Ch.347Let’s Use a Commie the Right Way

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“Most of them must be dying by now.”

“Yes. They didn’t have much life left anyway.”

Well, that’s something I can overlook. There’s no way to fix radiation damage even in the distant future, and those who were at the epicenter wouldn’t have survived long anyway.

“Process them with lead as well.”

“I will inform the French government to do so.”

This will inevitably lead to criticism later.

People will say things like, “For someone called a Saint, is this really the proper way to handle victims?”

“Still, those who survived in the catacombs seem to have been less affected, so let’s not dismiss them completely. Aren’t they pitiful? We’ll rebuild Paris, but let’s remove both the catacombs and the Eiffel Tower.”

There’s no reason to keep those catacombs.

For true beautification, eliminating bizarre things like the catacombs is the answer.

They say only 0.6% of the entire catacombs can be used by people even in the future.

The best solution is to completely demolish them.

Even burying the whole thing is problematic. With all those bones underneath, it would be unsettling to walk above them.

Yet we can’t just abandon Paris with all its history.

Completely rebuilding it as the first city jointly created by all members of the Roman Treaty—that’s a title worth giving it.

“The Eiffel Tower. Not a bad idea.”

“Looking at its unpleasantly curved shape, I found it ridiculous. Demolition is the answer.”

We’ll demolish even that iconic symbol people visit when traveling to France.

I never particularly liked that iron skeleton of a building anyway.

Of course, in the 21st century it became a representative architectural symbol of France, but I still don’t care for it.

“Wouldn’t it be a shame to just demolish it completely?”

Oh my, did you think I would simply destroy it and be done with it? I have plans.

“True. Instead, we’ll rebuild it, but not just as an ugly iron skeleton—we’ll properly cover it. Give it an outer shell, so to speak.”

Once the Eiffel Tower is rebuilt that way, it will be prettier than before.

Then we can use it as a tourist attraction to make money.

No, wait. Perhaps we should simply label it as a tourist site approved by the Saint?

“It will require quite a budget.”

“We need to make it a tourist city at the very least. But once it’s built, it won’t be a loss for us.”

A city like Paris deserves to be rebuilt.

Whether it gets returned to France later is another matter.

“Disposing of all the bones in the catacombs will likely take a long time.”

Indeed. We’re talking about millions of skeletal remains.

One option would be to leave them and bury the entire collapsed catacombs as they are now.

“We can’t leave such frightening things in a place that’s becoming territory of our Roman Treaty Organization.”

Oh my goodness, this place is filled with skeletons!

Of course, in the future it would become a tourist attraction for various reasons, and some fools would even take skulls home—crazy people.

The interior is apparently quite complex too.

“Cleaning it up would cost an enormous amount, hmm.”

Didn’t they say there are over 5 million sets of remains? Thinking about it, the cost would be tremendous.

No, wait. This was a nuclear blast site to begin with.

It’s been a few years now, so the situation has improved, but there’s still the “what if” factor.

Would workers actually help process the catacombs? When I think about it, probably not.

It’s a place where a nuclear bomb was dropped, which would make people uncomfortable.

“There might be volunteers.”

Look at that, Alisa Rosenbaum is fixating on exactly that point.

“Volunteers, you say.”

Yes. The catacombs need to be processed before we can decide whether to rebuild or not.

“As always, we could just use unpaid labor.”

The Reds should be worked without pay. Yes indeed.

There’s something I always say, isn’t there? That we should make use of the Bolsheviks.

We have slaves in the form of Reds.

Should we waste taxpayer money feeding them?

“Would that be possible? The Bolsheviks are now mostly a thing of the past, with most of them dead. Only a few remain, used exclusively in research facilities.”

My goodness. Our Duma still has much to learn.

We are the Roman Treaty.

The Roman Treaty includes France and the German Empire, which were once Red.

We can use them—what’s there to worry about? First, we demolish the catacombs and everything else, then rebuild.

So I declare confidently:

“Don’t we have German and French Reds? And Italians too, while we’re at it.”

You could call them the scraped-together Three-Nation Reds.

They’re completely different from those who are merely of Russian origin. They could be considered a new workforce.

There must be quite a few young, energetic Reds.

“Oh! That’s right. There are hundreds of thousands of Reds from the three countries. We could put them all into rebuilding Paris.”

Yes. Now you understand. That’s exactly it.

We’ll use the Reds to minimize reconstruction costs one way or another.

“There might be some who want to renounce their ideology. In that case, it would be wise to deploy them before any conversions happen.”

Yes. That’s exactly right.

I’m pleased to see that you understand ten things when I say just one.

“If someone truly repents, they should volunteer themselves for the Paris reconstruction project.”

In other words, it’s a trap.

If they still cling to idiotic ideologies like communism, that’s that.

Even if they renounce it, we’ll say, “Oh really? This mess is your fault, so take responsibility,” and throw them into the catacombs anyway.

Either way, these people have no way to escape responsibility.

Isn’t it perfect?

Using legal slaves in this era is possible because we’re armed with anti-communist spirit.

Anyone who sides with the Reds will receive the same treatment, so even human rights organizations in the future wouldn’t dare to emerge.

“Exactly. If there are no volunteers, we can use those Reds to clean it up. When rebuilding, we should make it clear: this is the final resting place of French communists and land of the Reds certified by the Saint.”

This place is solely the land of the filthy Reds!

Just stating it like that should be sufficient.

“Wouldn’t that be admitting that we dropped the nuclear bomb?”

“It’s not like we specifically said it was a place where the Saint delivered punishment. It’s fine.”

Did I drop it? No.

Of course, the reality that the Saint’s punishment fell upon it is undeniable.

After all, across Russia, people are saying, “The Saint’s thunderbolt fell on Paris!”

But it was Pétain who dropped it. Later there will be controversy about whether Anastasia launched it or Pétain did. I’ll just leave that ambiguity.

Anyway, wasn’t it Pétain who approved and decided to drop it?

“Come to think of it, Your Majesty is lenient even toward Muslims who committed bombing attacks, but shows no mercy to communists.”

A young deputy said.

Um, well. Does he really not understand why I’m like this?

Well, whatever. He might not know. He’s probably a rookie who recently entered the Duma.

If that’s the case, I should give him a proper answer.

“It seems you haven’t been in the Duma for long.”

“That’s true, but now the Reds no longer dare challenge Russia’s authority. I’m concerned that human rights issues might tarnish Your Majesty’s reputation.”

Yes. Human rights issues. That could be a concern.

In the distant future, people might say that Mother Tsar was too harsh on Reds who had already lost the will to fight.

Then, should we strengthen anti-communist education in our educational system? Though he claims to be concerned for me, I should add to textbooks that communism is vermin.

“Communists are vermin who only seek the easy path. They desire a world without poor or rich, but the result is only the worst—bringing about the worst authoritarian dictatorship. How evil and inhuman are those who fall for such absurd ideology? They only seek the easy path.”

The answer is to simply eliminate such people.

“But engaging in armed struggle means they’re prepared to die, doesn’t it? I think Your Majesty’s sons would worry if you pay too much attention to such foolish individuals.”

Armed struggle?

So, it’s even more idiotic that I should care about it. What do they naively believe in, throwing their lives away like straw for such a revolution?

Those Reds are exactly like cult fanatics.

Monarchies and any system in their prime can outperform any other country.

Even then, it takes centuries before they fall.

But did the Soviet Union last for centuries? Didn’t China and North Korea become authoritarian dictatorships, pseudo-communist dictatorial states in less than a hundred years?

Before discussing the advantages of the Reds, one must look at their disadvantages.

We just need to extract the good parts and apply them here.

“They say one generation must sacrifice so that from the next generation onward, people can enjoy a socialist paradise. That makes them even more foolish. Even if they fight, feeling a sense of belonging as so-called proletariat or revolutionaries, and establish a foundation, what remains is only a miserable result.”

I spoke kindly and gently, as if teaching.

All that remains are corrupt Reds who are more corrupt than other political systems and obsessed with power.

“When the poor see the rich, they think, ‘I want to be like that.’ They desperately try to become rich, the rich work to maintain their position, and the state supports this. A competitive society is the path to advancing human civilization. I despise those who seek the easy path. Therefore, while I’m in this position, I will work them as inhumanely as possible so that at least before they die, they’ll understand what they did wrong.”

Of course, the poor will remain poor, and the rich will only grow greedier.

Just as communism’s paradise degenerates into a world of constant surveillance with figures like Kim Il-sung emerging, various problems can arise.

But at least in the current system, people can rise up if they can’t bear it anymore. That’s better than degenerating into a dictatorship-prone system like that failed communism.

It’s idiotic to sacrifice one’s life for such so-called revolution. The abnormal system established through such means maintains communism through surveillance and purges, with dictatorship as its foundation.

In the future, those who started nuclear wars were all dictators from communist countries.

Well, it was the Russian Federation and Communist China who spread them, but the Russian Federation is ultimately the successor to the Soviet Reds.

So, am I being hypocritical since I also launch many nuclear weapons?

I’m not launching nuclear weapons to maintain my power.

The nuclear weapons I launch are good ones.

“I apologize, Your Majesty. I was just worried about bothering Mother Tsar.”

Well, that could be the case.

“Your Majesty is right, but that deputy also has a point. If Your Majesty always intervenes on Red issues, people might ask why Mother Tsar keeps doing what the Duma should be doing.”

“Hmm, very well. Just this once.”

Now, that concludes our discussion about Paris and the Reds.

Since we’re on the topic, why not bring up the worker issue as well?

There might be talk among volunteers about unpaid labor.

“Since we’re discussing Paris reconstruction, if there are volunteers, they should receive higher wages.”

“That’s a given.”

“We should continue improving welfare systems for workers. That’s how we prevent the Reds from rising again. While we’re at it, let’s advance reforms for our workers more progressively, not just for France.”

Worker reform—that’s ultimately the most important issue.

“That’s not a problem.”

“Why not?”

By this point, issues should be emerging. With the Roman Treaty’s integration, people might start comparing with other countries.

Then we should examine and combine the best worker welfare systems from each Roman Treaty member country.

“Many workers are following the labor system that Director Alexei Gastev previously implemented.”

“Hmm, is there a representative place I could visit personally?”

Somewhere other than the Fyodorov Arsenal this time. A more ordinary factory.

Yes. How about an electronics manufacturing plant?

“How about Romanov Electronics?”

Ah, yes. There’s Romanov Electronics.

Romanov Electronics produces televisions and radios. I haven’t actually visited this place that bears my name.

Then I should definitely go see it.

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So I arrived at the Romanov Electronics factory.

“Work today for the future of Russia and the Roman Treaty!”

“Compensation follows work!”

“A five-day workweek? That means I’ll only get average wages! I’m going to work overtime too!”

A five-day workweek, with overtime pay for night shifts.

On top of that, Gastev has openly put up slogans saying to work like machines.

Isn’t that dangerous?

Paying wages according to how machine-like one works—that’s not bad, but it seems worse than before.

“Work addiction?”

“Hahaha. Isn’t it admirable how they strive to earn more money?”

No, no. That’s dangerous.

No matter how you look at it, that level of effort borders on madness.

Isn’t this worse than the Reds?

This side is practically brainwashing with the Anastasia buff.