Alien Knights

Standing on the wide deck, feeling the blowing sea breeze, Todd sighed softly as he watched the scenery of Anuda Port getting farther and farther away from him.

Taking out the booklet that Miles had given him when he was parting, Todd opened the first page, and there was such a sentence written on it.

"I would give my all for a minute of conversation with God. 』

Todd nodded slightly, if he could really know the ultimate truth of everything in the universe, everything would really no longer matter.

The book goes on to write: "Human beings are the freest creatures in the world, but also the least free slaves. In order to live in groups, we have to give up some of the powers bestowed by God and commit ourselves to a country called in something."

"The state deprives the people of their rights to speech, behavior and even life, and human beings have to accept all of this. Because, once we leave the state, we will drink blood and be precarious, and return to the original."

"So, a question arises. Since human beings have given up so much freedom in order to obtain the asylum of the state; in turn, what kind of governance should the state adopt to provide this asylum more effectively?"

“Throughout the entire history of mankind, when it comes to the ways of governing, there are only a few: a country is ruled by one person, a country is ruled by a small group of people, and a country is ruled by all people.”

"In my opinion, these methods are not perfect, and they all have their own drawbacks."

"Let's take "one person ruling the country" as an example. This is the current situation of the Ayyubid Empire. As a caliph, although I try my best to keep the entire empire running in an orderly manner, only I know how important this job is. The pain is so frightening."

"I only sleep five hours a day, and spend a lot of energy and time dealing with the affairs of the empire. Religion, people's livelihood, military, science, diplomacy, business, law, education... because of factions, party cutting, sectarian conflicts, each I have to oversee and manage the domain myself. Not to brag, but I don't think anyone else running the empire would have prevented it from falling apart."

"But, after I die, who can continue the glory of the empire like me...?"

"Let's talk about the matter of 'a group of people ruling a country'. An elite political group, divided into different factions, controls the political and economic lifelines of the country, and jointly decides the future of the empire. This sounds like a good thing. But the contradictions within the team, as well as the contradictions between the team and the public, will only intensify with the intensification of the gap between rich and poor, and finally end in an explosive revolution. Therefore, a small group of people manage a country, It is also a road full of thorns, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything."

"Finally, let me talk about the approach of 'management of the country by all'. This approach seems the fairest and most reasonable. But in my opinion, the rule of a democratic republic is the most stupid approach."

"We might as well use a simple math problem to prove it. For example, there are one hundred citizens in a country. Among these one hundred people, there is one rich and ambitious person, five wise men who worry about the country and the people, and ten people who only care about the country. The greedy for money, the twenty self-righteous fools, and the remaining sixty-four mediocrities."

"When the country is faced with a choice, this rich careerist only needs to buy off those ten greedy guys, and then let these ten greedy people persuade those twenty idiots, and finally let those idiots use public opinion and Propaganda to build momentum, just win over the group of mediocre people."

"In the end, the so-called democratic republic turned into a farce, a farce of financial resources and lies. Whoever can use money to buy more people, whoever can use lies to incite more people, will be the one who will be able to win in democracy. occupy an absolutely dominant position in the country.”

"Some people think that my remarks are too absolute, but often the facts are so ridiculous. The so-called people, due to differences in education, occupation, hobbies, beliefs, and intelligence, often show surprising differences in political participation and rationality. The result. The reality is that the number of fools and philistines among those one hundred citizens is much higher than I assumed."

"So, what should be the really reasonable way of governing?"

"I have discussed this topic with countless scholars, and gradually came up with an unconstrained hypothesis."

"If the ruler of the kingdom is an eternal virtuous king who is wise, rational, fraternal, and vigilant, then this monarch can lead the kingdom to eternal prosperity... But, does such a virtuous king really exist? For me, just imagining living forever is enough to make me shudder with fear."

"Such a monarch has completely got rid of the category of human beings, and even surpassed the definition of gods, becoming a unique existence, and I call such an existence the "Sage King"."

Seeing this, Todd slowly put away the book and fell into deep thought.

"The Sage King..."

Rachel walked to Todd's side, looked at Todd's expression, and asked softly, "Still thinking about Miles?"

Todd shook his head: "I'm thinking about the future..."

Rachel brushed her long hair fluttering in the wind, and said softly: "You have returned the power to the people, and the next road must be completed by themselves. You can't be like a doting father , take care of them forever.”

Todd looked at the sparkling sea and nodded slowly: "You may be right. I have done what I can. The future of the kingdom should belong to the citizens."

Rachel rested her head on Todd's shoulder, and her words were full of longing: "One day, after we crack the secret of the beacon tower, we can leave here and go to heaven, and everything here will have nothing to do with us. In the kingdom of heaven, we can carve out a piece of land, build a beautifully landscaped, dreamlike garden, and build several beautiful and quiet small buildings in the garden. Me, Deirdre, and of course those who are willing to be with you Those who leave together can all live in that garden..."

"The first thing I do when I arrive in heaven is to eat every kind of food and drink every kind of wine. As for those colorful pastries and snacks, I will buy ten refrigerators, fill them all up, and open them every day. One set, you can eat whatever you want. There are also hot pot, skewers, pan-fried, steamed buns..."

"Then, every day we can take that thing called an airplane, soar in the sky, pass through the clouds, fly over the sea, and go to the most beautiful places in the kingdom of heaven. We can climb the magnificent snow-capped mountains in the morning to embrace the sunrise; You can walk hand in hand on the soft sandy beach in the evening and wait for the moon.”

Rachel snuggled her body into Todd's arms, slowly closed her eyes, and said like a dream: "When that day comes, I will have a new body, a body that can give birth. And we will have the first The first, the second, the third child... the loneliness will be far away from us..."

Todd looked at the northern sky, where the clouds were thick and the waves were rolling.

He didn't speak, but held Rachel in his arms tighter.