Chapter 493: Election of the Pope
The Inquisition can basically be said to be the strongest fighting power of the Church, and there is no democracy and freedom at all in this strict institution, the Presiding Judge controls the life and death of each Inquisition, when the Inquisition was first established, it was also so that the members of the Inquisition could not be lost in the powerful force, but this has long been the authority of the Adjudicator second only to the Pope, to a certain extent, the people in the Church are more afraid of the Adjudicator.
When Archbishop Barry was persuading several cardinal archbishops, Feng Wu was the premise for them to fight against the pope, and the Inquisition was the premise for them to fight against the pope in the church, and now basically every cardinal archbishop already knows that the Chinese man that Barry has been relying on has been arrested, and those archbishops who have already reached an agreement with Barry also have the idea of repentance.
"Hello, is it Archbishop Brow, His Majesty the Pope has invited the cardinals to the meeting. ”
The same summons appeared in the rooms of the other archbishops, including the chief arbitrator, who was discussing with Barry when the attendant came to the door, and when they received this kind of news, they looked at each other, and they were a little puzzled by the meaning of the pope.
The Pope summoned the cardinal archbishop for a meeting is an extremely important matter in the entire church, and it is necessary for the press officer to record the content of the meeting, since Feng Wu and the others have been caught by the Pope, then the Pope should avoid this kind of meeting in order to prevent the emergence of those usurpers, this kind of attitude of taking the initiative to come together makes Barry a little unpredictable.
"Does Lub-Gison already think he can resist the siege of our people, what is he trying to do?" Barry asked the pre-arbitrator.
"There is an old saying in China that the soldiers come to block, and the water comes to cover the earth, and the strength of Lubjisen has almost stagnated over the years, and even some regression, so you don't have to worry at all, I want to see what tricks he can have. ”
With that, the two prepared to leave for the Pope's palace.
Feng Wu was in the Pope's palace thinking about the Pope's various behaviors today, he actually couldn't understand the current situation, and the mysterious energy that shrouded the entire Vatican was emanating from the Pope's palace, causing Feng Wu to be unable to penetrate that kind of enchantment-like thing at all, and his fate became difficult to discern.
"Today, I summon you cardinals for the purpose of knowing more than all of you!" said the Pope, sitting precariously with the jewel-encrusted scepter in his hand.
As soon as the words fell, several cardinal archbishops with poor psychological quality broke out in a cold sweat and said, "I don't know what His Majesty the Pope is talking about?"
"Let's not pretend to be confused, since you are all so resistant to me as the pope, today is as you wish, let's run again!"
"Re-election?" Barry called out directly, and as soon as the words came out, he regretted it a little, and almost everyone's eyes were focused on him.
The Pope, who had been sitting on the throne, also walked over to Barry, put his hand directly on Barry's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Of course, my old friend, but we will use secret ballot in this election, and the presiding judge can also participate in the election, and he can also be an alternative." ”
At this time, the presiding arbitrator, who had been holding back, also looked a little excited, although he had made a series of plans to seize power by force, but it was also good to be able to directly obtain the position of the pope without blood.
"Come in!" As soon as the Pope finished speaking, several attendants walked in, and on the tray in their hands was a stack of paper that shimmered with golden light, and the archbishops present were all well-informed people, and when they saw this kind of paper, they could not help but shrink their pupils.
"Lubjisen, you are crazy, how can you do such a thing with oracle paper, it's such a waste. Originally, when Barry was invited to the Inquisition by the presiding judge, he thought that he would be the pope without an economic council, but when the pope said that he could be elected by secret ballot, he felt that he had hope again, after all, when he lobbied several cardinal archbishops, they all expressed their support, and now that he has the opportunity to become pope, he needs to save some for the church he is about to control.
Oracle paper, in the eyes of all believers the church is God's spokesman, believers for their beliefs for a long time is not a way, so the church's top management came up with a way, prepared a kind of paper, this kind of thing can be given to believers, this kind of paper is born with extremely magical characteristics, first of all, the golden light is forced to improve, and secondly, the words it writes on it must be their own heart, otherwise the oracle paper will spontaneously combust.
Finally, the most powerful effect of the oracle paper is that if the believers express their loyalty to God on it, they will also be blessed by God, which has led to the fact that this kind of thing has a price in the market, almost reaching the price of a million dollars a piece.
"It's okay, the position of the Pope is so important, there must be some high-end things to support the scene, that press officer, you have to write down all this, don't be stunned, hurry up and get the Pope in your mind, but if anyone's oracle paper spontaneously combusts, then there will be no chance." ”
Several cardinal archbishops who were just about to start writing heard the Pope's words, and their movements were all stunned, and they unconsciously looked at Barry.
None of the religions that can achieve the rank of cardinal archbishop are simply goods, they all have thought about their own conjecture of being the pope, but most of them are self-aware, when Barry lobbied everyone, of course, he can't use empty words to deceive people, he has promises to all of them, but when it comes to the pope he really supports, Barry is not everyone's choice.
After a minute or so of thinking time, the attendants took the ballots from the hands of several archbishops and the presiding judge, and to their surprise, the pope himself was also involved in the election, but he did not fill it out with everyone, but had already prepared his own ballot.
"Archbishop Kerry, the results of this election are announced by you, just tell the real results directly, don't worry about anything. ”
Archbishop Kerry happened to be sitting between the presiding judge and Archbishop Barry, and he was suddenly named, which made him panic, but everyone's eyes looked at him, and he could only withstand the pressure The pile of oracle paper began to count the results, but if he didn't see a single vote, his expression would change, which made everyone very curious.