Chapter 457: Making the King a Commoner
King Foot Basin hopes that he will have the opportunity to go into exile abroad.
However, he also understood that this was most likely just a luxury.
Because the Red Army is different from other forces.
They are completely different from other forces that want to change the dynasty.
Yamamoto Kazuo shook his head and said, "Mr. Nimi, you can't get out."
"If you don't fully realize your guilt, then you may be in danger in the future."
The king thought, wouldn’t it be more dangerous if I confessed my guilt?
Will they just declare me guilty and then publicly execute me?
Judging from their current posture, they want to capture all the royal family and nobles in one fell swoop.
"Mr. Yamamoto, you are also a member of an aristocratic family. You should also think about yourself. If I am guilty, then you will probably be found guilty as well, right?"
The king was just short of saying, "We are all tied to the same rope."
Yamamoto Kazuo was suddenly a little annoyed.
This old guy insisted on implicating me as well.
"Mr. Nimi, I have fully identified with the Red Army's ideology. I am already one of them."
“So, we are really not the same people.”
"In fact, whether you plead guilty or not, if we want to deal with you, we only need to conduct a simple investigation and that's it."
"I'm just giving you a chance now."
"If you plead guilty, there is still a chance for you to turn things around."
"If you don't plead guilty, then you really won't have any chance at all."
The king wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He knew that Yamamoto Kazuo was deceiving himself.
The king lives in the palace all year round, and he actually doesn't know much about the situation in the outside world.
He didn't even know what a foot basin looked like today.
When he watched the news, he would see information about the hardships of life of ordinary people, but he would often ignore it.
He didn't believe that most of the people in Jiaoben wouldn't even have enough food to eat.
He didn't believe that ordinary people had started committing suicide because they couldn't survive.
It wasn't like this a few years ago.
A few years ago, China was still the world's second largest economy.
At that time, the foot basin was a model for the whole world.
The living standards of the people in Jiaoben are also among the best.
He read the media in Foot Basin at that time, and the media often said that the per capita GDP of Foot Basin was higher than that of Giant Eagle.
In other words, at that time, ordinary people in the Foot Basin should have been wealthier than ordinary people in the Giant Eagle.
How could there be such earth-shaking changes in just a few years?
And it's going straight down in a bad direction?
This is definitely fake.
This is certainly propaganda from the opposition.
The king believed that there must still be a considerable proportion of the people who worshiped him.
The Foot Basin King has existed for thousands of years.
How could the common people abandon their king?
As long as you have a chance to stay alive, you have a chance to turn things around.
"I hope to come out and see what's going on outside."
“I don’t want the public to be deceived.”
"If the public really wants me to abdicate, I have nothing to say."
The king said with determination.
He felt like he was just under house arrest here.
The people were deceived again.
Therefore, the foot basin is in crisis now.
The king hoped he could turn the tide.
He has a strong desire to survive.
He hopes to find forces that support him.
Yamamoto Kazuo shrugged and said, "Mr. Nimi, you wouldn't be so blind and deaf, would you?"
"Don't you know? The people at the bottom of society only hate you!"
"Look at the information on Weibo and you will understand how unpopular you are now."
The king said, "Where is Inoue Jinwu?"
As soon as he asked this question, he heard Inoue Jinwu's voice coming from outside: "Mr. Nimi, I'm here."
Inoue Jinwu walked in.
The king was delighted at first, but then he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave and his whole body turned cold.
He originally thought that Inoue Jinwu was his backer.
However, this Inoue Kintake actually calls himself Mr. Nimi.
What does this mean?
This shows that Inoue Kintake no longer considers himself a king.
"Mr. Inoue, why did you come here in person?" Yamamoto Kazuo said with an apologetic smile.
Inoue Jinwu said: "Let me take a look at the situation here."
"Things here must be dealt with immediately!"
"Also, Mr. Kobayashi has decided to make a televised speech."
The king's lips trembled as he listened to the conversation between the two men.
He originally thought that Yamamoto Kazuo had surrendered to the enemy on his own.
But now it seems that this is not the case.
Even Inoue Kintake defected to the enemy.
This was something he didn't expect.
So, he kind of broke down.
"Mr. Inoue, I didn't expect that you would actually defect to the enemy..."
The king murmured.
Inoue Jinwu shook his head and said, "Why do you say that, Mr. Nimi?"
"We don't call this surrendering to the enemy; we call this conversion to light!"
"We are also following public opinion!"
The king was a little skeptical: "Could it be that the public opinion is to abolish the king?"
Inoue Jinwu said: "Yes."
"Everyone believes that the suffering of the foot basin today is caused by the King's family!"
The king weakly retorted, "No?"
"You are the ones who really control the basin, but you let me be the scapegoat. Is this appropriate?"
"Did the entire cabinet surrender?"
Inoue Jinwu said: "I have never really mastered the foot basin."
"Mr. Renjian, your family occupies the most land and resources in the foot basin, but you have not made any contribution to the foot basin."
"The noble families headed by you sold out the entire foot basin to curry favor with the giant eagle for your own selfish interests."
"Then we would be as passive as we are today."
"The Eagle keeps exploiting us, and you keep giving in."
"Until the foot basin is emptied!"
"So, your weakness and your willingness to feed the eagle are the root causes of our current suffering!"
"Of course you must bear the greatest responsibility, there will be no problem with that."
Some people always say that the king of the foot basin is just a showpiece, a decoration, and has no real power at all.
In fact, this is not true. Decades ago, the King of Jiaoben was very powerful and he was not just a nominal leader.
He can directly appoint senior officials and issue various orders.
The foot basin at that time was a typical example of feudal imperialism.
The modernization of foot basins started quite late.
It was not until the late 50s that they were forced to begin land reform and sell land to ordinary farmers at low prices.
Because if they don't do that, the farmers will support the JPC.
Before the land reform, their big landlords almost monopolized 99 percent of the land, and the farmers had no choice but to work as tenants or long-term laborers.
The reason why they are willing to compromise with the farmers is just for the sake of stability.
Although a wave of land has been sold to the people, to be honest, the bulk of the land is still in the hands of aristocratic families.
The king was a little unsteady on his feet, because he could hear the murderous intent in Inoue Jinwu's words.
"Mr. Inoue, I have helped you."
"Back then you were just an ordinary rising star who had risen from the bottom. If I hadn't spoken up for you, you would never have become the Prime Minister."
"You, are you going to treat me like this?"
"You guys are the ones who make the decision on whether to compromise with the giant eagle."
"Mr. Inoue, you are a person with property. Do you want your property to be confiscated?"
Inoue Jinwu thought to himself: Of course I don’t want to.
But there is no way!
However, my wealth is not that great, and quite a lot of it has been transferred out.
If it is confiscated fairly and then distributed equally, I will have no complaints.
Inoue Jinwu coughed lightly and said, "Mr. Nimi, I am where I am today mainly because of my personal efforts."
"I also hope to make some contribution to the foot basin and help it get better and better."
"I can't just sit there and watch the foot basin fall into depravity."
“All those who truly love foot basins are taking action.”
"As for the confiscation of property you mentioned, I have no regrets."
"Mr. Nimi, you really don't know the sufferings of the world. You said you wanted to meet the people outside and see what the foot basin looks like now."
"I can satisfy you!"
"You can go out on the street in a convertible and see what's going on."
"Perhaps only when you see the true public opinion will you realize how unpopular you are now."
The king's legs trembled, and he said, "Who knows if what I saw is the true public opinion?"
He is still being stubborn.
Inoue Jinwu laughed and said, "Now the whole of Dongjing is filled with a scene of celebration!"
"Millions of people are celebrating that the Red Army has driven away the Giant Eagle, and the Foot Basin is about to be reborn."
“We can’t find that many actors.”
"Besides, if it's really unpopular, I don't think the Red Army will get support either, right?"
His Majesty the King got into the convertible.
This convertible is specially prepared to receive cheers and worship from the public.
Of course, we will also encounter it when reviewing the three armed forces.
The king had not left the palace for a long time because it was very troublesome to go out, and he felt that there was no point in going out. It would be better to stay in the palace and play with the maids.
The convertible drove out of the palace gate.
At this time, there were already crowds of people outside the palace.
It is estimated that there must be tens of thousands of people.
These people came to watch the king's capture.
When the people heard that the king was going out to inspect the entire Dongjing, they became angry.
"Down with the king!"
"Kill him! Beat him to death!"
"The culprit! Don't let him escape!"
The shouting was very loud.
If the Red Army had not maintained order, the people at the scene would have rushed forward and the king's convertible would have been overturned.
Hitoshi was horrified.
When had he ever seen such a chorus of scolding from thousands of people?
In the past, when he left the palace, people on the street would cheer him on.
Damn it! These unruly people are actually trying to kill me now.
In the past hundred years, the kings have probably never seen such a situation.
Renjian wanted to smile and wave.
Now, he lowered his head and dared not say a word.
He didn't expect that these people would have such a strong prejudice against his deception!
He felt aggrieved and uneasy.
"Tomoko, why do they put all the blame on me?"
"I feel so innocent. The ones who manage the foot basin are the professional bureaucrats!"
"They're the ones who screwed everything up!"
“And now, I am being accused by them.”
The king felt very aggrieved and said to Queen Tomoko who was sitting beside him.
Tomoko smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, they will think that the basin is in this state because of you."
"You are the nominal supreme ruler, and they will think that all strategic plans are made by you."
The convertible was moving slowly.
There are too many people and the road is too narrow.
Therefore, the car can't go fast.
Countless offensive and obscene words came out all at once.
There were even some radical people who started throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.
Although the Red Army helped maintain order.
But there were still a lot of rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs that got into the convertible.
The poor king's face was now covered with rotten egg liquid.
It was such a foul stench.
"Raise the carport."
The king couldn't stand it any longer.
However, no one responded.
Because the driver in the car was not the king's own.
Moreover, the driver was obviously well protected, so rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs could not hit him.
So, the driver doesn't care.
The purpose of bringing the king out this time was actually to parade him through the streets for public display.
Why put the roof down?
The poor king was bombarded with more than a dozen rotten vegetable leaves and four or five rotten eggs during a journey of only about 200 meters.
What frightened him most was that someone was throwing stones at him.
The rock hit the convertible's door and bounced off.
This frightened the king.
Shit! The king thought, if the stone had hit me more accurately, it would have cracked my head.
Finish walking the distance in front of the palace.
The king wanted to die.
He felt very uncomfortable facing the scolding and attacks from tens of thousands of people.
He didn't understand. Where did all the people who had cheered for the king's trip go?
Why did they suddenly disappear?
The convertible cruised along the busiest stretch of Dongjing City for about an hour.
Tens of millions of people were cheering that the giant eagle had been driven away and the king was about to step down.
The king's convertible was reviled and attacked wherever it went.
Wherever he went, everyone hated him.
After returning from the tour, Inoue Jinwu looked at the king with a smile and said, "Mr. Nimi, now you know how annoying you are, right?"
"You represent an old era and a backward interest group!"
"Everything should be over. Do you understand what this means?"
The king was frustrated, but he still said, "Mr. Inoue, you are also part of this backward group."
Inoue Jinwu said: "Yes, I used to be."
"But now, I am not anymore. I have higher aspirations."
"From now on, I will strive for the interests of all the people in Jiaoben for the rest of my life!"
"There are two paths before you: continue to be an enemy of the people or become one of the people! Your choice!"
The king was stunned: "I still have a chance to survive?"
Inoue Jinwu said: "Of course! You have a chance to survive!"
"But the prerequisite is that you must plead guilty and reflect deeply!"
"You have to understand that all people are born equal, and there is no distinction between noble and inferior bloodlines!"
"Everyone must contribute to the foot basin and support themselves with their own labor!" (End of this chapter)