Cosma Empire

"Have you joined any party?" After the auction stage ended, 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. Du Lin just took a sip of a glass of fruit wine when he heard someone behind him ask him this question. He turned around immediately, greeted with a smile, and shrugged his shoulders.

"Sorry, I didn't join any party, although I really want to do so." He smiled self-deprecatingly, raised his hand slightly to touch the glass with the guy in front of him, took a sip of fruit wine, sweet and greasy The taste can hardly cover up the sourness produced by the fruit during the fermentation process. Even a very expensive high-end fruit wine still cannot avoid this problem well. Compared with my own Snow Elf, this wine is simply terrible.

The two put down their arms, and Du Lin continued: "As we all know, I'm just a farmer, and I can't represent certain people or a certain class, so considering my current situation, I'm afraid I can't meet the standard for the time being." For the sake of modesty, Lin deliberately said nonsense, whether it is the old party that has been slandered and vilified by people, or the new party that has reformed political abuses, in fact, the political power has never been left by the "noble".

People only saw that the "new party" overthrew the decadent feudal monarchy, but they didn't see the identities of the first batch of new parties. They are either generals of the army, or celebrities with great prestige in the society, as well as some top rich people, as well as emerging capitalists, and even some "enlightened" nobles among them. Therefore, political power has never flowed from the hands of the nobles to the hands of the common people. If we use a more popular term, it is that the political power has just been transferred from the hands of the old nobles to the hands of the new nobles.

So in essence, the aristocrats still ruled this country. As a farmer like Du Lin, he was not qualified to join any party, even the new party would not want him.

The visitor lowered his head and laughed. He liked what Du Lin said, not because what Du Lin said was funny, but because he could hear Du Lin's clear understanding of his identity.

A farmer is a farmer, and without permission, no matter how much wealth you have, you cannot become an aristocrat.

He kicked the turf on the ground and said with a smile, "You are too modest. Modesty is a virtue, but it can also be a kind of hypocrisy." He stopped talking, but Du Lin didn't open his mouth. After a while Only then did he look at Du Lin and said formally: "If I invite you to join the Glory Party of the Holy Empire now, would you like it?"

The Glory Party is what the old party called itself, because most of the old party's core figures and middle-level and high-level people were the nobles of the empire in the past. They believe that the glory of the empire now only exists on them, and they are the future of the empire. , After all, this country depends on them to control. However, many civilians do not have this kind of thinking. In the eyes of ordinary people, this group of nobles is the cancer of the empire, so people "kindly" call the members of the old party "rotten corpses" and the party of glory as "rotten mud". . Of course, this is what most people think, when they speak,

It will still be called the "Old Party".

Inviting Du Lin to join the old party was not a hasty decision. Du Lin's bootlegging business is booming now, as can be seen from the fact that he was able to spend a huge amount of money to win the favor of the big shots tonight. This guy is not short of money. And this just makes up for the gap left by 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 rotten stone, blocking the pace of imperial reform, but within the scope of the old party's control, people are not living in the midst of adversity. 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 an aristocrat was not good enough to the people in the territory, these people would migrate secretly, so if you want your territory to be rich and have strong vitality, then you must let the people in the territory feel To the "care" for them from the nobles.

On a deeper level, what really affects people's lives is not the people in power in the city, but the emerging capital forces. They control the seller's market through joint and monopoly means to complete the initial accumulation of capital, and control a city's economic system through "jobs and salaries". Then they sucked blood from the lamb-like civilians by means of oppression and exploitation, which caused a series of social problems. A well-known socialite once asked a question-why the harder the working people work, the poorer they become.

This issue triggered a short-lived social discussion, and then people returned to heavy work, and no longer had any other thoughts to consider how to solve this issue.

The socialite quickly vanished, too, with some saying he went mad after asking a problem he couldn't solve himself, and others saying he was silenced.

So are capitalists friends of those in power?

Obviously not, the rulers hope that the currency can be quickly circulated in all links, so as to bring huge tax benefits, so that they have enough funds to display their political ideas. However, capitalists have accumulated a large amount of money through methods such as driving up prices and exploitation, resulting in the immobility of money. It cannot be circulated quickly, and naturally it will 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 formulating various game rules for capitalists to restrict the development of capitalists, the old party's method is much simpler. Since the capitalists rely on exploitation to suck blood to strengthen themselves, the old party should simply become the "capitalists" of the capitalists. They have formulated a new class blood-sucking law, and the accumulated wealth of the capitalists is drawn out in the form of "donations". for the development and growth of the city itself.

Simple and crude methods are sometimes more powerful in execution and implementation than complex operating rules, but the sequelae they bring far exceed the latter. Capitalists can only recover blood through exploitation, which has become an endless loop. The harder you work, the poorer the working people will be, and the poorer the people, the richer the capitalists will be, and the richer the capitalists will be, the more ruthless the old party will cut the wool of capital power, forcing the capitalists to squeeze the labor force of the common people even harder.

For those in power in Tenel City who implemented the brutal class blood-sucking law, Durin has already complied with the rules of being blood-sucked by them, so it is inevitable to invite him to join this eternal reincarnation game.

Du Lin didn't think for too long, and agreed to the visitor's request. He didn't even know who the visitor was or who he belonged to, but it didn't prevent him from accepting the "goodwill" from the old party.

The visitor was very satisfied with Du Lin's reaction. He raised the glass in his hand and touched it with Du Lin, raised his head and drank it down, "It's a great pleasure talking to you, you can go to the city hall tomorrow The 'Administration of Political Groups' handles party certification." The power of the Delano Act has not faded until today, and this is the highest achievement pursued by all politicians and politicians who are full of political ambitions.

They hope to influence and 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's shoulder, nodded and turned to leave. When he took four or five steps, he stopped for a while, "By the way, you can call me Polo!"

Not long after this somewhat mysterious Mr. Polo left, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes appeared in front of him like an elite. This middle-aged man had a very trustworthy appearance, thick eyebrows and The slightly angular and square face always exudes the great power of a halo of trust.

"Hello, Mr. Dulin, I'm the chairman of the Tener City Workers' Union, Olevin. It's a pleasure to meet you here." He offered to extend his hand, and Dulin was slightly stunned, and then extended his hand go. I have to say that Olevan's hands are thick, strong and warm. When the hand was held slightly by Olevin, Du Lin couldn't help feeling an inexplicable sense of security in his heart.

"Hello, Mr. Olevan, actually even if you don't show up today, I will visit you soon." Olevin withdrew his hand, showing a listening look, and Dulin continued: "Actually, the reason is not so To this day, I am still a member of the labor union. Maybe I have earned 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 you can let me know if there will be any activities or meetings of the union in the future, and I will definitely attend. In addition..." Du Lin took out a folded check from his pocket and put it in Olevan's In his hand, "This is my donation to the trade union to thank the trade union for its help and assistance to me in the past."

Olevan looked down at the check, and immediately showed an extremely friendly smile on his face. The three "zeros" made him very satisfied with Du Lin, and immediately put the check in his underwear pocket properly, "I am very glad that the union can With excellent members like you, what you mentioned is the purpose and value of our existence. It is our mission to help every worker in need. Thank you for your understanding and donation to the union, in the routine of the day after tomorrow At the meeting, I will put forward a proposal to invite you to become an honorary director of the union, what do you think?"