Chapter 12: Acting Baby
I decided to become the Emperor and I got an ally, but I forgot the first thing I need to do.
“What kind of ruler will I be?”
I need to decide this.
That’s why I’m going to set a goal.
I’m also a person. I have desires, the biggest of which… is called ambition.
My ambition is ‘to be remembered as a wise ruler by future generations’.
One day, when the wheels of history move forward and I’m spoken of as an ‘important person of the past’ ――― assuming that I have accomplished enough to become one ――― I can’t stand to be known as a ‘tyrant’ or ‘foolish ruler’. I have a little bit of pride about this.
I will set up a ‘good government’ to avoid that.
But the big question is ‘for who’? For example, a ‘pacifist’ King who doesn’t go to war with anyone is a wise ruler to other nations, but if he continues to be a pacifist while casting away the interest of his own nation, then he’s not a wise ruler to his nation.