Volume 6: Helping the World Chapter 176 The Last Lesson (Part 1)
"The Archduchess de Witt attacked the river? The prince was exiled?"
Primo never expected that so many things would happen just because he went out for a day. He was completely shocked!
Inside the house, a group of people all turned their eyes over, looking at Primo who climbed in through the window with different expressions.
Xiao Yun looked over with a blank expression: "You walk really close... You're not in the city, are you?"
"Yes, yes. I went to the local Hunter Association to play for a day." Primo sat on the windowsill and took off his shoes. He jumped into the room barefoot and squeezed into an empty seat. "Keep going. Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore and took action against Da He? What about the prince being exiled?"
"What's wrong with me!" Dahe said unhappily.
"...Primo, do you remember what you said?" Xiao Yun was not in a hurry to continue the class, but smiled slightly.
Primo was stunned for a moment, then he remembered the bold words he had said...
"Uh - but I've already heard a few sentences. If I don't continue listening now, I won't be able to sleep well. Just like you said, don't worry about these details..." The War God Walker said with shame.
The essence of human beings: really good smell.
Xiao Yun gave a half-smile, but didn't continue teasing the old man. He said to the others, "Okay, let's continue. Those who need to take notes should do so. When we return to the tribe, we can share them with others."
"Yeah!" The tribesmen nodded in unison.
"After summoning Earl Harris, Earl Fred, and Grand Duchess Dewitt to confront the prince, the prince made accusations. Regardless of whether these three are related to this matter or not, they will definitely not take the blame." Xiao Yun raised a finger, "The reason is very simple. Even though Dahe and I deliberately appeared in wolf form when entering the city, and even though we are orcs who are not respected in the human world, these people are politicians of the human kingdom after all. They are very clear about our importance to Saint Bridge. Whether Saint Bridge can break through the trade blockade of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce, the support of the grassland people is crucial. Offending the grassland people at this juncture is equivalent to handing the handle to punish us to Carlisle."
"Then the question arises again. Why are the nobles of Saint Bridge not as polite to us as the elves when they know how important we grassland people are to them? This involves the issue of political correctness in the human world. In the human kingdom, the status of alien races is lower than that of humans. Talking about racial equality in a place where humans make up the majority is tantamount to playing with one's own political life."
Even though the matter involved himself, Xiao Yun was still able to calmly and objectively analyze the tribesmen: "This established custom cannot be challenged even by Carlisle and the court mages, so Carlisle's respect for me and all of us must come from the fact that I am his teacher, and the court mages' respect for us must come from the fact that I am the sage of the Snow Wolf Tribe."
Harris, a snake walker, first showed a look of realization, then his eyes flashed with a strange light, and his hands on his knees subconsciously clenched into fists... First, the questions that had puzzled him for many years were finally answered, and second, Xiao Yun's consistent confident and frank attitude gave him confidence. At this moment, even if Xiao Yun did not deliberately point it out, he could understand and accept Xiao Yun's true meaning: the orcs are actually not inferior to any other race, and the ideology of the human kingdom cannot determine the value of the orcs!
Primo's expression was subtle but awkward...Ayun's honest words revealed so many spicy things!
"In a social environment, established customs formed by the recognized cognitive habits and thinking inertia of the majority are much more difficult to change than changing the king's crown to someone else." Xiao Yun didn't care what others thought, and continued to explain to his people calmly, "It doesn't even take too long to develop. A few hundred years is enough to form a social disease that is difficult to change. We don't understand why the common people of the human race can be willing to offer more than 50% of their production income to the lord, and willing to accept their property becoming the private property of a noble lord, rather than the common property that everyone can benefit from like our tribe, but this is part of the established rules of the human world. If we help the common people to rebel against the noble lords, perhaps a large number of common people will be puzzled. Without the noble lords, who should they work for?"
The Snow Wolf People and the Cat Tribe seemed to understand what was said, as this ideological issue was undoubtedly beyond their scope.
Sweat broke out on Primo's forehead... Really, he regretted sitting down.
Established customs, established rules, or to use a more common term: traditional customs, do not take too long to develop, and their power is indeed extremely enormous. For example, there are various bad habits in Chinese society, and the white world that came up with the theory of "white supremacy" only a few hundred years after they got rid of the old ways of eating raw meat and drinking blood.
The grassland society has just been hatched, no, it should be said that it is just in the fertilized egg stage. If it wants to hatch, it has to absorb a large number of cats to form a large-scale society. Xiao Yun does not expect that he can make his people understand how much harm all backward habits will bring to the grassland society after they become customs just by talking, and let the people spontaneously avoid such harm, but he at least wants to let his people know: doing so is wrong.
"To change customs in a benign way requires the courage of a hero who has to make a decisive move, and it will inevitably cause a certain degree of harm to society itself. Those in charge must bear great risks. St. Bridget does not have such conditions at present."
The transformation of Chinese customs and habits was built on the desperate crisis of losing sovereignty and humiliating the country , and on the heroic sacrifices of tens of millions of heroes. It is no exaggeration to say that all the social welfare and relatively fair social treatment enjoyed by the Chinese people after liberation were built with the bones and blood of their predecessors.
Even so, there are still countless people who want to reverse history - by 2018 when Xiao Yun traveled through time, there were still many women who broke up or divorced who died at the hands of their spouses... It can be seen that vicious social customs are rooted in civilized society and are a cancer.
"Under this premise, Carlisle's reform of the social environment in St. Bridget can only remain superficial, weakening the power of the opposition without causing any serious damage. This time, the incident in which Archduchess Dewitt attacked Dahe and framed Prince Hilbott is a perfect opportunity."
After frankly explaining the reason why the Snow Wolf Tribe was being used and letting the tribe members understand, Xiao Yun continued, "Among the four forces, Prince Hillbottom believed he was innocent and tried to take the opportunity to suppress his political opponents, so he didn't care about the truth before he saw Carlisle's intentions; Grand Duchess Dewitt had something to hide and was even more unwilling to let the truth be exposed. During the dispute, these two guys with ulterior motives muddied the waters, and the truly 'innocent' Harris and Fred had nowhere to go even if they had the strength."
"And this is exactly what Carlisle needs." Xiao Yun smiled slightly. "The referee doesn't have to leave the court at the end. When Carlisle, who is in the position of the arbitrator, has his own purpose, he can leave the court in advance to get the result he wants... and everyone has seen the subsequent developments. Carlisle did not allow the four noble families to argue endlessly. After the prince and the grand duchess confused the water, Carlisle announced that the four noble families would all receive fifty lashes and move to the border to defend against the enemy."
"In order to ensure that this order could be implemented, Carlisle deployed his two major military forces, the palace mages and the royal city defense team, to prevent the four noble families from having a chance to react and forced them to relocate overnight... By now, the four families should have left the city."
"After driving these four leaders out of the royal city, Carlisle will only need to slowly work to gradually deal with the small and medium-sized nobles who rely on the four families... Without a leader, those people can't cause much trouble no matter what. The smart ones will find out the crisis early and switch sides to keep their wealth and glory. The stupid ones will probably go to the border soon to accompany the four great nobles."
"This is the full picture of this incident." Xiao Yun paused to take a breath and drink some water, then looked at everyone with a smile, "Now, everyone can speak freely. Tell us what you think about this incident, or if you have any questions, let's discuss it together."
Everyone: “…”
The Grassroots Chief said with difficulty: "Why do I listen so much...it seems that no one else is trying to harm us, but you, Ayun, are helping Carlisle to deal with others?"
Xiao Yun laughed, "It seems to be the case if we infer from the results, but in the final analysis, these nobles only think about internal fighting and power struggles all day long, and they don't cultivate themselves. If the leader is a waste, subordinates who are good at networking will indeed be more approachable than those who only know how to do things, but Carlisle is a practical man, and he will protect those who get things done and are loyal... After Hillbot discovered Carlisle's true intentions, he immediately dragged Claudy and the chief of the city defense team into the water, but the two were not involved. So it's not us who trick others, but others who take the initiative to jump into the pit."
"I still don't understand why that Grand Duchess wants to arrest me." Da He stared, "I don't think I have offended her. I haven't even seen her."
"This has nothing to do with you." Xiao Yun explained, "You and I went to see the eldest princess Rose yesterday, and the maid bribed by the Grand Duchess informed the Grand Duchess. The Grand Duchess is an ambitious woman. After her father, Earl Harris, lost power, she has been ambitious to return to the center of power and set her sights on the two princesses that Carlisle relies on. Since such a dangerous person like you appeared next to the Grand Duchess, the Grand Duchess must get rid of you as soon as possible. She believed that as long as this matter involved the prince, Carlisle would have to hold his nose and endure it for the sake of the royal family's face. She didn't expect Carlisle to be so ruthless."
"..." Da He was dumbfounded. "What the hell is this? I was being harassed by little Princess Betty yesterday. Wait, Ayun, did you know that I would be attacked, and you didn't care about me?!"
Xiao Yun shouted, "Do you think I'm omniscient? Who knew that the Grand Duchess would act so quickly and so cruelly? I haven't even seen that Grand Duchess, okay?"
Dahe admitted it bitterly...
Ah Shu rarely spoke during class, but now he couldn't help himself and asked in confusion, "When we came here, the people in the border were all working to prepare for war. Why aren't the nobles preparing for war like them, but are instead thinking about something completely unrelated?"
"Ashu asked a good question." Xiao Yun praised, "The answer to this question can actually be found in the course we took before, the power structure of the human kingdom. When two countries go to war and one side loses, the royal family will definitely die, and the civilians involved in the war will also suffer heavy casualties; but if the nobles of the defeated side are willing to surrender, then they can change their owners and continue to live freely... The victorious country's rule over the enclaves outside the country is inseparable from these local nobles. As long as they kneel in a standard posture, they can still keep their wealth and glory."
There are many examples of this in Chinese history. You can find them everywhere if you open the Biography of the Two Ministers. As for the noble families who kneel most standardly... the Confucius Mansion is the best example.
Everyone: "……(o言o)"
"So spies are common in national wars, and when it comes to territory wars involving their own foundations, nobles will fight to the death." Xiao Yun smiled, "If anyone has any questions, please continue to ask."
"...I feel that the human race's understanding of power seems to be different from what we learned." Chief Li said with a twitch of his mouth, "In our tribe, power means the responsibility of leading the team to work. The leader must work harder and harder than others. In their tribe... people with power don't have to work. Their power - well, it seems that the more power they have, the more they are entitled to eat and take more."
"Yes." Xiao Yun was very satisfied with Chief A Li's unique vision and nodded. "In fact, it cannot be said that the human race's understanding of power is wrong. In essence, power is indeed the right to allocate group resources and social resources. For example, I can influence the resource allocation in our tribe, such as how much new land our tribe will open in the spring of this year, and how to allocate the manpower and material resources for road construction, tribal expansion, and water conservancy projects. This is the manifestation of my power in the tribe."
Xiao Yun had never concealed or embellished the tribal power he held, and he had even used himself as an example many times to explain to everyone what power was. So his words came out very naturally, and the tribesmen understood them very smoothly. But to Harris, it sounded quite different... The snake walker stared at Xiao Yun in shock, and then stiffly turned his gaze to the other snow wolves and cats who had accepted it well. The whole snake was confused.
"But our tribe is just a small society, with a total population of less than 10,000 people. Everyone can see clearly whether I am using the power in my hands to benefit myself or using this collective resource allocation power to plan the future for everyone." Xiao Yun said calmly, "And Saint Bridge, their country has a population of 10 million, and the population of the royal city is more than 300,000, not counting the surrounding towns and villages. Their class stratification is detailed and complex, and the power holders are far enough away from the people, allowing them to have more space to operate... Even if the power holders are well-fed and the people have no food to eat, as long as they make qualified political performances and let the people think that they have made contributions to the people; and then brush enough gold powder on their origins, family bloodlines, and social status, and shape the legitimacy, correctness, and even sacredness of their power, then they can naturally use the power in their hands to benefit themselves and give themselves more social resources and collective wealth."
"Oh oh oh!" The Snow Wolf Clan and the Cat Clan had a deeper understanding.
“……” Harris was sweating profusely.
"..." Primo said expressionlessly.
"Then when our tribe grows stronger and develops to a scale of tens, hundreds, or even millions of people, how can we guarantee that you, Ayun, will not abuse your power?" Chief Ali said shrewdly.
Harris & Primo couldn't help but glance sideways, wanting to see how Ayun would answer this question.
"If the tribe continues to develop with its current power structure, then I can say frankly that my power will not be restricted." Xiao Yun said frankly, "When our tribe grows to a certain size and has excess collective wealth to be allocated, not to mention me, people like Chief A Li, Chief Cao Gen, and even Da He, Mu Mu, Ashu, Qing Yan, Xia, Rosemary... all of you, the current management of the tribe, will suddenly realize that you also have room to use your power to seek benefits for yourself."
“……”The tribesmen who were collectively shot had dazed expressions on their faces.
Chief Li looked a little unnatural.
Harris no longer wanted to make any expression...
"Don't just listen, where are your notes?" Xiao Yun urged.
"Oh oh!" Except for Ashan, everyone who had a pen quickly started writing.
"Why would I write that I will become a bad person in the future?" Mumu realized something was wrong halfway through writing and immediately protested, "I won't!"
"What you said is not in line with our department's pragmatic style of speaking the truth and seeking truth from facts, Mumu." Xiao Yun disagreed, "What we are discussing now is whether there is an opportunity to learn bad things and abuse power for personal gain, not whether so-and-so will do it."
"Uh..." Mumu thought about it carefully and found that there was indeed nothing wrong with it, so he had to write his name reluctantly.
After everyone finished writing, Xiao Yun's face became serious: "Relying solely on morality, loyalty, and character to restrain is unreliable. I don't even dare to say whether I would beat her up every three days if I could cross the river when I grow up, let alone when everyone is faced with the temptation of interests?"
Taiga: “Hello?!”
Rosemary smiled at first, but suddenly remembered that her situation seemed not much better than Dahao's, and her expression changed immediately.
"Therefore, in order to ensure that all the management in the tribe, including myself, can fulfill their management responsibilities and let us use our power in the right place, our tribe must have a matching supervision system to urge us to take the right path and not go astray." Xiao Yun said seriously, "This is a big topic and a big project. We must remember our feelings at this moment, learn from the human kingdom, and jointly promote the construction and implementation of our internal supervision system; in order for our tribe to develop in a healthy and orderly manner, the power in the hands of all of us must be linked to responsibility. We must delegate the supervision power to every member of the tribe and let the will of the entire collective supervise us."
“Whether the brick factory in Ashan is well managed or not, the people working in the brick factory have a say. Whether Dahe is working diligently in the Welfare Department or not, the people working in the Welfare Department have a say. We can set up a workers’ union among all non-management workers, we can set up anonymous reporting offices and whistleblower mailboxes in the tribe, and we also need to set up a special regulatory agency that is independent of the union meetings and not subject to the control of the clan leader and management…”
The history of the earth has proved countless times that the power feudal system, the imperial system, and the capital system with capital as the core all have great hidden dangers. If Xiao Yun chooses any of these systems and imitates them, it will inevitably become a stumbling block in the development of the tribe in the future; but it is not appropriate to implement democratic centralism in the tribe now. The population is too small and the structure is too weak. It is no different from a monkey in human form...
However, we don't have the conditions to implement democratic centralism now, but we can lay the foundation first. We can also emulate the accountability system that has been proven to be very effective. As long as there are no problems with the upper structure of the tribe, given Xiao Yun's age and expected life span, we can gradually make some patches to achieve the goal of learning from Chinese democratic centralism and adjusting it to a new system that is in line with the local conditions!
Eat your food one bite at a time, walk one step at a time, don't be greedy, and walk carefully. Even if you take a wrong step, there is still room for error.
After explaining the establishment of the supervision system to everyone, Xiao Yun smiled and dropped the last bombshell when everyone was almost done with their notes: "We have all talked about the social structure of Valentine and Bolton in class. Now we have seen the social structure of Saint Bridger City. I think everyone has understood the advantages and disadvantages of our tribe's current 'big pot' system. The tribal property is shared by all members. There is nothing wrong with it in the early stage, but as the population increases, this system will inevitably have problems."
Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at the most astute chief, Ali.
"What could be the problem?" Chief Li scratched his head. He had never thought about this.
"The reward for labor is not equal to the effort put in." Xiao Yun said calmly.
This problem was bound to break out sooner or later. If it really broke out in the tribe, it would be extremely difficult to deal with. So Xiao Yun had been thinking about how to get through this step a long time ago.
Now, the tribe's education has been going on for a few years and the results are pretty good. A group of middle-level managers with brains have finally been trained (it's so sad to talk about it), so Xiao Yun will naturally not wait until the problem breaks out before dealing with it. As someone who has enjoyed a peaceful life for more than 30 years and is accustomed to a relatively equal social system, Xiao Yun has no interest in monopolizing power and being the only one who can rule the country. In this world where neither the same race nor the opposite sex meets his aesthetic standards, and the only way he can enjoy himself is to pet a few caracal cubs in his spare time, it would be a disease to still be obsessed with becoming an emperor...
It is no exaggeration to say that Carlisle, a prince of a country, can enjoy life worse than Xiao Yun, a senior executive of a branch company on Earth. Can Carlisle eat transcontinental delicacies (imported salmon, crayfish, cherries, etc.) at any time? Can Carlisle play stand-alone blockbuster online games and mobile games? Can Carlisle open his computer and mobile phone to enjoy beauties from all over the world? Can Carlisle read movies, comics, and online novels?
Since monopolizing collective resources is just like this, then Xiao Yun has gotten too much and is holding on to power... For the development of the ethnic group and the tribe, he has broken the power into pieces and taught the tribe members a lesson!
Facing the bewildered tribesmen, Xiao Yun smiled slightly and said calmly but firmly: "This is the last lesson I will teach you about the rules of power. It is about the redistribution of collective resources, the relationship between tribal common property and private property, and the importance of private property."
"We can take the example of the grassroots chief." Xiao Yun spread his hands to the bewildered grassroots chief. "The grassroots chief first led earthworm farming, and then worked in a MSG factory. However, her remuneration was only a snack subsidy of more than ten copper coins a day, and a big pot meal provided by the tribe. Such income does not match her efforts."
"But I feel that the life I have now is much better than before, and I have no complaints." The Grassroots Chief said puzzledly, "Besides... wasn't it agreed that I would have a share in the new family housing built this year? I don't even have a partner, but I can still occupy a house, which is great."
"Then let's look at this from another angle." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "If you want to buy a set of new sun cloth suits from the Welfare Department, you need to save up at least ten days' worth of money to afford it. As a member of a very small percentage of the tribe, you can only play such a small role in promoting the internal economic circulation of the tribe. This is of course very unreasonable."
"Huh..." The grassroots chief scratched his head vigorously.
"Half a year ago, I would not have mentioned this matter, because our tribe does not have enough population and power. We must gather everyone's strength to push the tribe forward and cannot let down our guard." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "But now, we know that the tiger tribe has been pushed into the pit of the battle between the dark elves and the dwarf king by the Beast King. At least we don't have to worry about the tiger tribe, which is most likely to have a head-on conflict with us on the grassland, for the time being. So, it is necessary to allocate a portion of the tribe's shared resources to give back to the tribe members as a motivation to promote the enthusiasm of all members to work."
"Under the current big-pot system, the income of the grassroots chieftain is almost the same as that of Dahe. The grassroots chieftain herself does not think that such a system is unfriendly to her, but we cannot cheat others just because honest people do not care about personal gain, right?" Xiao Yun persuaded, "If we adjust the system to more work, more pay, so that the grassroots chieftain can get the income that matches her labor, then will the grassroots chieftain burst out with greater subjective initiative, participate in work more actively, and bring higher benefits to our tribe? This is foreseeable!"
Everyone: “…”
The grass-roots chief's mouth twitched: "I feel... I am really working at my full capacity now..."
Da He looked constipated: "So you dislike me so much that you have to explain it in such a troublesome way?"
Chief Li said expressionlessly: "Ayun, if you want us to work harder, you can just tell us directly."
Everyone particularly agreed with what Chief Ali said, and stared at Xiao Yun with a common hatred.
Xiao Yun: "..." Damn, my reputation is ruined...
