Nothing pleases the reader more than a varied plot and a vagaries of fate.

- Marcus Tulius Cicero (Roman statesman, orator, orator, jurist, and philosopher)

Speaking of Dulles, that's a big article; Even Vipsani admired this personable cadet, and even made it clear that in time, this Dulles would definitely become the most capable governor of the Augustan family! Of course, the reason why he is the most capable governor is because being a governor in this day and age is already the limit of one person; You must know that there is no such term as a prime minister in this era!

Why did Vipsani hold this Dulles in such high esteem? It turned out that before the age of 16, Dulles had many shortcomings and faults in his personality that ordinary people often have. In the town where his hometown is located, his father is the head of the town; Since he was a child, he spent a lot of time socializing every day, going to drink, chat, listen to plays, and play chess, and he had very little time for reading, and he often couldn't sit still when he read.

Moreover, he was very clumsy in reading; He struggled to learn. One night, he was reading at home, and there was an article that he repeated many times, but he couldn't memorize it. He read it over and over again, and memorized it over and over again; It was already late in the night, and he still hadn't memorized it. It's a bad thing. It turned out that a thief came to his house, and he lurked under the elm of his study, wanting to wait for him to finish reading and go to bed before entering the house to steal something.

But the thief waited outside the house, waiting, waiting. I just don't see Dulles sleeping. The thief could not wait any longer, so he jumped into the house in a very angry manner, and said to Dulles, "What are you going to read if you are so stupid?" I'll memorize it after listening to it a few times! So the thief recited the article from beginning to end, and then walked away. Not only that, Dulles also made a self-summary when he was 15 years old, saying what he did in the year; Except for writing a few love letters, I didn't do anything, and I was confused.

After he came to the academy, he was arrogant, poorly cultivated, and short-tempered, and had several serious conflicts with others. One of them was with a fellow villager Tahiti, and the two got into a fight because they disagreed over a meal. All the swear words came out. even "greeted" the loved ones on both sides; Dulles later regretted it and said that his actions were too barbaric.

So, before the age of 16, Dulles was a very mediocre person in many ways. But what is commendable is that he knows how to reflect on himself. Learn to be a good person. Why was Dulles able to be reborn and self-cultivation assiduously? This is also inseparable from his study at the academy in Calaris. Dulles was touched by the fact that he met Wipsani, a truly knowledgeable man, at the Academy. Coupled with the implementation of the brainwashing program, his worldview began to become clear.

How did Dulles get started? To put it simply, he became good by writing a diary; Neat Latin script. What you do every day, what you do every morning when you wake up and go to bed at night, especially what you don't meet the standards of civilized people, and reflect on yourself. In his diary, he also set a lower limit for himself to overcome every day, reading ten pages a day, and practicing composition every once in a while. With the diary as a tool, Dulles was able to work and study more efficiently.

After reforming himself, Dulles immediately remembered the fight with Tahiti; Although there are problems with both of them in this fight, they have to be corrected. It is necessary to turn to yourself, to find the reason in yourself, and to change it as soon as possible. So Dulles immediately visited his home in Tahiti and apologized. Tahiti, though not very moved, left Dulles to eat; So the two reconciled as before.

Could it be that Vepsani alone thinks that Dulles is a young man of great talent? Of course not! What really made Vipsani value him was because of two things. One day, on a fine day, Dulles came from his classroom to the college cafeteria; As soon as he put down the book in his hand, the restaurant chef said anxiously: "I have boiled five big fish, why are there only four?" So he called Dulles, who was recognized as an excellent student, and said to him: "The big fish that has been made is given to you to eat, and now there is one less." I don't know who stole it, you can help me check. ”

Dulles thought for a moment and replied, "This is easy, I have a way to find out." "Say it. Dulles brought out a basin and poured a few glasses of water; And he called all the people in the kitchen together, and told everyone to take a sip of tea and spit it into the basin. He stood by and observed, and a cook spat out clear water with fish in it. When Wipsani learned about this, he felt that this Dulles had some ability, so he arranged for him to be his assistant for the purpose of the school examination to coordinate the migration of the villagers to the center of the town.

During the two-week work period. Vipsani thinks Dulles is a **-type Qing official. On the one hand, he did have a clear conscience and did not put a penny into his private pocket; But on the other hand, his "purity" is different from the traditional history of the Qing officials in various countries, he is not as clear as those pedantic clean officials, and strictly abides by the provisions of the legal system, which stipulates that he cannot take a penny, and does not take a penny; We don't do anything that cannot be done according to the legal system.

Dulles felt that such a clean official was a façade clean official and could not do anything practical; If an official is clear to this extent, he will become a public enemy in the officialdom, and no one will approve of you. Because your actions obviously imply that others are not clean, you cannot have any friends in the officialdom, and you cannot have any strength to support yourself. Therefore, Dulles is not greedy either; But he was able to mingle with the leaders of the local powers in Sardinia and successfully completed the task given to him by Vipsani.

What Vipsani admires the most is that Dulles has a saying, he said, "You don't want to be a clean official"; That is to say, he does not want others to think that he is a clean official. His practice of living with the light and following the explicit and unspoken rules of officialdom has alleviated the conflict between himself and those villages to a certain extent, and is conducive to him uniting all the forces that can be united, mobilizing resources from all sides, and doing some big things for the Augustan family.

Therefore, Vepsani thinks that Dulles is a **-type Qing official who is clear on the inside and turbid on the outside, square on the inside and round on the outside. And, with his talent and ability, as well as his own restraint; Coupled with the spiritual faith that brainwashing brought him, Dulles will definitely become one of the pillars of the Augustan family in the future. After listening to Vipsani's description of this Dulles, Oscar really understood the extraordinaryness of this Dulles; Such a person is a rare talent.

However, there is not only one person among these 1,000 students; There is also a very capable talent, and that is the fellow countryman Tahiti who quarreled with Dulles before. However, this person's abilities are not outstanding. It's scheming. Tahiti is also from the same town as Dulles, but the two come from very different backgrounds; Dulles was born into a family of town chiefs, while Tahiti was the son of an alcoholic.

Even more tragic, his mother died shortly after Tahiti's birth; And the father, who was an alcoholic, didn't care about the existence of this son. He was even beaten and scolded like a slave. But not only did all this not bring the young child to its knees; On the contrary, it made his mind more mature, or cold-blooded. Why do you say he's cold-blooded? The reason is that he killed his own father with his own hands!

From the age of three, when his mother died, he lived in the shadow of his father's violence; Hunger was a daily occurrence for him, and even then he was beaten half to death by his own father every once in a while. After growing up a little. He was to go out every day and do all sorts of things to earn money for his father to drink; Otherwise he would have been severely beaten by his father. There was even a time when he was sick and didn't go out to do things, and his father angrily smashed the kitchen knife at him because he had no money to buy alcohol and drink; The kitchen knife didn't kill Tahiti, but it left a deep scar on his arm.

As a result, the next day Tahiti continued to work hard to earn money for his father to drink, just like no one else; This lasted for seven years. Seven years later, the day Tahiti came of age at the age of sixteen; After his father woke up in the morning, Tahiti beat his father to the ground, tied him up, and stabbed him alive in his home. The terrible screams attracted all the neighbors, but no one dared to step forward to stop Tahiti, whose eyes were already red; Eventually, after Tahiti had dealt a fatal blow to his father, he finally collapsed in his own home.

It was the first time in thirteen years that Tahiti had slept peacefully; All the villagers were shocked by Tahiti's cruelty afterwards. Everyone unanimously demanded that the murderer of his father be executed. Just then, Vipsani appeared; He rescued Tahiti from the villagers and sent him to the Augustus Family Academy to be brainwashed.

In fact, the reason why Vepsani chose Tahiti was not to make him the executor of the Augustan family's new policy, but to train him to be the leader of the Augustan family's brocade guard! Why not the elites, but the ones in charge? In Vipsani's view, an intelligence and espionage agency like Jinyiwei must be run by a ruthless and shady cold-blooded person; Obviously, Vipsani also knew that he was not suitable for the position.

Therefore, instead of always occupying the magpie's nest by yourself, it is better to choose a more suitable person to take on such a burden. It was at this time that Tahiti appeared. After Vipsani learned what the young man had just come of age had done; Vepsani knew that such a talent had appeared. A child who was able to hide himself for thirteen years, a child who was able to kill his father with his own hands; There is absolutely no more suitable candidate for the commander of the Jinyi Guard than him.

Of course, Vipsani did not make Tahiti immediately the commander of the Jinyi Guard, it was a gradual process; And the first step in this process is to brainwash him completely. But. The more you think about a strong-minded person like Tahiti, the less likely it is to brainwash; Thankfully, there is a big shadow in Tahiti's heart, and this is his fatal flaw. Through this fatal flaw, Vipsani easily portrayed Oscar as the soul redeemer in Tahiti's heart; It is no exaggeration to say that Tahiti is the most loyal of all the cadets to the Oscars.

For normal people in general, people like Tahiti are very terrible and cruel; But for Oscar. He admired Vipsani's vision. Indeed, Vipsani himself was not fit for the position of commander of the Brocade Guard; But there is no one more suitable for him now, so he can only act as the commander. Sooner or later, though, Oscar will still choose a new commander; Because Oscar is also not at ease, he has always handed over Jinyiwei to someone who has not been brainwashed.

The Tahiti that appeared now could be cultivated as the successor of Vipsani, and as long as he had enough experience, Oscar would not hesitate to put him in the position of commander of the Brocade Guard. Moreover, for the Tahiti Oscar, there is no need to worry about the future status; Because for people like Tahiti, faith itself transcends everything. (To be continued.) )