Chapter 260 God's Chosen Janna Alliance
Swain's vision is still too limited.
In other words, no one in Runeterra has ever seen this kind of play.
Even many leaders thought that when Levi said he wanted to spread the faith of Goddess Janna to the whole world, he meant that he wanted to take the Zaun army to conquer the whole world and occupy every inch of land in Runeterra.
To this, Levi can only say:
"What era is it now? Are you still pursuing traditional expansion?"
Does the leader need more territory? No.
The Wind Leader's greatest reliance is Janna. Janna's strength comes from people's faith. Whether the believers are from Zaun or Noxus, they can provide her with faith.
Therefore, the leader only needs to output faith to get sufficiently generous rewards.
Moreover... "Even if I don't want to export my faith, but only want to export my hegemony, there is no need to annihilate a nation or take control of its territory!"
"Now that Hextech flying gates and cargo ships have been invented, the economy has become globalized. I have a firm grasp of military, technological, energy and financial hegemony. I can print some paper money and make the whole world work for me."
"Occupying other people's land, isn't that just increasing your own law and order maintenance costs out of thin air?"
Swain: “…”
His mind is active.
Hey, there is such a trick.
This form of hegemony seems to be much more advanced than the old Noxian model. Is there any hope for the Empire?
"Forget it. The premise of doing this is that you have the absolute power to suppress opponents all over the world. Does Noxus have this power?"
If Noxus really had this strength, it would not be on the verge of collapse due to years of unfavorable wars.
"And I have already analyzed in the article "Who Can Save Noxus" that the reform of Zibenzhuyi cannot save Noxus."
"Because the rule of 'distribution according to capital' will inevitably create a huge Matthew effect where the winner takes all. The cake has been eaten up by the nobles and the big seed benzene. What will happen to the remaining grassroots extraordinary people?"
Levi quickly extinguished the fantasy that had just ignited in Swain's heart.
He pointed out a clear path for Swain: "Establish a Noxian Leaders Association, clean up the new and old nobles of the empire, and bring a thorough bottom-up transformation to Noxus!"
This is to make Swain betray his origins and everything he has been.
But what he will get is a brand new Noxus.
And it is an independent new Noxus belonging to the Noxian people.
“But…” Swain felt uneasy: “Are you really willing to let New Noxus become an independent country?”
"Didn't you say before that all countries need to 'disappear'?"
"It's a lofty ideal, not a plan that must be realized immediately," Levi said.
"As a leader, I certainly hope to see the world become one, the end of nations, and the people of Runeterra, regardless of race or origin, come together to build their homeland."
"But the problem is that ideals are ideals and reality is reality. We leaders also need to seek truth from facts:"
To be realistic, are there conditions now to make the country wither away and the nation disappear immediately?
No, it's not time yet.
The state is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions. If you want the state to disappear, you must first completely eliminate the classes.
Even in Zaun under the rule of the Wind Leader, people are paid according to work, not according to need. If people are paid according to work, there will naturally be differences between the rich and the poor, and between different classes. It's just that the gap is minimized as much as possible.
If you want a country to perish, you must at least let the leader win worldwide, and let the boundaries between countries gradually become blurred under the integration of Jana's thoughts.
This is not enough. It must be accompanied by a high level of progress in productivity to achieve universal peace. Then the country will naturally perish.
But the reality is still a long way from this.
On the other hand, as a stable community formed through long-term historical development, it is not so easy for a nation to disappear in a short period of time.
Especially Runeterra...
Runeterra has experienced thousands of years of endless wars, and people from various countries and regions have long developed an extremely strong national consciousness in the endless wars.
If they were not united and did not love their own nation, they would have disappeared quietly in the long river of history just like the countless countries that were previously annexed by Noxus.
One of the most outrageous cases is:
Historically, the Shurima Empire ruled the Icathia region for more than 900 years, but the Icathians had not yet been assimilated by the Empire. They even successfully rose up more than 900 years later, summoning the void to beat the Shurima Empire, which was full of Ascendants, half to death.
In short, although a nation is just a story, it does not cease to exist just because you say it does not exist, unless you can make everyone in the world believe it at the same time.
If the leaders of Zaun forcibly "help" the Noxians to forget their national identity, the Noxians will only write tearful articles like "The Last Lesson", thinking that the Zauns want them to destroy their country and race.
Similarly, if the leaders of Noxus help the Demacians in their struggle, most Demacians will just think that the Noxian Empire is hypocritically changing its face and coming to invade German territory again.
I won't be able to help you when the time comes.
You might also be beaten up by your fellow class brothers in Demacia.
"So the existence of countries and nations is still necessary for the time being. We can first build a Jannaist national alliance around the world, and then slowly resolve conflicts and eliminate barriers during development."
“Once people all over the world have accepted the theoretical education of Janna’s thought and gradually weakened the strong national identity in the past, we will be able to slowly achieve true unity in Runeterra.”
Levi said sincerely.
“This…” Swain was moved.
But he also had concerns: "Is Zaun really willing to help the Noxians so selflessly and get nothing in return?"
New Noxus is truly independent, don’t the old Zaun masters feel they’re losing out?
This matter is actually a Rashomon. From the perspective of both parties, each has its own story.
The Noxians are definitely unwilling to be the sons of the Zauns and sell out their sovereignty and interests, even if you are a so-called senior.
From Zaun's perspective, I have invested so much in you, but you, for the sake of your own "narrow" national interests, have gone against me on some issues. I'm sure I have some complaints.
The reason I support my younger brother is because I want to have a good helper who is always available, right?
"No, you think so because subconsciously you still regard other countries as vassals rather than so-called brothers."
"As true leaders, we will not have this kind of feudal patriarchal thinking."
If they take your benefits, they will listen to you. In the final analysis, this is just a transaction, and what is exported is only hegemony, not faith.
After all, even if I don't believe in your Janna ideology, shouldn't I still listen to you if you give me benefits?
“This…” Swain still refused to believe it.
Because this kind of pure friendship between countries does not conform to his realistic understanding of international relations theory.
Aren’t you afraid that after I return I will become the new Noxian leader and go against you Zaun leaders at the critical moment?
" Singing the opposite tune shows that we have conflicts and differences," Li Wei said. "Even if we have differences, we can definitely resolve them through communication and exchanges."
“Communication can’t solve all problems,” Swain said disdainfully.
If words are useful, what is the point of using fists? History has long proved that most ideological differences will eventually end in violence.
"No, communication can solve the problem," said Levi .
In the past, communication could not solve problems because everyone had fists and thought they could rely on fists instead of mouths.
But if you imagine that you can solve the problem by reasoning alone, the other party's fist will hit you in the face first.
So everyone could only fight each other and kill each other.
Now, or in the future...
"The biggest fist in the world in the future will only be in the hands of Goddess Janna."
"With Goddess Janna maintaining the international order within the Alliance, we can only use communication to solve problems - including our Zaun, no one should think of talking to their comrades with fists."
These words made Swain's heart surge.
But he suddenly realized something was wrong:
Good man, it turns out that all those nice words you said before were just nonsense!
This alliance is just a facade after all!
"Hypocritical, shameless!" Swain cursed directly:
Since Goddess Janna is the biggest fist in the world, if Goddess Janna stands on your side, Levi, and on Zaun's side, then the remaining member states will have to listen to Zaun, right?
"We should not listen to Zaun, but to the Alliance Central Council."
"The members of the Central Council will come from all member states. After Zaun merges with Piltover in the future, it will just be one of the member states of the Alliance." Levi said seriously.
He is willing to allow the member states to maintain independence, but not complete autonomy.
Otherwise, it will be just like what happened to the leader in the factory at the beginning. In the future, the member states will hold meetings and argue over trivial matters, which may last for hundreds of years without stopping.
Without a central council to manage major policies, this scattered Janna Alliance will probably not be able to accomplish anything big in the future.
"Then how do we choose the members of the Central Council?" Swain asked in a serious tone.
It is said that the candidates come from all member states, but there must be a specific selection criteria, right?
If you choose more Zaun people, wouldn't Zaun be everyone's father in fact?
"I suggest that each member state allocate seats according to population ratio and elect their own candidates." Swain also made a suggestion.
This suggestion made Levi roll his eyes:
My goodness, who doesn’t know that Noxus is now the most populous country in Runeterra?
If the election is based solely on population ratio without any other conditions, then the Alliance Central Council will probably be taken over by Noxus?
Don’t call the League of Jia the League of Jia, just call it the Second Empire of Noxus.
"I already have a solution for this." Levi said: "Each member country can nominate an equal number of candidates, or..."
“That’s not fair!” Swain interrupted angrily.
Every member country has the same number of places, so wouldn't the ones with smaller populations get a bigger advantage?
There are so many people in Noxus, why do they only get the same number of seats as the 4 million people in the Twin Cities?
With such a small number of seats, how can the Noxian directors fight for the interests of Noxus?
"Listen to me." Levi signaled Swain to calm down. "Each member country can elect equal candidates, or they can elect candidates based on population ratio. It doesn't matter. Because on top of that, we have to add the Chosen One from Janna."
"Only those with the purest faith and true leaders can join the Alliance's Central Council."
"And the real leaders have no motherland at all."
"They are all true internationalists who have completely given up their national identity, just like me - do you think I am a Zaun?"
Sorry, he's not even from Runeterra.
"Will I favor Zaun and encroach on the interests of other countries for the sake of Zaun's interests?"
"No, every decision I make is for the happiness of all mankind, not just the happiness of a city or a place."
"And the Central Council of the Janna Alliance in the future will be composed entirely of true leaders, a Central Council belonging to all mankind."
Not only do people have no selfish desires, they also have no public spirit to fight for the interests of the nation. They only have a pure heart to fight for the happiness of all mankind.
This may sound unrealistic.
As innocent as a fairy tale.
"But with Janna, with Janna's Chosen—"
“We can turn fairy tales into reality!”
