Hidden Yao Era

The man's eyebrows fluttered and he patted his ass, and his deliberately performed expression was even a little mechanical, so that Casto couldn't help but show a hint of disgust. Cousin Lin Mingtong also twisted her head to the side, then looked at the food, and then looked at Griffith.

Griffith put on a smiling face and said to the man: "Haha, thank you Congressman Lewis, it is an honor for me as a newcomer to politics to receive such high praise from you. Let me introduce you, this is my fiancée, Lin Mingtong, and this is her cousin Casto Cavendis. "

"Ah, the hero who defended Titan is here, fortunately! I have also read your wife's paper, and the study of ancient culture is profound and dispassionate. It's amazing, your vision of choosing marriage is amazing, and you are united with an amazing elite family!".

"Haha, thank you for the compliment. Congressman Lewis, I think there's a lot to be said about the details of the last religious development bill. Today I have made an appointment with Lieutenant Colonel Casto, and I am afraid it is not convenient to talk to you in detail now. There's a clubhouse-style teahouse in Utopia Lake, so we'll take the time to discuss this issue tomorrow, what do you think?" Griffith politely extended an invitation to Councillor Lewis.

"Haha, thank you for your kindness, and I'd love to discuss this bill with you. It's a pity that time won't allow for tomorrow, and I still have some arms bills on Jupiter Industries that need to be reviewed. Oh, you see, I forgot what I was going to do, and I had to rush back to writing the audit report. Gone, Mr. Griffith, and goodbye to your fiancée and the heroes of Titan!".

Councillor Lewis finished speaking and left.

After he left, Casto asked Griffith, "Are you writing a bill to limit the development of religion, and what do you think about the development of religion in the earthsphere?".

"I think the Arbitration Commission's attitude towards religion is too lenient now, and the religious organization with the Brotherhood of Wanderers as the core is very serious for our infiltration. This is likely to threaten our core interests and even the stability of the entire planetary sphere. This is by no means alarmist!" Speaking of this, Griffith, who had always been calm, suddenly became emotional.

When Casto heard this, the strings in his heart tightened suddenly, and he wanted to know more details about the infiltration of religious organizations into the earth's sphere, so he said: "I have a general understanding, and the current situation of military infiltration is already very serious. Could it be that the inner political circle has also been infiltrated?".

Griffith said solemnly: "Yes, it is very serious, probably about six percent of the parliamentarians and about one-tenth of the political and business aristocracy have converted to monotheism, and most of them believe in the very extreme sects of monotheism. "

"What!?So many people?Why would the government of the Earth Sphere allow this kind of cult to spread in the core political circles?".

Griffith sighed, "Well, that's what my doctoral dissertation studied. In the beginning, in order to reform the mental condition of the top brass of the military, the top of the Earth Circle government made some high-ranking officers accept a new type of religion transformed from monotheism through an underground organization under the cover of 'nature' and 'voluntary', which was called the 'Brotherhood in Yellow'. "

"At the beginning, they introduced religion in order to make the top generals no longer empty and confused, and they pinned their hopes on religion to increase the loyalty of officers and develop the quality of perseverance and tenacity through the power of faith. But later, with the intervention of the Pluto rover underground or intentionally or unintentionally, this plan gradually deviated from orbit. "

Casto couldn't help but raise his own questions: "I don't understand, why do they rely on religion to transform the spirit of officers? Human civilization has developed to the way it is, why do they still rely on religion, an old antique, to enrich people's spirit?"

"Because this is the simplest way to violence. The ordinary military system and spiritual education are not enough to support the spirit of the soldiers. The human spirit, soaked in material pleasures and under the control of AI, has long since languished, and they are overwhelmed by military regulations and huge death threats when they arrive in the military, and the way they find a spiritual way out is either to indulge in carnal desires and enjoyment, or to be vain and confused and miserable. After saying this, Griffith smiled helplessly.

"Not everyone is like that!" Casto immediately retorted, but he also knew that most people were hopeless, and he just wanted to find some comfort in himself.

Griffith then published a long series of tirades on the military and politics: "I know, don't you just have your own spiritual world and will? There are people like you, like your Uncle Cuthbert and Admiral Li Xuanwu. They often read books together and discuss philosophy and music. However, they are outliers, and even at this level, they still can't stand up to the Order. "

"What are most of the top brass of the firefighters like? They only know how to maintain power, how to control their subordinates, how to make their circle of power wider and wider. Their spiritual world is empty, and their minds are full of money and power, so it is easy for such a group of high-level leaders to combine with political forces and become too big to lose. "

"The Arbiter Council needs a cleaner military, and they don't want the military's top brass and politicians to collude with them to influence specific military decisions. They need a military machine that is only subordinate to the will of the state, not a ticking time bomb manipulated by individual politicians. "

At this time, Lin Mingtong's cousin provided some reasons why monotheistic beliefs spread so quickly: "That's right, religion is the simplest and most violent. Spiritual emptiness makes it extremely easy for religion to take advantage of it. The fullest state of mind must be a self-consistent world formed by the interweaving of reason and sensibility. It's not easy to get there, it takes a lot of reading, understanding the world, and feeling the world. "

"This is not easy for modern people, and I feel that the decline of human taste for entertainment in the past 300 years is shocking. This has been the case not just for the past three hundred years, but perhaps for thousands of years, and human artistic creativity and taste have continued to decline in free fall. After the end of the golden age of human literature and art, human beings have been intoxicated with the external world for a long time, ignoring the inner world. "

At the same time, the inner world has also been deconstructed by science, the beginning and end of emotions and feelings have been made clear by science, and human emotions have become mechanical and cold. Everything can be explained, the mysterious emotional world is no longer hazy, and the aesthetic experience of human emotions is dissolved by science. Without beautiful emotions, where is love?".

Therefore, human beings have no true love, and now love is based on interests and blood. Lovers other than this are almost non-existent, and humans become extremely rational. But are such human beings really happy?".

"Most human beings are unhappy, and the extreme spiritual emptiness leaves their souls with nowhere to stay. What will the souls that hang in the air seek? Of course, the gods of heaven and the higher mystical beings, and religion will cater to them. "

"So, if you want these officers to be simple, the easiest way to be violent is to make them religious. Few people can keep reading and thinking like Uncle Cuthbert and Uncle Li Miaowu. Not to mention that they keep their hearts clean and kind while doing so, and they are heroes in my eyes. "

Lin Mingtong's cousin's words made Casto's heart move, he thought of Sonya's words, so he said: "Yes, people like them who go against most people and fight against the times are the real heroes, and I am not a hero at all compared to them." "

Griffith laughed, "Hahahahaha, don't be too modest, Casto, your introspection and kindness are rare among your peers." "

"In this era, we have too many two-faced people, and everyone has two or even three or even more faces to face different people to realize their interests in various fields. A lot of people are good at this, and they are comfortable in the game of changing faces, and they don't ask themselves which one is true. I'm always going to have to put on a mask, like what I just said to that councilor. "

"I actually hate that parliamentarian just now, and I don't like this kind of politician who relies on sycophancy. He will only follow the big people except for sycophants, and he has no ego. At the same time, he will not have any direct conflict with you. But he will borrow other people to suppress you, which may not be personal, purely out of profit. He's a man like a loach, wielding power, but you'll never be able to catch him, and I can't tell if his untraceable performance is elegant or disgusting. "

"What is the value of this kind of person to society? From the perspective of the whole society, this kind of person may be conducive to the improvement of administrative efficiency on the surface? But I don't think so, too many people like him will lead to a significant decline in communication efficiency, and the administration consumes a lot of resources and time in the constant misjudgment of information, which is contrary to the principle of efficient administration. "

"This kind of person is completely in the service of the powerful, he has no ego, no position, no ideas. All actions are taken into account for the sake of interest and the exercise of power. And the group of powerful people he serves has no ideas of his own. Such a group of people has created a society in which cults are rampant and people are impetuous. "

"I also studied the spiritual world of these powerful people, and some of them also have great aspirations. But most of them are just tinkering with and maintaining their scepters, carefully protecting their power and circles. Maybe they don't want to do just that, but many powerful people may only be able to maintain their power and circle. "

"They are exhausted in defending their own interests in administrative and interpersonal interactions, and they have no other ideals and goals. It's not so much that they want to be mediocre, it's that they have to be mediocre. But can they accept mediocrity? Impossible, then how can they not be mediocre? God can make them not mediocre, and then there is a market for religion. "

"But I'm not willing to be a mediocre person! I want to make a little change, I want to see the world clearly, and I have to see myself clearly. By knowing what I can do, what I want to do, and knowing the laws of the world and the problems of society, I can make a difference. "

"So we have to find ourselves and hone our abilities, otherwise we're just going to be screws and gears. How sad it is to unconsciously dominate one's life for the sake of profit and livelihood!".

"Alas, I think there are more sad things now. The cousin sighed suddenly.

"Huh, what's the matter?" Griffith didn't know what she was sighing about.

My cousin smiled, "The food is cold, but we haven't eaten a bite yet." "

"Ah~ hahahaha, it seems to be, let's let the robot send it back and heat it up again. Alas, I also like to talk about ideals and life so much that I forget reality, which is a disease. Honey, you can always pull me back, pull me back from your ideals, you are such a magical woman!" Griffith continued to please his cousin with sensual words, and the cousin smiled sweetly with her head down.

Casto later ate and talked with them, and spent the day full.

Back at home, he pondered Griffith's words over and over again at night. He couldn't help but open the dark web and connect with Sonya, who wrote, "How do we find ourselves?

He sent these messages almost unconsciously, as if the words were flowing from his heart to his fingertips.

He thought about it for a moment, and he thought that the question might make Sonia a little angry. So he paced back and forth in his bedroom, anxiously waiting for Sonya's reply.