Vidyadhara governance involves the treaty signed between the high elders and the alliance, and isn't something that Jing Yuan has a say on.
Who becomes 龙尊 directly affects Vidyadhara governance. Two points:
Jing Yuan has been secretly interfering in the Vidyadhara internal politics wrt protecting Bailu.
Pointing out the impact of keeping IL alive on Vidyadhara governance is a persuasion chip he can use during negotiations.
He doesn't have direct control, but that doesn't mean he can't make use of it. He seems to have a pretty good grasp of each factions' main interests, and knowing what makes these guys tick will better help find terms that both sides are willing to agree on. He's smart enough to come up with a good argument for how IL preservation would be good/bad and thus why Preceptors/Ten Lords should agree to whatever terms.
As for 化龙妙法
The use here being that Preceptors want it, that's their motivation for wanting to keep Dan Feng alive. That's the starting point of the negotiation. Jing Yuan can't give them the info but he can give them a chance at getting the info out of Dan Feng. That chance is Jing Yuan's leverage to get concessions out of Preceptors for certain demands that Ten Lords inevitably will make.
dirt and secrets are the first and foremost things that come to mind. Because the Luofu story has been revolving around (1) Phantylia's external provocations of internal division and (2) internal corruption in the vague and complicated government system.
Phantylia is merely the symptom of political fracturing happening in Luofu. Phantylia snuck into Luofu due to internal moles. These moles aren't one off dissidents but are an organized group of seditious force (at least that seems to be the implication). That means they have some kind of shared interest that's driving them to sell out Luofu's interests. So there's two potential interests on the line if Taoran dies:
The seditious faction becomes even more extreme, leading to greater calamity by helping even more hostile forces.
Calcifying the already existing tensions because the seditious group sees that capture means death and they've already committed treason, so they've got nothing to lose.
For any governing body, a deeply entrenched seditious faction that thinks they've got nothing to lose is going to result in a massacre of innocent people. You can't solve terrorism with military force.
So it's not about getting dirt, it's about weighing the potential drawbacks of trying to root out all of the corruption. I mean the reason corruption is so difficult to deal with in every existing political body is because the ruling class risks societal chaos if it's not handled with a deft touch.
Saying that Taoran has any kind of control or influence over Phantylia
I didn't say that he has control over Phantylia. He just needs to have political influence with seditious Vidyadhara who want to cooperate with hostile forces that want to destroy Luofu. That alone would cause enough damage. Having to play whack-a-mole tracking after traitors and spies while a hostile force wants to invade is a pretty big headache. If Taoran is willing to use his influence to get the seditious Vidyadhara to delay their backstabbing, it'll be a huge boon. It will at least buy the ruling powers time to work out another plan.
(The core of Luofu's problem isn't that multiple outside factions want to crush them. The core threat is that there is a growing faction of their own citizens who want those hostile forces to win. They are losing the battle from the inside. Going to war while there's a large seditious faction is political suicide.)
Taoran is obviously not working alone. Successfully sneaking an Emanator of Destruction into Luofu, helping Borisin to seep into Luofu's 六司 suggests there's a huge faction that's backing Taoran. That knowledge alone is worth bargaining.
Sure, that faction might betray Taoran because evil is gonna evil, but if Taoran can get them to back down momentarily or even spit out some names in exchange for a commuted sentence, how can anyone be sure that the powers that be won't take the deal? That would probably be the gist of Taoran's bargaining chip.
Furthermore, if Taoran is executed, who's to say that won't result in even more extremist terrorism from the seditious faction? If they've already aligned themselves with Destruction, what's stopping them from helping more hostile forces to sneak in and cause more deaths? Since there's no way the Cloud Knights can know who is part of the seditious faction, they can only respond to damage after the fact; while having Taoran's cooperation would allow them to take preventive measures.
These are all considerations that's gonna come up during trial.
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Date: 2024-09-12 07:16 (UTC)Who becomes 龙尊 directly affects Vidyadhara governance. Two points:
Jing Yuan has been secretly interfering in the Vidyadhara internal politics wrt protecting Bailu.
Pointing out the impact of keeping IL alive on Vidyadhara governance is a persuasion chip he can use during negotiations.
He doesn't have direct control, but that doesn't mean he can't make use of it. He seems to have a pretty good grasp of each factions' main interests, and knowing what makes these guys tick will better help find terms that both sides are willing to agree on. He's smart enough to come up with a good argument for how IL preservation would be good/bad and thus why Preceptors/Ten Lords should agree to whatever terms.
The use here being that Preceptors want it, that's their motivation for wanting to keep Dan Feng alive. That's the starting point of the negotiation. Jing Yuan can't give them the info but he can give them a chance at getting the info out of Dan Feng. That chance is Jing Yuan's leverage to get concessions out of Preceptors for certain demands that Ten Lords inevitably will make.
Phantylia is merely the symptom of political fracturing happening in Luofu. Phantylia snuck into Luofu due to internal moles. These moles aren't one off dissidents but are an organized group of seditious force (at least that seems to be the implication). That means they have some kind of shared interest that's driving them to sell out Luofu's interests. So there's two potential interests on the line if Taoran dies:
The seditious faction becomes even more extreme, leading to greater calamity by helping even more hostile forces.
Calcifying the already existing tensions because the seditious group sees that capture means death and they've already committed treason, so they've got nothing to lose.
For any governing body, a deeply entrenched seditious faction that thinks they've got nothing to lose is going to result in a massacre of innocent people. You can't solve terrorism with military force.
So it's not about getting dirt, it's about weighing the potential drawbacks of trying to root out all of the corruption. I mean the reason corruption is so difficult to deal with in every existing political body is because the ruling class risks societal chaos if it's not handled with a deft touch.
I didn't say that he has control over Phantylia. He just needs to have political influence with seditious Vidyadhara who want to cooperate with hostile forces that want to destroy Luofu. That alone would cause enough damage. Having to play whack-a-mole tracking after traitors and spies while a hostile force wants to invade is a pretty big headache. If Taoran is willing to use his influence to get the seditious Vidyadhara to delay their backstabbing, it'll be a huge boon. It will at least buy the ruling powers time to work out another plan.
(The core of Luofu's problem isn't that multiple outside factions want to crush them. The core threat is that there is a growing faction of their own citizens who want those hostile forces to win. They are losing the battle from the inside. Going to war while there's a large seditious faction is political suicide.)
Taoran is obviously not working alone. Successfully sneaking an Emanator of Destruction into Luofu, helping Borisin to seep into Luofu's 六司 suggests there's a huge faction that's backing Taoran. That knowledge alone is worth bargaining.
Sure, that faction might betray Taoran because evil is gonna evil, but if Taoran can get them to back down momentarily or even spit out some names in exchange for a commuted sentence, how can anyone be sure that the powers that be won't take the deal? That would probably be the gist of Taoran's bargaining chip.
Furthermore, if Taoran is executed, who's to say that won't result in even more extremist terrorism from the seditious faction? If they've already aligned themselves with Destruction, what's stopping them from helping more hostile forces to sneak in and cause more deaths? Since there's no way the Cloud Knights can know who is part of the seditious faction, they can only respond to damage after the fact; while having Taoran's cooperation would allow them to take preventive measures.
These are all considerations that's gonna come up during trial.