Chapter 3239 Everyone Is Equal Before the Law

At this time, Leiden also realized that the lord was waiting for him outside the barracks. Didn't he mean that this report was related to Simon? There was only one report related to Simon recently, and he was still deeply impressed by the contents.

"Sir, is there anything wrong with the content of this report?" Leiden also asked.

"There is nothing wrong with the report itself. Simon has indeed discovered the problem of insufficient military construction in the territory." Xia Duo did not pretend to be mysterious and directly stated his opinion——

"However, I don't think his idea of ​​recruiting new soldiers from the Territory Development Department is very good. Now is the era of magic, and the army should also move closer to magic. The role that ordinary soldiers can play on the future battlefield is extremely high priority."

"But sir, magic enlightenment is already underway within the Territory Guard, and the new recruits will also undergo relevant training. Only those who pass the test will stay."

Currently, the most elite troops in the territory are the Spellbreaker Guards. All members are equipped with defender suits imported from Everesca as standard——

Includes armor with the ability to fly, bracers that activate force field shields, and a short gun that fires adjustable lightning attacks.

The captain is also equipped with an additional adamantine jet gun, which can provide extremely strong attack power.

It is conceivable that to be equipped with such luxurious equipment, every member of the Spellbreaker Guard is a leader among the territorial guards. One of the most special abilities is to be able to use magic items skillfully, and a few even have the ability to cast spells.

This is the only level of magic soldiers that Simon can understand, but for Shado, this level of magic soldiers is far from enough. He believes that the army of a magic civilization should be the strongest combat power of the entire civilization.

Unlike now, the strongest combat power in the territory is concentrated on Shado. Even if he now hands over the floating city or [Missing Robe] to the Spellbreaker Guards, these people will not be able to use these two super weapons. real role.

Or to put it another way, Shado does not need a group of ordinary soldiers armed with magic items, but a group of real magic troops trained by qualified mages who can control various magic weapons and cope with various combat situations. .

By analogy with the construction of the army on earth, there are almost academic requirements for soldiers!

As for the present, Xia Duo also made clear his demands to Leiden and Simon. "From now on, the number of the old army will not increase. From now on, we will only recruit mages! And not only that, we must also build the army into an army." A specialized military school allows mage soldiers to grow and further their studies in the military.”

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Hearing these requests from Sha Duo, Leiden was somewhat mentally prepared. After all, he had talked a lot with Sha Duo about territory construction before today, including some about army construction.

But Simon was completely shocked. In his impression or in his perception, the army has never been the main force in the war, but the mages. The army only needs to follow the orders of the mages to do some chores.

But now, according to the Lord's wishes, it seems that the army should be developed in the direction of the absolute main force. But if this is the case, will the army still be an army? Isn't it an alternative mage tower organization?

Leiden expressed his doubts, and Xia Duo’s explanation was——

"Don't treat mages as a special group. You just need to treat mages as ordinary people and it will be easier to understand."

"Treat mages as ordinary people?"

Although the territory has promoted this aspect for a long time, and even now many children of ordinary citizens have become mages, and they often go home to interact with their families and neighbors, and everyone gets along very harmoniously, but -

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After all, a mage is a mage, and he has mastered powerful power that ordinary people do not have. This gap cannot be bridged by emotions and propaganda.

In the eyes of many people, mages are naturally superior to others. This view is not uncommon even in Daxia Territory.

At least Leiden, the leader of the guard who can actually command the new mage soldiers, still has this idea.

Now Sha Duo once again emphasized that he should treat mages as ordinary people. Although Leiden agreed, Sha Duo could guess what he was really thinking in his heart even if he didn't use magic to spy on him.

In this regard, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh. With magic, it is not difficult to move a mountain in reality, but it is extremely difficult to move the mountain of hierarchical concepts in people's hearts.

But it’s hard to do!

Thinking of this, Sha Duo turned to Leiden and asked: "Is there another trial about spell casters recently?"

"Yes, but not much."

"I would like to make one more comment. In the future, all trials related to spell casters, whether they are plaintiffs or defendants, will be held in public, and previously concluded cases must be reviewed regularly. I know this may be difficult, but we must persist. ”

In Shado's view, the fundamental reason why mages in Netheril had a special status that ordinary people did not have in the past was that mages had power, but the direct reason was the inequality of various rights.

The most unequal one among them is that "mages can pay for their crimes with gold for killing people", and mages really have the ability to kill ordinary people easily.

But in Daxia Territory, Xia Duo is determined to establish a new order that can unite the vast majority of people, which must take into account the interests and rights of the vast majority of people.

In the Daxia Code, there is no deliberate distinction between mages and ordinary people, which also means that in front of the law, mages do not enjoy privileges that ordinary people do not have.

But in legal practice, how to make mages and ordinary people believe this is the biggest problem facing the new order.

What Xia Duo thought of was a fair trial, but a fair trial alone is far from enough, because ordinary people may suspect that the judge may be colluding with mages, so it is best to be able to publicly try all cases involving spellcasters.

Let everyone see the trial process, and even allow the people to question on the spot.

Use one case after another of fair trials to build the authority of the Daxia Code. As long as everyone firmly believes in the authority of the code, the spirit represented by the code will also be believed by everyone.

This naturally includes the concept of equality for all.

In this case, even if the mage has power that ordinary people do not have, ordinary people can still believe that everyone is equal before the law, because no matter how powerful the mage is, it is not greater than the code, and it is not greater than the Daxia order behind the code that is supported by everyone.

Not only that, in addition to strict law enforcement, it is also necessary to improve legislation from the source and popularize the law to the people. This is a complete closed loop of rule of law construction.

It is also the most persistent foundation of Daxia order!

In front of Simon, Xia Duo gave Leighton a specific task, telling Simon with practical actions that it is time to abandon the old ideas of the old era, and that he should actively embrace the new ideas of the new era when he is in Daxia.

And this is what the lord, the territory and even everyone hopes for!