Chapter 153: Lugal's Collapse
A big hash mark appeared on Lugar's forehead, his eyes full of disbelief: "You mean, the alliance's economy depends entirely on taxes, and they are all agricultural taxes, without any commercial taxes at all?"
Xin Ling turned her head away embarrassedly, "Guifang was opened by the great fairy Zhou Yin, and I want to win over their siblings to help me fight against the empire, so I can't collect taxes from them."
She had confirmed that Lugal was neither an enemy nor a spy. After all, neither the Empire nor the Rebels would abandon a great fairy to the Alliance.
"Then there must be other shops besides Guiyingfang. I have seen dozens of shops on the way here." Lugar asked.
Hearing this, Xin Ling felt even more ashamed, sobbing, "Those are basically the assets of the middle-level officials of the alliance and the privileged fairies in the settlements that we later recruited."
"The Alliance cannot offer as good treatment as the Empire, so it can only allow mid- and high-level officials to do business freely within the Alliance's territory without collecting any taxes."
"Those privileged fairies in the settlements were originally living well in their own territories, but now they are suddenly being recruited. They must be unwilling in their hearts."
"So in order to calm their rebellious mentality and recruit some fairies who are willing to obey, the alliance also allowed them to divide a small piece of land as property."
Xin Ling spoke more and more quietly, and Lugar became more and more confused the more he listened.
The veins on his hands were already bulging. "So you don't care about the fairies working in their territory? You just leave it to them to manage themselves, right? You really made me laugh."
"You don't care about business, politics, or even the most important military matters. You only choose the fairies from your own territory. Ha! So you are playing the feudal system?"
Lugal was almost laughing out of anger. He knew that many fairies were stupid, but he didn't expect that they were not only stupid, but also had no spirit of learning at all.
Since Xin Ling has already formed an alliance, if she has any brains she should take a look at the history of political regimes in the human world and learn from it.
After all, Fairyland has actually always been in a slave society in the early days of history, and the establishment and development of the early royal family did not leave any history, so there is no reference at all.
If Xin Ling really wants to build a good alliance, he should look at what happened to the Zhou Dynasty, which practiced the feudal system.
Although the Zhou Dynasty existed for nearly 800 years, this was because it was backward!
The low productivity has made it extremely difficult for farmers to maintain their own survival under various natural and man-made disasters, so how can they have the energy to resist?
Moreover, since most of the territory was dispersed through the feudal system and the patriarchal system, the Zhou emperor actually only had a small piece of territory in his hands.
How can you ask the peasants who are still able to survive under the command of other princes to empathize with those peasants who cannot survive, not to mention that the Zhou emperor's army is also very powerful.
Furthermore, Zhou culture emphasizes etiquette, and each prince is bound by his reputation. If you attack me today, he will have an excuse to attack you tomorrow. Basically, they are restraining each other.
This led to the Zhou Dynasty existing the longest among all dynasties.
Moreover, after King You of Zhou was killed by the Quanrong, King Ping of Zhou moved eastward and founded the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Without its powerful army, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty completely became a mascot!
Although the entire Zhou Dynasty existed for about 791 years, if we exclude the mascot-like Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there are only about 270 years left.
As a fairy born from royal power, Lugal naturally understands the drawbacks of the feudal system, which is a system that has long been out of step with the development of the times.
But Xin Ling took advantage of this outdated system and used it in the alliance, so he couldn't help feeling ridiculous.
Xin Ling is indeed not a qualified leader. Maybe she is very capable and has a wide network of contacts, but she is a novice in politics.
Lugal couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand, sighed deeply, and said for her: "Since you regard the empire as a great enemy, you should have collected a lot of information about the empire in various aspects."
"Yes, yes, we have collected a lot." Luo Li, who was scolded and dared not speak, and quietly reduced her presence, nodded suddenly.
They still do some basic intelligence gathering.
"Bring it here and let me see it." Lugal turned his head away and didn't want to look at this so-called last royal princess.
To be honest, he didn't know how to treat the princess. Although he didn't say it, he was actually a little disappointed in his heart.
Back then, they were so glorious when they founded the royal family, but they never expected that they would fall to the point where they are now.
As a princess of the royal family, Luo Li was not only willing to give up her pride and join the alliance, but she couldn't even become the leader of the alliance. If this were made public, it would be a disgrace to the royal family.
What's even more abominable is that she completely disregarded her responsibilities as a royal family, abandoned her own people in Flower Bud Castle, and joined the alliance alone.
Of course, as a royal fairy, Lugal naturally would not think that the fairies of the lower class were valuable. He simply looked down on this so-called last princess.
The essence of royal power is violence, centralized rule, and the protection of class interests.
There are naturally many monarchs who practiced benevolent policies in history, but there are also many tyrannical monarchs. However, they all have one thing in common: they safeguard the interests of their own class.
Therefore, Lugal looked down on Luo Li's behavior of voluntarily abandoning her original position as ruler and becoming the second-in-command.
He also looked down on Luo Li because he thought she was stupid and had no idea how to use the power and energy she possessed.
If she had joined the alliance with the fairies of the Bud Castle, then with the power of the Bud Castle and her great reputation in the fairyland as the last royal princess, it is not certain who will be the leader of the alliance now?
It’s not like now. Due to Luo Li’s departure, most of the forces gathered in the outer circle of Hualei Castle have dissipated. They either joined the alliance or the revolutionary army. The royal family is no longer worthy of its name.
During this period, the reputation of the alliance was ruined by the revolutionary army, and Luo Li even lost her only remaining reputation as a royal princess. Lugal really couldn't understand how she could play such a good hand so badly.
But even though he was thinking so much in his mind, he still didn't say a word on the surface.
This is no longer his era, and the royal family has declined. He, a semi-saint fairy who has just awakened and has not yet recovered, cannot turn against the alliance.
Moreover, he still needs the power of the alliance to revive his royal family. A man who knows the times is a hero.
Lugal lowered his eyelids, picked up the investigation report handed to him by the fairy Jasmine, and read it carefully.
But as time passed, the joints where he was holding the paper turned white, and a hideous smile could be faintly seen on the half of his face that was covered.
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: What the hell is this?
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