readx;? After the empire, the Lombard kingdoms in the south were divided. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Today's Lombard kingdoms, through the commercial radiation of the empire and the commercial support of the empire, are now close to becoming vassal states of the empire. Basically, there's no big deal or ambition or anything like that.

In the war between the old and new sects, the power of the Holy See plummeted. Later, after the rise of the Visigothic Republic, in the face of these lawless republican revolutionaries who did not pay much attention to religious beliefs, the Holy See naturally supported the old aristocratic forces, hoping that the royal family of the Visigothic Kingdom would be self-reliant and become a solid pillar of the traditionalist faith......

Then, with a very tragic result, the Visigothic royal family was purged. In the Visigothic Revolution, the entrenched church forces in Visigothic territory were happily divided and then annexed by the revolutionaries, leaving nothing behind.

Receiving such a heavy blow, the Holy See almost collapsed.

Originally, the Visigothic kingdom of the three pillars of the Holy See has become a republic, and the Ostrogothic Empire has basically become the base camp of the new sects after the end of the war between the old and new sects, and no longer cares about the Holy See. The only pillar left was the kingdom of Asturias.

However, this old powerhouse looked like a pill eight hundred years earlier. Neither the economy, nor the economy, nor the economy, nor the economy, nor the population, are all pills, and they simply cannot support the Holy See......

As for the small states of Lombardy, although they are closest to the Holy See, they also appear to be religious on the surface. But looking at the merchant style and the extravagant virtues of these fellows, it is clear that they are not responsible to the Holy See at all.

In this way, the entire Holy See was plunged into chaos and fear. Although they were able to maintain their rule in central Lombardy, there was nothing else but this small area.

As for the most powerful power in the world today, the great power that believes in the Lord of Radiance, that is, the Russian Gothic Empire......

Originally, the Holy See still had great expectations for the Russian Gothic Empire, expecting them to become the pillars of the traditionalist faith. The Prince of the Empire, and at the present time William's first successor - after all, William had no heirs - was Prince Otto, who for a long time appeared as a traditionalist devout.

The Holy See even expected that Prince Otto could be canonized. It is hoped that this powerful empire can be won over in this way.

However.

Actually, it's useless.

Yes, Prince Otto was indeed quite a pious man. Prince Otto was equally respected and powerful within the empire. But what Prince Otto said didn't count. The real ruler was Prince Otto's son, Emperor of the Empire. Wilhelm von Hereford, who was not too religious in the eyes of the Holy See, was in fact really unreligious. The emperor basically adopted a policy of religious tolerance. At the same time, they prefer to adopt a policy of religious secularization.

Put the question of religion in the second place, even the third, even the fourth or even lower.

First of all, nature is ism. What William desperately propagated was Gothic nationalism, as well as the nationalism of the Gothic Empire. In the vast majority of cases, he appeared as a devout nationalist, a "true Goth" and a "true Gothic patriot". Under William's leadership, officials and soldiers, technicians and engineers from important institutions throughout the empire usually appeared in this guise.

After patriotism and nationalism, William preached morality and traditional classics. In this regard, for most of the pre-William era, people, rulers were willing to bundle morality and faith together. Religious stories, as well as doctrines, regulate morality.

This was not the case with William.

It is based on the philosophical ideas of the classical era, as well as the positive thoughts of modern thinkers and philosophers. The moral system of the New Age advocated by William was basically and had little to do with religion. There's no need to tell a story under the pretense of a Bible or anything else - of course there are stories. For example, William has recently compiled several collections of fairy tales, popular science books and enlightenment books for children, and so on. But it's basically a story of "people", and there's basically nothing to do with the sacred.

After morality, there are others. Law & Ethics, Basic Common Sense, etc.

And after that, there is the Empire's tolerant, more tolerant, more tolerant religion - basically removing things like "you are born sinful", "if you don't believe me, I'll let you go to hell", "If you believe in me, you can go to heaven".

It feels like the current Pope Francis in William's previous life - as long as he is a good person, he can go to heaven whether he is a believer or not. At the same time, agnosticism is promoted, and of course there will be no religious destruction and the Inquisition. Similarly, religious debates, missionary activities, etc., are not allowed in non-religious places...... It stands to reason that the church has little more than its most basic assets.

There is no judicial immunity, no tax exemption, there are strict rules on the rules of the church, it is not allowed to exceed the standard, and of course there is no tithe, let alone indulgences.

In this case, the empire did not openly play the sign of Protestantism, but appeared as a new "official monastic order". In reality, however, it was more progressive and secularized than the Protestant churches in the Ostrogothic Empire.

Similarly, the clergy of the Empire were largely appointed by the Empire itself and had no connection to the Holy See. There is no power to appoint and dismiss, let alone jurisdiction. The archbishop of the empire was almost just an honorary title, subject to the orders of the emperor, and had little appeal.

In this case, the Holy See naturally hated William to the core, and I don't know how many traditionalist clergymen who lost their jobs kept drawing circles every day, cursing William to die quickly, and the worse the death, the better.

Seeing that the empire is thriving, and seeing that the empire has accumulated more and more wealth, these guys can't get a piece of the pie, can't bully the common people, can't keep hundreds of lovers, can't snap cute boys or anything. They are like colonialists who can't drive a colonial ship to the stars, and they are as unhappy as they want in their hearts.

Of course, such unhappiness basically doesn't make any sense.

In previous years, they may have plotted to seek civil unrest in the Empire, and then supported Prince Otto to become Emperor of the Empire, and then established the traditionalist faith as the official religion of the Empire.

But during this time, they no longer dared to think so.

The power of the empire was in full swing, and the prestige of Wilhelm von Hereford, as well as William's personal strength, had increased to an incredible degree.

It's as if there is no one in this world who dares to use any despicable means against Otto, who is known as "the last paladin in the world". In the same way, no one in the world today dares to deal with William like this.

Although William didn't say anything. But it is also believed that after such a long period of war and fighting, William also became a paladin - if not a paladin, he is definitely far beyond the level of a knight mentor.

For such a terrifying existence possessed by a vindictive spirit, even a sixty-four-pounder cannon is not to be feared. It is simply impossible to use any assassination, any other way to deal with him.

The only thing they can do now is pray.

In addition to praying that one day the Lord of Light will finally open his eyes and send this evil emperor to hell, he is praying that William will not have any children.

The question of heirs has become the biggest problem constraining the royal family of the Russian Gothic Empire.

As long as William does not have a qualified heir, then the great empire he established is a castle in the sky, and all greatness and all glory will disappear with William's death and cease to exist.

At that point, it is not certain what the world will become.

Of course, maybe William will really cut off the family bloodline because he doesn't have a qualified heir. Of course, it is also possible that William will give birth to a qualified heir in the future, and the empire will last for generations.

Either way, William would have taken it all in stride—as for the guy who cursed him day and night...... They're a different story.

William has made his decision.

In the agreement with the Britons, Lombardy was under the sphere of influence of the Russian Gothic Empire. It didn't matter whether William wanted to annex all these territories and continue to grow his empire, or to maintain the independence of these little dukes, and asked them to kneel and lick themselves to increase the glory of their powerful empire, leaving aside what the Britons were doing behind their backs, at least on the surface, they would not interfere with any of William's actions.

Of course, of course, William has no intention of moving here in a short period of time, in fact, not in a short period of time.

Because he couldn't get used to these extravagant and corrupt dukes and the bastards and aristocrats here - of course, the Roman priests were also a bunch of extravagant and corrupt bastards in William's eyes.

If he could, William would have wanted to kill them all, leaving none of them behind.

But William also knew that he couldn't do that.

Killing them will be in great trouble.

Therefore, William's plan is to borrow a knife to kill people.

And the Visigothic Republic, is the knife he wants to borrow.

While the Empire and the Visigothic Republic were stumbling within the territory of the Ostrogothic Empire, as long as the Visigoths still wanted to win, and as long as the Visigoths had a little military acumen, they could think of this - flanks.

Their navy is already half-depleted. Of course, even if it is not abolished, most of them are not opponents of the Imperial Navy.

In this case, if you want to fight the Empire, the frontal army can't beat it, so you can only find a way to play the side has broken through.

That is, to attack Lombardy. (To be continued.) )