Among the heads of state, there were more than one who applauded the new policy of the Republic of Northwest.
For example, the chief consul of the Dhaka Business Alliance applauded the new policy in the conference hall.
"Good! Good! Wonderful! Wonderful! What a great idea! " He laughed heartily, as happy as when he first came to power. "Why didn't I think of this good idea! No wonder you are His Majesty, the Void Mask. Your wisdom is profound and beyond my imagination! "
Another grand consul asked in confusion, "Your Excellency, what's so good about this policy?"
"Yes, in this way, what's the difference between nobles and civilians?"
"I think there's something wrong with this policy."
"I think so too …"
The chief consul sighed and looked at his colleagues. "Do you really think there's something wrong with this policy?"
He had a faint smile on his face, as if he understood human nature. "We're all on the same side here, so there's no need to pretend or anything. Let's be honest, do you really think this policy is bad?"
The grand consul fell silent. They looked at each other and put away their puzzled, doubtful, or smiling expressions.
"Actually … there's nothing wrong with it."
"Yes, if I had encountered such a thing before I made my fortune …"
"It's too late!"
These old men, who had relied on their own efforts or the course of history to climb to the top of the ruling circle of a country, sighed one after another.
The Dhaka Business Alliance was a pure merchant country. Unlike the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, which had powerful aristocratic forces, it was almost entirely commercial. Because it was defeated by the Commonwealth of Mifata in the early days of its establishment, and even destroyed its national defense forces, this country was somewhat deformed and could not develop the traditional model of ruling by lords. Each region was ruled by an alliance of small aristocrats and merchants. As for the big aristocrats … the Commonwealth of Mifata itself only had the rank of marquis, and the Dhaka Business Alliance only had the rank of count at most.
At first, the aristocrat who had relied on various means to become count wanted to show off his power and even learn from the Grand Duke of Thunder in the past, to take the whole country under his control. But obviously, he thought too much. Not long after, he lost his life in a "small accident," and his whole family died. Even his illegitimate son with a maid did not escape.
The Count's death was naturally a big case that involved many people. Since then, the Dhaka Merchant Alliance had a few more counts, but without exception, all of their families died not long after they were conferred their titles. No one could save them.
In fact, none of the nobles who wanted to consolidate their rule and build their territory into a traditional model could survive for more than a year.
In the end, the nobles of this country gave up on the idea of continuous advancement and formed a compromise with the merchants.
The nobles did not seek to rule, while the merchants respected the privileges of the nobles. Everyone had to restrain their urge to control everything in order to form a delicate balance.
Yes, balance.
It was a balance formed by two powerful external forces.
One external force was naturally the Mifata Federation. As the suzerain of the Dhaka Business Alliance, it was the biggest backer of all the aristocrats. Whenever an aristocrat was attacked, the Mifata Federation would step in and support the aristocrats.
The other external force came from a certain existence — or a certain group of people — that no one had been able to figure out for hundreds of years. They had a deep-seated hatred for the rule of the aristocrats, or rather, an instinctive aversion to it. So whether they wanted to become a great aristocrat or consolidate their rule, they would be brutally attacked by him or them.
Under the mutual influence of these two forces, the Dhaka Business Alliance of today was formed.
The country with the weakest aristocratic rule in the world — of course, that was before the establishment of the Republic of Northwest.
The establishment of the Republic of Northwest made the rulers of the Dhaka Business Alliance's eyes light up. For the first time, they discovered that a country could be a republic, and that they could completely strip the aristocrats of their power and establish a complete merchant country.
However, the nobles of the Dhaka Business Alliance were conferred by the Mifata Federation. No one dared to do this at the risk of angering the powerful Mifata Federation.
However, the civil strife of the Mifata Federation a few years ago gave the Great Senators of the Dhaka Business Alliance a little chance, or rather, a hint of "opportunity."
The power of the Mifata Federation came from three sources.
First, it was the Mystery God System, with the Master of Mystery as its core. In this world, one could only be considered powerful if one had the protection of a big shot. Otherwise, no matter how powerful one was in the mortal world, in the face of those higher level existences, one would be nothing more than a group of overconfident ants.
Second, it was the group of legendary mages with the "Supreme Mage" Master Ymir Lamperus as its core. This was almost the most powerful high-end force in the mortal world, comparable to the Orc Empire's Templars. One in the south and the other in the north, they both had the status of overlords.
Finally, it was the mage organization with the 28 Magic Towers of the Mifata Federation as its core. This organization had strong ruling and mobilization power, and could continuously cultivate a large number of outstanding young mages. Facing it, even if he could temporarily gain the upper hand, he would definitely be slowly defeated as time passed.
Facing such a powerful Mifata Federation, the Great Senators of the Dhaka Business Alliance did not dare to have the slightest idea of going against it.
But … the Mystery God System had already collapsed, Master Lamperus was already dead, and the mage organization was also showing signs of falling apart as the legendary mages gradually drifted away from it.
Not long ago, even within the 28 Magic Towers, there were a few that declared independence, or at least had in fact become independent, although they did not declare it.
Located at the border, with the Holy City of the God of Scholars as its foundation, the Grey Tower City; located on the main road of transportation, as a commercial center in the north-central part of the federation, Golden Tower City; and Meer City, which was nothing special but had two Legendary Magic Towers and three legendary mages.
Each of these three places was more important than the last, but they had all broken away from the ruling system of the Mifata Federation. In this regard, the Mifata Federation either pretended to be deaf and mute, or made a big fuss but failed to achieve any results.
The overlord that ruled the south of the Main Plane had indeed weakened.
Precisely because of the obvious weakening of the Mifata Federation, its two vassal states, the Duchy of Thunder and the Dhaka Business Alliance, had the idea of independence.
Putting aside the matter of the Duchy of Thunder, the Great Senators of the Dhaka Business Alliance had discussed this topic more than once.
But the conclusion they came to was that unless the Church of the Goddess of Wealth could move its headquarters from the Commonwealth of Gold Coins to the Dhaka Business Alliance, it would most likely not work.
Of course, the Dhaka Business Alliance also had Legendary Masters, but there were not many of them. If they faced the Mifata Federation head-on, they would definitely not win.
… Even if they won, they could not fight! What was the point of independence if the merchants turned their own country into ruins for the sake of wealth?
So even if they were unwilling, they could only temporarily give up the idea of independence.
But … this time, the matter of the Republic of Northwest giving the commoners a surname made the Great Senators a little tempted.
Through this policy, they could test the strength of the support that the Mifata Federation had for the nobles.
After a round of discussion, these crafty merchant leaders finally reached a consensus.
They would wait a little longer. As long as other countries followed suit, they would immediately follow suit.
All in all, they could not be the first bird to stand out, second place was not good, and third place was very appropriate.
If Professor Cheng had been here when Sui Xiong was still in university and heard their discussion, he would probably have sneered and criticized, "Thinking of great things but cherishing one's own life, that's the kind of person you are!"
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