LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 479 Swain Reorganizes the Workplace

Meanwhile, Noxus, the Immortal Citadel.

"Teacher Swain." General Lester stopped outside the door and knocked on the door for instructions.

"You're here, Lester." Swain slowly put down the document in his hand.The red-eyed crow on his shoulder also turned his head immediately, casting a calm and calm look.

Looking at those faint red eyes, Lester swallowed subconsciously.

"Please sit down." Swain motioned with a calm gaze.

"Yes" General Lester sat down on the chair in front of the desk a little uncomfortable.

The chair was added after Swain took power.After all, in the previous era when there were emperors, no one could sit at Darkwill's desk on an equal footing.

Small changes like this show equality.But at this moment, sitting face to face in front of Swain, looking directly into those deep eyes, Lester felt a little restless.

"Are you nervous?" Swain said meaningfully. "You've never been this way before."

Lester was silent.Indeed, he would not have been like this before.

Soldiers don't have to be afraid of their generals, and students don't have to be afraid of their teachers—because they're on the same side.

but now.
"Lester, you don't need to be so careful in front of me." Swain broke the oppressive silence in a timely manner: "You have done a good job during this time. Noxus can maintain the current stability without you contribution."

"Thank you for the compliment, Teacher." Lester felt a little relieved.He asked: "Mr. Swain, you called me over this time, do you still have a task for me?"

"It can be said that." Swain turned his attention to the huge sand table of Noxus map placed in the center of the office.

The Noxus Empire is like a huge ancient program.

Its code is like a mountain of old shit.Everyone can see that there are bugs in it, and know that bugs are harmful, but this program runs on the basis of bugs.

More and more bugs will cause the program to die slowly.But if you rush to modify the bug as soon as your brain is hot, it will easily cause the entire program to fall into chaos and crash.

Swain did not dare to hand over his plan of reform to those corrupt and incompetent aristocratic bureaucrats.

Therefore, even though he is a believer in the wind of change, his post-government style is not to vigorously reform, but to do his best to maintain the stability of the empire and prepare for the transition of the full involvement of the Leaders Association in the future.

And this sand table shows the results of his hard work in the past year.

A black flag is used on the sand table, representing the local noble rebels.

When Swain first came to power, this map of Noxus was almost dotted with black flags.

Later, when he united with Darius and began to clean up the fanatical main fighters who opposed the leader, the number of local rebels ushered in another surge.

But now, after a year of governance, under Swain's traditional Noxus style of thunder, those rebellious nobles quickly went to the underworld to meet Morde Kaiser.

The situation in the Noxus Empire has thus entered a stage of overall peace that is secretly turbulent but superficially stable.

At this moment, the black flag representing the noble rebels could hardly be seen on the sand table.

The voices clamoring for war against the leaders were completely suppressed.Towns, counties, aristocratic territories, vassal states, and semi-independent city-states have all surrendered to Swain's power and renewed their loyalty to the Immortal Fortress.

"The nobles have been a lot more honest recently, haven't they?"

"Yes." Lester's heart sank.Knowing that the teacher will not be idle, ask questions knowingly
He is a general.His work in the past year was mainly to eliminate the rebels everywhere for Swain.

Now that the rebels have been cleared up and the domestic situation has stabilized, will he, the rebel killer, have to be laid off?
Lester's heart was heavy.But he still pretended to be calm and continued: "As you said, the wave of noble rebellion has completely subsided in the past few months."

"It's more than pacification." Swain said pointedly: "Not only have they stopped rebelling recently, but even the voices opposing my appeasement policy and advocating a decisive battle with the leaders have almost completely disappeared."

"These nobles are a little too honest."

"Perhaps," Lester replied thoughtfully, "maybe the nobles have recognized the reality?"

"As far as I know, many imperial nobles are secretly contacting the leader of Zaun secretly, trying to surrender to the leader and plan a future for the family. Therefore."

Could it be that the nobles were completely disappointed in the appeasement of Swain, but they were unable to rebel and seize power, so they simply lay down and surrendered to the leader in advance?
"Maybe part of it is." Swain was noncommittal.

He knew those imperial nobles too well.So he will not underestimate the greed and madness of the nobles, as well as their deep-seated hatred of the wind of change.

"And most importantly"

The united front policy of the leader has also changed long ago.

Back then, the leader was just a fledgling fledgling, so he naturally needed to let go of his obsession with moral cleanliness and learn to compromise with reality.

So even warlord nobles like the Midarda family can be counted as old friends of the leader as long as they can help the cause of the leader in a timely manner.

Those who surrendered later, such as General Du Kecao who had no choice but to surrender after the defeat.

Considering his great role in the peaceful liberation of the colony on the north coast of Shurima, and his active attitude of handing over his family property and cooperating with the transformation, the leader is also willing to guarantee the safety of his family and let him be a leader in Zaun. Ordinary retired old man.

But now, the leader is almost in control of the entire Runeterra, and the struggle is about to achieve a phased victory - at this time, some people think of adding icing on the cake, wanting to be the "old friend" of the leader, thinking Hand in your property in exchange for peace
Then it will be too late.

Leaders are not selling indulgences.It is not that whoever pays dirty money can be exempted from all sins, can wash away the blood on his hands, and start anew in the new era.

And the aristocratic lords who are only moving closer to the leaders at this time are probably not progressive people worthy of reform.

They are not confessing.They are simply afraid of death.

Therefore, the leader's united front policy has long been gradually tightened.Those reactionary aristocrats who have done many evils, are notorious, and have committed heinous crimes, even if they voluntarily surrender, they will never escape trial and liquidation.

under these circumstances
"Do you think those nobles will sit still?" Swain asked.

"No." Lester shook his head.

"But now they just sit around and do nothing. It's abnormal, isn't it?"

"Indeed." Lester also frowned thoughtfully.

A man is often mad before he perishes.What's more, they are now facing the demise of an entire noble class.

"Then what do you need me to do?" Lester asked inexplicably.

"I need you to approach these people and make friends with them." Swain took out a list with the names of several great nobles of the empire written on it.

These old nobles had always been Swain's opponents before, but recently they suddenly became honest.

"I can try, though."

Shouldn't this kind of intelligence work be handed over to war masons?Even if he needs to be a nobleman to get close to the target, there is no need for him, the powerful commander of the Imperial Guard, to go into battle himself, right?

Lester was about to say that.

"There is one more thing." Swain added lightly: "You can concentrate on this matter from now on. Let others do the daily affairs of the Praetorian Guard Corps first."

"There are many young people with advanced ideas and outstanding abilities in the army. The waves behind the sea push the waves ahead. As a senior, you have to give the younger generations a little chance."

Lester: "???"

Hearing this, he suddenly trembled slightly.

The list in his hand was tightly clenched into a ball, but he didn't notice it.

Here comes the day.

In the past year, Swain has been quietly developing leaders in the army, and promoted these progressive officers who accepted Janna's ideas one by one, replacing those old officers with reactionary ideas as the key Position.

After a year, Swain's direct-line troops brought out by himself were almost replaced by his own hands.

Countless former imperial heroes were optimized and eliminated, and were ruthlessly replaced by leading officers promoted by Swain.

Lester thought this matter would not fall on him so quickly.But unexpectedly, it still came.

Swain didn't have any important tasks for him at all.His teacher just found an excuse to help him "decently" step down from the stage of power.

"Teacher" Lester tried his best to maintain it, but his voice was still trembling: "Please give me another chance."

"I also want to make more contributions to the people of Noxus."

"Enough!" Swain's face turned cold: "Lester, don't talk about things you don't believe in."

Lester: "."

He clenched his fists secretly, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"Lester." Swain regained his composure: "You have to know, I've given you a chance. But what about you?"

"One year has passed, where is your thread of faith?"

Lester was silent.

Faith, Faith, Faith!This damned faith!If he doesn't believe in the leader's tricks, he will never be an official!

Why?
"Teacher Swain." Lester could hardly suppress the resentment in his heart: "Isn't what I did good enough?"

Swain's face was calm: "Okay, you've done a good job. In the past, you were my most capable student. In the past year, you have also made great contributions to the peace and stability of Noxus."

"I also know that you can already memorize Janna's thoughts backwards. Your research on Janna's theory is extremely thorough, and your theoretical level is even higher than most leading cadres."

"After I revealed to you my identity as the leader, you have been demanding yourself with saintly moral standards."

"Since that day, you have never been greedy for a penny, or abused your power once. You will warmly greet the most humble homeless on the roadside, and you will generously spend money to support those slum orphans who have never met before"

"In my opinion, even if you are a real leader, you won't perform so well."

"Then" Lester gritted his teeth and asked, "Why can't you tolerate me?"

Swain didn't answer, but just looked at him coldly.

It wasn't until he stared at him tightly and calmed down that Swain said, "Because, you scare me."

Lester: "?"

"Yes, you scare me." Swain said, "It's you who made me realize clearly that a person can pretend to be so much like a leader."

"You act really well. If you only look at the appearance, even I can't tell your real body."

Lester: "."

"If we don't have Goddess Janna, we don't have the thread of faith, and let a pretender like you sneak into the team, how serious the consequences will be."

"Master Janna will definitely come true. But how many difficulties and obstacles will a fake leader like you add to the road to victory?"

Swain sighed sadly.He seemed to be thinking of the past.The struggles and betrayals he experienced with Darkville.

He had already compromised with reality, and only wanted to be the leader of a new imperialist with limited improvements.

But: "Fortunately, God let me meet the leader."

Swain stretched out his hand to show the bright line of faith, admiring the brilliance of faith with his deep eyes.

This brilliance is so dazzling to Leicester.

"Teacher!" After talking, he stopped acting.

"A gentleman doesn't care about his deeds!" Lester used an "old saying" from Ionia invented by Li Wei.He said unwillingly: "I am doing better than the leader, and I act like the leader, so why can't I keep the position I earned from the mountain of corpses and blood, and continue to act?"

"Can you act for the rest of your life?" Swain asked.

"I" Lester was about to say yes.

Swain added: "After acting for a lifetime, don't you feel pain yourself?"

Lester was speechless.

Discomfort, of course.Every time he pretended to greet those incompetent poor ghosts, he felt sick.

"The leader's cadres have no privileges. If you continue to act, you will only suffer more in the future."

"Of course, I won't give you this chance." Swain's tone became cold: "You may be my student, but you are definitely not my comrade."

"If restrictions are lifted and you flood into the organization, it can only spell disaster for the careers of the leaders."

As long as there is a choice, the old bureaucrats and old intellectuals will never be retained.

Even if the old bureaucrats and old intellectuals are temporarily retained due to lack of manpower, they must be replaced step by step with those cadres who truly believe in them.

Without faith, the greater the ability, the more dangerous it is.

Therefore, no matter how capable and meritorious a person is, without faith, he will not be able to be a leading official.

This is the principle of the Association of Leaders and absolutely cannot be reconciled.

Lester was still unwilling, but Swain's firm eyes made him unable to argue anymore.

"Let's go." Swain said, "Lester, don't forget what you have done in the past. Now that you can keep your property and become a retired rich man, it is because of your contribution that I fight for you. The best possible result."

"If you can't make progress, just accept it all calmly."

"I" Lester almost clenched his fingers white.

what has he done
He massacred cities, destroyed countries, burned and looted, and sent slaves and orphans to the battlefield, using them as cannon fodder.

If judged by the values ​​​​of the leader, then he deserves death.

But in the old empire, that's what a Noxian general was supposed to do.It was the emperor's order to massacre the city and destroy the country, and Lester didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.

He did whatever it takes to expand Noxus.He shed the blood of himself and his colleagues, and finally made his way from a humble boy in a slum to where he is today step by step.

He was supposed to be a hero of the Empire.But now, he has become a sinner in the eyes of the leaders.

He struggled all his life, but in the end he was equal to the boy from the slums back then.

hateful!Then what did he fight for?
Leicester is really unwilling.

"I know it's hard for you to accept all this, Lester." Swain sighed softly, with a trace of understanding showing on his stern face.

"but--"

"I believe you are not stupid."

Lester: "."

"When do you plan to officially dismiss me?"

"No hurry." Swain said frankly: "Until the leader arrives, you will still be the general of the empire, the commander of the Praetorian Guard."

"Now I just need you to transfer some of your power to train those progressive officers."

"I understand." Lester was silent for a long time, and finally slowly picked up the list that Swain gave him, got up and left calmly: "I will put down the work at hand first, and complete the tasks you gave me Mr. Swain."

(End of this chapter)