"Do we … need to invite this kind of person?"
Standing behind the window, the Crown Prince of Gefra looked at Akumali, who was giving a speech in the auditorium, and found it hard to understand.
He was different from the students below. Most of these students came from the middle and lower classes of society. In terms of education, there was a clear gap between Gefra and the Federation.
This gap was reflected in the education monopoly's understanding of education, as well as the way they treated education.
In the Federation, education and knowledge were not monopolized. To put it simply, education and knowledge could be obtained as long as one had the money.
Anyone, he could be a man, a woman, or even an 'it'!
None of this mattered. As long as someone could pay for the person or animal, there would be tutors to impart knowledge into their heads.
This included animals.
The animal stars in the Federation were obviously trained. This was actually a kind of education, a kind of instilling knowledge.
Animals can't be born knowing how to do everything. They have to be trained to do it.
There was no knowledge that was absolutely confidential. The Federation's education monopoly was actually a network of relationships formed by education and schools.
Alumni, fraternity, sorority, student union … Saint Harmony!
These various organizations were the true core value of the education group. It was difficult for ordinary people to get jobs, but for people who could squeeze into these circles, it was easy.
No one could refuse an official member of the Saint Harmony because you didn't know if there was someone important behind him or her!
However, people could casually refuse an ordinary person's application. It didn't matter if they refused.
Knowledge wasn't monopolized. What was monopolized was the passage to the upper class. They added a door and a lock to this passage!
The situation in Gefra was slightly different. Some of the advanced knowledge was monopolized by the nobles of Gefra. For example, the Royal Institute of Science and the Royal Academy were the core of Gefra's scientific research.
Only in these places could some of the more sensitive knowledge in the Gefra Empire be learned. Other places didn't allow it, and it was difficult to form a complete system of knowledge.
Other than here, it might not be possible to learn it in other places. As for going abroad … Although the Federation's knowledge could be learned with money, there was still a process to it.
The Federation was very open to knowledge, but the most advanced knowledge, such as aircraft engines, was not included in the education system.
It existed in various research institutes, and it was very difficult to learn about it in school!
In the Gevra Royal Scientific Research Institute, as long as you have the qualifications to study here, you can come into contact with this knowledge.
Some of the people outside the window who were listening to Akumali's speech had the opportunity to enter the Royal Institute of Science in the future.
This was what the Crown Prince was most confused about. Akumili's way of thinking was fundamentally unsuitable for the Guevara People.
Gevra was an aggressor, and now he was teaching the aggressor the idea of "Don't use violence," which was stupid.
The Crown Prince knew very well that the Guevara people had a crazy obsession with more land.
If they did not have enough land and strategic depth, they would gradually be eliminated by the world!
The simplest example could be seen from the fact that they had won so many wars but had not gained any actual benefits.
The nobles were very dissatisfied with this. They had invested a lot of money and manpower, but in the end, they had won the war but had not gained any benefits.
The lack of a useful army was mostly due to the fact that the countries could retreat beyond the range of the naval cannons, and there was nothing they could do about it.
Thinking about it from another perspective, if one day Gevra was not so strong, and the enemy attacked Gevra Island, where would they retreat to?
There was no place to retreat, and it was over!
Gevra's way out was to change from an island country to a landlocked one, and the only way to do this was to invade!
Let the aggressors put down their violent methods, and through peaceful means of communication and negotiation …
"Hey, can you cede a part of your country to me?"
"Get out of my sight!"
"Okay, I'll ask another country's leader!"
That was probably the case, so the Crown Prince still did not understand why the Prime Minister would take the initiative to invite Akumali to give a speech. He felt that … there was no need to do so.
They were the aggressors, and there was nothing to hide. He also felt that there was no need to hide anything.
History was always written by the victors, and this was something he had long been clear about.
If the royal family had not gotten rid of the United Parliament, and had been killed by the United Parliament instead, there would not be any mention of the "Dark Twelve" in the history books.
The history books did their best to vilify the politics and society of Gevra under the United Parliament, and the appearance of the royal family could be said to have saved the entire country from darkness.
But if the royal family had lost, perhaps the members of the parliament would have become warriors, and they would have defeated the nobles who tried to bring about evil rule …
They did not need to embellish it now!
The dean of the Royal Academy just smiled, "We don't need to, but we have to pretend that we like this way of thinking. Only then will those who really need it accept it!"
"You're still too young, and there are some things you might not understand."
"Let's assume a situation …"
"Now you're standing with a group of enemies, and you're holding a weapon in your hand. They're also holding roughly the same weapon, but yours might be slightly more advanced."
"You have the confidence to deal with one of them, but you might not be able to deal with all of them. At this time, what should you do?"
The Crown Prince fell into silence, and then he added some elements. "Do I have an ally?"
The dean looked at him with a smile, "Do you think that the Empire has any reliable allies now?"
The Crown Prince was silent.
Ever since the Federation won the naval battle and shamelessly annihilated the entire fleet, many things had changed.
People no longer believed that Gevra had the power to rule, and some countries ran over to the Federation's side. The remaining countries seemed to be standing behind them, but they were no longer as resolute as before.
They might still have allies, but … there might not be any allies who could stand with them until the end.
In the process of nearly ten minutes of thinking, the Crown Prince considered many methods and added many elements. In the end, he was sweating profusely, because in the face of such a situation, he had no idea what to do.
He looked at the dean and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I don't know what to do, dean, but what does this have to do with the people below?"
The dean still looked as if nothing could stop him, and he nodded with a smile, "You're always thinking of attacking, why don't you try to give up attacking first?"
"Look, if they find out that you've given up on using violence and force to achieve your goals, and you put down your weapons, then they'll do the same."
"Before we discuss the next phase of our strategy, at least for now, there are no disadvantages to us, only benefits."
"We won't continue to be targeted by other countries, and the international community's evaluation of us will improve, but we know that this is all a facade."
"When we need to, we can pick up the weapons on the ground at any time, but at that time, they might not be on the same side. Do you understand what I mean?"
The Crown Prince was a little stunned, and the complexity of politics left him at a loss for a moment.
What the f * ck are these people's brains made of?
But soon, he understood the benefits of doing so. First, he would pretend to be a person who pursued peace, and then he would ask others to do the same. At least peace was not wrong.
Under such circumstances, Gevra would have the time and space to do more things. The Crown Prince even thought that they could use their advanced technology to redivide the world.
"Also!"
The Dean picked up his pipe and stuffed some tobacco into it.
He liked this feeling. Preaching was the happiest experience for him, and the subject was the Crown Prince, who might be the next emperor.
He held the pipe in his mouth, tilted his head, and lit it with a blowtorch. He took two puffs and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
"… Also, this is very effective in dispelling the sense of resistance in the areas we've occupied. Najalil is a very obvious example, even though the Federation has occupied it!"
"They won't admit it, but we all know that this is the case. But there are no conflicts between the locals and the Federation. Why?"
Without waiting for the Crown Prince to think and react, the Dean continued, "It's because of Akumali's ideas that the locals have shown signs of armed resistance, but they can't develop any further."
"Because they got what they wanted from Akumali's ideas and theories."
"The rich and powerful are convicted, the people can live stable lives, and they can even get a job."
"As long as any request is made to the Federation, and they think it's necessary, they will receive a positive answer."
"Look, the people of Najalil may now hope that the Federation can rule for a long time more than the Federation!"
"Because they've done better than the previous rulers, because they've given these people a channel to communicate from the bottom to the top!"
"They will no longer form opposition, because they think that everything can be solved through discussion."
"But they will never know that what they think can be solved through discussion doesn't touch the core interests of the Federation."
"If they touch this part, they will find that the Federation won't give them a chance at all."
"I have to say, the person who pushed this whole thing forward is a madman, but also a genius!"
"I really hope to meet him!"
The Crown Prince looked a little absent-minded, and asked subconsciously, "Who is he?"