Chapter 456: Dilemma of Choice
At this time, Ichiro Kobayashi was also struggling with how to deal with the king.
On the one hand, he wanted to wipe out the entire royal family at once.
But on the other hand, he also got a suggestion from the dragon: it is better to transform it than to destroy it.
Transform the king and make him a self-reliant worker.
Well, let him admit that he is an ordinary citizen, let him admit that he and his family were just parasites in the past, and that they brought great disaster to ordinary people.
In a word: let him confess his guilt and let him fend for himself!
In this way, the divinity of the royal family can be completely destroyed.
But once the royal family loses its divinity, it will no longer be able to bluff people.
That's what the dragons are suggesting.
To be precise, it was Wang Haoran's suggestion.
Killing is easy.
However, it is quite difficult to transform a person.
Once the transformation is successful, the foot basin will truly be turned upside down.
The people of the basin will never accept a king riding on their heads again.
It's a best of both worlds.
However, Ichiro Kobayashi was a little worried.
What are you worried about?
He was worried that if the king were still alive, there might be supporters who would support him in an uprising at any time.
There is another thing: It is impossible to say what the future of foot basins will be like.
After all, its luck had almost run out.
There is no chance that it will ever grow into a major industrial power again.
Because the dragon has completed the comprehensive rise of industry.
Moreover, the dragon has firmly grasped the dominant position in modern industrial technology.
The foot basin has no size, no resources, and no market.
What can it use to challenge the dragon and seize the dominance of science and technology and industry from the dragon?
There's no way it could be snatched away!
In the future, the most likely role of the foot basin is actually only one: to please the dragon, to provide supporting services for the dragon, and to let the dragon slip some industry from between its fingers so that it can continue to survive.
The dragon will dominate it.
Just as the eagle controlled it.
But the chaebols of the Eagle family were eventually financialized and did not pay much attention to industry, which gave the foot basin the opportunity to become the top in certain areas of industry and technology.
But what about Long?
It is impossible for a dragon to be fully financialized.
The dragon population is large.
The dragon is dominated by the people.
This means: Dragons probably want them all!
My industry must be the strongest.
I must be the strongest in finance.
However, I will never allow finance to take precedence over industry.
This means that the foot basin can only be a supporting role at best.
Even the foot basin may not be able to return to its glory days in the early 80s.
Who knows if those guys will use this to fool the people and then raise the king again?
If the king were lifted up again, it would be very dangerous for the foot basin.
After all, today's foot basins are so damn complicated.
Even ordinary people are complicated.
These ordinary people have experienced too much history of rising up due to abuses.
Ichiro Kobayashi has little confidence.
Therefore, his suggestion was: simply wipe out the royal family and those entangled chaebol families.
This group of people actually does not account for too large a proportion of the total population of the country, probably only a few hundred thousand people in total.
Even if they are all humanely destroyed, it doesn't matter.
Only after this part is completely dried up can the foot basin become a new one.
What if these people stay?
They will definitely not accept this.
Because they were the rulers in the past!
Now you've made them normal people.
How could they possibly be willing?
Many of these people have sent away a great deal of their wealth and descendants.
Those people will definitely cause trouble.
At that time, if there is any setback and then someone comes to attack us from inside or outside, it will be bad.
Ichiro Kobayashi thought about it over and over again, feeling very conflicted.
He discussed this matter with Wang Haoran online again.
He mainly talked about some of his concerns.
Wang Haoran laughed and said, "Mr. Xiaolin, this is typical lack of confidence!"
“You have to be confident.”
"The people of Jiaoben have been unable to survive for the past two years."
“After all the publicity, they must have known who caused these disasters.”
"You just need to take the interests of the whole people as your starting point and do some practical things, and the lives of the people in Jiaoben will quickly improve."
“As for what you are worried about, I don’t think it will happen. As long as you insist on putting the interests of all people at the center of development, there will be no problem.”
"In the past, although Jiaoben was very rich, a small group of tycoons held at least 60 to 70 percent of the profits in their own hands."
"The benefits that ordinary people get are not much to begin with."
"Now that the monopoly tycoons have been eliminated, everyone is more equal. With intelligence and talent, personal upward channels are open. You will be supported by the vast majority of the people."
"After the public trial of the heinous criminals, kill a group of them to deter the other side."
"Then we will put the remaining chaebols and other people in a separate category, let them receive re-education, and do labor reform under the supervision of ordinary people."
"After a few decades of change, almost one class has been eliminated."
“So, go for it boldly!”
"The more thorough your changes are, the more trust you will gain from us."
"You have gained our trust, and you will have more opportunities for development."
“I can only wish you good luck!”
Kobayashi Ichiro asked: "Will you send people to station there?"
Wang Haoran said: "We will not move in."
“However, we will monitor you. You can develop industry, but you cannot develop joint orders.”
Kobayashi Ichiro said, “When will you issue an announcement recognizing us?”
Wang Haoran said: "Don't worry about this, we will announce our recognition of you as soon as possible."
"As long as you follow our advice step by step, I believe you will soon burst out with new vitality for development."
After Kobayashi Ichiro finished communicating with Wang Haoran, he finally made up his mind: Damn it, let's do it according to Long's suggestion!
No matter what, don’t we still have the support of the dragon behind us?
Ichiro Kobayashi knew it very well.
Without the dragon's support, they would have no chance of driving away the eagle.
Even if the eagle is driven away, the crisis does not necessarily disappear.
In fact, the foot basin crisis may have just begun.
Maybe, Te Miao's eagle will soon gather some lackeys to launch a counterattack.
Moreover, the royal aristocracy is very powerful and has a considerable popular base, so it is not easy to completely eliminate this class.
In short, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are internal and external troubles.
How can we overcome difficulties without the support of the dragon?
Ichiro Kobayashi knows this very well.
As long as Long makes it clear that he will continue to support, then he can do it in a big way.
Ichiro Kobayashi knew very well that Wang Haoran's tactic was called: using both kindness and force.
He wanted to cleanse and transform the aristocratic family that had been passed down for thousands of years.
This is really not easy.
It's not easy.
However, for the future of the foot basin, he must try his best to complete this task no matter what.
After Kobayashi Ichiro finished communicating with Wang Haoran, he immediately called over a subordinate and told him to pass on the message as soon as possible.
He was afraid that Yamamoto Kazuo would really kill the king. At this time, Yamamoto Kazuo had already walked into the palace with Gangcun Hikawa.
The palace was in chaos at this time.
It's really a mess.
There are many eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and they are all in a state of panic at the moment.
Some of them wanted to escape from the palace.
However, when they reached the palace gate, they were all blocked and turned back.
No one in the palace is allowed to leave without permission.
Not even a dog can escape.
"Hello, Mr. Yamamoto." An eunuch came up to him with a flattering smile on his face.
This eunuch was called Yamashita Kei, and he was something like the king's personal secretary.
He is also the king's favorite.
In the past, Yamashita Kei was a very arrogant person.
When Yamamoto Kazuo came to meet the king, Yamashita Kei always looked up and glanced at Yamamoto Kazuo.
Yamamoto Kazuo glanced at Yamashita Kei and said calmly, "Where is the king?"
Yamashita Kei hurriedly nodded and bowed: "Come with me."
"Your Majesty, oh no, it's Renjian who is already waiting for you."
Ok!
This guy just called out the king's name.
Kazuo Yamamoto was a little disdainful of such people.
He thought to himself, the king has always been very fond of you, but as soon as you saw that the situation was not right, you immediately changed your attitude.
It's really a bit too despicable.
Yamamoto Kazuo snorted and said, "Lead the way!"
Yamamoto toasted and nodded and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, please follow me."
Yamashita led Yamamoto Kazuo and others inside.
Yamamoto Kazuo entered the palace quite many times.
He had never felt as complicated as he did today.
An era may be coming to an end.
But he really wasn't willing to give in.
Because the old foot basin was what he liked.
He was the master in the old foot basin.
He has entered a new stage and is destined to be only a supporting role.
"Mr. Yamamoto, we're here. Hitoshi has come to welcome you." Yamashita Kei said respectfully at this time.
Naturally, Yamamoto Kazuo had also seen His Majesty the King.
His Majesty the King was trembling and standing outside the door, supported by two palace maids.
King Renjian is actually only in his 40s.
But this incident obviously had a huge impact on him.
Renjian's cheeks were pale and he looked haggard, even his hair had turned white overnight.
He is like an octogenarian now.
When the king saw Yamamoto, he bowed and said, "Greetings, Mr. Yamamoto."
Yamamoto Kazuo quickly returned the greeting.
"Hitoshi, let's go inside and talk!" Yamamoto Kazuo said seriously.
He also addressed the king by his first name.
This won't work.
Because the king is about to be deposed!
If he continued to call him "Your Majesty", and someone reported him, he might encounter some terrible things.
As I said: self-preservation comes first!
The king smiled tremblingly and said, "Okay, okay! Then, please go in, Mr. Yamamoto."
So he went into the house.
After entering the house, the king asked Yamamoto Kazuo to sit down.
Someone immediately poured tea and brought a fruit plate and snacks.
Kazuo Yamamoto naturally wouldn't touch these things.
He had not come here to have a chat with the king.
"Mr. Renjian, do you know why I came to see you today?"
Kazuo Yamamoto said.
The king smiled and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, I am very stupid. I can't guess it."
"I heard that the weather outside has changed?"
"In fact, our family is just a mascot."
“We don’t want real power or anything.”
"I just hope I can do something for the foot basin."
The king spoke frankly.
Yamamoto Kazuo said calmly: "Hitoshi! It is because of you that the people of Foot Basin have been oppressed and humiliated by the Giant Eagle. It is because of you that the people of Foot Basin have suffered so much hardship that they can't even get enough food and are on the verge of starving to death!"
"You are truly sinful!"
The king waved his hands and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, it's unfair!"
"I don't have any real power."
"The current situation is probably caused by the cabinet."
"I haven't done anything."
"How could he be the culprit?"
The king knew what it meant to be labeled the culprit.
If this hat was really put on his head, he would probably be crushed to death.
So, he would definitely try his best to argue.
Yamamoto Kazuo laughed and said, "Do you know the current status of Prime Minister Inoue Jinwu?"
The king shook his head pathetically: "I don't know."
Yamamoto Kazuo said: "Mr. Inoue is now an important member of the Red Army."
"He has decided to completely eradicate the entire plutocracy class!"
"The royal family must be taken down as well."
"So, you may be stripped of your title as king, and the entire royal family will be deprived of all benefits! From now on, you must be self-reliant and accept reform!"
You must tell the truth about how you deceived the people, how you exploited the people, and how you dragged the entire people into the hell of suffering!
"Do you plead guilty?"
Yamamoto Kazuo came up and asked the king to confess his guilt.
The king expected something bad to happen.
He didn't expect that this was going to uproot the entire royal family?!
In other words, the foot basin is going to be completely changed?
The king waved his hands and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, from the beginning, we have never been involved in the actual government affairs!"
"The situation in the foot basin today has nothing to do with us."
Just kidding?
If you admit it, you might even lose your head, right?
But once the dynasty changes, the royal family will probably suffer a disaster.
So, today, the royal family will not have a good ending.
Although the king was desperate.
But he had to struggle.
What if it succeeds?
If I succeed, at least I can be guaranteed not to die, right?
Yamamoto Kazuo sighed inwardly.
He thought to himself that the Red Army's scheme of killing someone with a borrowed knife was really too cruel.
Today, if he attacks the king, it would be tantamount to breaking with his class and family.
He really doesn't want to.
But he had no other choice.
If he doesn't do it, he will die.
"Your Majesty, plead guilty! Admit that you colluded with the Giant Eagle, poisoned the people, and plunged the foot basin into the abyss. If you have a good attitude of confession, I think you may be given a lighter sentence."
Yamamoto Kazuo persuaded.
The king smiled bitterly: "I have never made a decision, how can I collude?"
"I am willing to abdicate and lead my family back to my own little territory and estate to support myself."
"Or, if you are willing, I am also willing to lead my family out of the foot basin and live out my life abroad..." (End of this chapter)