Genius can only be revealed in adversity, and affluent circumstances will bury it.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Is Raqqa's perception wrong? Oscar believes that there is nothing wrong, but a rare simplicity and trust; The only pity is that the current Augustus family is no longer the affiliated aristocratic family that lived in the shadow of the Maxentius family. The new House of Augustus is one of the most powerful families in the world, which means that everything will change!

If the Augustan family did not have the opportunity to usher in this series of rapid expansion; Then the House of Augustus, which still exists as a vassal of the Maxentius family, will have a different picture. The Augustus family would not have such a large army as it is now, and foreign generals such as Quintus, Segudus, Tetius and so on would not exist in the Augustus family at all!

General Gumus will continue to stay on Crete as a captain, and Longkina, Cassiyo and others are naturally also captains of the Augustus family legion; The position of the sole family leader, Luquis, must be different from anyone else. Both Oscar himself and the entire Augustus family relied on Luquis, unparalleled.

However, this is not the case; The current Augustus family not only owns three provinces belonging to their own family, but also has a full ten legions (seven main battle legions, two guards legions, Samonai legions, and North African city management legions)! The generals of the family are also unusually numerous, in addition to the generals who originally came out of the wolf army, there are also many other generals.

Not to mention the subordination of high-ranking generals. Even the centurions and millurions below also have their own origins; If Oscar had deliberately favored the Augustan lineage like Raqqa. What about the much larger mid-level officers? The training at the military school will make them loyal to the Oscars. But this allegiance needs to be maintained forever; Oscar had to work on it.

After all, Rakqa is still a seventeen-year-old child, and it is not easy for him to learn how to lead a battle in just one year, and Oscar also feels that he is too demanding of him. So, Oscar said to Raqqa Chunchun:

"Raqqa, our Augustus family is no longer the vassal family of the Maxentius family of the past, nor is it the family that struggled to survive under the high pressure of others in my father's time; Our House of Augustus is now one of the most important families in the Roman Republic and throughout the Mediterranean.

Our family already owns a territory no less than a nation, and in fact we control a territory larger than most kingdoms; We also have a large and powerful army. But. If we only rely on the original generals of our Augustus family, can we fully exert the combat effectiveness of such a huge army?

Let's leave aside the other legions for the time being, let's just talk about the seven regular legions of the main battle; Of these seven legions, there are a total of four generals who were born in our Augustan family. Needless to say, Luquis naturally said that Longkina and Cassiyo were also the captains of our original Wolf Legion; You don't know the identity of Gumos, but he is also a similar existence to Longkina.

The remaining three legionnaires were all generals from other powers in Rome, though they did not have as much loyalty and affection to our House of Augustus as they did to Dragonkina; However, they are capable enough to serve as the commander of our Augustus. General Luquis was certainly a little stronger than General Quintus, but Ronkina was far inferior to General Segudus and the others.

Of all our seven legion commanders, with the exception of General Lucquis and General Quintus, who have special status and outstanding abilities; Among the remaining generals, the descendants of our Augustus family are not as good as those foreign generals. But they are still on equal footing. This in itself is the result of our deliberate partiality.

This kind of thing is inevitable in any family, and it is not an exception for our family to have such a situation; But. If we continue to do so, will the new generals be willing to be loyal to us? Raqqa, you have to understand that where there are people, there will be contradictions and competition between people, which can never be avoided.

No matter where our Augustan family develops, strife within the family is inevitable; Because there will always be different interests between people, and there will be the same interest competition, which will lead to contradictions and competition. As core members of the House of Augustus, what we need to do is not to take sides, but to ensure balance within the entire family.

Only when the balance between the different factions is maintained will they form a healthy competition; Such competition can allow each general of our family to maintain a strong combat effectiveness and play a greater role on the battlefield. However, the first premise of this situation is that you, the core members of the family, must not participate in their competition, otherwise this balance will be upset.

You know, every word you say, every action you do; In the eyes of others, it represents not only yourself, but also the entire House of Augustus. So, that's why I'm reprimanding in the room today; Because it's vital that I don't let those generals from outside mistake our family for cronyism! ”

Oscar's teachings are not meticulous, nor can they be said to be careless; Rakka also listened to Oscar's teachings and nodded knowingly. After Oscar finished speaking, Raka looked up at Oscar and asked, "Big brother, what I don't understand is why these generals are all serving our family, but they still have to artificially divide factions?"

Aren't they all you? If they're all loyal to you and your family, why divide the factions that divide everyone from each other? Moreover, after the generals formed their own factions; Are they loyal to the leader of their faction or to the leader of their family? Why would you allow them to divide into such factions? ”

Raqqa's IQ is not low, as can be seen from his ability to quickly grow into a lieutenant general recognized by Luquis; However, his political consciousness is so low that he can't even see this most basic game. However, he is, after all, Oscar's own brother and one of the last remaining members of the Augustan family; Therefore, Oscar still patiently explained:

"Raqqa, there is no connection between their allegiance to the family and the division of factions between them, which are completely different things; Moreover, there is no such thing as a leader in the faction formed between them, and he is just the leader of this faction, so naturally it is impossible to pose any threat to me, the leader of the family.

There is never a completely intimate relationship between people, and the existence of interests makes the relationship between people weaker; More importantly, everyone is selfish, and the existence of this selfishness is the fundamental reason for the formation of factions. Isn't there any selfishness between you and me? Were our ancestors unselfish?

We can think about this from another angle, if people are unselfish; So why did our ancestors go to great lengths to develop our House of Augustus, instead of contributing everything to the Roman Republic? It is precisely because of the existence of selfishness that our Augustan family has developed to this day; This is the original driving force of our family's development.

Aren't these generals within our House of Augustus the same now? They also have their own wives, children, and families, and they were born and died to fight for our family of Augustus, is it for the sake of illusory glory? No! They need glory, but they also need the glory and wealth that glory brings!

Why does an ordinary legionary want to become a centurion; Because the centurion has greater power. However, not all soldiers can become centurions; Therefore, the soldiers competed fiercely for the position of centurion. In such fierce competition, it is impossible for everyone to be a centurion; In order to better fight for the benefits, everyone can only support the best people in the group to compete.

The existence of factions is also based on such competition; The descendants of our family are afraid that the foreign generals will seize the rights that belong to them, and those foreign generals are also afraid that the descendants will suppress them. Therefore, they can't help but unite with people who have common interests and demands, and jointly deal with the pressure brought by another group of people; This creates factions.

The existence of factions can largely unite the generals of our family, and can also promote healthy competition between generals to a certain extent; For example, the combat effectiveness of our family's legions. The reason why the combat effectiveness of our family legion can be improved so quickly is because of our training and weapons on the one hand, and the hard work of the generals on the other hand.

If there is no such faction among the generals, and there is no factional competition, everyone is a good friend with a good relationship and easy to deepen; So will they still have such a strong sense of competition when training the legion, and will they still train the legion so hard? Factions are a double-edged sword, as long as we can use it well; Factions will become even more powerful promoters for our House Augustus! ”

Oscar's elaborate explanation finally made Raqqa understand the value of the existence of factions; However, Raqqa's doubts did not end there. "Big brother, since factions exist to compete for the common good; So with the status of General Luquis and General Quintus within the family, why would they still be involved in such a factional struggle? ”

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