Chapter 1428: Domination, the World
Midland gushed out the historical truth: "In fact, after the start of the Revolutionary War, the total strength of the Continental Army has been declining, because the rebel parliament is simply a selfish group composed of a group of greedy gentry, who are simply unable to pay and unwilling to pay enough to fight! At the most critical moment, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Continental Army on the front line mutinied and marched to the seat of the Continental Parliament, for the simple reason that they received military salaries were all waste paper continental coins, and the value of the currency was equal to zero. Those rich gentry, wealthy families, and smugglers are basically using them as cattle! The treatment is no different from that of serfs! And the soldiers are shouting, 'Hang Yanigif, hang damned speculative merchants, hang damn Continental Congress!' The people's hearts, the people's hearts, even the army's hearts, what kind of people's hearts are talking about?"
"But they still won later!!" Silverarmor and Haidar almost simultaneously stood up and emphasized: "Without the support of the people, how could they have won in a desperate situation? Don't you even understand this truth?" Seeing Midland glance at them: "You should go to the National Library to read more!" At the most critical moment, the enemy country of the mother country did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to send admirals and counts, with a fleet of 12 battleships and 5 cruisers, escorting 4,000 well-equipped soldiers to support. In the following years, the fleet and army continued to cross the ocean to help, and in the sixth year of the Battle of Dunkej, the supporting army provided a total of 32 large warships, 9,000 soldiers, and 343 battle mages to block the retreat of the home country's army from land and sea. throughout the campaign. The rebels suffered only 125 casualties, while the support forces suffered 2,000 casualties!"
In the end, the surrender that decided the victory of the Continental War of Independence was signed by three members of the coalition forces, and the rebel was Mr. Luo Yin, the empty commander. The remaining two are earls of the authentic support army. Midland sneered, "You know what? The so-called 'coalition' is actually a support army + a bunch of beggars. Because that's how the reinforcements describe the rebels who came to meet - I was shocked when I first saw this army...... They had no uniforms, most of them were ragged, and most of them were barefoot. They were of all shapes, and even children under the age of fourteen!!"
"You~~~" When the silver armored boy was still thinking about what to say, Midland on the other side wanted to instill more things: "Do you know what Kan Ruimaia's independence is equivalent to - it is equivalent to when we are fighting with the barbarians in the east and the snake people in the south, the salt dealers who are opportunistic and reversible in the east, the rich people who collude with officials and businessmen, and the wealthy families who dominate one side collude to form a powerful local power group and manipulate public opinion to attack the government." Gather outlaws, unemployed people, and smugglers to rebel. Finally, split the country with the support of foreign intervention forces!!"
"You are really ~~~" The silver armored boy said speechlessly: "You have been brainwashed, right! Obviously, the righteous teacher has been defiled like this by you, where are you ~~~ educated?!The founding greats are said to be hypocrites~~~" But Midland was unexpectedly arrogant: "They are not hypocrites, who are hypocrites, and the king of the supporting side has made high debts by himself in order to support these traitors." In the end, he was beheaded by his own people, mobs, pens and some rich people. And the rebels paid the bill. It also vigorously declares in public opinion that our independence is due to the support of the peoples of friendly countries. and not a 'dictatorial monarchy'. It's really light, as if it was not the king who gave the order to transfer troops, but the farmer of the family. ”
However, the new court after the overthrow of the king did not reap the benefits. Because the root of the traitors is the wealthy families who collude with officials and businessmen, the big businessmen who are opportunistic, and the unscrupulous smugglers. The new court went to war with the rebels and demanded that the rebels abide by the treaties they had signed. The jump recognizes that the two sides are allies and should automatically go to war against each other's enemies, and that the ports should be open to each other and not accept ships from the hostile countries. The ambassador asked the rebels why they did not abide by the treaty, and the rebels said coldly: The treaty was signed with the old king, and now that the king is dead, the treaty is invalid. The ambassador had no choice but to settle for the second best thing, hoping that the rebels would return the war loans that had supported their independence. Even if it's only a part. As a result, one of the early initiators of the rebel Constitution and one of the founding fathers, Donmi Khan flatly rejected the request for debt collection. In the end, when the ambassador could only hope that his ship would dock at Kanremaia, the rebels simply sent a rudely worded diplomatic letter to the new court, demanding that the ambassador be recalled. The funniest thing is that after the ambassador was recalled, this group of rebels immediately sent representatives to negotiate with the enemy countries of the new imperial court to negotiate rapprochement between the two countries, establish a treaty of trade and navigation, and actually let their enemy countries swagger into their own ports. Anyway, the old creditors are repaid, and the new creditors are still repaid. In the end, there is no need to pay back this account, this good trick of defaulting on the debt, it is really a group of good great people who are 'honest and upright and abide by the contract'!"
"Since Kan Ruimaia's independence is because of foreign intervention forces and a group of rich people, speculators, and rich families," Midland turned his head and stared at the silver armored prince seriously: "Why do you think that they have won the hearts of the people and won the world? The hearts of the people are just tools to realize their political power." ”
The silver armor boy shook his head: "Where the hell did you learn this strange thing, it feels like you have been brainwashed." Okay, if the people's will is useless, what do you think is useful?" The other party really replied with a bunch of things: "Trade system, currency acquisition, strategic material control, economic control, public opinion, and key network control." That's what I'm focusing on so far. ”
The silver armor boy frowned and said: "It is difficult to last long without skill and virtue." You study these things every day, but you are afraid that it will affect your own virtue. But Midland sighed and shook his head: "Virtue is also required, but virtue alone cannot make a dish." It's like you can't cook with salt alone. Your mind is still stuck in those ancient books and heroic stories that praise virtue, and you have forgotten the importance of 'art'. Now society is developing and complicated. It's not the time in ancient times when a few highly respected people could level the field. ”
"What are you talking about?" Silver Armor Gongzi was really angry this time: "Cultivating virtue is not the business of a few highly respected people. If you don't want to be virtuous, the officialdom will be full of insatiable villains. They're all hypocrites who deceive their superiors and subordinates, how can they control their superiors and monarchs? Sister, how have you changed so much in the past few years? Are you in the Sun Church, or are you learning something else? How did you become like this?"
"I've always been doing things at the Church of the Sun. Midland seemed to sigh: "But in the end, I found that the ~~~ I insisted on were some ~~~ things that were somewhat useful, but very superficial." Later, I met my uncle and the Reverend Magellan, and then I learned more and more important things. The history books I have read in the past are entangled in court disputes, focus on the ups and downs of characters, take pleasure in exposing personal problems, talk more about loyalty and treachery, and less about organizational construction, organizational execution and human nature. For example, you can take a look at this manuscript, which describes how to use money and financial interests to gain a ruling advantage when the information system is not perfect. She handed over a scribbled manuscript entitled "From Tokugawa Ieyasu's Overseas Monopoly on the Trade in Luxury Goods."
"This kind of evil book~~~" The silver armor boy was really angry: "It's just a stall! You can't sell 600 copper plates in a month! How can you be obsessed with these nonsense and hearsay things?" He stood up and gritted his teeth as if he had made a lot of determination: "I'm leaving." I have to go on more important business. He turned around slowly. Walk with your steps up. Walking very slowly and hesitantly. He was waiting, and there was even a slight call behind him~~~ just like the crisp call in the past~~~
However, there was a silence~~~ silence~~~ only the wind blew softly in the ears, which made the tips of the ears cold. He stole his head to glance at it. I saw Midland still sitting on the stone pier. Looking at the miscellaneous book in his hand, I don't know what to say. It also seems to be looking at a huge valley in the distance. But there is no longer him in his eyes~~~
Panicking in his heart, he strode up to the majestic Frost Palace, where he met the group of hotly discussed mages and the stout Duke of Van Doren mixed in in the strange hall full of vertical and horizontal pipes, large and small magic arrays, arcane altars such as Loulou, and other huge arcane crystals.
"You're going to take office?" the duke was slightly taken aback when he learned of his wishes, "It's not to stay a few more days. Do you want to learn management from Midland?" "The silver armor boy smiled a little miserably: "The concept is different, so you don't have to stay longer." When the duke was still trying to ease relations: "You and her have been separated for several years, and it is inevitable that there will be some incongruity. Young people have more contact and contact, and their feelings will naturally get better~~~" The young man of silver armor has already resolutely shook his head and refused: "The ambition is different, and the words are not speculative." And the husband should go out early to make his own business. "Let's use our careers to prove who is right and who is wrong!
The Duke of Van Duolun was also ready to persuade again, after all, if the price of grain could form this family business, the south could form a solid foundation. But at this moment, a mage shouted with joy from the opposite side: "It's passed! It's passed! The voice has arrived!" Immediately, Duke Van Duolun's mind was no longer here: "Oh~~~~Uh~~~Good~~~~~You~~~" He hastily said to the silver armor boy: "You can go." But the city is complicated, and you have to be mentally prepared. Then he turned to the mages, "Okay! I'll be right here!"
When the Silver Armored Prince strode away, he saw that the tall Duke of Van Doren was already crowded in the mage pile, and said in a joyful voice: "With this thing, commanding my entire territory is like commanding my arm." Laws and ordinances can also reach the whole territory!" The gloomy black-robed priest Magellan next to him was still offering slander: "And you have the strongest public opinion propaganda power in the whole territory. And first of all, it is to cultivate people's trust. They can be disseminated on a daily basis about cleanliness and hygiene, daily life and trade information in each municipality. Gradually cultivate their trust. Or ~~~ can make this an independent trading house, and everyone, merchants, including officials, can 'rent' these things. ”
"Yes!" The smile on Duke Van Duolun's face always had a sinister meaning, which made people feel slightly disgusting: "The Social Assets Management Commission's control of important channels and important materials starts here." Hahaha~~~" This piercing voice made the silver armor prince so heartbroken, when he walked out of the main hall and walked on the steep mountain road, his steps were a little unsteady, and his mind was in a trance.
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