Chapter 281 The Empire’s Past
Hans Ming glanced at Prime Minister Max, whose face gradually became darker, and couldn't help feeling secretly happy.
He knew what the old man was thinking.
For 300 years, his life as a puppet as an emperor has made him an extremely tolerant person.
For this moment today, Hans Ming had secretly begun investigating everything about human civilization.
If we only relied on the investigation data handed down by the Prime Minister, let alone using military force against humans, the mere fact that it seemed as if the Sirius civilization was interfering would be enough to make these senior officials in the palace feel timid.
After all, even if they joined the Sirius civilization, the only people who were 100% eliminated were members of the royal family.
In order to maintain the emotional stability of intelligent creatures in civilization, most civilizations continue to use people from the original ruling team who have no right of inheritance but have certain skills.
The Max interest group, led by the Prime Minister, who has no chance of ascending the throne, is indeed a good target to be used.
Hans Ming had no doubt that these centrists who were now walking the line between the royal family and the prime minister in the palace would definitely throw themselves into the arms of the prime minister's interest group without hesitation once the Hans civilization joined the Sirius civilization.
But now, Hans Ming, relying on years of investigation and some means that have not yet been used, has given these centrists another choice.
Thinking of this, he nodded slightly at Luo Er.
After seeing the emperor's statement, Luo Er cleared his throat and continued loudly:
"Not only that, there is a very special data that needs to be pointed out here."
His voice immediately quieted the noisy discussions in the conference room.
Luo Er looked around and was very satisfied with the situation. Then he continued:
"Human civilization is a very peculiar existence. The development process of its civilization is different from that of 99% of ordinary races in the Galactic Alliance. Previously, I and my think tanks highly suspected that this was a civilization with a tendency to develop into an intelligent race.
However, this suspicion was later rejected by us.”
"An intelligent civilization! Impossible. If that were the case, Tianlang and his men would not allow such intelligent creatures to appear here. In other words, they would not allow an intelligent civilization that is beyond their control to appear here."
Before Luo Er could finish his words, he was interrupted by a senior official from the Ministry of Rites in the conference room.
But he was not angry. He looked at the other person, nodded slightly, then shook his head and continued:
"Yes, this is part of the reason. Listen to me, we can analyze this together."
He finished his words slowly, and glanced at Max, who looked unhappy, and then smiled and said:
"Mr. Prime Minister, I have a question for you."
"explain."
Although Max did not look well, his many years of experience in governing meant that he would not behave substandardly in such occasions. Although it was just one word, he still had the style of a prime minister.
Luo Er smiled and nodded, not minding the tone that sounded like a rebuke.
"That's right. May I ask, Prime Minister, it took a civilized race 200 years from the first industrial revolution to enter space. How does this speed compare to that of the wise civilization?"
On the other side, after hearing these words, Prime Minister Max did not continue to be angry, but subconsciously entered a state, and the data about the wise civilization suddenly emerged in his mind.
As a civilized race of intelligent carbon-based creatures known for their high IQ in the Milky Way Alliance, this race is characterized by a huge gap in scientific research capabilities compared to ordinary civilized races. Take the conditions mentioned by Luo Er as an example.
Among the few registered intelligent civilizations, the period from entering the Industrial Revolution to sending the first intelligent creature into space is generally 50-100 years.
In contrast, for ordinary intelligent creatures, due to different political systems, IQ differences, and even differences in living environments, this cycle is generally 200-300 years.
Take the Hans civilization as an example. After the First Industrial Revolution, they developed an imperial system.
In order to maintain the unity of the empire, the royal scientific research team under the royal family at that time was actually subject to very severe restrictions.
After all, if the productivity changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution were opened up to the public on a large scale, it would inevitably affect the authority of the ruling class.
Once the means of production are controlled by the lower classes, the economic foundation will first face a huge challenge.
Changes in the economic base will inevitably bring challenges to political rights.
As time goes by, this change will also have a devastating impact on the foundations of the feudal system such as the monarchy.
In order to eliminate this hidden danger, imperial civilizations generally extend this time period to an extremely long extent.
Use time, the simplest but most effective way, to allow people to gradually adapt to the changes in the traditional feudal monarchy under the transformation of productivity over a long period of time.
Even without these factors, it would take an ordinary civilization more than 200 years to cross this cycle.
But in comparison, this cycle of the wise civilization only takes 50-100 years.
A big part of this is due to its highly intelligent brain.
Another reason is that one of its biological characteristics is that its reproductive ability is extremely low.
This extremely low, or even negative, reproductive capacity means that there is no class contradiction in most intelligent civilizations.
They are obsessed with technological research and development, trying to use technological means to extend lifespan, improve productivity, etc.
Thinking of this, Max nodded slightly and replied subconsciously: "According to this standard, the speed at which human civilization has achieved this can only be said to be above average, but this does not make any sense."
"Yes, this doesn't make any sense. After all, their civilization has been internally fragmented during this period of time. There are hundreds of countries in the world, and their competitive intensity is extremely rare compared to other civilizations in the Milky Way.
The speed of technological advancement brought about by this competition, if it were 200 years, would even be considered slow.
Of course, a large part of the reason for this is that during this period, the civilization invested a large part of its resources in the research of gunpowder weapon systems.
However, if that were the case, I wouldn’t be singleing this out.”
Roll echoed Prime Minister Max's words, but at the end his tone changed. At this time, his face was no longer calm, but instead had the same enthusiastic expression as the people in the room when the topic of population was mentioned just now.
(End of this chapter)
