After a short break, the monarch meeting was convened again. Unlike the last time, only the monarch himself could participate. This time, all the monarchs invited the magicians around them to the venue as their own advisers, regardless of the fact that they not only had no voting rights. , not even the right to speak.
Although most of the monarchs on this island are mediocre because of their hereditary status, and some monarchs can even be described as mediocre, those who were able to pass the screening of the Magic University and successfully enter the Magic University to study, and thus graduated were recognized by the Magician Association. Every magician sent to assist the monarch is an elite. Z.br>
It doesn't matter if the monarch doesn't understand, but the magician understands, and that's enough. As long as the suggestions can be accepted, the monarch's meeting will definitely produce results.
The hall used for banquets in the castle has been transformed into a conference hall. A huge round table is filled with chairs. If it were in a fairy tale world, it would have been thought that King Arthur Artoria was holding her round table in Camelot. Meeting.
It is not easy to be the leader of the alliance, because everyone wants to be the leader of the alliance. Once you become the leader of the alliance, it is natural for you to become everyone's monarch through accumulation.
It's just that some people who lack strength feel that they can't unify the island and defeat the evil dragon even if they become the leader of the alliance, but they still want to hold everyone back. After all, everyone is on an equal footing. If someone becomes the leader of the alliance, it means that He has an extra leader on his head, so if he wants to become the leader of the alliance, he must settle these monarchs who have their own evil intentions.
Most of the monarchs on the island are knights, barons, and viscounts. Among them, knights are the largest, followed by barons, and viscounts are the least. Determining the right to speak based on title will inevitably lead to the dissatisfaction of the vast majority of monarchs. The knights are dissatisfied with this class of monarchs, which cannot be ignored. without their existence, there would be no union.
Therefore, the principle of one person, one vote could only be determined. The three viscounts with the highest titles became the temporary leaders of the alliance, and the power that the barons should enjoy was sacrificed.
It's really a small temple with a strong wind, and there are many bastards in the shallow pond. There are one hundred and eighty monarchs from all over the island, including many who have not come to participate.
In order to become the sole leader of the alliance, all the viscounts and barons showed their talents and used money to bribe, in other words, bribery.
The power and territory of barons and viscounts are different. Some senior knights are not inferior to some barons. The value they can buy is also different. Therefore, whoever believes in the saying "one person, one vote" has a problem in the head, but really To come to power, you still need to bribe the monarch.
I still remember that when the meeting just started, Viscount Inberno wanted to be the only leader, but he was too stingy and was only willing to give out 500 gold coins for a vote. As a result, the monarchs were furious.
Just this, just this little money, you want to use this to bribe cadres.
We are short of the money or they still look down on us. Therefore, when voting, some monarchs directly wrote five hundred gold coins on the ballot to express their anger.
There are 180 monarchs, each of whom is worth five hundred gold coins. If calculated in total, it is indeed a huge sum of money, because one Elam gold coin can provide a month's living expenses for a family of three. On this remote island, The territories of the monarchs on the island are not very rich. At the same time, there are also chaos disasters coming, and they need to hire mercenaries to fight against monsters. Therefore, the viscount who took out this money can be said to have emptied his entire family fortune.
But the problem is that everyone present is not an ordinary person. They are all monarchs with territories. Even in barren lands, they are still monarchs. Not to mention those who are really short of money, some knights with reasonable wealth and barons who own castles see By the time you got 500 gold coins out of your hand, I was being polite if I didn't spit on you directly.
The amount of bribe must be calculated both in total and on average.
Therefore, when no one could be elected, everyone finally compromised and directly elected the three highest-ranking monarchs as temporary hosts of the meeting. It was also stipulated that everyone would take turns to host the meeting, allowing them to check and balance each other.
Although William has no territory or people, he is still a wandering monarch in the definition of this world. If he wants to obtain territory and people, he must either go to a higher-level noble and offer his holy seal to obtain the territory, or he must bring his own people. to reclaim wasteland and then attract villages
civil.
William did not choose either method. Instead, he directly controlled all the mercenary teams on the island through the Dragon Slayer Mercenary Group, and then asked the mercenary teams to directly surround the venue and control the access to the venue.
Although the meeting of monarchs has elected three temporary leaders, William has also made his attitude clear. If he is not elected as one of the temporary leaders, then none of these monarchs will be able to go home, and no one will have food to eat.
Let’s discuss, let’s have meetings, let’s discuss.
Let’s quarrel and accuse each other.
William directly moved a chair from the round table to sit next to the rostrum, and let them hold meetings with each other. For William, the low efficiency was not a problem. The more fierce the quarrel, the more energy was expended, and the people were exhausted. The easier it is to get hungry.
This is all the more likely to come to fruition in a hungry environment.
William's thought was indeed correct. It was in this environment that the Monarchy Council nominated and elected the knight William as one of the three temporary leaders of the Monarchy Council with rare efficiency.
The viscount who bribed the vote was directly dismissed.
"There is only one topic at the meeting, and that is to defeat the evil dragon. Then what we should discuss is how to defeat the evil dragon, how much the corresponding expenses should be paid to defeat the evil dragon, how many troops each monarch should send, and how to reward meritorious personnel... …”
Just when Antonio entered the venue with the magician Nunn, he discovered that William was already sitting on the rostrum and controlling the public opinion of the meeting. Being able to raise issues and preside over the meeting was the power of the leader in itself, but William ignored the people around him. The two temporary leaders undoubtedly control the core of power at the venue.
The Conference of Monarchs is not a legal entity, nor an institution. It is a union of monarchs, but monarchs can join or withdraw. If there is no corresponding mechanism to restrain the monarchs, the Conference of Monarchs is just a public toilet, and anyone who needs it can come in. , if you go out when you don’t need it, no one needs to be responsible, and the monarch meeting cannot be responsible to other monarchs.
The meeting of monarchs must have a responsible person, who is the leader. The leader must be given the power to maintain the power and authority of the meeting of kings and to reward and punish members of the meeting of kings.
Whoever recognizes this alliance leader recognizes that this alliance leader’s identity is superior to everyone else.
In Greek mythology, this is the reason why Achilles was bullied to the point of jumping off his feet by his leader Agamemnon.
Agamemnon is not the king of Achilles, and he is not loyal to Agamemnon. However, due to the system of the Greek coalition, Achilles can only obey his orders and disobey Achilles. Orders will be punished. This is true for Achilles, and it is also true for other kings and princes in the Greek coalition.
To conquer the evil dragon, all monarchs have to go to the front line. Whoever dares to disobey military orders will be punished by the alliance leader in the name of the system. Even if it is a mission to risk death, you have no way to disobey the organization.
There has been a consensus on this issue for a long time. Everyone should work together to deal with the evil dragon. There is no need to talk about morality and justice at all. All the monarchs can just gather the army to attack it directly.
It's just how many troops each monarch sends, who wants to preserve their strength, how to arrange tasks, and how to motivate everyone to fight the enemy bravely. If there is an alliance leader, it can be decided by the alliance leader.
It has become an unspoken consensus that the person who has done the most good is the king of all.
"The dragon slayer is king! Look, what do you think of this?"
William looked at the whispering monarchs. After William told them what exactly they should do, and with the help of the magicians, a new consensus was born.
No matter who conquers the evil dragon, he should become the king of this island, and all monarchs should be loyal to him, even if the former monarch was a grand duke.
The one who enters Guanzhong first is the king, because there is no way to prevent him from becoming the king. Who can deal with the monarch who can defeat the evil dragon, so it is better to surrender directly to show respect to him and maintain his dignity. This is the world. Laws of War.
If you don't want to be dignified, asking the king to help you look decent in person may not be dignified enough by then.
