C1748 Sinner? What about saints?

As a statesman, it was hard for Xiao Letian to resolve the conflict in his family. He did not have the prestige of being able to use it in front of his wife and children, so the feeling of being powerless when it came to punching cotton was unbearable.

Xiao Letian was definitely not a saint. He himself was very clear of what kind of trash he was. He chose not to accept the position of emperor and also not let his children become emperors.

The future world was an era where kings were killed. The crowns were all covered with blood and dust, the restless waves of thought engulfed the entire world, the two world wars had completely changed the human world.

Xiao Letian would never let his precious son enjoy such a title. Even though it seemed like he was standing on the dazzling stage and enjoying the admiration of tens of thousands of people, it was actually just a dance on the tip of a blade.

If this was the late Ming Dynasty or the late Song Dynasty, then the imperial power would still be in the mainstream and enlightenment would not be widespread. We could make an emperor a part of it, but now? This era was becoming more and more pragmatic. Fame was completely useless.

However, humans had their own selfish motives. In the face of the tide of this era, there were things that could be given to others, but not things that could be given to others. For example, capital or influence.

The nobles of the Chinese race, especially the new aristocrats who were part of the Hidden Dragon Institute, were completely different from the nobles of the old era. They did not have any servants under their command, and they did not need the people to bow down to them.

It was only natural to kill people to repay their debts and pay their money. It was unrealistic to expect such a privileged class like the Eight Banners.

The nobility in the Hidden Dragon Project were more likely to be capital-holders. What they enjoyed was a capital skynet created by complicated and intersecting shareholdings.

The skynet created by money, power and resources will eventually realize the pattern of the Chinese elites being wiped out in one fell swoop, thus giving the Chinese people a centralized advantage in the development of a larger national strategy.

In other words, when the Chinese have a serious internal conflict in the future, these people could still form a united front and attract more and more society's elites to advance the super large project.

If humans wanted to develop, they would have to be stimulated by large project, a plan for Manhattan, a space race, a plan for the moon … These are all projects that cost us a lot in a short time but have a significant impact on humanity's long-term prospects.

Including Basic Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry... Although they could not directly make money out of it, it was still a great help to the development of society. This was the foundation of all applied science.

The theory was very simple, but humans were never a reasonable species.

This kind of investment from super large project and basic science would forever be a rich person who consumed money and would definitely not reap any obvious benefits in the short term.

When an era, say from ten to twenty years, when a super project extracted a large amount of resources from a country, then the corresponding other industries would be in a state of anemia, with one side destined to be less than the other, that was certain.

Humans were a very selfish group. Even if what you did was the right thing to do, but it affected his interests, he would still definitely oppose it.

People will protest, march, impeach the government... They will do everything in their power to curse the dictator.

Perhaps they were well aware that the investment in super engineering would be beneficial in the future, but who could guarantee that they would be able to survive until then?

Let me suffer, and let others enjoy, even if that generation is my descendants, people are unwilling!

When this happens, there are only two outcomes. One is that the government succumbs to the will of the people, and the other is that the will of the people is oppressed by the power of centralization.

No absolute right or wrong, no one is guilty in the face of history!

In the late Ming Dynasty, the Qingliu people shouted that they could not close the door of opportunity for China to the sea and give up the benefit of the sea to the Europeans. Can you say that they were wrong?

Actually, when Emperor Yongle built the super fleet, the commoners were as miserable as the scholars had said, they had to pay more taxes, do more corvette work, go bankrupt and destroy their families. These were all things that truly existed in history.

In those days, there were countless people who had lowered their taxes and money because of the clamor of these seeds. You couldn't say that these scholars were sinners.

However, in the face of history, these people were indeed the sinners of the Chinese nation. It was not difficult to find out the truth about Liu Da Xia burning Zheng He's nautical chart, but one had to admit that in which era a large number of officials like Liu Da Xia were desperately destroying all the oceanographic information.

Those countless ancestors of the early Ming Dynasty used their lives to explore the routes, maps, star charts, shipbuilding techniques, and wind data … The valuable information that Europa had racked his brains for but was unable to get was gradually disappearing under the destruction of these people.

Are they sinners for history? When they were still alive, were they just a part of the public's story?

The bloody lesson was in front of everyone, Xiao Letian could not help but think, was the Hidden Dragon Institute really an organization that created benefits and raised idler for their children?

Wrong, the Hidden Dragon Project was actually to form a strong invisible power within a democratic country, a powerful and far-sighted organization that could shatter the people's shortsightedness.

The Hidden Dragon Institute had countless capital, the ability to allocate global resources, the reserves of top scientists, and an unimaginably huge network of people!

It was necessary to have such an organization to crush all short-sighted actions, so as to ensure that society would move forward step by step and not let the masses sink into the abyss of mere pleasure.

The Chinese had only just started their business, the people cheering Xiao Letian on in a short period of time was all an illusion. Xiao Letian was very clear that the moment he acted according to his plan, once the war between Europe and France ended, it would be the moment he revealed his cards to the masses.

Xiao Letian even had a premonition that he would one day be driven down by the people!

Because after the end of the new method, it would be time for the Chinese to train their internal energy, especially their strategy of building the number one navy in Asia and the second strongest navy in the world.

Don't think that the people will forever shout "Long live Xiao Letian". If the Navy Expansion Project were to begin, the people will realize that their income had greatly decreased and their taxes have increased rapidly.

There will be a slow period of inflation, and the wealth of the people will be gradually plundered!

Maybe Xiao Letian was a little more gentle than the others in history, maybe he could save the people's hunger or maybe it could even be higher. But what was undeniable was that the Chinese people wanted a strong navy, wanted the world's most advanced technology, and wanted to improve their industrial system. If they wanted to live a hard life with Xiao Letian, they would have to follow them for twenty years.

"Prime Minister …" Prime Minister! " The shout woke Xiao Letian from his deep thoughts, "It's about to be the Amami Oshima in front of us, in four or five hours we will reach the military port in the Guotou Village.

Xiao Letian laughed bitterly and rubbed his face, then turned to Itou Hirobumi and said, "Give me a cup of coffee, I'm not sleepy at all. There are some things that I need to think about, and think about them again …"