"Hahaha, hahaha!"
William's body was trembling, and he felt infinite joy in his heart. So that's it, so that's it. Why should he be so afraid of the evil dragon William? It's because he's afraid of his power and the army he has. But the evil dragon William is really like that. Is it powerful?
Why was the Dragon Emperor's army able to defeat the armies of the Six Kingdoms? Was it because the Dragon Emperor was wiser, his ministers were more capable, and his soldiers were stronger than the kings of the Six Kingdoms?
No, because the Dragon Emperor's country has many people, while the Six Kingdoms have few people.
It sounds so incredible, but this is indeed a truth of war, that is, a country's total war, and extreme mobilization involves the real strength of numbers.
In the feudal era, the country belonged to the king and the great nobles. Regardless of victory or defeat, for the people, it was just a matter for the nobles and the kings. Even if they ceded land and paid compensation, they were just a replacement. It's just a new ruler, there is no difference between the former and the latter.
The Qin State, which implemented Legalist ideas, was also ruled by the King of Qin and the nobles, but the strict policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business made the people of all countries act in accordance with the national policy for farming, and there would be no redundancy. The whole country is like a big military camp, and the people's upward path is limited. However, if you kill the enemy and obtain the enemy's head during the external war, you can gain meritorious service, improve your social status, and gain promotion.
All the promotion channels in the six countries except Qin are monopolized by the nobles, and the lower class cannot get promotion even if they work hard. Therefore, the victory of Qin is essentially that Qin pulls its people into war chariots and goes to war. The kings and nobles of the Six Kingdoms fought.
The people of Qin can benefit from fighting. At the same time, the strategy of farming and war restricts the people of Qin to only benefit from fighting. Compared with the six countries that have experienced developed culture and prosperity, the people of Qin have fewer ways to improve their class status.
Therefore, civilization conquered barbarism, and once the unified dynasty was unified, it would also face the dilemma of being overthrown by the more barbaric grassland peoples.
Because the nomads rely on their own material wealth accumulation from grazing, once a natural disaster occurs, their ability to withstand risks will be reduced. The only way is to attack the Great Wall to rob. However, the Qin Empire cannot gain benefits from attacking the nomads, only various losses, so This is why the Dragon Emperor wanted to build the Great Wall.
The country has been unified, and there are no wars. The Legalist method of farming and war to reduce social vitality and maintain the country's military strength through social and economic methods is no longer feasible. The rulers can no longer provide benefits to the lower class people. Therefore, even if the Dragon Emperor is still alive, The Qin Empire's Guozuo may not be able to continue.
Productivity determines the relations of production. Naturally, everything can be war-oriented when conquering the world. After conquering the world, we must rebuild the country and focus on economic construction. This is natural.
"What a fan of the authorities."
William shook his head and looked at Jackie Chan with a hint of gratitude in his eyes. The world after traveling was a medieval feudal society, so the question he was thinking about was how to be a feudal king and how to defeat the evil dragon William. Therefore, his thoughts suddenly changed. That's wrong. If Jackie Chan hadn't woken him up, he would have almost forgotten where his real advantage was.
What is the difference between ancient wars and modern wars? In William's opinion, it ultimately reflects two aspects. One is the technological innovation brought about by the advancement of science and technology. The explosion of the atomic bomb made a world war almost impossible. At the same time, War is not limited to kings and nobles, but involves everyone and all aspects of society.
In the Homeric era of Greece, Paris, the Trojan prince, abducted Queen Helen, the wife of the King of Sparta, so that the kings and princes who had attended the wedding of the King of Sparta and swore in front of the gods to protect the marriage could not step down. In order to fulfill their oaths to the gods, the kings and princes of all Greek city-states mobilized their own armies to expedition to Troy. This war was actually just a personal war for the rulers.
In the era of Alexander the Great and Caesar, wars had gradually changed from kings, princes, nobles, and heroes to free people as the main force of the war. Whether it was Alexander the Great who conquered three ancient civilizations and obtained titles such as Son of Zeus and Son of Amon (Ra), etc. , he relied on an army composed of free people from his own country, and Caesar's Roman legions were all composed of free people, including Roman citizens and foreign barbarians. They all have a common title, Romans .
Whether it was Alexander the Great, Caesar, Genghis Khan or Gustav, they only relied on the free people of their own country or other countries. The only thing that really caused the war to affect all strata of society was the nationalism during the Napoleonic Wars. The country was not It does not belong to the emperor, nor to the king, nor to the nobles and priests. The country belongs to everyone in the country.
Therefore, the rise of French nationalism and patriotism allowed Napoleon the Great to sweep across Europe for a time. Precisely because the country is his own country, countless French people will stand up and actively fight when the country is at a critical moment, even though the French militia army is protecting their own province. The combat effectiveness is strongest when you are at home, but it will shrink when you go to other provinces. Don't expect to have much combat effectiveness when you go to foreign countries, but the strength of all the people in the entire country is used by the country.
This was the case during the First World War. Men, women, adults, children, all walks of life and all walks of life were all contributing to this protracted war.
By Jackie Chan's era, war had evolved from a confrontation between armies to a confrontation between all citizens of the entire country. War was not just on the battlefield, but also included confrontation in diplomacy, economy, propaganda and other aspects. , from the land to the sea, from the ocean to the sky, and from the sky to the universe, everything can be fought.
It is precisely because the field of war includes so many things that the God of War has become more and more powerful, so that in later generations, relatively controllable wars may occur between small countries and between big countries. However, For major powers, a war cannot be afforded by both sides. They can only fight this invisible war through public opinion war, diplomatic war, and economic war.
The superiority of the Qin Empire's ruling constitution was reflected in the feudal era, but it also had future troubles, because the war machine could not continue to operate forever. Once the main nation with a strong sense of belonging to itself suffered heavy losses, then its own The rule will collapse.
The blood of the First World War was not yet cold, but the Second World War came. The people of the British Empire did not want to fight anymore, let alone fight for their status as a great country and their colonies around the world, so they finally let it go. The continued independence of the colonies led to the disintegration of the British Empire.
The same was true for the Dragon Emperor at that time. Later Chinese people generally agreed that the Dragon Emperor was the emperor of all China. However, two thousand years ago, all the people of the Six Kingdoms believed that the Dragon Emperor was only the emperor of Qin. That is why the later people of the Six Kingdoms overthrew him. Qin Empire.
Dragon Emperor is not a template for success at all, but a negative example of failure.
Then what I should learn from should be Napoleon, the people's emperor.
William thought to himself, Napoleon's reputation would be so good if he also practiced dictatorship and became emperor. His successor, Napoleon III, was even called the "Socialist Emperor."
William understood in an instant.
Look at the "dads" of later generations. All the big capitalists have collectively become people's rich people. Working overtime at 996 is a blessing. The promised stocks allow employees to work overtime for free for the company as protagonists. I am not You are working for the capitalists, but for yourself. When the capitalists can no longer work hard for the company, they will turn around and "import you to society as talents". If you want overtime wages, you will directly experience what is a just law.
This is the true art of rulership.
William looked at the "Complete Works of Marx" he bought from a nearby bookstore, and instantly discovered that the ruling arts of the Dragon Emperor and Julius Caesar were actually not very popular.
