C1748 Sinner? What about saints? (1/2)

As a statesman, it was hard for Xiao Letian to resolve the conflict in his family. He did not have the prestige of being able to use it in front of his wife and children, so the feeling of being powerless when it came to punching cotton was unbearable.

Xiao Letian was definitely not a saint. He himself was very clear of what kind of trash he was. He chose not to accept the position of emperor and also not let his children become emperors.

The future world was an era where kings were killed. The crowns were all covered with blood and dust, the restless waves of thought engulfed the entire world, the two world wars had completely changed the human world.

Xiao Letian would never let his precious son enjoy such a title. Even though it seemed like he was standing on the dazzling stage and enjoying the admiration of tens of thousands of people, it was actually just a dance on the tip of a blade.

If this was the late Ming Dynasty or the late Song Dynasty, then the imperial power would still be in the mainstream and enlightenment would not be widespread. We could make an emperor a part of it, but now? This era was becoming more and more pragmatic. Fame was completely useless.

However, humans had their own selfish motives. In the face of the tide of this era, there were things that could be given to others, but not things that could be given to others. For example, capital or influence.

The nobles of the Chinese race, especially the new aristocrats who were part of the Hidden Dragon Institute, were completely different from the nobles of the old era. They did not have any servants under their command, and they did not need the people to bow down to them.

It was only natural to kill people to repay their debts and pay their money. It was unrealistic to expect such a privileged class like the Eight Banners.

The nobility in the Hidden Dragon Project were more likely to be capital-holders. What they enjoyed was a capital skynet created by complicated and intersecting shareholdings.

The skynet created by money, power and resources will eventually realize the pattern of the Chinese elites being wiped out in one fell swoop, thus giving the Chinese people a centralized advantage in the development of a larger national strategy.

In other words, when the Chinese have a serious internal conflict in the future, these people could still form a united front and attract more and more society's elites to advance the super large project.

If humans wanted to develop, they would have to be stimulated by large project, a plan for Manhattan, a space race, a plan for the moon … These are all projects that cost us a lot in a short time but have a significant impact on humanity's long-term prospects.

Including Basic Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry... Although they could not directly make money out of it, it was still a great help to the development of society. This was the foundation of all applied science.

The theory was very simple, but humans were never a reasonable species.

This kind of investment from super large project and basic science would forever be a rich person who consumed money and would definitely not reap any obvious benefits in the short term.

When an era, say from ten to twenty years, when a super project extracted a large amount of resources from a country, then the corresponding other industries would be in a state of anemia, with one side destined to be less than the other, that was certain.

Humans were a very selfish group. Even if what you did was the right thing to do, but it affected his interests, he would still definitely oppose it.

People will protest, march, impeach the government... They will do everything in their power to curse the dictator.

Perhaps they were well aware that the investment in super engineering would be beneficial in the future, but who could guarantee that they would be able to survive until then?

Let me suffer, and let others enjoy, even if that generation is my descendants, people are unwilling!