People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 543: Doing united front work is really scary!
Many people in Mandala City could not believe what Captain Liu said.

Because they once believed that if they worked hard enough, they could become successful people. But the reality seems to be a blow to them, and not everyone can become a successful person.

Many people even have to struggle forever at the bottom.

This is the reality.

They were already very envious of being able to become a person like Captain Liu, but what was even more enviable was that Captain Liu's former status was actually lower than that of themselves and others.

What kind of place can provide such good treatment?

If there really is such a good place in the world, they would really like to go there. In fact, don’t look at the people here as if they are all slaves, but they still have many ideals.

Not everyone is willing to live such a life. Most people still want to truly become the best. Of course, not the kind of person who must oppress others, but to truly be in a position where they can live comfortably.

But the reality is that such wishes seem so far away, because in the process there will be countless people who will stop at nothing to prevent you from becoming such a person, just like the local tycoons and landlords in Mandala City.

In fact, they are already very rich. Even if their descendants are not successful in the future, they can live a fairly stable life with their assets as long as they are not particularly wasteful.

However, even in such an environment, they are still unwilling to share with others and still keep trying to get all the resources from others.

This may be the so-called competition theory.

Because some people are very naive and think that as long as they keep plundering and storing, their descendants will never have to go hungry.

But in fact, if they do not provide a good education for their children and grandchildren, these people will sooner or later squander all their family property, and may even suffer because of their family property.

It is precisely because of this that Captain Liu can now understand the local people very well, because only he can truly understand that the people here just want to live with dignity.

He even understood the emotions of those craftsmen better.

When he said that his status was even worse, the craftsmen obviously couldn't believe what they heard. Perhaps they had already determined in their hearts that people who could reach that position must be rich or noble. Many times they even believed that if they wanted to become that kind of person, they had to pay some price.

Because that's how it is in Mandala City.

If you want to become an officer, you must rely on those big families, because all the power is controlled by them, and nothing can be done without their approval.

This may be the sadness of this city.

Captain Liu narrated with deep emotion: "In fact, my family used to be just like you, all of us were craftsmen. At the beginning of our Central Plains Dynasty, the status of craftsmen was also very low. Everyone assumed that craftsmen were the ones who did the lowest jobs and received the lowest wages."

The craftsmen below almost burst into tears again when they heard this, because they are just that kind of people.

They originally didn't want this kind of resonance, but when Captain Liu said those words, although the expression on his face was relaxed, it could be seen that he was actually a little choked up when he spoke.

Because this was his life.

This kind of life had followed him for more than ten years.

At such a young age, he was already ridiculed by everyone as just a craftsman in the future.

Everyone has self-esteem, no matter if they are poor or rich. Perhaps the self-esteem of the poor is even stronger, because the poor are so poor that they only have this pitiful self-esteem left. The rich may have other things worth giving up their self-esteem, but what do the poor have?
They have nothing left.

So at that time, Captain Liu was more inferior and more arrogant than ordinary people.

Because I have nothing left and only this pitiful self-esteem can support me.

This was where he was extremely helpless at the time.

The craftsmen below were deeply touched by these words. When they looked up, they saw that Captain Liu's eyes were a little moist.

It seemed as if their hearts had been severely trampled upon.

I guess I was thinking about those days that I don’t want to recall.

Because those days are really hard to look back on, and can even be said to be extremely humiliating. In such an environment, all you can do is think about your family. You still have families to support, so you just have to be patient.

Apart from these, they can't even think of anything else to support themselves. This is the reality.

Captain Liu continued, "At that time I thought that this might be the end of my life, but God really gave us a big surprise.

My father was drafted into the army during a war. As a craftsman, they had to repair weapons for the army, dig trenches, etc.

But my father did not give up under such circumstances, but killed four enemies on the battlefield. Because of this achievement, my father was promoted to a centurion, and my achievements today are the result of my father's life-threatening battle on the battlefield."

When Captain Liu said this, the craftsmen below all stretched their necks, stared, and took notes carefully.

It turns out that in the Ming Dynasty, if you made contributions, you could rise from the lowest craftsman to become an officer, instead of having to rely on connections to get a chance like in Mandala City.

Such an opportunity is the most important for people like me, because it seems to be a fairer way. At least this way gives those who are really willing to pay on the battlefield a very good opportunity.

You have to know that in Sanfozi, the situation on the battlefield was actually a very desperate one.

Making contributions are the things that the rich kids do, while we can only guarantee that if we don’t die on the battlefield, we will be very lucky. If we still have a life left, we should burn incense and pray to Buddha.

As for the rest, who has the mood to care?

But I didn't expect that this could be done in the Ming Dynasty. As long as you can make a contribution, anyone can be rewarded.

Such a mechanism is really a fantasy for the people of Mandala City.

All the nobles in the city of Mandala will tell them that you have to work hard to protect the city for free, because we built the walls to protect you and you should pay with your lives, otherwise you are not qualified to live in it.

Because of this, they had to collect a very high tax every year. They called it building the city wall to protect the people. If the people did not pay, they would soon be beaten and killed by the soldiers of the city lord's mansion.

As for those who are officials or military officers, they do not have to pay these taxes, and they will become dogs of the City Lord's Mansion.

This is the rule here. Under such a rule, who can still have a chance to escape.

It is precisely because this place is so desperate that even if the rulers here are treated inhumanely, no people will stand up, because the people have long felt that this is not our business, and we should just do our own thing.

It is better not to meddle in the affairs of the masters, because these masters may like to be abused like this. If we poor people step forward to stop them, the masters may even scold us, asking, "Are you poor people qualified to help us?"
And the rulers here soon tasted the bitter fruit.

Because just now, many surviving children of noble families and even those military officers saw a situation that surprised them. That is, the people here actually watched them being escorted in with their own eyes.

They were desperate and even hoped that someone could save them.

They even thought that the people would come to rescue them, but the final result was beyond their expectations.

They always think that we built high walls to protect you, so you should give us some rewards accordingly, such as giving the food you grew with great effort to us who don't have to work but have power.

For example, you gave us your daughter, whom you raised with great effort, to play with.

Aren't these what you should do?

This seems to be a matter of course and there is no room for negotiation.

These are the rules we have set. You just need to follow our rules and you don’t need to worry about anything else.

For example, how to eat better and have more fun are all our own affairs. Your task is to serve us well. This is a responsibility you are born with, do you know?

They think these things are very normal, so they never feel that there is anything wrong. It is precisely because of this taking it for granted that they actually lose something.

Once their authority was broken, they might become worse than ordinary people, and now they are truly experiencing the consequences.

They always feel that they should have more privileges, and these privileges support them to gradually become arrogant and conceited, and they always feel that others should be stepped on under their feet.

But when they were escorted back to the city, they saw that this was not the case.

Not only did the people not show the slightest bit of sympathy, why were they so gloating?

They even saw many people preparing to pick up stones to throw at them.

How is this going?

Don’t you stinky people know that we are your masters?

Don't you know that we deserve to be worshipped by you from a high position? You are still watching the show at this time. You should rush up without hesitation and use your life to save ours.

This way we can survive and continue to torture your descendants. This is the rule of the game in this world. This is what we thought when we made the rules of the game, but why is the current situation completely different from what we imagined?

They seemed to be happy to see us being escorted like this. What was going on?

You stinking common people won't even sacrifice your lives for us.

We built the wall for you to live inside so that you wouldn't be killed by the pirates outside. Shouldn't you be grateful to us and become our slaves forever?

The implementation was very different from what they had imagined.

After Captain Liu finished speaking to the people below, some of them could not help but speak up: "Sir, what you said does make us a little moved, but we really don't know if you can really make it happen. We are all poor people and we don't have anything to honor you."

"Yes, sir. We are very poor now. Even though our Mandala City is known as the second largest city in Fuqi, it is not that all of us ordinary people are very poor. The real rich ones are the landlords."

"By the way, my Lord, you don't want us to go to the battlefield to make merit as well, do you?"

"This is really a bit difficult. War is something that is blessed by God. If we were killed right after we went to the battlefield, who would we turn to for justice?"

This is the real problem.

If they were really asked to go to the battlefield, they would be a little afraid. This is human nature.

Not everyone has the courage to go to the battlefield.

Thinking of this, the people spoke out their thoughts loudly. This was no joke.

Captain Liu looked at Wang Dahai, meaning that it was now up to him.

Wang Dahai now admired Captain Liu very much. His heartfelt speech just now attracted the attention of the people. He thought: These Jinyiwei people are really amazing. With just a few words, they made the people confused and even cry.

This is indeed Captain Liu’s strength.

He originally worked in an ordinary Qianhu Office, but because he was very good at united front work, he was soon promoted to be in charge of ideology, and then he was selected by the Jinyiwei.

Although he is still only a centurion in the Jinyiwei, this department is really special. There are countless centurions in the world, but how many centurions are there in the Jinyiwei?

Even though Wang Dahai was a thousand-householder, his status was indeed far inferior to that of a hundred-householder of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After Wang Dahai saw the look in Captain Liu's eyes, he took over the conversation and said to the people below: "If everyone is allowed to go to the battlefield, then what are we, the soldiers who specialize in fighting, for? Of course, we will still be the ones to fight."

The people below immediately said: "If we don't fight, where can we go to make achievements?"

"Yeah, people like us don't seem to have any other abilities besides our strength."

"My Lords, please stop playing dumb. We are being teased by you and want to know what we have to do to become officers."

"Yes, even if we can't be the emperor, it's good to let our descendants have this opportunity."

Hearing the people say this, Wang Dahai immediately seized on the conversation and said, "What the person just said is right. You may not have many chances left, but are you willing to let your descendants have this opportunity?"

As soon as these words came out, the people below immediately became interested...

(End of this chapter)