"Have you joined any political parties?" After the auction stage, people moved to the backyard of the Grand Theater. The long table was filled with some cold dishes, and there were more than a dozen chefs wearing high hats and white clothes. Stand by the fire and cook for your guests. As soon as Du Lin took a sip from a glass of fruit wine, he heard someone behind him ask him this question. He immediately turned around, greeted with a smile, and shrugged.
"Sorry, I haven't joined any party, although I really want to do so." He smiled self-deprecatingly, raised his hand slightly, clinked the glass with the guy in front of him, and took a sip of the fruit wine, which was sweet. The taste can't cover up the sourness produced by the fruit during the fermentation process. Even a very expensive high-end fruit wine can't avoid this problem well. Compared with my own Snow Elf, this wine is simply terrible.
The two of them put down their arms, and Du Lin continued: "As we all know, I am just a farmer. I cannot represent certain people or a certain class, so with my current situation, I am afraid that I still cannot meet the standards for the time being." This is not Du Lin. Lin deliberately said nonsense for the sake of modesty. Whether it was the old party that was vilified and vilified by people, or the new party that reformed political malpractices, in fact, power has never fallen from the hands of "noble people".
People only saw that the "New Party" overthrew the decadent feudal imperial dynasty, but they did not see the identities of the earliest new parties. They are either military generals or celebrities with huge reputation in society, as well as some top wealthy people, as well as emerging capitalists who are united, and there are even some "enlightened" nobles among them. Therefore, political power has never flowed from the hands of the aristocrats to the hands of the common people. If we use a more popular term, it is that the political power has only been transferred from the hands of the old aristocrats to the hands of the new aristocrats.
So in essence, the people who rule this country are still the nobles. As a farmer like Du Lin, he is not qualified to join any party, not even the new party will want him.
The visitor lowered his head and laughed. He liked what Dulin said, not because it was funny, but because he heard Dulin's clear understanding of his identity.
A farmer is a farmer. Without permission, no matter how much wealth he has, he cannot become a noble.
He kicked the turf on the ground and said with a smile: "You are too humble. Humility is a virtue, but it can also be a kind of hypocrisy." After saying that, he stopped talking. Dulin did not speak. After a while, After meeting, he looked at Du Lin and said formally: "If I invite you to join the Glorious Party of the Holy Empire now, will you be willing?"
The Glory Party is what the old party calls itself, because most of the old party’s core figures and middle and high-level leaders are aristocrats of all sizes in the empire’s past. They believe that the glory of the empire now only exists with them, and they are the future of the empire. , this country ultimately depends on them for control. However, many civilians do not have this idea. In the eyes of ordinary people, this group of nobles is the cancer of the empire, so people "affectionately" call the members of the old party "rotting corpses" and the Glory Party "mud" . Of course, this is what most people think, and when they speak, they will still refer to it as the "old party."
Inviting Du Lin to join the old party was not a hasty decision. Du Lin's bootlegging business is now booming. It can be seen from the huge sum of money he was able to spend tonight to win the favor of the big shots. This guy is not short of money. This just makes up for the gap left after Wood's death, and may even surpass Wood's contribution in terms of "donation", which is very tempting to the big shots in the city.
Yes, to a certain extent, the Old Party is a decaying stone, blocking the pace of the empire's innovation, but within the scope of the Old Party's control, people do not live in water and fire. This group of nobles is actually very good at pleasing the citizens under their rule. This is also the experience and knowledge passed down by the nobles from generation to generation. In the past feudal monarchy era, if a noble was not good enough to the people in the territory, these people would secretly migrate. Therefore, if you want your territory to be rich and have strong vitality, you must let the people in the territory feel to the "care" given to them by the nobles.
To go deeper, what really affects people's lives is not the city's power holders, but the emerging power of capital. They control the seller's market through alliances and monopolies to complete the initial accumulation of capital, and control a city's economic system through "jobs and salaries." Then they ruthlessly sucked the blood from the civilians like lambs through oppression and exploitation, which triggered a series of social problems. A very famous socialite once asked a question-why the harder working people work, the more they become poorer.
This issue sparked a brief period of heated social discussion, and then people returned to their heavy work without any other thoughts about how to solve this problem.
The socialite soon disappeared. Some said he went crazy after raising a problem that he couldn't even solve. Others said he was silenced.
So are capitalists friends of those in power
Obviously not. The rulers hope that currency can quickly circulate in all aspects, thereby bringing huge tax revenue and allowing them to have enough funds to implement their political ideas. However, capitalists have accumulated a large amount of currency through means such as price gouging and exploitation, resulting in the non-circulation of currency. If it cannot circulate quickly, it will naturally not be able to generate enough tax revenue for a long time, but the existence of capitalists is indispensable in this world.
Compared with the new party that has formulated various game rules for capitalists to restrict their development, the old party's methods are much simpler. Since capitalists rely on exploitation to suck blood and strengthen themselves, then the old party might as well become the "capitalists" of capitalists. They have formulated new class blood-sucking rules to extract the accumulated wealth of capitalists in the form of "donations" and use it to to the development and growth of the city itself.
Simple and crude methods are sometimes more effective and consistent than complex operating rules, but the consequences far outweigh the latter. Capitalists can only recover blood through exploitation, which becomes an endless cycle. The harder the work, the poorer the working people will be. The poorer the people, the richer the capitalists will be. The richer the capitalists, the more ruthless the old party will cut off the power of capital, forcing the capitalists to work harder to squeeze the labor force of the common people.
For the people in power in Tenel City who implemented the rough class blood-sucking rules, Dulin had already met the rules of being sucked by them, so it was inevitable to invite him to join this eternal reincarnation game.
Dulin did not think for too long before agreeing to the visitor's request. He did not even know who the visitor was or who he belonged to, but this did not prevent him from accepting the "goodwill" from the old party.
The visitor was very satisfied with Dulin's reaction. He raised the wine glass in his hand and clinked it with Dulin. He raised the glass and drank it in one gulp. "It's a great pleasure to talk to you. You can go to the city hall tomorrow." The 'Political Group Administration' handles party certification." The power of the Delano Act has not faded to this day, and this is the highest achievement pursued by all politicians and statesmen who are full of political ambitions.
They hope to influence or even change the world through themselves, and let some of their words and opinions become the norms of the world.
Du Lin nodded vigorously, "I understand, I will go tomorrow."
The visitor patted Du Lin on the shoulder, nodded and turned to leave. When he took four or five steps, he paused slightly and said, "By the way, you can call me Polo!"
Not long after the somewhat mysterious Mr. Polo left, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather suit who looked like an elite appeared in front of him. This middle-aged man had a face that made people look very trustworthy, with thick eyebrows and The slightly angular and square face always exudes the great power of an aura of trust.
"Hello, Mr. Dulin, I am the chairman of the Turner City Workers Union, O'Levin, and I am very happy to meet you here." He took the initiative to extend his hand. Dulin was stunned for a moment and also extended his hand. go. I have to say that O'Levin's hands are thick, strong, and warm. When O'Levin held his hand with a little force, Dulin couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of security.
"Hello, Mr. O'Levin, actually even if you don't show up today, I will visit you soon." O'Levin retracted his hand and showed a listening look. Dulin continued: "Actually, the reason is not that It’s complicated. To this day, I am still a member of the workers’ union. Maybe I have made some money and no longer need to sell my labor to make money, but I don’t think it means that I am no longer a ‘worker’.”
"So if there are any activities or meetings of the union in the future, you can have someone notify me, and I will definitely attend. In addition..." Dulin took out a folded check from his pocket and put it into O'Levin's hand. , "This is my donation to the union to thank the union for its help and assistance to me in the past."
O'Levin lowered his head and glanced at the check, and a very friendly smile immediately appeared on his face. The three "zeroes" made him very satisfied with Dulin, and he immediately put the check properly into his underwear pocket, "I am very happy that the union can With an outstanding member like you, what you mentioned is exactly the purpose and value of our existence. Helping every worker in need is our mission. Thank you for your understanding and donation to the union. We will continue to do so the day after tomorrow. At the meeting, I will make a proposal to invite you to become the honorary director of the union, what do you think?”
(End of chapter)