Chapter 995： gambler (2/2)

"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."