The Five Kings' Rebellion and Politics----The Stark Family and Political Insulation

Darion 2022-01-28 08:28:23

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Emperor Yuan of Han was the crown prince, he once suggested to Emperor Xuan of Han: "Your Majesty's punishment is too severe, it is better to use Confucian scholars. "Han Emperor then reprimanded he said:"! Han-owned system, the order and Confucianism, but since Moral education Only "," chaos my family who is also Prince "!
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"Peace," Varys answered without hesitation, "if there is a soul in King's Landing who sincerely wants to save Robert Baratheon's life, then It's me." He sighed. "For fifteen years, I've tried my best to protect him from my enemies, but in the end, he's been killed by my friends. What crazy idea is in your head to run and tell the Queen Mother that you know Joffrey's true identity ?"
"Benevolent madness," Ned admitted.
"Ah," Varys said, "isn't it? Lord Eddard, you are an upright person, and I often forget that because I have rarely met someone like you in my life." He looked around the cell. "When I see what happens to you with honesty and honor, I finally understand why."
Ned Stark rested his head on the damp stone wall and closed his eyes. His injured leg was aching. "The king's wine...have you
asked Lancel ?" "Of course you did. Cersei gave him the wine bag and told him it was Robert's favorite wine." The eunuch shrugged. "Hunting is inherently dangerous, and even if the pig didn't kill Robert, he would have fallen off his horse, been bitten by a venomous snake, or been shot by an arrow... The forest is the slaughterhouse of the heavenly gods. But killing the king It's not the medicinal wine, it's your 'kindness'."
Ned was afraid of that. "The gods forgive me."
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simple point is that he killed the people of the Seven Kingdoms because of his beliefs. Aside from the halo that the author gave him, Lord Stark is actually an extremely bad politician. The bad thing is that he neither achieves noble goals nor utterly fails at very mundane ones. He didn't keep the king; he didn't keep the family; he didn't keep the people; he didn't keep the peace. There is a difference between integrity and stupidity. The prime minister's responsibility is to govern the country, and such a metaphysical thing as values ​​should be left to the troubadour.
For the time being, I will not carefully measure the falsehood and trueness of the major forces around me. From an altitude of 30,000 miles, I will take out the reader's perspective of God to see how outrageous he is. He has several chances, different choices will lead to different results, the strange thing is that every time he chooses the worst one.

One of the wonderful things, when he found out the truth, he didn't act quickly, but went to the queen for a showdown. From the dialogue, it can be seen that he fully understands the king (the king's anger will chase you to the ends of the earth), but he does not understand the queen. Everyone simply said that, Aijia, I think either win or die, for this wording that is almost a declaration of war The Prime Minister has not woken up yet, this reflex arc is too long.
Best policy: With lightning speed, he hijacked the queen and Xiao Qiao, while protecting the illegitimate child, and then waiting for the king to come back. This strategy is risky and has greater benefits, and it is a must for ambitious people, because this strategy assumes that the king will never return (to be killed by the lion family), and then use the truth to squeeze out the lion family, and help a young master to come to power (regardless of the wind) The young owner of the fort is still Sanlu, or even a big ox), and the power is in control of the government. Lord Cao Mengde must choose a strategy.
Middle strategy: Go straight to the king and tell the truth. It has the advantage of Taoism, but it may force the lioness to riot in the capital. Lord Liu Xuande's first choice.
The next step: Lord Stark's choice, to startle the snake. Originally, the queen was only afraid of the prime minister and family/political disputes, so you can take it slowly. But now it has become a life-and-death situation.

The second strange thing is that when the emperor was dying, he refused Sanlu's proposal. Sanlu was ridiculed as bright bronze, which was not very useful, but this time, the performance of the Prime Minister was completely overwhelmed. In fact, this is the best chance for peace. This strategy means that among the seven kingdoms, the four Lumei and wolffish families join forces and are completely invincible in terms of strength. Moreover, Sanlu did not ask to abolish Xiao Qiao directly, so the superficial Taoism advantage is also in hand. In fact, after eliminating the Lion family, Sanlu may not be able to sit on the Iron Throne in the end. The Wolf family can use the power of Erlu to compete with the Rose family, and finally enjoy the advantage of 2.5vs1.5. In addition, the premise of this plan is to admit Naide's status as the guardian of the whole territory, so there is a lot of room for compromise. If you go well, it may become the dynasty of the wolf family in the future. The worst result is just to change the big deer to the three deer, and continue the pattern of the ministers and the monarchs, why not?
The best strategy: unite with Sanlu, put the queen and Xiao Qiao under house arrest, threaten the Shishi family with a little secret, and hold Erlu firmly. Let the rose family marry Sanlu, Sansha marry the lion family, and the killer girl thinks of marrying Sanlu or Erlu (if the Lu family has a daughter, it is also possible to use their own son), sacrificing personal happiness, but the political situation is both right and wrong. Also, all that's left is to see the Lions and Roses infighting for the Iron Throne.
Middle strategy: unite with Sanlu, let the Rose family marry Xiaoqiao and Sansha marry Sanlu. Compared with the best strategy, there is a danger that the Lion and Rose will join forces. Or, use Sanlu, use Erlu to suppress Sanlu afterwards, and retreat to the north by yourself. At least retreat, watch the fire from the other side and watch the Lu family brothers compete for the world.
The next policy: quickly approach the queen, use the co-operation to suppress the Lu family and spread secrets by himself as a threat, and ask for an alliance by marrying a daughter (a hostage). The disadvantage is that life hangs on the hands of people, and it depends on people's faces. Lord Tywin's words won't tear his face immediately, but the queen is a little hung up.
Last resort: Lord Stark's choice, wait to die. You can tamper with the emperor's will, and what kind of honor and tradition are you talking about? Hypocrisy?

The third strange thing, rejecting Littlefinger's proposal. Of course, Littlefinger deliberately wanted to kill Stark, but if you just look at the proposal, the price is indeed fair. This is called conscience for peace. All personal grievances are not important. If the wolf family and the lion family join forces (if both sides are really ambitious enough), the other families will not be able to turn the sky no matter how much they struggle. Because Aunt Cat's wonderful sister must be neutral, the three lion and wolf fish have three advantages in military strength, morality, and wealth. Even if the Lu family unites with the Rose family, they are at a disadvantage, not to mention Erlu is definitely not a guy who can win people's hearts.
Best policy: It is too late now, there is no best policy to speak of. At this time, the Queen has completed the deployment of troops, and the Prime Minister is defeated. Of course, the Prime Minister doesn't think so. He thinks that he has chosen the best strategy at this time---the armed showdown. The question is, what is the benefit to the ministers of the moment by opposing the queen, not at all?
Middle strategy: Immediately escape from the city and return to the north. Blackmail the lion's family with secrets, in exchange for acknowledging Joey in exchange for peace.
The next policy: flee the city immediately and retreat to the north. Using the king's edict + the secret of the lion's family as a weapon, he ordered the world to raise troops to be diligent. The reason why this was classified as a last resort was because war could not be avoided. And even the most honest war is inferior to a false peace.
Last resort: Lord Stark's choice, die.
So, Lord Stark fought bravely, Lord Stark fought with glory, Lord Stark died in confusion, Lord Stark killed the king, killed himself, killed his family, killed the people.
Let's not talk about the magical performance of Aunt Cat's "has been causing trouble and has always been a disservice".

With the excellent genetics of Lord Niande and Aunt Mao, so the children of the wolf family followed suit. The people of the seven kingdoms suffered innocently and lost their lives. Is the so-called integrity and honor a ticket to hell?
Lord Stark even died in a daze. It's true to admit that he was protecting his daughters, but he didn't see the essence of the political struggle. Except for strength, there was nothing to use to protect himself. The proud sense of honor is not good, and it is not good to admit. .
Poor radish, facing the mess left by Dad, had to walk a tightrope. First of all, if you don't raise troops to take revenge, the subordinates will think that the master is weak and can be bullied. Xingbing revenge? And because his father pleaded guilty, he lost his moral rationality. In order to create a legal basis, he had to rely on his own kingship to satisfy his subordinates who were not honorable but greedy. The problem of the Northern Army was actually much more serious than the lack of money and food. The biggest problem is that there is no clear strategic goal. What was the purpose of the Union Army? In the end, is it a deadly battle with the Lion family until the last soldier? Or do you want to support the Iron Throne to restore Ming Jun and give his own justice? Or do you want to take the Iron Throne or take a step back to divide the land? Each strategy requires a different approach. What is more reasonable and practical is the strategy of denying the lion's morality and aiming at the King of Diligence.
Best policy: Recognize the kingship of the Lu family and deny Xiao Qiao's inheritance. First of all, it is not clear whether to support Erlu or Sanlu, creating an atmosphere of "I support whoever becomes the Iron Throne as long as it is not a lion family". The fighting power of one's own side can be sold at a price, and the reward is the restoration of one's own reputation + the defeat of the Lion family. Because there are many ambitious people, and the enemy standing in front of the Iron Throne is definitely not the wolf family. In fact, the radish has already done half of this strategy, which is the strategy that was accidentally broken by his uncle. The ultimate strategy was to stand up to Lord Taiwen himself, and use "whoever breaks the capital first, whoever can sit on the Iron Throne and get the support of my family" as a bait, forces Erlu and Sanlu to quickly attack King's Landing. No matter who wins, once the capital is broken, the overall situation will be settled, and the rest is just a political division of the spoils. And at the loot-sharing conference, they can use the threat of returning to the north and letting the old lion attack the capital (if the capital is broken, the wolf family will not have the blood of the lion family, but the other families will be completely opposed to the lion family). At least you can get a position no worse than the original, because each family will be happy to have the wolf family fight for themselves. In this way, whether it is soldiers, horses, money, food, or morality, they will stand on their side. Fighting alone, no one is afraid of the wolf family, right?
In this way, it is easy to lead to the situation of deer, rose and wolf vs lion in strategy. This is the least stressful for the wolf family, and the worst is that King Qin fails and retreats to defend the northern border. And the biggest possibility is to watch the fire from the other side and watch the competition. In fact, the best strategy exists, but because of the stupid death of Lord Nide, the two lions and wolves completely lost the possibility of joining forces.
Central policy: surrender to Sanlu. The advantages are as mentioned above, in short, it can pull the rose family over. The disadvantage is that it will lead to scattered forces, such as Sanlu and Erlu competing (as described in the book, if the capital is not attacked, the brothers will fight first). Trying to unite with Sanlu is the right move, but crowning the king yourself is in conflict with this strategy.
The next policy: follow my father and surrender to Erlu. It's basically the situation in the book, but at least it has the advantage of being righteous. If you make yourself a king, the battle situation will remain the same, but the name will also be different. However, the difference is not very big, because it is difficult to gain an advantage with this strategy, and the difference between the two differences will only appear after gaining an advantage (is it war with Erlu or peace?). After all, there are differences between the clothes and belts of the Showa and Hanzhong kings.
The upper armies are attacked, the second is to attack the cross, and the last is to attack the city (in terms of intrigue, it is still the sauce tank of the thousands of years of my great dynasty that is much more powerful). Naide's defeat in the political strategy (cutting strategy) forced his son to go on the road of cutting the army. But the radish's wire was actually much wider than what he saw, because there was still a "diplomatic" way, and a few victories had already brought the Young Wolf Lord to the negotiating table. But strategic ambiguity prevents radishes from jumping out of their nests and looking at the big picture. As a result, the tactically invincible Young Wolf Lord finally fell to the heel of Achilles without a clear strategic goal. The red wedding only romanticized the defeat of the radish, but in the eyes of the masters, this "little bully" was destined to fail from the beginning.

Of course the author has his own three views, and we were not obliged to accept it all at that time. When you are young, you will think that greatness is to die gloriously for the goal, but when you get older, you will realize that it is more difficult to live humble for the goal. Who sits on the so-called Iron Throne, whose family's glory, what kind of belief, is completely insignificant compared to the common people living and working in peace and contentment, eating and waiting to die. So please put away your pretence, hold back your vomiting, and play a game of intrigue and greed with shameless people from all walks of life, which is far better than a bloody, life-threatening battle of honor. No matter how oppressed, civilians can at least see tomorrow. When you die, you have nothing, and when you live, there are at least all kinds of possibilities.
Or, like the former Prime Minister Aylin, he was burdened and the residents were peaceful; or like Littlefinger, the agency set off a huge wave in exchange for his own rise. Like the Stark family, both themselves and the people have lost everything. It's really weird to a certain extent, so they should either be eliminated as soon as possible, or they should be consecrated as soon as possible, and stop torturing the people.

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PS Talking about political ability, of course everyone Everyone knows that the Lannister family is the strongest, because there are two A-level players, Lord Tywin and Imp. But in fact, the Lu family is also stronger than the wolf family, mainly because of the fat deer. First of all, he is indeed the smartest among the Lu family brothers. The situation before his death was only one step away from perfection. Let's see, the more powerful lords around: the wolf family is his best friend (so the fish family was also pulled in), The Eagle's Nest City is his prime minister, the lion is his maiden's family, plus his own territory, as long as he "marries" Langli to the Rose family as soon as possible, there are relatives and friends in all directions, which is a perfect political marriage. Too bad his emotional weakness ruined everything.

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The North Remembers quotes

  • [Robb enters Jaime's cage]

    Jaime Lannister: King in the North. I keep expecting you to leave me in one castle or another for safekeeping, but you've dragged me along from camp to camp. Have you grown fond of me, Stark? Is that it? I've never seen you with a girl.

    Robb Stark: If I left you with one of my bannermen, your father would know within a fortnight. My bannerman would receive a raven with a message: "Release my son and you'll be rich beyond your dreams. Refuse and your house will be destroyed, root and stem."

    Jaime Lannister: You don't trust the loyalty of the men following you into battle?

    Robb Stark: Oh, I trust them with my life. Just not with yours.

    Jaime Lannister: Smart boy. What's wrong? Don't like being called "boy"?

    [Jaime adopts a mocking frown and tone]

    Jaime Lannister: Insulted?

    [Robb glances sternly at a point behind Jaime's shoulder. A deep growl is heard off-screen. Jaime struggles to turn his head to see what made the noise]

    Robb Stark: You insult yourself, Kingslayer. You've been defeated by a boy. You're held captive by a boy. Perhaps you'll be killed by a boy.

    [Jaime tries not to let his fear show as Robb's direwolf, Grey Wind, stalks into the cage]

    Robb Stark: Stannis Baratheon sent ravens to all the high lords of Westeros. King Joffrey Baratheon is neither a true king, nor a true Baratheon. He's your bastard son.

    Jaime Lannister: Well, if that's true, Stannis is the rightful king. How convenient for him.

    Robb Stark: My father learned the truth. That's why you had him executed.

    Jaime Lannister: I was your prisoner when Ned Stark lost his head.

    Robb Stark: Your son killed him so the world wouldn't learn who fathered him, and you... you pushed my brother from a window because he saw you with the queen.

    Jaime Lannister: [still trying not to let his fear show] You have proof? Or do you want to trade gossip like a couple of fishwives?

    Robb Stark: I'm sending one of your cousins down to King's Landing with my peace terms.

    Jaime Lannister: You think my father's going to negotiate with you? You don't know him very well.

    Robb Stark: No... but he's starting to know me.

    Jaime Lannister: Three victories don't make you a conqueror.

    Robb Stark: It's better than three defeats.

    [Robb turns and walks out of the cage. Jaime shuts his eyes as Grey Wind growls threateningly and lunges at his face. When Jaime opens his eyes again, he is unharmed and alone]

  • [Joffrey is talking to Cersei in the Red Keep]

    Joffrey Baratheon: Say what you will about the Targaryens, they were conquerors.

    [Joffrey points to the Iron Throne]

    Joffrey Baratheon: That is a seat for a conqueror.