434 Beta's Ambition
Babala and Susan had a long chat, and Shirley and Sophia got together, but they didn't know what to plan.
Beta sat in the room, depicting a magic scroll. Jessica lay on the ground, her chin on her arm, like a husky resting with her eyes closed.
Now Jessica's bloodline behavior is becoming more and more obvious... If she hadn't known that she was still an individual, she would have taken off her clothes and jumped into the snow to have fun.
Beta once stopped Jessica from sleeping on the ground, but after a few times, she found that it was ineffective, so she let it go. Anyway, the little girl had extremely high resistance to coldness, Beta suspected that even if she slept in the snow, there would not be too much problem.
Just after three magic scrolls were portrayed, the door knocked gently, and Beta opened it and saw that it was Kyle.
Kyle came in and saw Jessica lying on the ground, and smiled helplessly. He naturally knew some of Jessica's little quirks, and of course he would not think that his teacher was abused by the maid.
"Teacher, after you and my mother left, I sent someone to check it out and found that your mission this time was very troublesome." He frowned: "The disappearance of the last envoy was so bizarre. I always feel that there may be other reasons behind this, besides Udabri's tragedy."
Beta nodded: "I feel the same way, but I must complete the task well. After all, twenty years of tax exemption is too important to my territory."
"Teacher, you have not taught me that strong people do not need to abide by etiquette." Kyle was a little puzzled: "Then why do you still have to abide by the rules of taxes in the territory? You are already strong enough that even if you don't pay the tax, the royal family can't do anything to you."
Kyle is not yet eighteen years old. In terms of the words on earth, he is still a child. Although he already understands the truth, he really cannot understand some things, or he cannot see such a deep level.
Beta explained with a smile: "Etiquette is only for individuals, and rules are for groups. Individuals can be willful, but when things involving groups and small things, the changes that arise, once they are put into large groups such as organizations and countries, they are completely different concepts."
Looking at Kyle's confused look, Beta explained: "Then let me give an example. Suppose I really don't pay taxes, but at the same time I resist the royal family and succeed. Then what will the lords of other territories think and what will they do? A lord with sufficient strength will naturally follow the example. If three or four lords succeed, then the royal family will not have enough tax sources, and it will become weaker and weaker, and will gradually be unable to suppress other lords. This will create a vicious cycle, and the other lords will become independent one after another, and Holevin will become divided."
After a little bit of imagination, Kyle scratched his head and asked, "It seems that there is nothing good about that."
"There is nothing wrong?" Beta smiled and said with a little regret: "The consequence of this is warlord separatism and war is endless. I will beat you today, you will kill him tomorrow, and he will kill me the day after tomorrow. What do you think of the life of ordinary people when fighting and killing every day?"
Kyle is just straightforward, he is not stupid, but he is not willing to think too much about many things. Now Beta puts the problem directly in front of him, and he has to think about it, then swallows his saliva, is a little surprised, and a little scared to answer: "Ordinary people may live a miserable life."
"Misfortune?" Beta's voice became slightly higher: "It's human life like grass, but pigs and dogs are worse than that."
The civilization of this world is very strange. No country has established a formal historian system. Although there are also historical books, the records continue. Many historical books are even processed from rumors. They are essentially "Knight" novels. It would be strange if such unrigorous historical records can play a positive role.
Besides, the world has a very low literacy rate, and very few people have a long-term historical view.
Beta, an earthling, has taught history in school and read some history books, so he knows how miserable ordinary people in the war period will be.
But people in this world don’t have this concept.
Kyle is a literate person who has never read any books. In the eyes of the general public, Kyle is not only a professional, but also a "scholar".
Even young people like Kyle, who are already considered "scholars", do not fully understand the consequences of the separation of royal power and the large number of warlords, let alone ordinary people who are not very literate or are completely illiterate.
After listening to Beta's words, Kyle was silent for a while, but he still had some questions: "I can see that you don't have any good feelings for the royal family, but why are you still willing to accept the rules set by the royal family?"
"Because I don't want to see a mess of Holevin." Beta smiled: "Maybe you think what I said is a bit exaggerated, and you may even feel right in your heart and feel a little disapproving. You think that even if my small territory is powerful, it will not be possible to shake the rule of the royal family?"
Kyle smiled dryly, but in fact he had thought about it.
"If you have time in the future, you will understand it if you think about it."
Beta sighed, remembering a very famous case of helping the elderly on Earth. Although the incident, which was later said by major media and even official newspapers, it was indeed a hit by the elderly. But the eyes of ordinary citizens were not about whether they really hit the elderly. What made them feel heartbroken was the judgment process. Without anyone's evidence, the judge determined the case by saying, "According to common sense, you didn't hit it, why should you help it?"
It is this small thing, a short sentence, that creates a bad news that the elderly dare not help but do not care about anything. Even after more than ten years, this case will be brought up every year.
This is the case when a thousand-mile dike collapses into an ant hole.
The same is true for Beta now. He knew that it was very easy to forcibly resist taxes with his own strength. But after that, what would happen if other lords really follow the example and force the royal family to step down and cause chaos in Holewen, and all lords will fight for the throne? Beta, now he needs strength and power, and it is not as simple as the "ant hole".
Indeed, compared with the earth in the Information Age, Holevin is a country with various shortcomings and darkness.
But relatively speaking, this country is still peaceful. People can survive. If the world is really in chaos, it is really not something that people should do.
Kyle doesn't understand this yet, but Beta knows it very well. In the game, he has participated in many national-level wars and knows very well what kind of miserable situations will happen after the army. Many times, the army is more cruel and terrifying than the robbers.
Beta did not want to change the balance of power structure of this country for the time being without any confidence. But he believed that as long as the Woking God Cult continues to develop, perhaps he could try to make some changes to this country.
The wetland is a very important move. He plans to build a holy city of the Wojin Divine Cult there. He has already thought of the name of the city, so he is called:
Wojin!
Chapter completed!