Chapter 104: The Lessons of History
"Good! Very good! Very good! As soon as Jian Chen's words fell, Empress Catherine slammed the table and stood up with a laugh like a man, "Jian Chen, I didn't misread you!" You didn't let me down either! You're good, really good! ”
Seeing the excitement on Empress Catherine's face that couldn't be concealed, Jian Chen couldn't accept it, he had always been worried about his feelings, and the Empress also agreed with her approach?
After figuring out this relationship, Jian Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves slowly relaxed.
Fortunately, the empress had already walked in front of Jian Chen, looked at him with a rather appreciative look, and said with a smile: "There are not many people in the empire who can have this kind of insight, even I have only recently figured it out, you can figure out these truths at a young age, it's very remarkable!" What the empire needs most now is more talents like you! ”
As she spoke, the empress paced in a circle in the tent: "You know what? I've been studying the history of the continent for a while, and you know the Bracada Mage Kingdom and the Krurod Barbarian Kingdom, right? Do you know the history of these two countries? ”
Chen Jian hurriedly replied: "I know a rough idea, but it's not very clear!" ”
During this period of time, Chen Jian has made up for many classes, and finally has a general understanding of the distribution of countries on the mainland and the current situation.
Although Jian Chen is a little lazy to do, his brain will often stop turning and do things on instinct, but once he decides to do something, he will be very serious and persistent, and the brain that is about to rust because of little use will also spin quickly, and the whole person will burst out with diligence and hard work that is completely inconsistent with his usual performance.
He's just lazy, but he's not stupid, and it's even fair to say that he's a lot smarter than many people, and often has some whimsical ideas.
He is actually quite a talented person, but his previous ordinary life and comfortable environment have made him mediocre, and his personality has also made him willing to fall.
And now, under the pressure of the environment, his talent and ambition began to slowly show, and his personality was slowly changing, but he didn't know this.
The Empress smiled, disapproving at Jian Chen's answer, and continued to speak to herself: "In history, the Bracadon Empire, the predecessor of Bracada, used to be a super empire that occupied more than two-thirds of the territory of the entire continent, and even the territory now owned by the Erathia Empire was once a colony of the Brakkaton Empire. Do you know why such a powerful empire has become a small kingdom now cowering in the corner of the continent? It was because they used to be very repulsive to other races except pure-blooded humans, and even the barbarian race who were human beings were regarded as aliens by them because of their customs, and enslaved them, and finally aroused the opposition of all races, when the legendary hero of the barbarian race, Jag, led a large-scale uprising, he gathered the elites of all races, formed a powerful combined army, and defeated the Brakaton Empire, and the remnants of the empire fled to the sea until they survived. ”
Sadly, after Jag's death, his heirs shattered the empire he had built, and the Brakadon Empire was able to regain and re-enslave the barbarians. However, Brakkaton did not last long before he was overthrown by another barbarian hero, Tanan, and eventually Brakkaton's mages fled to the snowy mountains south of the continent and established the current kingdom of Bracada under the leadership of the immortal king Magnus. ”
"And Tanan after defeating the Brakkat Empire, he created the Krurod Kingdom, this kingdom was also prosperous, the territory is no less than the Brakkat Empire, but Tanan also made the same mistake as the Brakkat Empire, after the founding of the country, he also began to exclude other races and enslave them, and because of the previous Brakkat Empire's attitude towards the barbarians, it was quite hateful to pure-blooded humans, among these enslaved races, The most tragic fate is now the swamp aborigines of Titalia, the wolf heads and lizardmen, so the rule of Krurod was quickly overthrown, and finally replaced by our Erathian Empire, but the strength of the empire at that time was not very strong, the territory was not as vast as the previous Bracaton, and the people were mainly humans. ”
"Due to the rule of Bracaton and Krulrod, the contradictions between the various races were difficult to reconcile at that time, and finally the current pattern on the continent was created, and the Erathian Empire has continued to this day due to the fact that other races have a small population and humans have always been dominant."
Speaking of this, Empress Catherine sighed, shook her head at Jian Chen, who had already heard the fascination, and smiled bitterly: "But it's a pity, although there are fewer races, they must not be a single race, the empire finally did not absorb the lessons of history, and embarked on the old path of Bracaton and Krulrod, and made the same mistake, it is because of such racial discrimination that the aborigines of Tytalia will always seek independence from the empire!" It is because of this that the empire has become the target of public criticism, and it was invaded by so many countries at the same time in the last great war! That's why the elven allies stab the empire in the back at such a critical moment! If this continues, sooner or later, the empire will end up in the same fate as Bracaton and Krurod! ”
"However, there are many people in the empire, but they still do not see this, they are blindly immersed in the aura of the empire's past power, stubbornly believe that the empire is invincible, and recently some even propose to restore the slavery system! Sell all the alien prisoners of war captured in the last war and the alien inhabitants living in the empire into slavery! It's just unreasonable! ”
Slavery? Jian Chen almost suspected that something was wrong with his ears, the slavery system that was regarded as extremely backward by people on the earth still wanted to be implemented in the Erathian Empire, a feudal monarchy? This is simply a huge regression of civilization!
The Empress's words continued, but the anger in her tone became more and more obvious: "Why didn't they see that after the founding of the country, Bracada changed its attitude towards other races, not only accepted the powerful Naga to join the kingdom, but also formed an alliance with the Titans, and even the goblin clan, who had always been regarded as lowly creatures by them, have been greatly improved in treatment due to their dexterous craftsmanship that can help the mages!" The same is true of Krurod, in addition to the barbarians, he also took in many races such as big-eared monsters, half-orcs, cyclops, and Beamon, and even connected the notorious ogre clan to be accepted by the barbarians because of their powerful combat power! If it weren't for that, how could the two kingdoms of Bracada and Krurod still stand on the continent until now! ”
"Other kingdoms, such as Negan, are also multi-ethnic nations, with a rather complex ethnic composition; Deya's necromancers also know how to form alliances with big-eared monsters to increase their strength; Even the extremely xenophobic elves have the support of centaurs and dwarves and tree herders! And what about our Elassian Empire? From the founding of the country to the present, except for the offensive and defensive alliance with the angel race, no other race has been accepted! The composition of the army is even more human! After so many years, it can be said that there has been no progress at all! ”