The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

Off-topic: I saw a reader ask why Grace was so angry, and where the two of them disagreed.

This is a particularly good point. Through this point, several open questions can be thrown (these questions will not be answered in the article, but I believe that everyone will get their own answers after reading the full text):

Did the real French Revolution succeed or fail?Do you support or oppose the Great Revolution?For France and Grace's country, do you think the price of the Revolution was worth it?What do you think is better than a good dictatorship (monarchy, efficient centralization) or a bad democracy (mob rule, chaotic anarchy)?

Then go back to the differences between Grace and Allen. First of all, we must remember what the revolution is for. It has a general policy and general principles, which are equality, freedom, and human rights.And how to achieve these three goals?Everyone's consensus is to adopt a republic, constitution, representative system, etc., and the opposite of these is dictatorship.

It can be said that everyone has worked hard together for so many years, shed so much blood, and suffered so many crimes. They just wanted to establish an effective democratic republic mechanism through the constitution. The tree was pulled down and trampled, so it can be said that it has returned to before the revolution.

So now their differences are an irreconcilable contradiction.By doing this, Allen is tantamount to admitting that the current Great Revolution has failed (this is a very subjective idea of ​​mine, please don’t accept it unconditionally), and he wants to start anew; while Grace thinks that the Great Revolution has only “not yet” succeeded, and he thinks that Ai Lun is his strongest ally, and he will continue to work hard with him.As a result, the allies not only changed course, but also went to the opponent's camp (this is said because the purpose of the revolution is to oppose the dictatorship and limit the rights of individuals).

Allen's doing this is tantamount to manually setting the unsuccessful revolution that Grace thinks has failed, which is equivalent to a serious betrayal. With the addition of personal emotions, Grace will be more angry than others.

Those who had conflicts in these areas before were not as serious as they were, and they had already divided into opposing parties and tried to send each other to the guillotine.

In fact, it wasn't just Grace who was angry, those representatives were also angry, and they all shot at Allen.In the early morning of the day of the coup, when the elders and Grace held a secret meeting, they still believed that Alan did not dare or could not, because of the confidence that the concept of republic had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It can be said that Allen is the second generation of the military coup at the venue. He was more fully prepared for this event, so it was relatively smooth; while the first generation Napoleon he imitated was scolded bloody by angry representatives as soon as he stepped into the venue. He was almost killed on the spot.

At that time, Napoleon was the same as Allen in terms of achievements, status, and prestige. He was almost a god, but he lost to the republican belief in people's hearts.Napoleon was also very surprised and terrified at the time. He had no idea that the word "Republic" had such an important position in people's hearts.

What surprised him the most was that when he escaped from the group fight at the venue and wanted to bring the troops waiting outside into the venue to attack the representatives, none of the soldiers listened to him!Those soldiers who could charge under the hail of bullets based on his words, didn't listen to his command when they saw their officers were beaten with blood all over their faces!Later, Napoleon's younger brother Lucien pointed his sword at Napoleon's chest and shouted to the soldiers: "If my brother dares to destroy the republic in the future, I will be the first to kill him!" The brothers rushed to the venue and completed the coup.

Allen just learned from the experience and lessons of his predecessors, is more prepared, and has stronger temporary response capabilities, but the difficulties he faces are actually the same as those of Napoleon, so he also hoped to reorganize the government in a "legal" way at the beginning, but It is obviously impossible to succeed.

Some readers mentioned Octavian. In fact, Allen and Napoleon were also using the republic to cover up the dictatorship. For example, although the vote was in the form of a farce, it was voted anyway. Although he claimed to be the supreme ruler, he also set up a Two ruling powers who don't care about anything, just for the sake of looking good.But they will not be as smooth as Octavian, because Octavian has Caesar to pave the way, and more importantly, the times have changed, and people are more politically wise, which is what the earl said at the beginning: the people have become smarter.In terms of analogy, I feel that Allen and Napoleon are more like Caesar. They are both the first generation of dictatorships under the republic system, and they are both excellent in martial arts.So some representatives at the venue called him Caesar.

Going back to Grace's anger towards Allen, it can be compared to Beethoven's anger towards Napoleon.Beethoven admired Napoleon so much at the beginning, and wrote a symphony for him (beethoven only wrote 9 symphonies in his life), but when he found out that Napoleon became emperor, he tore up the manuscript, crossed out Napoleon’s name, and scolded him. He, angry and disheartened, resembled Grace's mood.

The previous article may not have fully emphasized that the republic has become a belief. In fact, the "Goddess of Democracy" is expressing this meaning, and you can also see the enthusiasm of the people to join the army.Grace's country has always had foreign troubles, but at that time the government could only spend money to hire foreign mercenaries to guard the palace and go to the front to fight against the enemy, because the people in the country did not have a sense of identity with the country.Then the revolution began, the country became the people's country, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the people was unprecedentedly high.The country they love is the "Republic" country, and they support Allen as a national hero because he resisted foreign enemies who attempted to destroy the Republic and protected the fruits of the revolution.

I'll go ahead and add a little bit to that, and that's what Grace was thinking when she looked at the young men in uniform on the street.

If you still have any questions, please let me know in the comments. I think it is necessary to add to the previous article.

The following text:

Grace finally understood Chris, and would rather indulge in the fake drama on the small stage than see the livelier world outside.

When the Earl of Arundel found Grace, the queen mother had been out of the power center for a long time. In the small theater of the former king, he saw the already emaciated people curled up on the sofa, with their legs curled up under their skirts, as if they had no legs. , a lot of books were spread around the skirt.

The Earl knelt down, took Grace's feet out of their skirts, and put on shoes for him, noticing that the covers of the books were all in Latin.

Grace moved slightly until she put on both shoes, sat up slowly after a few seconds, pointed to the books around the skirt and said, "Help me find a story about Kübler's, I..." Count Arundel saw him pursing his lower lip, and then continued: "I can't find that book."

"Is it a myth of ancient Rome?"

"Maybe . . . I don't know."

After seeing him say this useless answer, the Earl of Arundel looked at the small stage in a daze, his green eyes dull.There were several musicians and a couple of actors and actresses on it, performing errands to perform an outdated opera, just right for such dull eyes.

The Earl of Arundel picked up a book and literally turned the pages.His browsing speed is fast.

"You didn't lie to me about it, did you? Your Latin is really good."

The Earl of Arundel moved his gaze to Grace's face, and saw that his eyes regained some vitality, and looked at himself expectantly.

Grace leaned over and grabbed his hand, writing on the palm of his hand with her fingertips.He was afraid that the count might not see it clearly, so he spelled the word again, then raised his head, his eyes even had light, and asked, "Did you see it clearly? I should remember correctly, that's how it was written, can you find it?" ?"

"I didn't lie to you," said the Earl of Arundel, bowing his head and continuing to turn the pages of the book.

It took about an hour to browse through the dozen or so books on the sofa.The Count turned over the last page of the last book, closed it gently, and said, "Unfortunately, it was not found." He was really sorry.

But Grace was not discouraged, and took Earl Arundel's arm to stand up from the sofa, "There are still many Latin books in the library of the main hall of the palace."

"Grace, we don't have that much time, it's a very—"

"It's urgent, isn't it? So you need me—not 'us', you need me. But you know my temper, and you have to cheer me up if you want me to do something for you. I just want to find that book."

Arundel looked at Grace's face that quickly became cruel, and remembered that they also had a heart-to-heart conversation.

"But you have more important things."

Grace waved her hand annoyedly, and sat back on the sofa again, "I said, it has nothing to do with 'me'."

"Colonel Ston was assassinated twice—"

Grace turned sharply.

The Earl of Arundel exhaled lightly, he should be happy for Grace's reaction. "—he was lucky enough to dodge it, once it was a gun and missed; once it was an explosion, thanks to his clever driver. Grace, not only the revolution needs you to save, but also our arrogant Colonel Ston needs you save."

Grace gritted her teeth, "I'm not as strong as you said, I can't convince him."

"You don't need to persuade. It is your identity, your influence, and the crown in your hand can restrain him. I have already won some people for you, and they are willing to unite around you to resist Colonel Ston's arrogance. When we To keep the crown, isn’t one of the purposes just to guard against such a situation? We can’t let him continue to make enemies.”

"You make it sound like everything is going for him."

"For the republic, and for our supreme ruling, the reason is the same. He has embarked on a road that only allows success and does not allow failure. You know exactly what failure means. He should be cautious at the moment, but he has not reined in at all. The meaning is that you will make your enemies more and more."

Grace was silent for a while, and asked Earl of Arundel: "What did he do again?"

"Almost all the ministers are his people. He also used these two assassinations to promote the murderers as royalists and radicals respectively, and took the opportunity to replace some local provincial officials with his own people." The Earl paused for a moment before uttering the dreaded word: "From the time he chose Barnard over me, it has been clear that Colonel Ston will be the dictator."

Grace thought for a long time, then smiled wryly, "The crown is in my hands, and the royal power is in his hands... Lord Earl, I don't want to fight against him, let alone split the country. Maybe it's good to let him be king, at least it's better than you and others The four governors have done a good job. He will be a wise king, and the enemies in front of us may eventually be convinced by him..."

"Ming Jun? Then what are the bloodshed and sacrifices before?... He wants to amend the constitution, Grace, he wants to move the constitution. He has controlled the government and successfully deceived the people. If he wants to amend the law, no one will stop him Hold him."

Grace said cruelly: "Just treat the revolution as a failure!"

"But obviously not yet! You didn't give up in the darkest and most difficult period, why did you admit defeat when it started to get better? Could it be because his surname is Ston? But have you ever thought about Brigadier General Ston? He is for the country and for the people , He gave his life for the Constitution! Do you want him to die in vain?"

Grace's face twisted when he mentioned William.

"Shut up!" he yelled sharply.

The actors on the small stage were frightened by him and paused their performances, and hurriedly exited after receiving a gesture from the Earl of Arundel.

Grace clenched her fists and tried to calm herself down a bit, but she still couldn't help trembling, "Alan will not betray the Republic, I understand him...he just wants the government to be stronger and the people to suffer less. Maybe he didn't Wrong, after all, we have worked hard for so long, but we have not proved ourselves right at all!"

"If you're talking about Colonel Ston now, I agree with you. But what about the future? Do you expect a dictator to be just, sane, unselfish, and right forever? That's impossible, Grace, every trader for the country Kings with surnames were good kings in the first place, but why did the old system end up bringing pain to the country?"

"Nearly half of the officials appointed by our supreme ruler are people with military background who have gone out with him. He distributes power to these generals with military merits, just like the king hundreds of years ago. What's the difference between the nobles he holds the sword? If it's just the new king replacing the old king, why do we have to work hard for so long?"

Grace pushed him away annoyed, "As I said, just assume that the revolution has failed. A new good king is better than five greedy and incompetent governors! You know that someone is corrupt and someone is abusing their power. Why don't you? You don't want to take risks? You can't control? Now someone is going to stop this. Wouldn't it be a good thing? Finally someone is going to take the poverty of the people seriously! I'm looking forward to it, I'm fed up with the government The policy of printing paper coupons without money!"

"Grace, if you let the new king come, what about our own king? What about little Chris?"

"Alan will never kill a baby! He doesn't need to grab the crown, I know him, he values ​​reality-"

"Then you are betting an innocent life with the conscience of a dictator. Napoleon didn't want to be emperor at first, but his ambition ended up embroiling his country in endless wars. You really understand our supreme ruler Do you really understand the ambitions of a man in power? After he did this behind your back—”

"You don't need to provoke my relationship with him like this, it's useless."

"Little Chris has eyes so similar to yours, yet you don't feel pity for him? You were also one of the planners when he was pushed to the throne. Have you forgotten the prophecy I said? It has already come true At one time, the king can only choose between the crown and death."

"I will never fail to protect even a baby!"

"What if he wasn't a strange baby? Do you think it's easy to find a baby with light eyes and dark hair in that emergency? Do you think it's mere coincidence that his eyes are so similar to yours?  … ...I don't want you to hate me, Grace! ...but I said this to our Supreme Ruler and he didn't believe it...I didn't want to tell you, it was the last step I wanted to take."

Grace stared at him horribly, her teeth were chattering when she spoke, "What are you talking about? It sounds like gibberish..."

"Courage and ideals are not the only things that Commodore General Ston left in this world."

Grace jumped up from the sofa, grabbed Earl of Arundel by the collar and shouted, "Speak clearly!"

"Little Chris is the child of William Ston and Sia Kellings."

Grace let out a piercing scream and slapped the Earl of Arundel hard.