Chapter 988: The Federation in the Eyes of the Enemy
"The Star Federation is a deformed country born in war, and it has been surrounded by enemies since its establishment, and war has been the main theme of this country for five hundred years, so it has also given birth to huge interest groups relying on war!"
"To this day, hunting demon beasts and demon clans is still the pillar industry of the Star Federation, and among the top 500 sects of the Federation, there are two hundred and eighty-one, whose main business is to hunt demon beasts and provide military services such as defending demon clans, and the upstream and downstream industrial chain that extends out in this way covers almost one-fifth of the employed population of the entire Federation. Please search ()! The fastest updated novel"
"Nearly one-third of the Federation's ruling class 'cultivators' are combat-type cultivators, and even non-combat-type cultivators are often engaged in war-related work."
"For example, the refiner of a military magic weapon has a higher status than the refiner of a civilian magic weapon, and a literary and artistic cultivator is also more keen on creating war-related artworks, and even directly joins the army, using war songs to boost morale and become a warrior in another sense."
"If you don't understand what 'interest groups' mean, just think about yourself, vulture Li Yao."
"Ten years ago, after you killed dozens of blood demon nobles in one go on the Bone Dragon Star, I paid special attention to your information, and just now I took out all your information and re-browsed it, and found that you once had the identity of a 'disabled veteran of the Star Federation'."
"Since you are a 'Federal Disabled Veteran', then you must know how many benefits and rights a veteran can enjoy in the Star Federation."
"Free use of various public facilities and transport equipment, tax deductions for starting a business and sectarians, high monthly disability and discharge benefits...... In the Federation, every veteran is an invisible rich! ”
"Proud, proud, honorable, huh?"
"I'd love to know, though, that you're a 'Federal Disabled Veteran.' When enjoying all these well-deserved benefits, have you ever thought about a small question? ”
"Money, it won't fall from the sky, the Star Federation has fought for five hundred years, and how many martyrs and disabled veterans have been produced, and these benefits you enjoy, these money. Where did it come from? ”
"It's okay for the victims, the pensions are all one-time. However, with the progress of the times, the rapid development of biochemistry and psionics, it is becoming more and more difficult for wounded soldiers to die, even if they die, there is a certain chance that they will be transformed into ghost cultivators, and ghost cultivators also enjoy the same rights as living people! ”
As a result, the group of disabled veterans of the Star Federation is swelling more and more, showing a trend of not losing its tail. You have formed a huge interest group, exerting influence everywhere in the parliament, to elevate the status of the military, to demand more money, more welfare, more respect! ”
"How can the status of soldiers be improved? War. Only war! In peacetime, active-duty soldiers are all ****, not to mention disabled veterans! ”
"If you think that only we demon clans crave war, you disabled veterans also crave war. Without war, you're just a piece of, a piece of that doesn't even stink! ”
"This is just a small interest group within the federation."
"There are also those cultivation sects whose main business is to kill demon beasts and defend against the invasion of demon clans, and those who are not only slaying demons and destroying demons. Militant cultivators who don't have a single skill, those who have invested all the resources of the entire sect into the 'War Bonds' and the 'Victory Fund', do you think they really hope that this war will end abruptly? ”
"To put it more bluntly, peace has really arrived, what do you want so many combat-type cultivators to do? Go to the circus to do acrobatics? ”
"Vulture Li Yao, you may be the greatest miracle in the five hundred years since the birth of the Star Glory Federation, it only took ten years to ascend to such an incredible realm, which is the only reason why I am willing to waste so much time and talk to you."
"However, no matter what level your cultivation is upgraded to, you are still too young."
"You don't know anything about real power, you don't know anything about how the world works!"
"Your Star Federation, since its establishment five hundred years ago, has been an out-and-out war machine, and it must be lubricated with a large amount of war dividends in order to operate normally!"
"Five hundred years ago, you wiped out the Eastern Pole Demon Kingdom, plundered a large number of war dividends, and there was prosperity in just over a hundred years."
"Three hundred years ago, when the dividends of the war were exhausted, you targeted the 'Great Wilderness Demon Alliance' on the Great Wilderness, launched seven expeditions, and finally conquered the entire Great Wilderness!"
"Relying on the war dividends obtained from the 'conquest of the Great Wilderness', the Federation has maintained its rapid development for another hundred years."
"But at this time, the entire Tianyuan Realm has been conquered by you, and there are no new demon kingdoms and demon cities that can squeeze out new war dividends, and the interest groups that have swelled to the limit in hundreds of years of war cannot die out on their own."
"So, you have set your sights on the Blood Demon Realm, and are ready to use the internal organs of the Blood Demon Realm to lubricate the gears and tracks of this war machine."
Li Yao laughed angrily: "Senior Jin, I didn't expect you to reverse black and white to such an extent!" Even if the Star Federation is really a war machine, it was forced by the demon clan, right? Back then, the Eastern Pole Demon Kingdom and the Great Wilderness Demon Alliance, were they all soft-hearted good men and women? Before we destroy them, they don't think for even a second that they want to completely destroy us! ”
"In the last hundred years, isn't it also the insect sea and beast tide of your Blood Demon Realm that invaded the Tianyuan Realm first? Are you the only ones who are allowed to invade, and we are not allowed to fight back? ”
Jin Tuyi said calmly: "I don't want to discuss right and wrong, I just want to talk to you, a special cultivator, about the facts, who was the invader and who was the defender of the East Pole Demon Kingdom and the Star Glory Federation back then, and it makes no sense to discuss this kind of issue." ”
"The truth is, no matter how innocent the Star Federation was in the beginning, it has been nourished into a terrible beast by blood and corpses in two hundred years of war!"
"That's right, in the last hundred years, especially in the last few decades, the Blood Demon Realm has indeed launched countless tentative attacks on the Tian Yuan Realm, even including large-scale attacks like the 'Battle of Dawn', if you want to say 'invasion', I will admit it."
"But do you know when was the first 'war bond' issued by the Star Federation for the Blood Demon Realm?"
"Tell you, one hundred and forty-two years ago!"
"Why? Very simple! ”
"One hundred and seventy years ago, the Star Glory Federation's war against the 'Great Wilderness Demon Alliance' had just ended, and it had finally conquered the entire Great Wilderness."
"This protracted war has greatly depleted the national strength of the Union and put the government's finances on the verge of collapse."
"The development of the vast and sparsely populated wilderness with a harsh environment still requires a lot of capital investment, and the federal government can't pull out a copper plate!"
"In order to raise funds, the federal government had to issue a new construction bond, using the rights and interests of the resources of the Great Wilderness in exchange for the support of the major sects."
"However, none of the denominations are willing."
"The reason? Because as far as the eye can see, the entire Tianyuan Realm has been conquered! In the foreseeable future, peace and development will become the mainstream of the Tian Yuan Realm, and the status of the battle-type cultivators in the Federation Army and the major sects will inevitably decline greatly. ”
"This is absolutely unacceptable to those interest groups that are dependent on the war!"
"So, they took advantage of the federal government's desperate lack of funds and was on the verge of collapse, and forced the federal government to issue new war bonds."
"Oh, I'm afraid it's not accurate to say 'persecution', in fact, in the Star Glory Federation, which has just won a great victory and conquered the Great Wilderness, the status of the Combat Cultivators and the Federation Army is at the peak, and they are enthusiastically embraced by all the people, they control the entire council, they are the federal government!"
"In short, this federal government has issued a new bundle of bonds, bundling the development bonds for the Great Wilderness and the war bonds for the Blood Demon Realm, and the reputation is 'In order to protect the safety of the Great Wilderness, it is necessary to carry out a preemptive strike on the blood demon realm, the lair of the demon clan'!"
"All cultivators and sects who purchase bonds can obtain a large area of spiritual vein land and ...... after conquering the Blood Demon Realm. Demon slave! ”
"Maybe at the beginning, this was just an expedient measure by the soldiers and cultivators to consolidate their position, and they didn't necessarily really want to attack the Blood Demon Realm."
"But once the war bonds are issued, they wake up the beast that has just slumbered, and everything is out of their control."
"The cultivators and sects who bought the bonds have become the most fanatical supporters of the war, you know, there are many primordial old monsters among these people, and they have extremely strong influence and even control in the council!"
"So, originally for the purpose of building the Great Wilderness, a war bond was issued, and in order to honor this war bond, it was necessary to conquer the Blood Demon Realm."
"In order to conquer the Blood Demon Realm, we must raise more funds, mobilize more resources, and maintain a larger army, so we have to issue second, third, and fourth bonds......
The corners of Jin Tuyi's mouth evoked a faint smile, but there was a vague sadness in his deep eyes, "At that time, the Star Glory Federation didn't know anything about the Blood Demon Realm, and you measured us by the level of the 'Eastern Pole Demon Country' and the 'Great Wilderness Demon Alliance', and you thought that the Blood Demon Realm was at most an enhanced version of the Great Wilderness, and it would definitely be conquered." ”
"It wasn't until you thoroughly understood the strength of the Blood Demon Realm and knew what a terrifying opponent you were facing, that this crazy act came to an end."
"It's too late."
"The temporary suspension of the invasion plan of the Blood Demon Realm triggered the largest economic crisis in the Star Glory Federation one hundred and seven years ago, resulting in the collapse of fifty-five sects, and even two primal elders committed suicide."
"I think you must have learned about this economic crisis called 'Black September' in textbooks, but you may not be able to know the truth about this economic crisis in textbooks."
(To be continued.)
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