Chapter 223: , Too

After hearing Joseph's words, Napoleon was silent. He felt that he seemed to have understood what Joseph meant. At that time, if he had to become emperor, Joseph would probably not object too much, but he did not seem to support it. Perhaps the most Josephine expression is: "This is an approximate solution to this problem, but it is only an approximate solution. Although it cannot be counted as a total error, the distance to the optimal solution is still a thousand miles away. "
"Of course, this fellow Joseph will definitely add a sentence after this:'But Napoleon, with your intelligence, being able to make such an approximate solution that only deviates from the correct solution but a few hundred kilometers has made me very satisfied, even very Surprised, it seems like compliments, but it's actually sarcasm." Napoleon thought.
Now, Napoleon’s mind, or the small goal in front of him, has quietly changed, that is, how to convince the big brother to accept the monarchy, and what is the optimal solution for the big brother?
Napoleon racked his brains for a while, and then had to admit that Joseph had no idea what the optimal solution was.
"It is so happy and painful to have such a big brother." Napoleon's head didn't know why such a sentence came out.
As the eldest brother, Joseph almost played the role of everyone's father, including Napoleon, who received education and love from him. Although Napoleon often, even as long as he has the opportunity, can ridicule Joseph, he will definitely seize this opportunity, but even he must admit that without Joseph’s help, at least for now, it is impossible for him to have this The status and achievement of In a big family, it is of course a happy thing to have such a big brother.
However, having such a big brother is really hurting one's self-esteem. Napoleon always thought that he was a very smart man, at least smarter than Lucien, smarter than Louis, than Jerome...Bah, baah, baah, he should be smarter than everyone except Joseph-even Rapp Russ-Napoleon admitted that he was inferior to Laplace in mathematics, but he felt that this was just a specialization in the art industry.
However, once encountering Joseph, there is no problem of'specializing in the art industry'. In addition to how to attack on the battlefield and how to make the Pope crown generously, Napoleon felt like he was still Really can't compare to Big Brother. Even in many cases, it is difficult to keep up with his ideas. This feeling of IQ being crushed on the ground is really... "It's so painful." So, many times, Napoleon felt that some brains are not particularly good, and they can make themselves despise guys who have nothing to do, such as Talking about Murat is actually quite cute.
But there are so many things like this, and Napoleon gradually got used to it. He couldn't get a correct solution to Joseph's problem. Isn't this a normal thing? What's the big deal? It really doesn't work anymore. Find a time to go out on horseback to hunt the foxes together, to ensure that every round can crush Joseph out of breath.
"After this incident today, the whole family went to Versailles to go hunting together, so that Joseph could make a fool of himself." Napoleon secretly made up his mind.
"Okay, Joseph, don't play dumb puzzles, let's talk about your ‘new rules’." Napoleon finally decided to concede defeat temporarily and tactically.
"Before deciding on this new rule, let us return to the most fundamental question," Joseph said. "What are we making the rule for? Well, Lucien, don’t just sit there. The question is relatively simple. , You answer."
Lucien was a little unhappy: "What is called this question is relatively simple, you answer? Am I a fool?"
But he could only think about this sentence, but he didn't have the guts to say it. Because if he said it, Joseph would immediately throw a slightly more difficult one, but Napoleon would definitely be able to find a correct solution in seconds, and he was embarrassed by a problem that he couldn't do all the time, and then laughed at himself with the unscrupulous fellow Napoleon.
"If we have the ability, who can fool a little girl into bed as fast as possible?" Of course, he only dared to say this in his heart.
So Lucien followed his heart and replied: "Of course it is to ensure the interests of our family."
"Very good, very well said." Joseph said, "Napoleon, you have to remember this too. This is our real constitution. As far as priority is concerned, you don’t know where the priority is given to your code. No matter what we do, we must not violate this."
Napoleon had no intention of resisting this statement. He nodded and said: "It's up to you. Such a simple truth."
"Now, the next major question is what our interests are." Joseph continued, "and what our power can get. Here, I want to emphasize that we should not overestimate our power, especially you, Napoleon. "
Joseph looked at Napoleon and said: "You are the most heroic one in our family. You have a lot of heroic qualities in ancient Greek mythology. This is good. Our family needs a hero like this. But You, like many Greek heroes, tend to overestimate yourself and underestimate your enemies."
"It doesn't matter, since you are there anyway, you can always see the difficulties, even if it is just a bean-sized difficulty." Napoleon retorted, a little unconvinced.
"It wasn't because of you that I would be like this? You really treat me as a coward?" Joseph said.
Napoleon was silent. Napoleon did believe that Joseph was not a coward. At the beginning, in the rain of bullets, Joseph caught up with him and marched side by side with him has proved this. Napoleon believed that Joseph was also a brave hero. Napoleon also believed that the reason why Joseph was so conservative, so stable, and so unwilling to take risks was indeed because-the bear boy in this family was really a bit more daredevil. The eldest brother shoulders the heavy responsibility of the family. What if he is not stable? But with so many daredevils in our family, are you not responsible, Joseph?
Of course, the last sentence was just thinking about it, and Napoleon did not dare to say it.
Since Napoleon said nothing more, Joseph continued:
"In addition, we must also consider the ebb of family power. Sir Newton is one of the smartest people in the world, but what about Sir Newton's son? Who have you heard of it? A hero's son is a hero before he knows it. I don’t think at all that my son will be stronger than me in math and science in the future. Well, Napoleon, I also don’t think that your future son will be able to catch up with your toe in military capability."
"But I believe that Lucien's son will still have a chance to catch up with him, no matter how to lie to the little girl." Napoleon hurriedly interjected, lest Lucien stay here too Acarin.
Lucien curled his lips, but did not try to fight back. Anyway, there is no way to make sense with Napoleon, the bad thing.
"Napoleon, don't deviate from the topic." Joseph said, "Our family is very lucky. In our generation, there are so many talented people. Even Lucien, his ability alone is enough to support a good family. But we can't expect God to treat us so kindly all the time. We must be prepared that our next generation is not particularly outstanding.
Of course, strict and appropriate education can improve their abilities, but the role of talent is undeniable and even irreplaceable. Therefore, when we consider what our abilities can obtain, we must also consider what our descendants can hold, and prepare for them to retreat and stick to it. Napoleon, you know, the most dangerous and difficult military thing is to retreat. When the inevitable ebb of power appears-this time can even be expected, that is, after you and I are dead, and Lucien is also old and confused-we must try our best to make the family's back One can keep as many things as possible. "
Napoleon said nothing, and after a while, he said, "Joseph, I understand what you mean. If we write the rules by hand that the emperor's fist is determined by the emperor, then after our power ebbs, we will not have enough fists. When overwhelming everyone, as long as someone like you, or me, or even Lucien suddenly appears in the house, our family will be very dangerous and may lose a lot of things. So, you I hope that although we rely on violence to obtain all of this in essence, we can establish a rule that prohibits the use of violence to gain benefits?
Well, your idea is good, but isn't such a requirement itself contradictory? What the new rules will look like depends not on what we say, but how we do it. We ourselves seized it by violence, so the rule must be seized by violence. Others, especially those who can come to snatch, are heroes, even if we use some methods to cover up and deceive, they can't see it. "
"You are right. But whether they can see it or not is not important. It is important to keep most people from seeing it. You have to think about the future hero who will end the rule of our family. Heroes, what common interests do we have?"
"Common interests?" Napoleon was full of doubts at first, but soon he showed a sudden smile ~EbookFREE.me~Joseph, you are right, we have common interests, they are us now , The first thing they must guarantee is the interests of their own family-unless the hero is not only a hero or even a true saint, but this probability is really too low. So even if they see what is under our guise, they themselves have to maintain this guise for the benefit of the family. But to maintain this pretense, then they cannot use too violent methods to deal with our descendants. Well, the Republic, is that cover. What do you mean? However, to take advantage of this guise and to hold all power in your hands, this requires very sophisticated design. Joseph, don't let it go, what do you think, just say it! "
When Napoleon said, "Unless the hero is not only a hero or even a true saint, but the probability is too low", Joseph's heart suddenly thought of someone in another time and space. Such a person who is both a hero and a saint does exist, and this person is such a person. Just as Napoleon said, the probability of such a person is too low. Not every age, every nation has such good luck.
"Well," Joseph said, "In the far east, there is a philosopher named Laudan who said this: "The most brilliant ruler in the world is like this: the man under his rule He is not even aware of his existence.'"