Shiba held his breath and listened attentively.
"A country only has few resources. If you have more, then I will have less. If everyone in the country has this mentality of wanting more resources, then the country will be in Chaos because of the uneven distribution of spoils and the lack of satisfaction."
"So, in order to avoid this kind of chaos, we must "abuse the people" and "impoverish the people".
"Increase taxes, make their lives difficult, make their lives difficult, and have no capital to compete with the monarch."
"At the same time, in order to survive, these people will run around and work hard. If they don't have enough food, they will naturally have no time to think about anything else. This is what the saying "When people are poor, their ambitions are short" means".
"Of course, in this process, you have to carefully control the "extent"~~ my son."
Shiba puzzled and asked, "Control of extent?"
Prince Hades smiled and said, "Things will turn against themselves when they reach the extreme. Once they are oppressed too badly, they will not feel the hope of living and will rebel. They will break the jar and break the pot. For such examples, the long river of history has given enough bloody lessons. "
"We must keep the food and clothing of these people on the hovering line. There is no surplus food at home, and it is enough to barely maintain life."
"As long as they are not starving to death, most people will choose to make do. Under the condition of having enough food, ordinary people will not choose to do things that will cost their heads."
After listening to it, Shiba immediately said: "Listening to my father's words, it's like seeing the sun through the clouds, and my eyes are suddenly opened."
Hades smiled slightly: "Do you think it's over like this? It's not over yet."
Shiba is thirsty for knowledge: "I would like to hear the details."
Hades nodded slightly and continued: "The above is just the initial stage. At best, it will only prevent most people from having the idea of rebellion, but will not have psychological respect for the monarch."
"Even some unruly people will develop a hatred of the rich, and always think about murdering nobles like us in order to seize the money that does not belong to them."
"So in order to gain their heartfelt awe, it is particularly important to make these people feel insecure at this time. Only fear can produce awe."
"And if you want to create this sense of insecurity, starting a war is undoubtedly a very good way."
"Once the war fails, the fate of becoming a slave of a conquered country will inevitably be miserable, and at this time, the role of the monarch will be highlighted. They will "volunteer" to form an army to resist foreign invasion."
"In this process, these protected people will feel the "warmth" and "greatness" of the monarch, and then they will work for him wholeheartedly, without any second thoughts, and even reach the point of blind loyalty."
"In this process, there are at least the following benefits:
"First, it highlights the legitimacy and rationality of the monarch."
"Second, it is a legitimate opportunity to plunder a lot of money. After all, war costs a lot of money, and who pays for this money? Naturally, it is these people. They cannot have any objections to this, otherwise they will be accused of not wanting to contribute to the country and not being righteous."
"This way, we can also exclude dissidents, and the cost we pay is just the lives of some untouchables. Why not do it?"
Prince Hadrs explained to his son the ways to rule the people. Lan Ren deeply admired his father's political wisdom, but at the same time, he felt a little scared.
Fortunately, he was born in an aristocratic family. If he lived in an ordinary family, he would never get ahead in his life. Even if he was cheated, he would still be grateful and sing praises to the noble master.
As for whether he would have the idea of sympathizing with the people, that was a pure joke.
His father made it very clear that there were only so many resources and status in this world. Without the hard work of these mud-legged people, how could the noble masters have the glory and wealth?
He was a vested beneficiary. He would only feel empathy if he was kicked in the head by a donkey.
These people were just cattle and horses for the aristocrats to enjoy and scold.
Shiba said "With my father's political wisdom, how could he be willing to be inferior to..."
He didn't say it clearly, but it was already very obvious. Why didn't he just replace the name of the Fire Country?
In his eyes, the name of the Fire Country is just a pig who knows nothing and only knows how to eat and drink all day long. He is not even one ten-thousandth as wise as his father.
Hades mouth twitched, shook his head and smiled.
Prince Hades then sighed helplessly and said, "I just told you that if you want a country to be strong, the first prerequisite is that the people are weak, but there is such a group among the people that really makes me uneasy."
"Ninja?"
Prince Hades's face was solemn, and he mentioned the name "ninja" again.
Hearing his father mention ninja again, Shiba felt that his father was making a fuss.
After all, in his eyes, ninjas were just guys who worked for them, the nobles. Is it necessary to be so wary?
As if teaching a class to a student who was slow to learn, Prince Hades's tone of teaching was a little heavier: "Shina, in the conversation just now, I have emphasized to you countless times that if the country represented by the nobles wants to be strong, it must first weaken the people. However, the ninja group is not weak at all, on the contrary, they are very strong."
"They are a relatively wealthy group. Secondly, they have great power. Some ninjas don't take the daimyo nobles seriously at all. They are only loyal to the village. If one day, these ninjas change their minds and want to rebel, they will not discuss it with you in advance. At that time, we nobles will have no power to resist at all. The wealth accumulated over the years will become the things of these mud legs. Are you willing?"
Hades's was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "So, we have to keep launching wars and hiring these ninjas. In name, it is to defend the country, but in fact, it is to let them plant the seeds of hatred and kill each other?"
(End of this chapter)