Chapter 253 The Smartest Time

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"You bastards!~ Why are you stopping me?! At this point, don't you see the wolfish ambitions of those guys? If you don't get rid of them, you will regret it sooner or later!~"

Mars shouted at the other Five Elders at the top of his lungs.

Mercury glanced at him calmly and said nothing.

Venus turned a deaf ear to him, stroking the first generation of Kitetsu in her arms with both hands, and completely ignoring Mars.

Saturn looked at the angry Mars with complicated eyes, not knowing what to say.

Seeing everyone like this, Jupiter knew it was time to show his wisdom. He smiled, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and acted like a master:

"Saint Maz, don't be angry. Just listen to my analysis."

Everyone looked at the confident Jupiter, curious about what his insights were.

Jupiter said slowly:

"I wonder if you have noticed that the plan proposed by Li Ce seems to be to divide our world government and dismantle the navy. However, these things are just superficial. Let's think carefully beyond these superficial things. If we really follow Li Ce's plan, will this ocean move towards a future that is more favorable to us?"

"! How is it possible!~ Are you getting old and confused!~ This is clearly——"

When Mars was about to retort subconsciously, Mercury raised an arm:

"Saint Maz, please listen to Saint Peter first."

Jupiter continued:

"You know, now is different from the past. Lex's power and influence have reached a peak not seen in 800 years. In the past 800 years, there has never been a force of his size on the sea. He has integrated the entire New World, the underground world, infiltrated the four seas and the Grand Line, and even has the lofty status of executive prime minister within the government. Even if Rocks were alive, he would not be his opponent. We have to admit that the pressure Lex brings to us is unprecedented, so we must change our past policies towards member states!"

Mercury seemed to realize what Jupiter wanted to say, and asked tentatively:

"You don't mean—?"

Jupiter nodded heavily:

"That's right! We can no longer continue to be high and mighty and treat those member states as slaves and exploit them at will. Otherwise, this will only push them further and further away until they become our opponents - until they completely surrender to Lex! You don't want this to happen, do you?"

Mars was furious:

"How is it possible?!~ They dare?!~"

Jupiter smiled coldly:

"Oh, they didn't dare to do that in the past, but that was because they had no choice! Apart from the government, no one could provide them with protection, but what about now? Lex!! He is not only the largest separatist force in the world, but also the executive prime minister of the World Government! This gives those countries a better excuse and psychological comfort. In this way, joining Lex is not considered betrayal of the government, because Lex is also a member of the government."

Mars wanted to retort loudly, his lips moved, but he stammered and couldn't say anything.

Because what Jupiter said was almost flawless and very reasonable.

After a while, Mars finally spoke:

"Damn it!~ This bastard... Let's kill him!"

When everyone heard this, their expressions were different.

Venus stared at Mars coldly, as if wanting to kill Mars first.

Mercury frowned, as if thinking about the feasibility of Mars' words.

Saturn looked at Mars in disbelief, as if wondering if his brain was burnt out. Killing Lex? You dare to think so.

Jupiter's tone was contemptuous:

"Saint Maz, as the highest authority in the world, you must not only have military power that is superior to the secular world, but also have the wisdom to look down on all living beings, and you must always have a clear self-awareness. Of course, if you think you can kill Lex, go ahead and do it. At most, you will have to sacrifice the navy, army, air force, CP, the Knights of God, and yourself. At most, we can rebuild the world."

“You——!~!”

Mercury played peacemaker:

"Okay, Saint Peter's words make sense. Saint Maz, we know you are doing this for the good of the government and to defend the authority of God, but sometimes you have to calm down and keep your wisdom."

Mars was silent.

Mercury turns to look towards Jupiter:

"So Saint Peter, according to you, what should we do now to effectively prevent those kingdom forces from joining Lex?"

Jupiter continued to analyze:

"First, we need to lower the standards for joining the World Government and accept as many countries and forces as possible. We no longer need to require each country to have a fixed amount of Heavenly Gold as before. We can conduct on-site inspections and determine the payment of Heavenly Gold to different degrees based on the financial situation of each kingdom."

Saturn has a question:

"Let me interrupt you. If what Peter Saint said is true, then the big countries will pay more and the small countries will pay less? Wouldn't this cause opposition from the big countries?"

"That's right! Therefore, we should give special preferential treatment to those big and powerful countries. We can strengthen the stationing of local naval branches, reduce their foreign trade tariffs, allow them to freely enter and exit the Red Earth Continent, and even allow their royal families to reside in Marijoa if necessary. Everyone, don't refute me first, think carefully, if we really do this, will those countries be more loyal to the government than before, especially those royal families who are qualified to live in Marijoa. They will even regard themselves as Celestial Dragons, and in order to maintain their hard-earned noble status, they will even more support the government's rule, support the government's system, and support everything about the government. And these people are all top royal families with impressive power and background."

Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Jupiter to have such a long speech and such insights.

Mercury considered it again and again, and then said:

"What Peter Saint said is correct. If we really do this, we can greatly mobilize the power of this ocean to resist Lex's infiltration into the government and even push the government to unprecedented glory."

After a pause, Mercury continued:

"Everyone, don't forget that we used to be able to exploit those member states at will. The reason why we didn't have any member states was because the sea was full of pirates and wars. Those countries paid the gold from heaven and joined the government in order to protect themselves. But the growth of Rex has changed this situation. We have new enemies and the kingdoms have new choices, so we must make changes! Restore the decline of the World Government since the war at the end of 1489! Re-sow the glory of the gods!"

At this moment, the world government that has followed the ancient system for 800 years, and the five old antiques that have not changed in 800 years, made a rare and groundbreaking reform!

This is how history works. When the external environment is peaceful, corruption will gradually breed internally, and the World Government will exploit those kingdoms. However, when an equally powerful enemy like Lex appears, the Five Elders will instantly wake up, make the most timely changes, win over the kingdoms again, and turn them into 'beacons of freedom'.

Just like 800 years ago, the World Government at that time was also a beacon in the hearts of many people (the 20-nation alliance army led by Im), but 800 years of comfort made this bright light gradually dim.

However, when the wheel of history once again comes to this fork in the road, He will once again shine and illuminate this sea of ​​freedom.

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PS:

This chapter may seem a little strange because I'm giving the World Government an epic buff.

If the Five Elders were as stupid as pigs and the government power was loose as in the original work, Lex would have launched the final war and overturned everything by now.

But there is no guarantee that he can kill Im, because Lex's strength is now at the point where he can compete with Im, but he cannot crush Im to death or destroy Nika.

Therefore, for the subsequent plot, I strengthened the 'intelligence' of the Five Elders. For example, in "Wisdom Jupiter", although he has always been a brain-stuffing monster in the previous articles and could not defeat Lex every time, he always used his brain to reverse Lex's thinking.

But in this chapter, he really reached the peak of intelligence in the whole book and saw through the general trend of history at a glance, because I gave him a God's perspective.

Yes, when Jupiter made those remarks, I imagined myself as Jupiter, standing from the author’s omniscient perspective, and gave him the best choice - reforming the world government.

Let the corrupt government be revitalized, just as they united the coalition forces of 800 countries 20 years ago to kill Joey Boy. The government must have been glorious once, but 800 years of comfort have made them corrupt.

But I strive to write about the real world of pirates, so if we look at this issue from a realistic perspective, the changes in the government here are not fabricated out of thin air, but are in line with the objective laws of historical development.

Just like Russia and the United States during the Cold War, because the United States had never encountered an opponent as powerful as Russia that could put so much pressure on it, the United States at that time was indeed forced to play the role of a "world beacon."

Back to the book, it is precisely because the government has never encountered an opponent as powerful as Lex, or even an opponent that it cannot defeat, that the government has changed from the role of "villain" to the role of "good guy", because at this time the "big devil" Lex is more like a villain, an invincible villain.

When people are in desperate situations, they will push themselves, otherwise they don’t know how great their potential is. The same is true for the world government.

So next, everyone will see the peerless "villain" Lex who does all kinds of evil and oppression, and the "decent" world government who leads a group of kingdoms to resist hard.

Then this situation will go a step further in 1498, when Roger is executed and Lex opens the curtain of the super era.

In fact, if you think carefully about the things Lex did, none of them were decent. Even some good things were mostly done to win people's hearts.

Lex is a complete egoist (I am not), of course, he is also a fighter who is willing to give up everything for his ideals.

The government, Yim, and Nika are undoubtedly obstacles to him.

There are three bosses in this book, namely the government mentioned above, Im, and Nika.

The government was easy to deal with. Lex slowly infiltrated and gradually disintegrated from the bottom up and from the top down.

Im is easy to deal with, because Lex's strength will undergo a wave of mythical enhancement in 1497 (Roger's dying gift). In the later period, Lex and Im are on equal footing, and even his strength has secretly surpassed Im.

It's easier to say about Nika. That is the last stepping stone for Lex to reach the top of Qinghai. Lex will even deliberately train King Luffy to help him reach the peak Nika form as soon as possible, and then kill him directly.

Therefore, for Lex, there is no boss in Qinghai at all. After all, it is said in the introduction that this is an invincible flow. If he can't do anything, what kind of invincible flow is it?