This made more sense. It was a publicly known fact that the Martial Union and Royal Kandrian Family were not on the best of terms. Although Martial Artists rebelling against states and organizations of various kinds was a universal phenonon that led to the birth of the Age of Martial Art, it still inevitably created so degree of friction in the Kandrian Empire between the Royal Family that directed the governnt and the Martial Union.
The Martial Union was a congregation of Martial Artists that was powerful enough to rival the Kandrian Empire through the power of Martial Art, exclusively. It was cautious and resentful of the Royal Family that once dominated Martial Artists before the breakthrough of Martial Squires, and no doubt would do so if it was viably possible. The Royal Family, on the other hand, no doubt disdained the Martial Union as it was an entity within the Kandrian Empire that it could not control, and that faintly had the potential to overthrow the Royal Family.
Of course, this was very ambiguous, however, it did create a sense of aversion and wariness within the Martial Artists of the Martial Union to the Royal Family and the Kandrian governnt. Rui wasn't sure he would have accepted the personal commission from the colonel had he known that he was the true client.
Of course, he could cancel choose to cancel it even now. It's just that this would penalize him since he did not have a just cause, and he wasn't so sure if it was warranted now that he had actually t the man.
"However, you don't seem to be the emotional type." He pointed. "I wouldn't have gone to such degrees if I could be sure that you would not refuse my commission, but alas, I can't be sure of that since we're not of the sa faction."
The last sentence he uttered caused confusion in Rui.
"You and I? Part of the sa faction?" Rui frowned.
"Did I stutter?" He asked, impassively.
"We're not even part of the sa organization or movent or group of any kind." Rui threw a puzzled look at him. "How could we possibly be part of the sa faction?"
"Your understanding of the political landscape of the Kandrian Empire is woefully inadequate." He shook his head. "The faction I am of in the Royal Army and the Kandrian governnt broadly shares the exact sa goal and ideal as that of a political faction within the Martial Union. We cooperate distantly to try and achieve our common goal. We are effectively part of the sa faction."
Rui's eyes rose a little, in interest. It was an intriguing concept and one that he hadn't considered prior. Of course, he didn't deny the colonel's statent about his political acun, because it was indeed true. What little he knew were things he had heard, read, or inferred. He had not studied political history to any aningful degree.
He simply didn't care to dive deep into the field, and intelligence alone wasn't enough to sohow make him not ignorant.
"What faction is this?" Rui asked out of curiosity.
"The rger Faction." Senior Geringan replied.
Rui's eyes narrowed, he could instantly infer what the faction was about based on the na and what he had told Rui about his faction prior. A faction that extended across the governnt, army, and the Martial Union, known as the 'rger' faction.
"Is the political objective of this faction the union of the Martial Union and the Kandrian Governnt?" Rui's narrowed.
This sounded like an absurd goal, it was absolutely impossible for the Martial Union and Kandrian governnts to rge into one entity. The clash of interests between the entities was real, after all.
"Correct." The man nodded. "We strive every day to influence legislation that increasingly pushes us in this direction until we hope to unite the Kandrian governnt and the Martial Union with an equal division of power between the constituents of the groups within a new ruling power.."
"That seems unfeasible given the friction between the two entities." Rui voiced his thoughts as he considered the colonel's thoughts. "After all, the head of state and the head of governnt both are the Royal Emperor. In order to form a governnt where legislative, executive, and judicial power is equally divided between the two groups, the Royal Emperor would at the very least need to change, and a more neutral head representing the interests of the two forr entities would need to co in place. Unless the Royal Emperor himself is part of the rger Faction, there is no way he would concede his power for such an arrangent."
While Rui wasn't an expert, he knew that the Royal Emperor represented the legislative branch of the governnt singlehandedly, the rest of the governnt generally served as the executive of the legislation that he passed. aning he was the only one who possessed the authority to facilitate any fusion between the Kandrian Governnt and the Martial Union, which he would be disincentivized to do if it involved sharing his absolute legislative power with the Martial Council, the highest governing committee of the Martial Union in so form or the other.
"You have very correctly identified one of the biggest stumbling blocks on our way to accomplishing our objective." The colonel nodded, impressed. "It is one of the reasons our faction has existed for as long as it has without succeeding. It is highly disadvantageous to those in power to share one's own authority for the sake of the nation. However, the need of the nation is greater than one man's selfish desire, wouldn't you agree?"
"I would, but unfortunately, it's extrely unlikely to happen from what I understand," Rui replied sardonically. "rging the Martial Union and the Kandrian Governnt would not just an rging our forces, it would be changing the very identity of the nation. After all, Martial Artists possessing legislative power by virtue of being Martial Artists would turn the very nature of the Kandrian Empire as a sovereign state into a militaristic nation or a Martial state."
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