Chapter 281 Ogatha's Zaun Investigation Report
Another week has passed quietly.
While Lux was trapped in the hotel room, secretly studying Janna's theory with Sona, her mother, Lady Ogatha, was not idle either.
She is the German ambassador. Ever since humans formed civilizations and tribes, and the profession of diplomatic envoys began to exist, they have shouldered the dual missions of diplomacy and intelligence.
Demacia knew very little about the Wind Leader before, but the importance and threat of the Wind Leader became impossible to ignore after the coming of Goddess Janna, which required them to deepen their understanding of the Wind Leader as soon as possible, and understand it in all aspects.
So, in the ten days since arriving in Zaun, Ogatha has been traveling around in the capacity of an ambassador, quietly observing every aspect of this current ally and potential opponent.
After ten days, she did have a more comprehensive understanding of the leader.
So, Ogatha finally began to write the letter that the king hoped she would send back as soon as possible, which was her intelligence work report:
"Dear and respected King Jarvan, the mission 's investigation in Zaun is nearly complete. Please allow me to introduce to you in a worried tone what I have seen and heard in Zaun these days..."
“…”
A snake cannot survive without a head, so Ogasha first introduces the leader of the Wind Leader Association:
"The Wind Leader Association is led by a permanent council with President Levi at its core. Its system seems to have borrowed from the Merchant Council of Piltover, but with the addition of the Wind Leader's special divine selection mechanism, which gives it a kind of 'holiness' that is different from any political system in human history."
"Yes, holy, that's the only word I can use to describe it."
“The decision-makers in the leadership are all saints without any selfish motives. This is scary.”
"A few days ago, I had the honor of sitting in on an internal political discussion at Leader. Surprisingly, Leader's executives were very bold in speaking out at the meeting—even if their opinions might conflict directly with those of their immediate superior, Chairman Li Wei."
"And if President Levi's personal opinion goes against the opinions of enough cadres, he will have to use his personal prestige and long theoretical analysis to sincerely convince everyone, rather than requiring everyone to do so with the royal decree of the 'king'."
"Subordinates are not afraid of their superiors, and directors do not blindly follow the president. People with different political views never hide their ideas. They raise doubts and express opinions publicly... This leads to extremely intense internal discussions among leaders."
"This scene is actually very similar to the noble council meeting in Demacia..."
Ahem... Ogasha, who was so excited about writing, quickly crossed out the extra sentence.
The Demacia Nobles' Council is indeed as noisy as the Leader's political discussions.
If the nobles held different political opinions, they would sometimes even confront the king head-on.
But that's because the nobles of Demacia have used the "king under the law" legal system left by the angel Kayle to semi-marginalize the king step by step over the past few hundred years.
So as long as their interests are harmed, they dare to speak loudly to the king.
But leaders are different.
The leaders dare to publicly express their opposition in front of their superiors, even in front of President Li Wei, because they know that their superiors are also leaders who are only public-spirited and selfless.
We just have a conflict of line, not a conflict of interest. So your superiors will not try to make things difficult for you, or take revenge on you in various ways just because you express your opposing opinions.
This makes the internal discussion environment of the Leader very free and open, and it looks like the Demacia Council of State.
"However, free and open political discussion generally means slow and inefficient decision-making."
"In Demacia, a policy may take months or even years to be implemented after being discussed in the political assembly and the negotiation between the nobles and bureaucrats."
Ogatha still remembered that once everyone discussed building a fortress line on the eastern border to defend against the Noxian Empire.
As a result, the proposal to build fortresses was quickly passed, but the number of fortresses to be built, what specifications to build, which noble family would lead the project, which cities on the front line would be requisitioned for supplies, how much funding would come from the treasury, the royal family, and the nobles, how much labor each lord would have to undertake, and how many serfs would be allocated...
The nobles spent a whole year discussing these issues alone.
By the time the project was officially launched, Noxus had already easily broken through the eastern border where fortresses needed to be built, pushing the battle line forward.
This kind of "freedom and openness" is simply a disaster.
“Although leaders are open to discussion, they surprisingly also maintain efficient decision-making.”
“This is because the power structure of the leader appears to be relatively decentralized, but is actually quite centralized.”
"Their central authority has absolute prestige and power, which is incomparable to any previous human system, including the merchant council, the aristocratic council, or even the Noxian-style aristocratic centralization and the Freljord-style leader dictatorship."
Even the tribal leader of the Freljord, who theoretically possesses absolute power, is often restrained by various internal forces such as the elders, shamans, and tribal heroes when doing things.
This is especially true of Demacia.
There are different factions among the nobles. Under the big factions are smaller factions, and under the small factions are various political salons and secret societies. There are so many factions that they themselves cannot count them all, so decision-making is naturally chaotic and inefficient.
Although there are factions within the leaders, there are absolutely no cliques.
Because the cadres have no selfish motives.
Their personal political views may be different, but it is impossible for them to form various interest groups, divide the organization into factions, and use mountaintops to oppose the central government.
Therefore, no matter how freely the cadres discuss or how fiercely they debate, when the discussion is finally over and the decision is made, they will unconditionally obey the internal voting results of the superior decision-making body.
Once the relevant policies are formulated, the leaders’ performance in implementation is terrifyingly efficient.
"I witnessed with my own eyes that the Leaders discussed and passed a policy to gradually reorganize Zaun's conventional combat forces and achieve a comprehensive technological, extraordinary, and elite transformation of Zaun's military."
Ogesha knew very well that policies involving military reform were the most difficult to introduce, and even once introduced they would be difficult to implement.
Because anywhere except Zaun, whether a country disbands or reorganizes its military, there are too many interests involved.
This is the case with Noxus. In fact, as Noxus's expansion gradually slowed down, the warlord-like independent war group system had already caused more harm than good to the empire.
But the ancestral methods have been passed down for hundreds of years and cannot be changed at will.
Even if the "future" Swain overthrew the emperor and concentrated as much power as possible in the hands of the Trifarix Council, he still could not change the Noxian army's independent war group system with numerous factions and warlords.
But here at Leader...
"Even those who clearly oppose the policy in the council meeting will resolutely and efficiently implement it after it is officially released."
Traditional civil servants use various means of non-violent non-cooperation, confrontation with the central government, and obstruction of policy implementation, including but not limited to lip service, slow execution, deliberate escalation, overcorrection, manipulation of public opinion, and coercion of public opinion... These methods are simply not seen among the leaders.
"So leaders can only make unintentional mistakes in decision-making and execution, but never intentional internal friction in the decision-making and execution process."
"This organization is like a perfectly functioning machine, and every bit of its energy is used without loss where it should work..."
As Ogasha was writing, the pen stopped again.
"Hmm..." She felt a little headache: "Did I write The Leader too well?"
The article was clearly intended to be about intelligence on the enemy, but she unknowingly turned it into an article praising the leader.
“No, this is not flattery…”
“These are all facts.”
Ogasha thought for a long time, but finally wrote the truth in the letter with a heavy heart:
"Your Majesty, King Jarvan, my fellow Demacia colleagues, I need to tell you my true feelings."
“The organization of the leader is healthy, pure and full of vitality.”
"I have no doubt that even if they don't rely on the absolute violence of Goddess Janna to expand, and if they can continue to develop smoothly with their existing strength, they will still be able to become the most powerful and vital force in Runeterra in the future."
Faced with such a potentially powerful opponent, what should Demacia do?
Should we eliminate them while they are weak?
Noxus had already tried this trick, and the result was that Goddess Janna herself came out and slapped the Noxians hard.
Not to mention, Demacia is now a little breathless just facing Noxus. No matter how much the nobles fear the Wind Leader and Janna, it is impossible for them to completely turn against the Wind Leader for no reason at this time.
The leader is like a baby dragon breaking out of its shell.
It is born extraordinary and has unlimited potential, and there is an invincible mother dragon silently guarding it.
You can neither kill it nor stop it from growing, so in the end...
What will be your destiny?
Ogasha: "..."
Somehow, she was a little scared.
