Chapter 108 The Road to Light

"From now on, you will be the emperor." Mu Tie was silent for a moment, his eyes were filled with the calmness of seeing through the world. "The country created by several of us seems to be really going to your hands. Although I did something wrong, as one of the founders of this country, I think I have the right to ask you: How do you want to govern this country? Where do you want to take it?"

Zheng Yu was shocked.

He looked at the old man who looked calm and seemed to put down something, and his eyes gradually gathered.

"I want to go on my father's path and bring this country to light." Zheng Yu thought for a moment and said slowly, "Father and you have brought about a huge change in this country in a very short time, but they have also left many problems. They are overcorrect and eager to do their best. Many things have changed on the surface, but the inner things are still repeating the rules of the game for thousands of years."

"I want to change it." Zheng Yu said, "This time, the problems within the country are very comprehensive and thorough. Fierce conflicts between various forces, collisions of various interest groups, and competitions of various ideals and beliefs. Everything shows that the country is at a turning point."

"Everything prospers must have advantages and disadvantages. A country's development must be staged, and each stage's policies have their own goals to achieve." Zheng Yu continued, "In his father's era, this country has completed unification, strengthened national defense, completed the initial construction of the industrial system, gradually popularized basic education, and developed a constitutional system. It can be said that all external formal things have basically achieved the goals that the country needs to achieve in the early stage. But this time, internal problems have been ruthless."

"From now on, I will solve these problems one by one." Zheng Yu's face shining with a certain glow. "Facts have proved that the current national defense force is too dangerous and must be severely purged. Even if it loses part of its combat effectiveness in a short period of time, it is still willing to do so. My father's military nationalization policy has been led astray by some advanced ideas. Rejuvenation of the country is only a goal after all, and there are too many ways to achieve this goal. In the current period of thinking, once it is incited by ambitious people, the army may move towards the path of overthrowing order and establishing tyranny."

"I am the country." Zheng Yu said word by word, "The National Defense Force must be severely purged, strictly reflect on it, and must firmly establish allegiance to me personally. I am the embodiment of the country, and loyalty to me is the greatest loyalty to the country! The National Defense Force must obey all my orders unconditionally! It must be firmly in my hands!"

Mu Tie looked at the young man who suddenly seemed particularly strange. After a while, he sighed: "If the teacher had not insisted on nationalization, but had completely turned this army into a si army, maybe it would not be today."

"If he does this, he will not be his father." Zheng Yu shook his head, "My father doesn't want to be a man of justice. He doesn't want to establish a rigid system that will not care about the flood after I die. He doesn't want the empire he created to become a country with a solidified ruling group with all political, military and economic power, and a country with a hundred kills. He doesn't want such an absolutely unchallenging group to go to corruption and depravity without restraint, and eventually the order collapses, and the people will suffer again."

"You... your words are very similar to the teacher." Mu Tie was stunned for a while, his tone was particularly complicated, "I deserve to be the heir chosen by the teacher... You are only eighteen years old and can actually agree with these statements."

"I have been very obedient since xiǎo." Zheng Yu said sincerely, "I admire my father, and I also think from the bottom of my heart what he said makes sense. Our country has experienced so many hardships and repeated cycles of governance, and it also needs to make some real changes. What this country needs is not a group of corruption, a group of people overthrow him, establish a similar system, and then repeat the process of corruption and degeneration. Although such a revolution cannot be said to be meaningless, it is not what my father and I want, and I don't think it is what you want."

Mu Tie remained silent.

"A system with over-centralized power is conducive to rapid decision-making and efficient execution in the context of the general clean and efficient group, but this over-centralized power itself will lead to the gradual rigidity and maximization of the group. The struggle and conflict of different forces promotes historical development, while a rigid system with a single force overwhelming overwhelming ultimately leads to corruption and degeneration." Zheng Yu's voice revealed his firmness, "What is really terrible is that this system will eventually lead to an irreversible process of self-reinforcement. This overwhelming system monster will have its own will, and even the top people at the top of the system cannot control it."

"It seems you believe in the xiǎofan's trick?"

"What Xu Shuai said makes sense." Zheng Yu was silent for a while and nodded, "But I don't think I can't be biased, I have to do it step by step."

Mu Tie stared at him and said quietly after a while: "You child, what a monster... I'm finally sure that you are something that we all can't control. Until now, you are still performing and what you show us is actually just a decoration, and you are always wearing a mask."

Zheng Yu's pupils slowly contracted.

"You are guarding against me and the marshal of the Army staring at Zheng Yu, with sharp eyes, but he was extremely calm. "I have already let go, but I can see through something. Your thoughts are not that simple. You are just afraid that I will tell Fan, and that she will not be able to control you, so she will attack you. You are still guarding against him!"

"I'm going to die." Mu Tie said lightly, "Before I die, let me know something that I don't know. From xiǎo to big, it seems that he knows everything I know, but I don't know what he is thinking, or it's only after a long time that I can figure it out. Child, tell me your true thoughts. Let me defeat him once before I die."

Zheng Yu looked at the marshal with his eyebrows stretched out, and the open-mindedness that he saw through the world, or in other words, his determination, and some hard and cold things in his heart trembled a little. After a while, Zheng Yu nodded slightly.

"I believe in you." Zheng Yu said slowly, "Actually, I am not just targeting Uncle Fan. My father's lesson made me understand that as an emperor, I cannot trust everyone unconditionally. This trust will only bring indulgence, and then trigger more complete articles' fastest and most serious suspicion."

"You are right. I just concealed something from you. Xu Shuai and I are not only in rhythm, but also in the final order. "Zheng Yu's words made Mu Tie's pupils shrink suddenly, "I have my understanding of the democratic and free system he believes in."

"Even after decades of constitutional education, our country cannot adopt the democratic and liberal system that Xu Shuai yearns for." Zheng Yu said calmly, "Democracy is not a new thing. From the city-state slavery democracy in ancient Greece, to the Roman Republic and Carthage Republic, to the Magna Carta of Britain, and the aristocratic democracy in the Netherlands, after so many cycles, the form and connotation of the democratic system have not changed fundamentally, and the problems he brought about are also constantly circulating."

"Democracy is always just a means rather than an end. And it is just a restrictive democracy for a certain group of people." Zheng Yu said, "The democratic system must be based on the self-esteem of the people, the independent of the people, the stable economic source, the relatively free and independent thinking, and the strong sense of responsibility for the country, and on a relatively flat class structure, otherwise it will become a game for fooling people."

"The current nation seems to be back and forth in different extremes, but the most fundamental thing is that it lacks true self-esteem and independence. They have castrated their masculinity, courage and independence and self-esteem by hundreds of years of ignorant rule. They seem extremely insignificant and insignificant in front of the system and the great rulers. Most of them live in difficult life, busy and sad because of food and clothing. They have no right to make their own voices, and can only silently bear the exploitation, hoping that a gentle emperor will ease their suffering. Because they have no self-esteem, they start with extreme egoism and do not really think that they have some responsibility to the country, society, and others."

"Achieve democracy is never based on the gift of the ruling group, but on the unremitting struggle of people of all classes. This struggle generally leads to the emergence of reforms in a more tolerant system, and often evolves into revolution or civil war in a more rigid system." Zheng Yu said slowly, "In our country, due to thousands of years of history of cannibalism, castration of ideas, erosion of extreme egoism, and the poisoning of the politics of fooling people, the people become prone to bias and are more willing to completely overwhelm the opponents, rather than to achieve a better balance through compromise. In such a country, once it lacks recognized authority, debates may turn into struggles, and eventually become unprincipled confrontation, persecution and even civil wars."

"I don't have the confidence to clean up the bad roots of civilization that have been accumulated for thousands of years. Imposing a system based on compromise, freedom and civil rights on this nation is likely to be the consequences of me, which is unbearable to this country. Once the order collapses, the country will definitely repeat the same mistakes and embark on the old path of governing the cycle." Zheng Yu sighed lightly, "But I cannot leave all the problems after me. In my lifetime, I will establish and stabilize this order so that this order can still be passed on after I die and condense this nation and this country. Therefore, I do not intend to truly realize Xu Shuai's ideal in my lifetime."

Mu Tie sighed deeply: "You are right, child. Our nation has too heavy loads... In fact, xiǎofan told me before that he had a similar view."

Zheng Yu smiled bitterly: "It seems that Uncle Fan and I have similar views. However, it is not just this problem. In my opinion, I am afraid that his ideal may not be the best choice for this nation within a few hundred years. Because even those Western countries that have achieved democracy will surely embark on a tragic road of no return in my opinion."

This time, Mu Tie was finally stunned. He looked at Zheng Yu in disbelief, as if he was looking at a completely stranger.

"More than 70 years ago, British economist William Lloyd told a story," said Zheng Yu. "In a place in medieval Europe, there was an open ranch that everyone could use. Every shepherd nearby could add flocks to the ranch at will. For each shepherd added a positive impact, the shepherd himself gained benefits, and the negative impact increased the ranch loss. However, the benefits of increasing sheep are each shepherd's own, and the disadvantages of increasing the ranch loss after the ranch are shared by everyone, so everyone's consideration of the direct short-term benefits exceeds the consideration of long-term disadvantages. As a result, all shepherds only care about immediate interests and increase the stocking without considering the use of the ranch. Overstocking quickly made the ranch exceed its carrying capacity, and finally could not be used due to crowding, saturation, and degradation."

"Western democratic countries are heading for such a path." Zheng Yu said slowly, "As the country is increasingly becoming so-called 'public ownership of all people', the right to deal with public resources in the hands of the government is a public ranch. This ranch seems to have a share, but in fact, no one can directly deal with one of their own. The final result is that the general public, due to its difficult short-sightedness, has the most echoing and short-term interests of the masses, and the most emphasizing tax cuts and high welfare politicians to the stage, continue to harm the real long-term interests of their own citizens, and the country eventually goes to degenerate and corrupt."

"In such a system, the forces of chaebols will increasingly have absolute advantages on the grounds of protecting freedom and civil rights. They control the economy, public opinion, politics, and their strength is concentrated, while the general public is just a mess. In the end, the economic foundation is hollowed out, and the state regime has become a fig leaf used by chaebols, constantly using favors to buy the people's votes, but in fact, turning citizens into voting machines raised by chaebols, and the people themselves who end up suffering must be the people themselves."

"All of this has been recorded in the ancient Greek city-state democracy and the rise and fall of the ancient Roman Republic." Zheng Yu said slowly, "The ancient Greek city-state democracy, arose from the free and equal proprietors, collapsed from the rise of great businessmen and the bankruptcy of xiǎo people under market competition. In the end, it became a tool to rely on the surplus of slave labor to raise civilians, and used formal democracy to cover up the essence of oligarchy. Citizens who rely on their citizenship to obtain privileges and daily necessities naturally lost their combat effectiveness. The citizen army was replaced by mercenaries, and the entire country gradually moved towards corruption and degeneration."

"In the ancient Roman Republic, the conquest of the colonies led to a major impact on the commodity economy. The local xiǎo omen went bankrupt in large numbers, and generals who used labor resources such as prisoners of war to work, bureaucrats and powerful people who colluded with each other took political and economic power, raised and won over citizens with social welfare, corrupted them, and turned them into simple-minded voting machines, and the entire country was irresistible to corrupt." Zheng Yu continued, "The ultimate republic system was essentially declining with the rise of warlords. Although Sura, the last republican powerhouse, voluntarily gave up his dictatorship, he could not stop the new dictator after his death. Caesar defeated other competing warlords, and established the imperial system by his heir Octavian. The last fig leaf of democracy was torn off. Rome gained a new life because of this new form of dictatorship and emerged from a state of crisis."

"All this problem cannot be attributed to the dictator's personal ambitions," Zheng Yu said. "In fact, it is these so-called democratic citizens who have created this kind of corruption and degeneration, which has caused the collapse of the Republic, and also created oligarchy and dictatorial politics. These are rooted in human activities and are also due to the natural laws of natural selection."

"Market forces are the natural projection of the law of natural selection in the economic field." Zheng Yu continued, "The market itself is not moral, it only acts based on instinct. Under the so-called democratic regimes of Britain and the United States, everyone indulges market forces under the banner of civil rights and freedom to compete for natural selection. The final result is to return to the conventional steady state of nature: the food chain, that is, a few roublesome animals are at the upper end, and most herbivores are at the lower end."

"What's even more terrifying is that people and groups who have gained an advantage through market competition will use various non-market and anti-fair means to curb competition and maintain their dominant position." Zheng Yu said, "This has led to a situation that is worse than the food chain in nature, that is, a solidified ruling group appears within the same ethnic group, using all means to stifle the progress of other individuals and groups, and through the silence of public power, the violators of other individuals and groups are organized and ignorant and ideological control over other individuals and groups. The winners of market competition turn toward the head and gradually stifle market competition, and finally move towards a powerful and powerful system with capital as a bond, and the entire society has a comprehensive degeneration from top to bottom. In the end, they are either overthrown by the internal revolution or defeated or conquered by the newly emerging nations outside."

"This is happening in the United States," Zheng Yu said. "Rockefeller, Carnegie, DuPont and other chaebols are reaching their monopoly through various market and non-market competitions. Theodore Roosevelt has begun to fight against chaebols, but the US system will inevitably lead to the final result going to the highest side."

"Under the banner of protecting civil rights and freedoms, these forces will only be temporarily curbed, but will not be fundamentally resolved. They will open a transformation method, that is, hide their bodies deeper below the surface of the market." Zheng Yu said, "They will start to bribe the political circle with more secret and powerful means, and gradually control the public opinion and ideological circles, and transform the country step by step according to their optimal model. Their tentacles with capital as the bond will become stronger and stronger, and will become more and more like a huge octopus to firmly absorb and control the country, and finally make the country succumb to the monster of capital and become the spoils of the chaebol class."

"This kind of chaebol monopoly capital will have natural expansion. They need resources, markets, and they need to control economies within a wider range to further stifle competition from the international level and gain profits. Their ultimate development direction will also be transnational chaebols. This force will eventually overwhelm the political institutions of the nation-state." Zheng Yu's words made Mu Tie on the opposite side feel terrified, but his eyes began to shine. "At that time, the democracy of the operators who were established on a relatively fair market position in ancient Greece and Rome gave way to the dominance of the big businessmen, and the bankruptcy and parasitic oligarchy republicism of the entire society, which eventually led to the overall degeneration of the entire society."

"This is the fate of the democratic system. History is like this, now is like this, and the future is like this." Zheng Yu shook his head, "This is also the common destiny of all the systems that have appeared in human society so far. Human society is born from the natural selection of nature, and it is impossible for him to completely get rid of the laws of nature. In a system composed of different populations, the population of a few individuals is at the top of the food chain; within the same group, a few individuals rule the majority of individuals. This is originally the law of the biological chain system of nature. Everything is trying to reverse, and to maintain the efforts of the majority as rulers and the minority as ruled by the rulers, the ultimate harvest must be the disguised minority ruled the majority, and the so-called rule of the majority is also destined to be just an illusion. This is the law of nature and also human dying."

Mu Tie's pupils contracted and his expression became more and more complicated: "If you say this, then what are the differences between you and me? A few people are ate animals, most of them are herbivores, and herbivores are responsible for production, and the ate animals maintain order. In the world, the Huanghan ethnic group is ate animals, while other ethnic groups are herbivores; within the Huanghan ethnic group, the purest, upright, brave, wise and moral soldiers are ate animals, and others are herbivores. Such an order is most suitable for the food chain of the earth and can be passed down for generations."

"Uncle Tie, you must understand that humans are not simply equivalent to animals; human society is not a purely projection of nature. The reason why humans become humans is because they have wisdom and morality. They are rational animals and sentimental animals. They will not just succumb to instinct. They have material needs and spiritual needs. They have their own joys, sorrows and sorrows." Zheng Yu shook his head, "A society cannot simply copy the rules of the natural hierarchy of the cold and ruthless food chain, nor can it illusion a utopian system that violates the laws of nature. The so-called steady-state food chain puts a military class at the top and holds all power, which leads to a solidified ruling group that holds all the power of military and financial documents at the same time, and manages society in a simple and crude way, and kills all different ideas in society."

"The final result is that not only will the lower class lose creativity and motivation under the control of thought, but it will inevitably lead to the upper class robbery and degenerate in the context of lack of opponents and constraints. This class will become more and more greedy, larger, more and more degenerate and weak, and will eventually be eliminated by history and become victims of the new round of governance."

Mu Tie blurted out: "Then what kind of path do you want to take?"

"Human society is a very complex thing and cannot be solved by simple and crude methods. All institutional improvements and innovations come from the accumulation of practice, so specific details need to be tried and found step by step. However, I have already considered the basic direction. This is a completely different path from all the roads that have appeared." Zheng Yu said frankly, "This road will be based on the laws of nature and the cultural traditions of China, in line with the characteristics of mankind, combining efficiency and fairness, long-term interests and short-term interests, rational and moral forces, restrain each other, and maintain a flexible balance."

"I believe that this is the most suitable path for this country and this nation." Zheng Yu smiled slightly, "I call him the imperialist path with Huaxia."
Chapter completed!