"Hei Lang, as a legion commander and a stand-alone general, you not only need military talents, but also need to be familiar with and master 'politics'! ... I have high expectations for you. You can fight,
You can always win, which is good, very good! For the alliance and the kingdom, military victory is the best political means to win people's hearts. And the wealth and population plundered by the war are the most powerful economic supplements.
To satisfy the interests of warriors and priests...Tupa, listen carefully and ask me if you don’t understand!"
"Yes! Your Highness!..."
Hundreds of war boats were spread out on the sacrificial lake, surrounding an ordinary boat in the middle. On the small boat, Black Wolf Toltec mustered up all his strength, rowing the oars hard, and thinking seriously, with sweat breaking out on his forehead.
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In front of him was the captain of the guard Eckart, who was rowing with his head down. Behind him was the artillery battalion commander Tupa who was paddling the oar with his eyes wide open and listening to the king's teachings.
At this moment, Shulot was sitting next to the black wolf, facing the west slanting sunlight, looking at the sparkling lake, blowing the long wind with a hint of sea flavor, and teaching the generals leisurely.
"If you want to preside over a party, you must understand what military, political, economic, and ideological concepts are, and the relationship between the four in the world..."
"In today's world, priests, warriors and tribesmen all revere leaders who can win! People believe that the victor has the power of divine blessing, and they are willing to follow the strong, regardless of whether the other party is benevolent... However, military affairs have always been
For the continuation of politics, it must serve politics, not the other way around..."
"Your Highness, what 'politics' you are talking about can't be seen or touched. I still don't quite understand it."
Black Wolf Toltec scratched his head in distress. He naturally disliked such abstract things that required hard thinking. It was only because His Highness kept forcing him that he was forced to read, study and think continuously.
"The so-called 'politics' means 'politics' and 'governance'. To you, it means managing a place, managing a group of people, and managing them well! And the essence of politics is the support of people's hearts, so that people can
If everyone obeys you, that's good. If people all resist you... Black Wolf, don't show a fierce look or bare your teeth! Killing is never the best way. You need to divide the people under your rule and understand the needs of different classes.
And then use politics to unite them..."
Shulot looked at the confused expression of the black wolf and husky, pondered for a while, and tried to express it as simply and clearly as possible.
"As far as my personal experience is concerned, in today's world, there are two key points in politics. One is the distribution of power, and the other is the political line...that is, who is allowed to eat with us and choose reliable people to go with us.
.And the decision of how much to eat and where to go must be firmly in our hands!"
"Eating? Going on the road? How much to eat and where to go?..."
"Yes! If we say that the seaside land is like a corn tortilla, which has always been in the hands of the divine descendants of various tribes. Then, our conquest now is to snatch this corn tortilla from the hands of the divine descendants of various tribes. So,
For these old rulers, our contradictions are irreconcilable, so we must sacrifice them and send them to the top of the pyramid... and after getting the tortillas, they must be based on past merits, current strength, and the next.
The route down, allocate this stutter..."
Having said this, Hulot stretched out his hand and took a tortilla that was used as dry food from the hand of the guard captain Eckart. He broke it hard, and then broke the hard tortilla into two equal parts.
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"The kingdom's conquest of the seaside relies on the power of warriors. The kingdom's legionnaires, the surrendered Totonak warriors...these tens of thousands of troops are our most powerful supporters and the most powerful class on the seaside.
.So, we need to give half of this piece of cake to them first to ensure that the rewards for their contributions, that is, the military merits, fields and titles we promised, can really be implemented..."
Seeing this, Black Wolf and Tupa nodded seriously, like two sitting wolves, one big and one small. Then, they watched Shulot reach out his hand again, take the other half of the pancake, and divide it into two pieces again.
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"From the remaining half, we took another half and gave it to the kingdom's priests and the local elites on the coast. In their hands, they hold cultural knowledge and, to a certain extent, the thoughts of the tribal people. We need
They come to govern the coastal city-states for the kingdom, manage the villages, and lead the tribal beliefs... In fact, the power they want is far more than the quarter of a piece of cake in my hand. And the cake they eat, they control
The power will continue to expand steadily..."
At this point, Shulot paused. With a smile on his face, he looked at Black Wolf and Tupa and asked in a testing tone.
"Black Wolf, Tupa, do you know the reason for this?"
"Hmm...because the priests are cunning and steal the warriors' cakes?"
Tupa pulled his hair and answered tentatively.
"Witness the Lord God! When we were in the alliance, many high-ranking priests presided over one party, and eventually they all became extremely rich, and even turned into a hereditary family!..."
"Well, that's one reason. What else is there?"
"Uh... because those Totonak elites will continue to send women to the king, and then give birth to the king's blood?..."
Hearing Hei Lang's answer, Shulot's face darkened. He looked at Hei Lang who looked serious, shook his hair, and sighed.
"Hei Lang, Miava gave birth to my eldest daughter, Light Snake... You can be wary of Miava, but you have to protect my eldest daughter for me... In fact, I am going to let you become my eldest daughter's martial arts
Teacher, get involved in her education..."
"Well, Light Snake should be like a Mexican child, learning sticks and shields, and possessing the strong body and mind of a warrior! Instead of being educated by those Totonac elites, she should learn potions and dances to become a
What snake girl..."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thinking of the education of his children, Shulot touched his nose and had a rare headache. He did not have the time and energy to teach his children one by one. Therefore, for
He had no confidence at all about what the children would look like... After a while, he shook his head and returned to the topic.
"Ahem! The pie in the hands of the priests and elites will continue to get bigger. The main reason is that their governance of city-states and villages will increase the output of various places, thus making the entire pie bigger! ...
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"Increase the output of agriculture and workshops so that a tribesman can produce more wealth. Manage villages and towns to allow more tribes to multiply. Expand the scope of direct jurisdiction and bring more tribes in the mountains into your rule...
The combination of all this is the improvement of the kingdom’s production capacity! This is also what I will talk about next, the economic interests of all classes in the kingdom..."
"Uh... Your Highness, you still have half of the pancake, but you didn't tell who to give it to?"
Black Wolf Toltec thought for a moment, pointed at the last quarter of the tortilla in Xiulote's hand, and asked seriously.
"Also, you only talked about how much to eat, but not where to go!..."
"Haha! Not bad! Hei Lang, you asked this question very well!"
Shulot smiled. He looked at the last quarter of the cake in his hand and replied seriously.
"The last quarter of the political power in this seaside land...is naturally given to followers who share a common political line and can go on the road together! And my path, my goal, in short, is 'forward,
Move forward, keep moving forward, move toward the whole world!'…"
"Witness the Lord God! The path I want to take is to unify the world and integrate all the tribes! Therefore, all the heroes in the world must be used by me! Those who can keep up with me will run with me and share the power of the world.
! And those who can’t keep up will live on a certain section of the road, and I won’t be stingy with wealth..."
"Black Wolf, Tupa, are you willing to go forward with me to unify the world, integrate all the tribes, and condense into an empire that has never been seen before?"
"Witness the Lord God! Your Highness, you are the only sun eagle and the supreme thunder. I am willing to die for you and smash all enemies to pieces!"
"Your Highness, you are my wolf king, and I am your slave wolf! I am willing to bite and chase for you, whether it is the east or the west!..."
"OK!!"
Looking at the two generals who were bowing their heads and bowing on the board of the ship, Xiulote laughed and felt very happy. He accurately broke the last tortilla in his hand into two pieces, one large and one small, and gave the big one to Hei
The wolf and the younger one were given to Tupa.
"You walk with me, and I will share my power with you! This thousand-mile seaside is just the beginning of our long journey! The road in the world is still long, and it will be wider than you have ever imagined!..."
Shulot looked at the vast sacrificial lake and the distant sacred mountains in the east, and made a solemn promise.
"Lord God bless us! We will keep moving forward, forward, forward! ... until the other side of the boundless lake!"