The magnificent Great Monastery, according to legend, was built by the first missionary saints of the ancient empire to bring Orthodoxy to the land of Neustria, and this legend is not true, because although there were religious activities at that time, there was no monastic system, but it should not be an exaggeration to say that it was the largest and oldest monastery in Neustria.

Two days away from Aronael, the capital of Neustria, there is a scenic lake, there is a sizable island in the lake, in ancient times people called this lake Sinstri, and the island in the lake was called Podnar, what the meaning of these two names has long been unverifiable, but there is no doubt that even before the ancient imperial period, it was a blessed land with beautiful scenery, fertile land and abundant products, after the rise of Orthodoxy, the rulers at that time in order to please the church power, A piece of land on the island was given to monks who wished to live in seclusion, far from the world, to live their favorite seclusion.

However, when the ancient empire collapsed and the power of the church swelled further, these monks who had been far away from the world revised the texts, put the monastery under the name of the first missionary saint, and took the opportunity to annex the entire island of Podnar. Fortunately, most of the rulers at that time and later were reckless and uneducated, so this kind of tampering was not only not exposed, but even became the golden sign of the great monastery.

To this day, the Grand Monastery is wealthy and powerful, and has become one of the richest landowners in Neustria, with more estate than many powerful princes, as many nobles and even kings have become ordained in the glorious Monastery, and many prominent bishops have studied and been taught in the Grand Monastery. Its territory has long been not limited to Podnar. A monk once boasted in his scroll that he had walked along Lake Sinstry. The feet do not leave the land of the Great Monastery, and a day of walking in either direction from the Grand Monastery. Nor can you leave the territory of the Great Monastery. This may be an exaggeration, but no one can deny that the great monastery occupies a large area of good land, and unlike the secular aristocracy, its estates only increase by purchases, donations, and refuge, but do not decrease by having many children or no children. Moreover, its estate did not have to pay taxes to the crown - it had an ancient charter issued to it by the first kings, and of course it seemed a little more grammatically recent...... But. Who would dare to be serious about such a thing and the "great monasticism"?

Yes, the Great Monastery is more than just a monastery! It produced many noble clergy, and it is not an exaggeration to say that these clergy ruled the whole of the Neustrian Church, and it is true that some of the children of the worldly nobles or relatives of the bishop could become bishops the next day after shaving their hair, but they were no match for the great monastic system in terms of theological cultivation or forgery of documents. The Duke of Ulrich relied on brute force to promote the former archbishop Joseph, and although the Grand Abbey was dissatisfied with this, it also knew that the former archbishop was alone after all. He did defeat some people, but it was far from touching the foundations of the Great Abbey, and when the arrogant Ulrich encountered a crisis, he should know that only the Great Abbey could bring him the blessings of the gods!

However. The Great Abbey was waiting for not the bow of the arrogant Duke of Ulrich, nor the conquest of an alien race, but worse than these. A new archbishop who thinks he has the grace of God and a rude and terrible so-called queen!

If the Duke of Ulrich tried to renovate the Grand Abbey, this is new. The members of the new government, who had ascended to the throne on their own terms, had almost no regard for the Great Abbey! They did not pretend to pay tribute, promise, curry favor or win over the Grand Monastery, nor did they privately buy off the senior friars who had ambitions for the position of abbot of the Grand Monastery. They don't seem to know that there is a great monastery in Neustria!

Transparency is more pathetic than being a villain.

The Great Abbey was angry that the new government treated them as unknown people, and because the new government dealt with many nobles and was saddened by the new government's resolute punishment of many nobles, at this time, the former archbishop Joseph, who was proficient in politics, duly handed over an olive branch and promised many benefits after the restoration, so the great abbey and the former archbishop Joseph, who had been in power in the old days, actually shook hands and made peace and entered into an offensive and defensive alliance.

Previously, when Archbishop Joseph sent a complaint to the Eternal City, the clergy who helped them petition and prevent the new archbishop from buying shawls were the clergy who were born in the Grand Abbey and later served in the Church of the Eternal City, and at the same time, the Grand Abbey also made full use of its connections to send all kinds of information about Neustria overseas. In addition, many of the nobles who went to serve in exile were also moved by the priests from the monastic system to participate in the war of liberation.

"The time is near." When the abbot and his cronies gathered together to discuss, they often rejoiced in what they had achieved, and through their efforts, an army had never been seen before gathered under the command of the exiled royal family! And the support of the royal family of St. Omier! The Orthodox King will surely sweep away the ridiculous new government and restore the old order of the old and beautiful Neustria, and the Orthodox King and the Duke of Ulrich will understand the power of the assistance of the Grand Abbey and give it more privileges and support...... The cunning former archbishop might have broken some promises, but the Grand Abbey had already written a will for some of the nobles who had been exterminated by the new government, and the former Archbishop's pathetic level of culture must have been unflawed, and the abbot and his cronies felt that the time of the fall was a dark cloud with silver edges at the thought of the tributes, privileges, and aristocratic estates that were about to arrive.

What made them especially happy was that the new government panicked and actually enshrined a liar, saying that he had voluntarily come to the Pope of New Newustria, which made them laugh out loud! The Eternal City is certainly not a pure and unblemished holy place, but to say that the Pope therefore abandoned his glory and wealth in the Eternal City to join the Turnestites in Neustria—the new archbishop is really a miracle drama that has been written so much that this kind of lie is also made up! Why didn't he declare that the Savior thought he was holy and extraordinary, and personally descended Aronael to advertise him!

It is true that there has been a change of papal position, and the previous pope has come to Neustria - can it be more fake?

But before they could laugh enough, the "Pope who came to Neustria" actually gave them an order. Demand the immediate dissolution of the Great Monastery? And they are required to immediately submit to the world's rulings - or are they such self-proclaimed "worldliness" - more grass-stage groups than worldly - government rulings?

It's just ...... It's just a rhythm that makes them laugh together when they are angry.

Lu Ban got a big axe in front of the door. Guan Gong played a big knife in front of him, and the fake documents appeared in front of the great monastery - the new archbishop had just crossed over from modern times. Don't you know that the Great Monastery started by forging documents? Compared to the great monastery, you kid is far from the heat!

"It's ridiculous! Can they talk a little more nonsense? The abbot's nephew, who was the wardrobe keeper of the Grand Abbey, shouted, "How dare you fake the Pope's orders!" It's really unbelievable! ”

"Yes, it's so unbelievable, lawless, alas, alas, once the power is in hand, the order will be carried out. These usurpers and ignorant coarse women did not know how noble the Great Monastery was, and that they should forge such a clumsy order, knowing that our Grand Monastery is also famous in the Eternal City. The treasurer of the convent was furious and said angrily, and the keeper of the reliquary answered him: "Yes, we have many relics here that were given to us by the previous pope, and we have letters from him praising us and the evangelists, who have done so to dissolve the convent. And not afraid of the wrath of the preaching saints! ”

Instead of paying homage to the Great Abbey, the new government turned on the Great Abbey's brains, which really made them angry and felt that such a rebellious and unreasonable government was made. Neustria has not been there since the dawn of the world.

"But since they have given such an order in the name of the Pope, I am afraid that they will not give up." The dean said worriedly. They were silent for a while, because they were unscrupulous in colluding with the outside world. I did a lot of bad things in private, but. The new government is particularly tolerant of ecclesiastical power, they know that there are many monasteries and bishops like them, who collude with the exiled royal family in various ways, and do not obey the orders of the new archbishop, but none of them are unlucky, and the new government seems to be unprepared for the takeover of such a large country, and manages Neustria as the territory of Brad in the countryside, and foolishly concentrates its forces on the suppression of bandits and digging ditches, and has no spare energy to manage the affairs of the church and support the new archbishop. Since they had not been treated even reprimanded for this, they became more and more emboldened, but they did not expect that the exiled royal family had not had time to return and recover, and the new government turned its face on them.

It's like the fire and thunder that they have been saying every day to punish them The gods have suddenly appeared, and the amulets that the devil promised them have not yet arrived, so it's terrifying!

However, the dean's nephew shouted again at this time: "What? Don't we have many knights and soldiers attached to us? Why should we care about the orders of those farmers? ”

"yes, we're not without people." The treasurer also shouted, "Let the lawless bandits learn a lesson, and learn to be humble before the messengers of the evangelists!" ”

"The Orthodox King will return soon, and we just have to resist until then." The steward of the relics said, "That day is near, and we will only have to resist until that time." ”

"Yes, the Orthodox King will be back soon." Thinking that the monastery did possess such an arm, and that the orthodox royal family would come back at any time to support them, the abbot of the great monastery was emboldened, and recovered from the fear of the threat he had just heard of and understood, and then they summoned the nobles and knights attached to the monastery, as well as the chiefs of the villages and some wealthy tenants, and they all came to the great monastery with their arms and subordinates, and the hammers of the smith's shop in the monastery clanged day and night. Preparations are being made to resist the troops of the new government.

Day after day, however, the new government did little about the Grand Abbey, not a single government soldier was seen on Podnar Island, nor even around Lake Sinstry.

"Don't slack off!" The monks told the soldiers, but they slackened, and some stole the chickens of the monastery, and some put horses into the vegetable fields and vineyards of the monastery, so that the stewards were so annoyed that they themselves said to each other: "The new government is just talking." "They are afraid of the divine power of the preaching saints." "They thought they could bring us to our knees in the name of the Pope, and when they saw that we didn't give in, they didn't do it." "How dare they move the great monastery built by the missionary saints, with so many saints taking care of it? In other words, that's it! ”

At this time, someone sent a letter to a village chief: "Bandits have attacked the village and robbed the village's cattle!" ”

The village chief immediately couldn't sit still, because he had six oxen, and as was the general custom at that time, the whole village of cattle was managed by a cattle herder, and if the whole village of cattle was robbed, how many of his cattle would be lost?

He led his men out of the monastery and went to find the bandits.

The Great Abbey did not look at the loss of cattle in a single village, but there was no sign of the new government punishing the monastery by force, and these rude soldiers had caused them a lot of harm on the island, so they let the village chief leave with his men.

Later, there were letters from people from other villages, and it seemed that a group of bandits were roaming and committing crimes, although the number was small, but it was not something that the remaining civilians in the village could resist, and the wealthy tenants, village chiefs, and knights all thought of their possessions, and left the Grand Monastery one after another, and the Grand Monastery had no intention of stopping them.

None of the noble knights who left returned, nor did they return letters.

The letter came from the new archbishop.

Standing at the door of the Great Monastery, he once again conveyed the "Pope's order": "Dissolve the rebellious Grand Monastery on the same day!" ”

When he said this, his face was awe-inspiring, and his voice was extremely solemn, as if he had really been ordered by the Pope to convey his orders, and a strong cold wind blew through the lake, blowing his black cloak and red vestments into the air wildly.

But not a single person in the grand monastery was frightened and frightened by this.

Even the abbot of the Great Abbey, who had been worried before, raised his chin arrogantly.

Because behind the young archbishop there was not an army, but a few priests dressed as servants, and the young bishops of Tournest, who had always been known for their simplicity, now showed its disadvantage - they were caught in a convoy carrying eggs, cheese, dried fish and lamb for the abbey, unable to move.

Sure enough, it was nothing more than blackmail, and the new government wanted to maintain the whole of Neustria without the troops at the disposal of the self-appointed archbishop. (To be continued......)

PS: Today, I brushed 3D to outwit Weihu Mountain, Yang Zirong is still a positive character, the mountain carving is still a negative role, and 3D is really ......