Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "What you said makes sense. In fact, the reason why we finally became equal to everyone is because these people were oppressed, enslaved, and bullied until they could not live longer than twenty." Years of workers finally formed a collective and resisted. You must know that these people who gather together and work in large factories are called workers, and the group they form is called the working class."
Wang Miaoyin's eyes lit up: "Working class? What is this? Are they all the people in these places where handmade utensils are made?"
Liu Yu waved his hand: "No, this kind of class refers to the division of our era, that is, all people in the world who are engaged in the same nature of work are called a class. For example, in this world, all those who farm and work in agriculture, It is called the peasant class, similar to the division between scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.”
Wang Miaoyin laughed: "I understand, among the people, there are different types according to the different things they do. It's just that we have grades here, but you have classes. Changing the soup does not change the medicine. What do you mean? All the people in the world who make a living by working in the field are the working class, how can they resist?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "The Western Yi powers used a method called the land enclosure movement to force a large number of farmers to be landless. Moreover, unlike you, the children of aristocratic families, they were not allowed to farm as tenant farmers. It is to completely deny them the opportunity to become farmers, so they can only go to the cities and work in these big factories."
Wang Miaoyin frowned: "Why do these great powers not let them farm their land, but let them work as workers? At this time, who are the people in power in these great powers' countries?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly and said: "These Western Yi powers started with a ruling model similar to that of princes. They have never formed a unified and centralized empire like our Qin Dynasty. In this way, we think that the emperor is the son of heaven chosen by heaven to rule the world and has all the power of life and death. To be precise, since the Han Dynasty, they have entered a period like the emperor of Zhou, and the country is just a loose, city-state style. The alliance of princes, and under the city lord, there are feudal lords of different sizes. In this case, the authority of the king is not high to begin with, just look at our Great Zhou Dynasty."
Wang Miaoyin nodded: "The Qin Emperor wiped out the wasteland, destroyed the six kingdoms, and completely established an empire model that can command the world and do everything. This is worth boasting about. In this way, the Western Yi powers were just some small powers before. How could the Zhou Kingdom become so powerful like this? Could it be that these princes rebelled, killed the king, and then changed their ways to become stronger like the Qin Kingdom, and in turn overthrew the Emperor of Zhou?"
Liu Yu said: "It's almost the same. Take the most powerful country among these Western barbarian powers, called Yingjili, as an example. This country is on a big island, and it is probably almost as big as one of our big states. What about the country of Yingjili? , there have always been hundreds of princes, large and small, who were nominally obedient to the king. Their titles were similar to ours, and they were also the fifth class of princes, marquises, uncles, sons, and sons. According to different titles, they were allocated different sizes of land. Since the founding of the country, These princes have an organization called the Council of Wise Men, which allows the princes to express their opinions and even restrain and counter the king."
Wang Miaoyin laughed: "You seem to have said that you would set up a similar organization before, even within the Beijing Eighth Party, and you did it first. Were you influenced and inspired by this?"
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, this joint meeting of the princes later became a parliament, a meeting for discussion. Because its interests conflicted with the king's, the British Parliament and the king experienced many years of civil war, and the king In the end, he was defeated and ended up being beheaded. It was through this method of beheading the king that he completely destroyed the awe of the royal power in the hearts of the people, and from then on, he moved from a feudal country to a capitalist country."
Wang Miaoyin murmured to herself: "I understand feudalism, the establishment of a country through feudalism, just like the Zhou Dynasty. But what does capitalism mean?"
Liu Yu said with a smile: "This cannot be explained in just a few words. You just need to understand that those who open factories no longer rely on the land to recruit people, but rely on the equipment, instruments, and labor tools inside when they open the factory. It’s called capital, and people who own capital are called capitalists. Many of these capitalists are small and medium-sized princes who won the civil war, or veterans who won titles and made meritorious services. They no longer want to rely on land ownership through the traditional way to earn money. Instead of letting farmers work to make profits, they built factories and became capitalists.”
Wang Miaoyin suddenly realized: "I kind of understand that these capitalists are actually the princes and farmers, but their vision is no longer limited to relying on people to cultivate the land, because if even the king can be killed, the princes and the land will also It’s not stable. Entering the city, becoming a capitalist, and bringing the remaining people to work in the city can alleviate conflicts. This is the same as how we can prevent people from rebelling at home by enlisting people in the army to fight."
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, but factory production requires resources, such as iron ore, copper ore, and oil. Western powers like England do not have many domestic resources, so they must expand outward and pass through as soon as possible. It was another country called Spain that expanded the way of navigation. They also discovered a primitive, backward New World. There were many silver and gold mines on this continent, which made Spain rich, and also made countries like England rich. Everyone saw the benefits and continued to follow up.”
Wang Miaoyin sighed: "From this point of view, these Western barbarians are no different from the barbarians on the grasslands. No matter how civilized they are, no matter how good their technology is, they are still a country of robbers who bully the weak, rob and kill, and have no benevolence or justice. It can be said. Such a country is unsustainable and cannot last long."
Liu Yu nodded: "You are right. This kind of country is actually ruthless internally and ruthlessly externally. It exploits its own workers and is as ruthless as those who invade foreign countries. However, many of them are victims of pirate invasions in the past. The countries established are just like those established by barbarians such as the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Later Qin Dynasty. After invading and occupying other countries, they established a country on the same place. The leader became the king and the generals became princes. Even after a country was established, thousands of years passed. The predatory and cruel nature in their hearts remains unchanged. Their original tribes were called Anglos and Saxons, or Angs for short, and in our world, this Anglo-Saxon group of countries has become the source of evil that has brought chaos to the world."
(End of chapter)
