Way of Overlord
Chapter 246: The Way of Dividing And Ruling

Chapter 246: The Way of Dividing And Ruling

In the tent, Aeryon is still holding Ayera hand. He look simply effortless holding her hand. Casual even

Even when she struggles to shake him off, how could Ayera shake off Aeryon unless he lets her shake him off.

His strength is formidable even against some of the most veteran warriors.

Ayera whose ability is mostly in stealth and agility, could not shake Aeryon grip like a talon of an eagle gripping on your flesh

"Sit down and let’s talk about this"

She was forced to sit back down

Aeryon sighed.

The night is already past midnight. He simply wanted to sleep tonight to prepare for tomorrow

He did not expect that they will have this conversation tonight.

Aeryon look again at Ayera and he sighed.

He knows what he is doing is wrong to Ayera. The culture of the Steppe is like this.

And there is a reason for this.

When woman shed blood, they ae eligible to get married. that is how it is all over the world in the past.

And in this era, it is even more so

The other reason is because the lifespan of humans is quite short. Rulers and rich people live longer because they have more access to medicine and clean living

But Aeryon, or James come from a different time and a different era. Medical practice is more advanced, people have a longer lifespan and so their values also changed

Was the value of the past is that abhorrent?

Considering the lack of many things, the cultures developed according to its needs.

When certain needs could be fulfilled or overfulfilled, then new cultures would grow. And when these cultures is deemed useless, it would be forgotten by the time

But cultures, especially long-lasting culture exist because it has a use.

And when it has no use, or restrict certain development someday, someway it would morph

The culture of the world is like this, they take form each other and depending on where they live, or how they live, the culture that they take now has some of the traits of the people that take it.

Aeryon believe it to be so.

So, he had adjusted himself to the culture of the people of the Steppe.

He stomach the killings and the massacre. This is the world of one-eyed crows. And he is two eyed crows.

And in a world of one-eyed crows, he is the insane one.

The world is the people.

And laws of the world is the laws of the people. The people believed that this law is appropriate and so it is appropriate.

Yan also has that same kind of teaching. That the will of the people is paramount. But precisely because they know it, they manipulate it

It is not only in this era that the rulers manipulate the will of the people.

People are most dumb when they are in a crowd. Aeryon knows this because he had read an article about research done about this particular phenomenon

The power of stupid people in a large crowd is a complex phenomenon rooted in psychology, sociology, and human behaviour

Aeryon knows about this kind of experiment but leading an army, inspiring his men, he could not help but see this playing out in real time

The "wisdom of crowds" doesn’t always apply – sometimes group-think nudges people to make wrong-headed decisions.

People frequently adopt the view of the majority even when it is obviously wrong, and even when they have to deny their own senses.

The decisions people make as a group tend to be more prejudiced and less intelligent than the ones they make individually.

When people interact, they end up agreeing, and they make worse decisions - they don’t share information, they share biases

Group conformity stands in marked contrast to the "wisdom of crowds" effect, whereby aggregating the opinions of large numbers of people gives answers or predictions more accurate than those of any individual.

This happens only when members of a crowd make their judgements independently of each other, and it is most effective when a crowd is diverse.

In cohesive groups, on the other hand, where members share an identity, the urge for unity overrides all.

In his time, there is even more of this. There is the internet. And many people think of the internets like some kind of information superhighway.

It’s not. It is a bias superhighway.

Only those who are brave enough and opinionated enough could go against the majority.

This requires a strong will. Because there is safety in numbers and people gravitates towards that.

Hence, in battle momentum is very important.

It is proven time and time again, this desire to conform to the majority, to unite with each other, even more so when they share similarity of race, religions, classes.

whatever that is similar could be used to unite.

It is seen in history all the time.

Yan knows the power of the people.

And so, they sought to manipulate it.

They expelled the Three Teachings; any religion is banned.

This is one of Chapters of the Yan dynasty. Of ceruse, in the end it did not come to pass.

But there is something to learn from this matter

The religion itself is not bad. And those who practice the religion itself is not bad. But it is bad for the rulers.

They wanted to only worshipped the Teachings of the Great Teacher?

Why?

Because that way it could strengthen their own class of scholars, and at the same time, it is up to them to determine what is lawful, what is not, who is noble, who is not.

The Teachings of the great Teacher is not a religion but it sure hell works like one.

The religion one that got the bad reputation, why does it get a bad reputation? Because it erodes the power of the ruler. The ruler should be the one that is worshipped. Not some illusory god that ask them to do good, or impose upon their worldly desires

Because if some deity ask not to oppress good people and the Emperor oppress good people, then in the eyes of the believers, these are evil deeds and the Emperor is veil

But distort their belief, and then you are not evil. You are exacting justice for the Heavens.

The method of the ruler is cunning. If the religion is not bad, or evil, but touches upon the interest of the rulers, then it is very simple for the rulers to make the religion looks evil.

Pick one person. Out of ten thousand believers. Pick the wots of them. And parade them. And told the world, hate all of them. Because one of them is evil and vile and did all of these nasty things.

Associate them with the things that they believed. And so, it is achieved, the distortion between the true message and the one hearing the message

"This one person is evil. So, this race, this religion, this ideology must be wrong. They must also be evil. Because of this one person"

Kill all of them because of the evil deeds that this one has done. Nothing worked so well, than this herd mentality.

Religion could also be used as a weapon and tool. And who uses it as a weapon and tool? Is it the farmers who only want a peaceful life? The carpenter that just want to find some money?

The bricklayers that wanted to marry a woman next door? The baker that wanted to rest when they are old?

No, not these people.

But rulers. Monarchs. Rich men and rich women who regarded the world as their heavens and paradise and the other people be damned.

When these people uses either religions or ideology as a weapon, who would die? The rulers and monarchs?

It is the farmer.

The carpenter.

The bricklayers.

The baker.

The common people.

Waging war, killing people who they do not know, for things they don’t believe, to grab things they won’t touch.

The yan rulers knows it. And Aeryon also knows it. This method s even used in James world.

You want to prove one religion is bad? Choose one event. Choose one event where one of these believers is doing something evil

Magnify it.

Make it viral.

And let the world mock that religion. And it is not only used against religion. It is used against race.

Against nations.

The method is the same.

Pick one person.

Pick one event.

And make it known to the world. Even though this same tactic is repeated every time, it works every time. Because this is how people work.

Biases confirming each other. Someone who hates this certain race, this certain religion, this certain nation, all they need is their bias confirmed.

The more it is like this, the easier it is to mobilize this kind of person when certain agendas need to be done.

Aeryon admit that he also uses this kind of method. Unifying the Steppe, isn’t this the application of these phenomenon? Marynku people for Marynku people.

Aeryon took his time and forge his patience, slowly but surely he has assimilated with the people of this world.

But he also make some changes. He lessened the severity of some of the cruel punishment

He still maintain some of the harsh punishment, but lessened some of the crime and give some leeway.

He strengthen some laws and loosen some others.

He determine which laws that needs to be strengthen and which laws should be loosened.

Criterion of certain crime is also outlined

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