Chapter 183 Camille's Theoretical Basis
The Philos family, reception room.
Camille and Amystan sat opposite each other, leisurely enjoying their afternoon tea time.
"Ma'am," the butler reported carefully, "Senator Heimerdinger has arrived at the manor, and he requests to meet with you."
"Heimerdinger? He is here as expected." Camille said slowly, as if she had expected it. "Tell Mr. Heimerdinger that I have important matters to attend to right now, so it is not convenient for me to meet with him."
"Understood." The butler nodded respectfully, turned around and left with her orders.
Amystan watched the butler go away and couldn't help but say playfully, "Camille, that's Professor Heimerdinger, the soul of Piltover. How could you not even go to see him?"
Camille sighed, but remained firm: "Professor Heimerdinger is a Yordle . He can be naive, but we can't."
Political struggles have always been a life-and-death struggle, there is no room for maneuver.
What's more, she is not fighting against people now, but against an idea.
The leader can be blocked on the other side by the canal.
But their thoughts can still penetrate Piltover silently.
"The thought of a leader is too tempting."
"If we allow this kind of thinking to spread in Piltover and the people of Piltover are infected and become followers of Goddess Janna, how can we fight against the Wind Leader in the future?"
Camille knew that she was facing an ideological struggle.
If she does not continue to take measures to curb the spread of the "virus", then even if Piltover is protected by Noxus, it may be peacefully transformed by the Leader in the future, and thus be defeated without being defeated.
"But don't you think it's too much?"
Even the murderer Amystan felt that Camille had gone too far this time.
This is not to say that Amystan thinks there is nothing wrong with arresting people. After all, compared with the atrocities of Noxus that often massacre cities and destroy countries, the "terrorist" behavior of Piltover is as mild and harmless as playing house.
But the problem is... Noxus slaughtered its enemies, but Piltover captured its own citizens this time.
Moreover, too many people were arrested and the scope of the crackdown was too wide.
Apart from the top wealthy people who had the golden ticket of immunity from death, Camille would capture and interrogate the rest, whether they were students, workers, ordinary citizens at the bottom, or professors, scholars, and engineers at the middle level, as long as they had the slightest connection with the leader.
"Because only in this way can we quickly eliminate the infection of Janna's thoughts on Piltover."
“The people of Piltover need to learn to be afraid, to know what they can touch and what they cannot touch. Only in this way can Piltover have long-term peace.”
Camille replied in a calm tone.
"Aren't you afraid of destroying your own Great Wall?" Amystan asked with a smile, "Don't forget, Piltover can be what it is today thanks to the scientists, engineers, and skilled workers who serve Piltover."
"You brought terror to them. Aren't you afraid that they will get scared and turn to Zaun?"
This problem seems to be very serious.
But Camille smiled.
She asked, "General Amistan, have you read "A Brief Account of Janna's Thoughts" and "Selected Works of Li Wei"?
"Huh?" Amystan was slightly stunned. She thought it was a joke.
"I've read it." Camille said seriously.
Not only had she read it, but she also knew it by heart. She could even flexibly apply many of the theories in it.
Of course, it is used in reverse.
"Do you understand?" Camille said, "Levi clearly recognized in his article that the workers of Piltover are, in fact, naturally on the same side as our upper class."
"As long as we can continue to use a portion of our excess profits to bribe the workers of Piltover, they will stand firmly with us - or even become more staunch conservatives than we are."
This is true for workers, not to mention well-paid scientists and engineers.
They already had high-paying jobs in Piltover and lived a fairly comfortable life.
"These people will sympathize with the leader, but that's all they will sympathize with."
Those who have constant property have no constant heart.
If a person has a house and a car in Piltover and earns hundreds of thousands of gold a year, what does it matter if he sympathizes with the struggle and is close to Janna?
How many people can make up their minds to abandon their stable lives and truly stand up to support the struggle?
You don't even need to have such a huge fortune. Even ordinary workers in Piltover... they have food, drink and apartments. Who would have nothing better to do and risk being arrested to continue studying and promoting Janna's theory?
“So we can safely vet these pro-Jana elements.”
"This will not only not arouse their will to resist, but will make them fully recognize the reality. In order to maintain their own comfortable and stable life, they will consciously distance themselves from the trend leaders."
"The bigger the noise we make, the more obedient they will be in the future."
Camille couldn't help laughing as she spoke:
"Don't even mention these Piltover citizens."
"Even those Zaun immigrants, or even Zaun apprentices... General Amistan, do you think they will hate Piltover after undergoing a mandatory investigation?"
No, quite the opposite is true.
Based on Camille's work experience over the past few days, she found that...
After being taught a lesson by the Piltover law enforcers, these Zaun immigrants actually loved Piltover even more.
In order to completely cut off ties with their origins, they would even take the initiative to report other "pro-Ghana elements" after they were arrested.
The law enforcement officers didn't even have to bother looking for them, as the Zaun immigrants themselves rushed to lead the way for them.
"The recent anti-Zaun and anti-Janna headlines published in the Piltover Daily were written and published by Zaun immigrants at their own expense."
"To be honest... even if we Piltover people were asked to make up those fierce words expressing endless hatred for Zaun, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to come up with them."
“When it comes to opposing Zuan, we still have to look at the people of Zuan.”
Zaun immigrants like Viktor and Elvin are just exceptions.
In fact, very few of the naturalized Zaun immigrants truly support the Leader.
Because they have finally got the life they have always dreamed of, they are even more resistant to the Leader's propaganda of class struggle and Zaun than the locals of Piltover.
"These people would think that it was the Wind Leader's activities in Zaun that caused them to be suspected and targeted by the people of Piltover. They believe that it was the Wind Leader who affected their good days in Piltover."
"So not only do they not hate Piltover, but they hate Zaun and the Windleader."
So before the iron fist of anti-Janna and anti-Zaun fell, these Zaun immigrants jumped to the front, began to show their loyalty to Camille, and started to cheer for Piltover.
The harder Camille hammered them, the more loyal they became.
Only the lowest-level Zaun apprentices who do not even have legal status will truly support the Leader.
But even so, facing the strict scrutiny of pro-Janna elements by Piltover law enforcement officers, they all expressed their obedience and said they would completely draw a line between themselves and the Wind Leader Association.
after all……
"Zain's living standards are still far worse than Piltover's."
"The apprentices cursed Piltover every day, praised the Windleader, and recited Janna's theory loudly, but when the law enforcers wanted to expel them back to Zaun, few of them were really willing to go back."
This is the truth.
When Levi evacuated all the factories from Piltover, many apprentices working for the Leader were unwilling to move with them.
They were afraid to return to Zaun and return to the poor and miserable days of the past.
Although the Guild of Leaders has guaranteed that their treatment in Zaun will remain unchanged, many of them are still unwilling to leave Piltover.
And these are apprentices who have worked for the Leaders Association and have been exposed to grievance propaganda and theoretical education.
Other Zaun apprentices who have less contact with the Windleader are naturally more determined to stay in Piltover.
"So, what if we catch them?" Camille sneered, "For these pigs that can't live without feed, proper punishment... will only make them more docile."
