Chapter 3241 Double Standards Law-Abiding Citizens

"Oh? Really? If there is, tell me. I will solve it for you first if I can. Don't let it develop into a big problem later."

"Really! Lord, since the old lord showed up in the north, those opposing voices disappeared instantly. There is no obstacle to the integration of the territory. This is true."

"So that's it!"

Shado suddenly realized that it was because Epps went to the north. This was not surprising. Before, those who hindered the integration of the two places in Savile Territory were basically middle and low-level people. They did not oppose it openly, but delayed and hindered it in various ways.

In order to appease the people and the followers left by Epps - who are actually Nia's elders, Shado could not instruct Leighton to use too drastic methods.

It can only be polished little by little, but it will be different after Epps comes forward. The fundamental reason why those opponents oppose the integration of the two places is that they are afraid of losing the little power in their hands, but they use the name of Epps.

For example, protecting the territory left by the old lord, protecting the inheritance of the Savile family, and so on, all kinds of high-sounding reasons.

But when the old lord Epps mentioned by those people really appeared, those people were dumbfounded. It turned out that the old lord was not dead, but still alive and well. What's more important is that the old lord actually supports the integration of the territory.

Then what are they opposing?

This scene is quite funny, "Your Majesty, why did you surrender first when we are ready to fight to the death?"

In fact, the reason why the opponents had to wait for Epps to show up before they gave up was largely due to the benevolence and orderliness that Shado had shown since the development of the territory.

Let's not talk about benevolence. Just look at the Daxia Code and you will know that there is no place in the entire Netheril or the entire main plane that is more benevolent than Daxia.

And orderliness is not only about building an order for others to follow, but also about obeying this set of order, especially the latter, which is almost unique in Netheril.

Other lords of Netheril would also make laws for their subjects, and some of them seemed to be true, but they would never take those laws seriously, and firmly believed that those laws were only used to rule their subjects, not to restrain themselves.

This also made many lords of Netheril apply their ideas to the attitude towards the Seventon Covenant, so they ran into a wall, but this also made them trample on their own laws even more in their own territories.

It's similar to "authority that cannot be obtained in one place must be made up in another place."

Shado was very disdainful of those people, not because they trampled on the law, but because those people couldn't even stick to themselves.

Trampling on the laws of their own territories is ultimately because those lords believe that the strong are right and the weak should obey the strong, but when they face the Seventon Covenant, shouldn't they also agree with the underlying logic that the strong are right and then obey firmly?

Why do they still violate the covenant?

Or are those lords so arrogant that they think the whole world should obey their orders?

Xia Duo felt that those people would not be so arrogant and stupid, so there was only one answer. When they were strong, they believed that the strong were right and the weak should obey the strong.

But when they were weak, their attitude suddenly turned around. They believed that the strong should not be too harsh on the weak and that any behavior of the weak should be taken care of.

The standard was so flexible that it showed that there was no bottom line. Whatever was good for them was right.

If those people always firmly believed that the strong were right and the strong dominated everything, they should regard the Seventon Covenant as the truth and dare not violate it.

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If that was the case, Xia Duo might have looked up to them.

Unfortunately, it was not the case. This was the fundamental reason why Xia Duo looked down on those people.

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The reason why Xia Duo abided by the laws he made was that these laws were his own code of conduct to a large extent. The so-called "code" was, of course, a relatively stable and solid principle.

If a person did not even have basic principles, could he still be considered a person?

So even though Shado violated the law and no one could judge him, he still abided by the constraints of the law, because this was a process of practicing his own principles.

At the same time, he also knew that although many ordinary people in Netheril believed in the authority of the law due to their beliefs, even when the lords themselves did not abide by this set of rules.

But society will always develop, and ordinary people will sooner or later realize that the lords are not a necessary condition for the development of civilization, and they can be completely abandoned. Once the chains of thought are untied, they will inevitably pursue the collapse of the shackles in reality.

In this case, how should the lords choose? To maintain their rule, they will firmly suppress? Or follow the historical trend and return power to the people?

If it is the most traditional Nether lord, they will probably choose the latter, but now is not the time when Netheril was just born. Many lords have changed their minds. They believe that their duty is not to protect the people, but that the people naturally need to obey the lords, support the lords, and work hard for the lords for generations.

Shado does not think that he is a superman, he is just an ordinary person, and he is also worried that he will change his mind one day, so he has been preparing for the future from the beginning.

Always indulge, and then suddenly one day sober up and become restrained. This situation does exist in reality, but compared to staying sober and restrained from the beginning, the latter is obviously easier to achieve.

This is what Shado is doing now.

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In Netheril, many ordinary people choose to believe in and obey the authority of the law because of their beliefs. A lord who violates the law himself will not change people's views on the law, but what if the lord himself obeys the law?

Obviously, that will make the law more authoritative.

Even in an era of great enlightenment, such an existence will not undermine the authority of the law. On the contrary, those lords who do not abide by the laws they make will probably face the biggest fork in their lives.

In the large land of Daxia Territory and Savile Territory in the north, the authority of Daxia Code is unquestionable, although the current people still have many backward ideas from the old times, such as the idea that mages are superior to others.

But the facts have also proved that even spellcasters dare not easily violate the laws of the territory, which can be seen from the proportion of cases involving spellcasters in the trial court.

Therefore, those who oppose the integration of the territories will not worry about what the law-abiding Shado will do to them as long as they do not clearly violate the law, even though Shado is also a superior wizard that many of them think is superior.

But Shado's compliance with the law does not mean that Epps also abides by the law. At least in the eyes of those opponents, Epps is likely to ignore the law and has a greater deterrent effect.

Therefore, when Epps came forward, those opponents immediately stopped their actions, because they knew that Shado would not do anything to them, but the old lord would not indulge them. If they really angered the old lord, they would suffer.