Chapter 3398 Reputation
The higher a family stands, the more they value their reputation.
The seven major families that rule the five countries attach great importance to reputation.
In these thousands of years, the seven major families have fought no less than a hundred national wars for the sake of reputation, causing countless casualties.
There were even dozens of monarchs who died on the battlefield because of their reputation.
There are also more than a dozen monarchs who committed suicide with their swords because of their reputation.
These are only recorded in history books.
Speaking of which, I am not a person who pays much attention to reputation, otherwise I would not go to ancient tombs to steal treasures, or openly choose my family in the face of family and justice.
These all prove from the side that I am not a person who cares about reputation.
Looking across the Hefeng Continent, there are very few people with my current status who still don't care about reputation.
But there are countless people with the same background as me who don't care about reputation, just like the crucian carp crossing the river.
The reason for this is that I was born as a child in a mountain village. I made a living by slashing and burning, picking fruits and hunting. Although I was not hungry and full, my life was definitely not that easy.
But it's very fulfilling.
People like me in mountain villages who can maintain their food and clothing, but have few other entertainment options, naturally have no idea about such things as reputation.
Don't talk about me, even the elders in the village don't know anything about it.
It sounds incredible, but in fact, the vast majority of civilians are in the same situation as the village elders, or me.
Even the lives of civilians living in many towns were far inferior to those of us living in mountain villages at that time.
Although we won't have any entertainment, we won't be taxed, don't have to bribe officials with loot, or anything like that.
In our place, coins have the same status as beautiful collectibles. Only when the occasional passing businessmen come to our mountain village to rest, those shiny coins have a role.
Traveling merchants will use gadgets in their pockets to attract the attention of children and then trick them into taking away the shiny coins.
Of course, there are also some more conscientious people who will exchange goods of equal value for coins used by children to play.
However, whether they are conscientious traveling merchants or unscrupulous traveling merchants, they are all just like us and don't care about reputation.
Opposite us are the nobles, officials, nobles, and the royal family who are well-dressed and of high status.
Generally speaking, nobles pay more attention to reputation.
In the eyes of common people, they are powerful and wealthy nobles, beings who cannot be easily provoked.
In fact, the nobles thought so too.
With money, power, and influence, they naturally pursue what they don't have yet, that is, reputation.
The vast majority of nobles who pursue reputation don't really care about reputation, they just want to make their lives more perfect.
Of course, some people like to be flattered.
There is also a small group of nobles who don't care about reputation or dishonor. They just want to be happy.
So they cheat, cheat, bully men and women, and some even deliberately make their reputations bad, just because it looks more prestigious.
Of course, not all nobles who smear their reputations do so subjectively. There are still a small number of people who have no choice but to appear in front of the public as evil people, blackmail, abuse, and beat them because their families have no money. , constantly smearing his reputation.
In contrast, most officials care about reputation. In their view, a good reputation can make their official career smoother.
Therefore, even a guy with a dark heart will do everything on the surface properly. It can be said that he is doing dark things while guarding his good reputation.
Regardless, there are also some officials who disdain such things as reputation. They pride themselves on being solitary ministers, and their behavior never takes into account the feelings of other officials, because there is only one person they want to be loyal to, and that is the monarch.
Although this kind of official is easily spurned by others, he is unexpectedly very popular with the monarch. Even if he retires and returns to his hometown, he will probably be able to spend his old age in peace.
Compared with officials who carefully safeguard their reputation, the great nobles do not take reputation very seriously.
They are in the second position in the state power structure. Their status is not as high as that of the royal family, but they are higher than officials. They do not need to take too much care when doing things, and they have little opportunity to contact ordinary people, so they will not have much dark history unearthed.
And what if it is dug out?
Depending on their status, some of their subordinates will take the initiative to wipe away the stains for them.
Therefore, some people say that the people who live most comfortably in Zefeng Continent, apart from the unruly people in the mountains, are these high-ranking nobles who are not noticed by anyone.
Having said that, the life of the great nobles is not as easy and comfortable as imagined. In fact, most of the heads of the great nobles will warn the younger generation not to be arrogant based on favors, let alone bully others, because in the circle of their activities , we often meet the children of the royal family, and once we have a conflict with a seemingly inconspicuous royal child, it is very likely that the entire family will suffer disaster the next day.
The group of royal children were more terrifying than the bully little aristocratic children. The latter's arrogance was shown on their faces, while the former's arrogance was hidden behind their warm smiles.
In order to prevent their families from being easily destroyed by the royal family, many nobles also began to put their reputation on their foreheads, with the purpose of making the royal family take advantage of them.
After all, killing a noble family with a good reputation would be criticized by the people.
Finally, let’s talk about the royal family.
In fact, many people in the royal family long to live a free, casual and happy life like the children of the minor aristocrats, bullying men and dominating women, and being arrogant and unrestrained.
But the problem is, no matter how they think, reality will not allow them to do this.
Because they are a royal family, a group of people representing the country, even if they do not have the right to inherit, they must still show the unique elegance, warmth, and kindness of the royal family, and make the people feel kind, so as to win the respect of the people and gain extreme recognition. high reputation.
It sounds hypocritical, but they have to do it.
All for the family.
Being born into a royal family, even if you are lucky, it is also sad.
And children of the royal family like Cagalli, who have the right to inherit the throne, have been instilled with the idea that reputation is above all else since they were young.
Although later on, she was rebellious, escaped from the palace, formed a guild, formed gangs, and fell in love with me.
But her concern for reputation is still very strong.
Mainly reflected in her kindness and impulsiveness.