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    Chapter 45: The Crisis of Elantes

    Forty-four-five years old, with a slender figure, pale complexion, and noble temperament, the middle-aged man wearing a purple robe and his head wrapped in gauze looked at Lin Fenghan, who was half as short as him, smiled and nodded: "I am Baron Xibei of the Xibei family.  , I used to visit your family when I was a child and was a good friend with your father and my cousin. Unfortunately, the two families broke off due to some things. According to the blood relationship, your father and I both have a common grandmother. "

    "ah!"

    Lin Fenghan rubbed his head in confusion and frowned: "Are you saying that based on my seniority, I should call you cousin?"

    "correct!"

    Baron Xibei smiled and nodded.

    "What?"

    Berati jumped up in surprise as if he had stepped on the tail and looked at Baron Xibei and said: "Father, you are saying that Baron Yilan Yiliuyun is related to us by blood."

    "snort!"

    "The Elante family has a history of two to three hundred years. The family has been married to various nobles. If we can count it as a messy relationship, there are no less than a thousand relatives who are related to me." Lin Fenghan waved his hands with a cold face and said: "Let's not start now.  Talk about this issue, Berati, please tell me the causes and consequences of this situation, and I will make all those who do not abide by the law punished."

    "ah!"

    Berardi looked at Lin Fenghan, who had a ruthless expression, and then at Baron Xibei, whose frown faded away. He had known this look for a long time. He frowned, thought for a while and said quickly: "This Harry used despicable expressions."  He made my father lose 5,000 gold coins by setting up a gambling game. He used these debts to forcefully arrest my father and asked me to collect funds. Before I could collect the funds, he made a condition that I would be his little wife to pay off the debts.  , I naturally didn¡¯t want to. But this morning he forcibly detained me.¡±

    "Yi Liuyun, if you are a true noble, a great sage and hero, please help me uphold justice and give this damn fat man a good trial." Berati gritted his teeth, picked up the teacup and threw it on Harry.

    "ah!"

    "So hot!"

    Harry pretended to pat the clothes on his chest that had been ironed with warm water.  The apostle made himself miserable in order to arouse the sympathy of those around him.

    Lin Fenghan frowned, looked at Harry coldly and said, "Harry, you imprisoned others privately, forced girls, and committed evil. Today, in the name of Lord Elant, I sentence you to 20 years in prison and confiscate 70% of all assets."

    ¡°I don¡¯t accept it!¡±

    Harry's whole body shivered and became cold. Hearing Lin Fenghan's words, he said angrily: "I am not from the Kingdom of Dambreth. You have no right to decide my life or death. In addition, Baron Xibei owes me 5,000 gold coins. According to the previous laws and  Morally, I have the right to make demands on him and his family.¡±

    "Yi Liuyun, he framed me."

    Baron Xibei shook his head quickly, looked at Lin Fenghan calmly and said: "I usually just play chess and cards, bet and have fun, but who knew that this guy invited me to play cards at a fireworks venue without mentioning the money situation. I just lost ten  I have inexplicably owed such a huge debt many times. And he also played tricks in chess and cards, otherwise I would not have lost so miserably."

    "enough!"

    Lin Fenghan frowned and shouted, looked at Harry and said coldly: "This is the territory of Elantes, and the laws of Elantes are followed here. No matter which country you are from, as long as you do bad things in the territory of Elantes, you should do it."  Punishment will be issued. Now due to your bad attitude, I have decided to confiscate all your property and act as administrative support."

    "Damn it, if you want my property, I will fight with you."

    "Do it!"

    Harry shouted angrily and quickly pulled out a dagger from his waist.  Suddenly he rushed towards Lin Fenghan.  The two sturdy attendants surrounding Berati and the dozen or so die-hard guards outside the house also rushed toward Lin Fenghan.

    "Seeking death!"

    ¡°Bold!¡±

    "Kill them!"

    Looking at Harry, who was holding a dagger and charging towards him with a ferocious expression, Vera and others immediately drew out their daggers and attacked him with a loud shout.

    Poof!

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    Whoosh!

    Ding dong!

    ¡­¡­

    In less than two minutes, the rioting attendants were killed by the Guards one after another.  captive.  The main character, Harry, was pushed to the ground by the four members of Vera. He was hit by two swords in the chest, and bright red blood flowed from it.

    "Baron, Harry is not dead yet!"

    "snort!"

    Lin Fenghan looked at the fat man on the ground and said coldly: "The assassination of the lord in the territory of Elantes is a heinous crime., confiscated all his property, and hung him in the harbor.  "

    "yes!"

    Vera¡¯s eyes flashed with awe, and she quickly waved her hand and took Harry and others away. Numerous Guards troops and security officers outside came to handle the matter.

    Lin Fenghan turned around and looked at the trembling security squadron leader next to him, and said coldly: "As the captain of the Elantes Waterdeep Port Security Squadron, you see this businessman breaking the law and doing unjust things but doing nothing. The government wants you to  What's the use of such a bastard? Jin Xiya, immediately revoke his status as a peace officer and expel him from the law enforcement team."

    "yes!"

    Jin Xiya frowned and nodded gently.

    "Baron, no!"

    "Don't revoke my position, I was wrong!"

    ¡­¡­

    Lin Fenghan watched the thin-faced Sheriff being taken away by two guardsmen, turned to look at Berati for a while, and said softly: "Originally, I was going to charge you a few hundred gold coins as a reward for rescuing you, but now you look so pitiful.  Look, I will exempt you from the gold coins. However, I hereby warn you not to do anything that goes against the interests of Elantes in the future. If I find you doing illegal transactions with foreign nobles next time, I will treat you as collaborating with the enemy.  .¡±

    "you!"

    Berati shed tears and pointed angrily at Lin Fenghan and trembled.

    "Okay." Lin Fenghan looked at Berati's fragile face, his heart softened, and he said softly: "Now that I have rescued you, if there is nothing else, I will go back to sleep. There will be many more tomorrow.  Government affairs need to be busy.¡±

    "Wait!"

    Baron Xibei gently stretched out his hand and said.

    "Um?"

    Lin Fenghan looked at Baron Xibei in confusion. Vera and others quickly clenched their waist daggers and stared at Baron Xibei coldly.

    A trace of cold sweat broke out on Baron Xibei's forehead, but he still stood upright and looked at Lin Fenghan and said: "My distant relative and nephew, you go and attack my territory and castle first. As a result, I lost my noble status and superior life, and today you  I am very grateful for saving my daughter and me, so I am ready to repay you."

    Lin Fenghan frowned vigilantly and said coldly: "Baron Xibei. Your territory only has three villages. I broke your status as a noble and captured your territory not for myself. I did it for thousands of people."  An ordinary people, only in this world without you nobles who oppress the common people can the land be distributed fairly, allowing other farmers to live a prosperous life. So after I defeated you little lords, I didn't kill them all, I just confiscated them.  Most of your property is just evicting you.¡±

    "Of course I know, and I want to thank you slightly." Baron Xibei lowered his head slightly, holding back the disgust in his heart, and looked up at Lin Fenghan seriously and said: "I, Berich * Xibei, am a person who appreciates kindness and must repay it."  Man, that¡¯s why I want to stop you here. Let me tell you, Elantes is not far away from destruction and collapse!¡±

    "What?"

    ¡°Bold!¡±

    "How dare you curse us, Elantes."

    "Seek death!"

    Vera, Kofili, Planner and others all shouted with frowns.

    "Push them all down!"

    Lin Fenghan was startled, raised his hand to stop Vera and others, looked at Baron Xibei seriously and said, "You continue."

    Baron Xibei glanced at Lin Fenghan appreciatively, ignoring the anger of Vera and others.  He reached out and touched the beard on his chin, and said slowly: "Illantes is in a lot of crisis now. Externally, there are the northern kings and northern nobles. Next to them, there are the forces of Duke Brant, the southern nobles, and the forces of Earl La Mille. There are also remnants of the nobles internally.  Diehard elements are highly disruptive, there are many clans, and local tyrants are seizing power. According to Liuyun, although you are currently engaged in reforms. Allocate noble land, let farmers join the army, government, new factories, and build up armed forces on a large scale. Most of these  In my opinion, it¡¯s all an act of seeking death!¡±

    "ah!"

    "How dare you be hostile to land reform. Do you know how many farmers this policy has aroused support for?" Vera said with angry red eyes: "As long as the baron supports land reform, those farmers will definitely support the baron and fight for the baron and the government.  .¡±

    "Yeah?"

    With a smile on his face, Baron Xibei glanced at Vera strangely, then looked at Lin Fenghan and said, "Do you think so too?"

    Lin Fenghan looked at Baron Xibei and stood there silently. Baron Xibei continued: "Let us now analyze the basic structure of this southern society. The first layer is the noble and wealthy class. The second layer is knights, warriors, and attendants.  , blacksmith, carpenter citizen class. The third layer, farmers, freedmen, workers, servants, slave class. Others??The armed forces and combat power of this society are controlled by the nobles and knight warrior classes. Only these two classes master correct combat tactics and excellent weapons and armor.  Master, government affairs, economics, law, management and other comprehensive abilities.  Due to the special talents that can be learned with special status, only people from the first noble class and the second knight class can master the talents of controlling all aspects of society.  "

    "And the Elantra government's policy of attacking the nobility and dividing the land has obviously destroyed the interests of the vast majority of the first and second classes of the nobility. It is impossible for these people who have been touched by their own class to truly support you, even under your government.  Those who serve in the army are forced to make a living, or just to earn a living. As long as their actions can hinder you, they will do it without hesitation. If other noble forces are attacking, they will definitely surrender to the enemy.  Looking for revenge on you."

    Lin Fenghan's body trembled suddenly and he saw that Baron Xibei was not talking.

    Baron Xibei smiled lightly and continued: "The noble class and the citizen class live in an excellent environment and receive the best survival skills training, so they know a lot of things, know how to manage the army, run the government and caravans, the kingdom  Eighty-nine percent of the talents come from this class. As for the third civilian class, although occasionally some diligent and qualified geniuses stand out and master excellent talents, after all, they are only a minority and cannot be the mainstay of society."

    "The current Illantes government does not please the aristocratic class and the knightly citizen elite. Instead, it uses the aristocratic land to distribute to the ignorant peasants. Of course, most of the petty bourgeoisie have benefited, but due to family education, the talents among them  Very few. These situations are not a big deal when your territory is small. But when your territory expands step by step and requires a lot of talents, you will feel the dilemma. When your army  Once the government and the government are inflated to a certain point, when facing huge pressure from the outside world and war, this inflated balloon will eventually burst, and then the power you have established will be greatly reduced until failure.  Or until your talents can withstand the needs of all walks of life." Baron Xibei clapped his hands gently and looked at Lin Fenghan with appreciation.

    "Actually, I was really surprised when your dream and your ideas were conveyed to me. In fact, I also really want to know what everyone is equal. Social fairness, justice, justice, human harmony, happiness, and well-being.  But unfortunately, I am a very rational person, so it is difficult for me to believe that these things will come true, and I hate the price that my family and I need to pay to realize this world dreamed by the ancient sages."

    Baron Xibei stretched out his hand helplessly and looked at Lin Fenghan and said: "But unfortunately, this has happened, and I am unable to stop the army of my distant relatives and nephews, so I can only remain silent. I took my family back to live in the town."

    "Uncle Xibei, you have told me so much about the analysis of the class situation. Is there any way to solve it?" Lin Fenghan looked at Baron Xibei with respect and lowered his head and said: "I admit that I have encountered the dilemma you mentioned. The current Elantra  Both the government and the military lack real talents, and the cultivation of talents takes time and requires long-term education and guidance, so I can only speed up the pace by establishing military academies and political schools through recuperation."

    "Yi Liuyun, you did well, but it's not good enough." Baron Xibei gently patted Lin Fenghan's shoulder.  Looking at Lin Fenghan's doubtful eyes, he said softly: "Talent matters can be cultivated through time and various policies and incentives. But there are many things that time cannot change. On the contrary, the longer the time, the more likely the symptoms of these problems will be.  The bigger it is. For example, your team.¡±

    "My team?"

    Lin Fenghan touched his head in confusion.

    Baron Xibei sighed softly: "Yi Liuyun, you are still too young. Your grandfather died a little early, and your father's qualifications are also very poor. You have not learned many aristocratic tactics, which has led to many problems."  problems occur."

    Baron Xibei gently walked out of the room filled with the smell of blood, looked up at the moon in the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Yi Liuyun, have you noticed the shortcomings of your government and army?"

    "There are many, I would like to ask uncle to point them out one by one." Lin Fenghan asked with a flash of light in his eyes.

    Baron Xibei smiled lightly, pointed at everyone and said, "You're welcome, please listen carefully."

    Baron Sibe paused and said slowly: "Currently there are many crises in Elantes, the first of which is the legal crisis. This crisis is that the Elantes government does not have the legitimacy to rule the people and the land, so the nobles and local tyrants everywhere  , the farmers unconsciously resisted, resisted the rule of Elantes, and consumed their own internal strength, causing many Elantes soldiers and farmers, including all the officers and businessmen standing here, toDeep down, I don¡¯t really trust the current system.  They feel that the rule of Elantes is like a mirage. Once the army and your leadership are lost, society will collapse without leaving any traces. Therefore, your main task at the moment is to establish a legal system of governance, including  The legitimacy of government rule and the source of rights can make people trust it to the bone.  "

    "The second crisis is the stability of society. Now your army, including yourself, has not correctly identified the enemy, and is chaotically opening fire on all nobles, big businessmen, big landowners, knights, local tyrants, and the powerful class. The entire society is in turmoil.  , very chaotic. Rich and powerful people are afraid, people of noble birth are afraid, wealthy businessmen are afraid, citizens with stable careers are also afraid, all wealthy people are afraid of your army, and  Those chaotic farmers will loot the humans who have oppressed them before. These people are burying their property and quietly fleeing your territory to live in a prosperous and stable place. So I hope you can formulate a law here, this  The law will attack a certain class of people with a certain morale according to your will. You have to identify this group of people. When your army, government, and society are stable, eradicate this group of people and slowly and effectively implement your reforms.  , so that it will not cause strong social unrest, leading to a production crisis, a capital crisis, an education crisis, and social regression."

    Lin Fenghan¡¯s eyes lit up as he listened. He closed his eyes and recalled the policies and practices he had issued in the past, recalling the tremendous changes his army had brought to society.

    Baron Xibei looked at Lin Fenghan who closed his eyes and thought, then slowly opened his eyes and continued to speak: "The third crisis is the crisis of rule. This crisis includes the crisis of legitimacy of rule, the crisis of conspiracy, and the crisis of loyalty of the people, the government, and the army.  .¡±

    Baron Xibei turned around seriously, looked into Lin Fenghan's eyes, and said clearly word for word: "Yi Liuyun, because your life experience is too shallow and you don't understand the art of tactics, so the third point is what you have encountered.  the biggest crisis."

    "Previously, because your territory was very small, the dozens, hundreds, or nearly a thousand soldiers you knew, Elantis, could easily rule Haisha City, Highland City, Waterdeep City, and Seawatch City. But now  As the town territory becomes larger and larger, your original loyal people are getting smaller and smaller, so you have to appoint people who are unfamiliar to you, did not know before, and whose family roots are not in the Elante Islands to help you rule the territory and rule.  The army, the ruling government. As your territory, army, and government grow larger and larger, the basis of your rule and the level of trust will decrease more and more. When there is no one to help you, you will instinctively take advantage of brotherhood, friendship, and colleagues.  Friendship, promotion, fellow-feeling, and comradeship can help you gain their trust. However, as the territory increases and the environment and society change, these instinctive methods of yours will eventually lose their trust bit by bit.  The foundation of trust will lead to disloyalty, and what I want to teach you is the art of maneuvering, the art of upright politics. He will teach you how to unswervingly control others, the army, the government and the people."

    October 2013 (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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