Chapter 5 Daily life of conscription
The female literary youth's plan has not yet started, but I can already predict the result.
In this world where the French Revolution and Napoleon's dwarf were not even born, and where there are no freedom, equality and equal wealth, the banners that attract people to the revolution, what can you expect from a group of illiterate and unorganized people who don't even have an education?
How much sense of identity do civilians who work hard for food and clothing have with the country they live in?
In less than ten days, we shouted loudly, "One son is three talers, three sons have no worries about money, and ten sons enjoy peace and happiness." The recruitment office had recruited more than 800 people in West Prussia, and Feret
Leah and the others have been shouting for more than ten days in Königsberg, a city with a population of over 50,000, but no one has signed up.
Another day, I accompanied the female literary youth to the wandering publicity team of the recruitment office and watched them shouting and shouting from sunrise to sunset but got nothing.
Feletelia's face was ugly. She looked at me and then showed a dejected expression: "This is my kingdom. I should have thought of it a long time ago. How could there be a country where even rebellions can occur?"
What about people with a sense of justice? A country so full of sin does not even have a single righteous person who bravely stands up to protect it. If it perishes, there will be no regrets."
Damn it, let alone the Austrian Habsburgs, even France has been subjugated for a long time.
"You can't put all the blame on your citizens." I said, dumbfounded.
"Then you mean, it's my fault? It seems that's really the case..."
Philetria looked like she had some understanding, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her brain circuitry.
"I understand, it must be that I am not wise enough, so the citizens in the kingdom have not supported me yet!"
I rolled my eyes. This girl is really speechless.
"Okay, you are half right. If you become a king supported by everyone in the future, many people will stand up and fight for you. But for now, you have ignored the very important external environment. Well, I
Let me ask you a question, when you are reading a book that interests you very much, do you spend a whole day reading?"
Feletelia nodded decisively and said: "Of course, as long as my father is not in Berlin. I will definitely do it."
Uh...poor kid.
I continued: "Then you really won't do anything else while you're studying?"
"What else can we do?" Feletelia didn't know why.
Watching this girl step into the trap with a slight smile, I asked, "If you were hungry, would you put down your book, go eat, and then come back to read?"
"Yes. Come back and read after eating." Feletelia became alert and said slowly.
"Even someone who likes books like you can't stop you from going hungry to find something to fill your stomach before talking about other things. Not to mention other people. You must know that the people outside are not like you. They live in the palace and are hungry.
You can find food by just walking around, just like the porters at the dock. They carry many things in a day to earn enough copper coins to buy food that day, so that they can fill their stomachs."
"You are telling me that everyone will put filling their stomachs as the first priority, right?" Feletelia said.
"Yes, if you are not full, you will look for something to eat. Only when you are full will you think about other things. As for your so-called principles of justice and honor, for ordinary civilians who are busy looking for something to eat, they
They don’t care at all because they are hungry. If you want to make them care about those big principles, you have to do one thing first, and that is to fill their bellies.”
Feletelia was startled: "You mean, as long as the need to fill their stomachs is met first, and then they can be exposed to the truth, will the Kingdom of Prussia be able to have citizens full of a sense of justice?"
"almost."
Suddenly, Feletelia's pupils shrank, and then her brows furrowed, and soon the expression disappeared. She seemed to have thought of something, and the look in her eyes seemed to have seen something that made her unbelievable.
Flashing: "Then you used national debt some time ago to gather all the excess food from the nobles..."
"That's right, I concentrated the excess grain they had on hand. In this way, if they want to transport the grain to Denmark in the Netherlands or Jutland and sell it, they have to pay a higher price than usual.
They collect it from local people, but those ordinary individual farmers will sell all the grain.
Do you want to go? Some will, some won't. After all, this is a year of war, so those nobles and merchants who want to take advantage of the opportunity have to use some means. Either raise the price, or play some conspiracy. But do you think
Will those nobles and black-hearted businessmen raise the prices?"
Feletelia interrupted me with a red neck, grabbed me by the collar, and pulled me to her side. She said angrily: "God, do you still have mercy? You are still not a human being."
, do you know how many families will be broken because of this! You said that it would be good for the entire kingdom, and I agreed to you to issue such a national debt! Now it seems that you are simply lying!!!"
Looking at the face that became very angry because of being deceived, I smiled. This girl still needs to practice her Qi-raising skills.
The angry female literary youth shouted: "Why are you laughing!!!"
"Not all nobles are bad people, but I also believe that there are more bad people than good people in this world. Now that you know that the national debt will increase local food prices and hurt some families, then you have to think more deeply.
Don’t you have anything to do with hierarchy? Frederick, now is the time to test you as a ruler.”
"Don't show off the deeper things!!! Damn it!"
"Okay, now you know why I don't let you sell the food in the royal granary and conduct a large-scale conscription at this time?"
Feletelia's hands softened when she heard this. I broke away from her hands and sat back across from her: "More than five months have passed since the issuance of national bonds. According to the development of the situation, although there will be
Many people raise prices to collect grain from retail households, but more profiteers will cooperate with local powerful people to gather grain from retail households through coercion, and then collect grain from retail households.
Sell it to the higher-priced Netherlands and Jutland to make a profit. There is less food circulating freely on the market within the Kingdom of Prussia, so the food is more valuable. The amount of bread that ordinary people can really buy with the money on hand is just that.
The less. It is true that some families will be unfortunate because of this, but now that I am conducting conscription, those unfortunate families can obtain the funds to survive by joining the army."
"But..." Feletelia clenched her fists and pursed her lips like a angry child.
"Frederick, think about it, these people who entered the army because they were persecuted by the nobles and profiteers will endure the control of the nobles? Maybe they will obey their orders because these nobles are superiors, but they will never do it again.
Be loyal to those guys, because it was these people who pushed them to this point. In addition, I originally planned to tell you something in a few days. It's time to put food in your granary to relieve the refugees, and the entire kingdom and army will
Therefore, I sincerely support you and shout long live for you throughout the country.
."
Through this man-made disaster, Philetria has gained many benefits. The biggest benefit is that she will have a group of troops who will be infinitely loyal to her in the future. Secondly, by releasing food for disaster relief, her reputation will be greatly improved in a very short time.
spread throughout the country within a short period of time and gain the support of the whole country. In the end, she will be able to see clearly who is behind the whole thing. With the character of a girl, since she hates you today, she will let you live in the future.
A high position?
Those manor Junkers won't be able to stay alive for long...
"Even so, you can't..."
"Don't worry, the news won't spread too fast. In addition, there was a large Swedish army pressing down on the border at that time. The time it took to cause trouble was the more than two months it took us to surround Rostock and then get here."
"Okay, but let me tell you, you can't do these things again next time! If you do this again, I will never forgive you!" After the female literary youth finished speaking helplessly, she had to say in a convincing tone, "But these
Did you come up with it all by yourself? There are so many twists and turns, it’s really amazing. Next time, I must be careful, even more careful!"
I shook my head: "Although these things are all my own, I learned them from one person. Without him, I would not be much better than you."
"who?"
"I call him Father, but in Constantinople, in Rome, they call him Caesar."
The female literary youth was surprised and said: "Your father? Is he the uncle who looks harmless and has a noble demeanor?"
"Yes, he is the uncle who looks harmless and has a noble demeanor. Today his name is Caesar. In the future, when he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he will be Augustus. By the way, I have a question.
Why are you suddenly obsessed with recruiting righteous people into the army?" I ended my intoxication and asked Wen Qing.
"Uh, well, I don't think our army's fighting enthusiasm is not high enough. I think as long as the purpose of the war is just, then as long as a group of people with a sense of justice form an army, then on the front line, they will fight to the death.
Retreat?" Feletelia waved his fist and said.
I sighed and said, "Have you read Confucius and Mencius?"
If the girl has really read it, she will be a master of Chinese.
"Confucius and Mencius, what is that? It doesn't sound like Greek."
I'm confused, since she hasn't read Confucius and Mencius, how does she know about things that only appear in idealism such as the Master of Kings?
"Constructing a group of people with a sense of justice into an army was not an inspiration that came from my reading. It was an idea that came to me after seeing your Roman army. Perhaps in this world, there is only a group of people who are full of a sense of justice and work for justice.
Only those brave enough to fight can match the fighting enthusiasm of your Roman army.”
Chapter completed!