Chapter 415: What? The philosopher king? Have we surpassed it?
After the heads of state of Britain and France visited the American Empire, the international situation of the empire naturally changed, Britain and France were so undisciplined, Austria-Hungary came before, so what are other small countries pretending to be, everyone has had a good relationship with the United States before.
So, for a while, there was really a feeling that all nations were coming to the DPRK, and if they couldn't come, they also announced that they would establish diplomatic relations with the American Empire.
This is a very good international situation, but many people of the empire, especially businessmen, have found a problem, that is, there are many media saying that the American empire is not democratic.
At first, it was Britain and France, and then many countries followed up, and even heard that the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was under great pressure, and many people in their country said that the Austro-Hungarian Emperor and the American Emperor were going to make an alliance between the two emperors, just like back then.
If you want to say that the current situation in Europe is like this, that is, after the reunification of Germany, they want to isolate France, so Bismarck is actively liaising with Tsarist Russia and Austria-Hungary, and everyone is ready to build an alliance, that is to say, the current European royal families are actually colluding with each other, and it is so hot......
It's definitely something that makes people think about it, so there are people with good things who come up with a comic.
The German Emperor, the Tsar, and the Austro-Hungarian Emperor were drawn together and they danced there, while the American Emperor, the black-haired one, was playing to them!
The dancing posture is really like a clown, and Li Mengyang is not good. He is portrayed as one. Comb your hair in braids. A Chinese image with a mustache on his mouth, a fat brain, and a Chinese wearing the costume of an emperor of the Qing Dynasty...... Obviously, the person who painted this picture did not know what the American emperor was like, they just judged from the general opinion, that is, what the people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are like now, then what are you, the Chinese emperor...... Artists don't think about what reality is.
Anything else is good to say. Such a painting is simply too unsightly, so the people of the American Empire expressed their indignation, and some businessmen in Europe even directly criticized it.
It's okay for you to be sarcastic, but it's so unrealistic, it's too much! ’
Especially the vast number of imperial women, our emperor is obviously very handsome!
In this case, in fact, it has long been expected by Li Mengyang. Otherwise, he wouldn't have paid so much attention to the words of the British and French, no matter what they were for any purpose. As long as you hack our empire, it will definitely be upgraded after that, this thing is inevitable.
So, it has already reached this point, then the Empire must fight back!
"Sons of the Empire! Some of the European powers, while doing business with us, are accusing us, and their behavior is simply despicable! …… Since diplomatic relations have been established, everyone should be frank and trusting each other, instead of such bitter and mean insults...... Especially to our Emperor Majesty! Great Clint. Is Lee what they describe? It's just a painting like this, and it makes people laugh out of their teeth! Clint. How handsome and dashing His Majesty Lee is! What a heroic ...... "It was the Washington Post of the Empire."
Hey, yes, this newspaper is naturally the central newspaper of the empire now, when the empire called, the monks who ran away couldn't run to the temple, and all of them came over.
"If you talk about rumors, then Europeans are definitely masters of all kinds! But the rumors are spread to the level of ignorance, which is also funny, which emperor is what they imagined? …… Also, where is our empire undemocratic? In the current constitution of the empire, the rights of citizens are clearly stipulated, and the state belongs to the people! This constitution, in terms of democracy, is definitely much higher than the original constitution of the United States...... "so red and authoritarian, that's the New York Times!"
Yes, it is not the "New York Evening News" run by Li Mengyang, but of course, this newspaper cannot be idle.
"Europeans are opening their mouths for democracy and closing their mouths about human rights at this time! But what about themselves? In the UK, you don't have to look at your income to vote? The French revolution was not often suppressed by the government, and we were embarrassed to talk about them before. …… In addition, the Enlightenment thinkers were very disgusted with democracy, which at least shows that we should take democracy seriously, rather than ignore everything and just implement democracy, which will cause big problems......"
The main newspapers on the Empire side are also in full swing, and as for what is visible on the European side, it doesn't matter, really, as long as we can have the same hatred within the Empire, then this is fine.
Because after all, everyone has just established diplomatic relations and just done business above board, then this business will get bigger and bigger, so with these interests, we can't tear our faces with them.
But however, it is enough to say that Europeans are good enough to do things, such as the virtue painted for Li Mengyang, which definitely helped the emperor, because as long as the people of the empire saw that painting, they naturally knew that the Europeans were talking nonsense.
From this point of view, in this year's ideological war, this black is still in the low-level black, that is, the initial stage of black......
Seeing that our empire is slowly fighting with the European powers, as for the upgrade or something, this matter has to be seen slowly, but however, an article has been born!
"The Europeans attacked the institutions of our empire, and to say that such things we could have ignored them would have been like an impotent man who envied the beautiful lady of his neighbor, and they were happy...... But where did democracy come from? Beginning with Enlightenment thinkers, of course, who advocated for natural human rights, for a social contract...... Let's not talk about the cautious approach of the Enlightenment thinkers to democracy...... Of course, this will keep the Europeans shut, but we don't have to...... But where did the ideas of the Enlightenment come from? It is clear that ancient Greece is its source......"
There are a lot of things analyzed in this article, and this source is of course very correct, because this civilization of ancient Greece had a great effect on the development of Europe. For example, the Renaissance. This revival refers to the literature and art of ancient Greece. And the ideas of the Enlightenment actually descended from the Renaissance.
However, this article analyzes a more interesting conclusion.
“…… Plato, the sage of ancient Greece, designed the most perfect system in "The Ideal Republic", and the apex of this system is the philosopher, it should be said that this philosopher-king thought is very interesting. Because philosophers, as far as we see now. It's not so perfect, because these individuals may only have thoughts, but they don't have the ability to act...... So, people of the Empire, let's think about it! Who is the best writer of our empire? Who is the best musician in our empire? Who is the most brilliant strategist, military strategist of our empire? Who is our empire...... O comrades! Isn't the answer obvious? It's our Emperor's Majesty! He may not be a philosopher yet, but I have read His Majesty the Emperor's early book, The Condition of the American Working Class, which contains an extremely dazzling intellectual brilliance, and His Majesty is certainly a philosopher! So. Isn't His Majesty the Emperor the Phosopher King?! Even a super king who surpasses the existence of the philosopher's king! Such a king will naturally lead the American Empire to prosperity and strength! Towards Democracy! Towards the most perfect future! ”
This conclusion......
It's a bit too ruthless, isn't it?!
When Li Mengyang saw this article. That was his first reaction, and he had a chance to hold the article down. No way, philosopher king, what is that?
It was the supreme leader of utopia, that is, the supreme leader of a perfect imaginary kingdom that did not exist at all...... Plato back then could have thought of this, no matter how much, such as Li Mengyang depicted in this article now, the old man Plato will definitely say, don't say see it, he never thought about it!
Li Mengyang is not that kind of person, saying that the philosopher king himself written in this article does not exist, so he is taboo, he does not have this kind of thinking, but this statement is really too high for him, and ......
Why could he, the emperor, press this article? Could it be that he, Li Mengyang, really wants to defend the people's mouth?
No, because when this article first came out, it was brought to the Reichstag and discussed at the meeting of the Imperial Standing Committee!
Moreover, the person who wrote this article was none other than Mark Twain!
When Li Mengyang saw this article for the first time, he had a thought in his heart, he really wanted to call Mark Twain 'Hello Comrade Guo Moruo'......
Yes, a writer who originally wrote a very sharp satirical essay, now he doesn't write satirical things, and he begins to sing praises of virtue, and this praise is simply amazing!
Then this article can be published in the newspaper, which shows that ......
"That's great!"
"Mr. Mark Twain, you are so talented!"
"Why didn't I see it before! Hey, I still can't read enough! ”
Yes, at the meeting, the members of the Imperial Standing Committee, that is, the current highest power of the empire, Li Mengyang's entrepreneurial team, everyone said, Mark Twain, what you said is too correct...... The subtext is that your sycophants are too awesome!
Let's not talk about sycophants or anything, Li Mengyang can see it in this regard, just talking about the members of this Standing Committee, they are all kinds of people...... Oh, and there are no blacks yet, mostly yellows and whites.
Everyone agrees that our emperor is such a super king!
So, Li Mengyang originally wanted to send it down for discussion, but he couldn't wait, so he just saw the newspaper, and all the major newspapers published it.
After this article came out, for a while, the people of the empire were all suddenly enlightened!
Yes, if you look at the titles of the emperor, this is a good proof, it's all this family and that family, and the philosopher-king is just a 'family', so it is indeed beyond the existence of the philosopher-king!
Li Mengyang really didn't expect that it would be an ideological war, and he would definitely be targeted by his opponent, but the result was to improve his personal prestige even more, which was already the level of personality cult.
However, considering that there is now the Atlantic cable, what will happen if this article reaches Europe? (To be continued......)
PS: What, if you don't do it, you won't die, IS admitted, they did the plane thing, this is ...... It is estimated that the Yankees will not be able to get off the stage, and now they will have fun, which is a good interpretation of what a pig teammate is.
Not much to say, the black car asks for support! Thanks!