Chapter 1939

With a smile, di feiwen said: "the empire is not so much a loose mass of sand as the sea of stars is too vast. With the existing technology of human beings, it is far beyond the limit that a unified government can rule efficiently.

"My king, you should know that the reason why human civilization can be distributed in the three thousand world is not only due to our own conquest, but also the" spread "of Pangu civilization and Nuwa civilization. In other words, we are not" naturally "expanded to the three thousand world, but with their help, we are" thrown "out in a very short time.

"Then, after the collapse of the Pangu and Nuwa civilizations and the destruction of all the communication and transportation tools left behind by them, it should be the normal situation that" a whole mess of scattered sand and no help left ". Any unified government or dynasty is a special case.

"In fact, with the current level of technological and social development of human civilization, the most effective rule of a central government over more than ten or twenty worlds is the limit. Speaker Ding must have a deep understanding of this."

"That's right."

Ding lingdang seemed to have thought of something that was a headache. He frowned and said, "as far as our Federation is concerned, even though it has developed star sea hopping technology and ultra long distance communication capability, it will consume a lot of resources no matter whether it is hopping or communication. Every day, astronomical number of crystals are sent to various star ports and ultra long distance communication base stations, and they are in the waves of power fluctuations, It's wasted.

"Even so, the federal government is still out of reach for the remote resource planet, and it is extremely difficult to implement effective governance. Many times, it has to rely on the local sects to maintain the basic order. Such sectarian management system is now working well, but in time, when these sects have deep-rooted relations and interests in the local area, they will have to rely on the local sects to maintain the basic order, Who knows?

"Moreover, the vastness of the universe and the strength of human beings have caused the environment of habitable planets to be ever-changing, and even the variety of human subspecies. For example, in the primitive world like Shuhai world and the heavily polluted wasteland world like the netherworld, the management methods can not be exactly the same, taking into account different customs, Even uniform laws are extremely difficult to achieve.

"As a result, the present Federation has a strong color of regional autonomy.

"Even if more and more world members join the Federation in the future, like the ancient saints, because they are far away from the core area of the Federation, the environment and race are more complex, and it is basically difficult for them to be under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, the possibility of regional autonomy is relatively high."

When Ding lingdang took over the "Patriot organization" from LV Zui, he was a firm regional autonomy. He thought that the Federation was unlikely to rely on a strong army to rule the Xinghai, and could only spread the idea of the practitioners to the whole universe.

Her point of view coincides with that of Difei Wen.

Di feiwen nodded and said: "what speaker Ding said is right. The problems you encounter, that is, the problems encountered by the Empire. Although the empire is much stronger than the Federation in terms of comprehensive national strength, there is no essential difference between Xinghai jump and ultra long distance communication technology.

"If the Federation's effective rule over ten great worlds is the limit, then the Empire's most powerful interest groups, with the most advanced technology, that is, effective rule over twenty great worlds, no matter how much, will be indigestive.

"Even the strongest and most brutal dinosaur grows all his life, and its size is limited. An empire that is too large needs to be ruled by the ever expanding bureaucracy and army. However, the expansion of bureaucracy and army will in turn suck up and crush the Empire. This is the case with the Xinghai Empire, and it is not the case with the human empire."

Li Yao couldn't help laughing and said, "let's use the idea to inspire. Don't the immortals of the Empire also have the lofty idea of" everything for human civilization "

Di feiwen also laughed: "the so-called" lofty idea "is an extremely rare luxury in the whole universe. In this respect, we all have half the weight, that is," big brother doesn't laugh at second brother. "!

"It's like in the Xingyao Federation, although the practitioners are called" the swords of human civilization "in terms of propaganda, and they want to fight for" protecting the common people ", how many of them are truly selfless, dedicated, and selfless? Wang, even you or speaker Ding, can you really have no selfish desire at all? If you want to nationalize your Yaoshi group now, will you be indifferent and have no complaints? "

Li Yao and Ding lingdang looked at each other and said with a smile, "there is no need to force us with big words. Of course, we are not so noble. Except for the puppets of shengmeng, who can look at the whole universe without any selfish desire?"

"That's it."

"In an ideal state, the war between the Federation and the empire is a war of ideas, of good and evil, and of great ways between 100% practitioners of truth and 100% practitioners of immortality. But in fact, both sides have a common enemy, not a holy alliance, but" human nature. ".

"Those who practice truth have humanity, and those who practice immortality also have humanity. This is the biggest difference between us and the holy alliance people.

"The first element of human nature is selfishness. Genes are selfish, and we should inherit them at all costs. This" selfish gene "conflicts with the" lofty idea "of the immortal cultivators, and the result is doomed to be a failure of" idea ".

Li Yao asked with great interest: "how to say it?"

"In theory, there is no problem with the idea of" survival of the fittest, the jungle ". As long as we can treat the weak equally, ensure the smooth passage of ascent and the harsh elimination mechanism, it is fair. But in real life, it is impossible."

Di feiwen said, "people are selfish, regardless of whether they are true or immortals. Even if they say that" as long as they are the weak who can't awaken their spiritual roots, even their own offspring, they will be eliminated mercilessly ", how many of them can really do it with a firm heart?

"What's more, in a world where the law of the jungle prevails, everyone can betray every minute. Those who are more loyal are their own relatives and children. Even those who can't wake up to their spiritual roots can arrange some secret work to" eliminate "their own people. Don't they weaken themselves and take advantage of others?

"The rules are set by people, and we can always find the loopholes. Maybe this system was strictly implemented at the beginning of the establishment of the Empire, but with the passage of time, all the rich families are expanding rapidly, and gradually become the end of the world. It's a fool's dream to realize the efficient allocation and utilization of resources simply by relying on the word" the jungle "

Li Yao said: "the emperor, the emperor of this noble self-reliance, warlord separatist regime, the end of the situation, there is no opinion?"

"Don't imagine that the power of the emperor is too strong. Not every emperor is the" black star emperor "of the past."

"Even Wu Yingqi, the black star emperor, has to rely on many powerful families that have been deeply rooted in the era of Xinghai Republic to seize the hegemony of the universe.

"In the depths of the Empire, there is even a very secret saying that the original black star emperor was just the" spokesperson "pushed by the old powerful families of the Xinghai Republic. In order to consolidate their illegal plunder interests, they created an" emperor ". However, the emperor's ambition and power were far beyond their expectation and out of control.

"Although the black star emperor is out of control, his descendants are not so strong. For thousands of years, these imperial families have used various means to sow dissension and create contradictions within the royal family. Using the" throne "as a bait, they have triggered internal strife among the Wuying people, and seized the opportunity to consolidate their power and put the whole" polar heaven "and" Celestial Star "on the air.

"Up to now, the four most powerful families have even been granted the title of" electing emperors and Marquis ". If you think about it, how can you restrict them if even the emperors are elected by them?"

"It seems to be different from the imperial situation that Su Changfa told me in the past," Li sighed

"Su Changfa is an academic. He is a professor at the Empire colonization University. He was nurtured from the ivory tower. Naturally, he accepted the Empire's bewitching and propaganda."

Di feiwen bowed his head and said, "my subordinates are peddlers who come out from the bottom of the Empire. Theoretically, I don't know what they should do. My subordinates just tell me what they see.

"In a word, when the black wind fleet left the Empire 100 years ago, the situation of the Empire was just like this. The ten or twenty great worlds near the" polar horizon "and the" Celestial Star "were nominally under the direct control of the emperor and directly under the control of the bureaucracy sent by the imperial court - of course, there was no lack of the intervention of the four families of" electors ".

"Compared with the 30 or 40 big worlds in the periphery, they are the hereditary territories of the imperial families of the four general elections. Occasionally, there are some royal fiefdoms. On average, each family governs at least seven or eight worlds. According to the strength of its power, the imperial court has only the duty to pay taxes and send troops, so it is difficult for the imperial court to intervene in their internal affairs.

"The hundreds of outer worlds are divided into smaller parts. Basically, each world has a ruler. If there are two or three habitable planets in some worlds, each planet will have a ruler. These people are either hereditary aristocrats or new warlords, Or the old rulers who voluntarily surrendered on the way of the Empire conquering the universe - for example, when the black wind fleet attacked, if the Federation chose to surrender, it was likely that it would also choose several world leaders to maintain the local autonomy. This is not the benevolence of the Empire. It is just beyond the reach of speaker Ding just said.

"The ruling methods of the peripheral world are ever-changing and arbitrary, and may not be repressed severely. Some of the world will adopt a soft policy, and the ruling methods are mild; But if they are cruel and ruthless, the cruelty of their rule will be far better than those of the world ruled by the emperor directly under the central government and by the election of emperor and marquis. "