"I'm still young and I'm not in a hurry to get married." Dulin rejected Mags's kindness as soon as he opened his mouth, which surprised Mags. He believed that Dulin could taste the true content of his last sentence, and this was indeed the case. When Mags said he wanted to introduce a better girl, Dulin immediately realized that Mags wanted to "kidnap" him. This was not a kindness from Mags, but a trap specially laid for him by Mags.
Finally... is the battle about to begin, or is it just a test
Dulin's brain formed a vortex in his head, churning and spinning crazily. Every brain cell was spinning to analyze the reason why Mags did this and his true purpose.
People who are too old to die are considered monsters. Mags is not too young. He has lived for so many years and overthrew the rule of the royal family. Even if he is not "old" enough, he is definitely "demon" enough, and he is still a big monster. Fortunately, Du Lin also has his own advantages. He has personally witnessed the life of a big boss in another world, and he has gained different insights from the books read by many big bosses. It can be said that he is a second-generation man, and he is not as young as he appears.
While he rebuffed Mags, he also understood that Mags' purpose in doing so was not entirely malicious, but definitely not good-natured.
Dulin's biggest shortcoming now is his background. Yes, thanks to the efforts of Mags and the New Party, the Yaoxing Empire has entered a new era for more than 20 years. In these 20 years, many changes have taken place. People A change in perspective. For example, the royal family that once ruled the empire has become a mascot, and the word aristocrat has gradually begun to fade from people's memories. However, in the middle and upper levels of society, people can still feel the influence of the old and new aristocrats on this empire. of dominance.
Those nobles changed their names and appeared in front of people again with a brand new coat. But regardless of the old aristocrats or the new aristocrats in the new era, most of them have the same characteristic-extraordinary origins!
The new financial group headed by the northern nobles are almost all nobles. These people are all old nobles in the new era. Their prominent backgrounds and the wealth accumulated by their families over the generations have allowed them to surpass hundreds of people in this society without even working hard. Ninety-five percent of people in the new era are "nobles" at birth, which is no different from the past.
After more than 20 years of exploration and evolution, the new aristocracy, headed by the southern aristocrats and capital forces, has found a broad road to the top of the tower. It may seem that not everyone has a prominent status, but in fact these people are In the past, before the new era came, they already had a fairly high social status. They are all businessmen, and the status of businessmen in the old society was not high. This is what the books say, but what is the actual situation
The status of merchants was indeed not high compared to the elite aristocrats of society at that time, but they were many times higher than ordinary people. Not only did they have huge wealth, they also had a certain degree of private armed forces, and their relationship with the aristocrats The relationship is also very close. The nobles think that businessmen are their own dogs, but this is also true for the nobles. Compare these dogs with ordinary people. They are noble dogs, but people become inferior.
Can the prime minister's dog have the same status as an ordinary person
Obviously it is different!
Therefore, even after entering a new era and new society, the empire's top officials have been promoting the great imperial dream. The real vested interests in this era are not many real ordinary people. Their extraordinary origins allowed them to gain the initial stage of accumulation faster, or even skip this stage. There are very few real ordinary people who can achieve this step.
This is like a railway tycoon, who has been building railways since the old society. How can an ordinary businessman build railways in the old society where aristocrats ruled the world
The railway repairs are pretty much done!
Du Lin keeps snowballing to expand his power, but he is unlikely to quickly form a consortium with him as the core like those industry tycoons, and everyone is willing to pay for him, because his background is too humble.
He was born a farmer... This prerequisite meant that he could only have a cooperative relationship with those people, an ordinary interest group, not a group with a common destiny.
If Dulin agrees to Magus's request and gets to know a young lady from a noble family, whether she is a new or old noble, he will enter a period of rapid development. Marrying a noble will fill his last shortcoming, even if it will make his marriage a little awkward and make people think that he is relying on the woman's advantages to stand up. With such an origin, it will not be difficult for him to recruit real elites. The elites of the upper class in society are happy to work for a boss with aristocratic status and provide them with advice.
This can't help but make people envious of the environment in the Federation, which is why the Federation is called "a country full of opportunities" among many people. Everyone is a loser in the past. No one looks down on anyone because of their birth status. Everyone is looking for money. If you have money, you are a noble, you are a grandfather, and you are everything in society. Without money, of course there is nothing.
But if Dulin agreed to Maggs' "goodwill", there would also be a huge trap, or disadvantage.
He will be tied to death on a carriage called a "noble". He will become the one he needs to look up to in the past... no, the big shot he needs to look up to, and his interests will also be tied to these people. Every time he does something, he needs to consider what benefits it will bring to myself, what benefits it will bring to my fellow humans, and whether it will harm our relationship and friendship with each other. Because this is a very important thing, once he does something that harms the interests of those at the top of the tower, he will become a "special" person, someone different from others.
We all know that when an outlier appears in a group, people will not turn him into a class higher than themselves, but will only find ways to eliminate the outlier.
As long as Dulin does anything that harms this class, or people think that he harms this class, everyone will begin to reject him, regard him as an enemy, and want to send him to meet the gods.
At that point, one wrong move and the entire upper class of society will form a torrent to drown him.
His enemies will expand from a few people, a certain family or a certain financial group to all those with vested interests, and he will become a public enemy!
This is the trap set by Mags. Once he steps in, he does not want to become a public enemy, and he is the public enemy of these people on the top of the tower. He must restrain his desires, hide his minions, and obey the rules of the game. An invisible overall will exists in this society.
Maybe he has a chance to aspire to the scepter of imperial power, but it is more likely that he will become a sponsor, political funder and the like behind the powerful man holding the scepter many years later. This is not what he wants!
He must reject Mags without a moment's hesitation or heartbeat. This is a trap, a delicious trap.
Du Lin's refusal was so decisive that Mags was confused. Did Du Lin discover his purpose, or did he really not intend to have a girlfriend? His answer was too quick, giving the impression that "this is his most primitive, undisguised heart."
Magus laughed, "I heard a rumor before..." His eyes were a little strange, which made Dulin feel his scalp was numb, "They, that is, those newspapers and public opinion said, do you like men?"
After hearing this, Dulin smiled calmly, "This is nonsense. You should understand that this is a sick society. People will not allow things that are too perfect to appear in this world. Perfect things will make They feel that they are ugly and defective, so they want to add something imperfect to the people or things they see that are at least more perfect than themselves, to at least make themselves feel better.”
"I'm not being arrogant about thinking I'm perfect, but it's a slur. I've never been interested in men. I like women just like most people."
In the past few years, Du Lin lived in seclusion in Ilian. There was no female character around him for a long time, and she always seemed to be by his side. As time goes by, a less friendly comment will naturally appear, saying that he likes men. He could clearly see the reason for such rumors. Not everyone was willing to admit a better thing, just like people often say "It's not that he is smart, it's just that I'm too stupid" or "She's just with me." She looks beautiful when she is with so-and-so, but becomes ugly when she is with so-and-so.”
This morbid thought of being willing to belittle oneself rather than recognize the excellence of others has always occupied the mainstream thinking in society. Only by not recognizing the excellence of others can these people show that they are not too far behind others and not worse than others. What is even more extreme is to demonstrate one's own value in society by denigrating others and promoting oneself.
Such people are often the weak in society, and after all, the weak in this society are the majority, relatively speaking.
So it's not particularly strange to have such remarks. The reason why Mags asked this was to cover up his eagerness just now. He pretended that Du Lin didn't know, and Du Lin also pretended that he really didn't notice.
After the two laughed and chatted for a while, Maggs changed the subject and began to talk about things in the west, "Recently, the cabinet and I were discussing something about immigration. There are two voices in the cabinet now. One thinks All immigrants should be admitted without restrictions, and the better people should be selectively included as citizens of the empire. You have been in the west during this time and have your own business in various parts of the empire. Which one do you think? Which method is better?”
(End of chapter)