"The whips broke through the air and the iron chains clanked... Slaves and civilians, driven by warriors holding weapons, began to build rammed earth walls, expand roads, and build altars and temples..."
"Of course there is also the palace of the city-state owners...these city-state owners who have been promoted from tribal lords are no longer willing to work with the people, nor are they willing to eat, drink and live together..."
"As people become more and more oppressive, what will appear first? Slaves!"
"Attack other tribes and plunder the population as slaves. These tribes may be only a few dozen miles apart. It seems that they don't even have a village..."
"According to today's point of view, these are all fellow villagers, and they are relatives who need to be polite and help each other! How can they be oppressed and turned into slaves?"
"After having slaves, does this person's oppression of people end? No, no... Slaves were enough at first, but gradually slaves are not enough!"
"That's when corvee appeared! Slavery can be said to be the oppression of one nation on other nations, but the corvee system is the oppression of one nation on its own people!"
"Forcing your own tribe to take on obligations will cost you so many days of work for the city-state every year! Whether it's building city walls, dredging rivers, reclaiming wasteland... or even organizing yourself to fight against foreigners on a voluntary basis, and continue to expand the city-state!"
The ghost eunuch Cha Nu smiled ghostly, "Then... the city-state became more and more powerful, the city was prosperous and the army was huge, and the city-state owner was no longer satisfied with just one city!"
"They began to expand. This time they did not annex those small tribes, but set their sights on other city-states in the distance!"
"Okay... Your Majesty, this country has appeared. Multiple cities are formed together to form a country!"
"As people became more and more busy exploring distant places, trade routes appeared...a wonderful thing was born in the world!"
"What is this? It's money!"
"It's great to have money! If we exchange what we have, I can buy your wine, cattle and sheep, and you can buy my weapons and slaves!"
"And when the king sees such good money flowing, how can he not reach out? Then taxes appear again!"
"Hahaha... Your Majesty, with slaves, corvées, and taxes... these are all chains imposed on the people, and they are all intended to plunder the wealth created by the people!"
"Then how can we keep such a predatory game going forever? The punishment is coming!"
"Punishment! The people are still afraid..."
The tea slave fell silent and looked at the somewhat stupid Zai Chun for a long time before he said, "Your Majesty, do you think why I am talking about these things that happened thousands of years ago? These meaningless topics!"
Zai Chun shook his head desperately!
"Hey... Your Majesty, everything I said was just to ask Your Majesty a question!"
"Since ancient times, humans have created slavery, the corvée system, the tax system, the penalty system... All these systems make the people unhappy, and even make them hate them!"
"But such an outrageous system...why can't it be banned? Why have these systems become more and more stringent and untouchable over the past thousands of years?"
"Why can't this system, which makes people feel comfortable and make people feel painful and hopeless, unable to be abolished? Instead, it becomes more and more strict and difficult to challenge?"
"This is a question! Your Majesty... have you thought about this question?"
"I...let me think about it, let me think about it...but hasn't slavery been abolished long ago..." Zaichun himself couldn't continue to say this for half the time. Isn't the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty actually about slavery? Variant?
The tea slave smiled sinisterly and said, "Really there are no slaves anymore? Haha... Your Majesty, please don't deceive yourself and others. Do British people think they are equal to Qing people? Do they think Africans are human beings?"
"Your Majesty, you have to think carefully... the tea is really getting cold!"
The fire in the small red mud charcoal stove began to fade, and the sky outside seemed to be gradually getting darker. I don’t know what time it is now, but it is definitely dusk!
Suddenly, Zai Chun felt an indescribable feeling of fear in his heart. He seemed to feel that something terrible would happen after the charcoal fire was completely extinguished!
In other words, when the setting sun completely disappeared, maybe he would never be able to get out of this small courtyard. Subconsciously, he turned back and looked at the door. Sure enough, some mist suddenly appeared from the closed palace door!
The fog is gradually spreading, and there is a feeling that it is going to swallow the portal completely! Are you saying that if you can't figure out anything, you will be locked up here forever?
"No... no no no... don't close the door... I have to go back to approve the coupons..."
"Hehehe... Your Majesty... you haven't answered the old slave's question yet..." The tea slave's face became paler and paler, and the panic in Zai Chun's heart intensified!
"I, I, I... I know... I know the answer... I remember the master once told me... don't close the door... don't..."
Zai Chun was so anxious that he was covered in cold sweat. Suddenly he yelled and an idea came to his mind, "I remember! I remember the master once said...it's competition! It's driven by the war between humans!"
A word suddenly ignited the charcoal fire, and a bright flame emerged from the gradually extinguished charcoal!
"I remembered...I know the answer to your question! Human beings came from nature, developed from tribes to city-states, and then to national dynasties..."
"Actually, it's all the result of cruel competition! Sometimes it's not that people are bloodthirsty or warlike, but that they understand that if they don't hit others, others will definitely come and kill me!"
"So the tribe must build fences and wooden walls. If these cannot protect themselves, then they must build rammed earth walls or even huge walls of stone and bricks!"
"In order to protect yourself, you must train professional murderous warriors, that is the army!"
"Killing others in order to feed the army requires corvee service, taxes and punishment!"
"Just like the current global arms race, it's not that any country has too much money to spend on building warships, but it is forced to build weapons!"
"People all have a nightmare in their hearts, that is, the nightmare of being bullied and slaughtered by others, or by aliens, so they drain the wealth of society to prepare for war, conduct scientific research, and engage in industrial development!"
"That's it...ah! Ahhhhh...I understand, you are telling me how to govern the country!"
"Old tea slave, your intentions are really good! I understand, it turns out that the best way to govern a country is to take advantage of the fear in the hearts of all people!"
"We must use fear to rule the hearts of the people!"
There was a bang, and the fire in the red clay stove was bright. The old tea slave stood up with a smile and bowed, "It is best if your Majesty realizes it! The door has been opened, your Majesty, please go..."
With a creak, the palace door that was almost swallowed by the fog opened again, revealing the West First Street outside!
"Go, Your Majesty! You must understand that it is because of fear in the hearts of the people that they accept corvées, taxes, punishments and other unbearable systems!"
"If there is no fear in the hearts of all the people, haha...I am afraid that even if the tax is increased by one coin, they will rebel!"
The old tea slave suddenly pushed, and Zai Chun was thrown out of the palace door in a flash!
"Ah!" Zai Chun screamed and fell to the ground.
