Chapter 264: Why is it safe to be rich? Rights and Obligations!

"陛xià! 陛xià! ……”

Mark Twain saw Clint. Li Xià didn't speak for a long time, he was afraid that something would happen, so he asked questions.

"Oh, this ......" Li Mengyang relieved himself from the long exam, and he said to Mark Twain: "In this way, I have a question to think about, and I agree with this party building, but I ...... what party to build."

"Of course you can, as I said a long time ago, this party wants His Majesty to be the chairman, in fact, if you don't do this, it will be difficult for this party to develop." Mark Twain knew about Clint. What did Li Majesty want to say.

"Good! But I want to think about it, because this matter is a matter of importance, and it must not be done lightly and hastily. In this way, you go back first, oh, those gendarmes......" Li Mengyang remembered, Mark Twain still had the hat of a reactionary on his body.

"It's okay! I don't care about that. "Mark Twain showed his own literary character.

"Really a good comrade." Li Mengyang shook hands with Mark Twain and said with emotion.

sent Mark Twain away, and told the others, you can all go back, I, the emperor, have to think about things carefully, so Li Mengyang returned to his office, and he was not going to leave tonight!

Regarding this matter, how can the two things be connected between the founding of the party and the difficulty in recruiting troops for the army?

It should be said that these two things, in Li Mengyang's eyes, are now, not before, he was a little concerned about it before, but now, Li Mengyang feels that this is a serious event related to the future development of the entire empire!

Therefore, he has to think about it and come up with a plan!

What's going on here? Why is it so heavy?

It has to be heavy. And it's also the number one heavy dà!

On the importance of party building. Mark Twain was already right. And Li Mengyang also agreed, but what kind of party is going to be built, this matter has to be talked about well, and it can't be done lightly.

And now there is a problem in front of Li Mengyang, that is, recruiting troops is in difficulty again, this matter is very urgent and difficult to do!

In order to do this. Li Mengyang needs to expand all his knowledge, logical thinking, and qiē!

Is it that powerful?

It's really that good!

First of all, why is it difficult to recruit troops?

Li Mengyang also encountered this situation when he was in Panama, but at that time, his main recruitment targets were Chinese. Of course, the current situation is actually mainly aimed at the Chinese, but you must know that there are still a large number of other races in the current American Empire!

That is, the Chinese at that time. It is in the consideration of the idea that small wealth is peace, small farmers. What they think is that their lives can be stable, so what kind of bird war are they fighting?

This thinking was the direct cause of the difficulty in recruiting troops at that time, which was very obvious, so what about now?

Could it be that our Chinese thinking is contagious? Those white people, or black people, even some Indians, why don't you come to be soldiers?

Obviously, this kind of thinking, that is, 'there is a stable day and then you don't want to fight', this is human nature!

Of course, the Chinese at that time were in a relatively very ignorant state, and the current empire, after education and a lot of propaganda, the ignorance of the Chinese will naturally be changed to a certain extent, but they are still like this, which shows that human nature is very powerful.

Li Mengyang told the truth, if he put it on himself, he would have a good life, and he would indeed be stupid to be a soldier!

Yes, the reason behind this thinking is that the empire is doing well now!

The economy is developing well, the industry is very good in all aspects, the unemployment rate is almost zero, and even the disabled and women are actively participating in the work.

Of course, perhaps part of the reason for the difficulty in recruiting soldiers is that society needs workers, but this is definitely not the main reason, because the empire does not need many soldiers now.

As long as the battlefield is a confrontation in Delnot, it is a confrontation, and the two sides are so consumed, and there are not many casualties. And there is another reason, that is, there is a limit to the number of soldiers that a country can afford.

Therefore, the main reason for the difficulty of conscription must be the concept that the people do not want to be soldiers, they must have a good life, and it is stupid to be a soldier.

But is this right?

Obviously wrong, the so-called, belligerent will die, forgetting war will be dangerous!

A good country cannot ignore war and must always be prepared for danger in times of peace.

If you look at it this way, it seems that the solution has come out, to spread this kind of thinking, and let all the people know that we must not forget about the war.

I have to say that this is a method, but this method is a symptom rather than a root cause, because this is a means of public opinion, if you want to cure the root cause, then you have to use other things to do it, Li Mengyang thought of the system!

Yes, isn't it strange that he thought of the system at this time?

It's not surprising, because Li Mengyang has not actually weakened the power of the system, but the system should be used where it should be used!

So how exactly do you solve this problem? How can it be cured? How can recruiting make the masses enthusiastic?

Li Mengyang thought of a word, this word is citizen!

Citizen?!

The citizens here are not citizens of today, but citizens of thousands of years ago!

Were there citizens at that time?

Yes, there were in ancient Greece, and there were in ancient Rome!

Why should this citizen be contacted? What's so powerful about this citizen?

Quite simply, it was because the citizens of the time, they were really powerful, and they were obliged to be soldiers, to fight for ancient Greece or ancient Rome!

Note that this is called obligation, which means that citizens must join the army. In fact, at that time, citizenship was very expensive, not something that ordinary people could have, that is, these citizens. Their days are good. But they still had to go to the army. Go to war for the country!

Hey, you see, Li Mengyang thought of citizens at this time, isn't this a logical thing?

Why do citizens have to join the military?

In fact, it is very simple, this is the obligation of a citizen, since you are a citizen, then you must join the army, that is, the obligations and rights of citizens are stipulated.

This is where the key comes in. Obligations and rights!

As long as you have studied Marx's philosophy, you will know that obligations and rights are complementary to each other, and what kind of obligations are fulfilled to have what kind of rights, and this source is actually in Greece and Rome thousands of years ago.

And there are a few small histories in this that are particularly interesting, this little history was later made into a movie, Li Mengyang knows it anyway, this movie is called "300 Warriors"!

That's right, Spartan 300 Warriors!

What is the real history?

In fact, it's basically like a movie. It was the then king of Persia, Xerxes I, who was going to attack Greece. Then he met the warriors of Sparta 300 at Thermopylae, and it was indeed that Leonidas I, the Spartan monarch led, and the two sides fought, and Xerxes suffered a big loss.

This matter, the movie naturally has a lot of exaggeration, but if you really go back to the facts of history, it is that Xerxes's strength at that time was very terrifying.

What is the fate of the emperor Xerxes?

He is considered a god!

This is not only for himself, but also for others to think that Xerxes is a god. There was an incident, when this guy was passing through the sea, he felt that the boat was very bumpy, and the sea was very bumpy, but as a result, he did something.

Thirty lashes of the sea!

Xerxes is a person who can do such a thing, and the point is that his subordinates think that this is right, they really think that this Xerxes is a god, otherwise can he do this?

At that time, he brought an army of more than 200,000 people, more than 200,000 people, which was an unprecedented number at that time, and this scale was rarely reached in later wars on the European continent.

But it was such a strong strength, and as a result, Leonidas led 300 warriors, in fact, there were some reinforcements, more than 1,000 people, and they held on for three days, and they really fought bloodily to the last person!

Why can the battle be fought to this point, such a small number of people, against so many people, and in the end no one flinched?

Could it be that Leonidas is said in the movie, Leonidas's martial arts? The Spartans were brave?

No, absolutely not, maybe many people say how the Spartans were, how they raised their offspring, what kind of soldiers they became, but in fact that is not true.

Because in Greece at that time, even as long as there was a place where there was a citizen, then the way they fought the war was one, formation!

In a dense formation, everyone gathers together and then ......

Fight your opponents!

Don't doubt that the way of fighting in Europe at that time was this, just like that, but later it was a spear formation, and it changed a little!

So how could this be like that?

Later, it was Xerxes who won, but he paid at least 20,000 men! And the army's heart was shocked, and he himself was afraid of it.

Why is this so?

It's very simple, because the 300 Spartan warriors at that time were actually handsome and rich, they were all citizens, and they were all citizen soldiers!

Yes, that's why they have to fight to the last man!

This is why, Li Mengyang now thinks of citizens, because if they are citizens, then how can they refuse to join the army?

But it doesn't seem right, aren't the people of the current American Empire citizens?

In this matter, it should be said that they are citizens, but there is a difference between the citizens of today and the citizens of the past, and the difference is still very big!

So, does Li Mengyang want to restore the Greek citizenship system back then? Following the example of Greece?

No! Li Mengyang will definitely not retreat, but he thinks that there are some places that we can learn from...... (To be continued......)

PS: What, I only saw it when I coded the word, and there was an accident in Southeast Asia again, which is simply ...... It's really chaotic these years, I don't have to say much about the black car, I hope my compatriots are okay.