In the morning, Ted wrote down an order for the herald to temporarily recall all the students and return to class in the afternoon.

Now that the weather problem has been solved, there is no need for everyone to stay at home and get moldy...

As for the coming New Year, theoretically, it is nothing more than a planet revolving around the star, and there is nothing to celebrate.

Because the world under your feet doesn't know how many times it has circled the sun...

Just like humans go to the toilet every day, there is no need to make a fuss about this kind of thing.

In the Empire, the definition of a festival generally comes from the church, and in order to prevent the populace from being poisoned by theology again, Ted intends to give special meaning to certain days himself.

In this way, the people will have a sense of belonging and will actively participate in the construction of the country.

In the previous New Year, everyone chose to rest at home for two days, but it was only because the period of the New Year was too cold and there was no holiday significance.

In the rest of the empire, the original meaning of 'New Year' was... It's just an excuse to make the aristocracy laugh at themselves.

On the first day of the year, a group of sanctimonious and well-dressed beasts gather together to drink wine and eat meat, spend all day drinking, and indulge themselves... On such a day, how could the nobles refuse?

When these nobles have had enough, they will drag their tired bodies to the church and spend some money to pray for God's blessing on the earth so that the people can have a good harvest in the new year...

It's just that... This kind of behavior is not all for the sake of sympathy for the people, but for the nobles, after the harvest, to have a good reason to raise the tax rate, and then take out the butcher's knife and fiercely smack a wave of leeks for their own enjoyment.

Let those people who have just kindled hope continue to live in dire straits, and continue to thank God for keeping them alive!

After all, according to the theory of the ruling class, it is these aristocrats who spend money and pray to make the people harvest! You should be rewarded with a little 'merit fee'...

Therefore, in a New Year like this, most ordinary people are not blessed at all, and sometimes they have to do some chores to supplement their families in the New Year.

A summer of hard work is just to save enough resources to survive in the winter.

In this situation of insufficient food and clothing, where will the people be in the mood to celebrate the so-called 'New Year'?

But now... The living standards of the people in the north have improved much compared to those in other regions, and they have a little money in their hands and a little free time!

Festival! Yes, you can indeed celebrate a drop! It's just that you have to get rid of the religious meaning!

Now, Ted wants to get the city up and running as soon as possible and have a virtuous circle! So... This year, it's not the New Year, so let's eat more meat and celebrate.

At the beginning of the next year, we will give the New Year a special meaning, so that everyone can go home to rest and spend time with their families!

"Well, I'm such a good lord who loves his people like a son! Turn around and let the historians up! ”

Thinking of this, Ted couldn't help but complain about the weather: "If it weren't for this smelly and long winter, I definitely wouldn't have stayed in the novice village for so long!" ”

The main line of the continent has only been completed and has not continued, and there are still moon elves waiting to be rescued on the other side of the mountain! However, except for being at home with his wife and pointing out the country with everyone, there has been no substantial progress!

The culprit of all this! It's the weather!

Fortunately, Lilia is well fed and will not starve in the future, so she will not continue to torture the people of the North in winter...

"Whew," Ted let out a long sigh, put down his cup and closed his eyes in contemplation.

Right now, it's still early for lunch, so why not think again about how to define this 'New Year'

If the world unifies the time and calendar, the southern hemisphere will enjoy the summer carnival on January 1st, and everyone can go out into the streets to celebrate, but the people in the northern hemisphere will have to hold back in their houses, unable to move an inch!

This is not a good idea, and this New Year must have a special meaning for people in the northern hemisphere~

For example... The family gets together... It's a good idea, and it does work for the people of the North!

But it's not easy for people in other regions...

However, if you can find a way to connect 'Christmas' with the New Year, give it a new meaning, and regain people's acceptance, you can take back people's days off!

It can also weaken the role of religion, so that 'Christmas' will no longer be a lever for religious brainwashing!

From this point of view, it is much simpler!

In short, it's about weakening the religiousness!

And now, it should be impossible to eradicate religion at once, their illiteracy rate is even higher, they are deeply entrenched by religious domination, and they are not like the people of the North, who have not been poisoned by theology!

Stupid people have to believe something in order to have sustenance! It is unrealistic to want to convince them of 'atheism' immediately, but it can save the country! Let them have a spiritual sustenance!

Case!

Ted spread out a piece of paper and wrote a few large words on it: Sun God Cult!

People in the rest of the empire must believe something, not what they have made up!

Because Ted loves the people like a son and will not exploit the people like others, he will be wronged and be the 'divine messenger' of the sun god!

As for why it's called the 'Helios Cult'...

Ted thought about this for a long time, because if you want to attract people to believe in yourself and defeat other religions, you can't make this definition of a god complicated, and it is better to have something that is known to the masses!

In this way, that is, the sun and the moon in the sky, and the influence of the sun is much greater than that of the moon, so the sun... It's a good target.

At the beginning, the people's 'rest day' was brainwashed into 'Christmas' by the gods, and then Ted had to treat others in his own way!

"Let's call it 'Charismatic Day'! Sounds very theological! What a clever God-given holiday! Ted smiled and rewarded himself with a can of Coke.

If you want to defeat your enemies, you have to know them! It's better to use the system information to check the history of this 'Christmas', and then find out the weak clicks!

'This festival is the day to celebrate the birth of Jesus....'

After a short reading, Ted did find a few points that could be cracked...

There are parallels between this 'Christmas' and the history of the earth.

The original festival was not to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and the scriptures of their church did not record when this person was born.

These gods just wanted to let religion take root in the hearts of the people in the first place, so they deliberately chose a day when everyone was relaxing as the holiday goal!

At the beginning of the empire, the people had a tradition of relaxing at the end of the year, which was a little reward for a year's hard work, although this reward was not the same, but at least a glass of barley wine was added to the meal to show that it was different from usual.

And the gods of the church seem to have discovered this group phenomenon as well! Therefore, on the same day, in the name of God, they brainwash those who are not religious, so that they feel that this customary day is actually to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and everyone will relax.

Since then, these meaningless festivals have become 'Christmas', which can be regarded as a cultural invasion and a kind of religious domination.

Gradually, this festival was completely controlled by the church with the efforts of the believers, and over time, this year-end relaxation time was given the meaning of 'Christmas' by the church.

So every year after that, people were no longer allowed to celebrate, let alone revel, but could only come to church to pray or sing hymns, or sing praises to God!

Of course, it is a fool's dream to convince a stupid people to believe in God like that! Especially for young and strong men, it is not easy to control them!

But... As long as the mind slips, there are always more ways than difficulties!

These young men with strong fire power all have a common characteristic, they have the same weakness, and this weakness will be common as long as they are a man!

Therefore, the church has built a kind of place along the river and firmly grasped this 'soft underbelly'.

On Christmas Day, after singing hymns and praying for blessings, we should also lead by example and take action to thank God.

So, they came to the J Courtyard run by the church next door, and in the name of God, they spent a year's savings to help several women who were possessed by demons, punish the demons in their bodies, and free them from the infestation and bondage of demons.

After learning this, Ted was ashamed of himself! This set of operations has completely taken care of the 'main labor force' of the empire! Controlled all the 'evil' and weakness!

In the era when there is no Internet, these 'evils' have become the only pleasure of human beings, after all, it is simply unrealistic to point to a group of illiterate people to study philosophy, mathematics, and literature to improve themselves!

The purpose of the Church is indeed to make these people stupid and manageable, preferably without even knowing what 1+1 is...

After this wave of operations, not only did the church have a source of income, but also let the 'demon-corrupted women' firmly bind this group of shameless believers, making them unswervingly believe that there are demons in this world and need to be purified by themselves! And believe in God for salvation!

After the purification ceremony, the believers not only do not feel ashamed of their actions, but even feel that they have been sublimated and one step closer to God!

"This ability to deceive oneself is indeed exclusive to human beings, and it is a flaw that can be discovered with a little brain... Ay... It may also be that this group of people knows that they are in a dream and do not want to wake up! Ted put down the Coke and lamented as he continued to summarize the information...

If these leather businesses were to leave the church, the women of this profession would be called witches, because they would have to be burned at the stake because they seduced men and made them overdraft their lives!

But... If you are willing to be baptized by 'God' and 'voluntarily' give 7 of your income to the church, you will change from a dying 'witch' to a cursed poor woman, join the official business premises of the church, and start the road to salvation.

Waiting for the 'cleansed' to come and help them free themselves from the bondage of the devil...

After completing the 'ritual', the faithful will invoke a spell to trap the devil's soul in a silver vessel and throw it into the pool of holy water outside the door for God to help purify it.

The fooled wives will also gladly agree to these 'purification' acts, thinking that it is for the sake of the whole world! After all, burning witches and purifying demons are all good ways to show hospitality to the Lord, and will make the world a better place!

And most of the silverware that sealed the devil was silver coins that could be found everywhere, and all of them ended up in the Pope's pocket!

But sanctimonious churches don't say what they really mean!

They only advertise that these silver coins, which hold the soul of the devil, have been sent to the judgment seat and burned clean by God!

For the believers, using just a few silver coins to help God purify the devil not only 'sublimates' themselves, but also allows God to protect the whole family!

This is a sale! It's really worth it!