History proves that once the ruling class begins to deteriorate, it is almost irreversible.
Purely top-down reform, even if successful, can only mitigate the urgent problem at hand.
Across the continent, all countries that have successfully reformed have gone through bloody slaughters, purging the original vested interest groups, almost rebuilding social order from scratch.
In fact, the reforms in the Alpha Kingdom are equally incomplete.
However, the ruling group became overly aware of their crisis, each one desperately developing military power, even when the Kingdom government was impoverished, they still possessed the strongest army of the era.
The strength of military power and the successive victories in external wars directly covered up deficiencies in other aspects.
"The Marshal is right; there is always gain and loss. We can't take all the benefits for ourselves.
