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After crossing over, Luo Yi never thought that she was safe, and the more familiar she was with this world, the more she knew how precarious this world was.

Before crossing over, she had seen the church acting as a villain in some novels, film and television works.

Burning witches, persecuting infidels, etc.

After the crossing, she began to think about something she had never thought about before.

How did a dozen apostles build a huge church that spanned several continents and imprisoned everyone from body to mind?

In the beginning, they were not much stronger than the 50 emperors after the establishment of New China - the magistrates dealt with it, and they did not alarm the central government, and the governors killed many people who were called saviors at that time.

Monotheistic religious theorists say that monotheism is inherently superior to polytheism because the common people can memorize the names and deeds of many gods without using their brains.

Only for one god, simple and convenient.

However, looking at the saints who are more than the number of days in a year (many of them are pagan gods who have been given different names) and all kinds of holy relics that have been enshrined, Luo Yi feels that it is also a spiritual need to worship a large number of flowers and greens.

Especially in this era of no culture and no entertainment.

Seeing a variety of icons and paintings for men, women, and children, and listening to stories of miracles is one of the few entertainments.

In addition, the numerous statues and paintings also provide jobs for craftsmen, increase employment, and boost GDP.

There is also a saying that monotheism does not engage in human sacrifice and is superior to barbaric polytheism.

Luo Yi couldn't see any difference in the result of throwing the child into the fire and sacrificing it to Moro in the Dark Tender Valley and accusing a woman of riding a pot in the middle of the night and flying in the sky and then burning her.

Moreover, polytheism does not mean that it is in favor of human sacrifice.

Even in the ancient empire, the sacrifice of living people was extremely unusual, China has always been a polytheistic religion, but after the Shang Dynasty, it was not in favor of living sacrifice - "Zuo Chuan" said that people are the most precious in heaven and earth, and sacrificing precious people to sacrifice, can you get more precious?

What, then, is the strength of the church?

Luo Yi thinks that it is an organization.

Because only one god is allowed, monotheism is more important than polytheistic religions to control their followers, and they light sacrifices and sermons.

Because of the belief in only one god, the number of prayers, the number of prayers, the taboos of food, the attitude towards the infidels, etc., it is easier to unify, and the average believer is less likely to get out of control.

If you believe in multiple gods, if you are not in the temple of Zeus on the day of worship, you can say that in the temple of Mars, if you only believe in one god, you will have one church, and if you go to worship or not, you will know the way at a glance. The tributes donated are also easier to count.

Believers are not easy to go anywhere, but the church collects taxes much more easily.

Another point is that monotheistic churches are not only organized, but also have education for young people and alms for the poor, which allows them to win the hearts and minds of the people and replace the government.

Although the church is dark, in this chaotic and brutal era, where can ordinary people, the weak, get the opportunity to be helped and rise apart from the church?

In this way, the church recruited talents, increased the amount of power, and finally evolved into a boss.

Luo Yi saw the path to success for the church, and she decided to invest in education and organization.

If you blindly rely on force, you will eventually ...... The top is only to the extent of the Mongols, occupying, not dominating.

Occupation, which could provide the Mongols with alcoholic beauties, was enough for them.

The problem is that Luo Yi is not interested in either.

If she has force alone, even if she wins all the way, it will not do her any good, not to mention, can she win all the way with equipment?

Luo Yi never thought that equipment could determine victory or defeat.

The best counterexample is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jesuits supported the technology of the red-coated cannon in the Ming court, and also helped train gunners, and the military technology that ordinary traversers can do is nothing more than that! Some of them have to rely on the technical support of the Jesuits!

But what about after receiving the military-technical support of the Jesuits who are almost traversal?

These cannons and gunners all fell into the hands of Houjin.

These cannons, which can be said to have crossed over, failed to lay down the Houjin, but bombarded the fortress of the Ming Dynasty.

Where is the difference between a country of hundreds of millions of people being beaten to the brink of collapse by a tribe of tens of thousands of people?

The slavery system of the post-Jin Dynasty has nothing to do with "advanced" and "popular will", and it is even further away from "productive forces" and "science and technology", but at least they still have organization, organization and execution.

On the other hand, there is a state system, advanced science and technology, a vast territory, abundant products, and a large number of people, but the household registration system cannot be collected for decades after its demise...... The smuggling trade of luxury goods, which fed the country's gravediggers when its own people were starving between rebellion and starvation.