Chapter 224: , The rule of old silver coins

"The people under his rule are not even aware of his existence? How is this possible?" Napoleon was taken aback, "Then how can he give orders? How to govern a country?"
Joseph asked with a smile: "Let's make an assumption. Assuming that now we replace Lucien with Fouché and you with Ballas, can our family still exert influence on French politics?"
"Of course, the army is still in my hands, and the money and factories are still in your hands. Although we do not have our own direct convenience, we still have the ability to influence the overall situation of French politics." Napoleon thought for a while and replied.
"You see, in our hypothetical state, in the eyes of ordinary people, we are completely hidden, and many people at the lower level can't even see our existence. Isn't this just because the people don't know it? "Joseph replied with a smile.
"But doing so will reduce our control of the regime, and it is easy for things outside of control to occur." Napoleon frowned and said.
Joseph smiled. He knew that his younger brother liked to show up in front of the people and liked people to cheer at him, so he would never be willing to be an old silver coin hiding behind. So he would instinctively dislike this way of hiding behind the scenes.
"Indeed, doing so has such shortcomings, but it also has an advantage, that is, the people's resentment will not be concentrated on us. People...they are always greedy and insufficient, exhausted but not even a piece of black. When you eat the bread, you make them exhausted and have brown bread to eat. At first they will feel very satisfied, but after a long time, they will feel dissatisfied, and they will ask you to say:'We want to have Enough brown bread to fill us.
Then they will ask for white bread that is full, then milk when they eat the bread, butter on the bread, and foie gras in the bread. Then... and once we can't satisfy them, they will feel resentful.
Of course, this is also human nature. In fact, we do--our own is the same, even more powerful. In this way, when they are dissatisfied, we will change to a person standing at the front desk, or an agent, and then those people will be satisfied, and they will feel that their votes are working and face their wishes. They will not be too angry without completing the facts. At this time, the government on the stage actually has the same effect as the pressure relief valve on our steam engine.
Of course, our foundation is not strong enough now, and the three of us are still there, especially the people still admire you, Napoleon. So we don’t need to hide behind the scenes, after all, as you said, doing so will reduce efficiency. And now is when we need to expand efficiently, and we must not tolerate behaviors that reduce efficiency. And this rapid expansion itself will solve many problems, so the general resentment against us is not so easy to appear. So now we don’t need to hide behind the scenes.
But everything can only be successful if you prepare first. If you don't have any preparations, you won't fail until things come to an end and you have to deal with them in a hurry. Therefore, even if it is expanding at a high speed, we must prepare for the retreat in advance. "
"This is indeed your style, Joseph." Napoleon couldn't help but interject.
"It's not a question of style or style. It's how things are supposed to be." Joseph shook his head. "Well, where did I just say it?"
"You said we have to prepare in advance." Lucien said.
"Very good. Then I will continue." Joseph said, "We are now ready to prepare for how to control the situation behind the scenes. For example, the government officials of the Republic, as well as members of parliament, should all come from the election. We must adopt appropriate methods, Increase the cost of elections and make elections a game for the rich, even for the super-rich.
We enact laws to stipulate that political power cannot be inherited—this is to defend democracy; we make laws to stipulate that private property is sacred and inviolable, which is to defend freedom. And this means that wealth can be hereditary. Then we figured out how to make wealth can be used to control political power. Elections are the best way.
Napoleon, do you know what is most important in the election? Not the final vote, but the initial election rules. For example, we stipulate that in the election of the first ruling power, if the number of voters in the country is less than 70% of the citizens, it will be invalid. The guard government will maintain order until the next round of elections and the total number of voters reaches the target.
In this way, the votes of French farmers become important. And Napoleon, do you know what this means? "
"This means that the candidate must please the farmers?" Napoleon replied a little hesitantly.
"Idiot!" Lucien shouted immediately, "Napoleon, you are such an idiot! This obviously means that the pauper can never get votes. Because even if they want to please the farmers, they can't let the farmers know! Think about it! , France is so big, the farmers live so scattered, wanting a village, a village to promote, even if it is just to promote a name, how much manpower and material resources are required? How can those paupers do it?"
Obviously, Lucien was extremely proud to find a chance to satirize Napoleon in an open manner.
Napoleon glared at Lucien, but in the end he decided not to be familiar with this little man for the time being. Because, it seems that what this guy said was something he didn't expect, and it made sense.
"Lucien, you have exercised well in the parliament and the Ministry of Truth, where high-level lies are most needed, and you have made great progress!" Napoleon finally praised him quite sincerely.
"Napoleon, the retired military organization you organized is a very good organization. Using it, we can reach out into the countryside. If we increase the level of elections in the countryside, the lowest level will be a small constituency. A village. If it is a constituency, then political opinions will have a smaller impact on the election results, and the people in the village who speak effectively will almost certainly get the votes of the whole village. And your veterans organization, almost It can perfectly control the votes of the rural grassroots. It is completely possible. We need them to vote for whom we can let them vote for."
"That's right, even if we want a donkey to be elected first, we can make it successful." Lucien seized the opportunity to mock Napoleon.
"Haha..." Napoleon said. At the same time, Napoleon was already thinking that he must find some opportunity to dismiss Joseph and then repair Lucien.
"Lucien, pay attention to your words and deeds." Joseph said instead.
So Lucien stopped talking.
"Now we don't have access to such a trick. But Napoleon, you must pay attention to the construction of such an institution." Joseph continued.
"I know." Napoleon replied very briefly.
"In addition, nowadays, the funding for the veterans organization is directly allocated from the country's military expenditure, right?" Joseph said again, "This is not good, Napoleon. It is better not to let the country pay this money, but we The
military-industrial complex
came out. Let it completely become a
civil society
. In the long run, whoever holds the financial power of an organization will control the organization. In this way, our descendants will no longer It is the commander of the army. There is no more appealing power in the army. Even the soldiers don’t even know his name, but he can still use this system to control votes in the countryside."
"But if we pay our own money, it will be a lot of money." Napoleon said, and at the same time wondering in his heart whether it is time to give play to his strengths and find someone to generously donate.
"This matter is very simple, you pass a law to encourage charitable behavior, and then tax encouragement for some corporate donations, isn't that enough?" Joseph replied disapprovingly.
"Hey, there is this kind of operation, it's shameful, I didn't expect it!" Napoleon began to suspect that he was in the wrong state today.
"Lucien, we have spent so much power on propaganda and invested in controlling so many newspapers." Joseph turned to Lucien, "This is to ensure that in the future, our generation will get old and the new generation will still be able to Behind the scenes is the key to firmly controlling the regime. You have to find a way to crush other newspapers. Do you know how to do it?"
"Know ~EbookFREE.me~Lucien said, "I find some reasons, can I just block them? simple! "
"Stupid! How could you be so simple and rude?" Joseph shook his head, "First of all, our newspaper has an inherent advantage in the news. Use your resources to let our opponents continue to show the truth in news reports. And then... don’t talk about seizures, don’t be so simple and rude, and then their credibility will decline. On the other hand, our own newspapers can help our own companies advertise, and can also accept advertisements from other companies This is the real source of income for newspapers. With this, our newspapers can be sold at prices far below cost, and we can still make money. Our newspapers have larger pages, more reliable content, and more in-depth reports. The news is sharper and the price is cheaper. If this is the case, you still have to use those simple and rude methods that will be unrealistic, then you are too stupid!"
"I understand." Lucien also nodded.
"This is indeed a good routine. Alas..." Napoleon sighed, "I have to say, Joseph, your method is more beneficial to the family than mine. It's a pity..."
"What a pity?" Joseph said, "I didn't say you can't be emperor."