Chapter 250
2021-01-06
Chapter 250 FuneralMost of the "oneself people" have long been determined to follow and support him, not Need to fight, as long as Igor breathes, he will naturally do what he said. However, there are exceptions - that candid conversation on the last visit to the Mountain Clan tribe brought Igor and Jaime a lot closer, but the Chief Logistics Officer didn't completely pull the Kingslayer into the oneself group, and Now, to take advantage of the leverage effect to exploit the loopholes in the election rules, Igor has to pull in anyone who can win.
Unfortunately, Kingslayer's answer made Igor almost spit out old blood:
"The brothers who came to the Wall with me used to be my father's men, but now, they are the men of Night's Watch Legion. They have the right to decide how to vote, who to listen to and who to follow."
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"Good one has the right to decide, James, as far as naivety is concerned. , I will obey you in this world." Igor burst into flames, "You said that those people have the right to freely choose what to do, but have you ever thought about whether they chose to come with you when they came to the Wall? The power not to come?"
James was stunned.
"Duke Tywin, after you decided to put on black clothed, made an announcement to solicit people who are willing to accompany you to the Wall? I'm afraid not, let me guess - he mostly asked his subordinates to directly Pick 50 elite soldiers out, buy them with a lot of money or force them by various means... In short, one sentence: come if you come, or come if you don't!" Igor stared straight at James unceremoniously: "Never thought about this, did you? For you who grew up as Heaven's Chosen Child and grew up as the future heir of House Lannister, your father is a human being, your elder sister and younger brother are human...others? Shit! As for the fifty youngsters who accompany you to the Wall, in your subconscious, they are probably not even people, just a number, right?"
"No...they... ...they are also my sworn brothers now..."
"These are both your fellow villagers and your sworn brothers, how many of you can name them? Promise brother 'are you honored?'"
Igor pressed hard, a heartless, pampered young master like James Lannister who didn't care about anything, couldn't touch him without saying something serious: "I Admiration and respect for your idea of becoming a Night's Watch, but you also have to think about those Westerners young men who accompany you to the Wall! No matter how your father 'convinced' them to accompany you to join Night's Watch in the first place, the fact is ——In order to ensure that you will not be bullied alone in Night's Watch Legion, there are fifty Westerlands youngsters who have nothing to do with your mistakes and gave up their original lives and ran to the Wall of the World of Ice and Snow... If you don't marry a wife and have no children, you are destined to die in Sri Lanka! You feel that oneself has made too many mistakes and brought too much crisis and trouble to the family, so you are determined to make atonement here, the fifty people who accompany you... Now It's only in your early forties, have you ever felt sorry for the few who died outside Castle Black, and thought about the forty or so who survived?"
"Okay, don't Thinking that you are the chief logistics officer, you can point fingers at me!" James patted the table in annoyance, but fortunately - although Igor's words were heavy, he didn't cut his most sensitive pain points, he was only exposed. A little cautious, but not angry: "Even if If I let them do everything you tell me to do, can you guarantee that they will take off their black clothed? "
"I just promise!" Night's Watch Legion will definitely have an exit mechanism in the future, whether you enjoy it or not is up to you. "Igor said stubbornly, he didn't want to lose control of the more than 40 tickets by saying the truth. "Even if you don't believe it, you have to tell your people my promise. According to you, they have the right to make their own decisions." Decide whether to trust me or not. "
"Okay okay, you bastard, you're annoying to death." James waved his hand. "My people and I will all vote for you. Are you satisfied?" "
"Thank you. "Igor relaxed, a smile suddenly reappeared on his face: "But I don't plan to participate in the election at first. As for who to vote for, I will send someone to inform you when the time comes..."
"You're not participating? What are you doing? Kingslayer asked with a frown, thinking about it before shrugging: "Forget it, I don't want to know. "
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"He was count of Bear Island, patriarch of House Mormont, and joined Night's Watch Legion for honor and faith." In the ten years after putting on black clothed, I have been devoted to my duties, made an all-out effort, and led all brothers through crises and difficulties..."
Aemon Targaryen spoke in a low voice on the high stage He began to read the eulogy of Jeor Mormont. He was over a hundred years old, originally thought that Mormont would be the last Lord Commander of oneself's assistant. Who would have thought that Jeor Mormont, who has always been energetic and healthy, would suddenly encounter this kind of no warning. The accident. Reading the eulogy, feeling the constant wave of weakness from the aging body... Blind Maester suddenly had a feeling of seeing one's child die before oneself.
From age Look, that's true.
In the square in the middle of Castle Black, Igor stood in the crowd, silently watching the old boss lying on the cremation mound in the center of the venue, filled with emotion.
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Before crossing, as a member of the innumerable living beings, Igor, like many ordinary persons, felt that leaders should be close to the people and should come to the crowd... Travel with attendants crowding round, guards clear the field , security checks, etc. are simply putting on airs and causing trouble to the people.
But after experiencing the lesson of Old Bear's accidental death, Igor really understood this truth: from becoming a top management of a force Even from the moment of the leader, the life of the individual is no longer the one's own, but the entire organization. If you don't pay attention to safety, you will be taken advantage of by people who have no intentions, and will eventually be destroyed by a mob like Mormont. The big picture, leaving a whole mess for the supporters.
You have to take care of your own safety even if you are thinking of others.
With this mindset, Igor is now standing in the lead of oneself. Among the cronies who came to Wall, surrounded by Jon and his friends, and James and his bodyguards... secretly swear: if necessary, oneself will be a "counsel" for life, suspicious and cautious, not giving any A man's chance to hurt oneself.
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"He's Jeor Mormont, and his watch ends at the end of the day. . In a trance, the blind Maester had finished the last sentence of the eulogy, coughed twice, and left the platform with the help of an assistant.
A ranger carried the torch to the cremation pyre and ignited the fire. Firewood. Because of his special status, Mormont couldn't be Earth Fired in Nightfort, a place that was not guarded by Night's Watch, and the people who transported the corpse were afraid of the "resurrection" of the corpse. The Night's Watch wrapped the former commander tightly like a mummy... ...Fortunately, as the deceased was gradually swallowed by the flames, at least everyone no longer had to worry about the former leader becoming an enemy.
The flames burned more and more vigorously, and the human figure was soon no longer clearly visible. Igor stared blankly at the flames, waiting for the fire to subside to announce the next important news...
But someone spoke first.
"Is that all? asked Yohn Royce aloud, "burn Commander Mormont and everyone is ready to start running for the next Lord Commander?" The guy who came up with the idea to bring in wildling, shouldn't he be punished for that? "
I can't hide.
Igor frowned, missing the Old Bear alive - Mormont knew how Vale's nobles came to the Wall, and didn't want to be caught between Night's Watch. After oneself went north and returned to the Wall, they deliberately sent all the "Lords Declarant" members to Eastwatch, which made everything so smooth after Igor returned to the Wall.
But now that Mormont is dead, the commander of Eastwatch has brought people back to Castle Black in the name of voting.
This is for oneself, there is too much hype!
Igor sighed, fortunately, he is the chief logistics officer, his position is no lower than anyone in the Night's Watch Legion, and he has oneself in Castle Black, and he is not completely slaughtered.
“Ashes of Commander Mormont It's still hot, Mr. Royce is eager to engage in infighting using public office to avenge private wrongs? Lord Commander did accept my advice to accept the people of beyond the wall as land-grantors, but let me remind you that no matter where in the world... the one who advises is innocent. Even if you want to punish me for this, you have to take down the position of Lord Commander first. "
Royce Ser coldly snorted, without continuing the futile verbal battle: "I'm not running for Lord Commander." "
"It's a coincidence that I'm not participating either. "Igor replied with a smile: "There is one more question... Commander Mormont ordered it, and the term 'wildling' has never been used since the land grant. You are now using this term in public in Castle Black, but it violates the rules of the Night's Watch Legion. . "
"Yes, we should say, 'New Land Granters.'" Cotter Pyke gave a rough laugh: "Those new land-givers who stoned Commander Mormont to death within a few days of being put into the Wall!" "
"There is no 'that group', only 'that' the murderer who threw the stone. "Igor took advantage of the trend to lead the topic to what oneself wanted to say just now: "In the place where I come from, there is a saying called 'injustice, debtor'... Now, the murderer has been arrested and brought to justice by Ser Buckwell. If your lords want, we can get the trial out of the way before the next Lord Commander campaign begins. ”
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(end of this chapter)