Chapter 288 Royal Special
Even Lux could not have imagined that after the Hexgate between Zaun and Demacia was built, the first batch of military supplies shipped by both sides would be thousands of copies of "A Brief Account of Janna's Thought".
She was originally worried about how to spread Janna's ideas to this expeditionary force mainly composed of noble knights and decent civilians.
The economic and social status of these elite warriors in Demacia was already not low. They were the kind of people analyzed in Levi's article, who might sympathize with the struggle but were naturally unwilling to change the status quo.
Lux was only 13 years old after all. Although she had received a lot of theoretical and practical training in Zaun over the past month, this task was still a difficult challenge for her.
Now it's ok...
She didn't even need to think of ways to promote it. Just because of a letter from his mother, the commander of the expeditionary force was eager to help promote Janna's ideas.
"But..." Prince Jarvan did not forget that he was not a propagandist for the Leader.
The reason he helped with the promotion was: "Madam Ogersa said in her letter that Demacia needs to let the nobles and officers take the initiative to understand Janna's thoughts and use this to cultivate their immunity to Janna's thoughts."
It is easy to understand the thought, just ask the leader for some books. The leader will be happy to give them.
But to "cultivate immunity", the soldiers must feel disgusted after reading "A Brief Account of Janna's Thoughts" instead of yearning for it...
"How can this be done?" Jarvan asked puzzled.
"It's very simple." Lux said in a prepared tone, "The nobles and officers are all vested interests of the Kingdom of Demacia. As long as they understand who the Leader's theory is targeting, they will naturally oppose it."
"As long as the nobles and officers are mentally prepared, we don't need to do much. They will usually restrain their soldiers from being poisoned by Janna's thoughts. In this way, the Wind Leader's infiltration into Demacia can be prevented."
That sounds reasonable.
But Prince Jarvan asked a question: "Will the nobles be disgusted after reading "A Brief Account of Janna's Thought"? Not necessarily?"
“I don’t feel disgusted when I see it!”
Lux, Galen: "..."
That's because you are stupid!
But Prince Jarvan had no self-awareness at all. He even asked Garen, "Garen, you've also read that booklet, right? Are you disgusted?"
"Uh..." This question really stumped Garen.
He just has many thoughts, but he is not a bad person. In fact, he did not feel disgusted after reading it, even though he understood it and knew that his family was the one that the leader called for to be overthrown.
"What about you?" Prince Jarvan looked at Lux again, and Sona who had been silent beside them.
"Appa..." Sona shook her head.
Lux was even more speechless. She was even more stupid than Prince Jarvan in this matter, otherwise she wouldn't be standing here now.
"But that's just because we all..."
Too young, too young to cool down? Or...
"Maybe we are the outliers among the nobles." Lux sighed with a complicated tone.
"Is that so..." Prince Jarvan also thought of something.
He didn't quite understand it before and thought that the nobles of Demacia were as glamorous as they seemed.
But after his father's recent private political education, he gradually realized that his greatest enemy was never outside the border, not in Noxus, but in Demacia, in the court of the capital.
turn out to be……
"We are the odd ones out." The prince sighed with emotion.
"Brother Jarvan." Lux looked at the sincere expression on his face and couldn't help but have an idea in her mind:
Perhaps, her propaganda could be more than just limited to lower-ranking nobles, civilian officers, and lower-level soldiers?
Perhaps, she could win over Prince Jarvan as well?
This is a bold and crazy idea.
Prince Jarvan is the biggest vested interest in Demacia.
In history, there were rebellions by nobles, commoners, and slaves. When did the emperor rebel?
He is just stupid now and doesn't fully understand who Janna's theory is targeting. When he realizes it, will he still have any good feelings towards the Leader?
"But..." Lux glanced at Prince Jarvan, who had a simple and honest look on his face.
She decided to give it a try anyway.
"Actually, Brother Jarvan," Lux said tentatively, "I think the Wind Leader's theory is actually quite correct. It can even be said that Demacia really needs the Wind Leader's theory right now."
Galen: “???”
This shrewd man with thick eyebrows and big eyes suddenly became alert.
He looked at his sister with great concern, fearing that she would say something outrageous next.
But Lux is pretty smart now.
She wanted to develop the prince, so of course she wouldn't just give the king and his family the Demacia guillotine.
What she said was: "Brother Jarvan, you should have read the article "Why Demacia Banned Magic"?"
"Now the power of the Demon Hunters in Demacia is growing stronger and stronger. The nobles form cliques and factions for their own selfish interests, bully the common people and threaten the royal power..."
"This..." Garen's face turned dark.
Is this something that can be said?
Sister, the nobles you mentioned who formed cliques and threatened the royal power also include our Mianwei family!
He was about to speak out to stop her, but unexpectedly, Jarvan perked up as soon as he heard her: "Yes, Lux!"
The prince came up and opened his heart to Lux: "My father also told me about this. Now in the entire Demacia Kingdom, apart from General Zhao Xin who leads the imperial guards, the only one my father and I can fully trust is your Crownguard family."
Garen's worries were unnecessary. His good brother, the prince, had never been wary of the crown guards.
Even though Levi wrote it almost explicitly in the article, his father also mentioned it vaguely when he was giving him political lessons, that the Crown Guard family, which had completed a direct marriage with the Demon Hunter Corps, might not be so honest behind the scenes.
But Prince Jarvan's trust in his brothers has not changed at all.
Even if he was worried, he was only worried about the nobles outside the Mianwei family.
"Then Lux, you said that Demacia needs Janna's thoughts... Does that mean that Janna's thoughts can help Demacia solve the problem of internal friction among the nobles?"
Garen sincerely asked a noble lady for advice on how to deal with the nobles .
Fortunately, Lux is no longer a noble lady.
She is a more deadly existence:
"That's right. Demacia is now on the verge of mutiny or even civil war because of the power struggle among the nobles. So I think Janna Thought can save Demacia."
How to save it?
Of course Lux couldn't tell the prince, so she overthrew the king and the nobles in one go.
So after a brief thought, she cleverly tailored a royal version of the Janna theory for the prince -
Isn’t the problem that the royal family is worried about now that the nobles have too much power?
Well:
"Let the king promote Janna's ideology throughout Demacia, let the royal family and the broadest masses form an alliance, and in turn restrain those greedy and shameless nobles!"
"What?" As expected, Jiawen was fooled immediately... and was tempted.
Lux took the opportunity to talk nonsense and perfect her theory: "Brother Jarvan, what do you think?"
"Demacia is the King's Demacia, and Demacians are the King's subjects. Only when the kingdom is strong can the royal family prosper, and only when the people are healthy can the royal power be stable."
"So compared to those nobles and officials who only have selfish motives and no public spirit, the interests of the king and the common people are more consistent."
"After all, Noxus has attacked us. Landlords can surrender, officials can surrender, and shameless nobles can surrender. Only the king and the common people cannot surrender."
The king could not surrender because the enemy wanted to destroy him.
Civilians cannot surrender because they have little value for united front work.
You have no troops, no supplies, no intelligence, and you may not even remember the map of the area near your home. Even if you want to surrender and lead the way, Noxus doesn't want you to come and defraud funds.
Therefore, if Noxus really attacks, and if the civilians are lucky enough not to die in the massacre, their fate will most likely be to watch the former Demacia noble lord transform himself into the Noxian maintenance chairman.
Not only did everyone have the same number of noble fathers above their heads, but there was also a bunch of Noxian grandfathers who needed to be taken care of.
It is a great blessing for you to be served by the masters of two powerful countries at the same time.
"That's why I said that the interests of the king and the common people are more consistent." Lux gave a serious analysis, and Prince Jarvan nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, that's absolutely right!" Jarvan has always firmly believed that he is fighting to protect the happiness of all Demacians.
He considered himself the protector of the Demacians, the monarch of the Demacian people, and their close comrade-in-arms.
After all, many of Jarvan's soldiers were civilians from Demacia. The royal family and the civilians had always fought side by side.
However, what he and everyone else had fought against before were the invaders from Noxus and the barbarians from Freljord.
And now, Lux pointed out that they could not only fight foreign enemies together, but also fight domestic enemies together. That is:
"The nobles of Demacia!"
Seeing that the big fool was listening so intently, Miss Lacus took advantage of the situation and shouted excitedly:
"Brother Jarvan, I believe that the royal family can completely control the greedy nobles by accepting Janna's ideas, bringing happiness to the vast majority of Demacians and bringing peace to the world!"
"In the future, you will be the first in Demacia's history—" Lux invented a new word on the spur of the moment:
"King of Taedong!"
