problems are not explained and dealt with properly in advance, even if they are dragged to the Joint Conference of Grand Arcanists, there will be no improvement.

"In front of Chairman Jenna, I'll just say that the new covenant is not clear about the boundaries between the power of the seven towers and the power of the lord. It seems that the provisions list the rights and obligations, but there are a lot of ambiguities in the middle."

"Then how to solve Lord Ishador's intention?" Jenna asked directly.

If the Seven Towers sent someone directly, of course it would be impossible to ask such a question, or would it appear that the Seven Towers were too incompetent soon? But Jenna doesn't care, she just needs to understand Xia Duo's true thoughts, and then convey it to the Seven Towers.

"In my opinion, for the Speaker of the Seven Towers, the typical representative of the governing power of the Seven Towers, and the various permanent agencies under the Parliament, any act that has not been voted by the Parliament needs to be regarded as a violation of the covenant.

"As for the lord, as long as it is not explicitly prohibited by the parliamentary vote, it should be regarded as the normal scope of the lord's rights."

In fact, it refers to the "do nothing without the authorization of the law" against the Seven Towers, and the "do nothing without the prohibition of the law" against the lord. The "law" here is of course the highest authority of Netheril - the Severton Council.

The reason why Xia Duo wants to say this is naturally to keep the public power in a cage as much as possible, so that private rights can be asserted. Of course, this is from the level of the parliament-lord.

When it comes to the lord-territory, this logic can actually be applied to limit the power of the lord, but one of the principles of the Severton Covenant is the independence of the territory, and the content rarely involves how the internal affairs of the territory should be.

…

At this time, after hearing Xia Duo's clear statement on the division of power between the seven towers and the power of the lord, Jenna was stunned for a few seconds before subconsciously saying:

"In this case, wouldn't the Seven Towers become the stewards and servants of everyone?"

In Jenna's cognition, the power is so limited and needs to fully obey the authorization of the other party. It is really a role like a housekeeper and a servant. Although she was a little surprised by Xia Duo's bold proposal, for some reason, Jenna subconsciously I think maybe that's how it should be.

"Isn't it? Otherwise, what does President Jenna think the role of the Seven Towers should be, the irrefutable ruler of Netheril? The master who holds the chains on top of you and me?"

When Xia Duo said this, Jenna also realized that she had completely stood in the position of the Seven Towers just now. She was willing to come to be an intermediary only because the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce and the Seven Towers had a good business relationship, and such behavior would not give The relationship between her and Xia Duo has brought some bad influence.

That's why she is willing to come here to be the middleman, not because she is a subordinate of Seven Towers.

At this time, after Xia Duo reminded, Jenna re-examined the relationship between herself and even the entire Netheril and the Seven Towers. Indeed, as Xia Duo said, the Seven Towers are not rulers, let alone masters.

The source of rationality of the Seven Towers' governing law comes from the original Severton Covenant, but Netheril had only seven towns at that time. Later, the Netherese family was honored as king, and they were only rulers in name.

Not to mention the subsequent transfer of royal power, the Severton Council is the legitimate ruler of this country, and the Seven Towers are only the lord alliance that inherited the original name of the Seven Towns.

Although the ruling status of the Seven Towers has been confirmed by the Old Severton Covenant, there has always been a saying that they naturally possess the legal principles of ruling.

At this time, Netheril is about to usher in the brand-new Severton Covenant. In order to ensure the smooth integration and transition of power, it is necessary to maintain the ruling status for seven days, but isn't it natural to make corresponding restrictions?

(end of this chapter)