Chapter 621: ban door axe
Prince Zion made up his mind to immediately connect with the country through the magic circle. He also didn't look for those so-called "rare books", "orphaned books" and the like, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he would transcribe an ancient book from the Second Era in the treasury of the Royal Trera.
The Second Era was an era of cultural prosperity. There were many books at that time, and many have been handed down to this day. For example, the "Bombing Guide" series of books that are very popular among magicians, the earliest version can be verified to the Second Era - it is a book called "Goblin Goblin Bombing Guide". Introduces the ecology and habits of goblins, and how to fight them.
Of course, it can't be such a widely circulated book that can be collected into the secret treasury by the Trellera royal family. That book, even in the Second Era, was a treasure, worthy of entry into the basement of a large library, or the kind that a scholar would take to be buried with him.
In this third era, more than a thousand years have passed, this kind of book that is already a rare treasure in the second era, in the eyes of scholars, it is tantamount to a treasure of invaluable value!
Take the earth as an example. A thousand years ago, it was almost the Northern Song Dynasty in China. At this time, William, Duke of Normandy, France had just conquered Britain and established the famous Norman dynasty, which laid the foundation for the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. Soon after, the signing of the Magna Carta, which was extremely important in world history, was the beginning of Western constitutionalism; Not long after, the prosperous Song Empire built on the basis of crazy exploitation suddenly collapsed because of the stupidity of the last emperors. The hero Yue Fei failed to complete the Northern Expedition, but was maimed by Zhao Gou, the most shameless founding emperor in history. Finally, I turned into a long sigh in the wind in front of the national letter of "Celebrity Gospel"...
On earth, a book handed down from the Northern Song Dynasty is definitely a rare treasure - it is not easy for paper items to span thousands of years. For example, the famous "Across the River During Qingming Festival" is a national treasure. That is, China, a country with a long history and a long history. In other countries, let alone such a huge long scroll, even a literary secretary can be placed in the National Museum, and it must be covered tightly with a glass cover. In fact, who dares to take pictures and immediately blast out the door...
Because of the powerful tool of magic, this world is much less difficult to preserve books than the earth. But the wars in this world are much more exaggerated than the earth, and it is commonplace for the entire continent to become a pot of porridge. In the chaos of war, I don't know how many precious ancient books were destroyed. Every ancient book that has survived to this day has mostly depended on luck rather than preservation technology.
Of course, the Terrera people would not give the original book to the Demon King of the North. They would not even finish copying the book. They only copied a third of it and sent it to Prince Zion through the teleportation magic circle.
Prince Zion himself hadn't actually read this book - the ancient books of the Second Era, of course, can't be read casually, not to mention princes, even kings are no exception. If you want to watch, there are only two ways, either read through magic, or read the transcript after transcribing through magic.
Prince Zion is very busy, he has to learn a lot of the principles of governing the country, and he has to deal with a lot of his own affairs, so he has no spare time to study ancient books. But after getting the book, he flipped through it curiously.
"Uh...what is this book written?" After reading only one page, he closed the book and asked the scholar who brought the book.
The scholar, of course, had seen the manuscript, and immediately replied: "This book is about the elaboration of the 'ideal society', and the author is the famous sage Aristolus in the early part of the Second Age, who, through a fictional relationship between two sages, Dialogue, and conceived his ideal society - the scholar king becomes the ruler, the magician and the knight are supported on both sides, and the lords from all over the world are like stars guarding."
"Isn't that similar to the current situation?" the staff asked curiously, "Could it be that the kings of later generations established their countries according to his ideals?"
"This is impossible to verify." The scholar was a rigorous person, and answered cautiously, "I belong to the school of 'not guessing history'. Nor deny it."
Prince Zion nodded, he liked this rigorous approach very much: "So this book should be regarded as one of the origins of the 'Lord System'?"
"There is indeed such a statement in the academic world, but because we didn't let others copy the book, or even let the news spread, no one is sure."
"Why?" Prince Zion asked curiously.
"The king needs majesty, and mystery is also a source of majesty." The scholar replied, "Everything that has been verified clearly will lack mystery. Even if this matter is confirmed, the Terrera royal family will not benefit from it, but will So undermining one's own mystique, then what's the point of substantiating it?"
Prince Zion froze for a moment, thought for a while, and nodded in favor of this statement.
He is a statesman. For him, academics, people's livelihood, war, and conspiracy are all tools that exist to maintain rule. Affecting the authority of the ruling for the sake of academics, this kind of thing is like abandoning the root, and he will not do it!
"So... take this book out to that Demon King, will we suffer?" he asked worriedly.
"No, who would believe what the Demon King said?" The scholar laughed, "If this matter were to spread from the Demon Lord, it would have a blow to the view that 'the lord system originated from scholars', after all... the Demon Lord Things, no matter how you look at them, are villains. Even if what the villains say is true, everyone will only think that he is fake."
Prince Zion couldn't help laughing, and the staff also laughed, and the atmosphere in the study suddenly became very pleasant.
The last time they met, they were put together by the Demon King's staff, and suffered a small loss. Although they didn't say it, they were actually very concerned. Now that I can use this half book, I can save a little bit, bury a small trap for the other party, and maybe get a little benefit, why not do it?
But their good mood lasted only a little more than a day.
When they met for the third time, Prince Zion took out this book. The third staff member of the Demon King, a strange man with a white horn on his forehead, only glanced at it and smiled disdainfully. .
"It turned out to be the book "Conversations about an Ideal Society"." He casually put down the book, "It's only one-third of the content, thanks to you being able to get it. If I remember correctly, the book's The whole book should be in your secret vault, at least transcribing the part of 'proper politics and illegitimate politics' for me would be considered a bit sincere."
Prince Zion was stunned, turned his head subconsciously, and saw that the scholar who was in charge of transcribing and delivering the books had his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, and his face was full of shock.
Playing this trick in front of the emperors who have sneaked into the secret vaults of various countries and scavenged all kinds of rare and ancient books, they are really classy!