binnovel Chapter 458: The remaining minor nobles must be promoted
Chapter 458: The remaining minor nobles must be promoted
Gu Chen knew that Lei Dianjie was not good at governing the country.
Look, I was stumped right at the beginning and didn’t know the answer to any question I asked.
Gu Chen, with a frown on his face, couldn't help but look at Bazhong Shenzi. The expression in his eyes meant:
This is the god of your home. You go and remind her. I am too lazy to continue giving her instructions.
The Eightfold Son of God covered his face and remained speechless.
After a small collapse for a while, Yae Shenzi could only comfort herself like this:
Our own god, our own god. We have known for a long time that our god is of this character. What else can we do?
After convincing himself, Yaejinko looked at Ying helplessly:
"Kage, as the first step in governing the country, you should at least re-establish the shogunate first, right?"
"Re-establish the shogunate?"
The puzzled expression on Lei Yingdian's face seemed to be asking the two of them clearly, "Isn't the shogunate doing well? Why is it being rebuilt?"
Just before Yae Shenzi gritted his teeth and could not help cursing, Lei Dianying was in a trance and finally reacted:
“Oh, yeah…
So many nobles died, and these nobles basically occupied all the high-ranking officials in the shogunate.
Now almost all the high-level positions in the shogunate are vacant, and the entire shogunate should be in a state of shutdown.
I understand. In this situation, we should urgently rebuild the shogunate."
Yaesugi finally felt relieved when she found out that Lei Dianying had finally reacted.
Next, Lei Movie continued to ask:
"Then, how do we rebuild the shogunate?"
The Son of the Eightfold God spoke sincerely:
"Kage, even though five-sixths of the Inazuma nobles were killed, isn't that still less than one-sixth left?
It is enough to promote those who remain.”
Lei Dianying could also think of this, but she was a little confused:
“But the remaining nobles are all minor nobles.
After experiencing this series of events, I feel that it is not a good idea to allow the upper echelons of the shogunate to continue to be ruled by the aristocracy.
Is it possible to promote officials from among the common people to the upper echelons of the shogunate?"
Hearing this question, the Eightfold Divine Son looked at his own god with a somewhat higher opinion.
This kind of thing can be seen in the shadow, which is great.
However, Gu Chen beside her didn't give Lei Dianying much face, but instead poured a basin of cold water on her:
“Ying, don’t even think about running before you learn to crawl.
You don’t even know how to govern a country, and you want to break up class stratification?
To tell you the truth, the problem of class stratification is the most stubborn among Inazuma.
In other countries, or even other worlds, such as the world I used to live in, class stratification is an almost unsolvable problem.
With your ability, you won’t be able to solve this problem anytime soon!"
Black Film seemed to have suffered some setbacks. She looked at Gu Chen pitifully:
“But I just feel sorry for my people.
I just think it’s not good that the power of the shogunate has always been controlled by the nobles.”
Gu Chen felt a slight headache:
"But the problem is, in today's Inazuma, the power of the shogunate can only be controlled by the nobles! Not everyone can be like Okazaki Rikuto!"
Lei Movie is full of questions:
"Who is Okazaki Rikuto?"
“An old man who was not born into aristocracy but eventually climbed to a high position in Tianling Fengxing.
He was an extraordinary person who broke the class stratification with his own efforts.
After climbing to a high position, he was full of energy and ambition and tried to help others break the class stratification.
Unfortunately, his actions infringed upon the interests of the nobles, and he was eventually framed and marginalized, leading to his failure and his retirement from officialdom.
"That's it..."
With a helpless sigh, Gu Chen continued to persuade Lei Dianying:
"Don't feel sorry for him yet, the key is the present.
Why is it that in today's Inazuma, the power of the shogunate can only be controlled by the nobles?
That's because the common people in Inazuma are not capable enough and they don't have the ability to control power and hold high positions.
If you promote them casually, they will only do harm and will not help you.
On the contrary, those nobles...
The nobles were indeed corrupt and incompetent before.
However, their family has controlled high positions in the shogunate for generations, and they have gained experience. They know how government affairs should be run and how the shogunate should be governed.
Not to mention that not all nobles are incompetent, and a considerable number of them have received elite education since childhood.
You can say they have bad intentions, but you can't say they are incompetent.
And this ability and experience are precisely what people of ordinary backgrounds lack.”
Hearing this, Lei Dianying's expression darkened slightly:
"Oh, that's a shame...
So, is it time to promote the remaining minor nobles in Inazuma?"
Yae Shenzi nodded:
“Although they are minor nobles, their abilities may be even greater than those of the great nobles!
They have been excluded by the great nobles for many years. Although they are nobles, they have to seek development under the shadow of the great nobles.
Under such circumstances, these little nobles were all cultivated with outstanding abilities.
But the small nobles are not like the big nobles who are willing to eat meat. They are relatively close to the common people and understand the current contradictions of Inazuma better.
Once they are promoted, they will surely be able to play a very high role.”
Lei Dianying seemed convinced, and he nodded:
“That makes sense.
In this way, promoting the minor nobles is indeed a brilliant move.
But……"
"But what?"
“Looking back, the Kujo family and the Hiiragi family weren’t great nobles at first; they were samurai who weren’t even considered minor nobles.
It was because of their outstanding abilities that they were noticed by Zhen and I and gradually promoted, which led to their subsequent status, and also to the darkness and corruption that followed.
It’s no problem to promote these petty nobles now, but what about later?
In a dozen years, decades, or even hundreds of years, will they become as dark and corrupt as the Kujo and Hiiragi families?"
Yae Shinko couldn't answer this question for a moment, and she was inevitably stunned.
Gu Chen had no scruples at all:
"Most definitely!
The consolidation of power will inevitably lead to corruption. This is the truth! "
Lei Dianying turned his head and looked at Gu Chen:
"so what should I do now?"
Gu Chen took it seriously:
“There is a solution that is not a solution.”
"any solution?"
"kill!"
"kill!?"
With a slight sigh, Gu Chen began to explain a cruel theory:
“Killing people sometimes doesn’t solve a problem, but it does curb it.
After several years, the small nobles you promoted developed into big nobles. They began to become dark and corrupt, and the class system became solidified again.
Just find out their crimes, find out their evidence, and then kill a bunch of them like we did today!
As long as we make up our minds, we can free up a large number of positions in the shogunate's top leadership.
Now that the carrot hole has been vacated, we should find a way to fill it with new carrots and promote new young nobles.
In this way, they promote minor nobles, allow them to develop into great nobles, kill a group of corrupt great nobles, and then promote a new group of minor nobles, and the cycle repeats..."