Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Goddess's Choice
Linya was still depressed, and Emperor Hermann and the ministers were all shining with golden light and excited.
"A million gold coins! That's 10,000 silver coins!"
"It's the sum of our empire's three years of financial heart!"
"We're developed! Now we don't have to worry about running out of money!"
"Haha, I'm the happiest man in the world!" said Deacon happily, "I'm going to spend all this money in the future!"
"Well, with Linya and this gold, we don't have to worry about the Holy See at all! The expansion plan and the canal project are carried out at the same time! In addition, we have to step up the maintenance and reinforcement of the passes and fortresses in various places, the war may last for a long time, we must prepare for it in advance!" Emperor Herman calmed down.
"Yes, yes, if we have money, we can't save where we need to spend it! Our military spending really needs to be increased!" said Punis.
"By the way, Your Majesty, there is one more thing to report to you, we have destroyed the last resistance of the Kingdom of Demos and completely occupied the Nakans region. Our cavalry has captured the king of Demos, and it is expected that in three days we will be escorted to Leia for trial!" said Punis.
Hearing about Nakans, Linya couldn't help but gloomy again. Emperor Hermann hurriedly glanced at Punis, who noticed the change in Linya's expression, but it was too late.
"Judgment?" Linya asked, frowning.
"Uh...... Yes...... He was tried for starting a war of aggression against Sachnea......" said Punis with caution.
Linya couldn't help but frown. This war was clearly caused by their own words, but the final blame fell on the king of this dead country! But then again, if it weren't for their greed to send troops to invade Sachnea......
This world, that's it, the winner is the hero. History is written by the victors, and the losers can only be sent to the trial and guillotine. This is true of Noah, and it is also true of the earth.
Linya couldn't help but feel sad and closed her eyes. What else could she say? This qiē turned out to be caused by her!
"Your Majesty, now that the war against Nakon is completely over, here is our list of casualties. The wounded were about five thousand, and the number of killed was almost two. How do you think the pension should be paid......" asked Punis.
"Let's do as is customary," said Emperor Herman.
"Well, the pension for each of the fallen soldiers is a thousand silver coins, and for the wounded soldiers a hundred to three hundred silver coins, and we shall soon give a detailed list to the Deakens. ”
"That'...... What about the soldiers of the Kans Alliance, the dead and wounded, what about the Nakans?" asked Linya suddenly.
"Ah...... This ......" Punis said embarrassedly, "Your Highness Princess, they are our enemies!"
Linya took a deep breath and said to Emperor Herman, "Father, the people of Nakans are now your people. Please also pay tribute to the dead and wounded Nakans!"
"It's impossible, Linya...... We must not be merciful to our enemies!" said Emperor Hermann, shaking his head.
"Yes, Your Highness Princess, this kind of thing has never happened since ancient times!" said Deacens.
"Father, what do you think is the most important thing to unify the entire continent as a monarch?" asked Linya.
"Of course, you need the strength of the Empire!" said Emperor Hermann for a moment.
"No, I don't think so, Father. I think that for a monarch to unify the world, he must first have a benevolent and forgiving heart. If your benevolence can be recognized by the people, if even the people of distant enemy lords are waiting to welcome your army, who can stop you from unifying the world?"
"If, on the other hand, you are delusional in your delusional desire to slaughter and suppress those who dare to rebel against you with a powerful army, and to subjugate others with horrific force and bloody killing, the people will naturally rise up and would rather die in battle than become slaves, and even if you have an army of tens of millions, can you still kill all the people in the world?
"Now, you don't think of the people of Nakanth as your own people, how can the people there identify with their new identity? Do you want to see a Nakans who are constantly in turmoil and causing endless trouble to the Empire? You are about to have the most powerful army in the world, but are you ready to become the ruler of the world? Do you want the soldiers of the Momiji Empire to bring true peace to this world, or are you ready to let them cause death and hatred? My father, please do not underestimate the power of the people, the king is like a ship, and the people are like water, water can carry a ship, but it can also set off a monstrous wave and overturn the ship completely!"
Herman was dumbfounded, where could he find something to refute, and several ministers also looked at each other. Emperor Herman pondered for a long time, and finally sighed: "Linya, I'm sorry, my father was wrong! Ah, my daughter, the great moon goddess, your wisdom really makes me feel extremely ashamed! You are right, I know what to do!" Emperor Herman turned to Deakens again, and said: "Deacens, immediately convey the order of Her Royal Highness the princess to the governor of Nakans, and allocate special funds to pay for the dead and wounded Nakans, according to the standard of compensation for the casualties of our soldiers!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely convey the will of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" said Deacon hurriedly.
"Don't mention me......," Linya said sadly, "I don't want them to thank me." I don't know how much they hate me when they find out the truth! I wish they had scolded me, and I would have felt better!"
"No, Linya, you can't be blamed for that. Your wisdom is great, and it is a blessing from the gods to bring the Momiji Empire. It's just that my father is too despicable and snobbish, how can I blame you? Linya, you don't need to blame yourself at all. Emperor Hermann hurriedly comforted his daughter.
The meeting is coming to an end. Herman stood up and said sternly: "Ladies and gentlemen, our empire has reached the most important juncture of life and death, either it will be wiped out in the flames of war, or it will achieve a great cause that will go down in history in the dawn! Work hard, my most loyal friends! The empire belongs to me and belongs to you! Your name will be engraved with the Red Leaf Empire!"
"Swear to live and die with the Empire!"
"Long live the Momiji Empire!"
"We are willing to swear to follow the emperor to the death!"
"The Red Leaf Empire will win!"
"Thank you, my friends! We are honored to be blessed by God, my dear Linya, you have brought us good luck and wisdom, but I am sorry, Linya, you are the god of love and peace, I know that you hate war the most, but we are about to go through the most cruel and massive war......"
"No, Father. I may have been naïve before, but now I understand that only a unified world can have true peace! Besides, all these things are caused by me, and I must take responsibility for myself! Father, I am your daughter, and I am also a citizen of the Red Leaf Empire! I have decided, I will help you unify the continent, so that I can bring people peace for a long time!" Linya said seriously.
"Great, Linya! I love you, my daughter!" Herman jumped for joy.
Back in her palace, Linya's mood couldn't calm down. Politics, war, these things that should have nothing to do with themselves at all, finally all involved themselves. His ultimate goal was to reunify the mainland so as to achieve peace, and he was inescapable of it after all.
Alas, the meaning of my life now is for the ethereal hope of turning back into a man?
In the afternoon, Linya was in a daze in her bedroom, and Queen Isabel suddenly came to Linya's dormitory.
"Queen Mother, why are you here, is there anything wrong?" Linya hurriedly stepped forward and snuggled into Queen Isabel's arms.
"Hehe, Linya, that's right. Although our Momiji Empire has always worshipped the god of light and the god of the moon, it ...... The Temple of the Moon Goddess, which was originally built for you, is much smaller than the Temple of Light, and your father is embarrassed by this, and he is too embarrassed to tell you about it...... Well, Linya, don't be angry...... "Isabel said embarrassedly.
"My temple?" Linya smiled bitterly, and hurriedly comforted her mother: "Queen Mother, you and your father must not blame yourself for this, I have never cared about this matter." Besides, the temple of the Mother Goddess is bigger than mine, and that's how it should be!"
"Well, Linya, you are willing to be born into our Red Leaf Empire, this is the supreme glory of our Red Leaf Empire! So your father has decided to rebuild a new temple for you, at least as big as the Temple of Light!" said Empress Isabel happily.
"No need, Queen Mother, we shouldn't waste money doing such meaningless things now!I really don't care, please give up this idea!" Linya shook her head.
"It's a must, Linya. We must let the people of the empire know that the great moon goddess has come to our Red Leaf Empire! This is the pride of all the people of the Red Leaf Empire!"
Alas, it seems that the emperor's father is determined to create a god, although he is indeed half a god...... In fact, aren't the so-called gods in this world also created by human beings themselves? Isn't the so-called Genesis record just that human beings are deceiving themselves with the lies they have weaved? Human beings have been doing this all along, and now, the Father is just repeating what his predecessors did.
The emperor's father's purpose is actually obvious, he wants to create a god and make the people believe in God, so that he can realize his ambition to dominate the mainland. No matter what, I also need you, the emperor's father, to help me unify the continent, we have the same path, and I have to rely on you to complete my task!
Linya nodded, and Queen Isabel happily took Linya's hand and led her to the studio. Several painters had already prepared a qiē, but Linya didn't seem to need to sit quietly for a long time and let them draw slowly, and one of the magicians used a green crystal to take a picture of Linya who was posing. When I inquired, it turned out to be a kind of video stone that could record three-dimensional images, and it was even more magical and precious than the recording stone! The magician spent several video stones to take pictures of Linya's posture from all angles, and more than a dozen photos in a row, which was enough. It didn't take about half an hour, and the rest of the work was done by the artists and craftsmen through these videos.