Chapter 50: Means of Controlling People

"...Thirsty?"

Andy came back to his senses a little after hearing that. He glanced at the blond boy who looked humble and studious, and shook his head.

Currently the spirit body is not a real body.

But being in this palace of mystery, you can also experience the corresponding feelings when eating.

At the same time, there are also some foods that spirits can enjoy. They are generally of very high quality and can be called rare treasures. For extraordinary people, they are "great tonics".

The person in front of me is obviously talking about this kind of treasure.

But Andy didn't have the idea of ​​taking advantage of small gains. Those things were of no use to him now.

"It's about why Abel III allowed the treacherous ministers of the Cree Dynasty to run rampant and did nothing about it."

He followed the other person's topic, but in his heart he was still vaguely thinking about the loss of the aphrodisiac.

After traveling to this world, Andy's golden finger allows him to reincarnate continuously.

However, after reincarnation, it is not necessarily possible to awaken the memories of the previous life.

Whether or not one awakens depends on whether the reincarnated body is strongly stimulated.

For example, the sudden death of a loved one, the frustration of one's ambitions, the impending murder, etc.

Sometimes, his luck will be very good, and his reincarnated identity will not encounter such things, or if it does, he will be able to look at it with an open mind.

So he couldn't awaken his memory.

The inability to awaken is equivalent to a memory gap, which cannot be integrated with his overall memory.

For example, in this life.

In his previous life, he was still in the world war period, and now it is 1994.

There must have been reincarnations during these decades, but Andy had no recollection of it.

In this situation, he really had never paid attention to whether the low-level potion like aphrodisiac had been lost, nor had he had the opportunity to find out.

In other words, in his opinion, this kind of low-level medicine that is simple to make and widely available would not be lost under normal circumstances...

"So, why did Abel III allow the treacherous ministers to do nothing?" The blond boy's words came again.

Obviously, she didn't think there was anything special about the loss of this potion, or rather, she knew the inside story.

"I guess he didn't know how to handle it and made a mistake."

Andy didn't want to ask the other party, and shifted his attention back after hearing this.

"If he had not been assassinated, those treacherous officials would have surely died."

"Missed?"

The boy was a little surprised by the answer, "How do you say that?"

"The existence of treacherous officials and corrupt officials can also be helpful."

Andy said, "For example, you are in financial difficulty, but you cannot solve the problem through formal means. In this case, you can support a corrupt official, indulge him to amass wealth, and then kill him after he is fattened up."

"This will cause trouble, right?" The young man frowned when he heard this.

"Of course, but sometimes the situation is special and it is uncertain whether doing so will bring more benefits than disadvantages or more disadvantages than benefits. We are only mentioning the advantages now."

"All right."

"Besides that, if you have a minister who is talented but arrogant and undisciplined, and you have no way to show him favor, you can just let the treacherous officials in the court persecute him. After he has suffered enough, you or your successor can show him favor, and his temper will be restrained."

"Isn't this a bit insidious?"

"Can your stepmother be a good person?"

"…I am sorry for talking too much, please continue, sir."

"This method can also be used in reverse. If you want to train a capable but inexperienced minister, how can you help him quickly gain prestige?"

"Bring out the treacherous ministers who have been fattened up, and let him find an opportunity to kill them?"

"That's right. However, this sounds easy, but it's actually very difficult to do. You need to be secretive and use the situation to guide the officials silently. You can't draw the attention of the officials to yourself, otherwise you will just be playing with fire and getting burned."

“…”

"The most important thing is to adapt to local conditions. These methods are just for reference and may not be applicable to modern times..."

The conversation continued, and the topic was not limited to treacherous officials.

The two of them were strolling in the garden, chatting as they walked. Andy was in the mood to appreciate the surrounding scenery, while the blond boy's expression became much more serious.

At the beginning, she was just praising the other person out of greed for money, but as she listened, the greed in her heart quietly dissipated.

His expression became serious, and he nodded thoughtfully from time to time.

In fact, similar imperial methods have existed in this world before, and people in other worlds are not much dumber than people on Earth.

Because of the extraordinary existence, some areas are even more developed than on Earth.

But precisely because of the existence of extraordinary things, some aspects of knowledge are weaker than that of the Earth.

The weak here does not mean that it has not been born, but that it is not so profound and popular.

For example, the queen, who came from a grassroots background, had basically never heard of these insidious and vicious methods from others.

First of all, I started late in life and did not receive any education in this area since childhood.

Secondly, she is actually a "Martial Emperor" with outstanding military achievements and supernatural powers. Compared to playing with human nature, she actually prefers to use her fists.

But you can use your fists during the "entrepreneurship" period, but you can't always do so when maintaining your success.

As a result, she would feel very headache about many matters.

She has many talented people under her, but who will teach her how to play with her subordinates and her subjects?

It’s not that I don’t understand, but that I don’t dare to say it.

In fact, she is not without understanding of some truths. She likes to study history and can dig out many "treasures" from history.

But it's like being covered by a veil. I understand it, but there is always a vague and unclear feeling.

So now, after hearing some of the things Andy mentioned, she suddenly understood.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

This is the result of long-term accumulation, not just a few simple words.

Just like the old bishop received the letter.

But this did not affect her mood when looking at Andy, which changed again.

The difference between having a teacher and not having a teacher is really huge.

Even if you have some understanding of some things, if no one clearly points out the key points, you will waste too much time thinking on your own! Not to mention how many important things may be "delayed" during this period...

"Have you done any special research on this before?"

When the topic of how to control the people was discussed, the boy couldn't help but ask.

Unconsciously, the term "sir" in her mouth was no longer as casual as before.

“I just like reading.”

Andy replied.

Just like reading?

Only a fool would believe you. The young man snorted secretly when he heard this.

Anyone can simply talk about the methods in the book, but Andy didn't just talk about the methods before, he also talked about a lot of details - this is the most important! This person obviously couldn't have been an emperor, so the answer can only be that he had done special research.

But Andy believed that he was telling the truth.

Han Feizi, The Princely Theory, Six Secret Teachings, The Book of Lord Shang, Social Psychology...

He read a lot of books like this when he was on Earth.

The reason was not because of my interest or hobby, but because I felt uncomfortable working after graduation, so I came up with the idea of ​​writing online articles.

So, relying on his mastery of mnemonics, he read a lot of books.

Because he didn't know what to write specifically, he had no idea, so he read a lot of different things.

Then, luck or misfortune.

After spending a lot of time and effort preparing a lot of information, he dragged his feet and didn't finish writing the online article. Instead, he traveled to this world in a daze...

"If there is a group of people who are against you, but you can't deal with them by force, what should you do in this situation?"

While walking side by side, the next topic came up.

The blond boy, who had completely taken Andy seriously, asked this question which interested her greatly.

She had faced this problem many times before, and although she had solved it, the solutions were rather crude and inevitably left many sequelae.

Now, seeing that Andy was also good at this, she couldn't help but ask for advice.

"What kind of people are they?" Andy asked with a raised eyebrow.

"For example... a march for the self-righteous people?"

"Parade? Well, parade may seem simple, but the internal reasons are actually complicated. To solve it, we need to analyze the root cause. The method is not easy to say."

"But I can provide you with a more universal idea."

"What idea?"

“To radicalize them.”

“Extremism?”

"They find people to join them, use sufficient funds to support their own people to become leaders, and then let their own people lead some people to act more and more radically, even to the point of smashing, looting, burning, killing and plundering."

"This just march will naturally turn into an unjust march and lose popular support. Inevitably, internal strife, division, and decline will occur within the marching group until it becomes a complete mob."

Thank you for the reward from book friend 20180226171456109~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)