Hearing Hardilon's words, Matilda subconsciously wanted to frown, but this action only appeared in her heart for a moment and was covered up by her indifferent expression.
"There is still a tense atmosphere in the city, but order in factories and markets has begun to gradually recover," she came to Hadilon's side and said casually, "Due to the royal intervention, those attempts The speculative businessmen and the nobles who tried to transfer assets during the chaotic period were put to death in advance. The supply of food, cloth, and medicine is no longer a problem... You are more than half of the credit for this."
"In special times, we need to use some special means to make some people 'honest'," Hardilon smiled softly. "It is human instinct to pursue interests, but some people's instincts are too out of control. Yes. Okay, Sister Huang, I heard that there was a confrontation between the National Protectorate Knights and the 11th National Regiment. Has the matter been resolved?"
"We found a group of mentally contaminated commanders in the 11th Legion? and soldiers, and a few people who were excited by superficial beliefs. They were the source of the confrontation-all have been sent for treatment," Matilda said. "As for the others...when Archduke Ferdinand showed up, the situation changed. It calmed down quickly."
"Duke Ferdinand..." Hadilon showed a thoughtful expression, "He is the most virtuous and respected person among the military nobles, and the Knights who protect the country are absolutely in charge. He is loyal to the royal family and completely isolated from the God of War sect. If he stands up, he will be more effective than a hundred generals."
Matilda nodded slightly: "As long as the army is effectively controlled, military power will be strong. As long as the nobles remain loyal and the contamination of faith in several core legions is cleared away in time, the situation will soon be alleviated - and we also have a large number of battle mages who are completely unaffected by this 'plague' , and the Royal Mage Association has always stood on the side of the royal family. If these two forces don't get out of control, order will not get out of control."
Hadilan's eyes fell on the list next to him, and the corners of his mouth curled up. A little arc: "This is also the first guarantee that these lists can be properly 'handled'."
He knew that when a series of crises suddenly broke out, there was a lot of pessimism in the country, and some People who knew too much about the inside story even thought that the Augustus family would never recover, and that the Typhon royal family was doomed - the government orders could not leave the Obsidian Palace, the frontline troops were out of control, a "spiritual plague" appeared in the capital, and everyone in the Parliament was panicked. It seems that the situation has reached a point of complete collapse, and the royal family of this country is powerless to do anything about it...
Hadilon actually understands these pessimistic and even extreme emotions, but he never feels that he agrees with them.
Because a large number of armies, including the Knights of the Patriot, the Obsidian Custodes and the Rogues, are still firmly in the hands of the royal family, and due to the intentional control of the Typhon royal family for many years, these armies are not subject to any church The influence of the Royal Mage Association has always stood on the side of the Obsidian Palace. The contemporary president of the association and almost all senior officialsThe top mages are all staunch royalists - and these mages not only possess powerful force, but also master technology. They are a key part of quickly purifying the national communication network and quickly filling the loopholes in the communication system. In addition, the powerful nobles headed by Ferdinand Wendell also have reliable loyalty, and have already distanced themselves from the Church of Ares, either explicitly or covertly...
Typhon is facing a crisis , but the situation never got out of control, the Augustus family was just a little caught off guard.
In this crisis, the only factor that made young Hardylon feel out of control and always uneasy was the Cecil people who seemed to be calm.
The irritated Cecil people are dangerous, but they who calm down and occupy the Winter Wolf defense line silently may be even more dangerous - the scary thing is that all this is beyond Typhon's control.
He shook his head and rubbed his slightly sore eyebrows, and Matilda's voice came the next second: "Perhaps, some people can be handed over to me..."
p>Can’t After Matilda finished speaking, Hardilon shook his head. He raised his eyes and fell on the imperial sister’s face. He said with a serious expression: “We all know why this matter must be done. Leave it to me."
Matilda frowned but said nothing - she understood what Hardilon meant, and out of tacit understanding, they did not go into depth on this topic.
At this moment, a slight buzzing sound suddenly sounded, and an earring worn by Matilda flashed and buzzed slightly. The conversation between the two siblings was interrupted. Haldilon quickly reacted: "Father is looking for you."
"It seems so..." Matilda touched her earlobe, nodded to Haldilon and said, "Then I Then he left."
...
Not long after, Matilda said goodbye to Hadilan and walked through the deep and long corridors and rooms in the Obsidian Palace. Arriving at a study in the inner court, her brilliant father sat on his favorite high-backed chair - when Matilda entered the room, Rosetta Augustus He was reviewing several documents. He looked up from the documents and saw a faint smile on his face: "It came a little earlier than I expected."
"I happen to be at Hadilon's side," Matilda said frankly. "I came immediately after receiving your call."
"Hadilon...he should be very happy recently." "Busy," Emperor Rosetta said casually, "So, what did you talk to him about?"
"It was just a discussion about the recent domestic situation," Matilda said, and then she paused. , and couldn't help but say, "List, more lists... To be honest, it looks a little uncomfortable."
Rosetta looked at her and shook her head after a few seconds: " Trust me, Matilda, I don't want to see that list grow more than anyone else - but it's what we have to do in this country.What needs to be changed, and this crisis has exposed all the accumulated bad things. If we do not take this opportunity to eradicate their determination, then we will face longer-term difficulties and heavier hidden dangers in the future. "
"Of course, I understand," Matilda said immediately, "It's just...I always feel like I'm standing by and watching. "
"...Standing by and watching is the best way for you to 'participate' now," Emperor Rosetta gave Matilda a deep look, and then he seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying softly. , “Remember, kid, your hands can’t be dirty, especially not on this. ”
Matilda’s heart skipped a beat and she couldn’t help but slightly widen her eyes.
In fact, she knew that her father would come out on this matter sooner or later, but She never thought that it would be put on the table in this way under such circumstances.
Rosetta Augustus continued after a brief silence: " Matilda, remember, if you want to shoulder the responsibility of a country, then everything you do must be focused on the long-term future - longer-term than anyone else, and put everything into consideration from the beginning. costs and possible impacts are taken into consideration. As for this time, what you have to do is to keep your hands from getting dirty. You have to appease the nobles with a perfect posture, meet with the citizen representatives, and announce the follow-up welfare, production, and supply policies. You One must be the maintainer and establisher of order, and the unpleasant things... have to be done by others.
"Even if you make many decisions, you must maintain this 'respectable cleanliness'.
"Matilda, those lists - and the lists We all know that they are to clean up the empire, to quickly stabilize the situation and to resist internal and external threats. However, many people will not pay attention to these long-term results. They will pay attention to the terror and horror in the process. Nervous, and those 'extenuating victims'... In fact, their ideas are even correct, because these purges themselves are not honorable regardless of the purpose and the means. If it is abused, then this is even It is a violation of order. Regardless of the immediate and short-term effects of these actions, they are bound to be controversial in the long run—and those disputes cannot fall on you. "
Having said this, he took a deep look at Matilda again, with a smile on his face: "Do you feel that I am overprotective of you?
“Matilda, many years ago, I faced a situation similar to today’s...even worse, because at that time I made far more lists than I do today. The people I have to deal with are much more cunning and insidious than those speculators and selfish nobles today, and I could only do all of this with my own hands.
"The consequences of doing it with my own hands are. , I made more compromises, more trade-offs, leaving more leeway, and more enemies that cannot be directly eliminated, because only in this way can the whole process be avoided.The country is torn apart. I have spent more than ten years repairing these cracks and using tinkering methods to promote many imperfect new policies. Even so, there are still many people who secretly hate me, and their hatred grows deeper as time goes by—— Today, I have to put these people on a new list and face many new opponents who are influenced by them.
"This is too wasteful of energy and time, Matilda. I don't want you to walk on my path again.
"So, your hands must be Clean. ”
Matilda listened quietly to her father’s teachings, and a thought suddenly came to her mind-her father, who is as strong as steel, has rarely spoken to her like this all at once in recent years. So many words.
"I understand what you mean," she nodded, "but Hardylon..."
"He knows what he is doing, and you must too. You can tell," Rosetta said solemnly, "This may not be fair to him... but this is the responsibility of the royal family. "
Matilda sighed.
"Let's get down to business now," Rosetta changed the subject, "I asked you to come because I have something to confess. . "
Matilda immediately became serious: "Please give me your instructions. "
Rosetta reached out to the drawer next to her - he took out a thick document and put it on the table and pushed it towards Matilda.
< p>Matilda took the document curiously, and the first thing she saw after opening it was a line of large printed letters - "About the plan and long-term significance of establishing the Typhon Memo Library" < p>She continued to flip through a few pages, and soon discovered that a large part of the subsequent content was actually a bibliography."This is..." There was a faint guess in her heart, but Not sure what she was thinking, she looked at her father with a confused expression.
“We are going to secretly build a memorandum library to include everything about Typhon. Scholars have compiled a list of all historical and technical books, and further search and sorting work is in progress. According to the plan, more books will be included in it later, eventually forming a huge encyclopedia. In addition, the collection and arrangement of poetry, drama, architecture, paintings and other artworks have also begun, and now this work will be left to you to continue. "
Matilda finally couldn't help but interrupt Rosetta: "Your plan...is it preparation..."
"Just in case, Rosetta said calmly, "If we fail, someone needs to ensure that our tradition and history can continue." "
"Is the situation already so critical? "Matilda couldn't help but ask, "At present, everything seems to be under control..."
"Everything is indeed not at its worst, but we are walking on the edge of the cliff. There is a possibility of things getting worse - and if it does happen one day, the work of preserving history and culture must start now. "
Matilda listened carefully and thought, and then she suddenly realized that what her father was really worried about was not the lofty god at all, but people: "Do you think those Cecil people will? Take this opportunity to start a devastating war? And you think they have the ability? "
"I admire and am willing to support Gawain Cecil and the 'claims' he stated, but we can never completely trust our enemies. As for whether they have this ability... Mathil Da, as long as they have this motive, I have recently discovered their motive for doing this, and even their specific actions. "
Matilda fell into a brief thought, and after a few seconds she said in a deep voice: "...If it really comes to the situation you are worried about, then even if we organize and preserve these books, they I'm afraid it will just become a collection in the Cecil Museum - used to display their successful conquests. "
"So this is the worst plan, and it can't even be called an effective countermeasure," Rosetta said lightly. "If this crisis is passed safely, we will naturally have time and space to slowly solve the problem, but right now... there's not much we can do. "
Matilda looked at her father steadily for a long time before finally lowering her head: "...I understand, father. ”
Rosetta said lightly “Yeah”, and then the study fell into a short but suffocating silence. Until Matilda couldn’t help but want to speak, Rosetta Then he suddenly said: "Do you think I am too pessimistic? "
Matilda hesitated for a moment, but nodded: "...Yes. ”
“Indeed, I am a little pessimistic, especially not long ago when we were immersed in strong self-confidence in national strength and proudly planning for the glorious era in the future. My pessimistic thoughts now seem particularly unreasonable. …But, Matilda, I am taking a huge gamble.
“A ruler should not be a gambler, but I have always encountered situations in my life where I have to be a gambler. According to my experience, when faced with a gambling game... it is better to be pessimistic than to be a gambler. It’s better to be blindly optimistic.”