Chapter 173: Strange Secret Realm
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There is no division in the secret realm, the reason is unknown, maybe complicated, maybe very simple.
But the inheritance of the secret realm is still the bloodline of Gongsun Shu, and the lord of the country calls himself the White Emperor, which is also a very coquettish technique.
The original form of human organization was the tribe, because a single human could not defeat the ferocious beast, so it was necessary to unite and cooperate to fight against the attack of the beast, and after the cooperation of multiple people, they could also hunt more powerful prey, so that the human race formed a tribe. And this tribe is the earliest form of human organization.
Later, mankind produced an agricultural revolution, and the entire human tribe had food that could be stored, which was wealth. After having wealth, then tribes that plunder wealth also naturally appeared, because agriculture often depends on the weather for food, and each tribe may encounter a famine, and these tribes can only survive by plundering the food of other tribes.
At this time, the tribe usually elects a tribal leader, so that all the combat power of the tribe is under the command of this person, only in this way can the strength of the entire tribe be drilled into a fist, and only then can the tribe without a leader be defeated, and grab enough food with relatively small casualties. This was the earliest prototype of the national leadership system.
But the good times didn't last long, and with the disappearance of those tribes without leaders, each tribe was able to twist into a rope in time of war, which also made those tribes who encountered famine years have no chance to take advantage of it. If they continue to loot, they will pay a heavy price, and the heavy casualties will greatly damage the vitality of the tribe, they will not be able to resist the attacks of other tribes, and even if they grab food, they will probably be wiped out by other tribes.
So a group of tribes formed a tribal alliance, under the leadership of their elected leader, concentrated the power of the tribal alliance to fight one tribe by another, because the number of people was overwhelmingly superior, so every battle must be won, after snatching enough booty, the wealth was distributed to the various tribes, and the famine of the year was solved.
As a result, human society has developed to the stage of tribal alliance.
However, as the surrounding human races become a tribal alliance, one of its shortcomings is exposed, that is, it has more offense and less defense.
Because the tribal alliance is often very sudden when it encounters the attack of other tribal alliances, it is too late to elect a leader, so it will not be able to gather the forces of the tribal alliance in time, and it will not be able to prevent the attacks of other alliances. In the face of this problem, a new system was born, that is, the lifelong leadership system, which made it possible to immediately form an organization in the event of war, fight under a unified leadership, and quickly form combat effectiveness to complete the task of resisting foreign enemies.
However, the alliance soon ran into a new problem - the transfer of power, and the tribal alliance had to decide on the next leader before the leader died, or else the other alliances would have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
An obvious solution is to decide on the next leader when the leader is old, and then the new leader takes over from the old one. A typical representative of this system of power transfer is the "Zen concession system" during the period of China's Three Emperors and Five Emperors. However, there is a flaw in this inheritance system, the original clan of the old leader will grow because of the power of the chief, it has the ability to oppose the new leader, and then the tribal alliance will have infighting, and the power of the entire tribal alliance will be easily eliminated by other alliances.
In order to solve this problem, the chief was prescribed to be elected only from one tribe, which is the "hereditary system" that we are very familiar with.
The "hereditary system" is a system of succession that stands out in the competition between tribal alliances because it avoids tribal infighting.
Some people may feel that this hereditary system is unfair, and there were tribes in ancient times who thought so, and some tribes opposed it when Qigang usurped the throne. But these tribal alliances, which considered the hereditary system unfair, were wiped out by those who believed that the hereditary system was a matter of course because of the civil strife that arose during the transfer of power.
Moreover, in order to smooth the transfer of power and prevent civil strife, the "brother-to-brother system" and "meritocracy system" in the hereditary system were gradually eliminated, and finally only the "primogeniture system", which had the clearest power inheritance, remained. Until now, European royal families still use primogeniture, but in order to reflect the equality of men and women, the eldest daughter is also considered the eldest son.
When a tribal alliance has a fixed center of power and a stable system of power transfer, we can think of the tribal alliance as a country.
It is precisely because of this "hereditary imperial system" that a country has a stable center of power, so the country has the ability to digest other tribes, and can embark on the road of external expansion.
However, as the territory expands, the country encounters stronger enemies, and eventually a powerful state prevents the empire from expanding, and a confrontation will form along the long borders. At this time, the size of the army has become very huge, and the food in the theater cannot meet the consumption of the army, so the country needs to disperse manpower for food production and logistics work.
Moreover, due to the uncertainty of war, the state must devote troops to defend the national border, so the professional soldiers will replace the national soldiers. In order to defend the country's wealth, the rulers had to maintain a sufficiently strong army, and the state became an organization that "collected taxes and then hired soldiers to defend the regime."
But the imperial state also had its own disadvantages. In the imperial state, soldiers fought for military salaries, and could only fight with the wind, and when the casualties were heavy, it was easy to retreat, and the army's will to fight was not high.
However, tribal alliances often fought for the survival of the group, so they were more powerful in an environment where the numerical advantage could not be brought into play, which is why the Roman Empire could not defeat the Germanic peoples, and ancient China could not defeat the nomads.
How can a wage earner compete with a self-employed person to struggle and force the spirit, people are paid, and I will do it in proportion to the labor and wages, and I will not do it if it is not proportional, how simple it is.
That's the problem with the secret realm.
The White Emperor of the world, for example, is far and near, how can it be possible to maintain it for hundreds of years.
Wang Jian thought for a while and said, "I want to go outside to have a look at night, don't make a noise." β
"You're crazy. β
"Okay, okay, let's go together. β
Wang Jian remembered Qiao Suya's previous secret behavior, and suddenly felt a little uneasy, and said: "You stay here, by the way, take a good look at Qiao Suya, I always feel that this chick has something to hide from us." β
According to the previous statement, Qiao Suya's mother, that is, the daughter of the White Emperor of the previous generation, did not know much about the secret realm because of her pampering.
It's a bit of a, but a lot of times, it's human nature.
On the one hand, the person who married the daughter of the White Emperor is also a local noble family, and the Qiao family is not kneaded at will.
On the one hand, when a woman gets married, it does not mean that she has to reveal her news to her husband's family and even to the world.
Because of some kind of political correctness, well, it's actually just not too embarrassing to coerce a woman.
This kind of thing should have fooled some stunned people to ask for news, but these days, there are too many liars, and fools are not enough for a long time.
This is not because the big men in China are all good men and women, and they must have set a benchmark and find a way to tempt them to come over there to take refuge.
I can't say, in this trip, there are a few three and four generations of IQ who show IQ with insufficient IQ, but there are also quite a few bodybuilding men, and it is very likely that some big people with big brains are sent over to find a way to hook up with the little girl.
Of course, it's basically hard.
"There is no sun or moon in this world, and the light is some kind of light that was created in the beginning, and of course, the night lights provided here are still good, although there are no modern appliances, but because the environment is relatively clean, it is much better. β
"I don't need this, who knows if there will be some way to identify it secretly, it's enough for me to bring a bottle of wine. β
"Wine?"
Wang Jian took out a small wine jug, and the aroma of wine wafted from it.
Lu Qingyi's face suddenly changed slightly, and he said, "I have something to tell you, I don't like men who drink. β
Long Yifei looked at her and said, "It's nothing, you want to take it at any time." β
Wang Jian said: "Doing such a bad thing, how dare I drink, okay, just pretending, if it is discovered, I can explain that I drank too much and took the wrong way, just go back the same way." β
"You're dying, maybe tomorrow it's your body bag, no, there is no body bag in the secret realm, they may just give me a handful of your ashes." β
Wang Jian thought for a while and said: "Where can the people in the secret realm be like this, besides, can they set up countless checkpoints within a radius of dozens of miles, my idea is to contact the ordinary people in the secret realm, and see what they want, what their personality is, and how they perceive us, this is not difficult." β
Long Yifei thought for a while and said, "Even if it's a person from another world, I don't think I can escape from my family." β
Lu Qingyi suddenly shouted: "Hey, hey, thousands of years of being expelled and exiled, I think, the people here must have solidified their hatred for Huaguo, and they are always thinking about killing you, so you better run away as soon as possible." β
Long Yifei thought for a while and said: "We are probably a few hundred kilometers away from New Chang'an here, of course, there is no tangible information on the specific road, and it is normal, at least it is impossible for the people of the secret realm to really sell information to us." β
Wang Jian thought for a while and said: "Actually, we should be glad, if their strength is very strong, they will probably directly show our hole cards to us, and now hiding their heads and showing their tails like this, it means that they know that the gap between the strength of the two sides is huge, and their resources, how many great grandmasters can they raise? Even if it is Siam and those small countries, one or two great grandmasters are the limit." β
What does it mean to be a Grand Master?
A mana value of more than 1,000 is basic, which means perennial off-duty practice, a large number of nutritional supplements, continuous meditation with a strong mental will, and physical exercise.
With such support, as a symbol of national strength, the cost of a great master is roughly equivalent to the investment of 1,000 to 10,000 high school students graduating.
This is also criticized and slandered by many people, this input-output ratio, many people once thought so, how can the great grandmaster compare to the power of the group's magic cannon salvo?
This brings us to the issue of national education.
In history, China or the world has almost entered a dangerous path.
Back then, there were a small number of people who had mastered the power of spells, and they would have had the opportunity to do something.
They have the ability and motivation to stop the whole civilization in the Middle Ages, which is in their best interest.
The power of a strong spell comes from himself, whether he cultivates, learns, or fights, in short, he can become stronger by himself, a civilization, if it is magical, then the public can completely stop in the Middle Ages, and the great masters at the top have the power comparable to the gods.
And it's much easier to monopolize spells than to monopolize technology: talent, education, medicine, trial paths, and so on.
The monopoly of magic can give the magicians in the ruling class great power, while the popularization of magic poses a great challenge to the magicians. If a mage can exist independently of society as a whole, why should he raise the power of society as a whole to the point where he can threaten himself?
Fortunately, there is that person, the Holy Master.
That man was the first to open a private school to educate the children of the common people to practice, and under the threat of war, many countries had to follow suit, so that the magic spread among the people.
This is also the reason why China and even other big countries can enter modernization, because other countries are developing, and if you don't follow up, it will be over.
The difference is that the scientific world, even if it is as strong as Einstein's head, is definitely at the level of the Archmage of Creation, but the "material results" he made are not as good as Oppenheimer, who is at most a note-keeper of the Mage's Guild.
Moreover, whether it is Einstein or Oppenheimer, they all have to eat and drink, they all have electric lights and telephones, and they have to travel by car and plane, not that they can go to heaven and earth with a high level of "science" and do everything, they cannot live without the "modern society" built by others, let alone continue to create "scientific achievements".
And a great grandmaster, if you don't think about rest, it is easy to destroy a low-demon country, it is nothing more than taking time, killing a wave of people, go to find a place to squint and rest, meditate and recover, and then kill.
Therefore, the reason why this world is not as good as Wang Jian once deduced, only a few people can know spells, because individual spells can solve many things, and there is no need to improve the bottom, so it will always remain the same, and it has become the choice of the mage.
In Scientific Earth, it was originally difficult for a landlord to feed a dozen thugs and suppress hundreds of peasants, so it had to be a dynamic game.
It's different on Spell Earth.
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