Chapter 165 Imperial Meeting·Part 2
"I have some suggestions regarding the post-war handling." Both the civil and military sides gave the Knights Association a beating, completely blocking Huairou's way of dealing with the defeated country. After his death, Perficott spoke.
She spoke very impolitely, without so many polite words, but the suggestions she gave made everyone feel a chill down their spines.
"The real purpose of the Doomsday Winter and the Northern Territory Development Plan is clear to everyone present, so you should also understand that the empire's current focus is to deal with the Doomsday Natural Disaster, and everything else is unimportant." Purfey Kurt made it clear and directly put the most critical issue on the table: "Due to the need for confidentiality, the empire could not publicly prepare for the doomsday in a big way, because this would cause great social unrest and more easily cause other The country's criticism of the empire.
This time the Three Kingdoms Alliance declared war on the empire, it is clear that they don't want us to be good or that we are better than them.
If other countries know about the Doomsday Winter and they know that the Empire has already begun preparations, then they will definitely want to fight the Empire to the death.
In this war, although Frans’s ostensibly banner is to oppose the empire’s possession of airships and steam knights that disrupt the balance of the world, who knows whether they have also discovered information about the end of the world? Not sure.
Now that the capitals of the three countries have been reduced to scorched earth, it is impossible to find out whether they know about this matter, and we do not need to verify this matter.
Because even if there is only a 1% chance, we must prevent them from threatening the empire! Other countries must not be allowed to interfere with the empire's plan to deal with the doomsday winter!
So when dealing with the defeated three countries, we should squeeze them dry to the maximum extent! Use their population and resources to support the empire's doomsday plan, and use their industrial production capacity to produce everything needed for the empire's plan!
Only in this way will they no longer pose a threat to the empire, and at the same time they can effectively reduce the burden on the empire itself.
After all, we are just an island country, and a large number of resources are overly dependent on imports from the colonies. If we want to fully support the doomsday response plan launched in the north, this will be a quite heavy burden for the empire itself!
We need to pass this burden on, and the defeated Three Kingdoms are the most suitable targets! Whether it is agricultural products or industrial products, or their population, economy and other resources, they can effectively reduce the pressure and burden on the empire!
This allows us to focus more on responding to the doomsday winter, instead of first trying to drain the people of the country, and at the same time trying to stabilize the situation. ”
After hearing what Purficott said, everyone was stunned that a fourteen-year-old girl could come up with such an inhumane strategy, but they had to admit that what she said made sense.
After all, when it comes to not being a human being, the Victoria Empire has never been a human being.
If you can achieve your goals without squeezing your own people, and at the same time weaken the power of other countries, why not do such a thing?
However, although everyone agrees with this suggestion, some people are still worried that if the squeeze is too harsh, riots or even resistance will break out within the three countries, and the empire will still have to spend a lot of energy to suppress it.
However, when faced with this problem, Purficott just sneered and said: "The predicted doomsday winter will come in two years. Even if we don't care about them after two years, they will probably not be able to survive it." The first winter. So we only need to suppress them for two years, and then squeeze them as much as possible during these two years!
Don't tell me that you can't control them for even two years, if you are worried about their resistance! Just raise the tax rate to 90%! If they can still afford to rebel at a 90% tax rate, it means your tax collection is not clean enough!
Empty the last coin in their pockets and take the last morsel of food from their mouths! Then throw them all into factories and fields, let them work eighteen hours a day, squeeze out every ounce of their strength, and leave their brains with no energy to think about resistance! ”
Speaking of this, Purficott glanced at a group of nobles who seemed a little worried on their faces, and couldn’t help but sneered, but didn’t say anything more.
These things are very important to me. The nobles are actually good at housekeeping, but usually they are not really so aggressive in squeezing out the last bit of food from the people in their territories.
Generally speaking, nobles are very attached to their territories. Taxation is usually maintained without starvation. After all, these subjects are considered their own property, and the nobles still cherish their own property
In comparison, the methods used by capitalists to squeeze out surplus value are much crueler. They are really trying to squeeze out the last drop of blood and sweat.
So Purficott is not worried that these guys can't handle this matter, especially since these guys don't actually care about the so-called face. They only think about how to knock the bones and suck out the marrow, and how to make a living from it. Just get your own benefits.
Just considering their own interests, these people will inevitably have other thoughts.
“Earl Brandlis, with the resource support of the three countries, can the empire itself be able to withstand the apocalyptic winter?” An official from the Civil Service Group asked Purficott. , he still maintained a very friendly attitude, and asked in a questioning tone: "The foundation of the empire still lies in the homeland. If the homeland is abandoned, the losses will still be too great!
Two years' time It is not enough for us to move all the essence of the empire to the north. It would be a pity to abandon all of them. Can’t we keep the mainland? ”
Regarding this issue, even the Queen, who has been silent, has shown concern. After all, she does not want to abandon the empire's homeland if possible.
However, Purficott could only close his eyes and shake his head, and said in a very cold tone: "Victoria is an island country, and our resources are very limited. The empire is now The reason for such a prosperous scene relies heavily on various resources imported from the colonies.
Once the end comes, the connection between the empire and the colonies will be cut off, and the ocean will be frozen and unable to transport. Supplies, the empire will soon be in a situation of shortage of resources. When the time comes, there will be no firewood. How can it withstand the cold winter? "
"This..." Suddenly, the imperial meeting was held. Everyone in the room couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what to say.
"Little Purficott, is there really no way to get the best of both worlds?" The Queen spoke in person and asked Purficott.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, it's really not true." Purficott answered without wavering.
(End of this chapter)