Chapter 92: The Priesthood System
"After dealing with the conscription, you recommend a candidate to lead 100,000 white knights to the entire border line from the Forest of Life to the end of Angarmaci to strengthen the defenses. As soon as he finished speaking, a maid came out with food, and the food on the plate looked unusually delicious.
But Charles didn't care, he was used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and he really didn't have any interest.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go as soon as possible. Hibbert agreed, and Charles was very impressed by his obedience attitude.
He opened his mouth slightly, and the maid on the side hurriedly picked up the food with a fork, and then put it to his mouth and blew it, and then gently stuffed it into Charles's mouth.
After chewing slightly, he swallowed the food directly, and continued to give orders: "After that, I will send some blacksmiths and carpenters, and you will let the white knight build a fortification by the way." ”
"All right, Your Majesty, then I will retire first. Hibbert resigned to his request to leave, and when the king waved his hand again, he turned and left.
As soon as Hibbert left on his front foot, West walked in quickly, and he saluted apologetically: "Sorry, Your Majesty, for the delay in taking care of business. ”
The king waved his hand slightly, signaling that it was okay, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he opened his mouth and continued: "From today onwards, increase the military salary, from five hundred gold coins to seven hundred gold coins per knight a month, and then reduce the people's taxes. ”
"Your Majesty, I don't know what the reason for this is?" Vest's face was full of doubts, although His Majesty was usually quite close to the people and focused on the people, but in recent years, this tax has only been reduced.
It would be fine if the taxes were simply reduced, but on this basis, each knight increased the salary by two hundred, which is not a small expenditure, the treasury is already in a state of contraction, and the kingdom's foreign expenditure is not small, if the tax is reduced, the treasury is in an emergency.
"The demons are ready to fight, and we must fight to defend our homeland, so another mass conscription is a last resort, and all I can do is lower taxes and less pressure on my dear people. Charles's words were full of heroism, but there was no change in his expression.
Of course, tomorrow this scene and this passage will quickly spread through the streets.
After hearing this, West hurriedly saluted, and praised him heartily: "Your Majesty, you really love the lives of the people and are shrewd in your government, but please forgive me for taking the liberty of lowering taxes, which is really not a wise move. ”
"You don't have to worry about this, issue an order to the Ministry of Munitions to lift the export quota for arrows to the Forest of Life, but the price must be raised as much as possible, but it must also be noted that it must be suppressed within the acceptable range of the elves, and by the way, an order to collect arrows is issued to all subordinate towns. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. After saying that, West lowered his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that he has to be a little more careful lately
Charles nodded with satisfaction, and then gave another order: "Remember to recruit some blacksmiths and carpenters, and let them follow the white knights to the border, the number of people is not too many, a hundred people are enough." ”
He then let West go.
I don't know, what kind of bloody wind will be rolled up on this continent?
At this time, Tel Aviv was busy and anxious, and he now deeply understood that everything would not be as simple as it seemed.
Just like in this pastoral system, there is a clear hierarchy and a clear hierarchy.
In the whole priesthood, there is no doubt that the highest authority is the pope, and under the pope, there are four cardinals who assist the pope in affairs.
Below the cardinal are the first class priests, who can impeach the pope when more than half of the cardinals and first class priests believe that the pope has made a major mistake.
Because the promotion of the pope is very strict, there has only been one case of impeachment of the pope since the birth of the priest.
Below the first-class pastor are the second-class pastor, the third-class pastor, the ordinary pastor, and the preparatory pastor.
Papal succession is generally determined by the pope, but this requires a very strict process, in which the old pope performs a succession ceremony to pass on the supremacy of the Holy See to the next pope.
However, because the Pope's coma was a sudden accident, Tel Aviv did not comply with these procedures, after all, there was no way to comply with them, and they could only be done on a special basis.
Moreover, Tel Aviv can now only be considered a acting pope, and not a real pope.
Therefore, there has not yet been a violent partisan dispute within the pastor, and with Tel Aviv's ability, there is no problem in stabilizing the current situation.
But this is still a hidden danger after all, Tel Aviv can only pray that those old guys will not be too anxious, if they want to wear the crown, they will bear the weight, although he has long understood this, but does he really want to wear the crown of power?
He barely slept in the past two days, there were a lot of things to deal with, and there were too many messes left behind, but fortunately, the pastor's mental strength was still strong, otherwise he would probably end his life with sudden death.
He wanted to go to rest quickly, but there were still a lot of reports in front of him, which made Tel Aviv sigh softly, and then he had to plunge into the mountain of reports.
The room was silent for a moment, save for the rustle of the quill tip rubbing against the paper.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a knock on the door, which seemed to ring the bell of Tel Aviv's hope, so that he could finally stretch a little and move again.
Upon opening the door, a rather clean and handsome face appeared in the doorway, and standing in the door was his friend, Angus, a priest of the first rank.
"What's wrong, Angus. Asking, Tel Aviv gave way and welcomed him in.
And the corners of his mouth were a damn smile: "Of course I'm here to report, honorable pope." ”
"You should call me by my name, this damn name always brings back bad memories for me. Tel Aviv was quite helpless about this.
"Hey, don't always look like that, I'm here for business. Rubbing his neck, Angus said quite seriously.
"Actually, that's what you say every time, Angus. Sitting back in his chair again, Tel Aviv rubbed his forehead, the long hours of work gave him some headaches.
"Don't worry about the details. Angus smiled again, and then continued: "This is a letter from the foolish king. ”
With that, Angus took out an envelope from his pocket that looked very ornate and handed it to Tel Aviv.
After he raised his hand to take the letter, he opened it directly and read it carefully.
Angus casually found a place to sit down, looking at the hill of reports on the table, he couldn't help but open his mouth and sigh: "It seems that you are not very relaxed, do you want a delicious afternoon tea?"
"Damn, less schadenfreude. With a sigh of relief, Tel Aviv placed the letter casually on the table.
Then, he seemed to remember something, and although his face still did not change, his tone seemed to carry a little joy: "Wait, you have come at the right time, my dear old friend, it just so happens that the king needs to select a group of priests to follow the white knights to strengthen the defense of the border, and you need to help me make a trip." ”