Chapter 3665 Two Years Later
On the sea, land and positions are still inherited. Whoever holds the position can control the policy. For example, if you want to launch a demon-killing order against a certain area, you just need an excuse.
Even if Akainu has become the admiral of the navy, he still has to obey orders. He, as a navy, is also controlled by the rules of the game and cannot change. He can only watch the situation getting worse and worse without being able to do anything.
After listening to King Luffy's rise from the grassroots, Akainu said no more and just let him leave. He knew that the two had different ambitions and could not cooperate. He could only protect justice and attack pirates, and could not change the basis of inheritance.
The resources of the sea were all conquered by the founders of the world government, so their descendants can enjoy the treatment of the Celestial Dragons.
Why can the historical text shake the status of the Celestial Dragons? It is probably because it can prove that their ancestors did not get the position properly and had no legal inheritance rights.
If the ancestors of the Celestial Dragons betrayed the sun god Nika and divided the world that belonged to Nika, and did not say that the world is for the virtuous, they would be so shy, secretive, and hypocritical.
"You go." Akainu knew that Wang Luffy was not a man who could be reused, and that there would definitely be problems if he was used, but he also had a heart of love for talent, so he didn't say anything else.
Wang Luffy saluted and turned away, thinking that Akainu didn't have the courage to shake the world after all. His limit was the commander-in-chief of the navy, and he couldn't focus on the world.
The world has become like this, and it is not possible not to start from the foundation. The reason why Wang Luffy has not taken action is to study the inheritance laws of various places, so that he can have a targeted approach. He even studied the inheritance of Ace's power, and did not change the eldest son inheritance system, that is, when Ace is alive, he can appoint new people, and when he dies, the nobles will still control everything, and the politics will inevitably end.
Because the grass-roots can pass on their resources and positions, their eldest sons can inherit everything. When Ace dies, the children of the rising grass-roots will be high-level Celestial Dragons, and the dragon slayer will become a dragon.
Although Wang Luffy promotes self-struggle, it is not enough to rely on self-consciousness alone. It is necessary to break the inheritance system and build a new inheritance system. But it is difficult to innovate. Even the grassroots want to make contributions and leave a piece of land for their descendants.
"It's difficult." Wang Luffy felt that he had chosen a thorny road and couldn't go on at all.
Duran and Denise have been observing that while Luffy's team is still improving their military strength, the pioneers of the world are already thinking about how to restore peace to the world, and have touched the essence.
"So we still have to rob at this time." Duran knew that it would not work if he didn't rob.
Denise agreed very much: "Some islands have the benefits of salt and iron, some islands have the benefits of silk and linen, and some islands have the gifts of oil and grain... Different islands have different ways of making money. If they can be adjusted, the price of oil and grain can be stabilized, silk and linen clothes will not be too expensive, and everyone can have enough food and clothing. But obviously the Tianlong people everywhere don't want to give up their businesses."
"So they still have to rob the rich to help the poor, win over the senior Tianlong people who have no resources, and suppress the senior Tianlong people who have profitable businesses together with the grass man, and share the profitable businesses with everyone. Salt, iron, and wine can all be taken away and distributed to the senior Tianlong people who have no money. The price is that they must support the new inheritance system. The new inheritance system is that profitable businesses cannot be passed down from generation to generation, and iron officials, salt officials, and wine officials must be set up to manage them." Duran said that the Han Dynasty did this, and then it changed from land inheritance to position inheritance.
If salt, iron, and wine are not monopolized, then they are in the hands of a few powerful people, and many nobles have no way to share the profits. But after the salt and iron monopoly, the great nobles who did not have geographical advantages could nominate their descendants to take up positions and share the profits from salt and iron, so they had to support Emperor Wu of Han in promoting the Enfeoffment Order.
The Enfeoffment Order was an open conspiracy because salt, iron, and wine were not something that could be produced on a large scale in every place. Salt required seawater and salt fields, iron required iron ore, and wine required a large amount of grain, all of which required a geographical environment.
But the geographical environment was occupied by a few powerful people, not all powerful people. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han monopolized salt and iron, established salt officials and iron officials, and selected talents from the powerful people to take up the positions. The powerful people who did not control the salt and iron resources were naturally willing to support it, while the powerful people who controlled the salt and iron resources could not twist their arms and thighs, so they could only accept their fate.
If they did not accept their fate, they would definitely face everyone's beating.
So everyone supported the Enfeoffment Order because they saw the huge benefits that did not belong to them, and they had to support it.
In the past, the great nobles oppressed the small nobles, and Emperor Wu of Han successfully provoked the struggle between the great nobles and the great nobles, thereby achieving his own goals.
But the positions of salt officials and iron officials were later inherited between several families, and gradually formed the upper three grades of clans. Positions have also become something that can be inherited, and then the poor have no chance to make a breakthrough, and can only resort to violence.
"Each island has a different profit model, so the high-level Celestial Dragons who are not profitable can also strive for unity. With the combat effectiveness of the grass-roots, it is still no problem to build a unified talent selection system, break the inheritance of land and positions, and strive for policy tilt together. Wang Luffy should be able to think of this direction, he is smarter than Luffy." Duran said.
Of course, the high-level Celestial Dragons who have mastered the resources are naturally unwilling to accept any new inheritance law. Their property is all won by their ancestors. Why should they share it? It doesn't make sense.
Of course, they will not be asked to hand over their property directly, but to take the imperial examination. As long as they fail the exam, the policy will not be tilted towards them. Within three generations, the family property will be insufficient.
The opportunity was given. Of course, if you want to keep your family property, you can take the imperial examination, take the exam together, and then fight for policies in the court. If you fail the exam, you can only decline, and even confiscation of the family is a matter of minutes. A large family has so many people, there must be dirty things, and it is easy to find reasons for confiscation.
So we must take advantage of the gap between different islands and the conflicts between high-level Celestial Dragons. Doflamingo's experience proves that there are different opinions and strengths among high-level Celestial Dragons, so we can't knock down high-level Celestial Dragons at once, but we must win over some of them to make everyone accept the new inheritance law.
At this time, Luffy and his team completed two years of training and finally gathered again. The Golden Merry took the team members back to the ship one by one.
When everyone arrived, they were all full of emotion. Everyone became more calm and stronger.
Luffy still had a smile on his face and said, "We are going to move towards the second half of the Grand Line."
Everyone laughed, which was exactly what they needed. In the next journey, they would use their new abilities.
The enemies in the second half are stronger. They have occupied the most important supply island in the second half and will inevitably meet Luffy and his team. Because there is only one route in the second half, and the supply points on the route are also very fixed, they will inevitably face the Four Emperors and cannot be avoided.
"Let's go."
"Prepare to transform." Usopp already knows that the Golden Merry has many new functions, including the ability to transform.
Directly transform into a submarine and dive into the deep sea without coating.
Only a strange and cool sound was heard from the hull. The mast of the Golden Merry was folded, and the cover of the ship's side rose. The whole ship was transformed into a submarine that could enter the deep sea, sucking in seawater and starting to sink.
"So cool." Luffy cheered happily as he looked at the brand new Golden Merry.
Everyone was also surprised. They didn't expect the ship to be able to transform like this. Next, they will cross the red soil continent from the bottom of the sea and enter the second half.
There is an island on the bottom of the sea, Fishman Island, which is the territory where the fishmen live. Since the fishmen learned the Yuanqi Haki, the development of the seabed has begun, and more algae have been planted, greatly improving the living standards of the fishmen.
However, the idea that fishmen hate humans is still prevalent. In fact, hating humans and not hating humans is also a struggle.
Just like in the late Qing Dynasty, there was the Enlightenment Party on the Korean Peninsula, which introduced island countries to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
For small countries, if the rulers are recognized by big countries, they can establish legitimacy. The same is true for Fishman Island. If they get the support of humans, the status of the fishman king will be very stable. To overthrow the king, you need to put forward different political views, and hating humans is a good slogan.