Chapter 46: Heavenly Gold (II)
However, on the other hand, just as the slave owners in the southern United States trusted the "white slaves" with their own blood more than the ordinary black slaves, the blood of the Draconians in these "half-dragons" also made them gain greater trust in the Draconians, and it was far easier to enter CP0 and the World Government (including the Navy, the Advance City Prison, and all the institutions under the World Government such as CP1-9) than ordinary people.
And with these "half-dragon people" occupying many important positions, objectively it has further consolidated the rule of the Tianlong people over this world......
Due to the small number of people, compared to the atrocities directly carried out by the individual Draconians, the burden of Heavenly Gold is the greatest evil of the Draconians' rule.
But it wasn't until he learned the details of this heavy tax from Stracey that Mousse understood why so many people were forced to ruin their families by it, but there was no great uprising that could overthrow the rule of the Celestial Dragons, "It turns out that the amount of heavenly gold that each member country needs to pay is so far away, no wonder on the one hand, some people hate the world government and the Draconians, and on the other hand, there are still a large number of people sitting on their sides!" ”
In the final analysis, the gold in the sky is a poll tax under a different name, and the amount of payment is directly related to the number of people, but the calculation standards of different countries are not the same, and the coefficient of large countries and powerful countries is generally set very low.
For example, Elbaf, the world's largest power, even needs to hand in a symbolic amount of almost negligible Bailey per person per year, and the people of these countries naturally do not feel any pressure.
And those small and weak countries have a light burden of tens of thousands of Baileys per person, and rich countries like Frevans and Nottis are as high as more than 100,000 Baileys, and one person pays more than the whole country of Elbaf......
In addition, the world government does not directly rule the world, and the heavenly gold is also entrusted to the governments of the various member countries to collect on its behalf, and the royal families and nobles and bureaucrats at all levels have to share the benefits more or less, and the burden that is not light will naturally become heavier......
In particular, those countries that do not have important special products can only hand in cash, which is more exploitative by businessmen and more prone to corruption by officials, so the burden becomes heavier.
If the year is a little bad, the common people can only starve to death or go to sea to become pirates......
This phenomenon is naturally very unfair, but the rule of the Celestial Dragons is still as stable as Mount Tai, because although those big and powerful countries can pay less heavenly gold, they are obliged to contribute force to the world government.
For example, most of the giant generals in the navy are from Elbaf, which weakens these potential threats and makes them unable to challenge the world government.
At the same time, the world government can also use the powerful force it has contributed to suppress the people of those small and weak countries who cannot survive and can only rebel.
What? What if a small country is weak, but there is a powerful strong country? Then it is not a small country and a weak country!
For example, the kingdom of Goa came out of Monchi· After D. Karp, the naval hero, the country's heavenly gold burden was immediately greatly reduced.
Otherwise, the Goya Kingdom, which was originally small and poor, would not even think about the life of the nobles, how could they pretend to be a "model country"?
After learning this, Mousse couldn't help but lower his evaluation of the former Pharos king who is now missing.
Although the latter's strength is not as super-level as Karp, but in his early 20s, he is not weaker than the average vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters, and if he is willing to give up his position as a king to join the Navy, he may not be able to reduce the amount of heavenly gold tax to a level that the country can afford.
But James Glenn mistakenly chose to withdraw from the alliance, and the country was ruined......
"I don't know if it's because I'm reluctant to take the position of king, or if I don't know enough about the world government, if it's the former, then I overestimated his character before, and if it's the latter, it's because I overestimated his brain......", Mousse's current thoughts are quite "standing and talking without backache".
But after thinking about it like this, it made Mousse feel much more relieved that James Glenn didn't come to the world after he fled, and even more so after learning that he finally chose to join Whitebeard.
It must be admitted that this approach of the world government does take advantage of it, but there is also a hidden danger that is difficult to solve, that is, what should we do if the leeks are cut to death and the financial resources are exhausted?
This is enough to destroy any regime on earth, but the world government is not a country with a definite territory, and the source of heavenly gold is not fixed......
In this world, old nations are constantly dying and new ones are being born.
Just like the village where the puppy is located, the villagers can't survive and escape, because there is no heavy tax burden, and everyone lives a happy life after the successful reclamation.
But with population growth and economic development, sooner or later it will attract pirates to covet it, and then they can only turn to the navy for help.
In other words, this autonomous village will either be incorporated into a member country of a world government, or it will establish itself and then ask for membership, and this will not have a new leek?
Obviously, such a model cannot bring peace to the world, but as the Five Old Stars said, as long as the world is in "balance", the rule of the Celestial Dragons can continue forever......
"If the situation of each country is different, it will not be able to break out a major uprising that will sweep the world, and no matter how big the local turmoil is, the world government will have enough power to suppress it, and even those countries in better condition will support it more because of the fear of war, such a system is simply desperate for the oppression at the bottom, just like almost no civilian uprising has ever succeeded in the feudal countries on the earth (in ancient times, there were peasant uprisings in China that were successful, but that was also after Qin Shi Huang unified Liuhe to implement the emperor/centralized system, It can be seen that there were few peasant uprisings in ancient foreign countries, mainly due to institutional reasons. ))) as an example......"
For a while, Mousse, a guy who thought he was very hard-hearted, couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, the One Piece world is even more desperate than the ancient feudal system on Earth, and the latter will at least have princes make a big rebellion to reshuffle the cards, and it will generally be better than the original for a period of time after that, but this world is ......
Even under the feudal system, the monarch has a huge advantage over the princes, and the latter wants to become bigger, but in the final analysis, the former has to be stupid.
On Earth, if a dynasty lasts, sooner or later, there will be a faint king, so it will always perish after a few hundred years at most.
But although the Celestial Dragons of this world as a whole have been completely corrupted, it is the immortal monster of Im who is at the helm, expecting him (and more likely her) to be stupid? It's better to count on a big meteorite to just hit the Holy Land Mary Joy and wipe out all the Celestial Dragons, and the chances may be a little greater......
Therefore, the people of the One Piece world can only suffer painfully for 800 years, until the ancient weapons are resurrected, the chosen one is born, and then the situation is broken violently.
Until then, don't say it's BIG· The MOM Pirates, even the stronger Whitebeard Pirates, are unlikely to shake the rule of the Draconians......