Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 485 Banquet
After careful consideration, Perfect felt that everything he had done was meaningful.

She had the power to help these people, so why did she stand by and watch? These people would indeed die when the doomsday winter came, but if she gave them a hand, then they would survive.

Faced with such a choice, Perfecto felt that he couldn't bear to watch others die.

So facing Kallen's answer, Perfect just smiled with relief: "Yes, I saved many lives, and this is all meaningful! Let me stand by and watch them die? Sorry, I can't do it."

"Why do you have such a strange idea? Did someone say something to you?" Karen asked curiously, because in her eyes, Perfect has always been a very opinionated person and he shouldn't be shaken at this time.

Perfect shook his head slightly and explained helplessly: "Some people think that I only need to take care of the North. Whether it is the Empire or the New World, they have nothing to do with the survival of the North. On the contrary, they have become a burden to me. I should abandon these unnecessary things.

They even thought that you and your revolutionary army were a riot, and that I should have cut the Gordian knot with thermobaric bombs and wiped the revolutionary army off the map.

If only one or two people said this, I wouldn't hesitate, but the problem is that I have met many people who said this to me. They think I shouldn't save those "worthless people" and shouldn't ask about things that have nothing to do with building the North and resisting the Doomsday Disaster. "

"People like this... should be the so-called elites and aristocrats, right? That sounds like a very selfish statement!" Karen hesitated for a moment before changing to a less offensive word.

"Yes, being able to talk to me is obviously not something that ordinary people can do, right?" Although Perfect didn't really believe what these people said, she would still be affected by the fact that more people said it: "These remarks seem to make sense at first glance, but as long as you think about it carefully, you can find the extremely selfish core behind them.

They advised me to abandon those ordinary people because they felt that they were not ordinary people and it would not be their turn to be abandoned.

But once they are the ones being abandoned, they will immediately clamor, asking why I didn't save them.

So in the final analysis, the reason why these people make such remarks is nothing more than selfishness.”

"But this kind of selfish speech is the truest reaction of the human heart and the most direct manifestation of a person's inner desires." Karen seemed to have felt this and said with emotion: "When you asked me to lead the workers' movement to launch a revolution, some people asked me why I wanted to provoke war and riots. They seemed to think that the Workers' Union would be satisfied after negotiating with those factory owners and capitalists and obtaining good conditions.

Some people were simply bought off by the factory owners, thinking they could become factory managers and become superior to ordinary workers...

However, they cannot see that there are still many more people suffering from exploitation and oppression. It is those who are still resisting who pose a threat to the capitalists. That is why they are willing to offer favorable conditions and treatment and to buy off those so-called "representatives of opinions."

When the capitalists achieve their goals and no one stands up to resist, they will be like pigs in a pen, waiting to be slaughtered. "

In this situation, Perfecto knew what was going on without having to guess. It was simply that someone could not resist the temptation and was shaken.

Even this kind of rhetoric can be considered simple and crude. If it were Perfect, she would even use rhetoric like 'Now is the time when the doomsday crisis is at its peak. At this time, we should put aside our differences and unite to fight against the doomsday disaster, instead of despising a revolutionary riot and destroying the already fragile peace' to persuade Kallen.

Based on what Perfect knew about Kallen, she would really fall for such talk.

After all, it is true that when the doomsday disaster comes, they should indeed unite to fight the disaster.

However, simply asking the working class to give up resistance and emphasize unity without mentioning what the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy should do is still double standards and selfish.

It's just that this kind of rhetoric doesn't seem so unacceptable, and it also gives it a so-called righteous name.

Perfect dares to say that if someone really puts forward such remarks or opinions, they will quickly gain a large number of followers and support, because the other party is indeed standing on the moral high ground.

However, this kind of coercion of others through morality and justice may seem high-sounding on the surface, but in fact it is just a way to exploit and coerce others to obey one's own will, which is a very shameless behavior.

Compared with them, capitalists can be considered amiable. At least the capitalists' knives are stabbed openly.

"Those capitalists won't be so kind as to wait until you completely lose your ability to resist before they start slaughtering you. In fact, when you give up resistance, or when some of you give up resistance and the cost of suppressing you becomes acceptable to the capitalists, they will carry out a thorough liquidation." Perfect sneered, his words full of disdain.

Through a brief conversation with Kallen, Perfecto's pent-up emotions were released, and his mood improved a lot.

So she turned to talk to Kallen about business: "Now that the Revolutionary Army has become a self-governing territory, you have a lot to do next. I think you are ready."

"I know. I have memorized everything you taught me!" Karen took out a small notebook from her body, opened it and said to Percy Carter, "Establish a self-governing government led by workers, keep the revolutionary army in our hands, reorganize the Workers' Union into a real political party, and put forward clear long-term and short-term goals, and formulate a program centered on achieving long-term goals..."

"These are all things you need to do as the leader of the Workers' Union. In addition, as the leader of the Dominion, you also need to pay attention to some things, that is, the construction of shelters and energy towers in the Dominion." Perfect was very satisfied that Karen could remember what he taught her, but he did not forget to remind her what was her top priority at the moment: "I will be in charge of the New World colony for the time being, so there won't be any big problems. Send as many people as possible to negotiate cooperation with the colonial government, and then go back to start building shelters and energy towers in major cities.

I will give you a copy of the relevant technical data and construction requirements later. If you have any questions, you can contact me directly. Now that you are the leader of the Dominion, you can talk to me directly, so just ask if you have any requests. "

"I understand!" Karen said solemnly and recorded all of this, with a serious expression on her face.

Before being chosen by Perfectcot, Kallen had never really managed anything. She had neither the experience of leading others nor the ability to manage an organization.

But after Perfectcott pushed her to the position of worker leader, she had to force herself to grow up and become a qualified leader.

Although she does not have enough experience, Karin believes that as long as she works hard and studies seriously, she will be able to get things done.

Seeing that Kallen had a correct attitude, Perfect nodded in satisfaction, but she still reminded Kallen with concern: "In addition, I know that you have established an autonomous region, which is a staged victory. Many people may relax their spirits. This is where you need to be vigilant.

You have only achieved a temporary victory, or even a victory that I gave you. You have not undergone rigorous tests, so many people's wills may not be firm, and their revolutionary beliefs may not stand the test. So, Karen, you should pay special attention to this aspect in the future. Once a team's ideology is problematic, then the team is doomed.

And there is an even more crucial point. You were all workers and proletarians before, but now you are suddenly appointed as managers of the dominion, and many of you may not be able to adapt to the change in identity.

As we said just now, people are greedy. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for the revolution and ideals. But when they sit in their current positions, can you guarantee that their thoughts will remain as firm as before and able to resist all kinds of material and spiritual temptations? "

This problem has destroyed many revolutionaries in the original world. Some of them were once passionate young people with high spirits, but when they took high positions, they were quickly eroded by sugar-coated bullets and no longer had their original ideals.

Just like the most famous traitor during the Anti-Japanese War, when he was young he was also a passionate revolutionary who "sang generously in the streets of Yan and calmly served as a prisoner of Chu. He drew his sword and made it into one piece, not to let his youth down." He once assassinated the biological father of the last emperor.

Such a passionate young man who should have left his name in history, but gradually fell into depravity on the road to the pinnacle of power, and finally became a traitor and traitor despised by everyone. It might be because he could not resist all kinds of temptations.

Perfect didn't know if there were such people in Kallen's revolutionary army, and she wouldn't bet on whether these people could resist the temptation.

So she reminded Karen from the beginning, hoping that she could pay attention to this problem and nip any bad signs in the bud in the bud.

The affairs of the revolutionary army were always within control thanks to Perfect's intervention. Although the war brought many problems, they were always stopped in time and no disastrous consequences occurred.

After all, she does have the ability to stop the war at any time and control the scale of the war.

But if the problem arises within the Revolutionary Army, which has now become a self-governing territory, even Perfect would find it difficult to handle such a matter.

Ultimately, the Steam Knights' military force can stop wars, but it cannot stop the decay, corruption, and depravity of human hearts.

Kallen and the Revolutionary Army have to deal with all this on their own. She can no longer help them.

"Please rest assured, I won't let your efforts go to waste! We agreed that when the revolution is victorious, we will greet the sunrise together!" Kallen was full of energy and told Perfectot her most beautiful vision.

Perfect just smiled and said nothing more.

Kallen's vision is beautiful. If everything goes well, she may indeed have the opportunity to see the sunrise on the day when the revolution is victorious.

But the prerequisite for realizing this vision is that they can survive this doomsday disaster safely.

"It's good that you have this confidence. I will hold a banquet in New Shock City to celebrate my 17th birthday. After that, I will return to the North. I don't know when we will meet again. I hope you can bring me good news by then." Perfect said to Kallen with a smile.

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According to the management of the Victoria Empire, a noble lady usually holds a coming-of-age ceremony on her sixteenth birthday to announce her adulthood to the entire aristocratic circle, and also to send a signal to her family's social circle.

That is, the lady has reached adulthood and can seek marriage.

For the nobles, the marriage of a child of marriageable age is a huge political bargaining chip that can be used to exchange various interests or to form alliances with other families, or even to cling to higher-level dignitaries.

Therefore, generally speaking, the coming-of-age ceremony of a young lady from a Victorian noble family must be extremely luxurious and decent, because it is to show the most beautiful side of the lady to the outside world.

What could be more alluring than a delicate flower that has just reached adulthood?

Of course, male nobles also have such a banquet when they reach adulthood, and the purpose is also to find suitable marriage partners.

This is also a very important social occasion for the entire aristocratic circle.

Many political alliances, exchanges of interests, or other matters were achieved at such banquets.

Originally, Perfect was supposed to hold her coming-of-age party last year, but she rejected Princess Anne's proposal to hold one for her, citing that she was too busy with other things, which made the old butler very disappointed.

Originally, Perfect had not planned to hold a coming-of-age party this year, because she was too lazy to entertain those fat-headed nobles, and she didn't like being bothered by those young nobles who were like flies.

She didn't have any thoughts that a young girl in love should have, and she had no interest in men at all.

If such a banquet were really held, perhaps the fathers of those noble young men would still have a say in front of Perfectcot, but those noble young men themselves? The Earl of the North really looked down on them.

But considering the current situation of the New World colonies, Perfect felt that holding such a banquet might help calm the people.

On the other hand, the nobles who migrated from the empire to the north also need to be appeased. Her coming-of-age banquet will be a good occasion to send a signal, which can not only soothe the nobles' emotions, but also convey her own will and ideas to them, so as to prevent these nobles from causing trouble for her.

So even though he disliked these kinds of banquets and social events, Perfect still seriously prepared to hold his own coming-of-age banquet.

(End of this chapter)