Levin slammed the first draft of the news on the table, and said with a serious face: "No matter how you look at it, the Bureau of Religious Affairs is a weapon used by Congress to control the church!" On the surface, they give benefits to the church, but in fact, they secretly gather information about the church so that they can take the next step! ”

"Do you think Congress is still under the control of the lawmakers?"

"What do you mean? Hasn't Congress always been the highest legislative body in the Kingdom of Windsor? Composed of the House of Commons and the Sovereign, any law must be voted on...."

"On the surface, it does."

Ma Wei picked up the first draft of the news on the table and read it again: "But you have to judge it in combination with current affairs, the essence of politics is power grabbing, and people use political means to fight for greater power and discourse for themselves...."

"The new law clearly states that a large-scale censorship will be carried out, that is, churches that have not been registered with the Religious Affairs Bureau will be considered illegal and all will be eliminated."

"And the promoters of this law are probably not the king, the House of Commons, I think so."

Not the king, the House of Commons?

Who could that be?

Levin looked down and pondered, a little bit of a comeback...

The New Religion Law seems to be aimed at churches, but in reality, it is only aimed at churches other than the state religion.

In this change, the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, as the state religion, has not been affected in any way, and its status is still high, after all, they are the official church....

"Do you suspect that the driving force behind the New Religion Law is the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny?"

"Hmm." Ma Wei nodded: "Although I have no evidence, but since the arrival of the gods, the various religions have not made much action, and it is not difficult to guess that they are waiting for the Pope's order." ”

"If the pope, who is far away in the royal capital, wants to ride the wind and wield huge power, he will definitely not be able to bypass Parliament and King Rhodes IV, and as the one in power, how can Rhodes IV and Congress hand over power to others?"

"There will inevitably be an open and covert struggle between them, and the promulgation of the New Religious Law, in my opinion, is precisely the result of the struggle."

"Who won?"

After a pause, Levin put it another way: "Who can win?" ”

"The answer is obvious, isn't it?"

Ma Wei looked at Yunia, who was sitting next to him, eating a chocolate croissant: "If the king wins, then the new law will definitely include the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, otherwise.... The Pope has won. ”

In this struggle for power, it is not surprising that the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate won, with the support of the gods, it is strange that it cannot win!

"Hell...."

Levine scratched his hair and said angrily, "Is the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny going to attack other churches?" That's too fast! ”

"For the time being, not yet." Ma Wei said: "This is just a census of the number of churches, which belongs to the first trick of the serial scheme, in the past, the Kingdom of Windsor was not strict with religious control, because there was no need to pay taxes, so many small churches were born to do business in the name of religion, such as the Sweet Church, the Tobacco God Church.... These small churches are in name only, and they are only using the veneer of religion to grab profits, and part of the emergence of the "New Religious Law" is aimed at them. ”

"Why hit them? Why didn't you do it before? ”

"Because after the signing of the declaration of naval warfare, the disappearance of the privateer system caused the royal revenues to plummet... Do you know how much wealth the Kingdom of Windsor can make each year from privateers? ”

"It's said to be millions of gold pounds." Levine replied.

"Heh... That's 300 years ago. Ma Wei smiled disdainfully: "I'm afraid you are based on the wealth obtained by Captain Drake on his voyage around the world from 1577 to 1580, yes, during that voyage, Captain Drake plundered a total of about 150w gold pounds, but the voyage of the St. Martiel's fleet three years ago, the wealth plundered, conservatively estimated to be about 200w gold pounds, you know, at that time our ships were about to be sunk by gold and silver treasures." ”

“200w？！”

Levin was shocked: "The last time I went to the palace for sightseeing, I saw the Chancellor's report sheet, which said that the financial income of the Kingdom of Windsor for a whole year was 200w gold pounds, and you plundered so much wealth in one voyage?!" ”

"The kingdom of Popang is rich, and their merchant ships are even richer."

Ma Wei said lightly: "When the privateer system was not abolished, the Windsor Kingdom didn't care about some small religions that hid from the world, but now the situation is different, after the privateer system is abolished, the kingdom's financial revenue is directly cut in half, and if you want to make money, you have to start from other aspects." ”

"Is the Kingdom of Windsor short of money?"

"The wealth that has been precipitated in the past is enough for them to squander for a few years, but unfortunately the recent situation is special, and they are really in dire need of money."

With his fingers tapping on the table, Ma Wei narrowed his eyes and said a piece of information that shocked Levin: "The Kingdom of Windsor will declare war on the Romanov Kingdom in the near future. ”

"What?! Where did you get this news? ”

"I know a friend who has a lot of connections and has his own intelligence channels, and most of the news is true."

“......”

Levin didn't know what to say for a moment.

He didn't want to see war break out, because that would mean that peaceful life would be shattered, and once the wheels of war began to turn, it would be difficult to stop again.

"This is the tide of the times, and it is not something we can stop."

Seeing his silence, Ma Wei sighed: "Peter the Great destroyed the Cult of the Apocalypse, that is to say, in the next war, the Romanov Kingdom will not have the support of the gods, even if they have a vast land, they cannot be the opponent of the Windsor Kingdom... It will be an overwhelming, unsuspenseful war. ”

"Not necessarily." Levin thought for a while and said, "The Romanov Kingdom can ask for foreign aid!" Aren't the Cult of Wisdom in the Kingdom of Popon and the Cult of Judgment in the Kingdom of Frederick both excellent allies? ”

"Indeed, the Romanov kingdom is not defenseless."

Ma Wei did not refute, but agreed with Levin's statement: "In any case, in addition to the religious statistics, the "New Religion Law" also announced many favorable policies, the purpose of which is to keep the churches in the country, not to give them the opportunity to contact the Romanov kingdom, boiled frogs in warm water, what Peter the Great did at the beginning really left a big shadow on other churches, and to this day, no church dares to set foot on the land of the Romanov kingdom.... Hey? ”

"What's wrong?"

"One thing suddenly occurred to me." Ma Wei's eyes lit up, he hurriedly got up, took out a silver shilling and pressed it to the bottom of the cup: "Let's go, let's go home!" ”

"I haven't finished my tea yet..."

"Go back and drink again!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? It's not yet noon..."

In a frustrated grumble, Levin picked up his coat hanging from the back of his chair and began to chase the two figures in front of him.