Chapter 60: Preparing for a trip to New York
In a religious society, the orders of the superior to the subordinate are absolute, and can be discussed among peers, but the orders of the superior must be carried out unconditionally, and if there is doubt, heretics should be burned alive.
After Zhang Cheng's status as the Messiah was recognized by the Pope, even the Pope was a servant of the Messiah - theoretically, Zhang Cheng could issue God's instructions through the Vatican to the clergy and believers throughout the world, including waging jihad.
But most people, including Zhang Cheng, felt that it was better to maintain the status quo, and that the miracles of the Messiah would expand the influence and greatly expand the Lord's flockβand that would be the most important thing in religious matters. Only a small number of people see this as a great opportunity for reform to seize power.
Zhang Cheng wanted to say a word, but the bishops and cardinals asked one by one, and Zhang Cheng had to extend his stay here.
It's not all annoyance, for example, when a cardinal in charge of finance hands over a thick ledger of some of the wealth left over from the more than 1,000 years of the Holy See's foundingβthe real high value is of course the antiques and relics collected by the Holy See, and there is no shortage of treasures and priceless treasures.
As for this part of the cash, investment, foreign exchange reserves and gold reserves, Zhang Cheng looked at the estimated trillions of euros, and occasionally thought that it would be more generous than the Middle Eastern tycoons who sold oil to transfer all of them to his own account.
But Zhang Cheng also understood that if the money was really taken, it would be a big trouble, and the Holy See family had a large business and a large amount of expenses, not only to support a large number of clergy and a large number of church maintenance, but also to help the poor and run schools. After flipping through the account book at random, Zhang Cheng handed it back: "I won't read it in the future." β
The cardinal retrieved the ledger and asked, "What about your life?" β
Zhang Cheng: "I still have a little property and income, so I don't have to worry about my life. The Pope doesn't get paid either, does he? β
"Yes," replied the Pope, "2,900 euros per month, which is already the highest among any pope. β
The Pope does take this meager salary, which is also quite low in the eyes of ordinary Europeans, in fact, considering that the Pope's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all handled by the Holy See, there is no place to spend this money, just a symbolic little. European royal families spend millions of euros every year by governments.
Zhang Cheng: "Since you have a salary, give me 3,000 euros a month." β
Cardinal Finance: "Yes. β
The current pope asked: "What about the schismatics (Orthodox) and the Reformed (Protestant)?" β
Zhang Cheng: "Let them go." People will choose which denomination to join based on their own interests and judgments. Whether it is a separatist or a reformer, it is enough to be a believer in the Lord. Those who hold secular power, they don't want to see a unified church. β
Current Pope: "Yes. β
The cardinal, who was in charge of publicity, handed over a list: "This is a request from the churches everywhere to ask the Messiah to perform miracles. You can fill in any amount of time on the field, and we'll get ready when the time comes. β
Zhang Cheng looked at the list, that is, there are fewer churches in Asia, especially in Central Asia, West Asia and East Asia, and there are many churches in the world that are full, but the only thing that has not been set is the time. Zhang Cheng has long said this question that he should cooperate with his own time.
Zhang Cheng looked at the list, circled the application of six churches in the New York area, wrote 12.20-12.21, and handed it back: "I will go to New York this year." The rest, next year and beyond, will be arranged slowly. β
The time Zhang Cheng was looking for was just before Christmas, and in mid-December, American universities began their winter vacation. It's also about getting ready for Christmas and New Year's celebrations. After his performance, he had time to fly back to Reno and his aunt for the holiday.
"Yes." The cardinal, who was in charge of publicity, took back the list and said: "We will arrange the charter flight and accommodation." β
"You don't have to go so much trouble as chartering a flight, just buy me a round-trip ticket."
"Yes."
Another cardinal said: "With regard to your safety, we are ready to apply to the United States for you and your property to be treated as diplomats, and then the Holy See will fund a team of Swiss mercenaries." β
Have a squad of Swiss mercenaries stationed on my territory? Pure bad idea. Zhang Cheng thought about it again, the entire area of the Vatican is only half of its own vineyard, and it can theoretically really station a team of Swiss mercenaries.
"Mercenaries don't need it." Zhang Cheng said as he conjured a silver bar out of thin air in his hand, and then used his hands to crumple the silver bar into a ball and put it on the table: "No mortal in this world can hurt me. β
Of course, this is the case of not using nuclear bombs and biological weapons, as the vitality accumulated in the body grows deeper, Zhang Cheng can control the Qiankun bag with his mind, the more familiar he is, as long as he uses his consciousness to set the Qiankun bag as a flying object, as long as it touches the body, it will be put in - for example, the bullet will be collected by the Qiankun bag at the moment of contact, and it will not cause harm to Zhang Cheng.
Such an ordinary thermal weapon of bullets and shells can't hurt Zhang Cheng now, but the Qiankun bag can't hold live things, so there is nothing to do about invisible damage like nuclear radiation and biological weapons like bees.
"Yes." The cardinal in charge of security rejoiced that the Messiah could do miracles at will.
After Zhang Cheng left, the cardinal in charge of security stayed behind and the negotiations with the United States reached an impasse, and the United States did not want to create a state within a state twice the size of the Vatican in the country, even if the Pope personally called, this is a matter of principle - the person in charge of the negotiations is a Muslim from the US Foreign Ministry.
But for the Holy See, this is also a matter of principle, and it is resolute not to back down even half a step.
After the more than 1,000 clergy and more than 1,000 believers who came here returned to various parts of the world, they naturally inevitably publicized it, and the affairs of religion are completely opposite to the activities of the spy underground party.
Zhang Cheng's next stop, New York, is the largest city in the United States, with a permanent population of nearly 20 million and 50 million tourists a year, and is also the largest city on the East Coast of the Americas.
The Holy See mailed the plane tickets to Zhang's home on the first day after the school holiday β as Zhang Cheng said, there was no charter flight this time, but Zhang Cheng was surrounded by clergy and believers who had gone to New York to see miracles.
The Vatican's recent large amount of publicity has made this matter more hyped, and there is everything in the society, of course, some people inevitably question that Zhang Cheng's miracle is just some deceptive tricks, and the Vatican uses it to hype up as a miracle.
Of course, believers and clergy in the Vatican don't think so, but there are too many hostile sects, there are thousands of sects in the United States, and some newly established sects also believe that only their own sect leader is the embodiment of the true God, and the others are fake.
So there is also a letter in the ticket, that is, to inform Zhang Cheng in advance that this time someone may want to question the authenticity of Zhang Cheng's miracle of Messiah.
For this kind reminder, Zhang Cheng only replied with a text message: Real gold is not afraid of fire.
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