“What do you owe to the emperor?”
“Unconditional obedience, love, and payment of taxes.”
“In what does the happiness of a Russian consist?”
“In being a brave soldier of the good emperor.”
“Where does the soul of man go after death?”
“To heaven or to hell.”
“What soul goes to heaven?”
“That soul which always obeys the good emperor and owes no taxes.”
“What soul goes to hell?”
“That soul which was disobedient to the emperor.”