Gold is Justice

Majik didn't give Chao Chao time to digest and think, but continued to ask: "In other words, do you think my act of assassinating the late emperor was an act of true loyalty to the Blue Bay Empire?"

Connor: "...Although I hate to admit it, from an objective point of view-yes."

Magik laughed.

He smiled even brighter.

It's just that this kind of smile only appeared for a moment, and he quickly took it back, so that he could preserve it well, and immediately recovered the wise performance that a great mage should have, and said slowly——

"In this case, then you should introduce it to His Royal Highness, why I am right."

Connor exhaled, turned to the tide in front of him helplessly, with a little sadness on his face, and said slowly——

"Your Highness, because... the person who really betrayed the Blue Bay Empire was not Archmage Magjik, nor High Priest Priest. It was the late Emperor...His Majesty Menglang Bilan XIII himself. Unfortunately, , he is alive, and it is the existence that plunges the entire Blue Bay Empire into the greatest crisis. If it is for the sake of the empire, his death may be able to continue the glory of the empire."

Obviously, Chao Chao is completely bewildered now, he can only sit there blankly, unable to understand anything.Now he didn't even have the courage to ask the guard at the door to come in, so he could only stare blankly at the teacher in front of him talking on his own.

But soon, the answer he wanted came.Because the teacher in front of me has no other skills, but the ability to break a seemingly complicated thing into pieces and explain it piece by piece is very outstanding.

"Your Highness, I know this is hard to believe. But please listen to me carefully."

"During this period of time, I don't know if Your Highness has heard that the Countess of the Marginal Province published a book called "On the Collapse of the Empire"? This book was widely circulated in the Marginal Province, and even spread to the In other provinces. Out of curiosity, I also asked someone to buy a copy. After reading this book, I can be sure that what is written in it must be what Ariel Garcia really thinks .She compiled this book not just to show off her wealth and confuse people. What she really wanted was to promote her theory. And the scariest thing is..."

Connor took a deep breath, as if trying to make up his mind—

"Her theory... is very likely to be true. And she announced her theory so publicly... This is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy. All of us can pass this book Knowing what she wants to do, she also tells us what she really wants to do through this book. There is no falsehood or deceit in it, but it is precisely because of this that she will follow the content of this book in the One day in the future, the empire will be completely defeated. And this empire does not only include our Blue Bay Empire, it may even include all empires in this world."

In the next two hours or so, Connor began to explain in detail the book "On the Collapse of the Empire" written by Ariel to the prince of the imperial family in front of him.

He spoke in great detail. For this book written by his most proud student, this teacher must have studied it in detail for a long time, right?I can't even imagine whether he will look at a certain word or sentence in it for a long time, and finally try to figure out its meaning carefully?

It was also during these two hours that Tide gradually regained his composure from the previous panic.

Listening to the knowledge that he usually finds very boring, the prince seemed a little irritable at first.However, after Connor used written writing and various data to read simultaneously, the prince gradually entered a better state, and absorbed this knowledge as quickly as possible.

Outside the window, the entire Hanhai City was still immersed in the darkness before dawn.

But for this castle, for the member of the royal family sitting here, the world that now appears in front of him is so different from the past.

"Now, that's all there is to know about Ariel Garcia in The Fall of Empires, as I understand it."

Finally, Connor explained the contents of the book in detail.To be honest, the booklet itself is not very thick, with just a dozen pages of content, it may take less than half an hour to read it once.But the reason why it took so long is to explain every point of the problem in detail.

After hearing all of this, Chao Chao's brows were tightly frowned, and the color of evading responsibility in the prince's eyes was gradually disappearing now.

His heart is heavy now.This weight even made him feel oppressed that he was almost unable to speak.

As one of the members of the royal family, Tide knows that even empires will be destroyed in this world.

However, no matter how it is destroyed, he feels that it must be accompanied by war, aggression, and the insatiable greed of other countries.

However, he never thought that the war would change from the blood of real swords and guns to the current scene of using the economy to fight.

What's more, what this kind of economic struggle is going to create is not the next empire... but a world where, theoretically speaking, no empire can exist at all?

Is this really possible?

"You...didn't lie to me?"

It took a long time, a long time... Only then did the tide make his breathing a little easier.

He tried his best to raise his head, looked at Connor in front of him, and said——

"Will the empire...will be wiped out so simply? Under such circumstances? Or is it all just that woman's imagination? Is it her whimsy?"

Connor didn't want to lie, but as an economist, he couldn't conscientiously lie when others asked him about economics.

After hesitating for a short time, he nodded silently and said: "Your Highness, it is a bit too quick to say simple destruction. Ariel Garcia wants to use the power of capital to destroy the empire." , If there is no violent conflict, it may be a very long process. However, even if this process is very long, with the accumulation of capital... the empire is not just the Blue Bay Empire, but the entire Golden Empire The state form of 'empire' on the mainland will undoubtedly become a blocker in front of businessmen with large amounts of capital."

"So, as long as we don't control and restrict those businessmen, sooner or later, they will break through the shackles of the country. These businessmen with a lot of money... the kind described in Ariel Garcia's book In other words, they have absolutely no interest in ruling a country, their only interest is in turning money into more money. At that time, they instinctively destroy the 'empire', thus creating a more favorable The country where these merchants exist. Judging from this book... Ariel will tentatively name this country 'Republic'."

Tide took a deep breath, trying to keep his mood calm.However, his hands are holding each other tightly now.Because only in this way can the trembling on his body be calmed down a bit——

"Is it impossible for us to win these merchants? In the form of an 'empire'?"

Connor opened his mouth slightly, emotionally speaking, he really wanted to say "yes".But in the end, he swallowed the sentence before he could say it.

After a moment of silence, he finally continued—

"The merchant group represented by Ariel Garcia wants to expand as much as possible after they have mastered the elemental machine. After mastering the power of the elemental machine, their supplies will become extremely abundant. In contrast , the form of the empire...institutionally limits the output of materials."

"I have already said these things in the introduction just now, and now I can confirm this with Your Royal Highness again. That is the system of the empire, which essentially does not welcome such an environment of explosive material abundance. The material is too large If it is too abundant, the empire will not be able to rule under its rule. Because if such an abundance of materials is allowed to explode, it will be easy to raise merchants who are incomparably rich. These merchants will confront the empire again."

"However, if the internal supplies of the empire are kept as low as possible, it is impossible to deal with a merchant team with sufficient supplies."

"Your Highness... Although, in terms of my loyalty, I am really reluctant to say such a thing... But now, I really believe this. Believe in the new world that my student described .”

"In the face of that new world, the imperial system...maybe really has become an old and weak system. In the face of the republic represented by merchants, the imperial system...is a system that has already lost at the strategic level .”

Human beings are creatures with a weak ability to accept new things.All human beings who have entered adulthood will always instinctively reject the birth of new things, and will deny that there will be things in this world that are completely inconsistent with their own worldview.I always think that the new things are evil, sinful, unsustainable, and will be abandoned one day, and then return to the environment I used to know.

It's really a ridiculous habit.

Human beings like to escape, like to be self-sufficient, and like to be gentle in their own comfortable environment, regardless of the stormy waves outside, until one day the terrible side rips the warm illusion, destroys everything, and destroys all the familiar things of human beings After being exhausted, human beings will die in regret and curse, but they will still not regret whether they are the wrong party.

But on the other hand, human beings are creatures with a strong ability to accept new things.

It is precisely because of their strong ability to accept new things that they can reproduce to their heart's content on the entire Golden Continent, occupying the most territory, creating the most and most prosperous city-states, and establishing the most beautiful civilization.

It is always interesting and exciting to be able to absorb new things, even if that kind of things may completely tear up one's previous values, but being able to know such things is a kind of luck in itself.

For Chao Bilan, as a member of the royal family, he has a conservative side.

He once thought that the Azure Royal Family would exist forever. Even if one day his country collapsed and was invaded by other empires, it should happen a long time after his death.

As a member of the royal family, living a royal life has become a natural habit, and he will never want to change this comfortable life.

But on the other hand, when Tide Bilan looks at the world as an artist, he will feel that the world is constantly changing and is constantly iterating like ocean waves.

Art always has new angles to explain, dance always has new movements, and lyrics can also have newer changes.The operas created before his birth may be very beautiful, but he always believed that he would be able to compose new operas that are more beautiful and moving, and that can be left in history!If he does not admit that the world is changing, and that what happens later is likely to completely subvert the worldview of his predecessors, then he is tantamount to believing that he cannot achieve higher artistic achievements, which is for this artist. Undoubtedly the most unacceptable.

Chapter 490 Irreconcilable Class Contradictions

Therefore, Tide Bilan, as a member of the royal family of the Blue Bay Empire, after experiencing a harsh ideological struggle, the worldview he once thought was unbreakable was finally broken at this moment.While establishing a new world view, it also broadened his horizons, allowing him to see more things than his elder brother could.

"So...my brother is the real traitor..."

Silently, Tidal recited this sentence again.

"This thing sounds so unbelievable... But, it is so real. Such a ridiculous thing happened... It happened to a person who wanted to revitalize the Blue Bay Empire so much, but what he did in the end was On the Emperor of Blue Bay who pushed the empire to a dead end? This is really ridiculous... If I can, I really want to make this joke into a drama. It will be the greatest drama of this era, is a Full of irony, and tragedy of the age, the greatest opera."

Connor nodded lightly, followed Tide's words and said, "It's a pity, but it's true."

"His Majesty Belan XIII should never have done anything wrong. The last thing he should do is to acquiesce in the promotion of the elemental machines. He did not foresee that the power of the elemental machines would destroy the empire, but he only thought short-sightedly that the elemental machines produced Power can help him maintain the empire."

"If he only puts the power of the elemental machine in such a small marginal province, it can be controlled. But this time, His Majesty Bezulan XIII hopes to promote the elemental machine throughout the country, and will The entire Hanhai City has been transformed into a factory of elemental machines. There is no doubt that this will quickly destroy the production force of the entire empire, making the empire lose control of the rapidly developing elemental machines."

"In order to stop His Majesty...to prevent His Majesty from continuing to advance on the road of destroying the empire, that's why the Magic Association and the Holy See of Light joined forces and took action to stop His Majesty's self-destruction process in this very regrettable way."

Tidal raised his head, looked at the ceiling, took a deep breath, and then exhaled.

He felt that his heart had fallen into a tranquility, and the grief he had felt at the time of his brother's death had now slowly disappeared, turning into a kind of regret and helplessness.

"You... haven't you told your brother about this kind of thing?"

Facing Tidal's question, Connor continued: "I said so. During the journey that the late emperor took me to the border provinces, I found several opportunities to tell these stories to the late emperor."

Tidal: "How did he react?"

Connor: "The late emperor... the late emperor is not as delicate as your highness. I must say, I really respect the late emperor. Being beside him is like bathing in the sun, giving people a warm and powerful feeling. Feeling. However, the first emperor was not sensitive enough to things. No matter what I said, the first emperor insisted that he could control the element machine, balance the capital system of merchants and the imperial system of imperial power, and use Imperial power overwhelms capital."

"So you just killed him?" Tidal said this to Majik who had been silent for a long time.

Majik nodded very seriously.

From Chao Chao's point of view, the Magic Association and the Bright Holy See came to kill Menglang because the merchant power of the element machine would threaten the imperial power.It's actually not that important whether they want to assassinate them purely because their own interests are occupied by the elemental machine.

It is an indisputable fact that they killed their elder brother and the emperor of the entire Blue Bay Empire.

The more indisputable fact is that their assassination action theoretically saved the Blue Bay Empire.As for the motivation, this is just a small episode in history, and I am afraid it is not that important anymore.

It was only at this moment that Chao Chao suddenly understood the unimaginable things that the association and the Holy See wanted the royal family to do after they returned.

Disbanding the Royal Guards, even slandering the Guards for participating in the assassination, and strangling all the members of the Guards who came back, not only to avoid responsibility, but also to prevent those who have received the influence of the elemental machines in the marginal provinces from returning,

Bury those advanced things like seeds in the hearts of ordinary people.

Asking to classify his own sister Tianjiu Che as a traitor and asking to be killed is also to better block the idea of ​​the elemental machine.My younger sister has been with those businessmen for more than a year, and she must have fully appreciated the power of the elemental machine, right?If there is another dependence on the elemental machine among the members of the royal family and some unfavorable remarks are made, then it is conceivable that this will also be a disaster.

The personal guards who loyally protect the royal family must be disbanded and killed.

The sister who really loves her brother will oppress and kill her.

Those rebels who rushed out at the last moment to protect the enemy emperor had to be isolated and killed.

On the contrary, these people who murdered their elder brothers want to protect them and help them hide the truth, and put the name of "justice" on them.

Ridiculous...really ridiculous...

Chao Chao began to feel that the imperial system mentioned in "On the Collapse of Empires" was a backward system, which might be true.

In order to protect this empire, in order to allow the royal family to continue to be the royal family, to allow members of the royal family like myself to continue to enjoy the daily life of wearing underwear to eat and mouth, not having to give birth, and living a carefree life, then it is necessary to suppress that kind of advanced capital system.

Use the backward to suppress the advanced?

This is tantamount to admitting that all dramas created from now on will not be more subtle than the previous ones, and denying all subsequent art with closed eyes forever, declaring that these artistic cultures are rubbish compared to the previous art.

Heh...hehehe...is it fun?

In order to protect the royal family, this is really fucking fun!

but……

Tidal raised his head, and his gaze had changed from the confusion just now to a firmness and clarity that had never been seen before.It can be seen from these eyes that he no longer has any hesitation or confusion, but firmly believes in the path he has chosen——

"So now, is there any way to stop this from happening?"

Looking into Tide's eyes, Connor couldn't help but gasp.Also when he was hesitating, Majik on the side said: "Your Highness, it seems that you understand what should be done now?"

Tidal nodded slowly: "Since I am a member of the royal family, I must maintain the existence of the Azure Royal Family. I will never accept the collapse of the Blue Bay Empire in my lifetime. I will never go to those Civilian life, that was too cruel for me."

Majik laughed. He clapped his hands, looking very happy, and smiled happily: "Your Highness, I knew you would understand! Since we were born, we have accepted that people are divided into ranks." .I am the noble magician. And you are the respected imperial family. It can be said that our life has enjoyed too much joy and happiness because of our rank. Now, if someone wants to deprive us of No matter how right that person is, no matter how advanced and correct he is, we must destroy him and crush him mercilessly."