Greed and selfishness were the essence of a person. Hypocrisy was just a means to better maintain one's greed and selfishness, and to make one's greed and selfishness more hidden and more able to confuse others.
For example, if a person raised a pig, in order to let the pig grow up faster, he would prepare a large and safe shed for the pig. He would carefully prepare delicious food for the pig. He would even comb the pig's hair with a smile from time to time, so that the pig could feel at ease and comfortable. After such careful care, the pig's growth would inevitably speed up, and it would become fat in a very short time. At this time, the hypocritical owner would tear off his mask, slaughter and eat the pig that had grown up.
Before the owner killed the pig, everything he did to the pig was kind. He could let the pig experience the joy of life, and let the pig trust and love its owner. Until the moment it was killed, the pig would know that it had been fooled. Its owner was so good to it purely to let it grow faster, and then eat its meat.
Humans and pigs were different animals. It might make people feel that it did not matter, but between humans, there was also such a situation. For example, if a company had a hundred people and everyone's workload was about the same, in order to squeeze more surplus value out of them, the entrepreneur would draw a very big pie and stipulate that the worker who worked the most would be given double the salary. In this way, the hundred people would work hard and use up all their strength, increasing the output by thirty to fifty percent. This allowed the boss to exploit more surplus value, but the boss would have to pay a very small price.
Was it wrong to work hard? Of course, it was not wrong. However, overworking oneself would leave a very big root cause. It might not be a big deal when one was young, but once one was old, this root cause would appear.
When one was young, one would use one's life to earn money, and when one was old, one would have to spend money to buy one's life. This was a very sad story, but it was also the truth. The poor people destroyed their bodies, and the only income they could get was barely enough to make ends meet. However, the pockets of the capitalists were full. From a certain point of view, the capitalists were draining the poor people's blood and sweat so that they could obtain a considerable income. This was the same essence as people raising pigs. The difference was that people had the opportunity to choose, but pigs did not have the opportunity to choose. They had no other choice except to be raised and killed.
However, people had a choice. After entering the feudal society, people already had the right to choose. The development of the human rights movement in later generations increased people's freedom, allowing people to choose what they liked to do, and thus realize the value of their life.
However, when some people monopolized all the resources, there were very few choices left for the poor people. You could have dreams and ambitions, but it was too difficult to realize them. All the resources were in the hands of others, and your chances of success were almost zero. In this case, in order to survive, the poor people had to choose to be exploited by others, to be oppressed by others, to exchange their bodies for money, and to become slaves.
This kind of person who had to be willing to become a slave was very sad, but they had no choice. If they chose to do what they liked, they might starve to death because they had no resources.
If a person who had no knowledge, no land, and no house did not want to be oppressed, how could he survive? He could only starve to death.
Why did this person have nothing? This was because his resources were occupied by others, and all the resources belonged to a small number of people. Therefore, it led to such a serious consequence that people had to choose to be oppressed.
After being oppressed for a long time, people's spirits would more or less have some problems, and their work efficiency would decrease. In order to improve people's work efficiency, they had to improve people's mental state. Therefore, there was the hypocritical side of the exploiters.
For example, from time to time, they would care about the poorest people who were exploited, give them extra compensation, and give a reward to the people who worked the most seriously, so as to stimulate more people's work enthusiasm. They could also donate a sum of money to the disaster area, so as to show their hypocritical side, improve their personal charm, and turn the employees into fanatics like fans.
The most terrible thing was some verbal promises. For example, they must let all the employees live in their own houses within a few years. They must realize the happiness of the employees, and let the employees work voluntarily and happily.
Being forced to volunteer was the saddest thing in the world. There was nothing more unlucky than this. A person was not willing to do something, but because of feelings, he had to do it voluntarily. For example, donating money. Who dared to say that everyone was really willing to donate money? At least a considerable proportion of people were forced to do so. A person hated the leader, but for some purpose, he had to kneel down and lick the leader's boots. This was also a kind of sadness.
In short, as a poor person, living was suffering. Unless one carefully practiced the method of spiritual victory and could win under any conditions, it was really sad.
In order to better exploit and enjoy a greedier life, the rich must be the hypocritical side. They must wrap themselves tightly with hypocrisy, completely covering their greedy nature and exploitation nature. Only in this way could they live a wonderful life. Not only could they live wantonly, but they could also enjoy the respect and love of others.
In his previous life, Ang Lee was a complete exploiter. His life was really not good. Since Ang Lee came to the Tang dynasty, he was a complete exploiter.
Moreover, Ang Lee was also a smart exploiter. Not only could he exploit the poor without any scruples, but many poor people were also grateful to Ang Lee. They felt that Ang Lee was a good person and a person worth following.
This was the so-called personal charm. If a person wanted to have personal charm, he didn't need to share his wealth with others. In this way, his life couldn't be guaranteed. Instead, he had to learn how to exploit others. The so-called clever exploitation was to realize the exploitation of others. At the same time, it could weaken the feeling of exploitation so that people wouldn't feel that they were being exploited and that they were working hard and happy.
To achieve this, one must understand human nature, the strengths and weaknesses of people, and understand what ordinary people need and want to get. Only in this way could the poor be better controlled and the poor be driven by one's own will.
Ang Lee could easily become such a person, not because he was smart, but because he had knowledge that others did not have. He could make money more easily. After making money easily, he could give more to the people around him. Thus, the people who followed him would feel that they were good enough, much better than other bosses.
Money warmed people's hearts. This was an ancient and unchanging law that was universal in any era. What did the poor work hard for? Naturally, it was to get the money necessary for survival. If money was not given, only fools would work, unless there was something wrong with their heads.
Therefore, as long as more money was given, the employees would be very happy, and the feeling of being exploited would be weakened a lot. They would even feel that they were very happy. Of course, this kind of happiness was the result of comparison. The less they were exploited, the happier they would be.
The people of Ha Ling Country had not done anything for Ang Lee, so there was no exploitation relationship. Therefore, even if Ang Lee only gave them a small piece of meat each, they would be grateful and feel that Ang Lee was a good person, a very good person.
Now, as a good person, Li An was secretly eating barbecued meat. It was a fragrant and shiny barbecued meat. The bodyguards around him also had enough food to fill their stomachs. These bodyguards were responsible for protecting themselves, so they had to eat their fill. They couldn't starve for the sake of unrelated disaster victims.
"Assistant Minister Li, where do you think the savages we saw during the day today went? We clearly saw them. Why couldn't we find any traces of the savages even though Ha Ling Country sent so many people?"
The Sky Troop, who was going south, asked curiously.
Ang Lee said, "I only saw two savages. What about you? How many savages did you see? "
Nan Xia said, "I only saw two. They were both strong adult savages. They were very big."
Ang Lee said with a smile, "That's it. There are only two savages. There are mountains and dense forests nearby. It's easier said than done to find two savages!"
"Assistant Minister Li is right. It seems that the two savages are hiding. However, if they are hiding nearby, isn't it very dangerous?"
Nan Xia said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "The existence of savages is indeed very dangerous, but do you still need to be afraid of them? We have so many guards. There is no need to worry about safety. "
There were more than two hundred guards. Half of them had to be on night duty. They were divided into the first half of the night and the second half of the night. There were fifty people each. Such a tight defense could completely ensure safety. There was no need to worry about a sneak attack from the savages who fell behind.
Barbarians had existed since ancient times. As for why they existed, no one could say for sure. In any case, there were many barbarian tribes even in the future.
Especially in Java Valley Island, where Ha Ling Country was located. In later generations, savage tribes had always existed. These savages ate human flesh. Therefore, they were also called cannibals. They were a very terrible savage tribe.
Of course, no matter how terrible the savages were, they were not as terrible as civilized humans. Because the savages' abilities were too limited. They only had the most primitive weapons. The destructive power they could cause was very limited. Civilized humans had powerful weapons. Once their hearts turned bad, they would cause great damage to the whole world. The savages could not compare with them.
Why did savages always exist on Claw Frog Island? This was naturally because the natural environment of the island was too harsh. There were volcanoes, dense forests, and wild beasts everywhere. Civilized people could not travel to every corner of the island. This provided enough soil for the barbarians to survive until the later generations.
Ang Lee was not very concerned about the fate of the savages. This was the matter of Ha Ling Country. He did not need to worry about it. He also did not have the ability to control the fate of the savages.
"Ah …"
Ang Lee was eating barbecue. Suddenly, a frightened cry came from two hundred steps away. This sound was quite terrifying and somewhat creepy.
"What happened?"
Ang Lee asked habitually.
"Assistant Minister Li, let me take a look."
Nan Xia picked up his weapon, waved his hand, and led ten soldiers in the direction of the sound.
After a quarter of an hour, Nan Xia came back with a dignified look and said, "Assistant Minister Li, we found blood and torn pieces of clothes. It seems that something happened to someone."
"That's all?"
Ang Lee asked.
"That's all. The people of Ha Ling Country are searching. Maybe they can find more things."
Nan Xia replied.
Ang Lee frowned and thought for a moment. Then he said, "There are torn pieces of clothes and blood. This means that someone was killed. Was it taken away by wild beasts or savages?"
"It should be wild beasts! If it were savages, they could have knocked people out and taken them away intact. How could there be torn pieces of clothes and blood on the ground? "
Nan Xia analyzed.
Ang Lee said, "It's hard to say! You treat savages as humans. In fact, savages and wild beasts are the same kind. Their hunting should be similar to that of wild beasts. However, whether they are savages or wild beasts, we can only know after investigation. "
Something terrible happened next to the camp. Although it had not been completely spread, the King of Ha Ling Country definitely knew about it. This made him lose the mood to sleep. He stepped out to ask about the situation.
"What the hell is going on?"
The King was very dissatisfied with the efficiency of his subordinates.
"Your Highness, someone sneaked out and then disappeared. Only blood and torn pieces of clothes were found."
The subordinate reported.
"Why didn't they stay in the camp? Why did they run out?"
The King was dissatisfied.
"Probably they were hungry and wanted to go out to find food!"
The subordinate guessed.
"Strictly control the camp. No one is allowed to go out at night. Such a thing can't happen again."
The King said seriously.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Such a thing will not happen again."
The subordinate hurriedly arranged to seal the camp and prevent people from going out.
The search lasted for more than two hours and then stopped. Since they couldn't find anything, there was no need to continue the search. Anyway, it was just an ordinary person missing. It was not a big deal.
Early the next morning, the sun rose as usual and the disaster relief went on as usual. Nothing had changed, as if what happened last night had never happened.
However, someone soon found a bloody skeleton in a bush, which reminded people of what happened last night.
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