Chapter 995： gambler

Hearing Hardyron's words, Matilda subconsciously wanted to frown, but this movement only appeared in her heart, and was covered by her indifferent expression.

"There is still a tense atmosphere in the city, but the factory and market order has gradually recovered," she came to Hadillon and said casually. "Because of the royal intervention, those merchants who try to speculate in the chaotic period And the nobles who tried to transfer assets were killed in advance, and the supply of food, cloth, and medicine is no longer a problem...This is more than half of your credit."

"In special times, we need to use some special methods to get some guys down," Hardylan smiled lightly. "It's human instinct to chase benefits, but some people's instincts are too out of control. Yes. No, the emperor, I heard that the Knights of the National Guard and the 11th National Guard had a confrontation. Has the matter been resolved?"

"We found a group of commanders and soldiers in the 11th Army who were mentally contaminated, and a few people were excited by shallow beliefs. The source of the confrontation was them-they have all been sent for treatment," Mattie Erda said, "As for the others...when Duke Perdinand showed up, the situation quickly subsided."

"Duke Pei Dinan..." Hadilun showed a thoughtful expression, "He is the most respected person among the nobles of the military power. The Knights of the Protectorate are absolutely loyal to the royal family and completely cut off from the God of War sect. Stand up and be more effective than a hundred generals."

Matilda nodded slightly: "As long as the army is effectively controlled and the military nobles remain loyal, coupled with the timely removal of faith pollution in several core legions, the situation will soon be alleviated-and we still have The large number of Battle Mage groups, they are completely immune to the influence of this'plague', and the Royal Mage Association has always been on the side of the royal family. If these two forces are not out of control, the order will not be out of control."

Hardyron's eyes fell on the list next to him, and the corners of his mouth curled a little: "This is also the primary guarantee that these lists can be properly'handled'."

He knew that when a series of crises suddenly concentrated, there was a lot of pessimism in the country. Some people who knew too much inside even felt that the Augustus family was going to be stunned from now on, and that the Typhon royal family was over— -The decree cannot get out of the Obsidian Palace, the frontline army has lost control, the capital has a "mental plague", and the parliament is panicked. It seems that the situation has reached a juncture of complete collapse, and the royal family of this country can do nothing about it...

Hardyron actually understood these pessimistic and even extreme emotions, but he never felt in agreement.

Because a large number of armies including the Guardian Knights, the Obsidian Forbidden Army and the Wanderer are still firmly in the hands of the royal family, and due to the deliberate control of the Typhon royal family over the years, these armies are not affected by any church, and there are royal mages. The association has always been on the side of Obsidian Palace. The president of the contemporary association and almost all high-level mages are firm royal factions-and these mages not only master powerful force, but also master technology. They are quickly purifying the country. The communication network is the key to quickly filling the loopholes in the communication system. In addition, the powerful aristocracy headed by Pedi Nan Wendell also has reliable loyalty, and has already opened a distance from the Church of God of War either explicitly or implicitly...

Typhon was facing a crisis, but the situation never got out of control, and the Augustus family was just caught off guard.

In this crisis, the only factor that made the young Hadirun feel uncontrollable and uneasy all the time was the Cecil who seemed calm.

The enraged Cecils are very dangerous, but they may be even more dangerous after calming down and occupying the Winter Wolf defense line silently-the terrible 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 in the next second: "Perhaps, some people can give it to me..."

When Matilda couldn’t finish speaking, Hadillon shook his head. He raised his eyes, his eyes fell on the emperor sister’s face, and said with a serious expression: "We all know why this must be done by me. ."

Matilda frowned, but didn't say a word-she understood what Hadillon meant, and out of tacit understanding, they didn't go deep into the topic.

At this moment, a slight buzzing sound suddenly sounded, and an eardrop worn by Matilda flashed and rang slightly. The conversation between the two brothers was interrupted, and Hadillon quickly reacted. : "Father is looking for you."

"It seems so..." Matilda touched her earlobe and nodded to Hadillon and said, "Then I will leave."

...

Before long, Matilda, who had bid farewell to Hadilun, walked through the long corridors and rooms in the Obsidian Palace, and came to a study in the inner court. Her talented father sat on him. The most beloved high-back chair-when Matilda entered the room, Rosetta Augustus was reviewing several documents. He looked up from those documents and saw his daughter. Then there was a faint smile on his face: "It came a little earlier than I expected."

"I happened to be on Hardyron's side," Matilda said frankly, "I came right away when I heard your call."

"Hadillon... he should have been busy these days," Rosetta the Great said casually, "then, what did you talk to him?"

"It's just a discussion about the recent domestic situation," Matilda said, and then she paused and couldn't help saying, "List, more lists... To be honest, it looks a little uncomfortable."

Rosetta looked at her, and shook her head a few seconds later: "Believe me, Matilda, I don’t want to see more lists like that — but after all, we have to do it. Things. There are still many things that need to be changed in this country, and this crisis has exposed all the accumulations of Shen Ke. If we do not take this opportunity to eradicate them, then we will face longer-term difficulties in the future. And accumulate more serious hidden dangers."

"Of course, I understand," Matilda said immediately, "It's just...I always feel like I'm just watching."

"... Standing by and watching is your best way to'participate' right now," Rosetta the Great took a deep look at Matilda, and then he seemed to hesitate for a moment before whispering, "Remember, my child, you His hands must not be dirty, especially in this matter."

Matilda's heart jumped and she couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly.

In fact, she knew that her father would sooner or later clarify this matter, but she never thought that it would be in this situation and put it on the table in this way.

Rosetta Augustus continued after a short silence: "Matilda, you remember that if you want to shoulder a country, then everything you do must focus on The long-term future-more long-term consideration than anyone, from the very beginning, all costs and possible impacts are taken into account. And this time, all you have to do is to keep your hands from getting dirty. You have to appease the nobles with a perfect attitude, meet with the representatives of the citizens, and announce the follow-up welfare, production, and supply policies. You must be the maintainer and builder of order, and those unpleasant things... To be done by others.

"Even if you make many decisions and many things, you have to maintain this kind of ‘decent clean’.

"Matilda, those lists-and the cleanup work outside the lists. We all know that they are to wipe out the worms of the empire, to quickly stabilize the situation and to resist threats from inside and outside, but many people do not pay attention to these long-term As a result, they will pay attention to the horror and tension in the process, as well as the “excusable victims”... In fact, their thoughts are even correct, because the clean-up work itself has nothing to do with its purpose or means. It is not glorious. If it is abused, then it is even a disruption to order. No matter what effect these actions have produced in the present and short-term, in the long-term, they will be full of controversy-and these controversies cannot fall on you On the head."

Having said this, he took a deep look at Matilda again, with a smile on his face: "Do you feel that I have overprotected you?

"Matilda, many years ago, I also faced a situation similar to today... or even worse, because at that time I made far more lists than today, and I had to deal with people like Today those speculative businessmen and selfish nobles are much more cunning and insidious, and I could only do all this by myself.

"The consequence of doing it myself is that I have made more compromises, more trade-offs, more leeway, and more enemies that cannot be directly eliminated, because only in this way can the entire country be prevented from falling apart. I use I have repaired these cracks for more than ten years, and used repairs to advance many imperfect New Deals. Even so, there are still many people who hate me in the dark, and they hate Yu Shen over time-time is up Today, I have to put these people on a new list, and I have to face many new opponents who are affected by them.

"This is a waste of energy and time, Matilda, I don't want you to go down my path again.

"So, your hands must be clean."

Matilda listened quietly to her father's teachings, and suddenly a thought came to her heart-her father, who is like steel, has rarely said so much to herself at once like this in recent years.

"I understand what you mean," she nodded, "but Hadillon..."

"He knows what he is doing, presumably you can see it too," Rosetta said in a deep voice, "this may be unfair to him...but it is the responsibility of the royal family."

Matilda sighed.

"Let's talk about business now," Rosetta turned around. "I asked you to come, there is one thing to tell."

Matilda immediately got serious: "Please tell me."

Rosetta reached out to the drawer next to him—he took out a thick document from there and put it on the table and pushed it towards Matilda.

Matilda took the file curiously, and the first thing that came into view after opening it was a line of large letters in printed form-"The plan and long-term significance of establishing the Tifeng memo library".

She continued to turn over a few pages, and soon discovered that a considerable part of the follow-up content was actually bibliography, a large number of bibliography.

"This is..." There was a faint guess in her heart, but she was not sure what she was thinking. She showed a look of confusion and looked at her father.

"We want to secretly build a memorandum library-to include everything Typhon. Scholars have compiled a list of all history books and technical books, and further collection and sorting work is proceeding intensively. According to the plan, More books will be included in it later, eventually forming a huge encyclopedia. In addition, the collection and sorting of works of art on poetry, drama, architecture, painting, etc. have also started, and now this work will be entrusted to You continue to execute."

Matilda finally couldn't help interrupting Rosetta's words: "Your plan... is it preparation..."

"Just in case," Rosetta said calmly, "If we fail, someone needs to make sure that our tradition and history can continue."

"Is the situation already so critical?" Matilda couldn't help asking, "At present, everything is under control..."

"Everything is indeed not to the worst, but we are walking on the edge of the cliff, it may get worse-and if there is one day, the work of preserving history and culture must start from now."

Matilda listened carefully and thought about it, and then she suddenly realized that what her father was really worried about was not the superior **** at all, but the man: "You think those Cecilians will take this opportunity to carry out a devastating War? And do you think they have this ability?"

"I admire and are willing to support Gawain Cecil and the'propositions' he declared, but we can never completely believe in our enemies. As for whether they have this ability... Matilda, they can just have this motivation. I have recently discovered their motivation for doing so, and even their specific actions."

Matilda fell into a brief thought, and then said in a deep voice after a few seconds: "...If the situation you are worried about is really reached, then even if we organize and preserve these books, they will probably only become stuffy. The collections in the Sear Museum-used to show off his successful conquest."

"So this is the worst solution, and it cannot even be called an effective countermeasure," Rosetta said lightly. "If this crisis passes safely, we will naturally have time and space to solve the problem slowly, but Now... there is not much we can do."

Matilda looked at her father steadily for a long time before finally lowering her head: "...I understand, father."

Rosetta gave a faint "um", and then there was a short but suffocating silence in the study. It wasn't until Matilda couldn't help but want to speak, Rosetta suddenly said: "I think I am too Pessimistic?"

Matilda hesitated, but nodded, "...Yes."

"Indeed, I am a bit pessimistic, especially not long ago when we were still immersed in the confidence of strong national strength and proudly planning the future glorious era. My pessimistic thoughts today are extremely unreasonable... But Matilda , I am making a big bet.

"A ruler shouldn't be a gambler, but in my life I always have to be a gambler. According to my experience, facing a gambler... it is better to be pessimistic than blindly optimistic."