Chapter 632: Cora's Doubts
Late at night, the Morgan Manor gradually became quiet, the room at the end of the corridor on the third floor of the Phantom Building was still lit, and the room was as bright as day under a few ornate crystal lamps, John sat at the large desk and read the papers, and Cora on the opposite side carefully read the contents of the Phantom Project.
It's just that the content in "Project Phantom" is so amazing that it has subverted Cora's inherent cognition, and at the same time made her feel that this country is far more complex than she imagined!
If it weren't for John's appreciation and trust, she would probably have been like most people, never knowing that the government was actually carrying out an immigration program, and a new era was coming!
However, it also makes her excited, starship emigration, this is something that will surely go down in the annals of human history, and her name will be among them!
People have only been in this life for decades, there are not many things they can do, and many people will eventually become ordinary people, who can participate in things that change the world, and strive for it all their lives, leaving a name in the world, which is a blessing in life!
After reading the entire plan, Cora let out a long breath, closed the papers, put them in a file bag, and placed them in front of John's desk.
John put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Cora and asked softly.
"Any questions you can ask!"
"The document is very detailed, and I don't have any doubts about the plan!But there are some unplanned things in my heart, and I don't understand them, so I beg the young lord to help me clear up my doubts!" said Cora and got up and bowed to John.
The document that Cora read explained the entire "Phantom Project" in great detail, from why the plan was implemented to the implementation of each step There are detailed explanations, as long as you read it carefully, there will be no doubts.
"Sit!" John asked as he pressed his hand to sit Kora down, and when he saw Korra sit down. "Just ask!"
"Thank you, young man!" Korra said, after sorting out her words.
"Shaozun, since we are going to immigrate to Guangxing in 50 years, why do you still vigorously develop the Staten District, vigorously carry out infrastructure projects, why do you still need to reform the tax system and social security, once we emigrate, aren't these all in vain?" Cora didn't understand, since we were going to interstellar immigration, why did John still have to make drastic reforms and engage in infrastructure, isn't this done in vain?
John laughed when he heard Cora's words, stretched his waist and stood up, took Cora to the side of the sofa and sat down, and made a pot of tea by himself.
"First of all, it is to open interstellar immigration, we will not move all Americans to the light star, at most half of the people will be removed, so although we move to the light star, we will not lose the land on the earth, but we will cancel the national level, and the entire country will be divided into a special administrative region of the country, and only excellent people will be selected to move to the light star every year to provide population resources for the entire country. So what I'm doing now isn't for nothing!"
John said as he handed Cora a cup of tea, picked up another cup and took a sip.
"And even if we have to move all of them then, even if we have to leave tomorrow, we have to do what we should do today, we can't do nothing just because we have to leave one day, people are doomed to die one day from the day we make a move, but we are not running around for three meals a day, for houses, cars, and tickets! If according to your words, people will eventually die, isn't it in vain to pursue these things?"
John smiled, and then looked solemn.
"The office of the head of state is a public instrument of the state, and it is necessary to walk in the right way, and not to focus only on gains and losses, regardless of good and evil, otherwise what is the difference between him and those mercenary businessmen?
When you sit in this position, you must pretend to be the people in your heart, do the right way, and do not seek merit, but ask for a clear conscience.
The re-establishment of the tax rate can reduce the burden on the people!
Formulating a sound social security system can provide for the elderly, cure the sick, and help the poor.
Vigorously build infrastructure that can be convenient for the people.
Vigorously developing industry, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, and expanding trade exchanges can make the country rich and strong.
We should pursue a foreign policy of semi-isolation, replace force with trade, reduce the number of troops stationed abroad, reduce arms purchases, make peace with Russia, avoid war, and recuperate with the people.
Banning guns, strengthening law and order, and cracking down on all kinds of crime can give people peace of mind.
Strict management of the army, rectification of the administration of officials, and cracking down on corruption can ensure that the state officials are clean and the people are satisfied.
Isn't this what a head of state should do? Is it necessary to expand the territory and strive for hegemony to be the head of state?
I don't have such big ambitions, and I don't want to be famous in the world, I just want the people to live and work in peace and contentment and the country to be prosperous and strong during the decades I manage!
When the next generation of heirs grows up, I will give him this position, and then find a starship, travel the galaxy, and see how big this universe really is!"
"I'll go with you then!"
"Okay, you should be retired when I retire, and we'll go together!"
John has never been an ambitious person, just sat in this position, a lot of things had to be done, many decisions had to go down, some people said that the position determines the idea, to use a more colloquial saying is the ass determines the head, John now more and more agrees with this sentence, if he is not born doomed, he does not want to sit in this position if he is killed.
What's so good about this location?
Holding supreme power, deciding life and death with a word, and ten thousand people lying at their feet, it seems cool to many, but it is not cool at all in John's eyes, he doesn't even understand why there are still people who kill each other for this position, father and son are suspicious, and there are many bones!
What's so good about this location?
The supreme right is endless trouble!
It can decide people's life and death, but it can't even control one's own life and death!
Every day, as soon as you open your eyes, there are countless official documents waiting for you to review, there are countless decisions waiting for you to go, whether good or bad, all the responsibilities have to be borne by yourself, and then day after day, year after year, until you can't do it anymore!
And after death, you have to be evaluated, if you do well during your time in power, then it's okay, it's nothing!
If you don't do well during your time in power, you will often be pulled out as a negative teaching material!
If the people are miserable during their time in power, and there is even a risk of being guillotined, even if they die, they may be dug out and whipped!
So John really doesn't understand, why do some people go to the trouble to sit in this position, what are they trying to do?
Cora and John talked for a long time, until the conversation was over, and Korra withdrew from the study.
Standing outside the door, looking at the quiet corridor, Cora raised her hand to sort out her coat, deliberately wiped the group emblem pinned to her clothes, and walked out with her feet up, leaving behind the sound of a string of heels on the floor!