In the Name of Empress-Chapter 527 - 331: Your Country Did It Too

"War is a means to obscure social contradictions and oppression. Through war, the ruling class can divert the attention of the people, alleviate social contradictions, and thus maintain their ruling position."

"The above discourse comes from a philosopher named Carl, who has undergone practical testing."

Roland smiled as he knocked on the blackboard, giving a lesson to two students.

A teacher in the classroom was the Imperial Tutor of an emperor, but with two students?

They are the [Inheritors].

After Roland finished this sentence, the bright students had already learned to answer quickly.

"I know, you must be talking about the Kingdom of Prudon."

Alina’s eyes sparkled with bright brilliance, filled with confidence in her answer.

"The Vladimir Empire did it too."

Sif was a little slower, as Alina had seized the opportunity to give the first answer. She furrowed her brows slightly but quickly found an alternative answer.

Roland smiled and nodded, continuing to ask, "Are there any others?" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"The Kingdom of Tirol doesn’t count, right? Although they joined the Holy Alliance, Queen Sisi still harbors a grudge against Sofia for forcing her to abdicate back then, so they just put in a token effort."

Sif’s brows furrowed lightly, but her eyes brightened up as she realized the answer.

No wonder Roland had to give a reminder, after all, they were allies, and if not explicitly pointed out, who would think of this?

"I know, there’s also the Jin Yuan Republic. Their internal contradictions are too many to solve, and war is their only means for stability." To gather more answers, Sif didn’t mind piercing Alina’s heart with a sharp remark.

Roland neither confirmed nor denied, smiling and nodding.

Those words did not sit well with Alina.

Although usually, she didn’t confront Sif directly, she couldn’t tolerate insults to her country.

What has the Jin Yuan Kingdom done to you? Just because our country has contradictions, doesn’t yours?

Alina bit her lip, standing up to say a few words, but then thought of all that Roland had helped her with, and ultimately couldn’t retort.

Having just sat down, she caught the slight smugness in Sif’s eyes, flared up, and stood up again with an expressionless face, saying:

"In my opinion, the contradictions of the Sussex Empire are no less severe than ours. The contradiction between development in the Imperial Capital and local areas, conflicts of interest between overseas factions and native factions, contradictions between the Progressive Party and the Imperial Faction, the contradictions between the National Church of Fengrao and the rapidly developing Divine Court of Light in recent years, and the potential inheritance conflicts between the old Emperor and the current Emperor..."

Roland coughed lightly, reminding Alina to slow down.

"Stop, you are all right. It is precisely because every major country has unresolved contradictions that this war is inevitable. Both major camps hope to alleviate internal contradictions through the spoils of war, extending their rule."

"And aren’t we the same? The Day of Return is such a zero-sum game where the winner takes all."

Alina and Sif paused their sharp stares that nearly sparked flames from eye contact, lost in thought.

What Roland said had crossed their minds, but not as thoroughly.

Unable to resist, Alina softly asked, "Why didn’t you say this before?"

Roland’s gaze drifted outside the window, watching the neatly dressed soldiers marching past the window.

Their faces were particularly young, evidently eighteen, nineteen, or in their twenties.

In peacetime, these people are the future of the nation, but having too many in the future is not necessarily a good thing. Economic development follows its own objective rules and will not grow infinitely; it only rises and falls.

Twenty years ago, the economic situation across the Rodinia Continent was great, and international trade thrived under the protection of continental treaties.

In such times, people were very eager to have children, resulting in the largest baby boom in centuries twenty years ago.

All these young people grew up, needing to eat, needing jobs, needing prospects, yet the growth of social resources and positions could not keep up with their growth speed.

War is merely the result, but the seeds of war were sown twenty years ago.

Coupled with the impending Day of Return, the ferocity of this war exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Over the past three months, five large-scale battles broke out on the Northern Plains of Rodinia, where Christine showcased exquisite command skills, successively defeating several renowned generals of the Three Kingdoms of the Holy Alliance, achieving a proud record of three wins and two draws.

Moreover, she even caused Vladimir Empire’s chief general Suvorov to fall on the battlefield, becoming the highest-ranking general to perish among the Holy Alliance.

As the war grew more brutal, more countries were drawn into it.

The Kingdom of Talia chose to join the Freedom Alliance.

While they may not be optimistic about the Freedom Alliance, they share a land border with the Jin Yuan Kingdom.

If they do not join the alliance, the Jin Yuan Republic would not hesitate to send troops to flatten them.

If they can’t deal with the Vladimir Empire, can’t they handle a neighboring commercial country?

Unlike the Kingdom of Talia, the Nubian Kingdom actively joined the Holy Alliance, with the detached Crow Sage appearing suddenly with his disciple Enya, who had been studying abroad for years, issuing a declaration of war.

(Crow and Enya appear in Chapters 154-160)

His reason for war was simple, "If we cannot stand with the victor in this protracted war, we will lose our living space post-war."

The Crow Sage held a transcendental position in the Divine Court of Nature, his words more effective than a decree, capable of dictating the deposition of Nubian Kingdom’s monarch.

Since the Crow Sage pointed out the direction, it was only logical for the Nubian Kingdom and the Divine Court of Nature to join the Holy Alliance, the victors in their hearts.

The Nubian army wasn’t considered strong, but they provided the most valuable strong navy for the Holy Alliance.