People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 572 This is just an abnormal transaction
At the beginning, Captain Liu and his men did want to allow all the common people to enjoy certain treatment.

But what was unexpected was that at this time, he suddenly said those words, directly telling them that the current Ming Dynasty does not necessarily mean that all of them will be able to live a good life.

And this is a deal.

If everyone thought so at the beginning, I wouldn't feel at this time that they might be given all the benefits.

It is probably because of seeing this that Captain Liu made such a statement.

What that means is, no matter how we come here in the future, the same thing still applies: we are all a transaction.

You have been treated well by us, and in the future, in order for our Ming Dynasty to help this place, you must pay more taxes so that we, the Ming Dynasty, can get more support here in the future.

This is a deal.

And this deal will also allow you to live a better life.

It's that simple.

So much so that the moment when everyone was still calculating how to get more benefits now seemed like a joke.

Especially the fight between the common people and the scholars just now made many people present feel like fools.

This kind of stupidity is extremely foolish. Just now, my people were still arguing here about how they could gain more benefits.

But what I didn't expect was that after arguing for so long, the other person would just say something like this, making the previous argument seem so childish.

It turns out that all this was just my own wishful thinking. The Ming Dynasty would come here to make his people live a good life, but there is also a prerequisite, that is, you stay here peacefully and be obedient citizens.

You can make contributions to the Ming Dynasty peacefully. Although this contribution will not result in you being treated like the previous landlords, you still have to pay taxes.

In fact, when these people heard this result, they were quite sad.

Because they always felt that once they had gained the trust of the Ming Dynasty, they could do whatever they wanted.

But what I didn't expect was that the other person would actually say such a thing.

I never even thought about doing anything to them.

Even at this time, I kept emphasizing that this is just a transaction and you guys are overthinking it.

When they thought of this, the common people and the scholars all felt as if they had been tricked.

But, we have to accept this reality.

It’s because I never thought about getting along well with you from the beginning.

It was made clear at the beginning that this was a deal.

It's just wishful thinking on our part.

In this wishful thinking, it seems that I and others are not so smart at all.

Even those scholars were confused at this moment.

Because what they didn't expect was that the Ming Dynasty could do such a thing.

I didn't even think about it, and suddenly I was played.

But it seems that they brought this kind of prank upon themselves.

Because they never thought about getting along well with the Ming Dynasty from the beginning.

It’s because they always felt that the Ming Dynasty was pretty good to them no matter what.

In fact, no one can be blamed for this kind of thing, because no one expected that the Ming Dynasty would actually do such a thing.

I didn't even expect that Ming Chao was fine just now, but turned around and turned against me.

It doesn't mean that you will turn your back on someone.

In fact, they have always thought too highly of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that after the Ming Dynasty came, the world would be changed. But this is not the case.

After the Ming Dynasty came, what they still had to do was how to control the entire Mandala City. Only by controlling the Mandala City could they feel more at ease.

In fact, only by controlling Mandala City can other cities be controlled one after another.

Because Mandala City is the largest city besides the capital, all results must extend downward from Mandala City.

Because of these plans, the Ming Dynasty offered such favorable conditions.

In fact, they should be lucky now.

Because if it were any other city, there would simply be no such good conditions.

Even if it were any other city, it might have been razed to the ground.

After thinking about this result, they actually felt that they were quite lucky.

If it weren't for this reason, they would have been killed long ago. After all, the city lord had already opened fire directly at the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty had not killed them all. This was already considered a great respect.

That's why, when they thought of this worst-case scenario, they seemed relieved all of a sudden.

People are like this. When a worse outcome is about to occur but hasn't appeared yet, they will feel that a relatively good outcome has already occurred, which is what Mr. Lu Xun called the broken window effect.

However, those scholars were still a little unconvinced, because they had said before that after coming here, there would be private schools established by the Ming Dynasty, and they could study in private schools in the future. After finishing their studies, they could take the imperial examinations, and there would be some additional subsidies after entering the private schools.

After thinking about this, the scholar asked him: "Then the subsidies for your private school should still be there, right?"

Captain Liu immediately replied: "Of course there is."

After Captain Liu finished speaking, both scholars and common people breathed a sigh of relief.

But I don’t know why I always feel a sense of emptiness now.

Because they thought too highly of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, they always felt that the Ming Dynasty coming here at this time should be better than the previous landlords and city lords.

But I found that this was not the case. Although I found that they were indeed doing better, it was always unable to meet their requirements. I always felt that something was missing, so at this time I felt a little lost.

Maybe it was because they thought too highly of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, and always thought that everything would change after the Ming Dynasty came, but they didn't expect that it only changed a small part. But after thinking about this part, they finally felt that the dust had settled. After all, change is at least much better than no change.

Then Captain Liu continued, "Of course, I can give you a better answer to the question that you scholars are worried about just now.

Aren’t you worried that after you finish your studies, you might lose the same fairness and justice as other landlords or rich people?”

After Captain Liu said this, the scholars and the common people below all pricked up their ears and listened.

Whether they are scholars or ordinary people, they actually face the same problem.

Just like what the scholars said just now, even if people like us become officials, we still cannot compare with those rich people.

It's because these people have already started it, whether it's marriage or kinship, the entire family has served as officials before, and they are always more experienced than the rest of us.

If these people enter the officialdom, they can actually form a very large network.

This network can prevent all of us from making breakthroughs. In this case, your reforms will ultimately be a failure, and none of us will be able to reach a higher position.

If we don't reach a higher status over time, we will still return to our previous status.

If this is the case, then your reforms don't seem to have changed anything.

If this is the case, then there seems to be no need to change it, because you just need to discuss with those rich people and let them become officials again, and it doesn’t really matter whether we become officials or not.

It is precisely because of this that these scholars came up with such an idea in the first place.

This is because they already knew the principles of those observations, and because they had worked as staff in the landlords' or city lords' mansions, they knew very well how those landlords and city lords operated the officialdom.

This is indeed the case in the officialdom. If you don't have connections, you have no way to move up. Poor scholars like them, or even ordinary people who are worse off than them, cannot move forward because of this unspoken rule even if their children enter the officialdom.

This is the fact.

If this is the case, then there is really no need to change anything.

But to be honest, they are actually very unwilling to accept this. Their unwillingness lies in the fact that if they lose this opportunity now, it seems that no one will ever give them a better chance.

That's why they are unwilling to accept this, and now all their unwillingness has turned into acceptance of the reality before them.

Because people from the Ming Dynasty have already said that we just want you to see our sincerity.

We are just doing this kind of transaction, and this kind of transaction should not be accompanied by any emotions.

Because you will never be qualified to make so many demands on us. We are here to conquer you and colonize you, but you don’t see this clearly at all.

So it seems like anything you discuss here is just bullshit.

We won't agree to it, and we don't think you should enjoy these things. We are all adults and don't need to be immersed in such unrealistic transactions.

To be honest, the reason why they were immersed in it was because the previous landlords or city lords had never treated them well.

So they especially hope that one day there will be someone who can treat them as well as the people of the Ming Dynasty today.

They hope that one day these people can be a little nicer to themselves, or even hope that one day the people they meet can truly be open-hearted to them.

Just like after the Ming Dynasty came here, they hoped that the Ming Dynasty would speak to them in a nice tone.

Be able to treat your people better.

But now it seems that everything is just a so-called deal made by others.

The reason why this deal happened is because their status is not as important as they said.

That’s why they are all quite sad now.

However, we are all adults. Just like Captain Liu said, we should not use such a funny way to make everyone unable to see the point clearly.

Even at this time everyone must accept one thing, that is, after the Ming Dynasty came here, it had no obligation to help all of you live well.

This is especially true for those who want to gain more favor through this opportunity. Never feel as if others owe you something.

Never think that others must give you something.

No, we came here to conquer you. We didn’t think about being nice to you. We just wanted to comfort you.

This will be good for our future, that's all.

There is nothing else, and that is why they now find it a little unacceptable.

It is precisely because of this that they all feel that they have suffered great injustice in this place.

However, these grievances were not brought by the Ming Dynasty, but by the former landlords.

That is why, when we think about these problems now, everyone has actually forgotten one thing.

That is, all the grievances and unwillingness you have had before were not caused by our Ming Dynasty.

After we came here, we treated you very well and allowed you to enjoy certain good treatment.

This is the most we have done. Please do not challenge this last bit of our kindness.

And don't ever think that you are really important. That's why this kind of thing is happening now.

That's why everyone feels it's unfair.

But no one would care about their unfairness, because the Ming Dynasty was now invincible, and they would not be able to enjoy this invincibility.

That's why, even if they beg, even if they feel they are innocent.

Even if they felt that they deserved a better Ming Dynasty, it would not be so easy for them to enjoy it.

So to be honest, even if they wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty, no matter what they said, there was no way they would agree to so many requests.

Because of this, now they all honestly regretted not surrendering right away...

(End of this chapter)