1061 Monica's big step
"So, how can you be sure that the other priests and priests will support you as the first female pope in history?"
This is indeed a very real problem, after all, the female pope is the first 'special case', whether it will cause large-scale dissatisfaction among the grassroots personnel is indeed worth considering and being vigilant against.
Although the upper echelons of this world do not pay much attention to the life and death of the low-level personnel, they also understand at least one thing that if a sect and a large number of low-level personnel are dispersed, it will inevitably bring a large number of believers to other sects, and then the power of faith obtained by the gods will be reduced, and after the strength of the gods becomes weaker, more low-level priests will leave, and more believers will leave, forming a vicious circle.
"Rest assured, I have received an oracle from the goddess, and as long as I pass the test, the goddess will allow me to sit on the papal throne."
For the other archbishops, these words were no less than an earthquake. All the archbishops had horrified faces, and the original pretended calmness was completely gone.
There was even an archbishop who jumped up: "You actually listened to the oracle?" ”
Although they have some problems with their character, their faith is not bad, otherwise they would not be able to sit in the position of archbishop. Listening to the voice of the Goddess is something that every righteous believer dreams of.
Monica smiled, a little smug.
There are not many people in this world who can listen to the teachings of the gods, and every person who speaks out can arouse the envy of others.
As for Beta, an outlier who is recruited to chat with the Kingdom of God at every turn, it can't be counted.
One of the archbishops, who was quick to compose, asked rhetorically, "How do you prove it?" ”
"First of all, I am a god-favored." Monica shook her hand and threw down a few translucent spiders to crawl around the scene: "You should also know that the current goddess is different from before." ”
When the four archbishops saw this picture, their eyes were fixed, and then they looked at their noses, and then they looked at their eyes, and they were silent.
They had long found that the current goddess was very different from before, and the aura of divine power had changed a lot.
Moreover, they dreamed several times of a huge human-headed spider that exuded the divine power of life, and vaguely, they also knew what was going on.
The original goddess of life is gone, and now there is such a new god.
It's just that they don't want to talk about it, and they don't dare to say it.
The little spiders crawled on the ground, their aura similar to what they had dreamed of.
Divine Favor of the New Gods...... I see.
The archbishop understood why Selia had 'risen' so quickly during this time, and it was strange that the goddess was behind her.
In fact, these are Monica's own efforts, but humans love the ability to beautify the gods, and in their opinion, the fate of the world, the past and the future, are under the control of the gods.
No wonder Selia could become an archbishop as a woman, and she was so young that she even dared to stand up to these old archbishops.
These archbishops gave themselves a good reason to agree that Monica could have achieved this.
The other party is a woman, but her ability is not stronger than them, but there is a god standing behind her.
With such thoughts, they feel much better.
These archbishops were actually very smart, and they had a vague guess of who the other archbishops were, but they weren't sure.
And now, 'Celia' has revealed her identity, which has made them more sure of their thoughts.
"So, how do we teach ...... Who is behind the scenes? One of the archbishops asked.
Monica smiled: "We are the best bait, two of them died a few days ago, and the rest of us must also be the targets of assassination." ”
"Can we just wait?" An archbishop asked.
Monica shook her head: "At present, it can only be like this, now the Pope still has a lot of power, whether it is the Inquisition of Doctrine or the Temple Guard, it is his power, unless we at least rebel against one of them, we will never be able to take the initiative." ”
The archbishops were embarrassed, and they knew very well that since ancient times, the pope had always had direct command of these two parts, and it was very difficult to rebel.
Another archbishop asked, "What about the nobles?" ”
"It's okay for you to let them bully those who are weaker than themselves, but let them fight a tough battle to deal with the Pope, they will definitely not want to take the lead." Monica shook her head: "They are naturally speculative, and if we don't have the slightest chance of winning, they will not hesitate to side with the Pope." ”
All the bishops fell silent.
They feel that their status is noble, and let them be bait, how can they feel awkward.
"If you don't want to, you can quit now."
"Aren't you afraid we'll all quit?"
"Don't be afraid." Monica said calmly: "Anyway, even if I fail, I have a way to protect myself." But you're different...... Now the goddess is different from before, you either change your faith and start all over again, or ...... You have to accept the revenge of the current pope. ”
Monica's words made the faces of these archbishops quite ugly.
But I have to admit that she has a fair point.
After a while, one of the archbishops said, "Anyway, it's a dead end on the left and right, not a fight." Say, what's the bait? ”
Monica smiled, knowing that she finally had the ability to argue with the Pope.
Next, it was Monica's one-man show, and then back in the room of the Northshire Abbey, she rolled onto Beta's bed with a bone, and lay down in a large font, with a seductive reverie: "I'm tired to death, it's really troublesome to intrigue with these old things, it's all about to come, and I'm still thinking about my own interests." ”
Beta sat down in her chair and suddenly said, "I don't think it's appropriate to divide the seal. ”
"What an inappropriate law." Monica sat up: "I want to think about it, this is the only way to win them over." ”
"It's easy to cause division among the candidates." Beta said: "After a long time, the local government will not listen to the central government's orders. ”
Monica frowned: "Then let's look at it step by step in the future, after all, the current is important." ”
"Actually, you can think about the cabinet system, which can also be called a centralized democracy." "Even if you can delegate power, you can make it work at least under your nose," Beta said. ”
When Monica heard this, she immediately became interested: "Let's hear it." ”
"I plan to implement this distribution of power in a few years, when the Fortune God Cult is fully on the right track." Beta's words tell her that this idea was not an impromptu idea, but something that had been considered for a long time: "Speaking out is actually a sentence: leave things to others to do, and the pope will only exercise the power of supervision and discipline." ”
Monica was a little puzzled: "It seems to be the same now, the Pope doesn't have to do anything most of the time." ”
"No, it's different." Beta smiled: "The current situation is that it is up to the Pope to decide what a sect should do, and the others are just marionettes." In a centralized democracy, it is up to everyone to decide how the sect does and how it develops, and the pope only needs to ensure the loyalty of the patriarchs below him to the Cult. ”