Chapter 313 Drinking poison to quench thirst
"Any of the Four Emperors has a large number of pirates under their command. Once these people start making trouble, it will inevitably cause chaos. If the Four Emperors are constantly captured by you, resulting in frequent replacements, then this chaos will be endless.
"If it's just this level of chaos, it's fine. But once all the pirates no longer dare to call themselves emperors out of fear, the title and position of the Four Emperors will completely lose their appeal to the pirates, and it is very likely that the pirates will stop fighting among themselves.
“Plus, since it was you, the admiral of the navy, who destroyed the Four Emperors, it is very likely that all the pirates will turn their attention back to the navy and the world government, because the world government and the navy will become a sword hanging over the heads of the pirates.
“If you, the source, are not eliminated, all pirates will never have peace and will live in fear every day. Once they can no longer endure it and unite, the world will be in chaos.
“Perhaps you will think that if any pirate dares to act recklessly, you should destroy them all, but how long can you shock the world?
"Human life span is limited. Even if you can live to be 100 years old and suppress pirates for another 70 years, what will happen after 70 years? Will there still be a navy as strong as yours after 70 years?
"The characteristics of our world are such that pirates will never disappear.
"You may even cause a strong backlash from the pirates after you are gone because of your ruthless suppression of the pirates over the past 70 years.
"By that time, all the pirates might unite against the world government with a common hatred, and at all costs, the world might be destroyed and ruled by pirates. Can you imagine that?
"So a powerful admiral like you should be the anchor of the navy, but you shouldn't attack the Four Emperors too often. You just need to intimidate them when necessary.
"What you did recently on Fallen Eagle Island has caused enough of a shock. The arrest of Charlotte Linlin will be a big deal once it is made public. The deterrent effect is already enough, so you are not allowed to easily attack any of the Four Emperors from now on."
After saying so much in one breath, Zhan Guo finally stopped, picked up the teacup beside him, and took a sip of the cooled tea.
And Lu Kai also fell into a long silence.
Did Lu Kai listen to it? Yes, but do you agree with it? Sorry, I don’t agree with it at all.
Because everything Zhan Guo said sounded very reasonable, but in fact, all of them were twisted logics created by the corrupt world government in order to maintain its absolute rule.
This was just like what was described in many Hong Kong movies when Lu Kai was on Earth in his previous life.
There was once a period of extreme chaos in a certain port under the control of Britain. Due to the corruption and incompetence of the management, the chaotic legal system, and the weak management, there were a large number of idle people in society.
These idle people do not engage in productive labor, but live by stealing, robbing, and collecting protection fees. They are also organized into various large and small gangs that fight for territory, causing chaos in the entire society.
In order to maintain superficial stability, managers secretly support a seemingly obedient gang, give these gangs privileges and support, allow them to annex other gangs, and let the gangs manage an area in a unified manner, making society appear much more stable.
This is a check and balance policy, which seems to be a very smart approach, but it is only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause.
The lives of ordinary people seem to be much more stable, but in fact they are still full of anxiety deep down.
The truly effective approach is to formulate and enforce effective laws and regulations, severely put an end to all gang activities, resolutely eradicate all evil forces in accordance with the law, and give the people a bright and peaceful world.
Can evil forces be completely eradicated? This is an extremely difficult task for any society or country, because in a big forest there are all kinds of birds.
However, as long as we are determined and perseverant in carrying it out, we can definitely continue to reduce the number of evil forces, reduce them to below a certain threshold, and ensure that the normal lives of the vast majority of ordinary people are no longer affected.
What is the difference between what the world government is doing now and what the incompetent Hong Kong government did back then?
Allowing the Four Emperors to manage an area and ignoring the people in that area is only maintaining superficial stability and is extremely irresponsible to the people.
The essence of the Four Emperors is pirates. If these Four Emperors are like Whitebeard or Red-Haired Shanks, that is their luck.
But if the Four Emperors were like Kaido or Charlotte Linlin, or later like Blackbeard, I don’t know how many people would be persecuted and enslaved by them.
Letting pirates rule and hoping for the kindness of the Four Emperors is simply ridiculous.
Why are there more and more pirates? Regardless of the unprecedented pirate era today, isn’t it because of the inaction or even the misconduct of the World Government that more and more people are unable to survive?
The world government divides people into two types: the first type is those who obey the world government, and the second type is those who disobey the world government.
Only those who are obedient deserve the protection of the world government and can live a seemingly glamorous life, while those who disobey the world government are garbage that need to be excluded from the system.
And garbage needs to be cleaned up.
The meaning of obedience is very simple. Those who unconditionally listen to the World Government are obedient.
If you are told to go east, you go east; if you are told to go west, you go west; if you are told to kneel down and act like a dog, you have to learn to bark.
Anyone who has even the slightest idea of his own is either unconditionally obedient to the world government or a disobedient person, or garbage to be cleared out.
In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, this world does not need free will or independent thinking, nor does it allow anyone to make comments on the world government ruled by the Celestial Dragons.
Because the Celestial Dragons are always right, everything they do is reasonable, and everyone needs to obey unconditionally.
When there is more "garbage" that cannot be tolerated in this world, pirates will naturally increase in number.
Moreover, Sengoku said that the pirates who united to fight against the World Government did so in order to plunder the World Government's wealth. Luke did not rule out the possibility that this was indeed the case, but it was impossible that all of them were like this.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhan Guo asked when he saw Lu Kai fell into long contemplation.
"Ah!" Lu Kai sighed deeply, "Should I just let these garbage do whatever they want on the sea? When will I be able to take action without any scruples?"
"Lu Kai, you are very strong, the strongest marine in hundreds of years, but you have to understand that the temporary advantage of the navy does not mean anything. In the past eight hundred years, there have even been times when pirates had the upper hand!" Zhan Guo revealed the unknown secret.
"But what if the World Government always has an overwhelming advantage?" Sengoku suddenly paused and asked.