Chapter 305: The Current Situation of the Spirit Empire
It stands to reason that when the new order replaces the old order, there will be a spurt of development, but the original form of the Wuhun Empire is the Wuhun Palace, and the Wuhun Palace is a religion.
If a country is founded on a religion, it will create a situation where human rights are under the authority of the gods. Besides, if the Wuhun Empire is established on the basis of the Tiandou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, it will still be a feudal dynasty, and there will be no progress. ?
Therefore, there has been no true war of annihilation in the Douluo Continent in the past few years. The two empires were destroyed simply because the two royal families, the Xue family and the Dai family, disappeared. Dai Mubai, the last emperor of the Star Luo Empire, He died in the hands of Gu Zhi, and Xue Beng, the last emperor of Tiandou, died in the hands of Qian Renxue.
But that's all the Spirit Empire has done. Gu Zhi and Bibi Dong have long discussed the specific plan to unify the continent. First of all, a new empire must push the old interest class, or the exploiting class.
But the foundation of Wuhun Palace is soul masters. In the social class, soul masters are the party of exploitation. In order to avoid digging their own graves, Gu Zhi decided to mobilize the broad masses of the civilian class. After he cleaned up the upper three sects, After the four top soul master forces, the most ordinary people have to face are soul masters of the soul emperor level. If the martial soul is not the soul emperor of the top martial soul, it may not be able to beat ordinary people who have reached the second stage of body refining. .
Moreover, the number of ordinary people is a thousand times that of soul masters. This is a trend that no one can stop.
But governing the country is not a problem that ordinary people can solve on their own. In the world of Douluo, there is no such thing as being poor in literature and rich in martial arts. Reading here is the privilege of soul masters. This is for better cultivation, and ordinary people can write about themselves. The name is good.
Confucian etiquette, Mohism's love for all but non-aggression, or Yang Zhu's idea of not removing a dime to benefit the world, are all unrealistic scholarly talk. They do not consider problems on the material level, but only consider changing human nature. This is standard idealism.
Unless Gu Zhi suppresses everything with absolute violence, who can make people in the world consciously observe etiquette, love others as they love themselves, and not covet other people's private property.
To solve this problem, we must clarify the essence of war—the redistribution of interests.
Military merit is always the road to becoming a noble.
To put it bluntly, this unification war led by ordinary people is a redistribution of wealth and power for civilians to seize the benefits of soul masters and the aristocratic class exploiting them.
Magic can defeat magic, and interests naturally require interests to defeat.
Of course, it is also inseparable from the power of the law.
In the feudal era, the real property was land. In order to distribute the benefits and avoid land annexation, Gu Zhi introduced the public land system. All land owned by the Wuhun Empire was owned by the state, and individuals only had the right to use it.
But this also brings about a very serious problem. It is difficult to reward meritorious people. The title only means glory and no longer means a large territory. In addition, Gu Zhi has long announced that nobility has no privileges, and everyone is subject to the law. under.
In addition to faith, there is also interest that drives people to fear life and death. People with ability tend to value the latter more. Therefore, the revolutionary army led by Gu Zhi's three younger brothers began to become passive. The civilians who had already stood up established the three powers of military, law and politics. Separate local governments are subordinate to the Wuhun Empire, but in addition to the Wuhun Empire's code of laws, there are also local laws within their jurisdiction.
The area where Soto City is located originally belonged to the Barak Kingdom. After the revolutionary army overthrew the Barak royal family, it became the province of Lima. After the local government was established, a decree was passed under the resolution of all members.
Residents of Lima Province are not allowed to enter the Star Dou Forest to hunt for soul rings.
There is no Gu Yuena behind this. This is indeed the wish of the majority of civilians. Obviously, the purpose of this law and the reason why it is passed are the same.
Restrict the development of soul masters!
Coincidentally, other provinces have also issued similar laws one after another, and Wuxia Province has even tried to implement a law banning the hunting of soul beasts.
A year ago, a genius appeared in Wuxia Province. He was originally a shepherd boy, but after practicing the method of body training, he actually awakened his innate talent - heart-to-heart connection.
He can directly communicate mentally with others, and spirit beasts are no exception. With this ability, he has tamed many hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old spirit beasts.
As we all know, soul beasts are physically superior to soul masters. This genius was originally a shepherd boy. He quickly let these soul beasts farm. A century-old bighorn ox and simple tools can farm more than a hundred acres in a day. ground.
There are even some smart thousand-year-old soul beasts that, after some training, can use their innate abilities to help people make windmills, stone mills... and even build houses.
Civilians do not need soul rings or soul bones to refine their bodies, and they have resentment against soul masters, so they have implemented laws prohibiting the hunting of soul beasts, suppressing the development of soul masters from the source.
In Soto City, in the Legislative Hall, Gu Zhi and Gu Yuena appeared quietly, watching representatives from all walks of life vote with a show of hands. There were 126 people present, and almost everyone raised their hands.
The decree prohibiting residents of Lima Province from entering the Star Dou Forest to hunt spirit beasts was passed.
The only person who did not raise his hand was the Bishop of the Wuhun Branch of Soto City, Simon. He came to this meeting as a representative of the soul masters. At this moment, there was no emotion or anger on his face. As the real authority of the Wuhun Temple, he Backbone, he knows some ancient secrets.
In the distant barbaric era, soul masters and ordinary people coexisted in harmony. After all, soul masters without soul rings at the beginning were not much stronger than ordinary people. Only the two parties worked together to hunt soul beasts. But after the soul master became stronger, although Can protect a larger territory, but people's hearts are greedy. Soul masters began to suppress ordinary people, and even used ordinary people to practice and break through to higher realms.
When ordinary people were desperate, angel gods came into being, labeled those soul masters as evil soul masters, executed them, and established a Wuhun Palace that believed in light.
Even so, it still couldn't make the soul master face ordinary people.
Now that the ordinary people have more say, they will naturally resist and suppress the soul masters.
"It's really interesting. It turns out that the method to make the soul master system extinct is so simple. If I had realized earlier that human beings love infighting so much, I would have directly created a system suitable for ordinary people without soul power. The soul beast clan and humans would have lived in harmony. I’m afraid the situation has already arisen.”
With cultivation reaching the level of Gu Zhi and Gu Yuena, even if they are in front of everyone, they can be in different places in time and space without being discovered.
"Stop talking nonsense. You don't have the ability to create magic. Your soul skills are all systems I built for you."
Gu Zhi glanced at Gu Yuena, gloating in front of him, the Human Emperor, without any discernment.
"But this is indeed a problem. On the Sun Moon Continent, soul guidance technology can eventually be integrated with science to create a more promising weapon refining technique.
But ordinary people without soul power have nothing to do with the soul master system, which means that it is difficult for soul masters and ordinary people to reach a consensus. Failure to mutually benefit means that the two sides are completely different.
The most terrible thing is that soul masters can also strengthen themselves through physical training, which also makes ordinary people feel unfair. This is one of the reasons why they suppress the soul masters. "
The story of the dragon slayer eventually becoming an evil dragon is just around the corner. Once such a law becomes mainstream, there will be no possibility of reconciliation between soul masters and ordinary people. Even if Gu Zhi vigorously promotes artificial soul bones and artificial soul rings, Nor can the antagonism between the two sides be eliminated.
"I was born strong and have never experienced weakness, so I can't create a method that goes from simple to deep."
Gu Yuena retorted, and then asked: "What are you going to do? People on the Sun Moon Continent use tools to amplify their own abilities, while on the Douluo Continent, they can also strengthen their own abilities through practice, which is the same as productivity. It is progressing, and this legislative ceremony through a show of hands is more advanced than that of the Sun and Moon Continent. In your opinion, these people are on the right path."
Hearing this, Gu Zhi couldn't help but frowned and said: "It's people who make laws, and it's people who break laws. These laws are for soul masters, not for soul beasts. Once the soul masters retire from the stage, the same as ordinary people." I will raise my butcher knife against the spirit beast, but it may be for meat, for the land, or even for the medicinal herbs guarded by the spirit beast."
After saying that, he pulled Gu Yuena and walked towards the streets of Soto City. Judging from the expressions of the people on the street, it was clear that they were very proud of themselves recently. As ordinary people, one day they could restrict the behavior of soul masters. This would be a great achievement. A year's work.
"It sounds a little cruel, but with the existence of soul masters, soul beasts can coexist with humans."
In terms of just farming value, once the Wuhun Empire and the Sun-Moon Empire go to war and the two sides have some exchanges, the people of the Wuhun Empire will find that the cost of tools is lower than that of soul beasts.
Then the soul beast would only have the value of eating meat.