Chapter 1096: A Changemaker in This World
"The whole world is in chaos......"
Now, the maid couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion, and then drank the mushroom stewed chicken soup in the bowl.
Although her purpose is also to make this continent chaotic, only in this way will the continent of Slo Mendes, which has been stagnant for thousands of years, continue to move forward.
It is necessary to break the monopoly of the 'aristocracy' on the world's political system, otherwise no matter how much human society advances, it will be brought back to the feudal society ruled by the aristocracy, and among them, some 'foreign forces' are needed, otherwise with the 'power of change' in the world of Assatom, it will not be able to break the barrier of 'feudal power' at all.
But what she didn't expect was that there were so many factors that could affect the whole world, and her plan was almost completely messed up.
Until now, Latinia and Edith have continued to revise their plans, and although she wants to help, it is clear that the main goal for her is to research more powerful weapons and equipment to make her soldiers more capable of fighting and surviving.
But even though the world's trajectory is deviating from her plans, it's a good thing!
Yes, that's a good thing indeed!
Whether it is what is happening in the Ogordon Empire now, or the frequent appearance of monsters and monsters all over the continent, or even the fact that the drow elves occupy a town and enslave the humans of that town, they are all pushing the world in a better direction.
It is only through comparison that we can see how precious the word 'alive' is and how inspiring the word 'safe' is.
"By the way, where is the social change of the progressive church now?" suddenly remembered this, and the maid asked directly.
"Progressive Church...... Cervantes frowned and pondered for a while, and couldn't help but sigh, "No way, the power of the original 'noble church' was not too strong, although it was basically distributed in every country, but until now, it was only a 'small fight'. β
He leaned back, leaned back in his chair, and smiled helplessly: "The news I have heard recently is 'A nobleman who believes in the goddess of progress has defeated a nobleman', or 'A nobleman who has defeated a believer in the goddess of progress', and the news related to the progressive church is basically like this." But lately they seem to be trying to change their mindset and change their 'attacking style'!"
Speaking of this, the black dragon became interested, and without waiting for the maid to ask, he couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows, and said with great interest: "Before, they were all fighting against the enemy on the physical level, but after all, they are only a 'minority', and it is difficult to promote the change of this entire society with their own strength, and they also realize that if they continue like this, eventually the world will still return to the embrace of 'aristocratic rule'." β
The maid also smiled and shook her head, "After all, the reformers themselves are 'nobles', and their armies and knights are also looking forward to 'glory and wealth', and the reason why they support them in the war is to want more wealth, power and status, if those nobles of the progressive church can't give these things, then their subordinates may betray them, and even if they don't, they may be passive and slack." β
As far as she knew, the Goddess of Progress didn't seem to have thought about it, but now it seemed that the Goddess had begun to think more deeply about this society, and the political system that had ruled it for so long.
Even if Cervantes hadn't said it, she could have imagined that the Progressive Church was going to attack this old society from the perspective of 'public opinion' and 'thought'!
The greed and depravity of the aristocracy are in fact nothing more than companions of this old society, and it is the outdated and backward ideas that really make these things appear in this world.
As someone who came to this world from a world with a more advanced social situation, Serena has long had a deep understanding of this.
In that world, she had access to these things β or rather, any junior high school student.
Although this outdated and backward ideology has been changed, the world may not become much better, but at least it is already moving in a good direction, instead of staying in one era as before, with no hope for the future.
The era of a farmer's child being a farmer and a slave's child being a slave is coming to an end, and even if it is difficult for this world with extraordinary powers to change this era, the way to change it has emerged - if you do nothing, you can't change anything, but if you do, you may be able to change the world.
"Like those things that Thera you've been promoting, the aristocracy of the progressive church has used the same method, and they are also planning to change their mode of rule and even their political system. β
Cervantes clasped his hands and smiled: "But unlike you, they don't have that much time to subtly change people's minds, so they choose the method of 'inciting hatred' to make the commoners develop a deeper dislike for the nobles who rule them." β
"Because, soldiers are also human beings, and they also have families......"
Hearing this, the maid couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, which is interesting!
"Influence the soldiers' families to dismantle the power of the nobles?" Serena smiled and admired with her palms, "It's a good idea, but how many soldiers under the command of the nobles can they influence in this way? After all, these soldiers are also vested interests, although they are also oppressed by the nobles, they will think that they are on the side of the nobles, and they will share the hatred of the 'nobles', right?"
"Actually, it's true," Cervantes shook his head and chuckled, "but you know, many soldiers become 'soldiers' because they get a tax deduction for their families if they become soldiers." Moreover, if you want to raise private soldiers, you need to spend a lot of money, and the general aristocracy will only recruit militia when they are engaged in war, and the number of private soldiers they keep in peacetime is not large. β
"In this case, what if the aristocracy of the progressive church declared, or even cut taxes directly within their own domains, or changed the political system, and then made the taxes public?"
Let civilians know what their tax dollars are going to...... It's also a great idea!
After all, most of today's commoners are illiterate, and if they know that the taxes they pay will be used on them, then the aristocracy today will not be competitive at all.
"Will those nobles do that?" asked the maid curiously.
Cervantes shook his finger, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Sella, you don't know, do you? Do you know what the ideal political system is in the minds of the followers of the goddess of progress? This is us! And don't forget, the nobles who still believe in the goddess of progress today are a group of idealists with strong actionβto be honest, I feel that they are crazy, but can this world, if not crazy, change the world?"
The maid said in a deep voice, "That is to say...... They also want to use 'centralism' to rule their own territory?"
The black dragon nodded, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "Yes, that's what they thought, if they did, there would definitely be a huge change in this world - when all the nobles had almost forgotten the 'centralization' exercised by our principality, this system suddenly made a comeback, even sweeping the entire continent, and by that time......"
Serena took a breath, shook her head and sighed: "At that time, the nobles who have been touched on their core interests will attack them en masse, blockade their economy, block their news, and not let the slightest news reach the ears of the commoners." β
The aristocracy is not a bunch of fools, they are just 'short-sighted', limited by their vision, able to see only what is in front of them, and blind to what is further away.
But, they are not fools!
As a very small number of intellectuals in this era, they can never be a bunch of fools!
"Tell Edith and Latinea that it's time to take the next step, and then have Latinea talk to the Goddess of Progress and the Progressive Church to cooperate with our actions. β
As she said this, Serena's eyes lit up.
Even though she has repeatedly stated that her main task now is to improve the combat ability and survivability of soldiers, she ...... She would never have been able to abandon 'those things'.
That was her ideal, the ideal she had ever dreamed of!
She's going to change the world she doesn't like, and make it something she likes!"
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