episode_0061

Being here, I’ve realized something.

Father-in-law, that is, Mahdi Risan, the leader of the Risan tribe, has a weak political foundation.

It’s not that he lacks power.

In terms of sheer military force or the size of the tribes under his command, he is undoubtedly the best in the Great Wilderness.

Even excluding alliances or subordinate forces, the army he directly controls is around 40,000. Moreover, they are all highly skilled cavalry armed with rockets.

How can this be weak? If 40,000 cavalry are classified as a weak force, there are no great powers in the world.

However, the problem lay in justification.

“Kalia, I don’t think there’s a need to print this time. I’ll only write one copy.”

“Is that so? Are you perhaps going to give it as a gift to someone?”

“Yeah. To your father.”

Nomads originally strictly adhere to bloodlines.

Even more so than the status-based society of settled peoples.

Since society revolves around clans, it’s easy to trace each person’s lineage, and the nature of nomadic life also plays a part.

It was advantageous to survive by thoroughly distinguishing between superiors and inferiors and concentrating wealth in one place.

This was a common phenomenon among nomadic peoples on Earth. This world was no exception.

‘A system where insubordination or a reversal of fortune is physically blocked.’

As a result, even if you wanted to rise to a high position, there were severe restrictions.

Unless you were from the venerable 15 Ulus (tribes) or their collateral lines, you could not use the title of Khan, meaning king.

To become the [Great Khan] or [Khagan], the emperor who leads the entire Great Wilderness, you had to be a descendant of Zakatay Great Khan, the founder of the first nomadic empire.

Even 700 years after the empire founded by Zakatay disappeared, this rule was strictly maintained.

“I received a beautiful daughter, so I have to give something in return. It’s hard to give material things, but I can share knowledge as much as I want.”

“Oh my. Suddenly giving compliments.”

“I’m serious, though?”

However, Mahdi is not a descendant of Zakatay Great Khan.

He inherited the blood of the 15 Ulus and uses the title of Khan, but he can never rule the entire Great Wilderness.

To make an analogy, he’s in the same position as Esen Taishi, a hero who almost rebuilt the Mongol Empire.

He had popularity, justification, and power, but due to his bloodline, he couldn’t reach the position above all others.

He could enjoy power to his heart’s content just below that, but he couldn’t get the crown.

The moment he dared to covet it, rebellions would break out everywhere, and he would be driven into a position of worrying about betrayal.

“I’m going to write here and leave, so please get writing paper as soon as possible. The content is already organized, so it’ll be done in a week.”

“Okay. I’ll ask my mother.”

Until now, he hadn’t cared because he didn’t have the ability or the will to rule… but the future is a problem.

Mahdi is already a rising force and a hero of the Great Wilderness who has defeated the invading forces of Navr and Artyom.

If things continue like this, it’s only a matter of time before he unites the entire wilderness and gains control.

Perhaps in half a year at most, the entire order of the Great Wilderness will be reorganized around Mahdi and his tribe.

However, should they now enthrone Zakatay’s bloodline as the Great Khan?

‘According to the rules of the wilderness, that’s the right thing to do.’

According to tradition, that’s right.

No matter how powerful you are, if you don’t have legitimacy, you have to find and serve a noble person.

You have to pick out even a figurehead and create an imperial family.

However, this system had one inherent flaw.

That is, it’s difficult to maintain in the long term.

‘Because in the end, it’s governance borrowing someone else’s authority.’

No matter how nominal the ruler is, they gain legitimacy over time. It means that support gathers and political power is secured to some extent.

Then, naturally, that side’s power gradually shifts.

They set him up as a figurehead, but over time, he turns into a real power.

Naturally, Mahdi wouldn’t want this kind of ending.

To prevent this, there were two main solutions.

“First. Achieve a damn awesome feat so that no one can object to the enthronement of the Great Khan.”

Gain achievements surpassing Zakatay.

If you trample the whole world under hooves and unify the continent, your authority will be at an untouchable level.

Even if you declare your enthronement, no one but a crazy person would dare to oppose it. If anything, they would celebrate the birth of a new ruling lineage.

‘It won’t be easy, though.’

However, in contrast to the simple idea, the difficulty is high. Is world conquest something that can be done as easily as saying it?

To break through the fortresses and armies of each country scattered everywhere and plant flags, you’d need several times your current forces.

And if combat losses are enormous, Mahdi’s prestige will plummet as a bonus.

In the first place, it doesn’t seem like there will be conditions for nomads to be so active.

“Or second. Create an ideological justification to legitimize the enthronement and persuade the public.”

If you don’t like that, you can just ascend the throne.

You’ll need plausible logic to convince everyone.

Since it’s not just for simple incitement, you can’t just make up claims haphazardly.

At the very least, you’ll need to put in the effort to bring in several political experts and meticulously weave the logic.

Of course, it’s very difficult to do this while living a nomadic life.

‘But Mahdi has me.’

And I knew.

An ideology that is very useful in this situation.

Its name is none other than—

“Juche Ideology.”

* * * * *

As everyone knows.

Juche Ideology is a pseudo-theory created by the three hunchbacked men of the North to legally justify their dictatorship.

From the perspective of citizens of a democratic country, there’s no such thing as this kind of nonsense.

But it’s quite good as an argument for a ruler to spread to exalt himself.

Otherwise, how would they have created the first hereditary republic in human history?

‘Politically speaking, it’s a great achievement.’

Think about it.

It’s neither a kingdom nor an empire, but power is inherited between father and son.

Moreover, they made the people take it for granted.

Since the beginning of time, only these guys are the politicians who have established such a bizarre system.

‘If that’s possible in a republic, there’s no need to even talk about it in a stratified society.’

That’s why Mahdi needed Juche Ideology.

If an ideology can break even the basic laws of a republic, the constraints of bloodlines would be simple.

“Ismail, I brought the paper here.”

“Thanks. I’ll put it to good use.”

After receiving writing supplies from Kalia, I immediately started writing.

[In a nutshell, Juche Ideology is the idea that the people are the protagonists of the nation, and the power that drives the nation’s development and growth also lies with the people.

In other words, it means that the masters of one’s destiny are oneself, and the power to carve out one’s destiny also lies with oneself.]

[The biggest characteristic that distinguishes humans from animals is that they do not adapt to nature and the environment. Humans are the most powerful beings and, as masters of the world, have the will and ability to constantly remodel society and nature to suit their needs.]

[A proper nation and people must have independence. In four aspects: ideology, politics, economy, and national defense.

Having independence in thought, not being interfered with externally politically, achieving self-reliance economically, and achieving self-defense in national defense.]

The basis of Juche Ideology is a socialist-feeling human-centered philosophy that emphasizes the will of the people.

It is an argument that is combined with a closed-minded value system that one must protect independent sovereignty.

If you only look at this, you’ll get the impression that it’s surprisingly ordinary.

It’s not like there’s only one or two ideologies that advocate isolationism.

Considering the socio-political situation in North Korea at the time of its announcement, it’s a reasonably rational point of view.

It’s a unique, but understandable theory.

But the key is from here on out.

[However, most people lack or are deficient in the ability to make independent judgments. Therefore, there is a need for an entity that can represent their collective will, that is, the monarch.

The monarch is the center that synthesizes and analyzes the independent demands and interests of the people and unifies them into one, and at the same time, it is the center that directs the people’s creative activities for the realization of it.]

[The interests of the people are represented by the nobles who deal with the people. Therefore, the position that defends the true interests of the people is the position of the nobles, and the position that defends the true interests of the nobles is the position of the monarch, who is the leader of the nobles.

Therefore, the position that ideally defends the interests of the people, the nobles, and the entire nation is the position of the monarch.]

[For the security and survival of the nation, three elements, the monarch-nobles-people, must unite. The people are the foundation of the nation, but they cannot find the right direction on their own, the nobles guide the people, and the monarch guides the nobles.

Without a monarch, there is no nation, and the nobles, the people, and the people’s livelihood cannot survive.]

The subject of the nation and society is the people.

Juche Ideology twisted this proposition to ‘The subject of the nation and society is the people, the party of the people, and the leader of the people.’

It combined the leader’s position with the people’s position and reversed the order of the propositions.

Not that the leader represents the people, but that the people represent the leader.

It concentrates power in the dictator and elevates him to an object of absolute obedience and worship.

‘With a few changes, it’ll work in a monarchy, too.’

By slightly changing the expression in this method, I made people worship the absolute power of the monarch.

I partially quoted the views of the Leviathan I had written before.

I wrote that the monarch serves for the benefit of the people, so he should enjoy the authority and rights that are appropriate for it.

If the original Juche Ideology was leader-absoluteism, here, I made it monarch-absoluteism.

Oh, and I changed some of the parts about revolution and the people.

I removed the communist colors and reorganized it to be closer to pure political theory. I’m not particularly interested in a communist nomadic army.

[In view of the enormous responsibilities imposed on the monarch, only qualified people should ascend to that position. A talented person who has proven himself through the actions he has taken in his life.

Everyone will know without having to prove that the rule of an existing hero is better than a descendant who faintly inherits the blood of an ancient hero.]

[The monarch is responsible for the fate of the entire nation. The person who will inherit the ideas and achievements of such a monarch must also have similarly great qualities. It is also necessary to share the same ruling philosophy and opinions.

Talented people who satisfy the above conditions can only be found through bloodlines and loyalty. The hereditary succession of the throne stabilizes the nation and guarantees the qualifications of the monarch.]

[Zakatay Great Khan was a great conqueror. But now that his bloodline is fading and losing its ability, wouldn’t it be good to find a new Great Khan’s bloodline?]

Hereditary succession through bloodlines is good.

However, Mahdi’s bloodline, whose ability has been proven, is better than the old Zakatay’s bloodline.

Isn’t it more rational to believe in the hero in front of you than to cling to the distant past?

If you add roughly this content?

The groundwork for Mahdi’s accession to the Great Khan is complete.

“That should be enough. Kalia, is it okay to entrust the bookbinding to you?”

“Don’t worry.”

After completing the manuscript, I handed it over to Kalia and packed my bags.

I have provided the necessary information and means.

It is up to my father-in-law to use it profitably.