"The desire to conquer is an innate human instinct, and if the conquest ends in victory, the bystanders will only praise, not blame. ”

But if this conquest leads to a crushing defeat, then the surviving losers will blame each other, as in the case of the Attila Empire, when victorious, the dividends of victory cover up all contradictions, but when there is a setback, it is the opposite. ”

"Ladies, please take note of what I said. ”

The maid tapped her fingers on the blackboard, making a clanging sound, reminding the little princesses who were sitting loosely in front.

This was a political lesson, because one of these princesses would surely inherit the position of Irish co-ruler, and it was normal to teach them such knowledge.

And the most distinct, most suitable and most instructive of them is the Attila Empire, which rose in a very short period of time, ruled almost the entire Northlands, and then declined in a very short time, being replaced by the Baltic Empire, and now only the newly occupied, unstable eastern Scandinavia, the former old territories have all been lost.

"After our summary, the reason why the Attila Empire failed in Scandinavia three times in a row, and because of these three defeats, it led to the collapse and division of the entire empire. ”

"First of all, the invasion of the Scandinavian Empire by the Atila Empire led to the successful integration of the power of the Scandinavian Empire throughout Siegel, uniting the Scandinavians and giving the Scandinavians the power to fight against. ”

The emergence of the Scandinavian Empire, which was later attributed to the invasions of the Attila Empire, was that those three invasions allowed the Scandinavians to learn to unite and get used to it.

"Second, the Attila Empire is ignoring our growth, they are only fulfilling their ambitions, completely unaware of the changes, rather than adopting different strategies depending on the situation. ”

"Third, there are only five people who control the entire Attila Empire, and Attila and her four knights, if it is only a small territory, five people are enough, but in a country as vast as the Attila Empire, five people are simply insufficient. ”

If there were more of them, then death would not have been done by himself, and Alice would not have been killed in the steppes of Rus'.

"Fourthly, the Attila Empire completely ignores the various contradictions that exist within them, the contradictions between races, the contradictions between classes, and when the defeat appears, these contradictions erupt and can easily destroy everything, as was the case with the orcs before and the centaurs after that. ”

"Teacher, are centaurs and orcs strong?"

On the Celtic Isles, there were no centaurs and orcs, and several little princesses had learned about these races from books, and they had only heard of the power of the Attila Empire, and when they held banquets, they knew from the knights of the Red Branch Order.

"Interrupting the teacher in class, that's not what I taught you about etiquette before. ”

The teacher, who was their maid, sighed and said in as stern a tone as she could.

However, after that dinner with Alice, they no longer respected the maids as much as before, even though they were still earning knowledge while they were studying.

But even with that, the maid answered the questions of several princesses.

"Before the advent of the Atila Empire, the orcs were ravaging the north, one of the three races known as the Calamity, and it was a problem that the Northland had been a headache for many years and could not solve. ”

"The same is true for centaurs, it is precisely because of Attila's conquest of the orcs, centaurs, and gnolls, the three races known as the three evils of the north, that she was able to conquer Rus, Karelia and other regions in the early stage. ”

"If you take a serious look at the rise and fall of the Atila Empire, you can see the failure of their second western expedition and the rebellion of the orcs as a node of transformation, losing almost one-third of their strength, and at that time they were also involved in the rebellion of the north, allowing Beowulf to lead the elite of Scandinavia to attack Karelia, completely shaking the rule of the Atila Empire in Finland and Karelia. ”

The maid patiently explained that this was from Alice's instructions, and taught them as much as she could, so that they could become qualified rulers or politicians.

After answering the questions of the princesses that disturbed the order of the class, the maid continued to teach according to the lesson plan that had been drawn up earlier.

"In the countries of the main plane, the situation is similar, most of them can be divided into two categories, one is a wise lord, relying on his ability and personal charm, uniting a group of capable courtiers to assist him in governing the country, and the other is a lord and his courtiers to govern the country together, although he has the righteousness of the lord, but he cannot control the life and death of the courtiers. ”

"In fact, as I mentioned earlier, the Attila Empire obviously belongs to the first kind of country, and Attila has supreme authority in the empire named after her, and the people below will choose to obey the arrangements of the officials and courtiers she has assigned, just because the rights of these officials and courtiers come from Attila, which is also the reason for the demise of the Attila Empire. ”

"The second kind of state, which is almost non-existent in the Northlands, but it should be mentioned here, because the monarch governs the country together with his courtiers, and the courtiers can be regarded as small monarchs with rights, who have their own courtiers and people, have their own land and army, and have great autonomy. ”

"On the southern side, there used to be a saying that a friend of a friend is not necessarily a friend, and a courtier's courtier is not necessarily a courtier. ”

"Well, the courtiers have so much power, don't they fear that they will rebel, when their power becomes greater than that of their sovereign. ”

Of course, this is also a form of kingdom change. ”

"Why is their monarch willing to give his courtiers so much power, and they won't be afraid?"

"Why, then, is it that your father, the co-lord of Ireland, King Ochu, is now only in name, and that there is no way to really command the kings and lords below?"

The maid asked rhetorically, holding the most realistic example.

"Their realm was inherited from their fathers and grandparents, and they may have noble blood flowing in their bodies, and they may have power in their hands that the king of Ochu would not dare to act lightly. ”

"Speaking of which, I think you should understand, the first type of state is usually a newly established state, the monarch of the country has fame and ability, and the latter is often the successor to the throne of the ancestors, and needs to consider the various historical legacies left over from the past. ”

"May I think, then, that the first form of state is better than the second?"

Because it involves King Ochu, the faces of several princesses are not very good-looking, because in many cases, the truth will make people feel unsatisfied.

"No, sometimes the so-called excellent and the so-called inferior cannot be answered so easily, let's take the Attila Empire as an example. ”

"After analysis, it can be clearly found that a country like the Attila Empire, whether it is strong or destroyed, is at a node, she is a deformed country, and it can appear because of Attila's victory, and it will become what it is now, because of Atira's defeat. ”

"As long as you kill Attila, you can easily conquer this country?"

"That's right, it seems that you have all been listening carefully to the lessons of the past few days. ”

The maid nodded approvingly at Maeve who said this, and continued.

"What would have happened without Atira? With a few knights who lacked prestige and strength, they could not command those races, and they were easily conquered by civil strife, falling apart, and being easily subjugated. ”

This is also a problem that the Baltic Empire needs to face now, if Alice, who single-handedly built the empire, is frustrated, defeated, or even dies, the entire empire will collapse in a very short time.

Whether it's Semiramis, Skaha, or Qil, there is no way to integrate the power of the entire empire like Alice, no, not just integration, when Alice has an accident, the possibility of those few fighting each other is a little higher.

The reason why they are able to work together and unite for the empire now is because of Alice's existence, and they are connected because of Alice as a person.

"So love...... Wouldn't that kind of problem arise in that kind of second country?"

The princesses present actually already had the answer in their hearts, but if they could, they didn't want the answer to be correct.

The second kind of country, if you want to say it, Ireland is such a country, if the king of Ochu is defeated by a sudden enemy one day, as long as their interests can be guaranteed, or let them get more benefits, they will sit idly by, and even help outsiders to defeat the king of Ochu, and will definitely not avenge the king of Ochu.

If someone really shouts the slogan of revenge, it must not be for revenge, but in the hope that in the name of revenge, he will gain the name of righteousness, be able to justifiably gain support, and inherit the legacy of King Ochu after defeating the enemy.

If you ask the princess who is present if she will be such a person, they will not be able to answer such a question head-on, because no matter how they answer, it is a wrong answer.

The maid looked at the princesses with a little meaning, she didn't know if they had asked this question on purpose, but she never underestimated the princesses, especially the one among them, Maeve who even Alice would entertain herself.

It was obvious that Alice wanted to see with her own eyes Maeve who was evaluated by the head maid as being able to see the shadow of Semiramis from her body, and as for Maeve's sisters, it was only incidental.

The person who can arouse Alice's interest is not something that can be underestimated, as an ordinary girl sees, one of the words and deeds, an inadvertent action, may have a different meaning, although she still has an advantage in knowledge, but this does not become a reason to underestimate them.

Sensing that the atmosphere had become silent, the maid shook her head, and instead of continuing on the topic that could not be continued, she continued to explain.

"People are lazy, content with the status quo and unwilling to take risks, so after conquering an area, they will not choose to rebel as long as they can continue to live their old lives. ”

"What if the overthrown kings were kind to them, and the people chose revenge?"

The class could not really continue, so the maid simply used this lesson to answer some of the questions that had just arisen in the lesson.

"Then destroy them, kill all those who want revenge, deter with fear those who have not yet put revenge into action, and completely destroy all the grounds they have for revenge, and when there is no reason for them to do so, others are not willing to risk their lives against the new conqueror. ”

The maid did not hesitate to say that conquest was never a game of housework, and it was never something that could be accomplished by communication and negotiation alone.

"Even the mildest conquests are accompanied by war and bloodshed, because there are always those who have vested interests who want to preserve their interests from being violated in any way. ”

"And until then, these vested interests were people with power and prestige, and they could use the power they had in their hands to use their prestige to call on more blind people to join their actions. ”

"In addition, in these newly conquered lands, the people chosen must be hated by everyone, and only those who are hated by everyone need to rely on you, because only by relying on you, can he continue to survive and not be torn to pieces, so that the occurrence of rebellion can be effectively reduced. ”

"Are there only two ways to do it, to completely eliminate it and to maintain it as much as possible?"

"No, there is a third method, but such a method requires too many resources and too much strength, so kings usually do not like to use such methods. ”

"That is, to appoint a man of repute and loyalty to be the lord of the newly conquered land, and to settle all kinds of disputes in the land of the new government, but this man must have great power, and it is easy for him to become a big one. ”

The princesses looked at the maid with strange emotions in their eyes, for if what the maid said was true and correct, then what Alice had said to them that night was only a possibility.

It is not a good deal for the Baltic Empire to rule the Celtic Isles, but it is very easy to train a loyal Empire to rule here.

This must be a deal between King Ochu and the Baltic Empire.