▁method ▁of ▁sub j ug ating ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁inter plan et ary ▁kingdom s , ▁who ▁have ▁neglect ed ▁the ▁sciences ▁and ▁are ▁re gress ing ▁into ▁a ▁state ▁rem in is cent ▁to ▁fe ud al ism . ▁ ▁Creating ▁a ▁religion , ▁called ▁Scient ism , ▁which ▁tre ats ▁scientific ▁occurr ences ▁as ▁sacred ▁events , ▁Hard in ▁and ▁Lee ▁send ▁pri ests — tr uly , ▁techn icians — to ▁the ▁" F our ▁Kingdom s " ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁Foundation ' s ▁territory ▁in ▁the ▁Term inus ▁system . ▁ ▁This ▁plan ▁is ▁successful , ▁and , ▁as ▁the ▁Foundation ' s ▁power ▁grows , ▁Hard in ▁is ▁returned ▁to ▁office ▁numerous ▁times . ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁second ▁S eld on ▁Cris is ▁ar ises ▁during ▁Hard in ' s ▁mayor alty ▁but ▁several ▁dec ades ▁later , ▁when ▁An acre on , ▁under ▁Prince ▁Reg ent ▁Wien is , ▁exp ands ▁the ▁An acre onian ▁fleet ▁using ▁a ▁spaces hip ▁rem ode led ▁by ▁Foundation ▁" p ri ests ". ▁ ▁Using ▁the ▁masses ’ ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁Foundation ’ s ▁“ rel ig ion ” ▁against ▁Wien is , ▁Hard in ▁defe ats ▁the ▁prince ▁reg ent , ▁who ▁commits ▁suic ide , ▁and ▁the ▁young ▁King ▁of ▁An acre on ▁signs ▁a ▁treat y ▁with ▁cla uses ▁favor able ▁to ▁the ▁Foundation . ▁Hard in ▁demonstr ates ▁significant ▁adv ances ▁in ▁Foundation ▁technology ▁when ▁he ▁we ars ▁a ▁personal ▁force ▁field ▁to ▁def lect ▁the ▁fire