Chapter 248
2021-01-06
Chapter 248 Sharpening knives“Jon, Commander Mormont will have an accident at this juncture, no one can imagine , which person's responsibility or fault is this I don't want to talk about here. The dead are gone, and the living still have to continue to live. It is no exaggeration to say that Night's Watch is now at an unprecedented dangerous juncture, and I need your help ."
Jon's Direwolf Bailing now looks so huge, like a calf with white fur, that Igor was a little scared of it if they didn't already know each other quite well. It squatted quietly beside the illegalimate child, staring curiously at Igor with red eyes... Compared to this calm wild beast, its owner still seemed to be in a daze due to Mormont's sudden accident, Jon looked at I as if he was facing a big enemy, and swallowed: "Is it so... exaggerated?"
Igor nods: "Yes! The land donation resettlement plan is almost bet on Night's Watch. And everything about the Night's Watch industry, once it starts, there's no going back. When Commander Mormont's funeral is over, the election for the 998th Commander of Night's Watch will begin, in case the commander who ultimately opposes the acceptance of the wildling takes over... ...is going to overturn the land-grant resettlement plan that was halfway through my predecessor, what do you think will happen?"
"A lot of things we did in front of us have been in vain." Jon pulled yourself together: "But... ...wildling...well...I mean the new land grantors have been put in the Wall. What will the new commander do with them if the land grant program is overturned?"
"This That's the problem, I'm going to let them integrate into the land grants and become citizens of the Seven Kingdoms, which is the most ideal solution. But guess what Bowen Marsh is thinking? - take their food and turn his face, but also put They're going back to the north of the Wall!"
"How is that possible?"
"Certainly impossible, from the wildlings' standpoint, it's tantamount to sending them to their deaths, though The weapons are confiscated, but they will also fight with Night's Watch when they pick up sticks; and from the standpoint of Night's Watch, driving the wildling back to the north of the Wall is tantamount to adding troops to the Others, I would rather kill them all instead Won't let any of them go back to the north of the Wall."
"Kill them all?" Jon was startled, "but we've got them in the Wall, though we didn't send everyone a message. Bread and salt to eat...but, in a sense, they are also our guests, and they will be cursed if they violate the guest right!"
"Curse...hehe. Theoretically, it is, But when I think about the fact that these guests entered our 'house' a few days ago and stoned our House Head to death, who violated the guest right first?"
"This is not a The thing is, it was only one or a few of the new land-givers who killed Lord Mormont, so these 30,000 people were regarded as enemies... Yes..." Jon was nervous, stammering, unable to come up with the right words for a long time.
Igor wanted to scare him, and he quickly waved his hand when he saw it: "You are right, but unfortunately, you can't make sense with those brothers who hate wildling. The world can be like you and me. Not many people think rationally when this happens... In the eyes of most brothers, it's the 'wildling' that killed Commander Mormont, and in a way, it's true, it's hard to accuse brothers of thinking that way... ...So, the most important thing now is to make someone who has a clear mind and is on our side to be the Lord Commander."
Jon quickly nodded: "It makes sense, then what can I do? "
"Commander Mormont trained you as his successor during his lifetime. My time in Wall was relatively short, so I'm not quite clear about what's in it... I want you to tell me if you're going to run for election now." Lord Commander, how sure is it?"
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"Not at all." Jon replied honestly, "Lord Mormont did teach me how to be a commander, but Knowing what to do is far from enough... In the end, it's up to all the brothers to decide. Nobility, years of service in the Night's Watch Legion, ability, connections, and charisma... These are the things you need to run for Lord. The key to Commander... And I can barely hold the top half of these. There are a lot of people who are more qualified to run for Lord Commander than me... Ser Denys Mallister of Shadow Tower, Cotter Pyke of Eastwatch... Even if it is Bowen Marsh of Castle Black, these old men once ran against Lord Mormont for Lord Commander, but Old Bear barely won by taking advantage of the high status and management experience who once ruled Bear Island...I'm impossible to be their opponent."
Igor thought for a while, and quickly understood what Jon was talking about—he was the illegitimate child of Eddard Stark in the eyes of the world. He was born from a noble family but was not an aristocrat himself, so it was considered a half. In addition to this "half", in terms of qualifications, Jon has only joined Night's Watch for one year; in terms of ability, under the shadow of Mormont and oneself, this child has not had time to prove oneself at all...Mormont did take Jon as his successor to train It's a pity that oneself has an accident before they have cultivated one, two or three.
This child can't be counted on. In the original plot, he just relied on Samwell's tricks and Stannis' external pressure to win and become the commander... And now Erlu is not here, who else can oneself count on? ? Of the Night's Watch officers who support the oneself program, which one can be pushed to the top?
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"Igor..." Jon hesitated, then said what was on his mind: "Why don't you run for oneself, although the time you joined Night's Watch didn't work out? It's not very long, but everyone can see the things you've done for Legion. Many brothers say that life is much better with you as a logistics officer... and you've killed Others. These are the capital of your campaign. . I'll nominate you and tell my friends - vote for you."
In person? This is of course a choice, but the problem comes back. After returning to Wall, because of Mormont's trust and support for oneself, he hardly bothered to win over people, and hurriedly expected to have black clothed on 2/3/2022 Brother can support oneself, who is from a foreign land, has no noble status, and has joined Night's Watch for more than two years - one of which is a fellow who enjoys King's Landing as Lord Commander?
It's just a fool's dream.
Even without considering the difficulty of the election, subjectively speaking, oneself being the Lord Commander complicates an important part of his original plan - the vow of Night's Watch is lifelong, and Lord The position of Commander is also for life. These two life-long restrictions are combined to exert a quadratic binding force, which will make it difficult to take off the black clothed body.
Just ask: If the 998th Lord Commander Igor West issued a series of new regulations that made Night's Watch Legion joinable and quitable, then oneself would be the first to enjoy this The good... what will other brothers, even Seven Kingdoms up and down, think?
"I'll go back and think about it." Igor couldn't figure out whether the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, so he decided to put it aside and solve another looming crisis first: "The other thing, you can really help immediately. My job - someone has to be responsible for the death of Commander Mormont, if you don't get a target to draw fire, eventually the brothers will point at me as the mastermind. I decided to take the murderer's tribe to work... If things go well, this crisis It will be over in one fell swoop, but the trouble it may cause is just as great as the effect. Not long after the new land-giver settles down, Night's Watch will take action against one of the tribes. Misunderstanding, making them think we're going to abandon one's benefactor after achieving one's goal . villages, and inform the tribal stewards of the incident and the stakes involved." Igor said solemnly, "I want them to take the initiative to send someone to express their support - to support Night's Watch in tracking down the culprit and bringing him to justice."
"Understood."
"In order to facilitate communication, bring a wildling... Where's your little girlfriend? Ygritte, bring her."
"She's not my girlfriend."
"Okay I apologize." Igor waved his hand, he didn't have the time to joke with Jon now: "I'm afraid one is not enough, how many wildlings are in Castle Black."
"Igor...Actually, isn't it the most convenient for Mance Rayder to come forward for this kind of thing? He is King-Beyond-the-Wall, and people are willing to listen to what he says beyond the wall."
"Don't take it for granted!" Igor became serious again, "Even our Night's Watch oneself can't be sure which direction the situation will go, why should Mance Rayder believe me, run around to tell me, and appease the new residents? How do you know if he'll help us stabilize the situation, or if he'll take the opportunity to plot a rebellion to take our place? No matter what happens, don't let him leave Castle Black!"
"en." Jon hurriedly nodded.
"However, you did remind me that Mance Rayder can't let go, but his family can." Igor thought for a while, then added: "In this way, you make his wife's younger sister...' Take the wildling princess 'Val, I've heard she's a very smart girl, talk to her before you go. Make sure she understands the tension at the moment and discuss with her how to convince the patriarchs."
"She's not a wildling princess, there is no First Rank princess in wildling society."
"Oh—" Igor held the forehead head, Jon the young man, sometimes Just don't understand the priorities. When is this, how can oneself have the time to argue with him about these literal things? "I know there is no such thing as a 'princess' beyond the wall, but if everyone mentions 'wildling princess', they know who they are referring to, So what's the difference between that and she's a princess? Well, don't talk about this, there's one more thing for you to remember - tell the new local people in a euphemistic way that Night's Watch is about to elect a new Lord Commander , once the conservatives come to power, it will pose a great threat to them, and I am doing my best to prevent this from happening."
"But...does this help us, the election of Night's Watch is only an oath brother Can participate...unless you change the rules to have the right to vote, but that requires you to become a Lord Commander first, isn't it contradictory..."
If you really come up with something democratic In addition, most of the Barbarians will send Mance Rayder to the throne of Lord Commander. It's ridiculous to think about it... Igor actually doesn't know what's the use of doing this, he just habitually wants to leave more paths for the future, Just in case: "I didn't expect for the time being, but the worst result is nothing more than a useless effort. Well, you should prepare first, I will assign ten people to protect you, but you still have to Be safe. Um... wear a helmet."
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