The Duke chuckled lightly after listening to me.

"Among the nobles, there’s no one who wouldn’t want to gain absolute loyalty from their subordinates."@@novelbin@@

East and West, two cultures that hardly share anything in common except for the fact that they are both human. But even between these two, there is one ideology that transcends.

"Power is maintained because the people and vassals support it, and it can both strengthen and weaken over time."

In the East, especially in Confucian culture, this is interpreted as 'the will of the people is the will of heaven,' and it has been taught that lowering taxes without any measure is the ideal.

In the West, the lord is supposed to act as a lord, and the vassals are expected to be loyal, as this is part of their contract. Fulfilling this contract is both a human duty and a divine will.

If one doesn’t abide by this, then breaking a lord’s skull is lawful under the rational contract relationship.

"This is where the difference between the West and the East starts."

My thoughts wandered for a moment, but the important thing is that for a ruler to maintain power, there is only one key element.

Gaining the loyalty of subordinates.

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