On the 15th of the Cold Moon, Cecil City had begun to fill with the atmosphere of victory.
For ordinary citizens, the complex interest disputes between countries are too profound, and the knowledge involving gods is too far away. Many people cannot understand the many truths behind this war, but a war ends with A victorious ending is always worth celebrating - although the official armistice announcement has not yet been issued, and the negotiations between Typhon and Cecil have not even begun, a lot of good news has begun to spread in large cities with convenient communications. In these final months of winter, this good news lifts people's spirits like the coming moon of recovery.
Near the Imperial College, a tall young man with short silver hair was walking quickly through the street.
The snow left on the road a few days ago has been cleared away, and the dirty snow piles are clustered under the street trees on both sides of the road, preparing to turn into new supplies for the trees when the weather gets warmer. , several children wearing thick winter clothes were running around among the snowdrifts, having snowball fights with the dirty snow without caring whether their clothes would get dirty, and citizens on vacation lazily walked by. , some people stood at the door, discussing with their neighbors the various news circulating in the city recently-mostly about the war on the border.
Ordinary people’s understanding of war is always very one-sided. Even though they themselves may have experienced a life of ups and downs, they cannot accurately depict the scene that happened between Typhon and Cecil. During the great battle, they used their own way of understanding to discuss the victory of the empire, the defeat of the enemy, and the rumors about the gods being out of control and the church being polluted. These voices reached the ears of the silver-haired young man, who had a helpless smile on his face. , then quickened his pace and soon passed through this not very long street.
He came to a clean and tidy house facing the street, glanced at the house number in front of him, walked up a few steps, took out the key and opened the door, and a warm air flow hit his face.
The young man stepped into the house. The warmth brought by the central heating quickly dissipated the chill accumulated along the way. He poked his head and glanced in the direction of the living room, and at the same time took off his coat and hung it up. On the hook on the nearby wall - the sound of footsteps quickly came from the stairs, and a moment later a familiar voice sounded: "Hi! Fendil! When I heard the door, I guessed that you were back. !”
The silver-haired heir to the North, Fundil Wilder, looked towards the direction of the sound and saw Elaven Franklin, who looked tired and had messy hair, walking towards this direction. , a smile appeared on his face: "Why do you look like you haven't slept for a year."
"I am completing the homework assigned by the instructor - some calculations and derivation of magic power loss in crystals... "Hey, it's not something worth bragging about. It's incomparable with what a 'great hero' who just retreated from the battlefield has experienced." Elaven, who had short brown hair and a slightly short stature, came to Fendil and looked at When he glanced at the sergeant's coat that the other party had just hung on the wall next to him, his expression showedA trace of admiration, "You are now someone who has experienced the battlefield."
"Don't say that," Fendier immediately waved his hand, "I am just a cadet who has not graduated yet - Your Majesty We were incorporated into the second-line battle group. The other cadets and recruits and I actually spent most of the time busy on the supply line between the Treaty Fort and Winter Wolf Castle, except for the final moment when we were a little nervous when transporting supplies to the front-line artillery positions. Besides, I haven’t really been exposed to the battlefield at all, and I have no military exploits to speak of.”
Elaine couldn’t help but look at the other person: “I didn’t expect you to be such a humble person.
Fendil laughed and said casually while walking towards the direction of the living room: "If you have a strict aunt, you will be as humble as me - she knows that I want to serve as a trainee non-commissioned officer When she went to the front line, she specially sent me a magic network message. In summary, she only confessed one thing: if I dared to replace my achievements or brag about my battlefield experience, she would freeze me and hang me on the highest tower of Winter Castle..."
Eleven immediately shrank his neck: "I feel like Ms. Victoria can really do it..."
"Of course she can do it - so we'd better not continue talking about this. A terrible topic." Fendier sat down on the soft sofa in the living room. The feeling of physical and mental relaxation gradually relaxed his tense nerves and muscles since he left the front line. He looked and walked away. The friend who came over glanced at him with a look on his face that he would only show when asking for help, "Elaven, I need your help with something..."
"Let me help?" Elaven Pointing to himself with some surprise, "Is it mathematics and magic courses again? Do you still have these courses in the second phase of the non-commissioned officer department?"
"Of course not," Fendil Immediately waved his hand, "I just need your literary background - you know, I'm not good at this."
"Grammar?" Elaine frowned subconsciously when he heard the other party's words. Frowning, "Fendil, did you see a girl who moved your heart in the army? But I want to remind you that it is best to kiss a love letter yourself..."
"Stop, stop, stop, more. Not this!" Fendil was dumbfounded by his friend's overly rich association ability. He waved his hand vigorously, "It's a serious matter. My superiors asked me to do it, but I feel a little unable to do it, so I want to ask you for help. Of course, this matter does not involve confidentiality, so you can rest assured."
Elaine hesitated, but after seeing his friend's serious look, he nodded: "Then. It depends on the specific content of the help. I reserve the right to refuse."
"It's very simple. Your Majesty has asked some of us who have experienced this war to write something," Fendil said slowly, organizing his words. , he thought of the atmosphere in the city preparing to celebrate, and also thought of the citizens talking about the news on the streets, "About who we are fighting this war with, why we are fighting it, the consequences after the fight, and the relationship between this war and How are people from all walks of life related to each other?——I know how to say it, but I need you to help me polish the specific content. "
Elaine listened carefully to what his friend said, but couldn't help showing a curious look on his face: "I know what you want me to do, but... why do you do this? ? "
...
"Let's just say it's for further 'awakening', so that people can get rid of the quagmire of ignorance and blindness." In Cecil's palace, Gawain returned to his familiar place. In the study room, Amber stood next to him as always, and his words were meant for this curious half-elf, "Actually, we should have done this before the war started - it's just that the changes went beyond the plan, and there was no There was still time to catch up. "
At this point, he glanced at Amber who was thinking with a half-smile, and explained seriously: "Let the intellectuals in the military summarize all kinds of common sense about war and sort out the context behind the war. , let the propaganda department conduct a "war analysis" on citizens, tell everyone who we are fighting and why we are fighting in terms of motivation, significance, and long-term impact, tell everyone why we are victorious and why we are peaceful. In a sense, this is the same as what we have always done. The popularization of knowledge that has been devoted since then is equally important. "
"I seem to be able to understand your thoughts," Amber thought seriously, even her ears drooped a bit as she thought, but she finally understood Gawain's thoughts, "It's still the same as before. The concept mentioned... country, nation, society - people must first understand what kind of collective they are in, in order to establish a sense of identity with this collective, and further establish longer-term cohesion... Is this what it means? "
"This is a big part of the reason," Gawain was very happy that Amber really remembered the things he usually taught her seriously (although she also memorized a lot of things at the same time that she didn't need at all. Note), “We need to build a more progressive and enlightened society, which requires us to have more progressive and enlightened members of society. In this regard, neither Typhon nor Cecil have done much at present. Not nearly enough. People need to know more truths, need to think more, and need to be able to distinguish right from wrong, instead of facing social changes in ignorance, and ultimately attribute these changes to heroes, emperors or 'God bless' - if it is true If this happens, a lot of our efforts will be in vain. "
"I understand what you mean, but this is not easy to do," Amber curled her lips, seemingly not very optimistic, "There will always be a few people who can think rationally and distinguish right from wrong, even if there are tens of thousands of scholars. If you keep telling everyone how the world works day and night, millions of people will continue to be blind. What's more, they will take what you teach them out of context, or misunderstand it, or even deliberately distort the content. ——After all, what you have to teach them now is no longer simple spelling, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but the subtle structure deep in the country and society. ”
“Indeed, there will always be a minority of people who can think rationally and distinguish right from wrong... But even ifWe can make one percent of people change, which will be a huge boost to the entire society." Gao Wen leaned on the chair, crossed the fingers of his hands, and placed them on his body in a very relaxed posture. "And the more important significance is that our preaching will give ordinary people some opportunities to think - no matter whether their thinking is profound or superficial, correct or wrong, this kind of thinking itself is the most important.
“We need to let everyone know that everything in this world has rules to follow, from their daily lives to the wars between empires. These can all be explained, and even further. Natural phenomena and social changes should also be understandable. As long as this concept gradually becomes popular, we can breathe a sigh of relief."
Amber blinked: "Even if a group of stupid people are watching. Is it better to argue with stupid questions after reading the newspaper than to let them shout "God bless" after seeing something they can't understand?"
"What you summarized is... It's really spot on," Gawain glanced at Amber in surprise, "I didn't expect such a good summary."
"I usually study hard, okay?" Amber suddenly interjected. He bowed his head and said, "The messy concepts you usually talk about are more and more complicated and difficult to understand. I don't want to be laughed at by Hetty and Rebecca every time."
Gawain looked at it with a half-smile. This half-elf is already familiar with the other person's character. He knows that a few compliments will make this guy get carried away and arrogant. But at least this time she really understands her philosophy, so it's no big deal to let this guy be complacent for a while. .
While Amber was feeling triumphant, Gawain gradually fell into thinking.
He has now returned to Cecil City, but the "war" between Typhon and Cecil has not really settled yet. Now that the two empires have ceased fire, the Typhons have agreed to the conditions for truce negotiations in the Elven Neutral Zone, and Rosetta Augustus has sent a personal letter personally recognizing the "Community Alliance" plan, but whether it is armistice negotiations or the establishment of a "community alliance", both of these things will take a while.
Rosetta Augustus has returned to Aldernan. In this disaster that the whole country devoted its efforts to fight against, the Typhon people paid a huge price, and now Rosetta must find a way to stabilize the shaky domestic situation. Fortunately, he made preparations in advance and used thunderous means to eliminate almost all opposition in the country. At the same time, he controlled all the key lifelines in the country with absolute military power. The military nobles including Bernardin Wendell firmly stood with the royal family. On the one hand, in theory, as long as these military nobles do not waver, the situation within Typhon will not worsen, and as the trade between the two countries resumes and the economy picks up, everything will get better.
On the other hand, Gawain and Rosetta also sent "invitation letters" to the countries with which they have established diplomatic relations, calling on these countries to send representatives to face the world's situation together.potential changes.
A war on the Typhon-Cecil border shattered the entire plain and shocked the entire world. Although no more countries were involved in this disaster, there were still countless My eyes are watching this war and the shocking "mad god" in the final battle. Gawain believes that every country paying attention to this war has its own methods, and their rulers should have more or less learned the secret behind this divine disaster - most of them should be trapped in it now. A complicated mentality of fear and confusion, and now... Typhon and Cecil will officially make this disaster public.
But when it comes to the specific announcement content... it needs to be carefully considered and handled with caution.
Gawain must take into account the gods and their churches that are not out of control and are in normal condition. He must prevent the public information from being too exciting and making the gods behind these churches unstable. At the same time, We must also ensure that what is published has enough information and is enough to shock the world, so as to arouse the vigilance of leaders of various countries and make them realize that gods are not perfect protectors, and make them realize that gods are also in danger of losing control.
While considering these issues, Gawain was also constantly thinking about another thing:
In order to eliminate a crazy god of war, Typhon and Cecil have already sacrificed The price is huge, but there is more than one god in this world.
How many times can all mortals pay such a price?
Not to mention that there are huge hidden dangers behind this head-on elimination - after the loss of the Godhead, if the subsequent spiritual construction and ideological guidance of the public do not keep up, if a large number of ordinary people are still used to The earth reveres the corresponding gods and is used to attributing things to the gods...then the fallen gods will return to the throne sooner or later, and the huge sacrifices made to eliminate the mad gods will become meaningless.
It was precisely because of this concern that Gawain considered further educating the entire population and put the work of analyzing war and clarifying political and economic principles on the agenda, but he knew that this was still not enough.
In general, what he is worried about are these two things: first, there are so many gods in the world, and even if a mortal can kill the gods once, he may not be able to sweep them all; The second is the worry that the subsequent spiritual construction will not keep up, and that the world's habitual prayers and blind awe of the unknown will make the gods return to their thrones.
While thinking, he subconsciously scratched a blank piece of manuscript paper with the pen in his hand. First a few messy letters, and then a few words were scrawled out.
Amber just recovered from her ecstasy and noticed Gawain's movements. She curiously turned her head and looked aside.
A strange word caught her eye:
Theocratic Council.
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