Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 165 Imperial Meeting·Part

"I have some suggestions about how to deal with this post-war situation." After both civil and military parties gave the Knights Association a hard time and completely blocked Huairou's way of dealing with the defeated country, Perficott spoke.

She spoke very impolitely, without so many polite words, but the suggestions she made sent shivers down everyone's spine.

"The real purpose of the Doomsday Winter and the Northern Territory Development Plan is clear to everyone present, so you should also understand that the empire's current focus is to deal with the Doomsday Natural Disaster, and nothing else is important." Purficott made it clear and directly stated The most critical issue is laid out clearly: "Due to the need for confidentiality, the empire could not publicly prepare for the doomsday in a big way, because this would cause great social unrest and make it easier for other countries to criticize the empire.

This time the Three Kingdoms Alliance declared war on the empire, it is very clear. They don't want to see us being good, and they don't want to see us being stronger than them.

If other countries know about the Doomsday Winter and they know that the Empire has already begun preparations, then they will definitely want to fight the Empire to the death.

Although France's ostensibly banner for this war was to oppose the empire's use of airships and steam knights as weapons that disrupted the balance of the world, no one was sure whether they had also discovered information about the end of the world.

Now that the capitals of the three countries have been reduced to scorched earth, it is impossible to find out whether they knew about this matter, and we do not need to verify this matter.

Because even if there is only a 1% chance, we must eliminate the possibility of them threatening the empire! Other countries must not be allowed to interfere with the empire's plan to deal with the doomsday winter!

Therefore, when dealing with the defeated three countries, we should squeeze them dry to the maximum extent! Use their population and resources to support the empire's doomsday plan, and use their industrial production capacity to produce everything needed for the empire's plan!

Only in this way will they no longer pose a threat to the empire, and at the same time they can effectively reduce the burden on the empire itself.

After all, we are just an island country, and a large number of resources are overly dependent on imports from the colonies. If we want to fully support the doomsday response plan launched in the north, this will be a quite heavy burden for the empire itself!

We need to pass this burden on, and the defeated Three Kingdoms are the most suitable targets! Whether it is agricultural products or industrial products, or their population, economy and other resources, they can effectively reduce the pressure and burden on the empire!

This allows us to focus more on responding to the doomsday winter, instead of first trying to drain the people of the country and at the same time trying to stabilize the situation. "

After hearing Purficott's words, everyone was stunned that a fourteen-year-old girl could come up with such an inhumane strategy, but they had to admit that what she said made sense.

After all, when it comes to not being a human being, the Victoria Empire has never been a human being.

If you can achieve your goals without squeezing your own people, and at the same time weaken the power of other countries, why not do such a thing?

However, although everyone agrees with this suggestion, some people are still worried that if the squeeze is too harsh, riots or even resistance will break out within the three countries, and the empire will still have to spend a lot of energy to suppress it.

However, when faced with this problem, Purficott just sneered and said: "The predicted doomsday winter will come in two years. Even if we don't care about them after two years, they will generally not be able to survive the first winter. So. We only need to suppress them for two years, and then squeeze them as dry as possible during these two years!

Don't tell me that you can't even control it for two years. If you are worried about their resistance, you will raise the tax rate to 90%! If they can still afford to rebel at a 90% tax rate, it means your tax collection is not clean enough!

Empty the last coin from their pockets and take away the last morsel of food from their mouths! Then throw them all into factories and fields, let them work eighteen hours a day, squeeze out every ounce of their strength, and leave their brains with no energy to think about resistance! "

Having said this, Purficott glanced at a group of nobles who seemed to be a little worried, and couldn't help but sneered, but didn't say anything more.

These things are actually special skills for the nobles, but usually they don't really squeeze out the last morsel of food from the people in their territory.

Generally speaking, nobles usually levy taxes on their territories until they are starved to death. After all, these territorial citizens are considered their own property, and nobles still cherish their own property.

In comparison, the methods used by capitalists to squeeze out surplus value are much crueler. They are really trying to squeeze out the last drop of blood and sweat.

So Purficott is not worried that this group of people can't handle this matter, especially since these guys don't actually care about the so-called face. They only think about how to break the bones and absorb the marrow, and how to gain benefits for themselves.

Just considering their own interests, this group of people will inevitably have other thoughts.

"Earl Brandlis, with the resource support of the three countries, can the empire itself be able to withstand the doomsday winter?" An official from the civil service group asked Purficott, who still maintained a certain attitude. He had a friendly attitude and asked in a questioning tone: "The foundation of the empire still lies in the homeland. If the homeland is abandoned, the losses will still be too great!

Two years is not enough time for us to move the best of the empire to the north. It would be a pity to abandon all of them. Can't we keep the mainland? "

Regarding this issue, even the Queen, who has been silent, has shown concern. After all, she does not want to abandon the empire's homeland if possible.

However, Purficott could only close his eyes and shake his head, and said in a very cold tone: "Victoria is an island country, and our resources are very limited. The reason why the empire can be so prosperous now The scene relies heavily on various resources imported from the colonies.

Once the doomsday comes, the connection between the empire and the colonies is cut off, and supplies cannot be transported after the ocean is frozen, the empire will soon fall into a situation of resource shortage. How can we withstand the cold winter when we can’t even find a piece of firewood to make a fire? "

"This..." For a moment, everyone in the imperial meeting couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Little Purficott, is there really no way to get the best of both worlds?" The Queen asked Purficott herself.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, it's really not true." Purficott answered without wavering.

(End of this chapter)