Chapter 35 Dreams, the Sword-Abolition Order and the Enclosure Movement (Please Read More!!!)
2024-06-04
Chapter 35 Dreams, the Sword-Abolition Order and the Enclosure Movement (Please Read More!!!)
What do you want to do?
Ian fell into deep thought.
It has been six years since I came to this world, and I have never thought about this.
Unable to think of an answer for a moment, Ian asked Yamato, “Why do you suddenly ask this?”
”Because Ian, apart from practicing, you don’t seem to be interested in anything else!”
Yamato pursed his lips and sniffed, “Ian, you don’t seem to like such beautiful fireworks just now!”
She looked at Ian with a strange look in her eyes.
That is, pity? Ian pulled the corner of his mouth, is this girl pitying herself?
”What about you, what do you want to do when you grow up?”
Ian asked.
“I want to be stronger than my father!”
Yamato said seriously, “Then I will become the new captain of the Beasts Pirates! My father said that if I do that, I will be able to do everything I want to do!”
Ian was not surprised.
Of course, he could feel that Teacher Kai really regarded Yamato as his successor.
Of course, the time of succession is hard to say.
Teacher Kai didn’t expect to entrust his dream to anyone.
“Where is Ian!”
The girl came to Ian, tiptoed, and her nose almost touched Ian’s face. Ian looked down and could see the stars in her eyes.
Damn it, how can someone have stars in their eyes? Are you the Queen of Bees?
“What does Ian want to do?”
Ian pushed Yamato’s face away with his hand, frowning slightly.
What does he want?
Power?
Now he is the king of Wano Country and a high-ranking member of the Beasts Pirates. There should not be many people in this world who are more powerful than him.
Wealth?
Wano Country is rich in seastone. If you make a profit from it, the wealth you get is definitely an astronomical figure.
Beauty?
Ian looked down at Yamato – no! As the king of Wano Country, it is not a problem for him to recruit beauties from the entire Wano Country.
However, none of these three things seem to satisfy him.
Then, only power is left.
I have been pursuing power, but I have never relaxed my obsession with power.
However, although I have power, I don’t like fighting, and I even want to escape from dangerous enemies.
What I pursue seems to be more than just power.
A flash of light suddenly flashed through Ian’s mind, and he almost subconsciously blurted out, “Peace of mind.”
”Peace of mind?”
Yamato tilted his head.
Ian’s eyes gradually brightened, “Yes, peace of mind.”
Because I know that this world is very dangerous, I feel uneasy instinctively.
Because I feel uneasy, I want peace of mind.
I know that the Beasts Pirates is a pure villain organization, but I am still willing to stay because the Beasts Pirates are strong enough to make me feel at ease.
I know that I am too weak to face this dangerous world, so I don’t care about anything else, but I will never relax on becoming stronger.
I know that powerful enemies will bring danger to myself, so I instinctively don’t want to face them.
It’s just that simple.
What I want is just a sense of peace of mind.
So, what is true peace of mind?
The strongest power?
The highest power?
The most wealth?
It seems to be neither, but both.
But in this case, it is clear.
Understand what the things that I have been unconsciously pursuing for these years are called.
Ian’s mouth gradually rose, “What I want is a world that can make me feel at ease.”
Stronger than anyone else! More powerful than anyone else! More wealthy than anyone else! No more enemies in the world, this is peace of mind.
Yamato blinked, not quite understanding.
But.
”World? It feels so great! Well! Since this is what you want to do, Ian, then I will definitely help you!”
Yamato smiled, showing his little white teeth with two missing front teeth, and the white tops of the teeth have already emerged from the gaps.
”Isn’t that natural?”
Ian laughed.
Just me alone,But it is impossible to do such a thing.
Two days later.
Flower Capital Castle.
Ian flipped through a stack of documents sent by Fukurokuju.
His army and the Beasts Pirates have occupied the entire territory of Wano Country, at least all the towns are under their control.
After all, this country is not that big. In front of him, Fukurokuju was respectfully reporting to him directly, “The samurai in various regions have set off riots of varying sizes in the face of our entry.”
”But because of the assistance of the Beasts Pirates, these riots were easily suppressed. Except for a few diehards, officials at all levels in various towns have sworn to you.”
”It’s just that there is one thing that is very strange.”
”Strange?”
Ian raised his head.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Fukurokushou nodded, “Kuri does not have a formal army due to the poverty of the Kozuki family. The armies of Udon, Hime, and Suzuko have been wiped out by us before. It is very easy to take over these areas. The strange thing is that in the Hakuma area, although the daimyo Shimotsuki Yasuie was captured by you, the army in that area should still be maintained.”
”Then, in the process of occupying Hakuma, we still did not encounter any resistance, as if the samurai in that area disappeared.”
He said seriously, “I suspect that they are lurking, perhaps preparing to rescue Shimotsuki Yasuie.”
That makes sense.
Ian remembered something.
Qiang Port was occupied by a group of samurai before, and they seemed to have sent someone out to sea.
Then the group of samurai disappeared.
Are they the samurai under the Yasuie? Ian thought for a moment and said, “Then, let’s announce it to the whole country. Tomorrow, the public execution of Shimotsuki Yasuie will be carried out.”
Fu Lu Shou was excited and bowed his head, “You are worthy of being His Majesty Ian! In this way, those guys can no longer hide.”
”Those guys don’t matter,”
Ian didn’t care much about the samurai under Shimotsuki Yasuie. As I said, the real threatening enemies of Wano Country have been eliminated.
He raised the stack of documents in his hand, “I am more interested in the samurai in each township who occupy more than half of the local land?”
Fu Lu Shou was a little surprised, “It has always been like this.”
Only? What does Your Majesty mean? You think it’s not enough, right? The system of Wano Country is a feudal system.
The general nominally leads the whole country, which is a big country, and the daimyos of each township are loyal to the general, which is a small country.
The daimyo also has family elders under his command, who are enfeoffed in various parts of their territory. Compared with the daimyo, it is a small state.
And these family elders often have various samurai families under their command, which can be regarded as their small states.
Whether it is power or land, Wano Country is enfeoffed layer by layer in this way.
On the basis that only samurai can hold power, the samurai only occupy more than half of the land in the country. Ian even thinks that they have restrained themselves.
You know, Wano Country has been stable for nearly a thousand years, and the ruling class has hardly changed during these thousand years! Nearly a thousand years of land annexation, the land of Wano Country has not been completely occupied by the nobles. Ian can only say that the samurai are kind.
However, even so, the samurai class, which is only a few percent of the total population, also occupies most of the land in this country, and most of the people in Wano Country are their tenants.
“Then we don’t need samurai anymore from now on.”
Ian said, “Let’s issue a decree, call it, um, the sword ban order, prohibit samurai from carrying weapons, cancel all samurai privileges, abolish the title of samurai, and take back the land of samurai in various villages outside the Flower City and return it to the state. Within the Flower City, the government that is willing to sell the land will offer to redeem it, and those who are not willing will be charged land tax.”
Land is the most valuable wealth? This concept should be outdated.
In the future, people in Wano Country will definitely say, “The Samurai Country, our country has been called this for a long time. Twenty years ago, the expansion of the Beast Pirates-”
Maybe there will be a wooden sword samurai with silver hair.
”…”
Fukurokuju’s face suddenly changed.
Although the samurai class of Wano Country did suffer huge losses in the previous battle, the remaining samurai are still a strong force.
Moreover, they are the foundation of government rule.
Without the warriors at the grassroots level, how can the government’s orders be implemented?
Policies are not something that can be implemented by the people above.It can be implemented. How can it be implemented without people running errands?
”In addition, the government affairs of each township will be directly connected with the central government, and let the civil servants handle it themselves. As for the landless warriors in each township, give them two choices, either join the army or become grassroots government officials, and the government will pay them salaries.”
Your Majesty, you are too ambitious.
You just abolished the privileges of these guys, and you still want to employ them? Fu Lu Shou swallowed his saliva.
But he also knew that this was also unavoidable. Otherwise, where can you find a group of grassroots officials? Can you count on those farmers who have been farming all their lives?
Moreover, these warriors who have lost even their swords, facing His Majesty Ian and the Beasts Pirates, what kind of waves can they stir up? It’s just a pity for those bureaucrats. His Majesty Ian just moved his mouth without considering the rationality and feasibility of the policy. It can be said that he is extremely willful, but they are responsible for the implementation. I don’t know how much hair they will have left in the future.
”Yes.”
Fu Lu Shou nodded respectfully.
He knew that from now on, Wano Country would completely lose its fangs.
The former samurai country will no longer exist.
”In the end,”
Ian thought for a while, “Don’t you think there are too many farmers who rent land for cultivation?”
”Huh?”
Fu Lu Shou looked up in surprise.
“First, cancel the lease contracts of some farmers.” Ian said, “Let them leave the land.”
”But your majesty,”
Furokuju couldn’t help but exhort, “If the farmers lose their land, I don’t know how many people will die.”
Wano Country is a thorough agricultural society, and land is the source of all wealth.
”Aren’t factories being built in the country every month? And there are mines in Rabbit Bowl,”
Ian said, “Those places welcome them.”
Furokuju lowered his head, “Yes.”
Even more brutal than Orochi.
Who doesn’t know Wano Country? The workers in the factories and mines controlled by the Beast Pirates are no different from slaves.
Should we say that this is the disciple taught by Lord Kaido? (End of this chapter)
