Chapter 1825: Weakness is a sin in itself
People who are capable and ambitious, but who are too suspicious, will have a great change in temperament when they reach the top.
In the Three Kingdoms, it was more obvious that there were two people, one was Cao Pi, and the other was Sun Quan.
And the same is true of Locke now.
After ascending to the throne of king, for the first month or two, he devoted himself to the political affairs of the country, as he had not yet ascended the throne.
But later, as time passed, when he gradually grasped the military and political power in his own hands, he immediately began to arrange his diehards to occupy various important positions.
Co-opting a group and suppressing a group is the most commonly used means for all those in power when they are in power.
But Locke's movements, compared to others, are obviously a bit excessive.
It's just that because the Rock Kingdom has been in turmoil for more than a year, both the economic system and the national defense system have been almost destroyed.
At this time, the big move in the political circles, although those politicians want to resist. But behind Locke at that time, there were many military elites. In desperation, those who were suppressed had to swallow their anger.
When Locke finally sat on the throne, he naturally began to make great contributions.
But as long as it is a share of work, it will definitely not satisfy everyone. Locke's abilities are good, and his mind is also very flexible. But after all, he's just a novice. Many things, put in an ordinary family, are not a big deal.
But if it's placed in a noble house, it's completely different.
Especially in the royal family, the slightest fluctuation may cause inner turmoil in the hearts of those who have a heart.
In the beginning, Locke could use words and future ethereal benefits to win people's hearts. But when he is already on the throne, it will be necessary to use real things to envelop him.
But there are only a few high positions in a country, and he rules a country, and it is naturally not possible to rely on a few people alone.
People's ambitions will gradually grow and develop with the passage of time, and with the different positions, the ambitions in the hearts of some people who originally took refuge in Locke have gradually grown up with the improvement of their positions.
If Locke is a very powerful character who can handle domestic diplomacy and domestic affairs well with his own ability, it is naturally not difficult for the domestic juniors to be cleaned up.
But the point is that what Locke is doing now is not a little bit different from what people expect in their hearts.
It's not that Locke didn't do well, but that Chuck did too well before.
It took Chuck twenty years to transform the Kingdom of Locke from a poor country to one of the richest countries in the world.
And now Locke, after the end of the war, also announced a series of policies to rest and recuperate. But now in the country, in addition to the army of the Rock Kingdom itself, there is also a force - the American peacekeeping force.
If it was in the Chuck era, because there were mercenaries, the main target of the peacekeeping force was mercenaries. Although there are many opportunities to meet ordinary people, the number of times I interact with ordinary people is not too much.
Of course, this is in contrast to the number of times American peacekeepers now deal with ordinary people.
Because most of the mercenaries have been solved, the remaining mercenaries are no longer in shape - after all, the three major mercenary organizations, Sen Wolf, Mamba and White Bear, have been injured after most of them have been injured due to infighting. Naturally, the rest of the mercenaries would not give up this rare opportunity.
After that, in just half a month, mercenary groups of all sizes in the entire Middle East region broke out into a lot of conflicts—after all, although the Middle East is not big, it is not small. In addition to the three major mercenary groups, the rest of the mercenary groups are no longer in the minority.
Neighboring mercenary groups attack each other, while those who are a little farther away sign agreements with each other not to attack each other, or to cooperate with each other.
Soon the entire Middle East was in chaos.
And mercenary groups have long been a big problem for countries in the Middle East. At this time, their forces were greatly reduced, and there was still non-stop infighting. In the beginning, all countries chose to let it go.
But when the battle between them finally had to be stopped because of the heavy loss of manpower. The heads of the countries of the Middle East tacitly agreed to issue an order together and began to eliminate the mercenary strength in the country.
Soon, the Middle East, which was originally known as a mercenary paradise, was no longer able to see any trace of mercenaries.
The head of any country will not allow his own country, or even his own periphery, to have the ability to threaten his dominance, and mercenaries happen to have this ability.
And in the Kingdom of Locke, a series of conflicts broke out because of mercenaries, which also sounded a wake-up call for the surrounding Middle Eastern countries. Although mercenaries are useful, they are also human after all.
As long as they are human, they will all be ambitious.
If you can use it well, then the other party is a sharp blade in your hand.
But if you don't use it well, then the other party is likely to hurt yourself in turn.
And the sum of the strength of a single round, as well as the ability to fight alone. There is really no country in the Middle East that can deal with mercenary groups alone.
Although the Kingdom of Rock is notoriously militarily weak, it also has a heritage of hundreds of years after all.
Therefore, in the Middle East, the military strength of the Rock Kingdom is not the last one, but it can be regarded as the level of the middle and lower reaches.
And the troops of the Rock Kingdom can be beaten by the mercenaries in a ten-to-one situation.
Then the armies of the most powerful countries in the Middle East, when facing mercenaries, can at most guarantee that they can win the other side in a five-to-one situation.
But if it is less than three to one, I am afraid it will also be the rhythm of falling flowers and flowing water to be beaten.
Therefore, the attitude of the heads of state in the Middle East, after seeing the strength of the mercenaries, unanimously agreed that the mercenaries must be eliminated!
Can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?
Even if you haven't learned this truth, the hearts of the leaders of the world can have a similar resonance.
If there are no mercenaries, the tasks of the US peacekeeping force can only be more on patrols.
After the mercenary organization was defeated, many of the remaining mercenaries turned into bandits.
Most of the soldiers of the U.S. peacekeeping force are pursuing these people.
The mercenaries themselves are a group of people who can sell their souls for money, and for them, the only rule is to earn money in their hands while not giving away their names!
So principles or something, for them, are just a dead letter.
And when fighting these remnants of mercenaries, gunfights are definitely going to happen.
Shootouts can be dangerous, especially for unarmed ordinary people.
And accidental injuries naturally happen frequently.
As for the US peacekeeping forces, which have great strength and have a strong country as their backing, they naturally do not have the courage to hate them -- after all, bullying the weak and fearing the hard exists everywhere.
When it was still the Three Kingdoms, Dong Zhuo's era, in the face of Dong Zhuo, who was completely unreasonable, those ministers all followed the kittens honestly. But when facing Cao Cao, who was a little principled, they jumped out one by one to act as loyal ministers.
And these so-called loyalists are just some people who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard. Seeing Dong Zhuo, who was completely unreasonable, they were all intimidated. And when faced with Cao Cao, who gave them a little respect, they would choose to jump out, wanting to seek more power.
As for ordinary people, when facing the moderate Chinese peacekeeping forces, their attitude is very tough. And in the same way, the soldiers of the Locke Kingdom are similar.
But when confronted with the soldiers of the American peacekeeping forces, who are much stronger than them and more unreasonable than them, they begin to reason.
It's just that if you want to reason with American soldiers, you must first gain their respect before you can be qualified to reason with them.
And in the army, whoever has a harder fist is qualified to speak.
The army of the Rock Kingdom, although in the training mode left over from the Chinese peacekeeping forces, its combat ability and individual strength have made great progress.
But in the end, their strength is still not a little worse than the strength of the soldiers of the American peacekeeping force.
So naturally, they have no qualifications to negotiate terms with the soldiers of the American peacekeeping forces.
The army is the last barrier of a country, and the military capacity of a country is also a symbol of a country's military strength.
And just like now, the strength of the army of the Rock Kingdom is really too poor.
The Chinese peacekeepers have the mood and patience to help them become stronger, which does not mean that the soldiers of the American peacekeepers also have the mood and patience to help them improve their strength.
On the contrary, the soldiers of the American peacekeeping force will ridicule these weak chickens once they see them.
After all, the same as soldiers, they will only respect the strong.
And there is no motivation at all, and more importantly, when fighting, you can escape from the battle!
Such an army does not deserve respect at all.
Even Guo Tianjun at the beginning once angrily scolded the army of the Rock Kingdom for being too watery.
And James, who doesn't even take Locke very seriously, naturally doesn't have a good face for the weak chicken soldiers in the weak chicken army of the Locke Kingdom.
A soldier bears a nest of bears.
The reverse is also true, James's attitude towards the Locke Kingdom is also the attitude of many soldiers.