Ordinary people want to be vassals, vassals want to be lords, and lords want to be kings, so what does the king want to do?

Everyone fantasizes about having the power of a king, and if they don't get it, they pass on their ideas to their superiors and create further conditions for themselves. Ordinary people influence vassals, vassals affect lords, and lords influence kings. If the king is not able to manifest his own will, but is manipulated by the will of his people, then he is a puppet.

It's like Edward Auguste, who had to make a bloody tragedy when he fell in love. It's really interesting to be such a king. His father, Ryan August, didn't get there well, a golden knight, and the heir of the noble family of Tyrells were terrified, for fear of being quietly killed by the four princes.

August was in charge of the Gambis, but the vassals of the kingdom and the clergy of the church told them what they could and could not do. The king's reputation for power and integrity and benevolence became a prison for Auguste.

On the other hand, the first Pope Enoch, who renounced secular power, declared that knights and clergy coexisted equally, that the status of the god knights and the pope were equal, and that he established a social system of protection, redemption and consecration.

The clergy and the knights were indeed equal, but this equality was appointed by the first pope. Enoch himself was above everyone, including the Pope and the Knights of the Gods.

The true king is not bound by love, is not fascinated by power, is not burdened by fame, and transforms the world according to his own will, power and prestige are only tools to achieve his ideals.

Victor opened his eyes, his divine light was as bright as the moon, and all the confusion was gone, replaced by unshakable faith.

At this moment, he made his path clear.

From the division of work system to the lease and employment system, and then to the centralized system of feudal fields, Victor has his own political ideals, and the following is to make the centralized system of feudal fields completely replace the feudal system and live above the glorious code.

Totalitarianism has no self or other, and the so-called equal coexistence does not exist at all. In Victor's vision, the church would be placed on the second level of the totalitarian pyramid, serving the secular regime rather than acting as an overseer and enforcer. This coincides with the pursuit of knight lords. Because, Victor was born to stand in the position of a secular lord.

For a long time, aspiring knightly aristocrats wanted to trample the church under their feet. They adopted two strategies, one was to spread the blood of the nobility through the feudal system, allowing the nobles to infiltrate the church and steal the authority of the gods, and the other was to unify the human kingdom and bring the common people under its rule to force the clergy to submit to the imperial power.

Unfortunately, neither of these strategies will work. For the knight lords, there is always no solution as to who will be the emperor. Objectively, the church is unified, the lords are scattered, and the aristocratic clergy are self-contained, so they do not want a unified empire to emerge. There is a church in the way, and it is more difficult for the lords to unify the kingdoms by force and marriage than to ascend to heaven.

So, as long as a powerful empire shows signs of unifying humanity, she will soon collapse. The Iron Mountain Empire collapsed, the Rand Empire collapsed, and the war of aggression launched by the Sasang Empire was painless...... The knight lord became the shepherd dog of the church. And Enoch did all this.

It's only when you trample Enoch under your feet that you have a sense of accomplishment!

Victor's centralized system of feudalism does not require the unification of the human kingdom, and it can also make the clergy bow to their ears.

The people depend on the church, and the church depends on believers. The centralized system of fiefdom transformed the displaced people into tenants, and under the protection of the lords, the population of the tenants would increase exponentially. The power of the clergy will be strengthened by the growth of the number of believers, but they will not be able to escape the constraints of the Radiant Codex. If they are unwilling to abandon the power of faith that tenants bring, they can only rely on the power of secular lords to enforce tenant systems. When the tenants became the main source of strength for the Holy Pool, it was too late for the church to turn back. The Radiant Code doesn't allow them to do that either.

The lords kidnapped loose tenants, and the large groups of tenants kidnapped the clergy of the church.

You have to believe, and I give you faith, but the power of the world is mine, and you should cooperate with me, not with me.

In the future, there may be a situation in which the Inquisition wants to sanction a certain lord, and the lord sends a large number of tenants to the church to plead and the priest who is stationed there to plead his case, how can the Holy See be indifferent? If the king also intercedes, the Church will have to give in. Otherwise they will be under pressure from the whole kingdom.

The key to the success of the feudal centralized system lies in two points: first, with a perfect monetary and financial system, the materials are concentrated in the hands of the lords, and the eleven taxes and kingdom pensions are all settled in money. The second was to increase the dependence of tenants on secular lords while reducing their dependence on the church.

The first point, Victor is doing. The second point is also something that only Victor can do.

If the Soul Bloodline Secret Method can enhance the strength of ordinary people, let them have the courage and confidence to expand their territory and worship the king. They will spontaneously move closer to the secular lords.

Prior to this, there was a fatal loophole in the centralized system of land closure that needed to be remedied: the social security system of the tenants could not be fully controlled by the church. Otherwise the Church will turn the tenant community into its own political power and, in turn, limit the power of the secular lords.

The inertia of the system is extremely strong, and it has the ability to improve and correct itself. The centralized system of feudal fields has not yet been closed, and the church dominates its security system, which is not centralized at all. Victor's political ambitions can also be aborted.

"If you want to press the head of the church, you have to set foot in the realm of salvation!"

Victor paced back and forth in his study, using X-3 to deduce various situations, and gradually had a detailed plan in mind.

He thought about it, raised his hand to push open the window of the study, jumped out, the blue-black air flow surrounded his body, and with one hand he held on to the wall whitewashed with white sand, and slid to the ground silently, and with a light touch of his feet, he swept towards Pinghu Town like an arrow.

The strong air flow broke through the viscous air, as if forming a channel with extremely low resistance, and Victor jumped over the fence like a ghostly phantom without weight, flew over the treetops of the hills, and arrived at Pinghu Town, 5 kilometers away, in only 1 minute and 20 seconds.

He avoided the night patrols in Pinghu and quietly arrived at the chapel where Father Miller lived. Two holy warriors on night duty were guarding the door of the church, and there were people patrolling back and forth in the courtyard of the church with guard dogs. He jumped over the wall, dodged to the bottom of the bell tower, climbed the bell tower with ease, and descended the spiral staircase to Miller's bedroom, knocking lightly on the door.

After a long while, the old priest got up with a candle, opened the wooden door, let Victor in, and looked around again, and saw that no one noticed the movement, and then closed the door.

Victor found a chair and sat down, and said proudly, "I don't want anyone to see me." ”

Miller yawned, glued the candle to the table with candle oil, rubbed his eyes, and said angrily, "You don't sleep in the middle of the night, and you come here to be a thief?"

"Aren't you just a thief? ”

Victor smiled, nodded and said, "Old man, I've already thought it through...... The question is, have you figured it out?"

"I just want to sleep now...... Don't you know that the sleep of the elderly is precious?"

Miller grumbled, sat down on the bed and muttered, "Well, what did you little guy figure it out?"

Victor shrugged his shoulders, crossed his legs on the table, and said lightly: "I introduced you to the tenant system of Randall, and you have also seen the problem of the tenant system, and it is still difficult to redeem the tenant family with the current system of the church. You count on me to solve the problem, and I can promise you now...... Have you ever thought about what it would mean if I did?"

"What does that mean, you have something to say!" said Father Miller, glaring at Victor with an impatient expression on his face.

If you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out, and you're pretending...... Victor secretly laughed, coughed lightly, shook his slender index finger, and said: "Salvation is the authority of the clergy, and when I begin to redeem the people for the clergy, the influence of the church on the people will be weakened...... Well, let's put it this way, I redeem the people, the people love me, they don't complain about me to the church, they defend me everywhere, and the church can no longer find an excuse to restrict me. ”

"Isn't that great?" Miller paused, shook his head solemnly, and said, "Salvation has never been an authority, but an obligation of the clergy. In the name of salvation, the clergy seek power and turn away from the word of the Lord...... This is the fall that requires redemption, the root of all tragedy!"

"Others don't think so......," Victor pondered for a moment, and continued to probe, "Actually, if you report the problem of redeeming the tenants, the Holy See will definitely try to solve it." ”

"How long? ten, twenty, or thirty?" Miller sneered, shook his head, and said: "Tear each other off, drag each other back, and they have to wait for something big to happen before they try to solve the problem and seek power by the way...... It is the people who are unlucky. Victor, you let it go, I've got your back!"

Victor was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You don't do anything to support me, if you jump out, it's all over...... I did it quietly, and if you pretend you don't know anything, someone will take the blame. ”

"Who?"

"Then don't ask. ”

The old priest moved his mouth and asked reluctantly, "How much do you have to reveal something to me?" Otherwise, how do I know if you are fooling me?"

Victor raised his eyebrows, a mysterious smile on his face, "I remember that there are two canons, the clergy are not allowed to make profits, and the people should redeem themselves. ”

"Yes. Miller nodded and explained, "The clergy are not allowed to engage in any profit-making activities, and according to their rank, they receive monthly salaries and subsidies, so the sale of medicinal herbs by the monastery to the lord must also take the form of relief and donations. The self-salvation of the people is to teach believers to love and help each other...... However, this canon is a posterior and is not included in the Radiant Code, but it is in line with the spirit advocated by the Radiant Code. ”

"That's enough. Victor nodded and said, "The method I have adopted is closely related to these two canons...... I am inconvenient to disclose the specific details...... Just wait and see. ”

"That's right. The old priest twisted his beard and bowed his jaw and said, "Then I'll wait and see...... You can go now, I'm going to sleep. ”

Victor sneered, "Old fellow, have you forgotten something?"

"What's the matter?" Miller looked at Victor blankly.

Victor was furious and gritted his teeth and said, "My human blood!"

"Oh, look at my memory. Miller slapped his head and smiled, "I forgot to tell you that I have cured you." ”

"Cured?" Victor looked at the old priest suspiciously, and asked, "When?"

"That was the day...... You go to the Rose Manor, and I will observe your physical condition and cure your blood withering with ease. ”

Victor staggered to his feet, pointed to Miller's nose, and growled, "! I don't feel anything......!" I, I know I haven't changed myself. ”

"What can change? What do you want to change?" asked Miller, blowing his beard and glaring.

Victor sat down slowly, was silent for a moment, and said, "I want to strengthen the bloodline of humans and moon elves at the same time. ”

Miller shook his head and said, "Someone has locked your human bloodline with medicine, and the Moon Elf bloodline will draw power from the human bloodline every time it is active, and eventually, your Moon Elf bloodline will completely replace the human bloodline. If you want to strengthen the human bloodline, your Moon Elf bloodline will weaken, and your natural abilities will disappear one by one. I've lifted some of the drug seals, allowing your human and elven bloodlines to grow simultaneously. But it's not easy, you have to find the commonalities between the Moon Elf bloodline and the human bloodline. ”

"Understood, if I don't help you heal, you have no choice but to turn into a moon elf. Now, I've given you a choice, but you'll have to figure out how to do it yourself. ”

I, I was drugged...... Victor's expression was cloudy, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Who gave me the medicine?"

"What do you say?" Miller said, looking at Victor with pity, "I think you should thank them." ”

"August......" Victor shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighed, and asked expectantly, "You have lifted some of the drug seals...... And what about the rest?"

"Hey, it's fertility. The old god squeezed his eyes obscenely and teased, "You can't have children with other women now." Only a woman who also takes the medicine can conceive your offspring...... Of course, I can restore you to fertility, but once you have fertility, your bloodline will be completely finalized. I advise you to think clearly before you decide. ”

The image of Catherine came to Victor's mind, and he shook his head and asked sullenly, "Is there no other way?"

Miller replied, "If you reach the limits of your bloodline's potential, you will naturally have fertility. Or, have your partner take that potion. Speaking of this, Miller's expression became serious: "I must remind you that the stronger your bloodline, the smaller the number of offspring. Your Moon Elf bloodline and human bloodline grow to the peak at the same time, and you only have a maximum of 4 children. If you take advantage of that potion and have children with your partner now, it will inevitably weaken the potential of the bloodline as well. ”

No wonder the lady of the Kite Castle wouldn't let me be alone with Catherine...... Victor suddenly realized, and immediately thought of a key, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked, "I...... Assuming that my human bloodline and moon elf bloodline reach their peak at the same time, will Sylvia and I have offspring?"

Miller shook his head, nodded again, and said, "It's not easy for me to say...... There will be!"

In this way, the Sun Elf bloodline and the human bloodline are compatible......! Victor couldn't help but laugh.

"You hurry up...... I can catch up on sleep. Miller blew out the candles, lay down on the bed, and said with his back to Victor.

Victor jumped to the side of the bed and nudged Miller: "Last question, what is the commonality between the Moon Elf bloodline and the human bloodline?"

"I don't know...... How can I possibly know everything? You'll have to figure it out for yourself. Miller turned his head, glared at Victor, and threatened, "Disturb my sleep again, believe it or not, I'll lift the drug seal on your body right away?"

Victor immediately turned around and left, fleeing.