In the past, when his father-in-law praised Guo Kang so much, Guo Ponu would be a little unhappy. But this time, she thought about it and didn't refute it.

"If you had seen their methods, you wouldn't be so naïve." The stepfather continued: "These people are able to gain a foothold largely because they have the ability to deter both gangs and ordinary people. Not only internally, but externally, you can also use your attacks to threaten other ordinary people and intimidate them into serving the organization, otherwise the loss will be passed on to them. ”

"If we can't catch them all, we will not only breed new evildoers, but also make these 'new people' even worse. In this case, the means of cracking down on gangsters will naturally have little effect. ”

"Then we should be ashamed." Guo Ponu said bluntly: "As a pillar country, can't even these thieves be cured? ”

"It's not that it can't be cured." The stepfather shook his head and said, "If you want to really hurt them, you can do it, but you have to use unconventional means. If you really tear your face, it's not impossible, but it's a question of whether it's worth it. ”

"These gangsters, in essence, are mosquitoes that breed in a chaotic environment, and they have no value in themselves, but they are just nurtured and used by people with good intentions. For the messenger of the Lord, the cost of driving these people is small, but the gain is great. If we go down in person, we can't let them suffer a real blow, and we're in trouble. ”

"These people are the kind of worthless garbage soldiers." Guo Kang probably understood, so he also helped explain: "This is just like the messy vassal armies in the Persian army, if you can exchange something, you will make money, and you won't lose without him." ”

"When Tuoba Tao besieged Xuyi, he wrote a letter to the defenders, saying that although he killed the siege soldiers, he was not worried. Because the northeast of the city was besieging the Xiongnu and Ding Lingren. The more the Huns died, the fewer thieves there were; The more Ding Ling people died, the fewer thieves there were in Changshan. And the people who attacked the city in the south of the city were the Di people and the Qiang people, and the more they died, the fewer thieves in the pass. So I am not afraid of these casualties at all, anyway, it is a good thing whether to die or not. ”

"In a situation like this, it is definitely not the way to fight with violence."

"That's right. It is not worth it for a pillar country family like ours to pay the price of breaking normal rules, just to eliminate a group of these people. The father-in-law said, "So many times, we can only hesitate, unless they make a big mess, we really don't know where to start." ”

"And ordinary people, even the petty officials who run the cities, often do not have enough power and power to effectively attack them, and even suffer retaliation. In this way, it is chicken ribs for the upper class, and it is too large and terrible for the lower class, so that they can survive. ”

Guo Kang nodded.

Although he did not participate much in the various battles between the DPRK and China, giving people a sense of honesty and loyalty, his father-in-law obviously still saw it clearly.

Thinking about it now, he also thought about it so much, so he suggested that Guo Kang should not be in a hurry, hoping that he would rather lose some timeliness and weaken the effect of the blow than act without authorization.

However, Guo Ponu was very concerned about this plan that was not proposed by himself. She thought for a moment and asked, "How did the second grandfather do it back then?" ”

"Your uncle didn't just fight the gang back then." "What he really wants to do is to replan the city," the stepfather said. In order to implement this plan and achieve effective management, it is necessary to break down the neighborhoods that were previously controlled by the gangs. It's actually a 'side effect'. ”

"At that time, the urban planning of the capital was too chaotic – or not planned at all. The chaotic situation caused by the haphazard growth of various urban districts not only made the environment bad, made riots frequent, but also hindered management and even transportation. ”

"When the city was at its most chaotic, guilds and gangs were rampant enough to control the entire city, and they would be obstructed when they wanted to repair roads and improve transportation to Minato. The forces behind these people are also very complex, and the relationship between the old and new nobles is intertwined, and it is difficult to rectify and develop it, so it also hinders the further development of this place. ”

"But everyone knows that it was once the richest city in the entire Mediterranean world, and that a return to its former status is to be expected as the Black Sea perimeter finally settles down. One only has to look at the records of the past to see how prosperous most of them were and how exaggerated the income they brought to Rome. In the face of interests of this scale, the gangster's industry is really nothing. ”

Moreover, Uncle Ling also received the support and cooperation of Basil III at that time. On the pretext of cleaning up the remnants of the Empress Dowager Helena, the first khan arrested a large number of nobles in the city. In particular, the powerful local Greek nobles have been hit hard, and many old nobles who had been operating here in the previous dynasties or even earlier were uprooted. ”

"The first Khan ascended to the throne because he received the support of the legions. Therefore, these nobles have little ability to resist. On that occasion, he deprived more than fifty nobles of their hereditary powers, and exiled more than a dozen big nobles to Kiev. With the aftermath of this incident, your uncle was able to break the original rules in one fell swoop and promote this plan with forceful means. ”

"I see...... Guo Ponu muttered.

"Your uncle's fight against the gang is only a means, not a goal. The results are impressive, but in reality, they may not be as important as measures such as ease of transportation and improved hygiene. The father-in-law teased: "Cleaning up the dirt on the street brings more value than cleaning up the gangs." Like the west of the city, the Greeks' guilds of stonemasons were forcibly broken up because they refused to redraw the neighborhood and clear the road. ”

"Is it so serious?" Guo Ponu was a little surprised.

"Hey, it was dirty in the city right now." The father-in-law shook his head again and again: "No matter what, most of them will become the Paris of the East......"

"Of course, you should be able to see that. What really fuels and supports this initiative is the enormous financial potential of the entire capital. What Kang'er lacks is the corresponding 'reason'. He concluded.

"Your uncle put a lot of effort into clearing a lot of obstacles. But you see, by now, new gangs have grown in many places. Even, the way many gangs are organized, the space for survival, and even the slogans they adopt are very different from their predecessors. ”

"So, just like there will always be rat holes in the clutter pile, and rats will continue to grow in them, which is unavoidable."

"It's the same at the top. After the fall of that group of nobles, the supporters of the gang did not disappear, but a new group of nobles established contacts with various forces in the city. Many of these things are very complicated, and I can't explain them clearly - maybe your mother knows more, you can ask him when you go back. He sighed and said:

"Back then, your uncle, as an experienced expert, had the ability to run a military government and build a new city away from home in the Rus region, and it took a long time to find out the situation before taking action. Now, you have to come up with a reason to be convincing. ”

(End of chapter)