After hearing the priest's voice, Aigron didn't know how to reply for a while. Deep in his heart, he even vaguely agreed with the other person's idea.
He has more ardent ambitions than ordinary people, and also has a strong desire to be recognized and worshiped by others. It is difficult for him to accept that he leaves the world in obscurity, so he can understand the meaning of what Father Faria said.
Some people would rather die than live in the indifference and contempt of others. For them, only by displaying their talents and being remembered by everyone can they truly live a life.
Father Faria had a particularly strong desire in his heart because of his troubled early years. He finally got this opportunity, so naturally he was not willing to give it up.
If you were to put yourself in the shoes of a priest, I'm afraid you wouldn't be willing to accept a disguised form of emeritus retirement. Anyway, you don't have a few years left in your life, so why not make it more exciting?
Precisely because he is also the same kind of person, he can't bear to criticize the other person harshly.
Seeing his silence, Chanel, who was standing behind him, became even more anxious. She could not understand the thoughts of these two people. She just wanted to let the priest live a few more years and let him enjoy a few more good days.
So she boldly took the initiative to persuade Father Faria, "Father, His Majesty has completely good intentions for you, why do you insist on your opinion like this? Don't you think the longer you live, the greater your contribution to Your Majesty? We still have too much time.
You are needed in many places, and neither Your Majesty nor I are willing to watch you just...leave this world like this."
"Chanel, I'm very grateful for your concern for me, but you worry too much. I can still hold on." Father Faria still insisted on his opinion.
"Look at what you are like now! How do you look like you can hold on?!" Chanel became anxious and interrupted the other party loudly. She took the medicine bottle from the table next to her and showed it to the two of them.
Personally speaking, "I have been by your side to take care of you for so long, how can you still lie to me? The amount of medicine you drink now is several times what it was more than a year ago, and it is almost like a medicine jar. And even if you don't look at this,
Just by looking at you talking, I can feel that your life is declining, why would you lie to us again?"
Being snatched away by Chanel, Father Faria was speechless, but he still did not change his mind. "Everyone is destined to die, and everyone will eventually return to the arms of the Lord, sooner or later. Moreover, even if I did not perform official duties, I would not have survived."
How long has it been? My health has long been destroyed in prison life... Since I am destined to die soon, please let me die gloriously in a respected position. If you have mercy on me, please satisfy me.
This wish...I don't ask for wealth or title, I only have this wish..."
Chanel wanted to persuade her again, but at this time Aigron reached out to stop her.
"Chanel, stop talking...we have to respect the priest's wishes. He has the qualifications."
After stopping Chanel, Aiglon looked at the priest again, and then said to him seriously, "Father Faria, although we have not known each other for a long time, over the past year or so, I have gained a lot from you.
A lot of lessons. To a certain extent, you are both my subject and half of my teacher. You are qualified to make requests to me, so I fulfill your wishes. You don’t need any leave, but will continue to fulfill your wishes.
position. But..."
He changed the topic, "I can no longer let you perform your duties with such high intensity, because you are obviously overwhelmed. Even if you don't consider your health, I have to doubt whether you can do your job well, so I have to do it myself."
Share the responsibility.”
"Do you take responsibility?" The priest was a little surprised and didn't understand what he meant.
"I appointed you as the prime minister of the principality and asked you to take charge of the overall situation. However, I underestimated the difficulty of this job. I set up a prototype of a cabinet in vain but did not really make it work. In the end, all the pressure was overwhelmed.
It's on your shoulders, and you really carried it on your shoulders with your loyalty... Edmund was there to help you before, but now Edmund is also sent out by me. You, an old man with limited mobility, can
You can imagine the hard work it took to achieve this." Aigron answered the other party with a hint of self-blame, "This was an oversight on my part. I didn't do what I should have done, so now I need to make amends."
Aigron's self-blame comes from the heart.
Although he single-handedly created this small Principality of Ioannina, deep down in his heart he never really took it seriously. In his own mind, this place was just a temporary residence for him and his knights.
That's all, there is only one place for his final destination.
Since it's just a temporary stay, why should we care so much? As long as we can make do with it.
But facts have proven that even for such a small country, affairs are still complicated and complicated. Even if you just want to "make do", you have to expend a lot of energy to maintain basic operations, not to mention that it is still in its infancy.
It is being built, and everything is still in the process of being built. From this point of view, Father Faria has simply overfulfilled his task in the past six months or so, which is very remarkable.
However, after all, it cannot always be like this. Father Faria himself is certainly overwhelmed, and once the priest really collapses due to running out of oil, will the principality just not care about it?
Egron must avoid this situation.
Although this principality would not be his permanent residence, it was still a piece of land that he had created, and he did not want to give it to others, let alone let it go to waste.
If one day I really have to leave the principality with a large group of cronies, I should hand it over to someone I can trust and continue to run it. It can be used as my strategic fulcrum in the Balkans and the Near East; take ten thousand steps back.
For example, if one of his descendants unfortunately loses the throne one day, he can still have some ancestral property as a retreat.
It seems that this risk really has to be guarded against.)
This idea originally only vaguely stayed in his mind, and was put aside because he was busy with things on the mainland, but now that he saw the priest looking so old, he had to think about this issue.
First of all, he must try his best to keep the priest alive. Even if he does not consider personal feelings, every extra day he lives is creating value for himself; secondly, he must try his best to create a principality system that can last long enough to share the pressure of the priest in the near future.
, in the long run, he can continue to run this principality and maintain loyalty after he is gone.
Eggron knew that he was already a skilled expert in building momentum and winning public opinion, but he was still a novice when it came to ruling the country, and when he was educated in Austria, the Habsburg royal family also deliberately treated similar
content was eliminated from his educational curriculum.
Just because he knew he had this shortcoming, he also deliberately avoided this problem. When the principality was first established, he determined the structure of the knights as the core, and then the Greeks and MSL landlords ruled in layers. However, after that, he
Everything was left to Father Faria and others, and he went to the mainland to conduct diplomatic activities.
However, the problem is unavoidable after all. If you want to be a ruler, you must rule personally, otherwise you will just be a rootless person.
If you don't sort out the small principality today, what will you do tomorrow when you arrive in France, which is a hundred times more complicated than the principality? It's better to start practicing now, while Father Faria, the advisor, is still alive.
Just because he figured all this out, Aigron's original sadness and depression were swept away, and he was suddenly full of energy again.
"Father, you and your cabinet members were appointed by me. We have been together through life and death. We are familiar with each of you. I will never doubt your character, otherwise I will not entrust you with important tasks." Aigron was full of hope.
Looking at Father Faria sincerely, "I am by no means a know-it-all, but I can learn the things I must master. From now on, your cabinet will meet at my residence once a week to report to me, and
You don't have to attend in person, just provide me with a written report and list the suggestions you want to give me. I will make a decision based on the situation, and in this case your workload will be reduced a lot, which will be helpful to you.
It’s good for your health.”
"Your Majesty..." Father Faria hesitated slightly, "Have you really decided this way?"
He was not worried that Aiglon's arrangement would allocate his power, but that such a sudden change would cause great chaos to the principality's initial government order system.
He and his cabinet ministers are now responsible for too many tasks, ranging from the appointment, dismissal and formulation of government officials, the promulgation of laws, to the tax rates in various places, the reclamation and water conservancy of farmland, the construction of cities and fortresses, and
From the supplies of the garrison to the diplomatic work, all the things added up are extremely complicated.
Even for a small country, these matters are so numerous that it is a headache, and they have tortured him to this point.
If His Majesty intervenes rashly and issues orders that are different from the previous ones, a lot of resources will be wasted in the back and forth, and the people below will be at a loss as to what to do, which will invisibly damage the prestige of high-level officials and further weaken the government.
The country became chaotic.
Because of this, he didn't want Aigron to intervene rashly.
"Don't worry, Father, I will only listen to reports and observations at the beginning, and will not make any decisions. All decisions you have made before have been accompanied by my approval and have irrefutable authority." Aigron saw that.
He felt the priest's worries, so he took the initiative to explain, "I will also read the report you gave me carefully. If you have any suggestions, just give me any suggestions. I think you don't mind continuing to be my teacher?"
After receiving Aigron's assurance, Father Faria finally felt at ease, but he still had some reservations. "Your Majesty, I am very happy that you are willing to learn this, but I still want to remind you that you are a king, and being a king is the most important thing.
Your task is to send those talented people you trust to the right positions to play a role for you, rather than you doing the work for them alone. There are too many things in a country. If you ask about everything, you will definitely know everything.
can not do well."
"Of course that's what it says, but how can there be so many people in the world who can be completely trusted and entrusted with important tasks? Smart people are in the minority, and selfless smart people are even rarer, very few." Aigron replied with a smile,
"If I don't know the ropes, then how do I know who is suitable? I will be fooled by those smart people, who will try their best to please me and enrich their own pockets. As a result, everyone's resentment will be concentrated on me! So I
You have to figure out how the machine works and then find the right people."
This is also a major reason for the decline of the dynasty. The founding kings often conquered the world personally, and were very good at commanding the army or building territories. However, the later kings grew up in deep palaces since childhood and had no knowledge of worldly affairs or how to deal with state affairs.
It is impossible to judge who is the right minister to handle the task. In the end, he can only choose those loyal ministers who can sing the most high-profile words. As a result, they are often deceived and fooled. In the end, the entire political machine decays and collapses, and the dynasty is also on the verge of collapse.
There is certainly no need for Aigron to care about the future problems of his descendants now. He must first learn what he needs to learn and prepare for the future.
"This is really wise talk!" Aiglon's words resonated with the priest, and he nodded with a smile, "Although you are young, Your Majesty, you often have the ability to see the world, and you often speak to the point, which makes me
I admire this person who has lived for a long time...I believe that no matter what your descendants are, at least you will not be easily deceived and fooled."
"If I hadn't known about your character, I would have thought that you were deliberately flattering me!" Aigron couldn't help laughing, and then he held the priest's hand again, "Father, now we can talk.
It's clear enough, there are many smart people in the world, and there are many smart people under my command, but I have never seen many smart and selfless people in my life, and you are one of them, so your value to me is priceless.
It is estimated that after I lose you, it will be difficult to find someone who I can completely trust. Even from my selfish point of view, I ask you to live for a longer time, I need you."
Father Faria almost choked with sobs.
He has never seen Aiglon say similar words to his other subordinates. His Majesty has always driven his subordinates with a stern and unquestionable attitude. How could he ever comfort a person with such gentle words?
This kind of "favor of knowing someone" is the best compensation for his rough life. It is for this reason that he is willing to go to pieces.
"I'm sorry for you." He murmured to himself. "Fortunately, Your Majesty, I can still live for a while, and I will complete the task you gave me."
"Well, please take good care of yourself. We'll see you later." Aigron hugged the other person to say goodbye. "Remember, my order will be implemented immediately, and you can write your first report."