Chapter 44 Weak People and Strong Country (2)

Lan Ren held his breath and pricked up his ears to listen.

"Satisfied with lust, but there are only so many resources in a country. If you have more points, then I will inevitably lose one point. If the whole country has this kind of thinking, then the country will not benefit from the uneven distribution of spoils. To meet the real war.

"So, in order to avoid this kind of chaos, we must "abuse the people" and "the poor".

Increase the tax burden, make their life difficult, make their life difficult, and have no capital to compete with the monarch.

"At the same time, in order to survive, these people will be exhausted and work hard, and they will not have enough to eat. Naturally, they will have no time to think about things. This is what the so-called poor people mean.

"Of course, in this process, you have to carefully control the "speed" ~~ my son."

Lan Ren looked puzzled and asked, "The control of speed?"

Prince Huang Ren said with a smile: "Things must be reversed. Once the oppression is too miserable, people will not feel the hope of living and will rebel. Like this kind of example, the long river of history has given enough blood. lesson."

"There is a saying called boiling a frog in warm water. If you put a frog in boiling water, it will jump out, but if you put it in cold water and heat it slowly, it will be boiled to death without realizing the danger.

"If we want to cook the "common people" frog well, we can't use boiling water, we have to use warm water, so that the food and clothing of these people can always be kept at the hovering line, and there is no food left in the family, and it is enough to barely make ends meet.

"As long as they don't starve to death, most people will choose to make do with it. If they can eat enough, ordinary people will not choose to kill their heads."

After hearing this, Lan Ren immediately said: "Listening to what my father said, it's like seeing the sun through the clouds, and suddenly I am enlightened."

Huang Ren smiled slightly: "Do you think it's over? It's not too much yet."

Lan Ren is thirsty for knowledge: "I would like to hear the details."

Huang Ren nodded slightly, and continued: "The above is only the preliminary stage, at best, it will prevent most people from rebelling, but they will not have psychological respect for the monarch.

"Even some unscrupulous people will have a mentality of hatred for the rich, always thinking of murdering nobles like me to grab money that doesn't belong to them.

"So in order to gain their awe from the heart, it is especially important to make these people feel insecure at this time. Only fear can produce awe.

"Waging war is undoubtedly a very good way to create this sense of insecurity.

"Once the war fails, the end of becoming a subjugated slave will inevitably be very miserable, and at this time, the role of the monarch will be highlighted, and they will "volunteer" to form an army to resist foreign invasion.

"In this process, these protected people will feel the "warmth" and "greatness" of the monarch, and then they will wholeheartedly work for him, without double-mindedness, and even to the point of foolish loyalty.

"During this process, there are at least the following benefits.

"One is: to highlight the legitimacy and rationality of the monarch.

"The second is: there is a man who justifiably takes the opportunity to search for a lot of money. After all, fighting a war costs a lot of money, and whoever spends the money is naturally these people. They can't have any objections to this, or they will be deducted from him. A hat that does not want to contribute to the country and is not righteous.

"In this way, dissidents can be eliminated by the way, and the cost we pay is just the lives of some untouchables. Why not do it?"

"Of course, this is not enough, we also need to establish a set of theological theories and spread them widely.

"For example: when the daimyo was born, what colorful auspicious clouds are there in the sky, or what is the appearance of an emperor? You can talk about it as much as you can. The more mysterious the better, anyway, you don't need to pay for nonsense, and it will become a lie if you repeat it a thousand times. truth.

"Then these ordinary people have the idea that we were born extraordinary. We can become kings not only because of our achievements in resisting foreign aggression, but also because we are the chosen ones sent by heaven to manage the earth. King."

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Prince Huang Ren explained to his son how to govern the common people. Lan Ren deeply admired his father's political wisdom, and at the same time felt a little chilly in his heart. Fortunately, he was born in an aristocratic family. The mule and horse family, it is estimated that they will never be successful in their lifetime, even if they are tricked, they have to be grateful and sing praises to the noble lord.

As for whether there will be thoughts of sympathy for the people, that is a pure joke.

His father made it very clear that there are only so many resources and status in this world, without these mud-legged people working so hard, how could their nobles be so rich?

He's a vested interest. Only when his forehead is kicked by a donkey will he have empathy.

These common people are nothing more than the cattle and horses that their nobles enjoy and scold.

"Listening to my father's words, it's really like clearing the clouds and seeing the sun." Lan Ren, who is very young but has a bad stomach, is puzzled: "With my father's political wisdom, how could he be willing to submit to..."

He didn't say anything later, but it was already obvious, why didn't he just replace the daimyo of the country of fire, in his eyes, the daimyo of the country of fire is just a gimmick who doesn't understand anything and only knows how to eat and drink all day long A pig is less than one ten-thousandth of his father's wisdom.

Huang Ren twitched the corner of his mouth, shook his head and smiled.

"Father, what are you laughing at?"

"Laugh at your youth, some things are too simple to think about."

"???"

"I'm now in power, powerful and powerful. My name is nothing more than a name, a false name.

"I won't get any real benefits from it. On the contrary, it will completely expose me to the outside. One must judge the situation and have a clear mind. Lan Ren, let me tell you, I have dealt with this matter and will not add to it." Points, but if you don't handle it well, you will lose points.

"Sometimes, there is nothing wrong with being second. As the saying goes, when the sky falls, there is still a tall man holding it up. I don't need to say more about who this tall man is."

After a pause, Prince Huang Ren asked his son with a smile on his face, "Why do you think I rushed so far ahead?"

"So that's how it is. As expected of a father, he is thoughtful and insightful."

Lan Ren looked at his father in admiration, and at the same time became a little sleepy: "Father, you just said that the sky has fallen and there are tall people standing on it. May I ask what you mean by the sky falling? What else in this world can threaten you?" Do you?"

Prince Huang Ren sighed helplessly: "I just told you that if the country is to be strong, the first premise is that the people are weak, but there is such a group among the people that it is really hard for my father to sleep and eat."

"group?"

Prince Huang Ren looked solemn, and mentioned the name "Ninja" again.

Hearing his father mentioning ninjas again, Lan Ren felt that his father was making too much fuss. After all, in his eyes, ninjas were just guys who worked for their nobles. Is it necessary to be so wary?

Like a classroom where students are slow to get used to it, Prince Huang Ren's tone of education is a bit more serious: "Lan Ren, in the conversation just now, I have emphasized to you countless times that if the country represented by the nobles wants to be strong, it must first Weak people, but the group of ninjas is not weak at all, on the contrary they are very strong.

"They are a relatively wealthy group. Secondly, they hold powerful power. Some ninjas don't pay attention to daimyo nobles at all. They are only loyal to the village. If that day, these ninjas turn their minds around that day and want to Rebellion, I won’t discuss it with you in advance, and at that time, the nobles such as me will have no resistance at all. The wealth accumulated over the years will be reduced to these mud-legged things, are you willing?”

Huang Ren was silent for a while, and said slowly: "So, we have to wage wars non-stop and hire these ninjas to protect the country in name, but in fact, let them plant the seeds of hatred and kill each other?"