Chapter 430: Negotiation
Druf wasn't mistreated, except for the untreated wounds left by the claw marks on his face, but it wasn't caused after he was captured, but he was scratched by the powerful demon clan near the end of the previous battle, but Druf felt that the grab was more like venting his anger. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Druf didn't care about that, he just smiled tolerantly at the young demon's approach.
Originally, Druff came with a certain heart of death, but the other party obviously did not intend to kill himself from the beginning, which is a good thing for Druf, and it is naturally a very important reconciliation attitude for the church.
Before he was ordered to come to Xiangjiang, although the decision-making level generally did not welcome him, he still told him in detail about the decision-making level's preparations, which of course included the preparation of reconciliation and compromise, and now, with Su Jin'er, the big demon, it is obvious that he is ready to reconcile, which is certainly not an unexpected choice.
In fact, as the beneficiary of the Xiangjiang incident, there is a great possibility that Su Jiner will choose to reconcile, but the church is a little unable to let go, but the current situation of the church is not good, it can be said that it is internal and external troubles, so the decision-making level will retain this reconciliation plan, of course, in order to save face, the conditions for reconciliation are more harsh.
It's just that Druff thinks those conditions are ridiculous, and as a person with a particularly strong sense of distress, Druf has even been pessimistic that if the church does not carry out drastic reforms, it may only be swept into the dustbin of history.
As a man who grew up in the church, regarded the church as his home, and regarded the members of the church as his family, Druve was not a devout believer, but he was definitely one of the members of the church who loved the church the most, and it was precisely because of his deep love and responsibility that Druf proposed a reform plan that was considered rebellious.
Druff's plan was to fully introduce the Chinese system of cultivation, and he aimed at the Confucian system.
In fact, the ancient witches in the Chinese cultivation system have gradually declined, and there is basically no need to consider it, and Taoist cultivation has completely abandoned the willing power system, no, to be precise, the source of Taoist cultivation is the Yuan Ling itself, or in other words, Taoist cultivation believes in the world itself. However, as the goal of the church's learning, the transformation of Taoism is too large, let alone other church members, and even Druf himself cannot accept it.
The Buddhist and Confucian systems, on the other hand, are closer to the belief systems of the Church, and of course, Druuff's 'closeness' is only relative to the first two systems.
However, there is no doubt that Buddhism and Confucianism are true systems of willingness, but Buddhism is a decentralized form of belief, and it is typical not to put all eggs in one basket, which has the advantage that a partial collapse will not cause a systemic collapse. As for Confucianism, it sets the goal of faith as 'the people', and this belief system solves the disadvantage that the power of desire cannot be directly controlled by the individual, and there is no limitation of systemic crisis.
Although the above two improved willpower systems have the defect of not being able to maximize the integration and utilization of willpower, the better resilience and vitality of the system obtained by sacrificing the advantages of concentrated application of power are obviously much better than those of the church from the perspective of the inheritance and continuation of the two.
Druff even thinks that it is precisely because the Chinese people have long discovered the problems of the wish power system, so the smart Chinese people have made this choice from the beginning, and perhaps it is the deep cultural foundation of Taoism that determines all this, so whether it is Buddhism or Confucianism, its core contains the essence of Taoist culture.
From this point of view, in fact, the introduction of the Taoist system in an all-round way is the best choice, but the best is not necessarily the most suitable, let alone the most feasible.
After experiencing tonight's battle, Druf has strengthened his belief even more, the power of the church that he was once proud of is now vulnerable in front of the demon clan, especially the spiritual weapon used by the young demon clan, which can be said to be the nemesis of the church system.
Sitting in a cramped cell, Dhruf was eager to give birth to wings and fly back to the distant European continent to tell his brothers and sisters what he had seen today, but he knew that it was impossible, but fortunately, it was already arranged, and he hoped that his student Sister Anne would bring it all back.
However, at the thought of Anne having to face the old stubborn group alone, Druff couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and then looked up at the door of the cell covered with runes, expecting Su Jin'er to summon him as soon as possible, perhaps, with Su Jin'er's cleverness, he could see the value of the church's continued existence.
It seems that Druff's heartfelt prayers were heard, and having Su Jin'er did not disappoint Druf, and when she appeared in front of Druf, Druf sent sincere thanks to God he never really believed.
Su Jin'er looked at Druf for a while, especially paying attention to the scars on his face, for the alternative of this church, Su Jin'er had already heard of it, and Su Jin'er was still a little hesitant about Druf's life and death, which was also one of the reasons why she was in a hurry to see Druf.
Druf's demeanor was very calm, without anger or conceit, he looked at Su Jin'er lightly, and his eyes showed sincere appreciation and praise.
"It is the only time I have seen His Royal Highness Su in my life, and it is a great honor to meet His Highness. ”
Su Jin'er nodded reservedly:
"It's just a skin, our demon clan can change its appearance, and the bishop doesn't have to take it seriously. ”
Druff smiled wryly:
"Your Highness, I'm just an ordinary priest now. ”
"Left and right are just a title, and great people don't need to be decorated with titles. ”
Druff was moved, he looked at Su Jin'er in surprise, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything on Su Jin'er's face.
"Your Highness has won the prize, and I can't afford the word 'great'. ”
"The brave man who dares to face himself, subvert the past, and survive by death certainly deserves the word greatness, and throughout the Church, only the Bishop can let me see it in person. ”
Druf shook his head with a wry smile again, he didn't know whether to be proud or sad, it used to be the strongest organization on the earth, but now it has degenerated so much that even a Chinese demon can ignore it, as a member of the Church who loves deeply, Druf really doesn't know how to answer.
Su Jin'er didn't wait for Druff to answer, she didn't come here to put a high hat on Druf.
"Your Excellency, perhaps we should be more concerned about your future now. ”
Druff took a deep breath, nodded and said calmly:
"I am now a prisoner of His Highness, and of course my future should be decided by His Highness. ”
Su Jin'er shook her head lightly and said:
"No, it should be up to you, the bishop is a smart man, let's talk about business first, as a bishop, presumably the bishop should know what the church's plans are, I mean the status of Xiangjiang and the relationship between you and me. ”
Although the party that took the initiative to negotiate at the negotiation table was relatively passive, Su Jiner didn't care, in fact, Druff didn't feel that he had gained any initiative, on the contrary, Su Jiner's strong dominant topic made Druf a little helpless.
Despite this, Druff still replied without being arrogant:
"Your Highness, you should know that I am no longer a bishop. ”
"Needless to say, our time is precious, and you don't want the church to make an irreparably wrong decision while we negotiate here, right?"
Druff had to admit that Su Jin'er had grasped his weakness at once, and since it was impossible to deny that Druf simply admitted it very shamefully:
"Your Highness is right, I really can't sit back and watch this happen. Before I came, the church did have a plan for reconciliation, but the conditions they demanded were rather harsh, and I think His Highness would not accept them. ”
Su Jin'er didn't speak immediately, but thought for a while before saying:
"Harsh? Well, since even the Bishop thinks he is harsh, then I don't need to listen, I just tell me my conditions, and the Bishop will help you to see if your brothers and sisters will accept it." ”
"Speak, please. ”
Su Jin'er paused and said solemnly:
"First, the Church acknowledges and accepts the status quo of the Church and openly acknowledges that we have control over the River; secondly, we reconcile and establish a mechanism of cooperation, and if necessary, we can form a united front on the common interests; finally, we oppose all acts that are not peaceful and damage the inherent interests of the Church in Europe, and we hope that you will support our reasonable proposition to protect our fellow demon tribes in South and West Asia. ”
Druff glanced at Su Jin'er with some surprise, and was a little puzzled by her request for South Asia and West Asia, however, he quickly let go of this doubt for the time being, for an old fox, it is obviously impossible to show all his hole cards as soon as he comes up, and what Su Jin'er said may not be true.
Druf thought about it seriously and said:
"Your Highness's proposal has a certain degree of feasibility, however, let us openly admit that the control of Xiangjiang has changed hands, which requires more technical solutions, and face is not something that only you Huaxia people will pay attention to. As for the alliance of interests, I'm afraid His Highness must have a substantive attitude towards the behavior of the United States and the polar bear, if it is a comprehensive alliance, I think it is more likely, of course, this also requires His Highness to show stronger strength, after all, His Highness is now only holding a projectile land in his hands, which is not enough. ”
Su Jin'er nodded:
"In other words, these conditions will put your siblings at the negotiating table?"
"Maybe, maybe not, Your Highness can try, in addition, I personally think that if tonight's battle situation can be truthfully passed back, maybe Your Highness's purpose is more likely to be achieved. ”
Su Jin'er smiled faintly:
"Don't worry about your students, Bishop, I didn't intend to embarrass that little girl in the first place. ”
Druff smiled wryly:
"It turns out that His Highness knows everything. ”
"Naturally, you seem to have underestimated me, Bishop, and you seem to have forgotten my age and what I have been through. ”
Druf was stunned for a moment, shook his head and replied:
"It's a shame that we're still going on to make mistakes. ”
Su Jin'er glanced at Druf meaningfully:
"Perhaps, the Bishop, can change all this, does the Bishop have any thoughts on this?"