Chapter 11: General Burnham's Book
Chapter 11: General Burnham's Book
With a pious heart, Kiris Stuart began to read for the first time the books left to him by Burnham, the ruler of the Noxian Empire. Open a book with a plain white cover and a sharp title written in bright red font: "Aristocrats and Commoners".
The font is rough and domineering, with a temperament that looks down on the world, just like the temperament of General Burnham himself!
Turning the first page, I saw a line of arrogant handwriting in the same blood-red color: "The Nobles and the Commoners" was written in 1362, maybe this book can help His Majesty Nikokage unify the continent of Valoran!
Without pause, she turned to the next page, which contained only one paragraph in black font: "The nobility and the commoners are two classes that are naturally opposed to each other but have intersected with each other!" The nobles didn't want to admit it, but they also had to admit that they were ordinary commoners before they got the noble nobility! And even if the commoners are inferior, there will always be one or two of them who will break through the shackles that the nobles have attached to them and become a powerful nobleman!
So contradictory, so complex, yet so simple!
But what I explored was not the complex relationship between nobles and commoners, but how to find a force between nobles and commoners that could strengthen the Noxian Empire, and now I have found it!
That's why this book was formed. ”
At that time, thirty-six years after the book was written, General Burnham, who had already taken control of Noxus, summed up the meaning of the book in a simple sentence: Noxus wanted to conquer Valoran, and it was impossible to avoid the civilian forces, and they needed their full cooperation! Therefore, the idea of this book is to discuss how to get civilians to cooperate with the Noxian Empire to unify the continent of Valoran.
At that time, Kiris, who was still immature, asked very curiously, "Uncle Burnham, have you found a way to get civilians to participate in the Noxian Empire to unify the Valoran continent?" ”
Burnham gently stroked her long soft black hair and said softly, "Earn glory with military service, and exchange glory for a title of nobility!" The noble status symbolized by the word 'nobility' is enough to make any commoner fanatical! ”
At the time, Kiris didn't understand what Burnham meant, but now she understands! Even if he looked at Burnham's military service plan decades ago from the corner of the Demacian Empire, which was opposed to Noxus, Gallvin III had to marvel at the cleverness of Burnham's policy when he expressed his disgust. Since the introduction of military service: no matter how embarrassing the situation, Noxus will never lack troops!
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"Behind great wealth lies sin. And in front of the huge interests, there is a bottomless trap! For businessmen, in pursuit of great wealth, they need to learn how to hide their sins and face the world with a sincere face! For politicians, be careful to avoid the traps designed by other politicians when they are careful to grab huge benefits! - "The Interested"
"God created mankind, and mankind created qualities such as loyalty, hypocrisy, cunning, insidiousness, sinfulness, humility, charity, charity, etc.! Politicians, businessmen, soldiers, commoners, aristocrats, these people will seek the most appropriate quality among these qualities created by human beings, and those who choose the right qualities will rise to the top, and those who choose the wrong ones will go to hell! - The Essence of Noxus
"There are many great people in history, and Queen Catherine, Avarolan, Alexander the Great, and Gavin I are all great men! But few people think about why they can be considered greats, I have thought about it! Great people are not born to be great, but to show their greatness in the process of growing up, and perhaps in the future you will also worship me with the eyes of a great man - Duckwell Burnham! - "The Strong"
When God created man, he knew that man had many defects in himself. But a merciful God has left a way to fill the flaws! It's just that most people don't understand or don't know their own flaws at all, and people who know their own flaws don't forget to attack the opponent's flaws while trying to improve themselves, and then grab greater benefits! Politicians, businessmen, bankers, aren't they all such people? My purpose in writing this book is not to tell myself how to exploit the flaws of my opponents, and to use the flaws of my opponents to attack my opponents is itself a God-given human instinct, so I need to perfect my own flaws and strive to be invulnerable while facing different people's instincts attacking my flaws! - "My Opponent is the World"
"You can't just say 'no' to someone you love, and you can't say it often, that's the trick. When you say the word 'no'. You have to say 'no' to sound as good as the word 'yes'. I never say no to someone I love, but I've never had a chance to say 'yes' either. - "To My Love, Errette Lancaster"
"Let your friends underestimate your strengths and your enemies overestimate your weaknesses! Perhaps this is why politicians can hide in the night and manipulate the Valoran continent! - "The Man Behind the Scenes"
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Chillis took the trouble to look through the books on the small shelves that Burnham hadn't forbidden her to read, and which she had secretly read many times. With most of these books in her hands, she could easily cite some very famous words and words in her mind. Unlike Augustus, a pseudo-genius who had more than twenty years of life experience in his previous life, Kiris could be regarded as a true genius, who never attended aristocratic banquets. Her Royal Highness Princess Stuart, who is rarely mentioned in the aristocratic world but is also the most noble royal lineage in Noxus, is surprisingly mature in mind, possessing an instinct that can almost be considered unforgettable, and a proud talent in magic that many magic guilds praise in their idleness.
Few people would think that this man was no more than twenty years old. The noble, noble, beautiful and noble lady with sweet appearance, beautiful and moving, turned out to be a powerful magician with high-level magician attainments and one foot has stepped into the realm of a great magician!
Unlike knights, magicians not only need to be proudly talented, but also need to carefully study and analyze various magic formulas and magic laws, so a magician with proud talent can never become a good magician without the guidance of a skilled magician. Similarly, if a good magic master does not have a disciple with outstanding talent, it will never be possible to cultivate an excellent magician!
The path of magic has always been obscure and long, to use the simplest analogy, the youngest Holy Dome mage on the Valoran continent is sixty-seven years old, and the youngest Holy Coffin Knight is thirty-four years old.
If some magicians knew that Kiris was studying magic only to better understand the reason for the books written by General Burnham, I don't know how many magicians would vomit blood with jealousy because of this.
Shaking her head, shaking off the complicated and chaotic emotions, Kiris opened a book that had never been read and seemed to be written by Burnham recently, still with a very simple title: "Pillars of Empire"
When Chillis, who had been looking at the books she had already read and recalled discussing them with Burnham, was about to leave the study, she held the book and stopped it.
Sitting on a valuable bench made of precious nan wood and forged by Noxus' top woodcarver, with her left hand on her chin, Kiris carefully flipped through the book "Pillars of the Empire".
The word Liang Zhu is no stranger to Kiris! The first time I heard the word was from Burnham's mouth. At that time, Gilis asked about the meaning of the word. Burnham didn't hide it and immediately told Kiris that the word came from a group of businessmen from the Eastern Subcontinent who invented chess and Go, and this word could be used to describe the importance of the imperial aristocracy to the Noxian Empire!
"General Burnham, who wrote this book, should pay great attention to the characters in this book!" Clutching the book in her right hand, Kiris muttered to herself.
The first page is General Burnham's message: whether it is the Noxian Empire, the Demacian Empire, the Ionian Empire, the Zuan Empire, or the fallen Acacian Empire, there have been heroes who have changed the pattern of the entire Valoran continent, and they are the most valuable wealth of the empire, and they are the pillars of the empire.
In 1405, before I launched the Holy War that was about to become famous on the continent of Valoran, I had thought of writing a book for the young people of the Noxian Empire who had done well in the Holy War, and for the young men of the Demacian Empire who had done well in the Holy War. The former I will bring them a path of glory, while the latter I will cast a haze above their bright and bright sky, and they will walk with death.
Cause? Because they are the enemies of Noxus, the stumbling block that blocks Noxus from ruling the continent of Valoran.
The writing is sophisticated and the tone of the pen is plain, but as a person who reads this book, Qi Lisi feels a strong iron-blooded breath from the book, a kind of strong domineering spirit that can cast thousands of corpses between the hands of the world.
Having lived with Burnham at St. Peter's Castle since she was a child, Kirise knows General Burnham's temperament no better! Before the age of ten, Burnham was unruly, domineering, and sharp, and there was a sense of majesty and heaviness from a distance.
After the age of ten, Qilisi obviously felt that this Noxian ruler, who was obviously inextricably linked to her father's death, was less sharp and domineering in his speech and demeanor, but more steady and indifferent, and it was absolutely impossible to imagine that the old man in his fifties in front of him was General Burnham, who was famous for his domineering, domineering, and eccentricities.
But such an ordinary old man can decide the lives of thousands of people in the future in understatements.
Even if Kiris Stuart is reluctant to admit it, she has to admit that General Burnham at this moment has the temperament of her father, Nicocage the Great, who was in power in Noxus at this moment.
To put it simply: to put it mildly, the fate of tens of millions of subjects can be decided in a single word, and this is the style of a king! Looking at this message, this feeling that had not been seen for a long time turned back to Kiris's mind again.
"General Burnham, you are a piece of the mountain that stands in front of me and makes me insurmountable!" Looking at the book "Pillars of the Empire", Kiris was a little distracted and muttered to herself. (To be continued.) )