pertwk Chapter 1929: Type 3
Chapter 1929: Type 3
Chapter 1929 The Third Type of People
Wars are complicated and people's hearts are unpredictable. If we relax, many bottom lines will be trampled upon.
He Lingchuan waved his hand and asked him to sit down. He then said to everyone, "Don't think I'm making a fuss. The Shining Gold Plain is so big. If you want to take it down smoothly, it's not as simple as just attacking cities and robbing land. What does it mean to pacify? After pacifying, the key is still the word 'settled' at the end. Otherwise, all your previous efforts will be in vain, and you will just be making wedding clothes for others! In the past 800 years, how many powerful people in the Shining Gold Plain were good at fighting? Can you see that none of them ended in disgrace?"
All the generals listened to the instruction carefully, and they all understood that He Lingchuan's public punishment of Peng Youfu and Tao Ran was intended to seduce everyone present.
"Most of you received my missions through telex. You only know the results of my orders, but not the reasons behind them." It was impossible for He Lingchuan to prepare the minds of every general in advance to coordinate such a big chess game. "Today is a rare opportunity for us to meet. I will explain to you the strategic thinking of the Dragon God War."
"Since we want to take over all the Shining Gold, we must effectively distinguish and treat the Shining Gold's 'people' differently." He Lingchuan leaned back, "Let me ask you, how many categories can the Shining Gold people be divided into?"
The generals looked at each other, and no one answered. They knew that the Emperor Jiuyou was asking this from the perspective of war.
"Wengsu?"
When his name was called, Weng Su was startled and stood up immediately: "Good guys, bad guys, uh...bad guys need to be beaten, good guys need to be helped..."
"anything else?"
And? Weng Su looked down and saw his brother winking at him.
What does this mean? He scratched the back of his head, not understanding.
Even brothers may not necessarily be in sync with each other.
Weng Xing had to speak up: "There are also some that are neither good nor bad."
He Lingchuan smiled slightly: "Oh? Not good, not bad, how are you going to treat them?"
Weng Xing hesitated for a moment and said, "Most people in the world are neither good nor bad. We will not fight them, nor offend them."
He Lingchuan pressed his palm towards Weng Su and said, "Sit down."
"People are divided into groups. From a strategic perspective, we roughly divide the Golden People into three categories. The first category is civilians and poor people who sell their labor and either rely on the weather or serve others for a living. Needless to say, these are the people we want to protect and win over. As long as they are loyal to us, they will not blindly follow us even if someone with ulterior motives stirs up trouble."
The generals nodded, knowing that although the poor and civilians could be further subdivided because human nature was diverse, they could only be classified into one category in terms of grand strategy.
"One is the bullies and bandits. In the past, the Nine Nether Emperor and the Black Armor Army aimed to eliminate them. Some were persuaded to surrender and returned to peace. You have them in your team. However, now the target list has been expanded to include tyrants, corrupt officials, and cruel officials."
"There is another category, which is the most complicated, namely, officials, noble families, wealthy merchants, and gentry from all over the country. Not only are they often connected with each other, but their identities are also intertwined. That is, wealthy merchants come from bureaucratic families, noble families also do business, bureaucrats retire and become gentry, wealthy merchants donate money to become officials or join the government to become bureaucrats, and so on. I call this kind of people local dignitaries."
He then asked Weng Xing: "What did you do in the past with this kind of people?"
Weng Xing didn't even think twice: "Rob the rich to help the poor."
They and the common people had no good feelings towards this kind of people. When he and his brother were short of money, they would "borrow" some from others and help the poor at the same time, which made them feel pretty good.
"First of all, they may have made mistakes, but they are not really evil and do not deserve death. Otherwise, they will be classified as the above category." He Lingchuan said seriously, "In the past, heroes who aspired to unify the Golden Empire, no matter how good their start was, they always failed in the end. One of the most important reasons is that they treated this kind of people wrongly!"
"For small countries like Yao and Peng, it would be easy to just flatten this kind of people and give money and land to the poor, which would immediately win the hearts and minds of the people and gain their support. After all, the smaller the place, the easier it is to govern."
"But the Golden Plain is too big, its territory even exceeds that of Bega, and the complexity of the region, economy, folk customs, beliefs, clans, and social conditions far exceeds that of the Mou Kingdom." He Lingchuan exhaled, "This third group of people is an extremely important part of the Golden Plain. Bureaucrats govern the local area, merchants lubricate the economy, aristocratic families support knowledge, and gentry connect the upper and lower levels. They have been deeply embedded in the social system for hundreds of years. You pulled them all out, leaving only the common people——"
He pointed at the roof and said, "It's like the pillars and beams of this house are suddenly pulled out. It can't hold up. No matter how big the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce is, compared to Shanjin, it's just a pillar in the house. Without the other pillars and beams, Yangshan can't hold up alone."
The structure of the flashing gold was about to collapse.
"At this time, the battle on the front line is in full swing, but the system and economy in the rear are collapsing. How can there not be chaos?"
Even Weng Su understood and nodded slowly.
"In addition, they are not only a strong backbone force, but also a strong resistance force." He Lingchuan continued, "If they are really forced into a desperate situation, they will not sit and wait for death. At this time, they are local tyrants, rich and knowledgeable, able to organize people and raise an army. You fight to the death on the front line, and they strangle you in the back, setting you on fire from both ends. The originally good situation may collapse just like this."
"So during the war, the strategy for this kind of people can only be 'stability'. We must not only appease and maintain stability, but also work hard to win them over. After all, they are the most vigilant and most easily stressed out by us, so we must come up with practical and effective strategies to appease them."
He Lingchuan took a deep breath, "I know that many of you are rangers, and you have a scale in your heart when it comes to 'right and wrong'. But this world is not just about right and wrong, nor is it black and white. To win such a huge war in the Golden Plains, you must unite the majority to defeat the minority."
The means serve the purpose. Most people living in the Golden Plains are very pragmatic.
“And this third group of people are by no means a minority.”
After saying that, He Lingchuan dipped his finger in tea, drew three circles on the table, and wrote "common people", "powerful people", and "enemies" in the circles respectively.
Then he wrote three more words under the circle:
Pull, steady, hit.
He Lingchuan said word for word: "When dealing with these three types of people, our war strategy is to win over one faction, stabilize one faction, and attack one faction!"
We must win over the civilian population;
We must appease and maintain stability for local dignitaries;
The enemy must be severely struck.
"Only in this way can we minimize the resistance to the war from the rear." He looked at Tao Ran, "Now you know why I punished you and Peng Youfu?"