Chapter 36: Hope, Faith, and Respect
Zhang Hao stood in front of the podium, looked at the students who were frowning and thinking in front of him, and then asked the Minister of Finance Jeans, who was sitting on the side, "Your Excellency, what do you think?" ”
Jeans was a little surprised by Zhang Hao's name, but the most difficult thing for officials was to answer questions, no matter what the question was, as long as they wanted to explain it, it could be explained.
"Thank you Mr. Li for giving me this opportunity to answer questions" Jeans stood up and said a word that eased the atmosphere in the class a lot, after all, His Royal Highness the Prince personally attended the class, and the students would be a little nervous, Jeans had a playful beginning, letting the students know that there are only students and teachers here, and there are no other titles. "First of all, the victory of the empire naturally depends on the efforts of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, and then we have to analyze the situation of other countries around the empire at that time." Jeans glanced at Zhang Hao and asked for instructions, and it might take some time next.
"Well, Jeans-san, please make a long story short." Zhang Hao likes this relaxed atmosphere very much, after all, he has never been a strict and harsh person.
"As we all know, the empire can be said to have been miserable at that time, there are the goblin kingdom established by Skarsnik, the green-skinned orcs of the skull tribe and the beastmen who call themselves the servants of chaos, look at the place where they are concentrated, basically belong to the south of the empire, around the provinces of Rick and Wiesen, Bohm classmate I have no ill intentions." Speaking of which, Jeans first explained to Bohm that after all, Genes was also his teacher, and he still needed to take care of his feelings, and Bohm gave Genes an indifferent gesture to signal that he could continue.
"Surrounded by foreign enemies and isolated, the people of Aldolph were on their own, and as people living in the capital of the Empire, they undoubtedly knew more about patriotism than in the remote places, and I will not hide it from you, and if His Majesty Karl had not come to us, we, the old ministers of the Empire, would have been ready to live and die with the Empire at any time. But fortunately, Your Royal Highness the Prince woke up in time, and the current ending is really Sigma's favor. Jeans was going to analyze it from seven or eight aspects, but the time for the class was not allowed, and Zhang Hao clearly told him to make a long story short, so he only summarized it roughly.
"Papapa~" Zhang Hao took the lead in leading everyone to applaud, which was satisfied with the answers to the questions and paid tribute to the loyal ministers of the empire.
"Jeans said it very well, as for the question of what the soldiers and people of the empire relied on to fight the enemy before they were rearmed, let me elaborate on my own opinion, first of all, hope, this hope is not money or some other god, but hope for the empire and the emperor, what did Aldolph have at that time? Even the Flame Knights of the Roald Family Guardian Knights felt that we should be finished, and even the elders within our own family felt that it was time for the empire to change blood, so you can imagine what kind of mood the Imperial people who could still serve as soldiers in Aldolph at that time were persistent, maybe they would be disappointed, but they never gave up hope. And then there's faith, not my Sigma sect, it's not any other sect, this faith is His Majesty the Emperor, as the supreme controller of the empire, he is the source of hope, and this is also a kind of trust, and other places choose to wait and see because of distrust, I can understand that in that situation it would be a great help not to join the rebel camp. The last one is respect, His Majesty Karl has been in power for so many years, it is really difficult for him to be a weak scholar, I know this better than you, but have you heard someone say that he oppressed the people and implemented tyranny over the years? No, from my soberness to the present, what I have heard the most is the killing of kings and brothers. I don't know, but Brother Killer, who do you think is standing here? Boris, who can collude with even the Norscans by any means, did not dare to use this customary means of framing, at that time there were hundreds of thousands of refugees in the province of Rick in Aldolphe, if this notoriety Karl was confirmed, what kind of conspiracy was needed? Why don't you dare to use it, because everyone in the empire knows this emperor, he has been humble to people since he was a child, whether it is a commoner or a nobleman, he treats each other equally, before he became an emperor, Karl's reputation as a benevolent person is something that even a three-year-old child knows, which is also the reason why there are still many former emperors' subordinates following him after he became emperor, and the people trust him to believe in him as a hope, so respect is the source of faith. "Those of you sitting here, if you don't treason to serve the country, then you will be a pivotal figure in the empire in the future, Zhang Hao's lecture is a whim, but this content has been prepared for a long time, hope comes from faith, and the source of faith comes from respect.
"Well said! Bang Bang Bang" Jeans stood up and applauded vigorously, Zhang Hao's words made him pause, obviously he was of age, but he still had to work for the empire every day, wouldn't he have counted the money when he had this time? Jeans often asked himself in his heart, he was an old money fan, and in his worldview, money was the most important thing, but when the envoy of Emperor Aldolf Karl came to invite him back to the palace, Jeans followed the envoy of His Majesty the Emperor into the palace without hesitation. Genes asked himself countless times in his mind why? At that time, as long as a discerning person could see that the building was about to collapse, there was no longer any value of participation, but why did he put himself in it? And not only him, but also Robert and Chrissy, etc., all of whom should have been away from home, all returned, not for money, not for fame, but for the empire, for the sake of this benevolent young emperor, all for the deepest faith hidden in their hearts.
Zhang Hao stopped everyone's applause, "I hope you understand the meaning of respect in this class, and respecting others will never be a shameful act." You must know that relying on elders at home and friends outside, the world of commoners will always be much simpler than the world of nobles. Noble students, if you don't feel like you're doing anything better than me, put away your pride, ordinary students, if you want to be as admired as me, put away your inferiority. Believe me, pride and low self-esteem will not help you, well, that's all for today's lesson, I don't know when I will give a lecture again, but I leave you with a question, that is, if the empire falls, when people ask about you, will you show your heart? Keep this question in mind and I'll ask it next time I get the chance! Thank you, Your Excellency, for giving me this opportunity to stand on the podium today. ”