Chapter 105: The Brainwashing of the "Great" (Part II)
So she changed her tone and praised: "I think your martial arts skills are very high." If only she could be a female general in some small countries? ”
Higrid asked curiously, "Which countries are so short of manpower, and have all the useful men there died?"
Patyusha smiled and revealed, "I heard that on the Palmers Continent, it's like a two-headed war in three days. Some large countries are generally relatively stable. However, they often instigated and ordered to rely on their own small neighboring countries to weaken the strength of the other party's vassal states, and occasionally let their country's military nobles end with private soldiers, ostensibly to support the small countries morally, but in fact to plunder some wealth and mineral ownership. ”
"Those countries have been controlled and fought for many years, and as a result, everyone has run out and run away, and they are poor and talented, and whoever has the ability will naturally be in power. I even heard that some large mercenary groups and gangs took advantage of the war to seize the cities and lands of a small country, and finally agreed to let him become a king after offering to the big empire next to them. In fact, it is not a good thing, the smaller the country, the more frequent the wars, if you become a general, you must lead the team to the front. There is a great possibility of dying in battle. ”
When she heard about the war, Higrid was a little interested, and she raised her eyebrows and asked carefully, "War? Eighty percent is a civil war between humans." Those human countries can't afford to provoke an alien power like a sub-giant, so they can only pick up soft persimmons and pinch them, to put it bluntly, it is not because of the arable land, underground fire oil, mines, fisheries and other interests of various crops. No matter how nice it sounds, it's just for these frivolous things, and I'm not very interested in human cannibalism. And if I die in battle one day, I will end up being written as a murderous female demon in the history of the country, and the national historian who is loyal to me on my side may also write a touching story of dying in a bad war, as well as a bad and ugly nickname. ”
Pa Tyusha was surprised, but she didn't expect that Sigrid also had a lot of knowledge, so she couldn't help but nod in agreement: "In the past, the lords of the small countries on our continent were also killed to fight for territory. Not only are small countries frequently fighting each other, but the nobility of a country is often attacking and killing each other. I heard that there were two or three kings of the country, in order to compete for another bewitching and beautiful foreign aristocratic mistress, so the two sides sent troops to fight many times, and this matter finally became a history of continental love that has been passed down for hundreds of years. “
"Many mercenaries are hired to fight such absurd wars, today for the A lord and B for the B lord, and tomorrow for the B lord A lord. The enemy becomes a comrade-in-arms, and a comrade-in-arms becomes an enemy again. Over and over again, so that mercenaries are often used on the battlefield to meet acquaintances and friends who have drunk together, and in the end, the two sides fought for several hours without any casualties, and they were just waving weapons to each other and acting. It's hilarious. Alas~~ I like meaningless fighting, maybe this is the inferior nature of human beings. ”
Higrid then said in a decisive tone: "Therefore I will never be the general of these fellows, because what I hate most is a civil war between my own country and race! Otherwise, I'd rather have nowhere to show my abilities than serve those greedy and perverted adulterers!"
At this time, another voice interjected in a loud voice.
"But these races and countries were also formed by the fusion of many races in the past, and it is also the historical norm to often divide and merge, in fact, there is no difference between the races of internal and external countries. The past was not one race, and the future may also merge into one. The same is true of the state. So how do you think you can find a place to show your talents?"
It turned out that Master Chen had already finished exercising, so he happened to hear what they said and directly commented a few words.
I just heard him continue: "In fact, the so-called noble cause is just a psychological label artificially added by others. Regardless of internal and external wars, most of them are the people and soldiers below a country, who are instigated by the nobles above to seize power and profit by force, and sometimes they want to fight for the interests of the country and the nation, and at the same time they want to slaughter each other for that doctrine and belief. Although for the people at the bottom, more than 90% of the benefits are basically divided among the bureaucratic aristocrats and the 'great leaders' above, and in the end, no amount of these rights and benefits will fall on their heads, but the small people are always easy to be incited by public opinion and driven by power to be cannon fodder. ”
"For example, a country wants to expand and invade. You can start to advocate self-inflation and claim to be a big beep nation. It is the greatest nation, the most outstanding nation, and the most intelligent nation in the world, and it has put a lot of shameless and great labels of justice on its own. On the other hand, some negative news is used to belittle the people who want to invade the country in a partial way, and to promote it as a group of inferior people who waste resources, have an ugly face, and are even evil and need to be thoroughly cleansed. “
When the people at the bottom are complacent, and it is natural to look at the people of the other country with a high-minded mentality, they can claim to be sending troops to the other side people and bring a great future such as "freedom, nation, common prosperity, and justice", and finally let their army and the people, with the support of their own army, go to invade other countries as bandits and robbers with peace of mind. “
"In such a country where the minds of the people have been distorted and brainwashed, it is natural to regard the aggressors as heroes, and the slaughter of inferior peoples and the occupation of their land as a noble cause. Because they have eliminated the faint sense of shame and morality that they have accumulated over thousands of years as a human civilization. Labeling people of other nations and races as a bunch of negligible reasons for killing them, their soldiers may feel that they are slaughtering the city as if they were slaughtering pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, and that they will feel that they are purging some kind of filthy creature with a glorious cause called 'greatness'. This kind of shameless and brainless thing has been done hundreds of times by human beings in history, and under the 'great' brainwashing of politicians with no bottom line, it is estimated that it will continue to be shameless in the future. ”
"As for the people, they are not the embodiment of kindness and bravery. In fact, if the so-called 'peasant rebel army', which has just seen blood, burns and loots several large households, and sacks several cities, their greed will be magnified to the point that even their own leaders cannot control it. Peasant rebels like Li Xcheng and Goudan'er started under the banner of serving the country and the people, and finally turned into slaughtering and coercing the low-level people to send them to death, and there are countless of them. There are many such examples in history, and I won't say much about this. ”
Hearing this, the two of them were also stunned by Master Chen's straightforward words.
At the same time, the two girls forgot to continue the topic they had just talked about.
Master Chen didn't look back, and spoke to the female disciple again.
"That's right~ The [dragon head rod] or the iron whip with a shuttle dart you bought, I think it's quite competent, I think I can make some modifications to this weapon. I'll put it for use first, or I'll buy you a new one next time I see it. ”
After he said it casually, he walked away with his hands behind his back and slowly.