Chapter 532 A person can be stupid, that's not his fault, but you must not think that you are smart
Kent looked at Suhu with a stiff look in his eyes, with three points of annoyance, three points of surprise, and some inexplicable flickering. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info he and Su Hu did not have any conflicts at work, Su Hu is a very low-key person in life and very high-profile at work. He loves his job very much, and he is very supportive of his work, and the two work very well together.
So he didn't know, and he didn't understand, why Suhu suddenly attacked him at this time. In the deepest recesses of Kent's heart, the shadow he had hidden was rapidly expanding until much of his mind was shrouded in darkness.
A drop of sweat slowly left along his sideburns.
"We are all working class from Balatan, I am a worker, and you used to be a worker. With Suhu's words, Kent nodded subconsciously, there is no problem with this sentence, he was indeed a worker in Balatan, this is a fact that cannot be changed. "In the aftermath of the Balatan massacre, a large number of workers who participated in the rebellion were executed, so how did you escape?"
The moment the question came out of Suhu's mouth, the entire council chamber fell silent.
Countless eyes have returned from Suhu's body to Kent's body, and the Balatan Massacre is definitely a disaster that cannot be ignored among the working class, some high-level people with ulterior motives have stirred up inter-class conflicts for personal gain, and finally killed tens of thousands of workers, but they themselves escaped. This group of working-class traitors took the wealth they had stolen from the disaster to Ortlenburg, eating and drinking spicy food, ignoring the terrible conditions of blood outside Balatan.
Those who died fighting and not giving in were called heroes by all working-class workers. It is precisely because they used their lives to compose an impassioned tragedy that the living conditions of workers in many places have become much better.
There is a precedent, not everyone has the courage to continue the brutal oppression and exploitation of workers, precedents are like examples, and no one can say when they will turn precedents into practice because of their own actions.
For these heroes, everyone admires. But at the same time, some workers escaped, and they were sent to the mines of Ortlenburg, where they lived worse than death. Every day, I face the black hole and wonder if I can get out of it alive. Among these people, a special number of workers were born, who were given the name of "foremen".
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the birth of a new class, and the job of these foremen is to supervise the progress of the workers' work, and at the same time to punish some workers who do not work well, they are like the dogs of the Ortlenburg side, who keep their eyes wide open and monitor the movements of their own people, and step on the bodies of their compatriots and climb up.
These things betray the working class, and they are also traitors.
Perhaps in terms of crimes, they are far inferior to the mistakes committed by those high-ranking members of the Self-Help Association, but their behavior is even worse and more heinous.
In the face of Suhu's cross-examination, Kent's brain exploded, and the situation he was least willing to face appeared.
Yes, he was one of the foremen, but it wasn't his fault, it was Wren's choice. He was just a passive receptive person, and he just wanted a little hope and a future for his family, and he had to wave the whip at his former compatriots. What's more, he will rarely punish anyone, only those who are lazy, and those who don't care about their work will be whipped by him.
But no matter how he defended himself, he knew one thing very well, this was a piece of black history.
Now he is faced with a difficult choice whether to tell the truth or not.
If he tells the truth, it means that he will lose the support of a large part of the workers to a certain extent, after all, the workers will not give him a good face for an overseer who helps the aristocracy oppress and exploit the workers. And the strong reaction caused by this feeling of being deceived will create a stronger contrast, making him a liar, a thief.
If he continues to lie, he can't be sure if Suhu has any evidence or witnesses in his hands. If his lies are exposed, the end will be more troublesome than telling the truth, which means that he will directly admit that his past is not clean, and he will continue to deceive these people.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Workers' Party, Kent consciously or unconsciously avoided some issues under the operation of Rennes, exaggerated certain situations, and added some official and unofficial operations, which made him quickly become the leader of the Laborers Party and the spiritual leader of the Workers' Party. It's not that these problems don't exist, it's just that they're masked by something, and once they erupt, something is definitely going to go wrong.
If these questions were raised by Rennes, or by someone outside the party, he could well say that it would be pouring dirty water, and that the united working class would do its best to maintain a positive image of its party leader. But when this question comes out of Suhu's mouth, it means trouble, big trouble.
In silence, Kent felt that the muscles in his face were numb and he lost his instincts, and he wanted to say something, but the stiff muscles on his face prevented him from opening his mouth.
In this silence, Suhu suddenly took the lead in speaking, and at the moment when he spoke, Kent trembled slightly, and had already closed his eyes, waiting for the verdict to be announced.
However, what he didn't expect was that Suhu didn't grasp the question and continue digging, but asked another question.
"Let's skip the topic first, did you come up with the things you said at the meeting today, or was it provided to you by someone else. This is a small strategy on the part of Suhu, and he can't push Kent too much. Yes, if you use more force, coercion, intimidation, and deception can indeed make Kent tell the truth, but then it will make him feel very mean and ruthless, which is not conducive to him succeeding Kent as the next party leader.
Just as all goods need to be packaged before they are sold, he also needs to package himself, he is definitely not a spoiler, just a leader who is good at finding problems and defending the rights of the working class.
So he won't force the previous question again, but let this question gradually ferment in the hearts of everyone in the venue, and they will give themselves an answer.
As soon as he heard that he did not need to answer the question that made him feel troublesome, Kent felt relieved, and he said at this time, in order to save his image: "I was the first to come up with it, and of course Louis has also helped me a lot in this matter, and I want to thank him for his help." His answer didn't have any problems, just ignoring the role of Luvis while exaggerating his own abilities.
It's very much in line with the current situation, he lost a game and has to get it back for himself.
Suhu laughed, he knew that Kent would answer like this, everything was happening in an orderly manner in his plan, he nodded, and asked again: "Then who do you think will win if the Laborers and the nobility go to war?"
The next moment, the council chamber was fried again.
Yes, challenging the aristocracy, or forcing the aristocracy, was the first to be proposed by Kent, and was supported by many high-ranking members of the party, after all, it is one of the lifelong wishes of every worker to be able to give those nobles and rich people a look. But this did not mean that the working class would have to go to war with the aristocracy, and such serious consequences were not something that a guy like Kent could bear.
Alarmism is a linguistic skill that is mastered by many people and is always used without knowing it. But it has to be said that this technique is very useful.
Actually, it's not nonsense, and balatan is a clear example.
Serious consequences can make people hesitate before doing something, and it can also prevent some hot-headed people from doing something recklessly that they can't regret. Of course, on such occasions, Kent can also lose more impression points.
If there is really a war with the nobles, it will be a terrible end. Many people know that the Workers' Party has more than 4 million registered members, and next year there will be 5 million or more, but these people are not "united" as people say. These millions of people were distributed throughout the empire, large and small, three or five thousand in this city and forty or fifty thousand in that city, and they were not concentrated together.
If the nobles wanted to exterminate these workers, they actually had no effort at all, especially after the weapons were included in the regulatory commodities, and it was no longer possible to buy a handy weapon like a few years of money. Yes, there are also some black markets within the empire due to regulatory problems, but the black market can only meet the needs of a dozen weapons or dozens of weapons, and wanting to buy four million weapons and armor is simply drunk and talking nonsense.
Without weapons, without armor, in front of the regular army, the workers are as fragile as the little chickens in the poultry pen waiting to be slaughtered, and they cannot make any waves.
Kent took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his head, his hands trembled slightly, "This kind of thing won't happen, we won't go to war with the nobles." He said this, and looked to his side, but he didn't notice Luvis, who was supposed to be standing in the corner. During this time, he suddenly had the realization that he might have stupidly made a mistake, but now realized that it was too late.
Suhu didn't let Kent go because of his panic, he smiled, his calm demeanor at this time was in stark contrast to Kent. One is calm and calm, the other is already a little flustered, and some people also have an inexplicable emotion in their hearts.
"So how do you deal with the anger of the aristocracy and the rich under the dispatch system?" Suhu's rhetorical question was very poignant, pointing to one of the core issues in Kent's speech, the dispatch system. "Once what you're saying becomes a reality, everything we do is challenge the inherent ruling and privileged classes. Yes, I believe that the united strength of the workers' compatriots is enough to overcome everything, but I ask you, and all of you, to think seriously about a question. ”
He paused for a moment as he said this, and his gaze slowly swept over the faces of each of the participants in the meeting, "We formed the Labor Party, we initiated this meeting, what is our ultimate goal?"
"Is it to provoke a conflict between the working class and the ruling class, and eventually lead to a war?", he sneered, glancing at Kent, and then exclaimed, "No, everything we do is for us, to make the life of the working class better." We don't need war, we don't need conflicts, we just need more pay and more space. ”
"But we can't use this kind of tough tactics to solve this problem. If you point at the nobleman's nose and insult him, he will not reason with you, he will only draw his sword and give it to you. In the same way, once the nobles find out that we have hurt their interests, they will never compromise with us in silence, they will only use their methods to solve the problem. ”
"Hurting their interests is a more serious act than insulting them!"
"As the author of the so-called standard, I would like to ask you, Mr. Kent, how do you intend to resolve these situations if they arise?"
"For example, because of your opinion, a nobleman in a certain place is unwilling to be forced by your so-called rebellion, and in anger raises his sword, killing our compatriots, will you plan to go to war with him?"
Kent had not attended school for a few days, was literate at best, and he had not received an aristocratic elite education, so he knew nothing about politics. The reason why he can stand here today and appear as the leader of a party has nothing to do with his own ability, just because he has the handle to be held by Wren, and at the same time he is relatively easy to control. And everything he said in his speech today has nothing to do with him, that's Luvis's train of thought.
Unable to say anything, Suhu knew that the overall situation had been decided, he smiled, walked to Kent's side, and pressed one hand on his shoulder, "You may be tired, sit down and rest first." He pressed hard, Kent was already a little unsteady, and he was pressed to the chair at once.
Su Hu walked to the podium, looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "I think so, instead of treating the nobles hard, in order to challenge all the ruling classes in one breath, it is better to use a more gentle way to achieve our demands." I believe that even nobles, when he is emotionally calm, they are reasonable. There is no need to worry about that, I have proven it in Balatan. ”
"Next, let me tell you what I think......"
Kent sat on one side with a roar in his ears, his mind blank, and he unconsciously wiped the sweat from his face.
Unconsciously, such a meeting, which originally belonged to Kent hosting, quietly became the stage for Suhu's personal performance, and Kent unknowingly, in people's minds, his status became awkward.
If he could not answer those pointed questions, he would not be able to regain his position as leader of the Workers' Party. As soon as he loses the position of party leader, he becomes something of no value.
Wren has told him more than once, as well as others, that when a person's value becomes zero, it means that the person's existence or non-existence has no meaning.
Things shouldn't have developed like this!