Chapter 1457: Twenty-nine. Vault (22)

As an individual, intelligent life needs to be able to move forward; as a collection of individuals, countries and organizations need to be able to guide the goal of bringing everyone together to move forward. The target that can be accepted by everyone the fastest and most easily is, of course, the enemy.
Powerful foreign enemies can unite all levels of society, and can also be used to suppress all dissatisfaction with the leadership. Large-scale recruitment and the recruitment of various logistics service personnel can send a large number of unemployed people into the military and military production systems. Wartime supply control can allow the government to strengthen all aspects of control, and at the same time, it can formulate various policies at will under the name of "wartime", such as comprehensively launching a planned economic model to control the output of commodities, or using unintended " The crime of "communicating the enemy" persecuted the minority and forcibly confiscated the material to endorse the government policy.
Throughout the ages, the existence of the "enemy" has been an indispensable and convenient tool for countries or organizations.
Whether it is dictatorship, dictatorship or democratic republic, the demand for "enemy" is the same.
"Empire-occupied areas are undergoing economic transformation, because the Kingdom of Charlemagne previously positioned the national economy as an expanded subsidiary support system, all of which served military purposes. The result was not only an economic depression, but also a structural distortion. Although relying on Yalfheim’s Relief and confiscation of speculative groups have not happened, but there is no crisis for the time being, but if there is no major operation on the economic structure, sooner or later, it will detonate large-scale material shortages and even famine. Only a lot of'unnecessary people' can ensure that the Charlemagne will not starve to death."
This is by no means impossible.
Faced with difficulties, people are always forced to make choices.
It is impossible to save all people. Some people must be sacrificed to let most people be rescued.
When faced with such a single-choice question, the final choice is always so clear. Before the large number of people or the use of force, the opposition and protest of the minority are not worth mentioning at all, and they will soon be suppressed. As for expecting the people to stop such atrocities based on justice and morality... It can only be said that those who embrace this expectation are really naive.
If the persecution is limited to the minority, then most people will remain silent; if the persecution of the minority can bring meager benefits, then most people will agree that the suppression of the minority has its own problems and needs to be corrected unconditionally; if Everyone can be exempted from military service, labor service, wartime tax increase, increase income and employment opportunities, and can squander the goods looted from the minority, then most people think that the government’s actions are not only justified, It's even too late, how good it would be if you started early.
The so-called human nature is such an ugly thing.
Li Lin knows this very well and is good at using it. If the economic transformation of the occupied area is not smooth, he will definitely try to differentiate the people in the occupied area and implement population reduction measures-to put it bluntly, that is, to reduce the population to the extent that the number of survivors and the total amount of supplies can correspond to each other through the organized massacre .
"However, if there is a foreign enemy, things will be different."
Due to the existence of "enemy" and "wartime" which is different from "ordinary", many methods that are impossible in normal circumstances can be implemented under the name of "unusual period".
For example, maintaining military production above normal defense needs and absorbing the unemployed;
For example, compulsory adjustment of labor force structure, redistribution of labor force engaged in agriculture and industry;
For example, in the name of "military demand", a large amount of cheap labor is invested in the construction of highways, railways and other infrastructure in the form of voluntary labor;
In fact, these things can be done now, and under the powerful deterrent force of the empire, there will be no opposition. But this brings two problems.
First, the current sacred Gilmanian empire is not a secret organization hidden in the dark in the past. Some things still need to care about eating appearance and international perception. They cannot do everything like bandit bandits. Everyone is a civilized person, even if they fight home, rob, kill or set fire, they must follow the routine of civilized people. There is no reason to create a reason, no conditions to create a condition, even if it is a bag of washing powder said to be a weapon of mass destruction found from other people's homes, in order to protect world peace, it is necessary to kill the whole family-ugly to ugly, anyhow reason;
Second, the mid-to-long-term national policy of the empire is to maintain a relatively stable relationship with the nations and accumulate strength during this period. At this stage, using the countries as "enemy" is obviously contrary to the national strategy. The ordinary guerrillas are, at best, armed with robbers under the banner of "liberators" and simply cannot afford the burden of playing "enemy". Those who can act as "enemy of the empire" must be individuals or groups that can be recognized by the public as "having some power to fight the empire." Only in this way can the various measures implemented by the empire in the name of foreign enemies be justified.
"The so-called "enemy" is called an enemy because of that value, and not everyone is qualified."
"Should I be flattered by this, and thank you by the way for the great grace?"
"You can be proud of yourself. The non-state representative and civilians were designated as the enemy by the emperor of the empire, but you are the first person. Well, maybe it was the first pioneer to stand up for democracy."
"Sounds great...but let me refuse."
"Resolute."
The voice remained calm, and it seemed that Roland's answer had already been talked about.
No, not as if he had predicted Roland would refuse, and even further persuasion had been prepared.
"I will not ask you to be attached to the empire. You are still the "Legion of Freedom" fighting for independence and freedom. The hope of the Charlemagne. Everything is still the same, the only difference is--"
"The struggle that originally sacrificed its life for freedom has become an institutionalized dispute, and the soldiers who have dedicated themselves to the democratic republic have become the gear of war to promote the continuous operation of the imperial economic cycle."
Roland interrupted Li Lin's speech without any politeness, and his head floating in the air continued to look back at him with a sneer.
What the empire needs is not an "enemy~EbookFREE.me~" but a cash machine that guarantees economic operation.
As long as the disputes continue, as long as the stage play called "War" continues to take place, the empire can use this as an opportunity to promote all-round structural reforms, not only economic, political, and military, but more importantly, institutionalized disputes. Push the people's thinking in the direction he needs.
War is not necessarily a bad thing;
As long as the leadership is not a fool, war can become a good thing;
Rather than accepting democracy that has been destroyed all day long but nothing can be achieved, it is reasonable and normal to support a republic that has nothing but a single vote, although it is not free but full of food and worries under imperial control;
"Even resistance and conflict have been institutionalized, what else can people believe? What are they willing to believe? All enthusiasm is extinguished, everyone is a little numb, and eventually become a domestic animal that is at ease in the status quo, will not rebel and doubt. This is your ultimate goal and the real purpose of this transaction."
Roland no longer responded with an ironic tone, the tone was extremely calm, and the chill was calm, and it sounded almost the same as the teeth.