With a general understanding of the affairs of the Imperial Intelligence and the Greco family, Lin asked about another thing that he was very concerned about—the empress, the saint? Alegria.

According to the steward of the Chamber of Commerce, the empress succeeded to the throne in 726 Aram. Exactly ten years ago. And the reason why she wore that crown was not so much that she was very good, but that other people who had the right to inherit were dying, or making great strides towards death, so they were abandoned.

The first empress fell ill and collapsed, and did not specify the candidate for the prince before her death. In this case, it is natural that the person who is qualified to inherit will have a deluxe version of the demon flurry!

However, it should be noted that the vast majority of the Lost Land, as well as most of the Homo sapiens races, including humans, adopt the 'primogeniture' system for the inheritance of power in order to maintain social stability to the greatest extent.

To put it simply, no matter if you are stupid or stupid, as long as you don't make a big mistake and win everything by being born first, there is nothing to negotiate. At most, there is a distinction between the two and the other. The advantage of this is that people who want to take sides can easily determine who to support, and it is less likely that there will be investment mistakes. Unless the original owner has no biological children, or these people have made an unforgivable mistake, it will complicate matters.

But the Karlsruhe Empire was different from other places in that the inheritance patriarchal system here was 'meritocracy'. To put it simply, as long as there are basic inheritance qualifications, whether it is born first or later, the best person will be on top. And this inheritance qualification is not limited to biological children, including siblings, collateral children and nephews, and even in-laws.

The reason why the succession rules of the Karlsruhe Empire are so special is that the way the nobility of the empire is produced is also very special. As long as you can pull people and enclose land to a certain level, the empire will grant the corresponding noble titles.

In the era when the empire had not yet become an empire, it was still the primogeniture that was inherited first. However, there are too many children and nephews who are not the eldest children and nephews who have developed better after the separation, and finally rebelled back to their own families, and the whole society has gradually evolved a system in which the best children inherit everything. Anyway, if you don't give it to him, those who have the ability will still grab it.

The evolution of the inheritance patriarchy in this way, and the aristocracy of the empire will be produced in that way, is ultimately due to the topographical characteristics of the Karlsruhe Empire, that is, the mountains and rivers. Another way of saying it might be easier to understand is 'easy to defend but hard to attack'.

In view of the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, instead of desperately trying to conquer it, it is better to rely on political skills to talk about merger. So to 'proper' show of strength, and then everyone to sit down and talk, became a political game game game in the Karlsruhe Empire.

If you want to stand out and become a master, you must naturally follow the consensus rules of the entire society, and try your best to make the vast majority of people agree with you, and then support yourself. The rules of inheritance will also change from the primogeniture inheritance system, which emphasizes social stability, to the virtuous son inheritance system, which pursues the maximization of benefits.

It is true that the virtuous succession system has its flaws, that is, it is easy to focus on infighting; And it is possible that in the process of infighting, too much strength will be lost, which will cause the decline of the family or nobles, or give people a chance to take advantage of it.

That...... And how? If the person who occupies the pit does not fall, how can others have a chance to squat?

Even if there are people with vested interests who want to guard their own one-third of an acre of land, they are unwilling to communicate with the outside world. The mountainous terrain of the Karlsruhe Empire meant that the empire was able to use water transportation to exchange information and colonize goods. Make good use of both and make it more powerful. However, as soon as they communicate with the outside world, it means that the conservative forces have lost the confrontation with the radical forces for a while.

The whole social climate is in a radical atmosphere, and the desire of the conservative forces to live a peaceful life is simply out of reach. Even if you do that, the final outcome will be eliminated by society, and you will not be able to live in peace.

In general, such a society can easily embark on the path of self-destruction. But when there is an external pressure that becomes the direction of the internal pressure release, the whole situation is completely different.

The Karlsruhe Empire has existed since its inception and cannot be eliminated by two old rivals: the Dragon Island and the Heider Empire.

Although they have maintained peaceful coexistence with Dragon Island, everyone knows that this is just an illusion. The Lost Lands may not have a complete theory or concept of the food chain, but they can also understand that it is impossible for humans, who are regarded as one of the foods, to achieve true equality with the dragons of the top hunters. Occasional exceptions don't mean anything.

The reason why the Empire and Dragon Island maintain peace and rely on trading to obtain each other's needs is only because the Empire does not have the ability to destroy each other without harm; And Dragon Island can't completely destroy the human race, and it's just a matter of cutting himself off, whether the other party sends food or uses it as food. As long as there is a way to break through the status quo, both sides will definitely tear their faces, and the human (dragon) brain will beat the dog's brain!

The situation of the Karlsruhe and Haider empires is even more complicated.

The five empires of the Lost Land basically do not border each other. There will be some small countries in between, or natural moats separating each other. Only the Karlsruhe Empire and the Haider Empire met on the Oz Plain.

The Oz Plains is surrounded by mountains, which is not unique in the mountainous terrain of the Karlsruhe Empire, but it is also quite rare. The plain topography has two meanings, one is that it is an important grain-producing area. Second, this place is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

With the presence of a big foodie like Dragon Island, it means that the Karlsruhe Empire cannot easily give up such a high-quality grain-producing area. Even if the terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it is destined that even if the Karlsruhe Empire fills it with human lives, it must firmly hold the Oz Plain.

On the other side of the hostile side, the Helder Empire invaded the Oz Plain with the fortress of the mountain pass, Jietianguan, as a bridgehead. Behind the mountains is the territory of the Heider Empire, a great desert known as the Sea of Death Sands. In other words, the area occupied by the Heider Empire in the Oz Plain and the Oz Plain can be considered enclaves.

It stands to reason that the difficulty of supply and support in the enclave across the Great Desert is easy for rulers with such a medieval cultural level to choose to give up. But the Hydel Empire has airships that can be used to transport supplies, which completely ignore the terrain.

A well-known thing, the ace airship legion of the Haider Empire, was originally established with the intention of transporting and repairing the important enclave fortress city of Jietianguan. The initial transportation and replenishment team has gradually expanded, forming the combat group that has become formed today.

The reason why the Haider Empire is trying to keep the sky safe is also very simple. The great desert after the Tianguan is connected to the hinterland of the Haider Empire, with various important outputs such as grain and minerals, which are too numerous to be loaded.

Then, from the perspective of imperial strategy, is it easier to defend a strategic point of the Heavenly Pass, or is it easier to defend the entire Great Desert; Or do you want the Great Desert to be a barrier, and then it's easy to defend all your hinterland cities?

Under the premise that the supply route is unimpeded, the generals and successive emperors of the empire all choose to guard the Heavenly Pass! Instead of using 100 times the number of troops, to deploy in those areas where the hinterland has become the front line, hoping that he can give a head-on blow to the tired army that wears through the desert.

The former is easy to focus on defense, and the latter is easy to be broken through by the focus and then collapse across the board. It is ten or a hundred times more difficult to defend.

Since they were firmly guarded by the Heavenly Pass, with a plain area in front of them that was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the output was grain that was quite important no matter what the era, how could the defenders of the Receiving Heaven Pass on the side of the Haider Empire obediently stay in the fortress and watch their old opponents happily farm?

Spring ploughing and setting fires, harvesting in autumn, eating on the enemy, and reducing the supply pressure in the rear are the daily routines of the defenders of the Tianguan Pass.

On the Karlsruhe Empire's side, it is not that it has not thought of occupying Jietian Pass and pushing back the power of the Haider Empire to the desert. In fact, the Karlsruhe Empire did accomplish this feat and laid down that impregnable fortress.

If it were other countries, once such an important level fell, it could be accompanied by a series of domino reactions, and the cities supported in the rear did not know how many would fall.

But after the Heavenly Pass, there is a large desert, and without all preparations, it is just a waste of death to step into it. And as much as you send, you will die. So at that time, the army of the Karlsruhe Empire gathered to receive the Tianguan in preparation for the invasion of the Heider Empire.

Then, because of the build-up of the army, it became the best target for the airship regiment to bomb on the side of the Haider Empire. The entire battle-hardened city was turned into a huge trap, and all the troops stationed there, along with the fortress, were burned to the ground by airships. The Karlsruhe Empire has been battered!

Fortunately, at that time, the Haider Empire did not have the strength to take advantage of the victory to pursue. Although the Airship Legion achieved an unprecedented victory, the crushing defeat in the early stages of the war still weakened Haidel's power and prevented the Empire from making greater gains.

In short, the Plain of Oz has been at war since the two empires bordered each other. To this day, it has not stopped.

It is also one of the few areas that is still at war. It's just that there is no such thing as a big war like in the past, and the intensity of the war now is compared to the past, and it is just a border conflict with a small fight. Of course, the daily burning of fields and harvesting are still indispensable.

Having tasted what it was like to assemble a large army and then be attacked head-on, the defense of the Karlsruhe Empire shifted to a distributed defense. Once the defensive forces are dispersed, it is inevitable that some places will be broken.

Fortunately, the Haider Empire's standing garrison of the Tianguan Fortress was small, and it was unable to expand the results of the battle to the entire plain. At most, take it partially, and then farm!

There is such a thing as food, but the more the merrier. Of course, it's also common to defend your next-door neighbor to steal vegetables.

Today, the granary of the Oz Plain has become the military camp of the two empires, and not many ordinary people live here. The forces on both sides are intertwined, from time to time they are lost here and occupied by that side, and the small detachments on both sides are in contact. There are no fights for the purpose of killing, they are all about food.

Seriously, the current Oz Plains is like a training ground for the two empires, and a place for young people to earn their feats. For the Karlsruhe Empire, the Plain of Oz became the best place to settle disputes between families and nobles, or between families and nobles.

Rather than using negotiation or infighting, it is better to go to the battlefield to determine the number of merits obtained. It can be said that the existence of the Oz Plain is a good release of the pressure that may exist within the Karlsruhe Empire. Let the empire be able to maintain healthy development in the overall situation.

Although it is not known how long this balance will last, it seems that at this stage it is a good development for the Karlsruhe Empire.