Chapter 487: [Kingdom of God?] (2 in 1)
(This chapter is two-in-one ~ the number of words is the amount of two chapters ~)
Chapter 487 [Kingdom of God?]
Of course, Chen Daolin has enough confidence to say such things to the Pope.
If Chen Daolin was still a little weak when he deceived this old man in the imperial capital, and he was purely fooling this guy with a bunch of lies - then now, Chen Daolin can say these things confidently:
Yes, overseas is to have such a piece of land! a big 6 that the Roland people have never set foot in!
I spent more than six years with Lu Gao in the small world, fought hundreds of thousands of fights, and of course heard many, many interesting things from Lu Gao's mouth.
For example, about the origin of those orc aliens.
Nowadays, in this world, there are fewer and fewer people who know these secret things, and Lu Gao is undoubtedly one of those people who has experienced that era in its entirety.
According to this guy, he even fought with the elven gods - albeit badly.
According to Lu Gao, one hundred and forty years ago, those alien orcs and dwarf elves had not appeared on Roland 6.
These guys are coming from the "north".
According to the aliens themselves, they passed through one of the coldest ice fields before they arrived at Roland 6. And they once lived on another land......
According to this statement, Chen Daolin immediately pieced together the topography of a planet in his heart.
If the rules of this space have not changed too much, and if the land under his feet is also a planet, then Chen Daolin is ninety percent sure that there will definitely be a big 6 overseas!
That big 6 has ** is the land where those alien races survived for generations before they counterattacked Roland 6.
So...... Even in the face of Heynckes' poisonous oath, Chen Daolin had no psychological pressure - because there must be such a big 6 overseas.
As for the people in the church. Whether you can find it after going to sea is not a question for Chen Daolin.
Of course, even if the expeditionary fleet did find the big 6...... It is also absolutely impossible to find the "overseas country" from which Chen Daolin said. Unless there is also a deposit zài on that big 6 that passes through the door.
According to Chen Daolin's estimate, the elites of these churches, even if they are unlucky, can find the new big 6. The biggest possibility in that new big 6 is to meet a group of aliens.
Chen Daolin is very sure of this.
Since the alien races that are now entrenched in the north of Roland 6 were all migrated from that big 6 more than a hundred years ago. Then, according to the law of the migration of any living race, some seeds will definitely be left in the original place.
In the real world, whether it is the great migration of animals in Africa, or the great migration of the race of Homo sapiens, the ancestor of mankind in ancient times. It is impossible to migrate cleanly, and there will always be some left in place.
Even if you move, you will leave something behind, not to mention millions of civilized races?
Chen Daolin is sure that there will be remnants of alien populations on that big 6, which is almost certain.
"I think there are so many elites in the church. There must be many people with wisdom and courage and strong luck, although it is always dangerous to go to sea, but if the goddess blesses it, he will definitely find the other side. ”
Chen Daolin casually said a few kind words.
Heynckes stared at Chen Daolin, silent for a while, and then he said in a deep voice: "I will take my disciple, Lan Lan." Also sent. ”
Chen Daolin has changed color just now!!
Seeing Chen Daolin suddenly jump up from the chair, Heynckes's face was extremely gloomy!
"You really deceived me!" A spark of anger danced in Heynckes' eyes: "I know that in the entire Temple of Light, the only person you care about is Lan Lan! Your reaction is like this, so you already know that those people I sent are destined to get nothing! Darling Chen, your reaction has already been explained!"
"Is it true that an old man like you, no matter what he does or says, he has this habit of self-righteousness?" Chen Daolin retorted unceremoniously: "My reaction can only show that I care about Lan Lan." His Majesty the Pope. Listen, I can guarantee that there must be a large piece of land overseas! There is absolutely no doubt about this! But if you want to find that land, the future is absolutely difficult, and there is little hope! If it were not so difficult, do you think that land would have been undiscovered for tens of thousands of years?
I'm just weird. As His Majesty the Pope, you are so gambling, I heard that Lan Lan is your disciple and your favorite saint. I know very well what the status of the Holy Maiden is in the Church, and you have sent out a head of the Holy Order, plus a Holy Maiden, all of them...... If all these people are sacrificed in the sea, then your church will definitely be greatly damaged! Chen Daolin's gaze was cold: "I just pointed you in a direction." ”
Heynckes looked at Chen Daolin coldly: "Are you angry? Your anger is because I sent Lan Lan?"
"That woman has nothing to do with me anymore. Chen Daolin stared at Heynckes' eyes and said slowly, word by word: "Whether she dies or lives, it is up to you to decide." If going to sea is a dead end, you pushed her onto that road with your own hands. And I wasn't angry, I just felt a little sad to hear the bad news that an old man was probably dead.
And, even if she dies overseas...... At least a few hundred people were buried with her. ”
"When you become a Holy Order, your heart becomes cold and hard?" Heynckes sighed softly.
"No, no, no, you don't have the right to accuse me in this matter. Chen Daolin laughed: "It is the doctrine of your Temple of Light to let a girl who is like a flower stay with the idol for the rest of her life! It is the decision of your Pope Xià to send hundreds of pious believers to the path of nine deaths and a lifetime." Your Majesty, your heart is 10,000 times harder than mine. ”
"I'll wait a little longer, if they haven't come back yet......" Heynckes stared at Chen Daolin, a hint of evil in his eyes.
"You don't have to threaten me. Chen Daolin sneered: "Don't you think this kind of threat is ridiculous? The people have already been sent out, and the ship is already in the sea." But you're here to threaten me...... Will they survive. Coming back alive is not something I can decide now. It was their luck to come back alive, they all died, and it was their fate. Pope. You give me the feeling of being like an angry old man who loses a bet. ”
Heynckes was silent.
He did feel that his mind was a little impetuous.
To be precise, this impetuous change of mood is not due to the lack of news from the expeditionary fleet that went to sea. It's because ...... Facing Chen Daolin at this moment.
When he first faced this guy, he was just a small magician, although he claimed to have the messenger chosen by the goddess...... But he was just a little magician after all.
And now. In less than a year, this guy is already a saint.
This feeling of watching the initiative lose is what makes the Pope impetuous.
"I've always thought you brighter people are stupid. Chen Daolin put down the wine jar and put it at his feet.
"Stupid?" the Pope wasn't angry—he knew all along that the young man in front of him had never looked down on the people of the Temple of Light.
"Of course stupid. Chen Daolin shook his head: "You are gradually declining, and you are gradually losing to the royal family." In fact, it is caused by my own stupidity.
What is religion, religion is something that controls spiritual beliefs, but you want to use religion to control secular power. Do you know that when anything becomes mundane, it loses its sense of mystery and worship.
You don't understand the general trend!
When the Tulip family is powerful, the royal family is in power. When suppressing theocracy, you did not understand the general trend and repeatedly resisted it...... As a result, not only have you lost, you have lost your power, but you have also lost too many hearts and minds.
One of the most ruthless things Du Wei did was to abolish the power of the Temple of Light to collect religious taxes.
It's ridiculous that people in your church have always regarded it as a great disgrace, and I've heard that up to the last few years, there have been many church leaders who have been dreaming of the day when the religious tax will be reinstated.
It's self-defeating!"
"Without taxes, the church's finances are drying up. How can we revive the prestige of the Church without financial resources?" the Pope frowned, shook his head, and said: "Whatever you do, it costs money. It costs money to raise a holy knighthood, and it costs money to buy a war horse and a weapon. It also costs money to feed that many clergy. ”
"So you collect taxes?" Chen Daolin laughed: "This kind of thing is a matter of collecting taxes, which I don't like personally." If you pay taxes to the state, then everyone has no choice but to admit it. But don't you think it's ridiculous to say that religious taxes are collected in the name of God, His Majesty the Pope?
What are you? Can you represent God?
Do you have to collect 100 copper coins a year or 50 copper coins? If a farmer ploughs 10 acres of land, how much should he pay to the church?
All these things are given to you by the goddess in a dream? are they all said in your ear when you pray?
Bullshit!
It's up to the gods in your church to decide!
You decide for yourselves that someone else will pay for you, and then you will give it 'in the name of God' -- hahahaha! It is true that there are most stupid people in this world, but at least the wise people will despise you to death.
What is a 'tax'?
Taxation is a compulsory act of collecting wealth!
Got it? Mandatory!
A person, whether he is a religious or not, whether he has a deep or shallow belief in God, you are obliged to ask him to give you money...... Isn't that ridiculous?
Some people are so convinced and devout that they spend half of the month going to church to pray. You tax this kind of person, of course no problem.
Some people are dispensable to faith, and if you tax this kind of person, he will hate you very much!
Heynckes, don't you understand?
People in this world have no obligation to feed you guys unconditionally!
And you're trying to impose it on everybody...... This is the biggest reason why the church is unpopular. ”
"Yes...... The religious tax has long been abolished. Heynckes turned pale.
"That's why I said you are stupid, you deserve it!" Chen Daolin sneered: "Who did the abolition of the religious tax?" It was Du Wei !!who resisted again and again, and in the end you couldn't resist, so you had to obey with a scolding curse.
Can this be the same?
You see, this is the trend of the times!
But you can't see clearly. blindly resisted until the last moment and let go angrily.
The result?
As a result, everyone in the world has inherited Du Wei's kindness! The religious tax has been abolished, and everyone is grateful to Du Wei! Grateful to the Tulip family! But they still hold a grudge against your Temple of Light!
Are you stupid or not? Not only do you have no money, but you also have no heart!
If I had been the Pope of the Temple more than a hundred years ago, I would have been destined to give an order. Let the church take the initiative to cancel the religious tax on its own!
I can still buy people's hearts!
Of course people hate you!
What is the populace?
I tell you that the people under heaven are the simplest of people.
A man who was supposed to pay fifty copper plates a year to the church as a religious tax......
Fifty copper plates, what can he do? Buy candy for his children! Buy beautiful clothes for his wife! Buy meat and cook it!!
But you let him give you the money for nothing, and if he doesn't give it, it's illegal...... You are not emperors!
Collecting taxes is such a thing. You can't do it until you can get the world. Before you got the world, you began to think of yourself as the emperor, don't you think it's ridiculous?
After Du Wei came to power, he defeated the Temple of Light in just over ten years, and you don't even have the ability to fight a civil war...... Because there's no one to support you!"
"But, but...... But serve the Goddess. Isn't that what every human being should do?"
"Should it? Why should?"
Chen Daolin laughed: "Goddess? Have you ever seen a goddess? No, you haven't! Your former pope, your former pope, you haven't seen a goddess for dozens of generations!"
It can even be said that from the time of the founding of the Roland Empire, the Temple of Light became the state religion of the empire. Until today, a thousand years!
Who has ever seen a goddess?
Joke!
What does she look like, beautiful or ugly, long or short head, tall or short, big breasts or big ass?
No one has ever seen it!
What did she do for the Rolands?
In times of drought, does the goddess give rain to the farmer?
In life, will the goddess treat the sick?
When the empire is in turmoil, will the goddess appear to eliminate the war?
In the event of an alien invasion, will the goddess bless the warriors of the empire on the battlefield?
No! No! No!
None of them!!
Since this goddess has never really appeared, and has never made the slightest contribution to the Roland people, why should everyone take out their hard-earned money to contribute to her?
Oh no, not to contribute to her. It's about contributing to you!
A group of guys who have never seen what a god looks like themselves, but they ask people all over the world to give money to themselves, and say that it is to serve the gods...... Your Majesty, is there anything more ridiculous and ridiculous in the world?"
The Pope's face changed: "Darling Chen......! The goddess you said chose you as a messenger...... What is it that makes you change?"
"Change?" Chen Daolin laughed: "Of course you have to change! In the current Roland Empire, there is no soil for the Temple of Light to survive - if you continue to play with the old ways, sooner or later you will lose all the last bit of possessions. ”
Speaking of this, Chen Daolin looked into Heynckes' eyes: "There are fools in the church...... But among all the fools, you're one of the smarter ones. You want to revitalize the church, you can! But you have a problem with your ideas, you can't expect the people of the Roland Empire to suddenly become fanatical believers overnight, crying and shouting that all their wealth and life will be given to the church.
Of course, you can't make all the people worship the goddess all of a sudden.
It's up to you to revitalize.
Do you want to revitalize the Roland belief in the goddess?
Still is...... Just trying to revitalize the church?"
That's too damning!
Heynckes was sweating profusely, his face turned pale and pale, and he hesitated for a moment: "What do you say about revitalizing the faith? What do you say about revitalizing the power of the church?"
"If you want to revitalize the Roland belief in the goddess...... Then I think we can end this conversation. From now on you go yours and I play mine. Goddess? No one has ever seen her, so how can people believe her?
However, if you just want to revitalize the power of the church, there are still many ways to think of it. ”
"Darling Chan! Dignified Pope of the Temple of Light, do you give up your faith!!" Heynckes suddenly became furious and roared and took a step.
Chen Daolin was not nervous at all, and looked at him coldly: "Stop acting! Pope Xià! I have known a truth for a long time, and the deeper the understanding of religious doctrines, the more people have it. They are often unbelievers.
God? This kind of excuse is okay for the ignorant people.
You are a smart person, I don't believe that you really worship that so-called goddess in your heart!"
Heynckes took a few steps back!
His breathing suddenly became extremely rough, his face turned red, and he looked at Chen Daolin with wide eyes, as if he was going to pounce on him at any time and fight with him.
It's been a long time......
"Sue sù me...... How to do it!" Heynckes stared at Chen Daolin: "Sue me!!"
"I'll do it for you. Chen Daolin shook his head: "My Peerless Martial Saint Sect." I'll do it for you to see, tell you how to play this kind of thing like religion...... No, to be precise, how to deceive!"
"Liar?"
"It's a lie. Chen Daolin disdainfully: "Any religion is deceitful at the beginning. Make your own plausible claims and trick others into believing them. Trick others into joining themselves...... Originally, it was a lie, and every qiē was a lie.
What is religion? It is to deceive others into believing a set of opinions...... And to feed you, the religious clergy, let those who have been deceived by you willingly give you their wealth.
How to deceive?
Quite simply, you have to give people benefits!
What is not good, a fool will do...... Although there are also a lot of fools in this world.
The goddess certainly does not appear in this world...... If the goddess had appeared, you wouldn't have been so miserable now.
But the goddess will not appear. Won't you 'let her' show up?
Is it hard to make a miracle?
Snow flies in June and blooms in winter...... This is the kind of thing that a magician can do.
But those ignorant people, enough.
One level further up, you're going to get the most of them.
How?
I just sued you, good! You have to give people good!
Whether it's a real benefit or an illusory benefit - you have to make those who believe in you feel that there is something that comes out of your religion.
When a man is sick, you cannot cure him. Of course, it is impossible for the goddess to come down to the earth to heal him. But you can take him by the hand, give him some care, give him some comfort...... These are the benefits of the illusory ethereal, some spiritual comforts.
When will you be able to make everyone feel that they believe in the teachings of the Temple of Light, and that you will have the teachings of the Temple of Light. Make it a universal moral standard, instead of making everyone stupid to 'believe in the goddess'. Then you've succeeded. ”
Looking at Heynckes' thoughtful appearance, Chen Daolin smiled slightly: "I'll show you another way." ”
Heynckes' attitude seemed to have become a little more polite: "Please speak!"
"Overseas!"
Chen Daolin pointed to the far east: "I can tell you very clearly, I didn't lie to you! In the depths of that sea, perhaps far away, there must be a big 6 storage zài! That is a very big land! Heynckes, I have told you, now there is no soil for the survival of the Temple of Light in the Roland Empire." If you can't do it here, why don't you ...... Find another way out!"
"Is this way out overseas? in the land you are talking about?"
"I know that the ultimate thought in your hearts is to turn the Roland Empire into a theocratic country, where there is no emperor, only the pope, who rules a country with a religious system, and everyone in the country is a believer...... This is impossible to achieve in today's Roland Empire.
But...... Instead of thinking about turning the Roland Empire into a kingdom of gods.
As...... Go to a blank place by yourself, start from scratch, and build a kingdom of God!
I think it's at least much easier than a coup d'état in the Roland Empire, trying to replace the state with religion - at least you've been doing it for more than a thousand years, and you're not going to be able to do it, and the more you do it, the more you fail, and you can't live happily.
Maybe starting from scratch, it would be easier. ”
"Go...... Overseas...... Big 6 ...... Nation-building: A Genuine Theocratic ...... Kingdom of God?!"
A hint of discoloration flashed in Heynckes' eyes!
"You've been in the Roland Empire for more than a thousand years, after all. Although it is getting worse and worse now, there are always some fools...... Well, I mean devout believers.
There will always be some brainless people, or people who have been deceived by you into believing your kind of sect, right?
After searching the whole country, I searched several of your dioceses, and I thought that those who are willing to believe in your way can always make up a hundred thousand people, right?
If you can get a fleet of ships and a few hundred people out to sea...... If you can do it once, can't you do it a second time? Can't you do it a third, tenth, hundredth time?
The first time is the most dangerous thing, as long as the road is cleared for the first time and the route is clear, it will be much easier to sail again later.
That land was big and vast.
And I don't think anyone is going to fight with you.
I don't think even the emperor will stop you from going to sea...... He guesses that he wishes you gods would leave the Roland Empire as soon as possible, so that he would not have to worry about it at all.
Let's move, move little by little, move a little this year, move a little next year!
Go to the new Big 6, get a settlement first, and immigrate a little bit of people, and choose those who believe in you.
Slowly, the first village, the first town, was built there......
100,000 people, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, 50 years...... Slowly immigrating past.
By that time, all of you will be in that big 6! Those who live will all be believers in you!
And then...... Naturally, it is a theocratic country!
In the beginning, the population was smaller, but it didn't matter.
What you didn't do in a thousand years at Roland 6 is nothing more than spending more time there.
The population will grow slowly.
Maybe in a hundred years, you'll have millions of people, or even more......
Heynckes, think about it, there is no one to fight with you, it is a land that you can do whatever you want!
One that belongs to you and only yours...... Kingdom of God!"
In Heynckes' eyes, there was already a flame burning!
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