Chapter 13 King Sodick

King Sodick The people of the kingdom surrounded their king's palace and cried out against him.The king, holding the crown in one hand and clinging to the king's festival in the other, walked down the steps of the palace.The presence of the king silenced the crowd; the king stood before the crowd.Said: "My friends, you are no longer my people, and now I give you my crown and three knots. I want to be one of you. I am but a common people, and as a common people, I am willing to share with you You work together to make our fortunes better. There is no need for a king. So let us go out into the fields and vineyards and work hand in hand. Just have to tell me where I should go to one of the vineyards. You are all kings now."

The people were astonished, and remained silent, for, having thought the king the source of their discontent, now the king handed them the crown and the royal festival, and became part of the common people. So the people went their own way, and the king went to work in the field with one person. The king is gone, and the Sodick Kingdom has not improved much, and the land is still shrouded in a mist of dissatisfaction.The common people cried out in the marketplace that they would be governed, that they would have a king to rule them.The old and the young seemed to say with one voice: "We must have a king."

So the people went to look for the king, and when they found him working in the fields, the people took him to the throne, and gave him back his crown and ceremonies.They said, "Govern us with power and justice." The king said: "I will rule you with power, and may the gods of heaven and earth help me so that I can also rule with justice." But the common people, men and women, came before the king and complained to him of a baron who had mistreated them in every possible way, and that they were nothing but serfs in the baron's mind.The king sent the baron at once, and said to him, "On God's scales, one man's life is equal to another man's life. For you do not know how to weigh those who are in your field and the grapes." The lives of those who work in the garden are worth, so you are exiled, and you must leave this kingdom forever."

The next day another party of the people came before the king, and accused a countess on the other side of the hill of cruelty and poverty.The king immediately brought the countess before the court, and also sentenced her to exile. The king said: "Those who cultivate our fields and tend our vineyards are nobler than us. We eat their bread and drink It is the wine they press. Because you do not understand this, you must leave this country and go to a place far from this kingdom." Then came the common people, men and women, who accused the bishop of sending them to carry stones, and hew stones for the cathedral, for nothing; knowing that though the bishop's treasury was full of gold and silver, the people's stomachs were empty. Yes, very hungry.

The king summoned the bishop, and when the bishop came, the king said to him: "The cross hanging on your chest should mean giving life to life, but you have taken life from life, and you can't take it out. Therefore, you must leave this kingdom." , never come back." Thus, every day for a whole month, men and women of the common people came before the king, complaining of their unbearable sufferings; every day for a whole month, some oppressor was driven out of his land. The people of Sodick were astonished, and their hearts were filled with joy. One day the old and the young came, surrounded the king's tower, and called out to the king.The king held the crown in one hand and held on to the king's festival in the other, and walked down the tower.

The king spoke to the people and asked, "What are you going to do this time? Behold, I have given you back what you asked me to be in charge of." But the people said loudly: "No, no, you are our wise king. You have cleared our land of vipers and wolves. We have come to express our gratitude and sing praises to you. The solemn crown belongs to you." Yes, the glorious King's Day is yours." Then the king said, "I am not a king, no. You are yourselves kings. When you thought I was weak and incapable of governing, you yourselves were weak and incapable of governing. Now the fields are plowed with plenty of crops because all of you are determined to do so." at this point.

I am but a thought in the minds of all you common people; only if you act can I exist.There is no one who rules the people at all.There are only ordinary people who were ruled in the past, and now they rule and manage themselves. " The king re-entered his tower with the crown and the king's festival, and the old and young people went their separate ways, and they were all content. In the Kingdom of Sodick, the common people all thought they were a king, holding the crown in one hand and holding on to the king's festival in the other. The King The people of the kingdom of Sadik surrounded the palace of their king shouting in rebellion against him. And he came down the steps of the palace carrying his crown in one hand and his scepter in the other. and he stood before them and said, "My friends, who are no longer my subjects, here I yield my crown and scepter unto you. I would be one of you. I am only one man, but as a man I would work together with you that our lot may be made better. There is no need for king. Let us go therefore to the fields and the vineyards and labor hand with hand. Only you must tell me to what field or vineyard I should go. now are king."

And the people marveled, and stillness was upon them, for the king whom they had deemed the source of their discontent now yielding his crown and sceptre to them and became as one of them. Then each and every one of them went his way, and the king walked with one man to a field. But the Kingdom of Sadik fared not better without a king, and the mist of discontent was still upon the land. The people cried out in the market places saying that they have a king to rule them. And the elders and the youths said as if with one voice, "We will have our king." And they sought the king and found him toiling in the field, and they brought him to his seat, and yielded unto his crown and his sceptre. And they said, "Now rule us, with might and with justice."

And he said, "I will indeed rule you with might, and may the gods of the heaven and the earth help me that I may also rule with justice." Now, there came to his presence men and women and spoke unto him of a baron who mistreated them, and to whom they were but serfs. And straightway the king brought the baron before him and said, "The life of one man is as weighty in the scales of God as the life of another. And because you know not how to weigh the lives of those who work in your fiends and your vineyards, you are banished, and you shall leave this kingdom forever."

The following day came another company to the king and spoke of the cruelty of a countess beyond the hills, and how she brought them down to misery. Instantly the countess was brought to court, and the king sentenced her also to banishment, saying, " Those who till our fields and care for our vineyards are nobler than we who eat the bread they prepare and drink the wine of their wine-press. And because you know not this, you shall leave this land and be afar from this kingdom." Then came men and women who said that the bishop made them bring stones and hew the stones for the cathedral, yet he gave them naught, though they knew the bishops coffer was full of gold and silver while they themselves were empty with hunger.

And the king called for the bishop, and when the bishop came the king spoke and said unto his, "That cross you wear upon your bosom should mean giving life unto life. But you have taken life from life and you have given none. Therefore you shall leave this kingdom never to return." Thus each day for a full moon men and women came to the king to tell him of the burdens laid upon them. And each and every day a full moon some oppressor was exiled from the land. And the people of Sadik were amazed, and there was cheer in their heart. And upon a day the elders and the youths came and surrounded the tower of the king and called for him. And he came down holding his crown with one hand and his scepter with the other. And he spoke unto and said, "Now, what would you do of me? Behold, I yield back to you that which you desired me to hold." But they cried. "Nay, nay, you are our righteous king. You have made clean the land of vipers, and you have brought the wolves to naught, and we welcome to sing our thanksgiving unto you. The crown is yours in majesty and the scepter is yours in glory." Then the king said, "Not I, not I. You yourself are king. When you deemed me weak and a misruler, you yourself were weak and misruling. And now the land fares well because it is in your will. I am but a thought in the mind of you all, and I exist not save in your actions. There is no such person as governor. Only the governed exist to govern themselves." And the king re-entered his tower with his crown and his sceptre. And the elders and the youths went their various ways and they were content. And each and every one thought of himself as king with a crown in one hand and a scepter in the other.