Chapter 41: Kingship and theocracy
Canglan City, Emerald Palace
Ever since the news that the "Blood Moon Horn" appeared in the southeastern province, the senior officials of the Alpha Kingdom have begun to suffer from insomnia, including the great King Caesar III.
Logically speaking, even if it has left a great reputation in history, it is not worthy of so many big names to mobilize such a large number of people.
After all, the Blood Moon Cult spread across the Aslant continent three hundred years ago, which was also caused by many reasons. The "Blood Moon Horn" is just one of them.
If you really think that an evil weapon can kill all directions and make the mainland uneasy, it would be too underestimated by the foundation of major forces.
The key to the problem lies in the birth of the "Blood Moon Horn", which also involves the Dawn Church. Once anything involves the church, no kingdom dares to take it lightly.
The Kingdom of Alpha is pretty good, with enough autonomy, and the church is not strong here and cannot control national decision-making.
Even though they are still paying tithes taxes to the church, the aristocratic groups have always been lip service. They should have been the "tithe tax" of the church's most important income, and here they are only enough to maintain the daily expenses of the church.
If I hadn't been worried that the church would not be able to continue to evacuate, I would probably have done more than that. If the people below dared to do this, they would naturally be inseparable from the support of the upper class.
The Blood Moon Catastrophe three hundred years ago was not only a game between the ruling class and the rebels, but also a battle between royal power and divine power.
The Light Empire supported by the church fell apart in the game. As the top ten legions supported by the church's force, one out of ten after the war and the church suffered heavy losses was forced to strategically shrink.
This is just the beginning, and the church still has a strong influence locally. The struggle between secular royal power and theocracy continued.
After several generations of kings' efforts, through various means such as infiltration and differentiation, bribery and suppression, the relationship between local church organizations and the Pope was successfully blocked by the Kingdom of Alpha.
The church organization in the Kingdom of Alpha is nominally under the command of the Pope, but has actually been secretly controlled by the great nobles on all sides.
The Archbishop of the Kingdom is a member of the royal family, and the bishops from all over the country are all children of great nobles. Whether it is talent training or internal promotion, they have already formed their own system.
Everyone chooses to implement the Pope's orders. If it harms one's own interests, it is a piece of toilet paper.
Under this background, the relationship between the Kingdom of Alpha and the Pope is naturally not much better.
There is no direct conflict, because the law does not blame the masses. Nowadays, the kingdoms with slightly stronger strength on the mainland are all playing like this.
The countries that have not completed the restriction of the theocracy are also working in this direction, which makes the Pope dare not act rashly.
No matter what, now everyone is under the command of the Lord of Morning Light. If they are too anxious, they will start a new job and make a bunch of big and small Holy Sees out, then there is nothing to play with.
The Lord of Dawn has not been sage for thousands of years, and everyone's awe of gods has long been reduced to a minimum. If it weren't for the church to deceive the lower class, it would be unknown whether the Holy See could exist.
A hundred causes will lead to results. Who made the Holy See so excited that they would send people to the stolen rack at any time? Even the king did not feel safe.
The Alpha Kingdom is much more harmonious now. Although the king and aristocratic groups still struggle in the middle, there is no more incidents of sending the nobles to the stolen stent.
They are all family members. Even if the power struggle fails, at most they can go home early to retire, and there are very few things that can be killed.
"The Blood Moon Horn appears in the Southeast Province, and our good-looking pope does not seem to be as kind as it appears.
But he shouldn't have started with me, Alpha Kingdom. I really thought it was three hundred years ago that everyone had to offer them!"
Caesar III said with a sneer.
Strength is always the greatest confidence. After getting rid of the exploitation and exploitation of the church, the strength of all countries in the mainland has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Even though the royal family suffered heavy losses in the Orc War a hundred years ago, showing some decadence and could not suppress the great nobles in the country, the kingdom still maintained a political balance with the efforts of Caesar III.
When it comes to the church, the aristocratic group has the same position. After all, no one wants to have an extra ancestor who has paid money on his head, especially this ancestor who can still send himself to the stolen rack at any time.
Even in the past century, the Holy See has been working hard to change its external image and has almost stopped sending the nobles to the stolen stand, but it still cannot gain everyone's recognition.
"Your Majesty, this is expected. After three hundred years of rest and recuperation, the strength of the Holy See has been restored a lot.
Although it was not as high as its peak, it also surpassed any human country on the mainland. Now that their development has reached its limit, it is not surprising that it has been targeted outside the Quekkening Peninsula.
The appearance of the Blood Moon Horn in the Southeast Province was mostly a test of us. If Earl Pierce could cut off their tentacles in time, he would probably change his targets.
Before this, similar things happened in the Kingdom of Frank, the Kingdom of Dante, and the Kingdom of South Bank."
Prime Minister Newfoundland Grand Duke Danding replied.
The persimmons are so soft that they can pinch them. If the Holy See returns to their former glory, the first step they take must be successful.
Choosing opponents is a very test of skills. If the influence is too small, it will not only not cause a deterrence, but it may trigger a joint boycott from various countries.
It’s even worse if you are strong. If you are taught to be a human being, it would be embarrassing.
"The Holy See is not a monolithic part, not everyone likes to mess around, and most cardinals want to maintain the status quo.
The main things that want to make trouble are the Knights of Judgment, the Inquisition, the Temple, the Gate of Heaven... These infamous organizations.
Maybe this time the Blood Moon horn fell into the hands of the Skeleton Society, which was the work of one of them. After all, it has not been a day or two for them to manipulate the cult organization to cause trouble in the mainland."
Minister of Military Affairs, Grand Duke Afiero, calmly analyzed.
The most powerful organization that suppressed heresy and eventually became the supporter of heresy. I have to say that this is a kind of irony.
But there is no way. If there is no heresy, then how can the greatness of the Holy See be reflected?
In the era of strategic contraction of the Holy See, only the endless heretic cults that chaotic places can highlight the importance of the church.
Unfortunately, in recent years, the growing aristocratic group has been constantly competing for business with them.
The heresy who were supposed to have appeared to suppress them was killed by the nobles and did not give them a chance to perform.
Chapter completed!