Chapter 77: Cold War Game

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"Do you know how big a problem this thing you did will cause?" Tang Yuehua couldn't help but ask.

"I know." Nan Feng said.

The Spirit Hall only wants Spirit Masters, and Spirit Masters are natural.

But the nobles of the two great empires need more people to help them manage their fiefs and handle all kinds of things. Spirit Masters have very high incomes, starting at hundreds or thousands of Gold Spirit Coins, and Spirit Masters make money fast, so they don't look down on those grassroots affairs that require a lot of time and energy.

Therefore, the grassroots officials of the two great empires are all promoted by local nobles to serve as local ordinary people. Spirit Masters are ultimately a very small number of people, accounting for less than one-thousandth of the total population of the continent. The Spirit Hall is only a good place in the eyes of Spirit Masters. For ordinary people, the Spirit Hall is a presence far more high and mighty than the nobles.

Especially in recent years, the Spirit Hall has been snatching money, leading to higher and higher taxes in various places in the Tiandou Empire. The commoner class has complaints about the Spirit Hall, and the Tiandou Empire has taken the matter of awakening martial souls back into its own hands, which not only reduces taxes but also doesn't have to pay the Spirit Hall anymore, and they made a fortune themselves.

And he is not only the initiator of the Spirit Hall snatching money before, but now he also wants to disrupt the grassroots order of the Tiandou Empire.

Things like nobles are basically existences that have been deeply rooted in the local area for hundreds of years and have very complex relationships with the local people.

The things he said about confiscation at every turn will lead to the collapse of the grassroots order of the Tiandou Empire in pieces!

The replacement of nobles also means that local officials are gone, and the local management layer is gone. The economy, market, and these things will almost collapse accordingly.

The nobles are snatching territory happily, but the commoners in the areas where major changes have occurred are going to be tragic.

The things he said are not school rules at all, but a nationwide reform, or rather, a war between nobles within the Tiandou Empire! "……"

Tang Yuehua looked at Nan Feng with strange eyes.

This guy understands more thoroughly than she does!

"But do you think those nobles will compete according to the rules you set?" Tang Yuehua asked.

"No." Nan Feng shrugged.

"Then why did you say those things?" Tang Yuehua asked in confusion.

"Because I need an excuse, even if it's a sophistical excuse." Nan Feng said.

"They want one too."

The Tiandou Imperial Family has always wanted reform, otherwise being annexed by the Star Luo Empire is a matter of time, but only the Tiandou Imperial Family wants reform. The rulers of the several kingdoms and principalities below don't care.

Because their strength as Spirit Masters is always online, and they control the army in their hands.

The Tiandou Empire is destroyed?

No, no, no, only the Tiandou Imperial Family is destroyed.

The royal families of those kingdoms below, they still exist.

Why has Star Luo been unable to destroy Tiandou for a long time? It's not just that the Spirit Hall has been making trouble in the middle, but also because the real strength of these two empires is not as big as it looks.

The Tiandou Empire is weak because the imperial family is cowardly and the imperial power is weak.

But the real nobles below who control the armed forces are not weak! The war between the two great empires, Star Luo has always used as much strength as it can, but Tiandou is acting one by one! They are all waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the moment when the Tiandou Imperial Family completely loses its authority, and they can rightfully take over the throne! And now, this excuse he gave just gives those true noble groups that have never weakened a legitimate opportunity to snatch!

"But the nobles may not like this way." Tang Yuehua said.

"Especially young people, they could have enjoyed their youth, but you have to force them to strive for progress."

"Don't like it? Not necessarily." Nan Feng said.

Nobles are weak, not because they are really weak, but because they must be weak.

Otherwise, the imperial family will not be at ease, and the Spirit Hall will also regard them as a thorn in the side.

People like Xue Beng are not in the minority at the Tiandou Royal Academy! Which cowardice and dissipation are pretended, and which people have ambition hidden in their hearts, his pair of devil's eyes can see clearly! Last night, when he said those regulations, there were quite a few people who were excited because of it!

They are all young people, and they are still in a large social circle like the Tiandou Royal Academy. Who wouldn't have a sense of gap, who wouldn't have a temper?

Everyone is a noble, why does his family have more fiefs and higher salaries than mine? Why do I have to be his follower?

Dissipation is just an image, and being a rogue doesn't mean being incompetent.

"You don't understand nobles." Tang Yuehua said.

"You don't understand human nature." Nan Feng said.

"I don't deny that this world does have many people who are naturally cowardly, but for most people, the desire for fighting is innate, or rather, plunder and violence are things hidden in the bones of human beings. This is also the root cause of human beings gradually becoming stronger in natural evolution. If there were no such things, and they only knew how to shrink and protect themselves, human beings would have been naturally eliminated long ago."

"……"

"But this will bring chaos, and countless people will die because of it." Tang Yuehua said. "Early discovery, early treatment." Nan Feng said.

"I don't like to describe life with numbers, but you guys always like to say that, so I have to cooperate."

"How many people are there in the Douluo Continent now? How many people can die in a war now? Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Or tens of millions?"

"But what if the population multiplies to several times, dozens of times, or even a hundred times what it is now? How many people will have to die in a war by then?"

"And human society is developing, and the number of Spirit Masters will be more and more. Now, in war, most people are holding those cold weapons and fighting each other, but in the future, can you imagine what it will be like when millions of Spirit Masters fight?"

"……"

"Why must we choose this kind of bloody way?" Tang Yuehua asked.

"Bloody?" Nan Feng couldn't help but laugh.

"It seems that you have lived in peace and happiness for too long, and you seem to have forgotten the essence of life."

"Do you know what is bloody?"

"When the border guards of the Tiandou Empire are defeated and the iron hooves of the Star Luo Empire drive straight in, that is the real bloody!"

"……"

"Do you want to make the Tiandou Empire strong?" Tang Yuehua asked in confusion.

"No, I'm just pushing the progress of the era." Nan Feng said.

"The Tiandou Empire is too weak now. At least, I want to make it have the power comparable to Star Luo."

"Then, my game can officially begin."

"What game?" Tang Yuehua asked in confusion.

"Cold war, as far as I know, the best state of war." Nan Feng said.

Tang Yuehua was stunned. "What do you mean?"

Nan Feng paused. "What do you think is the direct cause of the war between the two great empires?"

"Interest?" Tang Yuehua said.

"No, it's because the Tiandou Empire is obviously weaker than the Star Luo Empire." Nan Feng said.

"The war between the two great empires started hundreds of years ago, but in the thousand years when these two empires were just established, they were friendly and did not move weapons. It was not until Star Luo saw the possibility of destroying the Tiandou Empire and dominating the world that they actively prepared for war."

"But if no one can do anything to anyone, and no one is sure, even if there is still friction, it will only be some small friction, and there will be no more big wars with millions of people."

"……"

"Still can't understand?" Nan Feng asked.

"I teach etiquette and music, I don't understand military affairs, nor do I understand politics." Tang Yuehua said.

Nan Feng paused. "Then let's change to a simpler way of saying it: running."

"Two people running, when they are evenly matched, they might try their best to surpass the other, or they might lie flat together, but what if there is a beast that can kill them chasing behind?"

Tang Yuehua was stunned and understood Nan Feng's meaning.

"They will try their best to move forward!" Nan Feng said.

"Not for progress, but for not losing to the person next to them."

"Human potential is very large, but there must be enough pressure to stimulate this potential."

"The old men of the Tiandou Empire have rested for too long and have lost their heart of progress, and the Star Luo Empire has also started."

"I want to make them nervous."

"Students who don't study well will be expelled, and even their titles will be taken away."

"What will the two great empires lose if they don't make progress?"

"……"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 78 =====