Hearing Hadilan's words, Matilda subconsciously wanted to frown, but this action only appeared in her heart for a moment, and was overshadowed by her indifferent expression.

"Tension is still in the city, but order in the factories and markets has begun to be restored," she said casually as she came to Hadilan's side, "and because of the royal intervention, the merchants who tried to speculate in times of chaos and the nobles who tried to transfer their assets were pressed to death, and the supply of food, cloth, and medicine was no longer a problem...... More than half of your credit is here. ”

"In special times, we need to use some special means to make some guys 'honest'," Hadilan smiled lightly, "It's human instinct to chase profit, but some people's instinct is too out of control. By the way, Sister Huang, I heard that there was a confrontation between the Knights of the Protector and the National 11th Regiment, has the matter been resolved? ”

"We have identified a group of mentally tainted commanders and soldiers in the 11th Legion, as well as a few who are mentally exalted by shallow faith, and the source of the confrontation is them – all of whom have already been sent for treatment," Matilda said, "as for the others...... When Archduke Ferdinand appeared, the situation quickly calmed down. ”

"Duke Ferdinand......" Hadilan showed a thoughtful expression, "He is the most respected person among the military nobles, and the Knights of the Protector is absolutely loyal to the royal family and completely isolated from the God of War Sect, and he is more effective than a hundred generals when he stands up." ”

Matilda nodded slightly: "As long as the army is effectively controlled, the military nobles remain loyal, and the faith contamination in the core legions is cleared in time, the situation will be eased quickly - and we also have a large army of battle mages, who are completely unaffected by this 'plague', and the Royal Mage Guild is always on the side of the royal family, these two forces do not get out of control, and the order will not get out of control." ”

Hadilan's gaze fell on the list next to him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "This is also the first guarantee that these lists can be properly 'handled'." ”

He knew that when a series of crises suddenly broke out, there was a lot of pessimism in the country, and some people who knew too much about the inside story even felt that the Augustan family was going to collapse from now on, and that the royal family of Typhon was finished - the decree could not get out of the obsidian palace, the front-line army was out of control, there was a "spiritual plague" in the capital, and the people in the parliament were panicked, as if the situation had reached the point of complete collapse, and the royal family of this country could not do anything about it......

Harderon actually understands these pessimistic and even extreme emotions, but he never feels identified with it himself.

Because a large number of armies, including the Knights of the Protectorate, the Obsidian Forbidden Army, and the Wanderers, are still firmly in the hands of the royal family, and due to the deliberate control of the royal family of Typhon for many years, these armies are not affected by any church, and the Royal Mage Guild has always been on the side of the Obsidian Palace, and the current president of the Guild and almost all the high-ranking mages are staunch royal faction - and these mages not only have great force, but also technology, they are the ones who quickly purify the national communication network, A key part of quickly filling the gaps in the communication system. In addition, the powerful nobles led by Ferdinand Wendell also have reliable loyalty, and have long distanced themselves from the Church of the God of War, either explicitly or covertly......

Typhon faced a crisis, but the situation never got out of control, and the Augustans were only a little caught off guard.

The only thing that left young Hadiren feeling out of control and feeling uneasy in this crisis was the Cecil who seemed to have calmed down.

The enraged Cecils were dangerous, but they were perhaps even more dangerous when they calmed down and silently occupied the Winter Wolves' defenses—and the terrible thing was that Typhon couldn't control it.

He shook his head and rubbed his slightly sore brow, and Matilda's voice came in the next second: "Perhaps, some people can be handed over to me......"

Before Matilda could finish speaking, Hadiran shook his head, he raised his eyes, his gaze fell on the face of the royal sister, and said with a very serious expression: "We all know why this matter must be entrusted to me. ”

Matilda frowned, but didn't speak—she understood what Hadiran meant, and by tacit understanding, neither of them went deeper into the subject.

At this moment, a slight buzzing sound suddenly sounded, and one of Matilda's earrings emitted a slight flash and ringing, and the conversation between the two siblings was interrupted, and Hadilan quickly reacted: "Father is looking for you." ”

"Looks so......" Matilda touched her earlobe and nodded to Hadilan, "and I'm leaving." ”

……

It wasn't long before Matilda, who had said goodbye to Hadilan, was passing through the deep corridors and rooms of the Obsidian Palace to a study in the inner court, where her brilliant father, the Emperor, sat in his favorite high-backed chair—when Matilda entered the room, Rosetta Augustus was reviewing several papers, from which he looked up and saw his daughter with a faint smile: "I came a little earlier than I expected." ”

"I'm on Hadilan's side," Matilda said frankly, "and I've come at once when I receive your call. ”

"Hadilan...... He must have been busy lately," said Rosetta the Great casually, "So, what have you talked to him about?" ”

"It's just a discussion about the recent situation in the country," Matilda said, then she paused and couldn't help but say, "List, more list...... To be honest, it looks a little uncomfortable. ”

Rosetta looked at her for a few seconds before shaking her head, "Trust me, Matilda, I don't want to see more of that than anyone else - but it's something we have to do." There is still a lot to change in this country, and this crisis has exposed all the accumulations, and if we do not take this opportunity to eradicate them, we will face more permanent difficulties and accumulate more hidden dangers in the future. ”

"Of course, I understand," Matilda said at once, "but ...... I always felt like I was watching. ”

“…… Sitting on the sidelines is the best way for you to 'participate' right now," Rosetta the Great gave Matilda a deep look, and then he hesitated for a moment before he whispered, "Remember, child, your hands must not get dirty, especially in this matter. ”

Matilda's heart jumped, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly.

In fact, she knew that her father would find out about this matter sooner or later, but she never expected that it would be in this situation and put it on the table in this way.

Rosetta Augustus continued, after a brief silence: "Remember, Matilda, if you want to shoulder a country, everything you do must be done with an eye on the long future – more than anyone else, taking into account all the costs and possible effects from the beginning. And this time, all you have to do is keep your hands dirty, you have to appease the nobles in a perfect posture, you have to meet with the representatives of the citizens, you have to announce the follow-up welfare, production, and supply policies, you have to be the maintainer and builder of order, and those things that are unpleasant...... It has to be done by someone else.

"Even if you make a lot of decisions about many things, you have to maintain this 'decent cleanliness.'

"Matilda, the lists—and the purge outside the list, we all know that they are meant to sweep away the moths of the Empire, to quickly stabilize the situation and defend against internal and external threats, but many people don't pay attention to the long-term results, they pay attention to the horror and tension in the process, and the 'extenuating victims'...... In fact, they are even right, because these purges are not glorious in themselves, regardless of their ends, and if they are abused, then they are even a breach of order. Whatever the immediate and short-term effects of these actions are, they are bound to be controversial in the long run – and they can't be left to you. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced deeply at Matilda again, and a smile appeared on his face: "Do you feel that I have overprotected you?"

"Matilda, many years ago, I was in a similar situation to today...... It was even worse, because I had a much more list of people than I do today, and I had to deal with people much more cunning and insidious than the speculative merchants and self-serving aristocrats of today, all of which I had to do with my own hands.

"The consequence of doing it myself is that I make more compromises, more trade-offs, more leeway, and more enemies that I can't directly destroy, because that's the only way to avoid the whole country from falling apart. I have spent more than a decade repairing these rifts, tinkering with many imperfect New Deals, and even so, there are still many people who hold a grudge against me in the shadows, and as time goes on, I have to put these people on a new list, and I have to face a lot of new opponents who have been influenced by them.

"It's too much energy and time, Matilda, and I don't want you to go down my path again.

"So, your hands must be clean."

Matilda listened quietly to her father's teachings, and a thought suddenly popped into her mind—it was rare in recent years that her father, who was like steel, had said so much to herself at once.

"I see what you mean," she nodded, "but Hadilan......"

"He knows what he's doing, and you can see it," Rosetta said in a deep voice, "and it might not be fair to him...... But this is the responsibility of the royals. ”

Matilda sighed.

"Now let's get down to business," Rosetta said, "I called you here because I have an explanation. ”

Matilda immediately became serious: "You please command." ”

Rosetta reached out to the drawer next to him—he pulled out a thick file from it, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Matilda.

Matilda curiously took the document, and the first thing that caught her eye when she opened it was a line of large letters in printed font - "On the plan and long-term significance of building the Typhon Memo Library".

She continued to flip through a few pages, and soon found that a considerable part of the content that followed was actually a bibliography, a large number of bibliographies.

"This is ......" She had a faint guess in her mind, but she didn't dare to believe her thoughts, she looked at her father with a stunned and puzzled expression.

"We're going to secretly build a library of memos—we're going to have everything Typhon has to offer. Scholars have compiled a list of all the historical and technical books, and further work is underway to collect and organize them. According to the plan, more books will be included in it in the future, and eventually a huge set of encyclopedias. In addition, the collection and collation of works of art such as poetry, drama, architecture, painting, etc., has also begun, and now the work will be left to you to continue to carry out. ”

Matilda finally couldn't help but interrupt Rosetta's words: "Your plan...... Is it to prepare ......?"

"Just in case," Rosetta said calmly, "if we fail, someone needs to make sure our traditions and history can continue." ”

"Is the situation so critical?" Matilda couldn't help but ask, "At the moment, it seems that everything is under control......

"It's true that it's not the worst yet, but we're on the edge of a cliff and it could get worse – and if that happens, the preservation of history and culture has to start now."

Matilda listened carefully and pondered, and then she suddenly realized that what her father was really worried about was not the god on high at all, but the people: "Do you think those Cecil people will take this opportunity to fight a devastating war?" And you think they have the ability? ”

"I admire and am willing to support Gawain Cecil and the 'claims' he declares, but we can never fully trust our enemies, whether they are capable of it...... Matilda, it's okay for them to have that motive, and I've recently found out what motivates them to do it, and even their specific actions. ”

Matilda pondered for a moment, and after a few seconds she said in a deep voice, "...... If that is what you feared, even if we were to organize and preserve these books, they would probably become nothing more than a collection in the Cecil Museum—a display of their successful conquests. ”

"So this is the worst option, not even an effective countermeasure," Rosetta said lightly, "If this crisis is safely passed, we will naturally have time and space to slowly solve the problem, but for now...... There's not much we can do. ”

Matilda looked at her father for a long time before she finally lowered her head: "...... I see, Father. ”

Rosetta let out a faint "um", and then fell into a brief but suffocating silence in the study, until Matilda couldn't help but want to speak, Rosetta suddenly said, "Do you think I'm too pessimistic?" ”

Matilda hesitated, but nodded, "...... Yes. ”

"Indeed, I am a little pessimistic, especially since not long ago, when we were immersed in the self-confidence of a strong national power and proudly planning for the glorious era of the future, my pessimistic thoughts today seem particularly unreasonable...... But, Matilda, I'm on a big gamble.

"A ruler is not supposed to be a gambler, but I have always been in situations where I have to be a gambler in my life, and in my experience, facing a gamble...... It is better to be pessimistic than to be blindly optimistic. ”