Togusa did not want to follow the old path of the island country, and he did not trust the princes everywhere. If he sacrificed his life in front of him, but his family was forced to die by the princes later, he would become a fool.
The princes need to rob for resources in order to stabilize themselves. It cannot be said that the princes are bad, but they have not evolved systems such as the imperial examination and the return of native land to locals. Therefore, the resolution of conflicts can only rely on love and mutual understanding, without the guarantee of a system.
There is no way to trust each other among the princes. If a prince takes out resources, he will be annexed. There is a competitive relationship between princes and no one can trust anyone. People in the east want to annex people in the west.
People in China also want to annex people in the east. In short, the princes need to control resources to ensure their own safety.
Togusa hopes that everyone will unite to solve social problems, but he is overthinking it. He can only expand, but even if he expands, he cannot trust the new people who join him. There is no platform for the old princes and new princes to cooperate. In this way,
You can only be a follower of rules, not a maker of rules.
After all, the princes in his own family don't have any rules to cooperate, let alone conquer other princes.
No one among the princes obeys the other, which is why the emperor has been a line for eternity. It is very simple to kill the emperor, but what happens next? If everyone does not agree with each other, they can only fight.
This is similar to the Three Kingdoms. Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, and Cao Cao all wanted to hold the emperor hostage to control the princes. It’s not because the emperor is great, but because there is no emperor, and no one will obey anyone. With an emperor, the game of the Han Dynasty can continue
.If there is no emperor, then we can only fight head-on.
In short, there is a chain of suspicion among the princes. They are all afraid of being hacked, so they have to control more resources to ensure their own safety. Everyone controls resources, so who is going to solve social problems?
Naturally, no one solves it, and no one solves social problems, so naturally it becomes more and more chaotic.
This is entirely out of self-preservation. The princes do not feel that they have any problems. They solve social problems by themselves and are annexed by other princes. Who can sympathize with themselves? Look at the families that were destroyed and exterminated in history. Not too many.
Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were all finished.
If you don't obey anyone, the ones who stand out will die first.
Of course, it’s not impossible to be the boss, but you can’t compete for resources within the island. You can only trade outside the island and obtain resources through trade. Everyone accepts that. Anyway, you don’t have a lot of resources, and you can still get some from outside.
resources are acceptable.
As for the conflicts between princes and princes, what should we do? Of course, it is love, talk, and mutual understanding. To call for love in the center of the universe, to save the world with talk, what is more important is mutual understanding, whether it is a dialogue between new humans,
It's still quantum communication. In short, it's about using love to create miracles, allowing everyone to speak out what's in their heart and understand each other.
But don’t we understand each other? Parents know that their children want to play, want to play with mobile phones, and want to be happy. They understand but cannot do this. Instead, they should let their children study hard and make progress every day. No matter how hard or tired they are, they cannot slack off in education.
Understanding does not mean that you have to do it. Because you also have your own difficulties. Therefore, understanding each other does not lead to peace. On the contrary, knowing yourself and the enemy may lead to victory in every battle. On the contrary, the enemy must understand the other party and then defeat the other party.
In short, love, talk, and mutual understanding cannot resolve the actual conflicts between princes. They have no trust relationship and can only control resources and ensure their own status.
But there are only so many resources. If everyone takes control, society will be in chaos. If you want everyone to use resources, it must be something that everyone can profit from. External expansion and foreign trade must either respect the emperor and seek treason, or pay tribute and trade.
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Therefore, we cannot use the thinking of a rule maker to understand the island country, and wonder why the island country is willing to be the younger brother of the US emperor. That is not a willingness, but the island country cannot be unified within the country. But as long as it can make money, everyone can accept it.
If the trade with the US emperor cannot make money, the island country will betray it in a minute. Because if it continues to be the little brother, the internal explosion will occur, so it has to bite the US emperor to restore health.
Why are small countries such white-eyed wolves? It’s because of this reason. Because they have internal conflicts and must obtain resources from the outside, either through trade or a bite.
When a big country is strong, they will act like their younger brothers, flattering more than anyone else. When a big country declines, they will bite back.
No matter whether a big country is strong or declining, the internal conflicts of small countries have not disappeared, and the distrust of princes has not disappeared. Resources must be obtained from the outside, otherwise the interior will explode. There are two types of resources obtained from the outside, one is trading, and the other is robbing.
.So small countries will adjust their strategies based on the national conditions of big countries.
So in the eyes of big countries, small countries are just white-eyed wolves. They are ungrateful for giving them such good conveniences during peacetime.
Small countries cannot be grateful because they disagree internally and refuse to accept anyone, so they can only use external resources to alleviate the situation. Big countries are where they obtain resources and resolve internal conflicts. Small countries must first care about themselves and cannot care about the feelings of big countries.
The island country is like this to the East, and it will be the same to the American emperor. Because the interior of the island country has not changed, it is still a feudal etiquette system, and the princes have not established a relationship of trust. They still need love, talk, and mutual understanding, rather than the establishment of systems and culture.
trust.
But even if you know what these problems are, you can't do anything to change them.
Dongda has spent three thousand years. The historical records are full of conflicts between princes and princes. Various talents are constantly thinking about how to solve the problem of integration. They are constantly confronting ideologically, innovating in institutions, groping in practice, and taking steps.
Countless detours have been made and countless lives have been lost.
In the end, Dongda finally managed to make all places trust each other, let everyone believe that there is a future for mutual cooperation, and let everyone use resources to build infrastructure. It did not rely on love, talk and mutual understanding, but on salt and iron monopoly, imperial examination
system, the separation of civil and military duties, the idea of reforming native land and returning to the mainstream, and the idea of integrating the three religions into one, etc.
They all rely on systems and culture for management, rather than metaphysical love, talk, and mutual understanding.
Togusa was in pain and saw the disease, but there was no way to solve it. Even Oda Nobunaga could not solve this problem, let alone an ordinary police officer.
"Do you know why Oda Nobunaga had to die?" Duran asked.
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"have no idea."
"Because the princes do not need an emperor, it is the same as the assassination of Caesar in Rome. Once a prince has completely conquered other princes by force, then he can control other princes and become the emperor. Then the princes must be restricted
, they knew very well that when the emperor came to power, he would definitely cut down the vassal, so they killed Oda Nobunaga. The island country does not need an emperor."
"..." Togusa was speechless.
"This kind of thing happens not only in island countries, but also in Rome, in Eastern Europe, and in many countries. The princes do not want a strong emperor to suppress themselves. Caesar is not the first person to be assassinated. There were many strong ones in Rome before.
Kings have been killed. In fact, there are also some in Dongda. For example, the descendants of Dayu were overthrown by the princes. Dayu was very smart.
Yes, he conquered the tribe not for himself, but to control the water. He was powerful, but he served everyone. Controlling the water was good for everyone. So Dayu created a new era. But Dayu's son still wanted to suppress the princes,
There will be rebellion from the princes. If Oda Nobunaga was also trying to control the flood, it might be different."
"But the island country has no historical heroes to control floods."
"So there is no way. If a prince wants to suppress other princes, he must have strong persuasive ability. Either expand, trade, or defeat nature and transform his living environment. Obviously the last one is the most difficult, but it is also the biggest.
Achievements. Once successful, they will be famous forever. Even the suppressed princes cannot say no.
Good, because water control is for everyone, and for future generations. But after Dayu died, Hou Yi rebelled, because the princes did not like someone riding on their heads, nor did they like to control water, nor did they like to use their own resources.
Solve the problem, even if it is good for the descendants. After all, if you are annexed, you will have no descendants."
Togusa nodded, this is the essence of social problems: whether princes control resources to protect themselves or solve social problems.