"Pennsylvania was given by the King of England to a good friend Bin, and the word pennsylvania originally meant Bin's woods, the fiefdom of the Bing family. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info North and South Carolina, the king in order to thank the eight nobles who had helped him ascend to the throne gave them the territory, in fact, the original word in Carolina is carolana, which means the land of Charles, and this Charles is the prince at that time and the later king. ”

But compared to these, the most forgotten and misinterpreted should be New York, which means new York in the sense of the word, but this York was not originally a place name, but a human name, the Duke of York, the younger brother of the King of England at that time. ”

"It's just that when the king gave this land to his brother, it was still called New Amsterdam, and it was the territory of the Dutch, but after the Duke of York came with his fleet, it was changed to New York overnight, that is, New York. ”

Caitlyn opened the book and explained to Zhou Ming one by one that they were in the café outside the Quincy branch of the Harvard Library at this time, after all, they needed to be absolutely quiet, although they would not make noise in the library, but Caitlyn had to explain all the time, and she still had to speak, so in order not to be so noticeable, they left the library and came to this café after taking the necessary books.

Listening to Caitlin's words, Zhou Ming couldn't help nodding: "In the face of a completely unfamiliar land, in the case that the central power does not have enough strength to control it, it is indeed a good way to divide the land in the name of reward, so that there is not only a reward, but also to kick the threat to himself out of the center, and even as a means of war, such as sealing a territory that does not belong to oneself to another nobleman." ”

Zhou Ming then changed the subject: "But there is also an absolute drawback of the sub-feudal system, that is, when the fiefdoms are developed separately, the tail will not be dropped, and even the head of the gun will be turned against the central power, and our Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, and even the independence of the thirteen states, can well prove this." ”

Therefore, the so-called war of independence was nothing more than a break between a group of feudal princes and the central power. Zhou Ming finally asked, "So do you want to tell me that the United States is a feudal country controlled by the aristocracy?"

According to his way of founding the country, it is certain that these nobles have discovered the power of wealth, so these nobles have gradually transformed from simple feudal lords to consortium families, and through their plundering of their fiefdoms, they have become capitalists one by one. Caitlin said.

Zhou Ming let out a breath: "This is expected, after all, the revolutionary storm in Europe has already told them that it is not enough to simply be like in the past, the people are not slaves who are enslaved at will, and only transformation can have a way out, so Caitlin will say that to understand the outside world, you must first understand the United States, because the development process of the United States and the transformation of those feudal nobles in the middle are the epitome of everything, right?"

Caitlin smiled and nodded yes, and Zhou Ming finally asked: "So since the nobles of the United States are all divided from England, what about the nobles of Europe? Who is the division of the feudal powers? What kind of organizational forces control all this behind the scenes, and who is the real master of the outside world?"

"Actually, with Zhou Ming's wisdom, I think you should already have an answer to this question, why do you still want to ask me?" Caitlyn asked rhetorically.

Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment, indeed after he learned that there was an organization that could control almost the world's wealth, he faintly thought of an answer in his heart, but this was a bit too exaggerated, so Zhou Ming couldn't believe it: "Then according to Caitlin, isn't it really the Holy See?"

"Zhou Ming, you are really very smart, this answer is the Holy See, he is the hand that controls most of the world's wealth, divides all the nobles in Europe, and controls everything in the outside world, almost all the consortium families, or the nobles of Europe, in the eyes of the church, are just their stewards who manage their wealth. Caitlin said to Zhou Ming.

"I admit that the influence of the Holy See is very great, after all, there may be more than a billion believers in the world, but after all, they are only religions, and they shouldn't be so big, right?" Zhou Ming asked in a very puzzled manner.

"I know this may be a little difficult for you to understand Zhou Ming, because in China, there is no religion that can be above the imperial power, and religion must bow to power, but in the West, this is the case, and I think Zhou Ming should know that no matter what king ascends the throne, he must be crowned by the church, otherwise his power is incomplete, right? This is the power of the Holy See over the kingdom. ”

Caitlyn thought for a moment and then said, "As for the wealth of the Holy See, have you ever heard of tithes?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said that he had not heard of it: "Is this a tax levied by the Holy See outside the government?"

Caitlyn nodded yes: "The original Holy See was under the control of the Roman Emperor, but as the Roman Empire fell apart, the Holy See gradually became a separate political force, and in order to control its own territory, the Holy See began to tithe, according to the biblical statement that one-tenth of any wealth belongs to God, and tithes all believers. ”

"No one knows when the papacy first imposed tithes, but it has been 1212 years since the papacically baptized kings began to support tithes, and it was not until fifty-five years ago that England officially ceased to levy tithes exclusively for the Church. ”

Caitlin goes on to say: "And in the modern country, although the feudal term of tithes has long ceased to exist, other things such as church taxes, and tithes within the church, have taken the place of tithes, and though not as large as they had been in the past, they still indicate their existence, and are no less great wealth." ”

At the end, Caitlin asked, "I think I said this, with your wisdom, you can already understand why the organization that controls the outside world is the church, right?"

Hearing the number 1212, Zhou Ming couldn't help but gasp, because this is really terrible, you know, many banks rely on an annual interest rate of 6 to 7 percentage points to make a profit, can make a bank make a lot of money, can make the bank grow into a behemoth, so what about the church taking away 10 percentage points of wealth every year?

What's more, the banks are only rolling over profits on their funds and investments, and they also bear the risk of investment failure or loan default, and they can't guarantee that the interest will be 100% paid, but the church is different, their tithes are not risk-free, and they still have a tenth of all wealth, whether it's wheat growing in the land, or cattle and sheep in the backyard, and so on.

To put it simply, the church has to take one-tenth of all the wealth that grows in the jurisdiction of the church, and it has been taken continuously for more than a thousand years.

"In addition to tithing, the church also has a very important feature, which is tax exemption, simply put, as long as the church does business, no income is taxed. Caitlin continued, "Of course, the church had expenses such as preaching and building churches, but they were insignificant compared to the income he received, so there was a time in Europe when almost all of the land was under the control of the church. ”

Zhou Ming expressed his understanding: "This is normal, in fact, this is a kind of land annexation, so when the church has the land and wealth in its hands, it begins to control all European countries, right?"

"Although in the beginning, the Church was sitting on a huge wealth and influence and did not know what to use it, but with several crusades, the Church gradually found an entry point through the financing of the war through the Florentine Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Since then," Caitlyn said, "the Church has firmly held all of Europe through wealth, and all the nobility, whether it is the royal family or a family like us in Harusburg, has the power to rule over their fiefdoms only when it is recognized by the Holy See, and no matter how powerful the kingdom is, it must be crowned by the Church to be truly king!"

"So in other words, although the fiefdom on the American side is separated from Rome by an Atlantic, the influence of the church also reaches here?" Zhou Ming asked.

"Since Zhou Ming asked so, then I don't think you have heard of the Pope's meridian. Caitlin said.

Zhou Ming nodded and said that he had indeed not heard of it, so Caitlin told Zhou Ming: "This papal meridian is five hundred years ago, when a war broke out between Spain and Portugal over the ownership of the New World and the newly discovered territories of Africa, and finally the pope had to come forward to draw this papal meridian for them, dividing the Americas into two, Brazil to the west to Spain, and the east to Portugal. ”

After listening to Caitlin's words, Zhou Ming smiled: "This sounds ridiculous, but I think this is also because the military power of the two countries is actually in the hands of the Holy See, or the weapons and baggage of the two countries are supplied by the Holy See, otherwise they have no reason to listen to an outsider and give up the occupation of the new territory." ”

"Indeed, if the two countries lose the papal funding, let alone continue the war, I am afraid that they will not even have the ability to continue to discover the New World, after all, navigation requires a lot of cost. "So now back to the United States, Zhou Ming, you know that the Mayflower is known as the real beginning of the United States, and it is also the most famous ship of American immigrants, so do you know who the people are on this ship?"

"Catholics. Zhou Ming gave the answer without hesitation.

"So that's easy to understand. "It is undeniable that the first group of Christians who came to America were Puritans who were persecuted by other denominations in the country, but as the Christians took root in the thirteen states, various consortia within the Holy See also came to the New World one after another, and these Holy See delegations not only included missionaries, but also brought with them the wealth of the Holy See." ”

"The Puritans who first immigrated to the New World chose to immigrate because they couldn't live in the country, so they were all very poor, and the richest people who came to the New World with these Christians at the beginning were the church. ”

Caitlyn said, pointing to the teaching building not far away, and said, "Just like Harvard University, which has the longest history, it was originally a school run by the Church to train clergy to mission, and in addition to Harvard, the other universities that were first opened in this land were also universities under the name of the Holy See. After all, the rest of the immigrants at that time were very poor, and the only ones who could come up with the money were the church. ”

After the school, the Church started a number of companies according to their respective denominations, and they seized the Indians as slaves to mine for them, to grow cocoa and sugar cane, and to produce for them all the goods that could be sold to Europe for wealth, and finally these papal companies gradually formed consortia. ”

Caitlin finally said: "In fact, not only in the United States, but also in the East, the Taiping Rebellion, there is also the shadow of the church, the first is the investment of the Jesuits, they first lent Hong Xiuquan so that he has the funds for activities to incite, and then sell weapons to him to help him revolt, but in the end, when Hong Xiuquan set the capital of Tianjing, the Jesuits asked to receive remuneration and divide the world equally, but Hong Xiuquan refused, so in the end it led to the failure of the entire uprising. ”