"The cathars are going to be dispatched?", Father Donovan was taken aback, "Is the Holy Cult going to war with the nobles?"

He asked with some hesitation, "Shouldn't we encourage the refugees to attack the nobles?" just as they had attacked the church before. ”

"The situation is different at this time and the strategy adopted is certainly different. The Patriarch of Lisbon analyzed: "Can you succeed with those refugees? No matter how many people there are, they are no different from ants." ”

"Donovan, you remember, there is only one throne in this world, if you want to climb it step by step, I don't know how many people's bones you have to step on, how many people's blood will flow, in this process, all the struggles, all the battles, there is no victory or defeat, some, just life and death!"

"And in the battle of life and death, the most effective and foolproof thing is to destroy the flesh of your opponent!

"The Violet family has the force in their hands, so they can control the whole country, and the Holy Sect has the power in their hands, so they can stand up to the Violet royal family. Just like in nature, herbivores can fight against carnivores, not by the compassion of those carnivores, but by their own force! ”

"It's the same with people. ”

"And what do those refugees have? Can they resist the encirclement and suppression of the city guards? Can they resist the magic of the mages? If they maintain the naïve idea that relying on these ordinary people can defeat the nobles, and then defeat Grievous the Great, defeat the Violet royal family, and seize the power of the country. ”

"In exchange, the result can only be one! defeat!

Father Donovan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly replied, "Yes!" and then he asked, "Then do you want to remind General Gavin that there is a possibility of a war with the city guards?" ”

"War with the city guards? no, it won't. The Lisbon Patriarch shook his head.

"No war, what are the cathars going to do?", Father Donovan was confused, he was completely confused.

"What are you doing, of course, to arrest the nobles who have done a lot of evil, the fourth and sixth articles of the Holy Commandment, which give the Holy Church the right to punish the evil nobles, otherwise where would the nobles who were imprisoned in the prison of the Inquisition?" replied the Patriarch of Lisbon.

"But the people who were imprisoned before were all small nobles, and this time they are against the Holy Sect and are the top two nobles in the entire Saint Teresan Kingdom, and the city guards will definitely protect them, if they are forcibly captured, it will inevitably lead to war. Donovan said hurriedly.

"Protect those nobles? Why do the city guards protect those nobles? The city guards have only one mission, and that is to obey the orders of the royal family, and the city guards protect the nobles before, and that is because the royal family wants to protect the nobles. ", said the Patriarch of Lisbon.

"Do you mean, the royal family doesn't want to protect these big nobles? Yes, the royal power of the Violet royal family has been checked and balanced by these nobles over the years, especially the checks and balances of the Elders, which represents the nobility, and Emperor Grievous must be unhappy in his heart, and now he can use the power of our Holy Sect to eradicate these big nobles, of course, he is happy, he can completely watch the fire from the other side and reap the benefits of the fisherman. Father Donovan thought for a moment and suddenly realized.

"Haha, you've made a little progress, but you still can't see it thoroughly. The Patriarch of Lisbon laughed and continued: "Why does the Violet royal family protect the nobility? This is a contract made since the Kingdom of St. Teresa was first established: the royal family respects and protects the rights and interests of the nobles, and all the nobles unanimously support the Violet family as the king of this kingdom. ”

"The royal family and the aristocracy rule the world together, this is the tone set at the beginning of the founding of the country, and it is also the cornerstone of this kingdom. If Grievous the Great had easily torn up this contract, the country would have fallen apart and collapsed immediately. ”

"If all the nobles don't support the Violet royal family anymore, then who will help the royal family govern the country? Who will pay taxes to the treasury? Who will transport grain to Shenghui City? If the local nobles all rebel, will Grievous the Great really send city guards to kill the whole country?"

"But if that's the case, then Grievous the Great will definitely order the protection of those nobles?" Father Donovan was really confused.

The Patriarch of Lisbon seemed to be quite interested, and continued to analyze patiently: "I ask you, Donovan, are these great nobles powerful?"

"This ...... It must be powerful. "They run a large number of industries, and they produce and sell all kinds of products. Their protégés are all over the kingdom, and it can be said that the implementation of the kingdom's policies is secretly controlled and influenced by them. And the local nobles generally have a certain amount of private soldiers, and these private soldiers add up to a lot of power. ”

The Patriarch of Lisbon nodded and said, "These nobles can be said to be strong or weak. Speaking of power, they have amassed an astonishing fortune and are the lifeblood of the country's day-to-day operations. They are weak, but they do not have enough force to protect the power they have, like children with money in their pockets. ”

"Therefore, although the history of the Kingdom of Saint Teresa for hundreds of years, the ups and downs of many nobles have become very popular, but it is the four great families of the guardians of the four realms that really stand tall and are praised by others, why? because they have enough force to protect themselves. ”

"As you said before, the Violet royal power is constrained, and Emperor Grievous will definitely feel unhappy, and he will definitely find a way to break the shackles around his neck. And our Holy Sect carefully planned and used various means to push the millions of civilians in Shenghui City to the opposite side of those nobles, which gave Emperor Grievous an excuse. ”

"Or a choice: nobles or commoners, which one does he choose?"

"The aristocracy is the cornerstone of the country, and without the support of the nobility, the whole country will immediately fall apart. It stands to reason that he should not hesitate to choose the nobility, but the problem is that on the other side of the scale, those commoners are not 120,000, 100,200,000, but a full million. Could he really have ordered the city guards to kill all these millions of people as they had done with the rebellion before?"

"Don't say kill them all, even kill tens of thousands of people, these commoners may not fight against the nobles anymore, but they will definitely find a way to escape from the Holy Radiance City, and then the whole city will become an empty city, a dead city, unless the Great Grievous will move away from the Holy Radiance City for the first time, otherwise he will definitely avoid doing this. ”

"So, Donovan, if you were Grievous the Great, what would you choose?", the Patriarch of Lisbon suddenly asked.