Among the heads of state, there are also some who applaud the new policy of the Northwest Republic, and there is more than one.
For example, the chief executive of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce applauded the decision in the conference hall.
"Okay! Okay! Wonderful! Wonderful! What a great idea!" He laughed, as happy as he was when he first came on stage. "Why didn't I think of this great idea? You are indeed worthy of His Majesty the Mask of the Void. He is so wise. It’s profound and beyond imagination!”
Another great consul asked in confusion: "Your Excellency, what is so good about this policy?"
"Yes, in this case, what is the difference between nobles and commoners?"
"I think there is something wrong with this policy."
"I feel so too… "
The chief consul sighed and looked at his colleagues: "Do you really think there is something wrong with this policy?"
He seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and there was a cunning way of understanding human nature: "We are all our own people here, so there is no need to put on airs or anything like that. Let's all speak according to our conscience. Do you really think this policy is bad?"
The great consuls were silent. They looked at me and I looked at you, and all of them put away their expressions of being puzzled, confused, or smiling.
"Actually... there's nothing wrong with it."
"Yes, if this had happened to me before I became successful..."
"It's too late!"
These old men who have reached the circle of the highest rulers of a country through their own efforts or the course of history have all lamented like this.
The Dhaka Merchant Alliance is a pure merchant country. It does not have a strong aristocratic power like the Gold Coin Federation, but it is almost entirely on the commercial route. Because it was defeated by the Mystic Tower Federation in the early days of the founding of the country and even lost its national defense strength, the country was somewhat deformed and failed to develop the traditional lord rule model. Each region was ruled by a coalition of small nobles and merchants. As for the great nobles... The Mystic Tower Federation itself only has marquises, and the ones who canonize the Dakar Merchant Alliance are only earls.
Initially, the nobleman who relied on various means to become an earl wanted to flex his muscles and even imitate the Duke of Thunder, who wanted to bring the entire country under his control. But he obviously thought too much. Not long after, he lost his life in a "little accident" and killed his entire family, including his illegitimate child with the maid.
The death of the Earl was naturally a major case, involving many people. Since then, there have been several earls in the Dhaka Merchant Association, but without exception, all of them died shortly after being canonized, and no one could save them.
In fact, as long as no nobles want to consolidate their rule and build their territory into a traditional model, no one can survive more than a year.
In the end, the country's nobles gave up the idea of continuous improvement and formed a compromise with the businessmen.
The nobles do not seek strong rule, while the merchants respect the privileges of the nobles. Everyone must restrain the urge to control everything to form a delicate balance.
Yes, balance.
A balance based on two powerful external forces.
An external force is naturally the Mystic Tower Federation. As the suzerain state of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, it is the main supporter of all nobles. Whenever a noble is attacked, the Secret Tower Federation will come forward to support the nobles.
Another external force comes from a certain existence that no one has figured out for hundreds of years - or a certain group of people. They have a deep-seated hatred, or instinctive aversion, towards aristocratic rule, so whether they want to become a great aristocrat or want to consolidate their rule, they will be brutally attacked by him or them.
Under the mutual influence of these two forces, today's Dhaka Business Alliance was formed.
The country with the weakest aristocratic rule in the world—of course, that was before the founding of the Northwest Republic.
The establishment of the Northwest Republic made the rulers of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance shine. For the first time, they discovered that the country could still be a republic, and that the nobility could be completely deprived of their power and a complete merchant country could be established.
However, the nobles of the Dhaka Business Alliance were canonized by the Mystic Tower Federation, and no one dared to do this at the risk of angering the powerful Mystic Tower Federation.
However, the civil strife in the Mystic Tower Federation in the past few years allowed the great governors of the Dhaka Business Alliance to see a little opportunity, or in other words, smell a hint of "opportunity".
The strength of the Secret Tower Federation stems from three parts.
First, there is the mysterious pantheon with the Lord of Mysteries as its core. In this world, you can only be powerful if you have a big boss over your head. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are in the mortal world, facing those higher-level beings, you will be nothing more than a group of ants who overestimate your capabilities.
Secondly, there is the legendary mage group with the "Supreme Mage" Master Yimia Lamperus as the core. This is almost the most powerful high-end force in the human world, comparable to the temple of the Orc Empire. One south and one north complement each other, and it also has the status of a hegemon.
Finally, there is the mage organization with the twenty-eight magic towers of the Secret Magic Tower Federation as the core. This organization has strong dominance and mobilization power, and it can continuously cultivate a large number of outstanding young mages. In the face of it, even if you can gain the upper hand temporarily, you will surely lose slowly as time goes by.
Facing such a powerful Mystic Tower Federation, the great governors of the Dhaka Business Alliance never dared to have the slightest idea of confrontation.
But... the mysterious system has collapsed, Master Lamperus is dead, and the mage organization is also on the verge of falling apart as the legendary mages become increasingly alienated.
Not long ago, there were even several people in the Twenty-Eight Mysterious Towers who declared their independence, or even though they did not declare it, at least they were already independent in fact.
Located on the border, the Four Cities Alliance is based on Gray Tower City, the holy city of the Church of the God of Scholars; Golden Tower City, which is located on a transportation thoroughfare and is an important commercial center in the north-central part of the federation; and although the place is nothing special, there are two legendary magic buildings. Tower and Mir City of three legendary mages.
Each of these three places is more important than the last, but they have all broken away from the ruling system of the Secret Tower Federation. In response to this, the Mystic Tower Federation either pretended to be deaf and did not respond, or failed to achieve results after making a lot of fanfare.
The overlord who ruled the south of the main plane was indeed weakened.
Precisely because the Mystic Tower Federation has shown an obvious trend of decline, its two vassal states, the Principality of Thunder and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, have come up with the idea of independence.
Let’s not mention the matters in the Thunder Principality for the moment. Here in the Dhaka Business Alliance, the chief consuls have discussed this topic more than once.
But they came to the conclusion that unless they could get the Goddess of Wealth Church to move its headquarters from the Gold Coin Federation to the Dhaka Business Alliance, it would probably not be possible.
Of course, there are legendary powerhouses in the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, but they are not many in number. If we go head-to-head with the Mystic Tower Federation, we will definitely not be able to win.
… Even if you win, you can’t fight! Businessmen have reduced their own country to ruins just to make money, so what's the point of becoming independent
So even if they are not willing to do so, they can only put aside the idea of independence for the time being.
But... this time the Northwest Republic gave civilians surnames, which made the chief consuls a little excited again.
How about using this policy to test the current support of the Mystic Tower Federation for the nobles
After some deliberations, these cunning business leaders finally reached a consensus.
If they wait a little longer, as long as other countries follow suit, they will follow suit immediately.
All in all, it's not good to be the first, and it's not good to be second, but third place is just fine.
If Professor Cheng, who was Professor Sui Xiong when he was in college, was here and heard their discussion, he would probably sneer and criticize: "Seek great things at the expense of your own life, this is the kind of person you are talking about!"