Standing on the wide deck, feeling the sea breeze blowing in his face, Todd couldn't help but sigh as he watched the scenery of Anuda Harbor get farther and farther away from him.

Pulling out the book that Myris had given him at his parting, Todd turned the first page, and there was a sentence written on it.

"I am willing to exchange everything I have for a minute of conversation with Allah. 』

Todd bowed his head slightly, if he could really know the ultimate truth of all things in the universe, everything really would not matter anymore.

The book goes on to say: "Human beings are the freest creatures in the world, and they are also the most unfree slaves. In order to live in community, we have to give up some of our God-given power and commit ourselves to something called the nation. ”

"The state deprives people of the right to speak, to act, and even to live, and humanity has to accept it. Because, once we break away from the country, we will drink the blood of Ru Mao, and we will return to the original in a precarious situation. ”

So, a problem arises. Since mankind has given up so much freedom in order to obtain the protection of the state, what kind of rule should the state adopt in order to provide this protection more effectively?"

"Throughout the history of mankind, when it comes to the ways of governing, there are nothing more than this: one man rules a country, a small group of people rules a country, and all people rule a country together. ”

"In my opinion, none of these methods are perfect, and they all have their own drawbacks. ”

"Let's start with 'one man ruling the country', this is the current situation of the Ayyubid Empire. As a caliph, although I tried my best to keep the whole empire running in an orderly manner, only I knew how painful and terrifying this errand was. ”

"I only slept five hours a day and spent a lot of energy and time dealing with the affairs of the Empire. Religion, People's Livelihood, Military, Science, Diplomacy, Commerce, Law, Education...... Because of factional, party-fighting, and sectarian contradictions, I had to personally supervise and manage every field. Not to boast, but I don't think anyone else would be able to prevent the empire from falling apart. ”

"But when I die, who will be able to continue the glory of the empire like I do......

"Turning to the question of 'a group of people ruling a country,' an elite political group, divided into factions, controlling the political and economic lifelines of the country and making decisions about the future of the empire, sounds like a good thing. However, the contradictions within the team, as well as between the team and the public, will only become more and more intense with the intensification of the gap between the rich and the poor, and finally end in an explosive revolution. Therefore, a small group of people running a country is also a thorny road, and the slightest carelessness will lose everything. ”

"Finally, let me talk about the practice of 'everyone co-governing the country', which seems to be the fairest and most reasonable. But in my opinion, the way of ruling in a democratic republic is the stupidest thing to do. ”

"We might as well prove it with a simple math problem. For example, there are 100 citizens in a country, and among these 100 people, there is a rich careerist, five wise men who worry about the country and the people, ten greedy people who only see money in their eyes, twenty self-righteous fools, and the remaining sixty-four mediocre people. ”

"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 the twenty fools, and finally let those fools use public opinion and propaganda to build momentum and win over those mediocre people. ”

"In the end, the so-called democratic republic becomes a farce, a farce of money and lies. Whoever can buy more people with money, and who can incite more people with lies, will be able to occupy an absolutely dominant position in a democratic country. ”

"Some people think my statements are too categorical, but often that's just the way they are. The so-called people, due to differences in education, occupation, hobbies, beliefs, and intelligence, often show amazing results in terms of political participation and rationality. The reality is that out of that hundred citizens, the number of fools and philistines is much higher than I assumed. ”

"So, what should be a truly reasonable way to rule?"

"I've discussed this topic with countless scholars, and I've come up with a wild idea. ”

"If the ruler of the kingdom is an immortal king, wise, sensible, loving, and alert, then that monarch can lead the kingdom to eternal prosperity...... But does such a virtuous king really exist? For me, the mere idea of living forever makes me tremble with fear. ”

"Such a monarch has completely broken away from the realm of human beings, even beyond the definition of gods, and has become a unique kind of being, which I call 'sage kings'. ”

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

"The Sage King......

Rachel walked up to Todd's side, looked at the other man's expression, and asked softly, "Still thinking about Myris?"

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

Rachel flicked his long hair fluttering in the wind with his hand and said softly, "You have returned power to the people, and the rest of the road must be completed by themselves." You can't be like a doting father who takes care of his children forever. ”

Todd looked at the sparkling sea and nodded slowly: "What you said may be right, I have done what I can, and the future of the kingdom should belong to the citizens." ”

Richer rested her head on Todd's shoulder, her words full of longing: "One day, when we have cracked the secrets 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 and build a beautiful, dreamlike garden, and build several beautiful and quiet buildings in the garden. Me, Deirdre, and of course those who are willing to leave with you, can live in that garden......"

"The first thing I do when I get to heaven is that I will eat every kind of food and drink every kind of wine. As for the colorful snacks and snacks, I would buy ten refrigerators, stuff them all, open one every day, and eat them whenever I want. There are also hot pots, skewers, fried pan-fried, xiao long bao ......"

"Then, every day, we can fly in the sky, through the clouds, over the sea, to the most beautiful places in heaven. We can climb the magnificent snow-capped mountains in the early morning to embrace the morning sun, or we can walk hand in hand on the soft sand in the evening and wait for the moon. ”

Rachel snuggled into Todd's arms, slowly closed his eyes, and said like a dream, "When that day comes, I will have a new body, a body capable of fertile." And we're going to have the first, second, third kids...... Loneliness will be completely away from us......"

Todd looked at the northern sky, where there were dark clouds and undulating waves.

He didn't speak, just hugged Richer in his arms a little tighter.