Chapter 378 Sacrifice Thousands of Families, Happy Me Alone "It seems that this governor of Nulin Province is quite easy, and we were worried about what troubles would happen to him."
Ade had a relaxed smile on his face.
Chen Daolin frowned, glanced at Ade, and said slowly: "After getting the application, what did those officials say?"
"What else can I say."
Ade pursed the corners of his lips: "These officials in Nulin Province are simply a bun of people who have never seen the world, there are gold coins to open the way, these people's eyes are bigger than bull's eyes, holding our golden ticket in their hands, smiling extremely brightly, the paperwork for the purchase of land is quickly in hand, and the application for missionary work, too" Speaking of this, Ade cautiously looked at Chen Daolin's face, he hesitated, but he couldn't help but say, "My lord, this missionary matter" Chen Daolin thought about it, anyway, this matter has to be said sooner or later, after all, although Ade and Montoya are already convinced of themselves, but these two people are from the Temple of Light after all, and he dragged these two guys to spread other religions, and it was clear that he wanted to pull them into the water to make these two people willingly accompany him as "infidels", and he had to dispel their worries before implementing the overall plan.
Chen Daolin pondered his words for a while, and his expression became serious: "You must have concerns in your hearts, right?"
The relaxed expression on Ade's face immediately retracted, and he glanced at the Holy Knight Montoya next to him standing by the window, looking out the window and not speaking.
This is a high-end guest room in a large hotel in Mulan City, the room is on the top floor of the third floor, facing the street on one side, and looking out of the window, it is a bustling main street in Mulan City.
Although the economy of Nulin Province has declined, it is the largest street in the capital of the province after all, and it still looks a little prosperous, with many people coming and going on the streets, and occasionally some strangely dressed steppe aliens will be seen walking by with a team of horses.
The Holy Knight did not look back, his eyes were still looking into the distance, listening to Chen Daolin's words, Montoya's body seemed to shake slightly, and then he slowly let out a sigh and said in a low voice: "When I came out, Your Majesty said that no matter what the Lord wants us to do, we just do it, even if it is a big rebellion, we must all obey the orders of the Lord." ” Montoya's words are tantamount to a statement.
Chen Daolin was satisfied with his attitude, nodded, and looked at Ade again.
Ade immediately spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "I mean the same as Lord Montoya, but I still have some doubts in my heart, I don't know what your plan is."
"I don't have to tell you all about my plan now."
Chen Daolin shook his head and said slowly: "But what I can explain to you first is that what we have to do next will soon become the enemy of the Temple of Light."
"Enemy" Ade's face turned a little pale.
"Yes, enemy" Chen Daolin deliberately raised his brows tightly, and stared at Ade with a solemn expression: "I, and you, will all become the heretics you call in your mouth, we will preach another religion, spread doctrines here, gather believers, and then we will all become thorns in the side of the Church of Light Even to put it more seriously, the two of you are likely to become sinners in the Temple of Light, after all, you were originally from the Temple of Light." ” Ade's face became more and more difficult to look at.
Montoya shook his head, raised his eyelids, and glanced at Chen Daolin: "I believe that you must have a deep intention in doing this, right?"
A strange smile appeared on the corner of Chen Daolin's mouth, he slowly stood up, walked to the window, glanced at the bustling street outside, and suddenly asked: "There is a question that both of you are outstanding figures in the Temple of Light, I want to ask the two, the temple has been declining for more than a hundred years, think about it carefully, what is the biggest reason?"
This question is not new.
The temple has been declining from generation to generation, and there are naturally elites in the church who have learned from the pain, and elites like Ade and Montoya have naturally reflected on such problems.
Everyone already had their own answer to this question, and Ade immediately said: "This is still a question to ask, all of which is naturally due to the original Duke of Tulip."
There was a deep resentment in his tone.
This answer is not surprising.
In fact, that's what the vast majority of people in the church think.
The decline of the Temple of Light is the cause and effect planted after the rise of that legendary figure more than a hundred years ago.
The first Duke Tulip, eloquent and strategic, when he ruled the empire, relied on his supreme authority, established his unshakable prestige in the war, used the war to grasp all the military and political power in his hands, brandished a big stick to attack the church, no one can contend with it, and the goddess believed in the Temple of Light, but there was no miracle to show, and at the same time, the various decrees made by the first Duke Tulip were all aimed at the church and weakened the privileges of the church, and the church gradually declined for more than a hundred years.
Speaking of which, although Duke Tulip is a hero of the Empire, he is undoubtedly the most unpopular figure and the most hated figure for the Temple of Light.
It's just that no one dares to say such things openly.
Chen Daolin was not surprised to hear Ade's answer, and turned his head to look at Montoya.
Montoya thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know what Ade said makes sense, but I always feel that things are not so simple.
I think there are some problems within the church itself. ” After all, Montoya is still a little different from Ade, although they are both elites of the church, but Montoya's status in the church is higher than Ade, so he can also see some things that Ade can't see.
Chen Daolin smiled: "The answer that Ade said is only thirty percent right, and as for Montoya, your answer is fifty percent right." ” "Fifty percent" Ade frowned and looked at Chen Daolin: "Then what about your opinion, my lord?"
"If I want to accurately tell the reason for the decline of the temple, it will be a long story, but I am afraid that it will not be able to be explained in a day or two.
However, when I was in the Academy of Magic, I had nothing to do and studied history, but I did a careful study of the history of the temple and came to a conclusion, but this conclusion may not be acceptable to you. ” Ade and Montoya glanced at each other, "Oh, my lord, please speak." ” "My conclusion is" Chen Daolin sighed deliberately: "Even if there is no appearance of the Tulip Family, with the state of the temple, it will only support for a few more decades at most, and it will also decline."
Even if there is no such character as the first Duke Tulip, as long as there are one or two powerful characters in the emperor of the later generations, the situation of the temple will not be much worse than now. ” “” Montoya didn't say anything about this answer, but Ade's face showed a little disapproval, and the young priest couldn't help but say: "Why did my lord come to such a conclusion Before the Tulip family appeared, the temple was deeply rooted in the empire, and even the royal family had to look at the face of the temple, how could it be easily shaken if it wasn't" "There are no ifs."
Chen Daolin's categorical words interrupted Ade's words, and he said categorically: "The decline of the temple, after all, is due to the problem of its own system, in this world, any force, group, organization, even a country, all development, in the final analysis, is a problem of the system, the new system will inevitably defeat the old system, the reasonable system will inevitably defeat the unreasonable system, the advanced system will inevitably defeat the backward system, this is the unchanging rule, even if there are some special exceptions occasionally, but it is also a short-lived exception, Soon it will be corrected, and you must understand that history itself has an unbreakable rule The prosperity of the Temple of Light is inseparable from the founding of the Roland Empire.
It can be said that at the beginning of the founding of the Roland Empire, the system of the Temple of Light at that time was very reasonable, and the temple relied on the founding emperor to help him conquer the world, accumulate a lot of prestige, calm the war, unify the country, and restore peace to the human world, which is in line with the wishes and interests of the majority of the people, so the temple can rise with the trend.
But after a thousand years of development, this world is no longer the same as it was at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the system of the temple itself has not changed, so it no longer conforms to the development of this world, from the original reasonable system, to today's unreasonable system, so that it will naturally be abandoned by people, and the Tulip family does not appear, in fact, it has nothing to do with it, as I just said, even if there is no Tulip family, as long as one or two emperors emerge in the royal family, The temple will also be suppressed and fall to the point where it is today. ” Ade's face was a little ugly, and it was really difficult to accept Chen Daolin's words emotionally.
Chen Daolin saw Ade's face, and smiled coldly: "You don't agree with it, then let me ask you, throw out the factors of the existence of the Tulip Family, you tell me, what is the significance of the existence of the Temple of Light for the people of the Roland Empire."
As soon as he heard this question, Ade received the education of the temple since he was a child, and naturally replied casually: "It is the natural obligation of every Roland person to believe in the great goddess, and we, as the people of God, worship the goddess, and only after death can the soul find a home, with the protection of the goddess" "Alright."
Chen Daolin waved his hand, interrupted Ade's words again, and said coldly: "The fate of the soul after death is too illusory.
As for the natural obligation, it can only deceive those who are ignorant and ignorant.
I only know that I was born in this world, and I was born by my mother's hard work in October, and I am not a goddess of light.
It was my parents who raised me, and I wasn't a goddess.
If I were to worship the Goddess and let me use the proceeds of my hard work to worship the temple, then I would be a clear-headed person, and I would not help but think: Why?"
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Ade stopped talking.
Chen Daolin said quickly: "The farmer works hard, the goddess will show her strength to bless the wind and rain, and the land is harvested, I'm sorry, I haven't seen this kind of thing, small traders work hard to sell goods everywhere, the goddess will come forward to protect them, and the business is prosperous I'm sorry, I haven't seen this kind of thing happen in the army, the goddess will come forward to protect them and be invincible, I'm sorry, this kind of thing doesn't seem to have happened."
A coolie works hard every day, and when he is poor, the goddess will appear and give him abundant food and clothing.
A dying patient, struggling to survive, the goddess will appear, give him health and life, such a thing still does not exist" Chen Daolin glanced at Montoya, who was thoughtful on the side, changed his tone, and said slowly: "But the existence of the empire is the stability of a country, the stability of the empire, at least it can provide a stable environment, formulate laws, and give everyone a stable order."
Whether it is a farmer, a trader, a coolie who does hard labor, or a soldier who fights a war, all these people must be attached to the stable order of a country in order to survive well.
In other words, the important surname of the empire is far more important to everyone than an ethereal religion.
In other words, a stable national political axe can keep people fed and live, while the meaning of religion is more to satisfy people's spiritual pursuits.
So let me ask you, is it important to live with a full meal, or is it important to satisfy the spirit of accountability, I don't deny the important surname of the latter, but things always have a sequence, in the case of not having a full meal, I think most people will temporarily abandon the spiritual pursuit, and first find a way to live If you have to choose one of the two, then I think more than ninety percent of people will choose to live first" "My lord, what do you mean" Montoya looked at Chen Daolin thoughtfully, with a solemn expression.
"My meaning is very simple, the Temple of Light, from the beginning of its establishment, the most fundamental doctrine is wrong, so it is also an inevitable result that it has fallen to such a point today.
Now there are corrupt high-level people in the church, and there are those moths who live extravagantly, these are not the main reasons, and there are no corrupt officials in the political axe of the empire, and naturally there are also them.
But why did most of the people abandon the church?"
Chen Daolin took a deep breath, and at this moment, in the eyes of Montoya and Ade, Chen Daolin's face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of light, and he heard Chen Daolin say word by word: "The foundation of the founding of the Temple of Light was originally wrong."
"Creation, the foundation of the creation of the religion is wrong" Montoya's body was shocked, and she looked at Chen Daolin in despair.
Chen Daolin's face was full of mockery, and he sneered: "The fundamental purpose of the founding of your Temple of Light, the ultimate purpose is to completely make the royal family bow its head, seize the imperial power of the royal family, and then replace the imperial power with divine power, your ultimate goal is to establish a world of theocracy, and use the church to rule the human world In your hearts, it is best to kill all the emperors, imperial political axes, and everything, and rule mankind with the Temple of Light."
You have set such an ultimate goal from the place where you founded the church, so for the past thousand years, the Temple of Light has been confronting the royal family from beginning to end, competing with the royal family for power and profit, desperately suppressing the royal family, suppressing the living space of the other party, and seeking greater power for yourself What is ridiculous is that this is your biggest fundamental mistake, the regime is in the hands of others, and the basis for all Roland people to eat and survive is in the hands of others, and you can only provide you with some illusory spiritual investigation.
Even if some ignorant people will be deceived by the way you preach, many more, once faced with the choice of survival, will resolutely choose to support the imperial axe and abandon you.
In the final analysis, people always put survival as the first demand. ” Chen Daolin's words made Ade and Montoya fall into shock Both of them are not stupid people, they are both elites cultivated by the church, and their visions are extraordinary, but after all, they have been in the church for many years, their thinking is rigid, preconceived, and they have been instilled from childhood to adulthood to revitalize the church, let the glory of the church re-envelop the land, let all the people turn to the church, and finally make the church stronger than the emperor, and let theocracy become the supreme authority in this world But I never thought that this kind of thinking was fundamentally wrong From the first day of the establishment of the Temple of Light, the fundamental purpose of the church, in the position of treating the royal family, has only one rule: to kill the other party, even if it is not possible for the time being, to suppress and resist step by step, but the long-term goal is to kill the other party Only Chen Daolin, who comes from the real world, can see at a glance how ridiculous and absurd the fundamental purpose of this kind of education is This is simply not possible From the perspective of the normal trajectory of the development of civilization, the inevitable rule is that the system of the state must take precedence over the religious system If religion wants to survive, it can only compromise the state system step by step.
In Chen Daolin's view, the mistake of the Temple of Light is very ridiculous, if you really want to overthrow the royal family and replace the royal family to establish a theocratic state, then you should take advantage of your own strength as soon as possible, rise up, and simply raise troops to rebel This matter, it is not that no one has done it in the history of the real world, Zhang Jiao, Yellow Turban, the sky should die, and the yellow sky should stand.
But even if he really did this, even if he really killed the royal family and overthrew the current national political axe, it could only turn the Temple of Light into another national political axe.
If you want to rule the country, you can only change the religious system into the state system, and if you continue to use the religious system to rule the country, it will never be possible In the final analysis, the state system and the religious system are two completely different things.
If you want to forcibly rule the world with "divine power", then the only result will be overthrown in the future This is the inevitable result of the trajectory of history and civilization The religious system is backward, and the backward system will inevitably be overthrown.
In medieval Europe, the power of the church was so great that the will of the pope commanded the whole of Europe, even the king had to obey the will of the pope, and the disobedient king could be directly removed or deposed But as a result, in today's real world, in addition to the title of a spiritual idol, the Pope can't even go out of the Vatican Forcibly allowing the religious system to rule instead of the state system will not work at all.
Although in the real world, there are still countries in the Middle East with strong religious power, such as Iran and other Islamic countries, but with the development of human civilization, these countries are also changing little by little, and the power of religion is slowly being leveraged The general trend of this development will never change.
Therefore, in Chen Daolin's opinion, it is impossible for the Temple of Light to work.
In this way, there are only three possibilities for the fate of the Temple of Light: The first possibility is to confront religion and the state system, and only be suppressed by the state system The second possibility: take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the Temple of Light rebels, overthrows the emperor's rule, destroys all the political axe officials, and rules the empire with the theocracy of the church, it will be overthrown sooner or later after a long time.
It can't last long The third possibility: the rebellion succeeded, replacing the imperial political axe, but the church must also transform from a religious system into a new state system, and must give up the set of things of "religious theocracy", but in this way, in fact, it is equivalent to violating its original intention, and the church system becomes a state system, then it is equivalent to the emergence of a new state system, and its own theocracy can only be discarded, but in this way, it is also equivalent to the religious system itself destroying itself, leaving a new state system.
It doesn't make any sense.
"The only way for the Church to develop is to abandon your erroneous purpose of building, and not always think of killing each other and replacing them in your attitude towards the imperial axe and the royal family.
Rather, it is to be attached to each other, to strive to develop oneself, to deepen and expand one's influence, and to silently influence generation after generation of people.
The impact is not on how much religious taxes you charge, not on how many powerful Holy Knights you have.
In essence, you are a group that satisfies the spirit of the people, just do your job well, and don't always think about seizing power. ” "But isn't this going to be controlled by others" After all, Ade still couldn't figure it out: "In that case, wouldn't it be that our Temple of Light would have to rely on the snort of the imperial royal family to see other people's faces and live, if the royal family wants to attack us, wouldn't we even have room for resistance?"
Chen Daolin sneered: "If you don't always think about killing the royal family and replacing it, why does the emperor want to attack you, he is full of food, you can meet the spiritual needs of the people, fill the people's faith needs, and do not compete with the emperor, this is equivalent to helping him stabilize his rule, and appeasing the spiritual world of the people is only good and not bad for the emperor's rule, which emperor has a bad mind and wants to kill you."
"This" Ade was speechless.
But Montoya raised his own question: "Then according to what you said, my lord, in this way, what is the meaning of the existence of our Temple of Light?"
"What is the meaning" Chen Daolin sneered: "The meaning of existence is to kill the national political axe and replace it, this is what makes sense It is necessary to let all the people of the empire obey your orders and take it away, so that it is meaningful to make your pope the emperor, you high-ranking churches, the archbishop becomes the prime minister, the chief judge of the inquisition becomes the minister of justice of the empire, and the head of the Holy Knights becomes the minister of war, this is called meaningful."
When the people of the two churches heard this, they could not refute it.
Chen Daolin let out a long sigh and said meaningfully: "I know that it may be difficult for you to accept my words in your hearts for a while, but I still want to tell you that the true meaning of the existence of a religion is not in the struggle for political power, but in the longevity."
"Long-term" both of them looked at Chen Daolin blankly.
"It's long-lasting," Chen Daolin said slowly: "The real long-term is even if the future is a thousand years, even if the Roland Empire collapses in 10,000 years and a new empire appears, the Temple of Light still exists, and people still believe in the temple and the goddess."
Even if in another thousand years, the Lianhuang will no longer exist, and a new human civilization system will appear, but people still believe in the religion of the Temple of Light, in this way, it is your victory, and you will compete with the royal family of the Roland Empire all day long, which is simply a rat's eye. ” Chen Daolin said so, and he did think so in his heart.
Christianity is a living example of this.
Although there were some detours in the Middle Ages, forcibly putting the pope's theocracy above state power, and then being hit on the head and bleeding, the later paths were all on the right track.
As a result, over the millennia, the feudal system disappeared, the royal power and the imperial power disappeared and entered the system, and the capitalist system, although there were many branches of doctrine, whether it was Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox or Mormonism, etc., in general, still believed in God.
That's the biggest success, that's the biggest win Religion provides the needs of the spiritual world, and if you do your duty, you will be successful, but if you have to take care of other people's jobs, it is purely to be full After this conversation, Montoya and Ade were shocked when they heard it, limited to the times and the general environment, although these two people are considered elites, but Chen Daolin's such a novel analysis has never been talked to by anyone.
Chen Daolin's words, if placed in the real world, are naturally well-known common sense, but in the Roland world, such words are simply deafening, like a lightning axe, splitting the inherent way of thinking in the hearts of the two, and undoubtedly showing the two of them an unprecedented new insight into the new world.
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Seeing that the two of them were dumbfounded by themselves, Chen Daolin was secretly a little proud in his heart, and then smiled: "Let's stay in Mulan City for a few days, these days, you have done all the preparations that should be done according to the list I wrote, and then, we will set off to collect the land we bought."
After some brainwashing before, the two of them were already fascinated, but now Chen Daolin told the truth, so that the two of them slowly came back to their senses.
Montoya and Ade suddenly discovered that they had been taught by Chen Daolin for a long time, but the most important question was not answered: What is the point of establishing a new religion here "My lord" Montoya only felt a little bitter in his mouth, and said with a wry smile: "I can't comprehend all these problems of the temple now, I can only think about it slowly in my heart in the future, but, the problem at hand, do we really want to spread such a new religion in this Nulin Province?"
Chen Daolin glanced at Montoya: "You want to ask me what my purpose is for doing this." ” The Holy Knight looked solemn: "I have long been ready to dedicate myself, even if I become a sinner in the temple, I believe in the words of His Majesty the Pope, and I am willing to entrust this life of mine to you, but at least before doing these things, I need you to give me a reasonable explanation." ” Chen Daolin sighed: "In the end, you still don't dare to trust me, it's normal for you to have such concerns."
Now I don't want to explain too much, the overall plan in my heart is not something that you can comprehend in your current realm, I just want to say one thing: the Temple of Light has now reached the point where it has to make a change, but this kind of change, relying on the temple itself, is impossible to do, even if Heynckes wants to do it, the people below will oppose the inherent system of the church for a thousand years, imprisoning too many people's thinking.
Those who have vested interests will not agree with Heynckes to make changes, so what I have to do is to wake up those people, maybe my methods are a little rougher, at least in my opinion, there are too many fools in the church, and there are really no people who understand.
I'm going to show everybody how religion is played."
After a pause, Chen Daolin looked at the two who were still dazed, and sneered: "I won't explain more, in short, if you believe me, follow me, if you don't believe me, turn around and go back immediately, and I will never keep it."
If you stay here, you will all become sinners in the Temple of Light on the surface, but in the long run, you are the heroes of the Temple. ” Montoya's eyes lit up when she heard the last two sentences.
This kind of self-sacrificing pathos is exactly in line with the set of moral standards of knightly dedication in the hearts of the holy knights, and it immediately stimulates the blood in Montoya's heart It's Ade, he is not a knight, and after all, he is younger, and his brain is more active, after listening to Chen Daolin's last two sentences, although there is nothing on his face, he can't help but slander in his heart.
Sacrifice me alone, and make thousands of families happy If someone else says something like that, it may be somewhat credible.
But how could such lofty words come out of the mouth of this Lord Darling Chen so awkwardly This guy's moral concept shouldn't be to sacrifice thousands of families and be happy with me "Alright, if you don't have anything else to say, go to work."
Chen Daolin walked to the table and sat down, poured himself a glass of water, and took a sip slowly: "First give you two days, go and hire someone to copy the notice I wrote, I want this notice to be posted all over Mulan City in two days." ` That, I actually saw someone bet, saying that I will stop changing after a few days, you have a little confidence in me, okay, hit people and don't slap my face, my character is spicy, and I hug my head and run away ` To be continued.
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