To Four Thousand Years Later

Leonardo stood at the table, about the same height as the person sitting in the seat.

He looked like a slightly taller dwarf - but no one dared to look down at him.

Leonardo tore off a chicken leg. Chewing big mouthfuls.

His gaze was unusually calm, so calm that it was almost indifferent. He was like an audience watching a crude play, and his lack of yawning was only due to his limited manners.

With his left hand propped on the table, he slowly chewed the food and pointed at the group of bishops with his chin: "No, tell me. What do you want to do? What can you do for me after usurping the position of Pope?" , What to do to this country?" They obeyed Leonardo's words, quietly chewing the food in front of them.

The order in which they start eating is different from the food placed in front of them, so there are always people who are not chewing food. Then they can say a sentence or two. And then they will continue to eat.

In front of the Pope, they said almost presumptuous words without any scruples: "Next, we will increase taxes, which will be the core of our policy. First, we will make the rest of the sects other than Solomonism illegal. Give them a religious tax; then we will issue bonds next. Promise that will bring high yields.

They said, "People believe us because we are cardinals. At least the Solomons will believe us...and the pagans will pay us a tax by the head. So the Solomons will think that they are of high status." For those who pay the religious tax. For this high status. They will pay more.

"They will think that we are thirteen people, and we cannot be as willful as the Pope; they will think that everything we do is voted on, so it must be in the interests of the majority—that is, It is in their own interest. What they want is neither freedom nor democracy, what they want is their own superiority as ordinary people.

"So next we will arrest the rebels of the government, especially the psykers among the rebels. We will incorporate or eradicate all psykers, and then establish a religious purity based on psionics, based on theocracy, etc. Orderly society.

"We will attract people of the same belief, spread faith in other countries, and accept believers from any country, especially psychics. We will gather the vast majority of psychics with extremely high social benefits, and give non-spiritual The possibility of being able to awaken psychic powers creates a strict, one-level hierarchy within the country—we call it the Ascendant Rank'."

Then the cardinals looked back at the same time.

They stared at Leonardo and replied in unison: "We will continue to walk like this. Until we become as powerful as other countries. Until we become stronger than them.

"What do you think?" they asked.

Leonardo was silent for a moment.

There is no doubt that what this group of white ball cardinals conceived should be a totalitarian theocracy. The will of the group of cardinals, at least on the surface, caters to the people—the people want more welfare, but they don't want to increase taxes. So they rebelled against the Pope. And the district machine bishops stood up. Lead them against the Pope... until he kills the Pope.

Then they are endowed with a sacred and inviolable color of rebels. And their minds are connected to this thing. It will be unknown to others, so that their children will have the illusion that "we live in a republican society". In fact, they are not the same person at all.

And the contradictions and conflicts that appear between them can continuously screen out those who can be used or should be destroyed.

It's easier to induce people to make the decisions they need, and to make people feel complacent that they've got it. In fact, before joining the ball, this group of district machine bishops had already controlled the internal education system of the Theocracy of Solomon. And for a country famous for its teachers, this is tantamount to holding its lifeline. Even without this rebellion, it's only a matter of time before progress is brought under control. As they said... because of the telephone invented by Leonardo, they were in a hurry. Of course Leonardo knew that the world they imagined was bordering on absurd. Pushing their imaginations to the limit, they can only imagine the infinite ubiquity of the telephone—and the kind that has operators today, not even videophones.

It is true that in the future, even if the Internet becomes popular, teachers will still exist.

With the advent of the age of automation. City circles will gradually spread. With the development of automated agriculture, scientific and technological products will gradually be scattered to rural areas. As the market gradually turns into a red sea, the demand for product quality and cost will also increase, and the educational requirements for skilled workers will also increase.

As a result, people need more teachers, a more stable talent training mechanism, and a more mature education system. They postulate the existence of a civilization with advanced communication equipment. However, it ignores the chain changes of this convenient and low-cost communication to other fields. It also ignores that with the development of the times and the progress of society, the requirements of enterprises and companies for graduates are not only "literacy", common sense" and "being able to count" are enough.

Their way doesn't work. Leonardo clearly judged a result. It seems that they want to free the Holy State, to free the Holy State of Solomon from the restraint and threats of other countries, and to prevent the people from being controlled by the pope's personal will. But in fact, this is to use the unrealistic desire of some people to achieve their own personal goals.

They are not lying about this. Freedom is also what they seek. It is to break free from the master behind them. The true self of becoming a powerful person. By... is the freedom to swing the blade of the traitor. It is the freedom of a vicious dog that bites its master back.

"Cheers first.

Leonardo was silent for a long time, and suddenly showed a gentle smile: "This wine is a specialty I brought from Sardinia, the grapes I planted, the wine I made, the wine I bottled, and the wine I sold. He raised his glass, signaled to everyone, and drank it all in one gulp.

He watched all the bishops drank the wine in their bosoms, and then nodded slowly.

"I think so," Leonardo said calmly, "Your idea is not very good.

You will be full and full, so go back and think about it. Think about it carefully, what to say in the public trial tomorrow, think about what I want and what you can give me. Then think about I, what I would like you to do. Leonardo said gently: "Come on, everyone. Cheers."

In the presence of the Pope, take this wonderful poison.

Maybe Hector can't do much, but at least he can take the blame.

In one night, murdered all the cardinals as prisoners. This notoriety was enough for him to re-stabilize the situation. As for this white ball who wants to become a totalitarian and at the same time is the founder of extreme religiousism, if he doesn’t die, should he keep it as a firework?

the fifth. Leonardo murmured in his heart.