Chapter 20: A Completely Twisted World

After three days in prison, Cumberland gave an advocacy speech at the Great Council, in which he spent a long time describing what he had experienced, and concluded: "I have come to the Misty Kingdom as Archbishop of the country because I love it, where the law is above the king, where the property and rights of the individual are respected, where freedom of speech and belief is permitted, and where peace, unity, and prosperity are made. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut there is a dark corner, and all the light of the Mist Kingdom has not shone on this corner, and that is the prison!"

"There, it's a completely distorted world, a terrible world, a world that people will never forget! The vast majority of prisoners, after they have made mistakes, and after entering the prison, they have no dignity, no security, and even no right to live, and spend their days in shame and fear. The prisoner, who, by negligence, temporarily loses his liberty and engages in some kind of labour, is already a punishment, and not to these punishments, to which is added the deprivation of a minimum of dignity, the deprivation of the guarantee of security, the deprivation of basic needs. ”

"I propose that prisons should reformulate their rules, where prisoners, regardless of their work, should not be insulted and bullied by others, and should have the basic rights to be fed, clothed, hygienic, to see a doctor, to visit and rest, to allow those who have been wronged to have access to the above-mentioned channels, to allow those who have been abused, to have a place to complain, and to punish those prison officials who are purely for the purpose of torturing people. ”

"Perhaps those of you sitting in this magnificent hall will not believe that on the second day of my imprisonment, I went to work in agriculture and came to a land that had already been harvested, and on that day we had done a series of tasks such as ploughing, loosening the soil, mending the ridges, and diverting water, and a normal farmer might have to complete these things in half a month, and we would only give one day, like a mad dog, busy in the fields, and if we slackened, we would be scolded and beaten. But this is autumn, delegates, there is nothing to be planted in autumn, I was very puzzled at the time, and then I heard some old prisoners say that these works are done for nothing, just for punishment. ”

"When we work, we only have the most rudimentary tools, and some people even have no tools, so we only use our hands to loosen the soil. The Misty Kingdom is a technologically advanced kingdom, with many creations of goblins and gnomes, as well as the technology brought to us by humans from other planes, but these things, in the process of prisoners' labor, are not used at all, only in the simplest and most primitive way, which is purely a torture and waste of manpower, which is a kind of sadness!"

Cumberland was a little excited, and his tone was full of anger and worry, unlike his usual slow and methodical sermons: "Human beings must not be happy to see others worse than themselves in a bad environment, but to try to change the bad situation. Prison should be a place to persuade people to make amends, not to make life worse than death. I thought that my recuperation was good enough after awakening, but in the face of the cell boss, I still made a move, and when I knocked him to the ground, I thought it would cause trouble, who knew that it was actually worship, and the other prisoners saw that I was stronger, so they gave in, and even the original boss woke up and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. This is the cell boss, and the jailers need such calm people to manage them instead, and this is the prison that advocates violence and ignores the weak!"

After Cumberland finished speaking, he stabilized his mood, sat down and took a sip of water, and looked at Brian.

Brian stood up and said, "I don't want to say more, in fact, in the past few days in prison, I have similar feelings to the archbishop, but because the place is good, it is not so profound." I think the conference system is good, and it reflects the voice of the people at all levels, but since there are representatives from all walks of life, then the prison should also have representatives, including prisoners, and they should also choose two of them to attend the meeting regularly and reflect their situation, so you can re-study the prison system according to these questions. ”

One of the delegates stood up and asked, "Your Excellency, you are doing this out of a sense of pity, but have you ever thought that it would likely lead to more crimes, and that the prison treatment is so good that some people take advantage of this to deliberately commit crimes in a desperate situation and stay in them for a while?" ”

"It is true, and I happen to encounter it, but no matter what, it must be improved, and I believe that most people are still more freedom-loving, and I believe that you can work out stricter methods of trial to convict people, and to have a tolerant attitude, so that there are fewer and fewer people in the prisons, and in the future, the prisons will have to generate their own income, and the state will allocate as little money as possible, so that they will carry out real production, and not play there. ”

Coming out of the meeting, Brian and Cumberland both felt that they had done a good thing, and after they looked at each other, they patted each other on the shoulder.

"Cumberland, I'm going to leave for a while, to go to the territory of the orcs, and then to the city of Heavenly Grace, I'm afraid it will take a long time, as a king, I am obligated to pacify the orcs in the west, so that they do not pose a threat again, as a son, I have an obligation to find my father, and not to let him suffer any more. Brian said, "Everything here, leave it to Adela for the time being, he will help you complete all the construction of Protestantism, I really hope that when I come back, I will see that most of the people will be able to join the holy heart, and they will be able to believe in the gods of their hearts, restrain their surging desires, and become more friendly." ”

"I'll do my best, but everywhere you go this time, there are big risks, so be careful. "Especially the Great Temple of Golingupun, there are many places that you can't just get into, and even if I'm there, there are some secret places that I haven't set foot in, so don't be careless." ”

"I haven't been on an expedition in a while since I've been back from the island, and I'm really excited to think about playing with the Pope. Brian was overjoyed, without a hint of concern, "Take care of my mother and daughter for me, and send them to the island." ”

"When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning, bring Halois and Estrid, and a few retinues. Brian said.

"Then I will write down my memories of the church in a pamphlet tonight, and send it to you early tomorrow morning for reference. ”

"It seems that you have completely betrayed Lord St. Osidine. ”

"I can only say that I have no tacit understanding with you with him. ”