"Deprive the nobility of their privileges, break the wheels of history, and build a kingdom free of oppression?"

Daenerys replied with a slight hesitation, it was something she had been dreaming of day and night...... But even she understands that this is clearly a general goal, not a specific policy.

"Good. Looking at the queen's expression, Iger understood that she herself was aware of the problem, but it didn't matter, "Your thinking is very clear, let me analyze it: you think that all the suffering of the people at the bottom comes from the oppression and persecution of the upper nobles and slave owners." As long as the issue of equality is solved and the bloodsucking worms of these societies are eliminated, the people will live a good life. But please reflect on your experience of ruling Slave Bay and answer me this question - are the three city-states of Slave Bay under your rule living standards higher than they were before you appeared, and if so, how much higher?"

......

A flush of shame quickly appeared on the little queen's face, but fortunately the light in the room was dim and not too noticeable.

The terrible rule of Slave Bay has always been a pain in her heart, due to her own wrong tactics and lack of experience, Astapo and Yuankai both fell into chaos or were restored by slave owners, because the war exacerbated conflicts and consumed resources, and the lives of the inhabitants became even worse. It was only Meereen, who came under Littlefinger when she conquered the city, that things got a little better by adopting his series of suggestions and approaches, while staying behind to rule herself rather than rushing to the next stop.

And even in this case, Meereen did so by preventing the influx of refugees from the first two cities, bringing the cold-blooded form of hunger and plague...... I didn't let myself get into trouble.

Wait until you master the dragon control technique in Yaxia, completely repel foreign armed intervention, and even resubmit Yuankai and Astapor to bring them under their rule, realize the unification of the eastern shore of Slaver Bay, and finally stabilize the situation and make all preparations to embark on the road of counterattack Westeros...... She barely managed to achieve her goal of "restoring the lives of the inhabitants of the three cities to their original level" - with only three of the inhabitants of Yuankai and Astapor, and nearly half of the population of the entire eastern shore of Slave Bay was lost.

And this is obviously not a ruling achievement that can be flaunted.

"It's not improving. Daenerys replied honestly, but with a slight shy cover, "But either way, at least they're all free now." ”

"There is no denying that the emancipation of Slave Bay was a great achievement. Iger complimented, holding back his expression from showing an inappropriate expression. After all—what he had to do now was to fool Daenerys and try to get her to act in his own favor, instead of punching her in the face and damaging the little favorability he had just brushed, "But, in Westeros, you have to be careful, the Seven Kingdoms have long since abolished slavery, and everyone is free. Here, if you can't make the people live a better life, you won't admit that you have liberated them from the oppression of the nobles, but will only shout: 'I want to live a good life under Duke So-and-so'!"

Daenerys was even more ashamed of this sentence, which was obviously not disrespectful, but the more she listened to it, the more it seemed to be a mockery, and the haughty look of the "queen" on her face disappeared, and completely turned into a humble desire to seek advice: she heard the confidence in Egger's words, and if the night watchman in front of her really had a good way to realize her ideals, she did not mind lowering her posture.

Under the queen's longing gaze, Egger didn't sell much, and after a while, the words changed: "Let me make an inference that is not prudent - even if you now wipe out all the nobles of Westeros and divide all the resources equally, you will still be surprised to find that everyone has just eaten enough, and there is only a little room to spare." In the event of a disaster, a longer than expected winter, or a war, the situation will remain bad. Not to mention, in order to maintain this fairness and ensure that your policies are implemented properly, you need to expand the ranks of officials and replace lords and knights with bureaucracy, which is a system that is out of production and without any benefit, and everyone is selfish and driven by their own desires, and as soon as you take power, you quickly become the new oppressor, and for that you have to form a regulatory department......"

Daenerys frowned: "Do you mean that nobles and lords are irreplaceable, and my ideals are just a joke?"

"No, what I want to say is that Your Majesty wants to make the people's lives better, in addition to institutional changes, and more importantly, to make materials and goods more abundant. The productive forces and the relations of production must develop and progress together before the world can truly become a better place. ”

Productivity and production relations should be laid out in earnest - not to mention whether Egger has this knowledge reserve, and even if he had, then he could be ready to spend the night at Daenerys' place tonight. It is neither necessary nor pointless in this day and age to explain things in detail as in textbooks and lecture notes, and Iger has already briefly mentioned these two concepts in the first half of his book on the Demon Monarchy, and now he will take them out again, and with a little addition, the listener will fully understand what he means.

"His Majesty's idea of 'breaking the wheel of history' is essentially a desire to change the mode of distribution in the relations of production. There is nothing wrong with this, but you are ignoring one point: no matter how it is distributed, if there is no change in productivity, there is so much that can be distributed, and no matter how good the system and system, it will be quickly destroyed by the expansion of the population and the occurrence of accidents. Therefore, the correct approach is to carry out a comprehensive reform of the country, so that the productive forces and production relations can develop simultaneously and promote each other. ”

"Of course I thought, if there is so much food growing in the fields, and so many things are provided by the forests and the sea, how can we achieve the progress of 'productivity'?"

"That's a big book, if I want to go into more detail – and most importantly, it's a book I can't write. Iger spread his hands, understanding that the other party had already fallen into the trap, and now he couldn't get rid of her even if he wanted to, so he could be casual. He pulled out the chair across from Daenerys, sat down after pouring himself and the queen a glass of warm wine, took a sip, and continued, "But though I can't write it, I'm sure it can be done." Your Majesty, if you know a little about the Night's Watch industry, you will know that this is not only a large production organization, but also the personnel of its research institute, who also carry out some ...... in their spare time or at my direction, or on their own initiative. Among them, there is the item of farming. ”

"Don't tell me that the employees of the Night's Watch industry grow their own food. ”

"Of course it's impossible, but most of the cooking is the responsibility of the canteen. The canteen staff only need to cook two meals a day, and when they have nothing to do, they will grow some vegetables in the countless open spaces of the huge factory room - both to pass the time and to subsidize the consumption of raw food in the canteen. When I learned of this, I ordered the institute to intervene in this amateur activity, using tools, changing farming methods, trying new fertilizers, and every other way imaginable, to find a way to grow more in the same large field. ”

"Success?"

"The yields of each experimental plot are somewhat different, but they are all higher than the average of the seven countries. "So, there is no disrespect – but I have to correct what Your Majesty has just said: it is true that there is not only so much grain growing in the field, but that it can grow more through agricultural reform, and this is called progress in productivity." ”

"How?"

"Carefully cultivated seeds, sturdy tools, scientific and rational cultivation methods: sowing, irrigation, fertilization, etc...... Are you sure you want to listen now? As far as I know, Dragonstone doesn't grow food. ”

"I see. Daenerys had given up thinking about it, and now she just wanted to read the next chapter...... No, listen to the next paragraph, "And then?"

"We have now agreed that technological progress will lead to the development of productive forces, and if there is any doubt about it, ask it immediately, and if not, we will move on to the next argument. "Iger was very generous with the knowledge Daenerys wanted, because what he said today was not what he really wanted to play with in the future. Even if she had to be an enemy of Daenerys one day, she wouldn't be because of what she heard from her today...... It becomes more difficult to deal with, "After the development of productive forces, which of the seven countries will benefit the most?"

"The most beneficial...... Isn't it true that everyone benefits?"

"That's right, but now I want Your Majesty to answer this question by thinking about it, which place will benefit the most?"

It's not like Iger wants to sell off, he also wants to complete the brainwashing as soon as possible and let the queen think according to her own thoughts, but this issue is too sensitive, and if he leads the way by himself, he may get some very bad suspicions.

Daenerys was painfully forced to move from "learning mode" to "thinking mode", and thankfully the question wasn't difficult to answer.

"The river bay land, because the river bay land has the warmest climate, the largest arable land area, and the largest population. ”

"Yes. "But given that your knowledge of the current state of the Seven Kingdoms is 'somewhat weak,' I think it is necessary to give you more details on the specific proportions of the data: the Riverlands are twice as cultivated as the second-ranked Riverlands, and because of the warm and humid climate, they can grow three times a year during the long summer, and their grain production is half that of the Seven Kingdoms combined, and the population is not so exaggerated, but it is also more than the North, West, River, and Valley combined...... And that's just the official data, we don't know exactly how much is hidden. Did you hear me?"

"I have to admit that I really didn't know that clearly. ”

"Now, we can finally go back to the concept we introduced earlier: easy to get but hard to treat. Egger breathed a sigh of relief, the first half was finally finished, "The ideal situation is naturally to be the enemy of the whole world, defeat the Seven Kingdoms and control the whole territory of Westeros, but Your Majesty must not want to spend the rest of your life at war." The reasonable solution, then, is to compromise: win over some of the nobles, and then make enemies of the rest. Reclaiming the Iron Throne requires the power of the great nobles, and trying to break the wheel of history is an enemy of them - if you want to achieve your ideals despite resistance, you must have enough control over the Seven Kingdoms. Assuming that your dragon's combat power is equivalent to one country, if Your Majesty needs to win over the three kingdoms now and fight against the remaining four kingdoms, what will you choose?"

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