Chapter 401: Lolandal's Reading Voice
"At the beginning of man, nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away......"
Listening to the faint sound of reading aloud in the school, the god of brilliance closed his eyes and listened attentively, and the smile on the corner of his mouth never dissipated.
Although Lolandal already has their own textbooks, they have never discarded the textbooks they got from the Grim Wind Leader, rather, their textbooks are based on the Grim Wind Leader's textbooks, plus some of their own things.
After translating the "Three Character Classic", the translator also tried to keep the original catchy, just like the god of radiance now hears, full of rhythm.
The God of Radiance didn't expect that among the knowledge possessed by the head maid, there was such an educational book, and even he had to praise it.
It's like to make up for the shortcomings in the hearts of the people of the world of Assatom, because people don't have the concept of 'morality', so many people act unscrupulously and without any scruples, because it is difficult for the nobles who hold power and law to judge them, and even those nobles are too lazy to care about these things.
If there is any murder in the territory, they will only send someone to check the scene at most, if it is not a rich person, or someone with status, it is simply wishful thinking to let those lazy and greedy city guards go to great lengths to search for the murderer.
This is the 'mistake' that has accumulated over a long time, the 'mistake' of these gods!
He and the God of Justice, as the two leaders of the God of Good, uphold justice - they are right, but since there is 'justice', there must be 'evil' in return.
They also tried to prevent it from happening, but it backfired, and their efforts eventually became forgotten by everyone, sleeping in the long river of time, and no one cared about it, only them, the parties involved, who were unwilling to fail like this, the 'changemakers' who were not willing to fail like this.
Other than that, there are no books, and the history that has been lost only exists in their memories.
There are many reasons why they did not succeed, the high cost of education, and the failure to popularize education is one of the more important reasons, after all, what they want to do is not in conflict with the nobles, on the contrary, the nobles also expect them to succeed.
However, it is a pity that for various reasons, they did not succeed in the end, otherwise the society would not be what people see it now.
They have had an idea for a long time, but that idea is always just an idea, and they can't force anyone to have 'virtue', even though they want to make society like this, but it's too difficult.
They want everyone to be good, but that's not possible, they want to come up with an idea, but people don't have the motivation to act.
Only a few people would believe that if they did one good deed a day, their souls would ascend to heaven after death, and most people knew that such a thing was true, but they did not have the willpower to do so.
Therefore, the ideas of the God of Light and the God of Justice can always be only one idea, and their ideas are difficult to realize, and the possibility of realization is almost zero.
Now that education is universal, they want to take their time, but it's still too difficult......
At this time, the "Three Character Classic" came into their sight, and later, the head maid gave them a book called "Tao Te Ching".
Although some of these ideas are difficult for them to recognize, and there are many more that they do not understand, but this only partial understanding is enough for them to gain a lot!
When the head maid said that the author of the book was a 'mortal', they were a little incredulous, but it was only unbelievable, although they were gods, they did not consider themselves to be the most intelligent beings in the multiverse, after all, the multiverse is too big, too big......
Everyone can see a lot from this book, and every time you read it, you can learn something new, this is a book full of 'ancient wisdom' that even the gods of knowledge will praise again and again.
The head maid called the book a 'classic,' and the god of radiance didn't feel exaggerated, for it was exactly what it was!
When he looked through the book, he always felt as if he had said everything in the book, but it seemed to say nothing; it seemed to talk about politics, but it seemed to talk about the norms of life; it seemed to talk about 'the way of governing the country', but it seemed to talk about 'the method of self-cultivation'.
The God of Radiance thought he understood, and if he thought about it, he could gain something new, and after that, he never said that he 'understood'. - He really didn't understand!
The Tao Te Ching, which the chief maid had given him, had no commentary or translation, and at first the God of Light was a little puzzled, but when he read the Tao Te Ching for the second time, he understood.
This book does not need annotations, because annotations affect thinking, and there is no translation because only by using this kind of text can we write between the lines.
At first, the first time I read it, I thought I understood half of it, and the third time I thought I had read it, but the fourth time I read it, I felt that I didn't understand it at all.
Originally, the idea in the mind of the God of Radiance was just an idea, but now he knew how to regulate human society.
It's not right to just use 'sins' and 'intimidation' to manage the people, and there is no problem in the short term, but after a long time, the rulers will gradually become arrogant and ignore people's demands, and the final result is not the 'Arcane Empire'?
In the eyes of the Arcanists, their running a nation is like a puzzle of calculations, treating everyone as a unit of numbers, however, this is not true.
Otherwise, the Arcane Empire would not have aroused public anger in the first place, and the people's hearts are not a 'number' that cannot be measured by calculations.
No matter how many plus signs the Arcanist writes to the left of the equal sign, when they do it wrong, the result to the right of the equal sign will be quietly added to the minus, at first they can still see it, but over time, this seemingly equal asymmetry will eventually grow beyond their field of vision, and finally, a slash will be drawn on the equal sign, and the equation itself will be directly destroyed!
If we want society to become prosperous and people to become peaceful, then what we need to pursue is not 'elegance of the superior people' or 'decency of civilized people', but 'morality'!
If there is no control of people's hearts, then let them use 'society' to form a circle, put people's hearts inside, put 'morality' outside the circle, no matter how society changes, 'kindness' and 'morality' can never be changed, by comparing 'morality', people themselves will have a clear understanding of people's hearts.
From an early age, books are used to shape the 'morality' and 'good and evil' of the next generation, and a clear and easy-to-understand law is established so that children can understand it, so that they know what to do and what not to do.
Maybe in the process of growing up, some people will be affected by various influences and eventually deviate from this path, but in the end, more people will grow into a person who knows the law, understands the law, abides by the law, and advocates morality.
Parents are their children's first teachers, and those people will educate their children, and then their children will educate their children in the same way......
That goal is a little distant for a mortal with a short lifespan, but for the God of Radiance, he is a god who has been tormented for so long before, let alone now?
Regarded as a symbol of 'hope', he was once unable to grasp those lamentable hopes, and now that this hope has been placed in front of his eyes, how can he let it go so easily!
"Your Majesty, why are you ...... here?"
Listening to the exclamation coming from behind him, the God of Radiance slowly opened his eyes and turned back with a gentle smile on his face that never seemed to fade.
"Wouldn't it be nice to go out for a walk once in a while and listen to the sound of young people reading?"
"This was ...... before But I can't see it, and I haven't heard of it!"