《君主论·第三章·混合君主国》第4节
But when states are acquired in a country differing in language, customs, or laws, there are difficulties, and good fortune and great energy are needed to hold them, and one of the greatest and most real helps would be that he who has acquired them should go and reside there. This would make his position more secure and durable, as it has made that of the Turk in Greece, who, notwithstanding all the other measures taken by him for holding that state, if he had not settled there, would not have been able to keep it. Because, if one is on the spot, disorders are seen as they spring up, and one can quickly remedy them; but if one is not at hand, they are heard of only when they are great, and then one can no longer remedy them. Besides this, the country is not pillaged by your officials; the subjects are satisfied by prompt recourse to the prince; thus, wishing to be good, they have more cause to love him, and wishing to be otherwise, to fear him. He who would attack that state from the outside must have the utmost caution; as long as the prince resides there it can only be wrested from him with the greatest difficulty.
注释摘要
马基雅维利在这一段里，处理的是新征服地区与本土差异极大时如何稳住统治的问题。他所说的“语言、习俗或法律不同”的领土，对君主构成一种特定的治理难题：旧的忠诚网络不为你所用，人民对新主子天然疏离甚至敌视，任何风吹草动都可能因为信息迟缓而成燎原之火。他的核心建议听上去出奇地简单——你干脆搬过去住。但在这个简单建议背后，是一整套对权力物理空间的冷酷推演。 他先讲正…