Chapter 525 Instructing the Silver Hand Leadership
When Kane visited Lordaeron, he purposely stayed in the residence of the Knights of the Silver Hand for some time.
While interacting with the Silver Knights, Kane told them Eric's story.
This paladin is a member of the Silver Hand, and his experience is somewhat similar to that of Morgan Ladimore later, except that the story of Ladimore in the original historical line happened a few years later, while Eric was An indirect victim of the Second Human-Beast War.
Ladimore had at least one daughter who became a night watchman, and Eric's whole family was dead. He had risked his life to defend his homeland, but when he came back, he found that his favorite people had died tragically, which was done by local tyrants.
It can only be said that there will never be a shortage of characters like Aedlas Blackmore and Alden Peyronaud who are outsiders in foreign wars and experts in civil wars, and who persist in doing disgusting things.
By telling this story, Kane points to the fact that the Knights of the Silver Hand are still young.
The Knights of the Silver Hand has only been established for 14 years, and 14 years means that the young men can still fight in battle, and it is the age when they are mature in thinking, proficient in skills, and have accumulated sufficient experience.
Ordinary soldiers at their age are about to retire from the army, and even if they are still serving, they generally retreat to second-line positions that are not very intense.
But paladins are protected by the Holy Light, and their minds are being fooled (Kane believes that any type of fanaticism is a disease, and the four words "Zhongzheng Peace" underlined are the most chewy), while the body still benefits of. So like later Fording sent the white-haired man to the black-haired man (his son Tailan died when he was 34 years old), and he was still able to fight.
In this way, they don't think too much about the concept of retirement, they just talk about dedication.
In addition, the thinking of people in this era is still limited, and there is no concept of old-age security.
The paladin went out to rescue the suffering, and finally returned home full of honors and injuries, but the house was dark and the kitchen was cold, and his family was dead. This is too ironic, and similar things happened in the original historical line.
Although there are war crimes here, there are also problems with imperfect organizational systems, and related work has not been done properly. To put it bluntly, asking people to contribute without giving anything in return is hooliganism.
Kane pointed out that in the Knights of the Silver Hand, many of the knights who have made great achievements are not young, and it is too unreasonable to have a bleak evening.
Of course, the Knights' fighting strength is just now, such as villains, bullies, etc., in the name of eradicating evil, it is indeed not difficult to take revenge.
But revenge means tragedy has happened.
This kind of thing should be prevented in the bud and nip in the bud.
This is something the Cavaliers management should take into consideration.
Speaking of this kind of thing, the leadership of Silver Hand actually has ideas. Many of them are from civilian background, so they are naturally more down-to-earth, knowing what troubles their subordinates in daily life.
However, many things are easier said than done.
Take this conflict with local tyrants as an example.
You say eradicating evil means eradicating evil?
who do you think You Are? The Holy See in the era of the Crusades in the original world?
I also said that you are using the name of Holy Light to seek personal gain! I would also like to appeal to all nobles to unite and resist this open act of confronting the lord!
What is a lord? It is in this area that I am Wang Fa. It has been passed down for many years, oh, you go out to travel around the world, and when you see the market, you will look down on your hometown. Then you are really unfortunate. Unfortunately, you were born in this place. If you have the ability, you will get your family out. If you have no ability, you will endure it. I am the master of my place...
In addition, there is also a problem of untimely intelligence and no conclusive evidence.
For things like Eric, the local tyrants say that Eric is crazy.
So many witnesses! As for whether these witnesses were pressured to give false testimony under the powerful rule, that would have to be investigated.
The Silver Hand doesn't have its own powerful judiciary, and the Inquisition doesn't exist, let alone the heresy trial system that followed the Scarlet Crusade in the original historical line.
So at most it can only be an inquiry, and you can't go to the tiger bench or pour pepper water. Is that still the Silver Knights?
What's even more depressing is that Eric is really crazy. His main question is, how crazy.
But the local tyrants focused on the key point of going crazy, saying that it was the trauma of the war that caused Eric's madness, and the trauma of the war is also the battlefield syndrome often mentioned in the original world.
At first glance, this reason can really scare people. But the point is that what they emphasize is that people are crazy, and if they ignore the real cause of madness, they won't be on the same channel with you.
Speaking of his family, the local tycoon said that his family members were unfortunately killed when they took refuge, and Eric couldn't accept it when he came back. Everyone can only sigh and curse a few words: "Damn orcs, damn war."
It is related to the soundness of the current official judicial system and the law. There's really no way to reason with the other party.
It wasn't until the Templar Knights in the Holy Palace traveled and encountered a strong man who couldn't control his crotch again in a solid state, that he dug out the truth of the matter.
There was an old grievance between each other before, and Eric embraced the beauty, thinking that it was over.
But when you are small, you can be smaller than the tip of a needle. Hao Qiang has long missed it, and the more beautiful he is, the more jealous he will be, and then your man is gone? See if I don't kill you!
Alsace also participated in the meeting, and his expression was horrified.
Indeed, it is too chilling for such a thing to happen, and the same situation can also be extended to the Knights of the Kingdom, which can easily shake the morale of the army.
Kane finally pointed out: "I know that all of you here are smart people, and you have noticed some problems. But the social evils cannot be changed just by changing them."
Everyone nodded. What Kane said was very fair. Who would not be able to make a high-profile statement? There is no good solution. Talking about this kind of topic means that everyone's life is too smooth?
At this time, I heard Kane continue to say: "As the saying goes, there are always more solutions than problems. There is also a common saying that it is easy to be a man with money. Without money, many things are powerless even if you want to do them. I think you might as well start from Wealth begins."
He explained in detail: "The sacred cannot be eaten. No matter how lofty the belief is, the operation cannot be separated from the economy. How to travel without travel expenses? Work to make money? They are wandering knights. The Silver Knights must have the minimum ability to survive on their own, not Sit and wait."
These words scratched the itch of many people present, and Saidan Dathrohan couldn't help asking if there was any way to make money. He had heard about Prince Stormgard's wealth for a long time.
This is one of the five people recommended by Alonsus Faol in the fifth year of the Warcraft calendar when he proposed to form the Knights of the Silver Hand.
Dathrohan is not as dazzling as Uther, Turalyon, and later Fording in terms of meritorious service, but his qualifications are old enough, and his strength and conduct also match his status.
In the original history line, after Uther's death, he and old Mograine gathered the remaining members of the Knights to form the Scarlet Crusade.
Later, during the attack on Stratholme, he was left alone, killed and possessed by the dreadlord Balnazar, leading the Scarlet Crusade to become an extreme and crazy revenge group, heading for destruction.
Kane spent so much time just to elicit such a question from Dathrohan.
He started to sell the business, "Do what the Silver Hand Knights are best at." He said: "There are many remnants of the Second Human-Beast War. They used to lose money by cleaning them up, but now they make money. Stormga Kingdom of Germany has a package of business, from escorting collection teams, exploration teams, to killing monsters to make money, there are all kinds of types..."
He also painted a beautiful blueprint for people:
"The title of lord, a well-run farm, a leisurely and decent retirement life, this is what you deserve. And you can't count on rewards from the kingdom, after all, the Silver Knight is not a vassal of any noble. You can't count on the church, the Holy Light The church is a public welfare, and it is not suitable to be contaminated with too much money. Then you have to rely on yourself. We can call it a pension fund..."
Not only the pension fund, Kane also proposed to strengthen the postman system and the honor system. Simply put, it is to strengthen the interaction between the front line and the rear.
The knights go out to fight, there is no news, and they don't know whether they are dead or alive. This is very bad. Letters are exchanged, and the glory is shared with the family.
And these cannot be done through ordinary channels, and must have their own special channels.
Think about it, when a guard of honor rushes into a remote village, when the locals think it is a nobleman coming, these people salute and greet a certain peasant woman, and offer dry goods. Do the villagers know this? The man at home didn't die in a foreign land, but developed? Will he take care of this family more or less in the future, in order to have a good relationship?
What needs to be explained here is that the human knights of Azeroth are different from the medieval knights of the original world. The latter can be said to be nobles, and there are so many knights in the whole of Europe.
However, Azeroth is a high-magic world, with insufficient technology and magic supplements. At the same time, human beings survive and grow in the cracks of various intelligent races, so there are conditions and needs to expand the scope of recruitment of knights.
Many knights in the Knights of the Silver Hand were freedmen. For example Uther and Dathrohan. Turalyon and Fording did not come out of noble families either.
Among the well-known figures, Alessandro Mograini had the best background, but in fact he was also the second son who had no right of inheritance. If the Kingdom of Lordaeron hadn't been destroyed later, he was the only one left in the Mograine family, and it would not be his turn to inherit Hearthglen.
Looking at the human kingdom, the long-term leaders of any knight order are not high-ranking dignitaries, like Alsace, the successor of the king, who opens his mouth and shuts up is my people, and those who come to the Silver Hand are gold-plated to gain experience.
Others, such as dukes and earls, will not send their heirs to the Knights, but let other sons go, if there are any.
This is the same as the eldest son in the original world inherits the title, and the second son goes to the church to become a monk. Kingship and divine power must have their own people, so that the family can last for a long time.
In fact, it is precisely because most members of the Silver Knights are of relatively low background that the purity of the entire Knights is high. People from big families are involved in power and interest struggles at a very young age and must be implicated , must also consider the family, and there are many things on the mind, it is difficult to be pure.
However, due to their low background, the leaders including Uther lack political savvy, and it’s okay to be incompatible with the operation of the kingdom. After all, the rich and powerful don’t need them to have too much thought, they are glamorous signs , and a sharp weapon.
But for them like this, when the kingdom fell, their own shortcomings were revealed. They can't take over the political burden of the kingdom very well.
Why is Anduin Lothar one of the greatest commanders in the history of the human kingdom?
Because of broad vision and political wisdom.
The Stormwind Kingdom was in trouble, Lothar protected the prince, led the refugees, went north to seek refuge in Lordaeron, and ran around, which led to the establishment of the alliance.
Look at what Uther did after Terenas' death, and died in the battle protecting Terenas's urn...
From a personal point of view, Uther really has a clear conscience.
But from a leader's point of view, it is not qualified.
Anyway, in Kane's view, Uther's father is robbing the job of the chief royal guard. You, a senior commander, are rushing to do this. Do you still have the concept of team and country?
Let's talk about Saidan Dathrohan.
This guy raised his arms when the current situation was chaotic, but the purpose was not to take in refugees and restore order, but to gather a group of people to attack. Except for the houses burned by the fire and the mutated undead, no one could find them. Other Stratholme.
In Kane's words: Both of them are good at doing face-saving projects.
Recovering Stratholme, this is indeed a tough word, and it is a glorious reality. But in terms of the situation at the time, it was really not beneficial.
If he could look farther and widen his horizons, he would have found that many Lordaeron refugees had fled into the Silverpine Forest and were begging for help at the Greymane Wall.
Some fled into Steinbrad, which belongs to Alterac, and the Hillsbrad foothills further south. These are all things that can be gathered and regrouped...
He didn't show up when the people needed a leader the most, but led a group of people to die.
What kind of political mind, what kind of leader is this?
Especially as the Silver Hand, a special organization that can represent the faith of the Holy Light and has made outstanding achievements and is well-known.
The old king was assassinated, and his heir was a regicide. In this case, at least he could still believe in the Holy Light. This was a pretty good banner. I can't figure out such an idea, and it's not too much to scold a political idiot with a false name.
Make up for what is lacking, Kane is here.
He just wants to start from the practical needs, so that these living moral models have to pay attention to practical issues, and don't float in the clouds of majesty and righteousness all day long, and be tempted by honor, that is to say, their situation.