69novels Chapter 144
Chapter 144
After Aarons publicly declared his support for the third prince Roland Armand to inherit the throne, the negative public opinion that was originally boiling quickly cooled down.
The reason is actually very simple - the original rumor was just to build momentum among the people, making ordinary people think that Aarons was not legitimate. Fortunately, when the empire officially announced the cancellation of the princess's engagement, it did not cause so much controversy.
But Aarons directly brought up the third prince, who originally had little presence, and also made his intention to support the third prince in the fight for the throne public to the entire empire.
- In this way, the nature of the whole thing has changed.
"Originally, the fight for the ownership of the engagement was at most an internal fight between the nobles. But now that I have linked this matter to the fight for the right to inherit the throne, they must change their strategy."
"In fact, I still don't quite understand, brother-in-law... Since they dare to cancel the engagement of the royal sister casually, why do they care about my existence?"
Because Aarons and Keliya have publicly confirmed their relationship, the third prince Roland also began to enter and leave his house openly.
Today, the young prince came to ask Aarons for advice.
"Let me ask you first, everyone knows that these great nobles can overthrow the rule of the royal family as long as they unite, but why have they never thought of doing so, and they use their own resources to maintain the reputation of the royal family and support a certain prince to inherit the throne?"
"Are they... afraid?"
"Yes, but they are not afraid of the Armand family, but the people."
Roland, who had never heard of this theory, was immediately interested.
He had seen Aarons' memory from his sister a long time ago, so he knew that his brother-in-law actually had a lot of different knowledge.
"It is not the nobles and the strong who really maintain the normal operation of the country, but the ordinary people. Food, minerals, trade, industry, almost every one of them is operated and maintained by ordinary people without combat effectiveness."
Although Aarons only knew some superficial knowledge, it was enough to teach a future emperor with strong comprehension.
"Look at what those capable people are doing. There are relatively few magicians, so they may be able to find high-end technical jobs. But most of the warriors can only be mercenaries, either fighting monsters or doing dirty work for others."
"Brother-in-law, are you saying... In fact, most warriors need to rely on ordinary people to survive?"
"You are really smart... That's right, most of those guys can't contribute any productivity at all. Even if there is a demand for monster materials in industry, there are too many warriors."
It is precisely because most people who can release fighting spirit subconsciously think that they are superior to ordinary people, so they basically don't choose ordinary people's jobs.
"You said that fighting spirit warriors can also go farming or mining? That's not impossible, but then they will be no different from ordinary people, and it doesn't matter whether they have fighting spirit or not."
"In other words, many combat professionals look very glorious, but in fact they are just consuming the output of ordinary people..."
"The same is true for nobles. If they lose the support of ordinary people, they will even have a problem with how to eat their next meal."
Although the strong in this world can indeed use their strength to forcibly dominate some ordinary people and make them contribute their labor for free. But in history, most of those who did this would eventually be killed by ordinary people. Even if they didn't die, they would be disgraced and hated by everyone.
——It is precisely because it is impossible to achieve absolute domination purely by strength, so status and power become more important.
"Nobles also need to eat and sleep. If they want to ensure the quality of life, they must find a way to win the support of ordinary people."
"Ordinary people don't support nobles usurping the throne?"
"After all, the name of this empire is Armand, so most of the people in the empire still agree with the rule of the Armand family. If a noble wants to overthrow this family, he must first gain the support of some people."
And the problem lies in this support-the people of the empire are not living in dire straits. Most people live an ordinary life above food and clothing, and even have the opportunity to pursue higher goals.
"In such a stable environment now, if a noble suddenly jumps out and says that he wants to overthrow the emperor and become the leader of a country himself, and asks the people in the territory to fully support his decision, what will happen?"
"No one will support it..."
"That's right, it's not a chaotic world now. Ordinary people have their own lives. Who would really be willing to support their lord to rebel against the country? And there is another problemYes, since you want to usurp the throne, why can't others think about it? "
Because usurping the throne is not supported by the people at all, and they must be wary of other nobles with similar power, so after weighing the pros and cons, the nobles decided to support the emperor's rule on the surface and use the emperor's reputation to control the people.
"So this is the crux of the problem-the great nobles are not actually united, but just maintain a delicate balance. And they privately support the two princes to fight for the right of succession, which is actually restraining each other."
"So that's it, because I suddenly entered the scene at this time... So the nobles who were already divided into two factions began to worry about the third force, right?"
"You are really suitable to be the emperor... Anyway, that's it. I have already given them a head start, and I guess someone will come to you soon to surrender. ”
Although the eldest prince has a higher chance of succeeding to the throne, because there are too many people supporting him, the benefits that each person can get in the end are very small. Although those who support the second prince may lose all their money, if they win the bet, they can earn several times or even dozens of times more.
For the sake of profit, there will always be gamblers willing to take risks-and the third prince who has just entered the market happens to be a new option with super high odds.
"Because those who don't intend to support you openly may also bet on you, so you can take their chips with peace of mind and use these resources to build your own power."
"Brother-in-law, after listening to what you said just now... I think I should first win the support of ordinary people."
What Aarons didn't expect was that the young prince said something quite ideological after thinking for a while.
"Since our current lives are accumulated by the labor of ordinary people, wouldn't it be redundant for me to win over those nobles? I think I might as well listen to the ideas of ordinary people directly and exchange support by satisfying their needs... Isn't this better? ”
“……你这版本是不是有点超前了？”
亚伦斯根本没想到这个还没成年的小皇子竟然会有如此高的悟性和觉悟——说不定他还真是最适合成为下一任皇帝的人。
“也罢，你想怎么做就去做吧。我就负责在后面给你出出主意好了。”
“姐夫，要不还是你来当这个皇帝吧……你娶了我姐之后也算是我家的人了，应该是没什么问题的。”
“……我要不先叫你姐来揍你一顿？”
亚伦斯可不想当什么皇帝，他还是更喜欢自己现在的这种生活。
那个身不由己的位置，还是得交给最适合的人坐才行。