There is no shortage of smart people in this world, but when it comes to interests, everyone will selectively put their brains aside.
Even a few smart people, seeing the potentially fatal knife behind the interests, are very likely to bet on the one in 10,000 possibility.
As a result, there are people who have successfully made profits. But most of them died without their bodies intact.
When it comes to the country, it is not surprising that it happens every 300 years.
The kingdom is only three hundred years old. Is it really the so-called fate? Is the national destiny really bad?
Or maybe the defeat of the last few emperors?
No, not at all.
At least before globalization was achieved, when each country was still at war with several neighboring countries in its own territory, the demise of the country was basically a man-made disaster.
Especially for the Celestial Dynasty, which has always been firmly at the top of the family in terms of population and culture. Ninety-nine percent of the country's collapse and family destruction were due to man-made disasters.
Among them, the emperor admittedly played a certain role, but at least 90% of the reasons were due to corrupt officials.
Not to mention other things, take the Ming Dynasty as an example. At the beginning of the founding of the country, it had a strong military.
In addition to soldiers experiencing more wars, good equipment also plays a big role.
The imperial court went deep into the grasslands many times to hunt down foreigners, but it never saw its finances dry up.
And before he ascended the throne.
Corrupt officials were rampant, and under the protection of officials, various taxes did not fall into the pockets of the court.
Why do those people give money to corrupt officials?
It's very simple, profit.
Where do their profits come from?
Did you steal it from ordinary people?
People have no assets and insufficient savings. If they get sick or suffer a disaster, they will go bankrupt.
What to do if you go bankrupt? The only option is state rescue. This virtually increased the pressure on the court.
Corrupt officials do more than that to the country.
Corruption is serious, the fields of guardsmen have been seized, and arrears of wages for a year and a half are common.
The equipment is even more terrible. The equipment of the majestic Celestial Kingdom is actually no better than that of a small Jiannu.
Coupled with the firearms that explode from time to time, how can the army have combat effectiveness?
In the event of a disaster, where will the country get the money to provide disaster relief?
Without disaster relief, the victims have no hope and will choose to rebel in order to survive.
After that, we can only wait for the destruction of the country and the massacre of alien races.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the officialdom was strictly scrutinized and there were few corrupt officials - tax revenue was sufficient, the army was strong, and the people had money. When faced with disasters, the people worked together with the country and did not cause much harm to the country.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, corrupt officials were rampant, wasting the army, and seizing people's property. The country was poor and the people were poor. Corrupt officials and other vested interests are extremely rich. The people can only barely survive.
In case of natural disaster. A large number of people are bankrupt, and even if the state has a small amount of money to provide disaster relief, it is often less than one in a hundred that actually implements it.
In order to survive, the people rebelled. The country had no money and the army was weak. Suppression was time-consuming, energy-consuming and expensive, draining the country's strength, destroying local production and causing more disaster victims.
It snowballed like this many times, the country was gone, and the butcher knife of the alien race came.
All of these are inseparable from the contributions of corrupt officials.
Without the help of corrupt officials, would the country's finances have problems?
Needless to say, certainly not.
In the event of a minor disaster, will the court have no money to provide relief?
Needless to say, there definitely is.
In this way, how many people are willing to sell the land that is the foundation of their family?
The so-called theory of national destiny is just an excuse used by some people to justify their corruption and being beasts.
The country wants to continue to be strong.
We must ensure that there are very few corrupt officials and very few dishonest officials, so that we can ensure that most of the money is spent where it should be spent.
In this way, internal worries will be drastically reduced.
Only by ensuring that the army is pure can we ensure that the army is strong. Only by making the army strong can we protect the country's security and protect it from foreign enemies.
However, human nature is driven by profit.
The death penalty cannot completely stop the greed of corrupt officials, let alone give them a lighter punishment.
If the law does not punish animals, then animals will run rampant. The law does not promote good, and the people are indifferent.
There are good people and bad people in this world.
But pure good guys and pure bad guys only occupy a very small part.
Most people are just ordinary people with conscience.
When good things come to good people, they become good people.
When good people are hard to do, and may even go bankrupt, they will become cold strangers.
When beasts are rampant around them, and they are pushed to a certain level, they will turn into beasts as long as there is a chance.
This is human nature, real human nature.
If the country is compared to a person traveling on a road full of thorns, all citizens are cells.
The emperor and central government officials are the human brain. Determines the direction of the dynasty.
The intelligence agencies of the imperial court were the eyes and ears of the people.
Local government is the other nerves of the human body.
The surveillance system of the military and the imperial court formed the immune system and skin of the human body.
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Alien species are like those microorganisms that are covetous towards the human body.
Under normal circumstances, those microorganisms hardly threaten healthy people.
Even if you get injured occasionally, you will recover quickly.
Corrupt officials, just like those cancerous brain cells, will continue to use their status and rights to make crazy demands.
Once it accounts for too much,
People will lose their balance.
Then we will turn ordinary people into cancer cells.
Under internal and external troubles, things will get cold if you don't pay attention.
If you want the country to remain strong and prosperous for a long time, you cannot have any sympathy for corrupt officials.
Only by truly punishing evil and promoting good can the strength of the country be maintained.
The greatest significance of this public trial is to prove to the world that those who break the law must be prosecuted.
Gone will be the days when you can treat the law like shit if you have the background and money.
If the law does not punish everyone, it will become history.
Ming Dynasty will undergo great changes in the coming days.
A constitutional monarchy will replace the traditional feudal system.
The emperor, the country's top leader, will no longer have a lifelong tenure.
Once the emperor reaches the age of 65 or commits any violation of regulations, he will automatically abdicate.
The new emperor will not be selected from the eldest son, but will be succeeded by a person of high virtue from among the royal candidates.
The country will be managed by people with both talent and political integrity selected from thousands of talents.
All officials will impose restrictions, and once they violate the rules, the punishment will be continuously increased according to the size of their position.
The separation of powers separates the judicial, executive and legislative powers.
The emperor retained the power of pardon and increased punishment, as well as the power of temporary legislation.
Once the majority of the people are dissatisfied, or something is extremely contrary to morality, His Majesty can reduce or increase the punishment of the criminal.
When the court did not have clear laws on certain matters, the emperor could also submit temporary laws to prevent beasts from running rampant.
The emperor will be the only privileged person in the Ming Dynasty. This ensures that the law can play its role in punishing evil and promoting good, instead of being turned into a tool for powerful and wealthy beasts to oppress the people.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
Rulers are like ships, and people are like water. Water can not only allow the ship to sail smoothly, but also overthrow, engulf, and sink the ship.
Only a country recognized by the majority of its people will be stable and develop.
Most of the capital for the country's operations comes from people's taxes.
To put it bluntly, ordinary people are the country’s bread and butter.
The so-called rulers have no qualifications or rights at all to assume a superior posture in front of the people.
Only by keeping the people at heart and thinking more about the lives of the people at the bottom before making big decisions.
Actively developing science and technology and building a strong military are the foundation for a strong country.
