In the aristocratic era, small aristocrats were the intermediate structure of the entire social system. They talked about virtues more than the top and had a brand name than the bottom. They belonged to the backbone of society and had a huge influence.

Little nobles are often the greatest guarantee of the founding period of the kingdom, but they are also one of the reasons for the decline of the dynasty.

Because small nobles will also build complex connections, deceive the superiors and hide the subordinates, and become a stumbling block to national stability. If they do not execute orders that are not conducive to their own, they will block the upward path of others to others.

The same is true for the little nobles of the empire. Even in the army, it is a very huge force. Almost all the officers of the middle and lower classes are nobles, and the entire army is controlled by the nobles.

These nobles do not care about the life and death of the lower class of the empire. If they continue like this, they will naturally be eliminated. However, Duran will pull one faction to fight one faction, fight for those progressive nobles, unite the sympathetic enlightened nobles, and eliminate those backward nobles. Of course, the ultimate goal is to eliminate the entire aristocratic class and let the empire enter a new era.

It is not moral bad or good, only advanced and backward, so Duran actively launched activities.

Duran's current goal is a loyal staff officer named Erich von Relugen, a loyal and dedicated staff member. He is a young faction in the army who is responsible for the production of imperial strategies. At the same time, he is disgusted with some systems in the army, such as superiors corporal punishment of subordinates, or expressing uneasiness about the situation of the empire.

However, as a loyal minister, Lei Rugen is also devoted to the country. If the upper class makes a decision, even if it is unreasonable, he will try his best to do it.

He is a staff officer, and Duran is an elementary school teacher. The two are incompatible, but Duran naturally has a way to make a coincidence.

The easiest thing is to hit the car. Duran led his students to stare at the cars coming out of the military camp. After Leirugen's car came out, Pud rushed to the road to hit the car.

Scream—

The sound of brakes thrust, and the car stopped in front of the child. At this time, Duran rushed out.

The driver was innocent: "It was the child who rushed out without looking at the road."

Pude is naturally fine, even if he is hit. But Duran still glared at the military vehicle with righteous words: "You must apologize. Do you think you are superior to others as soldiers and can rush around the road?"

Leirugen got off the car and found that there was no problem with the child: "I'm very sorry, what are you doing with these children?" He found that Duran was carrying a large number of children on the road and didn't know what to do.

Of course it was a mess, was it an extracurricular activity?

"We are raising funds for primary schools. The Education Bureau has owed several months of funding. But these children still need to study. Even if they are rural children, they cannot deprive them of their power to study. You are a high-ranking official. Have you ever seen what the countryside of the empire looks like now?"

Leirugen was asked. Although he knew that the empire was not in good condition, he really didn't know how bad the countryside was. Looking at these pale and thin children, he suddenly felt powerless.

The empire is corrupt, but he is powerless. How can we make the empire better? He is one of the few nobles who think about this problem and does not think that the problem can be solved through war. Although living space is important, will everything be really good after having living space?

War is just a destruction, and some things cannot be obtained through destruction.

Leirugan took out his wallet and took out all the money inside: "I can't do much."

Duran took the money and said, "Everyone can do a lot, but everyone hasn't realized it yet. When everyone realizes their mission and energy, the empire will be reborn in the fire. There will inevitably be no more tragedy in this country where people cannibalize people and God cannibalize people."

"?" Lei Lugen was stunned, because the words were too obvious. Don't say that he, as a staff officer, could understand them, even if he read a little.

The other party is a rural teacher and must have read books. He seems to have his own opinions on the development of the empire. Leirugen wanted to hear it: "Let's do this, I'll treat you to a meal and let's talk alone."

The kids were very happy because they were indeed hungry.

Duran was also very happy because the other party had a trap. As expected, he tried this method without getting tired of trying it out. As long as he poked the other party's itchy spot, he could use this as the entry point to pull the other party into the water.

After finding a restaurant and ordering enough food for the children, Leirugen and Duran sat aside and asked, "Your previous words seemed to have something in your words, so please tell me." He was also eager to know because he also hoped to take the empire out of the predicament. Unfortunately, there is no clear goal at the moment, and the upper class is just seizing the living space to talk about things, but is the problem of the empire really only lies in the living space?

The young staff member did not think so, but he was limited in ability and was okay in formulating strategies, but he could not sum up the experiences of various countries to deduce the problem of empires.

Nowadays, the imperial suppression scholars, and no scholar specializes in studying these issues. Lei Rugen suspects that Duran in front of him is one of the suppressed and unsuccessful scholars.

"The problem of empires is greater than that of outside. The main reason is the objective factors of the development of the industrial system. The Industrial Revolution has the advantage of latecomer, and we must first determine this. Before the Industrial Revolution, the strongest was the Invincible Armada, who plundered the gold and jewelry of the colonies, and reselled the whole world to make a difference. However, because their development model limited their investment entities, they were eventually defeated by the Invincible Armada, and the Invincible Armada disappeared and its national strength declined. Then it was the era of industrial civilization, and the United Kingdom established the largest colonial country."

Leirugan nodded.

Duran continued: "Now everyone knows that industry is good, so now everyone is developing industry. The United Kingdom, a developed country with industrial development, has a disadvantage because the industrial revolution has a latecomer advantage. The latecomer countries do not need to invest a lot of money in research and development, but only need to copy technology. The latecomer countries are not so burdened, so they can enter the era of internal combustion engines and the electrical era before the United Empire." "The problem is that the empire's latecomer was a bit too late for various reasons. Although we have more precise industries and better quality products than other countries with latecomer advantages, the market does not belong to us, and the good things we produce cannot be sold at all."

"Yes, this is the problem." Leirugen is the one who clears the clouds and sees the sun. This is the main problem of the empire: "How to solve it?"

"There are three solutions. One is to join forces with other latecomer countries to form an economic alliance that complements industries. The second type starts a war, clearly breaks the competitor's industrial system, and achieves no one and self-owned, and gains market advantages. Finally, there is another one that is to overthrow the nobles, redistribute social resources, carry out industrial reforms, and develop new technologies." Duran provided three suggestions in one breath: "I recommend the third type."

However, Lei Rugen obviously didn't take it seriously. He only felt that Duran was the talent needed by the empire. Compared with him, he was like an idiot. Such a high-level opinion was suppressed. The top leaders of the empire were really hard to describe. He said excitedly: "Please go back with me, I will definitely recommend you to the Ministry of Economic Affairs."
Chapter completed!