From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 31 Discussion on System Reform

"That may be true, but have you ever thought about it? The current chief has not made any mistakes. How can you restrict him, or even remove him altogether?"

As soon as he finished the preface, the worried witch doctor did not wait for his answer, and then asked again,

"Furthermore, it sounds like you want to put all the power of the tribe into the hands of the witch doctor, is that right?"

Blade Ya nodded without thinking. He thought this was the right decision. Decisions were made by wisdom. Is there any problem?

"Then have you ever thought about the feelings of other tribesmen? Now, as the de facto ruler, the 'chief' at least acts as the representative of all non-spell caster tribesmen. Even if there is no such name, but as far as tradition is concerned, the 'chief' does

Have this qualification."

"But if you clearly give the power to the witch doctors and make the 'chiefs' become the 'doers' under us, will the tribesmen feel separated? They think that the 'warriors' have become a marginalized group in decision-making, thus alienating the morals.

?”

"If we continue to maintain the tradition, we will still have a great say and the warriors will maintain a centripetal force towards the tribe."

"For example, have the chiefs ever unreasonably vetoed the suggestions you and I have made? And have the soldiers ever neglected to implement them?"

"So, can't we maintain the status quo?"

Just when Blade Ya was lost in thought after hearing this, and most of the other trolls were also thoughtful, the Chinese witch doctor answered.

"When the people have such expectations for the 'chief', it will naturally become a matter of course to make rigid requirements for 'wisdom' for the position of 'chief' and to determine them in the form of 'rules'."

"What about us? Should we become his caster bodyguards and advisers, or should we take up arms and resist?"

"I only have preliminary ideas in this regard, and I need everyone's help."

"Secondly, the scope of the chief's powers and responsibilities is vague and broad. This position seems to be able to control everything, but it also seems that it should control nothing."

Seeing that the conversation was getting more tit-for-tat, Banya quickly persuaded the two of them.

"Old Witch Doctor, Sharptooth Witch Doctor, Rough-Tooth Witch Doctor, and everyone else, what do you think of this idea?"

"This is one of them."

"Therefore, the stability of the position of 'chief' should also be considered."

"And this requires starting from education, through comparison of ancient and modern times, and value education, to change the perception of the people, especially the little trolls."

"The current chiefs are wise? Indeed, I don't deny it, but so what? Does this prove that the future 'chiefs' are wise? Will there come a day when a certain chief has finally had enough of us witches?

The doctor's chatter is endless, trying to seize all the power in fact and in name?"

"Okay, why are the two witch doctors so angry in their discussion?"

"And when 'wisdom' has a similar public opinion foundation, it becomes possible to establish a permanent deliberative body that can determine the direction of tribal development."

"This is ridiculous and barbaric and must be changed; the standard for a chief should not be force, but wisdom and ability."

"I think there is."

"So, I think a 'term system' can be introduced. For example, a troll can only be a chief for one full-year cycle; and there are also restrictions on re-election, the total number of times in office, etc."

"No matter whether a chief has done well or not, as long as a warrior surpasses him in terms of force, he will face challenges; death and beheading seem to have become every chief's meritorious service or tombstone."

Seeing that the two parties did not speak again, Banya stood up and spoke again,

"After the speeches of the two witch doctors, I was able to better sort out my own views. First of all, I want to make it clear that any changes we make to the tribe should be based on the pursuit of 'civilization'."

"As mentioned before, this is a hidden danger. It is necessary to reach a broad and consistent understanding of the tribe as a whole on its scope of authority and responsibilities, and to fix it in some form."

"And you, please think about it carefully. When things really come to pass, it will not be easy to make changes."

“So, regarding the issue of ‘chief’, we should think about whether the current system is against ‘civilization’?”

"Rou Ya, I think you are too conservative. You talk about 'tradition'. Is this 'tradition' determined by us? Are others willing to maintain this 'tradition' with you? Just now, Bian Ya said 'power'

It is a breeding ground for ambition and blindness.' I think it makes sense. What if one day the 'chief' is unwilling to accompany us to follow the tradition?"

"But at the same time, for the sake of the continuity of tribal governance, we ensure that ongoing things will not passively stagnate every once in a while."

"Now, the opportunity to completely eradicate this possibility is right in front of you. Do you have to wait until the end, when both sides gain enough power to destroy the entire tribe, before you are willing to change that damn 'tradition'?

"

"What do you think?"

"Fangs! You can't use things that didn't happen to support your point of view! What's more, isn't it possible that the one who will be blinded by power is us witch doctors?"

"Well, I think it's good. Council of Chiefs"

“What should we call the current system? ‘Bloody Gladiator System’, ‘Unlimited Responsibility System’?”

"Therefore, I support Blade Ya's proposal to clarify and limit the power of the 'chief', and completely bring the source of power into the hands of our witch doctors."

"Changing their vision of the future from 'I want to be a brave warrior' to 'I want to be a wise witch doctor' will not only change the people's expectations of the 'chief', but it will also bring us

A certain basis of public opinion.'

"First of all, we need to let the people of the tribe have this understanding: 'wisdom is the best driving force for leading the tribe forward'."

"Come on, even if 'wisdom' is deceived, it is far better than blind 'barbarism'. You are weak. You don't take advantage of now, before the 'unified will' of the soldiers has sprouted.

How long do we have to wait to find the source of power and responsibility? When do we wait until a spear is pressed against our throats?"

"The more we debate, the clearer it becomes. If the discussion turns into mutual accusations, it will be meaningless."

"Haha, why are you pretending to be confused? You know that what we are talking about is never limited to a certain chief, but refers to the countless chiefs who will be produced in the future, and refers to that position."

"You are just assuming. The chief has always been wise."

"Therefore, the 'Chief' must have mobility and cannot be allowed to have mutual success with any troll out of ambition;"

"In my vision, this organization will be formed and controlled by witch doctors. What's the name? It could be called 'Rune Council', 'Wisdom Council', or something else. It is mainly responsible for controlling the general direction of the future development of the tribe.

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"Third, I have emphasized the relationship between power, ambition and blindness several times, and the position of 'chief' is the best linkage point between them."

"The chief is the executor of specific affairs."

"I think it is feasible to use wisdom instead of force. But how to do it? In the past, if you wanted to be a chief, you could just win the gladiatorial battle, but by what means should this 'wisdom' be manifested? What about a 'wisdom' chief?

Taking office? How can we ensure the decision-making power of our witch doctors?"

As soon as Benya finished speaking, the Chinese witch doctor raised a question,

The Chinese witch doctor thought for a moment and then said,

"In your imagination, the 'chief' and the 'parliament' of Lao Shizi are still separated after all, right?"

"Uh yes."

"Then do you think this can work? Let's merge the two into one, the 'chief' and rename it the 'speaker'. The powers and responsibilities are set as the 'leaders and representatives of the parliament', and they are born from the 'members of the parliament'. The ruling power is also indirectly obtained by the parliament.

.em, would this be safer?”

(End of chapter)