Chapter 41: Angels Need Propaganda and Packaging (II)

In the feudal society of the Middle Ages in Europe, the Catholic Church was a mountain pressing on the heads of the people, it was the most tenacious spiritual pillar of the feudal system, it gave the feudal patriarchal system a circle of sacred brilliance, united the whole feudal Western Europe into a large political system, and confronted the pagan countries in the East. It established its own hierarchy in the feudal way, with its churches, monasteries, inquisitions, pagan inquisitions, spread over every feudal estate, in every trading town, and finally, it itself was the most powerful feudal lord, owning a whole third of the estates of the Catholic world - it can be said that the huge organization of the Catholic Church was a large spider web woven in dense layers, which hung on almost every land in Western Europe, and its influence extended into every remote corner and penetrated into every aspect of people's life. In addition to brutal economic exploitation, its function was to impose a total and pervasive spiritual rule over the vast masses of the people: the Middle Ages knew only one ideology, "religion and theology"

If a revolutionary bent on changing the world and advancing the times, and trying to successfully attack the secular feudal system in every country of medieval Western Europe in all aspects, he must first destroy this sacred central organization, or at least weaken its sacredness and authority as much as possible.

If you are a passer-by who simply wants to make profits and squeeze huge wealth, you can't avoid this huge and pervasive organization. From the perspective of the medieval church, every Christian in this world is a lamb of the Lord, and every penny of their money should be an offering to the Lord - although many people do not think so, and the church cannot do such an exaggerated thing, it does not prevent many self-aggrandizing clergymen from realizing it this way.

In the final analysis, this has nothing to do with the world situation in real society, and it is a matter of ideology.

The traversers are not ignorant of the power of the church, and they also know that if they make full use of this organization, it will be easier to raise the huge amount of money they want, so they will find a way to reach a cooperation agreement with the pope from the beginning, and so far, Pope Clement VI's attitude is quite cooperative. But the problem is that, also in medieval Europe, the strength of the Church is not equal to the strength of the Holy See, and the strength of the Holy See is not equal to the strength of the Pope. His Holiness often commands the immobile Catholic Church, and the Central Holy See often directs the immobile local churches.

Even at the height of papal authority, at least half of the vast Catholic Church was paralyzed or even in rebellion, so that Europe did not eventually become a theocratic state. More often than not, the Pope actually plays an embarrassing role in the Catholic Church, similar to that of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council or the President of the European Council.

What's worse is that in this era of strong religious atmosphere, no matter where it is, a considerable part of the wealth is hoarded in churches and monasteries, and if the travelers want to raise funds, they have to cut the flesh from the church, which is equivalent to asking the church to contribute both money and effort.

-- Under normal circumstances, as the saying goes, taking people's money is like taking people's lives, even if an "angel" comes, if you want to squeeze out such a large sum of money in one go, most of them will be attacked by a crowd. Fortunately, the Black Death is rampant right now, and those priests are dying of death, so they can't take care of any money for the time being...... But as soon as the epidemic situation improved, these misers and misers reverted to their old ways and began to jump out and die.

“…… Roughly as it was, although we took only gold and silver coins, valuable ornaments, and some livestock, and left them land and property of greater value, and most of those things were ownerless in the first place, there were always some who were greedy and insufficient......"

Doraemon scratched his head and explained with some annoyance that due to the spread of the Black Death, more than half of the population of Italy was wiped out in a short period of time, and many wealthy and noble lords were no longer heirs, and their family property naturally had no owner, and the travelers only took away the floating wealth such as gold, silver and jewelry, and most of the land and real estate that could not be taken away were classified under the name of the church.

Therefore, if we look at the actual income, although the church was forced to contribute a lot of gold and silver to the "angels", it has gained countless mansions and villas and large estates and pastures, as well as the more firm and pious faith of the whole people, no matter how you look at it, it is already a great profit—not to mention that it is already extremely lucky to be able to save a life in the Black Death.

But the problem is that human beings are always greedy and short-sighted, and often the more privileged the class, the more so. Many clergy take for granted the estates that fell into their hands because of the death of their masters, and the devout beliefs that have risen dramatically with the miracle of the "coming of the angels", without the slightest gratitude; But looking at the gold, silver and jewels that were expropriated by the "angels", they felt as if they had been cut from their chests with a knife, as if they regarded those ownerless things as their own......

Obviously, no matter what the era, there seems to be no shortage of people who die for brain short-circuits. As a result, at the instigation of some behind-the-scenes masterminds, Rome and Avignon began to surge in the dark, and there were even people who publicly condemned the traversers as "corrupt angels who have betrayed the trust of the Lord and are greedy and unbridled", and called on those Christians who had just recovered from the Black Death to "purify their faith" and never listen to the fallacies of these "angels".

“…… Is...... It's so ridiculous, can't the Pope be forced to suppress such a trivial matter? Wang Qiu blinked in confusion.

“…… It is not possible to count on the Pope, first of all, he claims that he is not capable of it; Secondly, if those misers were able to make such a noise, I am afraid that the old man of the Pope and his cronies were deliberately indulging behind it, maybe the same group of people were singing duets to show us."

Minami Satoka, a former policewoman with short fuchsia hair, scratched her head and sighed, "...... After all, we want to raise at least 15 billion yen of wealth from this world, that is, 1.5 million florins or ducats in this era, which is equivalent to the total income of the Holy See for at least four years, and who is willing to take out such a large fortune? In any case, the Pope is also the supreme head of the Church, and the interests of the Church are to be taken into account. ”

“…… It's crazy, and being able to keep them alive from the Black Death is already in the best interest of itself, okay? ”

Wang Qiu was about to roll his eyes when he heard this, "Doraemon, didn't you already tell him before?" We will have to loot at least 15 billion yen in this world, that is, a fortune worth 1.5 million florins or ducats, which is absolutely non-negotiable, even if we destroy the world...... Isn't this old guy scared? He doesn't look like a man who wants money and doesn't want to die."

- He was a little surprised by such a situation, and in order to prevent the Holy See from using their brains behind his back, the traversers showed them the power of various future weapons from the very beginning...... I can't believe that they would dare to turn a blind eye to the blade under their noses

However, since in the 21st century, there are still many comics who are busy dying all day long, then this era may be no exception.

“…… Of course he was afraid, and he knew that we could never afford to offend. Therefore, the Pope will not jump out against us in any case, and will even try his best to defend us in words, but in the actual implementation he may be passive and slack, and he will have to be extraordinarily soft......"

Doraemon spread his hands helplessly, "...... I have just used the [Mini Reconnaissance Satellite] to eavesdrop on the Pope's secret conversations with several of his confidants, and they seem to be very worried about one thing: although the limit of our request is 1.5 million gold coins, the whole of Italy can still make up the money. But the question is, what if we are not greedy enough and want to get three million florins, or even ten million florins? ”

“…… So there is such a non-violent non-cooperation movement? Thought we would be afraid of such an attack by public opinion? Damn, it looks like if we don't give them some more color, those bastards are really going to think of us as cute Hello Kitty. ”

Wang Qiu knocked the table with his fist, "...... The so-called non-violent non-cooperation is tantamount to forcing us to use violence."

“…… The way to use violence to destroy miè is very simple, I have a zombie-making T-virus here, and I can start a medieval Resident Evil at any time. In the midst of everyone's horrified gaze, Doraemon calmly took out a virus test tube from the world of "Resident Evil" and shook it, "...... But the problem is that we are not the demon kings who have come to destroy the miè world, we must maintain our good image instead of being like robbers, killing people and setting fires and robbing town after town, how can people consciously and voluntarily send money to the door quickly."

- Shizuka Jukawa, a female school doctor with a pair of foul-sized boobs, couldn't help but sigh when she saw Doraemon behave like this, and lowered her head again and folded her hands, silently remembering the deceased discipline of her childhood idol Doraemon-kun......

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Just when everyone was talking and at a loss, a series of hysterical loud laughter suddenly sounded in the venue.

“…… Hahahaha, ridiculous, ridiculous, what have you done? Isn't it just to collect some money? Can it be made like this? ”

I saw Professor Guo holding a teacup in one hand and holding his stomach in the other, as if he had seen some kind of funny trick, and he looked very happy, "...... Isn't it self-inflicted that you could have said something that could have been said openly, but you made it seem like you couldn't see anyone? ”

-- In the past, when they were looting property, because they could see all kinds of ownerless things everywhere, the traversers simply and rudely moved whatever they liked, or directly apportioned the matter of collecting money, thinking that after showing their overwhelming absolute strength, no matter what baskets these "angels" poked out, the Holy See should have played a round for them...... I didn't expect those greedy gods to dare to dismantle the stage

“…… As we all know, anything that comes too easily will make people not cherish it much. Due to the lack of propaganda in the past, some people seem to regard saving sentient beings and eliminating the plague as an obligation and responsibility given to us by the gods, and it should be a free benefit that can be obtained for free without paying any price. And all kinds of money and goods collected along the way are for us to reap benefits in private behind God's back.

According to this idea, of course, they will be angry and dissatisfied, and even try to cause trouble for us, and they will not thank us at all for saving their lives, so if we want to resolve this turmoil, we must correct this wrong thinking that we will get something for nothing - we must warn everyone that they are all sinners punished by God, and that no one can get something for nothing, let alone be saved without giving anything."

In the face of everyone's admiration or shock, Professor Guo said eloquently, "...... First of all, it must be stated that the reason why we have collected the gold and silver wealth of the Church is not a clever plunder, but to spur the Catholic Church to maintain the basic doctrine of hard and simple and no personal gain, and to purify their long-tainted faith. Of course, how to deal with it and how to distribute it is a matter for the angels, and the laity have no right to ask. But when the angels finish their mission and leave, the church can take over the management of this - which can be regarded as a slap to a sweet date. ”

He lowered his head and took a sip of his tea, then added, "...... Third, we want to emphasize to all Christians that the society in which they live is one, and that in the face of plagues, famines, wars, and other disasters that are beyond human resistance, everyone should act as one, and contribute money and strength in order to avoid the collapse of a civilized society. We, the 'angels', ask mortals to pay for their wealth, not to enrich themselves, but to make human society more harmonious and just. Those who have a high status and enjoy wealth and prosperity should naturally give back to the society, otherwise once the indiscriminate disaster of the plague explodes, the poor and the rich will die together, which is a social responsibility that no one can escape.

In short, since there are people who sing high tunes like axioms and righteousness, we have to fight back with higher axioms and righteousness, we preach love and responsibility, unity and dedication, in short, some absolutely correct universal truths, and we also want to emphasize that the reason why this plague is so dangerous and terrible today is because of people's selfishness and lack of unity and dedication. Those who spread rumors against angels are people sent by the devil to disturb people's hearts and minds to push the world back into the abyss of plague and death......"

“…… Push the world back into the abyss of plague and death? That's right, that's how it should be, why didn't I think of it? ”

Hearing this, Doraemon suddenly slapped the table and interrupted Professor Guo's words excitedly, "...... The reason why those bastards who don't know what to do is so bold and bold not only saying strange things in private, but also inciting the masses against us, is not that they think that the plague is over, and they will not die no matter how they die? Hehe, now I'm going to make them understand what it means to die and then dieLet those ungrateful fools once again recall the despair of being dominated by the plague, and the fear of not finding a way to survive - do they think that we will not release the plague? ”

The cat said so excitedly as he pulled out a strange machine inlaid with a huge jar from his four-dimensional pocket, and crackled the keyboard and buttons on it...... I'll see what interesting germs or viruses should be cultivated......"

--Looking at Doraemon's distorted and hideous blackened expression, everyone present couldn't help but look at it, and then silently lit a candle in their hearts to deeply remember Doraemon's deceased discipline......

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