In Amber's eyes, Gawain seldom used such lengthy speeches to explain a concept. The man who emerged from the coffin was always full of thoughts, but those thoughts seemed to be beyond the comprehension of all living beings in the world, so he was more It is to do one thing silently, take everyone to do one thing together, and then let everyone understand what is going on in the business they are doing bit by bit in the process. During this process, he will explain, He can guide, but rarely preaches. All his "teachings", if those are preaching, are basically concentrated in the textbooks of the college.
In the textbooks of social knowledge class and history class, Gao Wen wrote a lot of things in this area by himself, because he once said a word: the world view of adults changes very slowly, and only children can shape it from an early age.
Subtle influence on adults and labor reform, school-age education and world view shaping on children, this seems to be the method that Gao Wen has always adopted. It is a pity that Amber is neither interested in school, but always slack and avoid meetings...
But she is not stupid. On the contrary, she is extremely smart. She quickly heard a lot of deep meaning from Gao Wen's words, and after thinking about it carefully, she realized a fact that shocked her: "You want to destroy Among the landed nobles, including... ”
"Yes, including myself, including the Cecil family," Gao Wen looked into Amber's eyes calmly, "Haven't you paid attention to the way the Government Affairs Department operates?"
Amber blinked and couldn't help scratching her hair: "I don't think so much... This is not my major..."
On the side, after silent thinking, Wright finally raised his head and exhaled: "Lord, I think I understand... Please forgive my question just now."
"Don't worry about it, it's good for you to think more about this," Gao Wen said. He looked at Wright who seemed to have cleared up some kind of knot, and began to guide the other party consciously, "You can also expand this idea, go to Think about the changes in the Church of the Holy Light, and think about the belief in the Holy Light."
The expression on Wright's face became solemn, and in the solemnity, there was still a trace of imperceptible thinking and confusion hidden.
"Abandoning that hypocritical god and embracing the real Holy Light, you have regained the power of the Holy Light, but will you stop there?" Gawain continued, "Are you going to be satisfied with regaining your power, or keep moving forward? , continue to go deeper, to explore the secrets behind this, to understand the truth of the Holy Light? Do you want to be satisfied with your own epiphany, or do you want to spread this epiphany to more people, so that more people can realize the truth of the Holy Light? The true meaning of light and virtue?"
Wright fell into a short thought and silence, but soon raised his head: "I won't stop here. I already know the true meaning of the Holy Light. It belongs to everyone. In front of the Holy Light, those who monopolize the Holy Light The Church is the real blasphemer."
"It's good if you can think like this," Gao Wen had known for a long time that this would be the answer, he nodded slightly, and then said, "As for the changes in your body, I will find Pittman, and we will study it together, you may He is the first person in history who voluntarily gave up his belief in the God of Holy Light, and then used his own power to control the Holy Light. The only person in a situation similar to yours is the German who transformed natural magic into druid magic three thousand years ago. Ruys, Pittman is more professional in this area, and he may be able to give you some reference suggestions for your future path."
"This is the best," Wright nodded immediately, "I happen to have a lot of confusion."
"Before that, you should take a break," Gao Wen said, "Take care of your thoughts."
Gawain took Amber and left, leaving only Wright in the small church.
He stood in front of the wooden pulpit, staring at the empty place where the holy image was once placed for a long time, the sunlight coming in from the window shone there, and a little dust floated in the sunlight, reflecting the light of stars .
"Break the monopoly of the Holy Light, and give people what they deserve..."
Wright grunted softly, then lowered his head, slowly closed his eyes, and prayed silently.
There are no icons here, and he no longer needs icons. He is praying to the holy light in his heart, and his prayers are the virtues and beliefs he has firmly believed in for decades.
There was silence in the church, only the radiance gradually emerged from the air. A hazy and clear halo enveloped the armored priest, just like sunlight condensed into water flowing in the air, and in this clear In the radiance of the sky, tiny particles of light floated, gathered, and slowly gathered into a small figure.
This small figure fell lightly on Wright's shoulders in the light, as light as a weightless leaf. She raised her head and looked around, and found that no one saw her, so she lay quietly on Wright's shoulders. On his shoulders, he fell asleep silently.
…
On the way to the Lord's Mansion, Amber has been wandering restlessly beside Gawain, circling around like a restless hamster, and from time to time looked at Gawain with a strange expression. He didn't want to talk to her, but this guy's annoying and wanting to make trouble finally made him unable to bear it anymore. He stopped and pressed the short winter melon in place: "What the hell are you trying to say?"
"It's okay, I'm just curious about how your brain grows." Amber clasped her chest with her hands confidently and plausibly. There is really no momentum at all when doing this action while being held down by someone's head, "It's just the two of us now. , tell the truth, what you said in church is true?"
"You really don't read newspapers?" Gao Wen was a little bit dumbfounded, "You should know that I am serious when you read what is said in the newspapers."
"I see, I'll throw it to Betty after reading the anecdotes," Amber continued to be confident, then shook her head, knocked Gawain's hand off her head, and showed a puzzled expression, "But why did you To do this... Throw away your own privileges, and even the privileges of future generations, in order to bury the group you belong to... Well, it sounds grand, but why would you do it?"
Gawain saw a rare seriousness from Amber's always unreliable expression, he couldn't help smiling, raised his hand and pointed at the city under rapid construction: "You said, this city and the castle of the old-style land nobles , which one do you prefer?"
"Of course it is here," Amber replied without hesitation. "I know the castle, so it looks magnificent. The workers' dormitory living in it is not as good as here. There is no running water or heating. The outside of the castle is even worse. Having said that, it is dirty and smelly, and people will freeze to death in the house.”
"This is the first reason, I hope I can live in a better world, only a stronger, more advanced, more enlightened society can build a city like this, and a city more advanced than this , In this regard, the old aristocratic order has reached its limit, and they cannot create the strong, advanced and enlightened world I want, so I will create one myself."
Amber blinked: "Is there a second reason?"
"The second reason is that this world is not safe. The Typhons are already ahead of us. There is still a wasteland threat to our south. Now we have to face the civil war in Ansu. Facing these challenges, make ourselves stronger Standing up is the only way to survive," Gao Wen said for the first time the first and most important reason why he forged the new order. He didn't expect that the first person to listen would be Amber, but seeing this girl's rare seriousness He continued, "We must become strong in the fastest and most effective way, and become at least able to protect ourselves in this world. Every road that mankind has traveled in history cannot achieve this. , then I can only open up a new path, when there is no reason to stick to the old order when you will die if you don’t change? And in fact... this new path seems to be the right one.”
"Even if you're right..." Amber curled her lips, "But you haven't answered my question before? Even without the old land nobles, you can ensure that the government affairs office you build will not be corrupted. day? If they also form a new… group, then…”
"So from the very beginning, I have been working on making extraordinary powers like magic accessible to ordinary people," Gawain interrupted Amber before she could finish speaking, "Guess why I have been emphasizing that the entire magic industry has never been Every link from research and development to manufacturing to use, in the end, it must be possible to not rely on extraordinary people?"
Amber's eyes widened, and she suddenly lost her words.
Gao Wen smiled slightly, and did not make any further explanations on this topic.
From the very beginning, he knew that the "new order" he created was destined to have hidden dangers, and he also knew that his changes to the world were doomed to be incomplete.
Not only because tradition and inertia will hinder change, but also because the level of awareness of the people and the actual law of productivity development are restricting change. It is impossible for him to forcibly create a perfect social order even if the social foundation is completely substandard. If it is created, it can only be a short-lived utopia, and this kind of utopia that ultimately compromises productivity cannot resist the tide of magic.
He can only advance this society as far as possible on the basis of the existing productive forces, and advance as far as possible in a limit way, and in this process, he has to allow the existence of hidden dangers and defects In fact, one of the biggest flaws in this new order even comes from himself: in order to ensure that the new order will not get out of control, and to ensure the highest efficiency of social development, and to ensure that Cecil will be indestructible in the future against the tide of evil, he must To ensure the maximum concentration of power, he wants to concentrate the maximum power in his own hands, or in the hands of the government affairs department under his control, and this is a hidden danger.
This hidden danger will not erupt during his lifetime, and it may not erupt within a generation or two after his death (if his strange life state really has a lifespan), but it will erupt sooner or later.
Therefore, Gawain has arranged a "corrective path" for his "New Order" from the very beginning, which is the "magic power" that can be completely controlled by mortals.
He remembered a sentence he heard in his previous life: society develops in a spiral. He doesn't know whether this sentence is absolutely correct, but at least there is some truth in this sentence. Once the extraordinary power is formed, it will almost permanently solidify the social structure, and the people of the lower classes will not even have one ten-thousandth ability to resist, so that even if the upper class of society is deformed and corrupted to the limit, it will still sink and continue in darkness. Go on, and "magic technology" is a beast that Gawain domesticated in order to break this situation.
He may not be able to establish the most advanced social order in one step, because it is a castle in the air, but he can enable ordinary people in future generations to have the ability to overturn the table.
"The New Order of Cecil" wasn't his greatest effort from the start, "Supernatural power to mortals" was.
The former allowed him to build the Cecil Empire, and the latter allowed ordinary people to overthrow the Cecil Empire.
However, the things in it were too complicated and sensational, and it seemed that even the most heartless Amber would be frightened, so he couldn't continue to explain.
So, he just patted the dazed half-elf lady: "Let's go, talk to Pittman first."
…
Saint-Sunil City, Silver Fort.
The study where Francis II used to work at his desk has been cleaned up.
Veronica Moen walked into this place that was once burned by flames. The burned things have been cleaned out, but on the surrounding bare stone walls and ground, there are still large areas of smoky traces.
The holy light floating in the air dispersed the dust and remaining ashes. Veronica, who was wearing a white priestess robe, came to the place where the desk had been placed. She lowered her head, as if she could still see the old king standing there. Looking up from behind the desk, he smiled to himself.
"It's a pity..." the saint princess said in a voice that only she could hear, "You have done enough..."
Footsteps came from behind, Veronica turned her head and saw Welsh Moen, the elder brother who was almost twenty years older than her, was standing at the door, casting a puzzled look at herself: "Aren't you in church today?"
"Today is the day to return to the castle," Veronica lowered her head slightly, "Usually, my father always sees me here."
There was a hint of sadness in Welsh Moen's expression. He glanced at his sister standing in the middle of the study, and shook his head slightly: "Everything was burned or moved out."
"I know," Veronica said softly, walking slowly towards the door of the study, and when she passed by Wales, she asked, "You have already started a war with Edmund, haven't you?"
"It's the royal family and the eastern border rebels who are at war."
"You represent the royal family now, my brother."
"... Yes, I'm going to war with Edmund," Welsh Moen looked at his brilliant younger sister, he was always confused about what she was thinking, this was the case when she was young, and it is even more so now In this way, "Is this related to the Church of the Holy Light?"
"The church only practices the will of the Lord and will not interfere with the royal power," Veronica shook her head. "I just want to remind you as a relative that some bad news has been coming from the south recently."
"... Some information has been sent from Rock Fortress, but Duke Baldwin believes that the threat from the Eastern Rebels is greater."
"...Maybe it is true," Veronica looked into Welsh's eyes, and suddenly shook her head slightly, "I just want to remind you. The founding father is not as safe as you think, he released a head Beast, you better not wait until that beast grows up."
Veronica walked away, and the reassuring warm glow in the air gradually dissipated. In the empty study room again, Welsh Moen was still watching the direction Veronica left.
After a long time, he shook his head: "What's the use of my talking?"