Chapter 41: Angels also need publicity and packaging In the medieval feudal society of Europe, the Catholic Church was a big mountain that weighed on the people.
It was the most tenacious spiritual pillar of the feudal system.
It gave the feudal patriarchal system a sacred glory and united the entire feudal Western Europe.
A large political system that faced off against the pagan countries of the East.
It established its own religious hierarchy according to the feudal method.
Its churches, monasteries, religious courts, and inquisitions were spread across every feudal manor and every trading town.
In the end, it itself was the most powerful feudal society.
Lord, owns a full third of the real estate in the Catholic world.
It can be said that the huge Catholic Church organization is a densely woven spider web, covering almost every piece of land in Western Europe, and its power extends to every land.
In remote corners, it penetrates into every aspect of people's lives.
In addition to ruthless economic exploitation, its function was to exercise comprehensive and all-pervasive spiritual domination over the vast population: the Middle Ages knew only one ideology, namely "religion and theology" If a revolutionary who wanted to change the world and promote the progress of the times attempted to successfully attack the secular feudal system from all aspects in every country in medieval Western Europe, he must first destroy this sacred central organization, at least as much as possible. thereby weakening its sanctity and authority.
If you are a passerby who simply wants to make profits and extract huge wealth, you will not be able to avoid this huge and all-pervasive organization.
From the perspective of the medieval church, every Christian in the world is a lamb of the Lord, and every piece of their money should be an offering to the Lord.
Although many people do not think so, and the church cannot be so exaggerated.
However, this does not prevent many self-aggrandizing clergymen from realizing this.
In the final analysis, this has basically nothing to do with the world situation in real society.
It is an ideological issue.
The time travelers are not ignorant of the power of the church.
They also know that if they make full use of this organization, they can more easily raise the huge amount of money they want, so they will try to reach a cooperation agreement with the Pope from the beginning. , and so far, Pope Clement VI’s attitude is quite cooperative.
But the problem is that also in medieval Europe, the strength of the church does not equal the strength of the Holy See, and the strength of the Holy See does not equal the strength of the Pope.
His Majesty the Pope often cannot control the Catholic Church, and the Central Holy See often cannot control the local churches.
Even in the years when the papal authority reached its peak, at least half of the huge Catholic Church was in a state of paralysis or even rebellion, making Europe ultimately not a country of peace.
In more cases, the pope actually plays an embarrassing role in the Catholic Church, similar to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council or the President of the European Council in later generations.
Although he has a high position, he lacks real power.
What's even more terrible is that in this era of strong religious atmosphere, no matter where they are, a considerable part of the wealth is hoarded in churches and monasteries.
If the travelers want to raise money, they have to cut off the flesh from the church, which is equivalent to The church needs to contribute both money and effort.
Under normal circumstances, as the saying goes, taking people's money is like taking their lives.
Even if an "angel" comes, if you want to squeeze out such a large sum of money in one go, you will probably be attacked by a group.
Fortunately, the Black Death is now rampant, and those priests are almost dying, and they can't care about money for the time being.
But as soon as the epidemic gets better, these misers and misers will return to their old ways and start to commit suicide.
"This is roughly the situation.
Although we only took away gold and silver coins, valuable jewelry and property, and some livestock, we left them with more valuable land and properties, and most of those things were originally ownerless, but There are always those guys who are greedy.”
Doraemon scratched his head and explained with some annoyance that due to the spread of the Black Death, more than half of the population of Italy was wiped out in a short period of time.
Countless wealthy families and noble lords lost their heirs, and their family properties were naturally lost.
Master, the travelers only took away the gold, silver, jewelry and other frivolous wealth.
As for the land and properties that could not be taken away, most of them were assigned to the name of the church.
Therefore, if we look at the actual income, although the church was forced to contribute a lot of gold and silver to the "angels", it gained countless mansions and villas and large manors and pastures, as well as a more firm and devout faith among the entire people. , once you calculate the income and income, you have made a lot of money no matter how you look at it.
Not to mention that just being able to save a life from the Black Death is already extremely lucky.
But the problem is that human beings are always greedy and short-sighted, and the more privileged the class, the more so.
Many priests took the manor properties that fell into their hands due to the owner's death from illness, and the devout faith that sharply increased with the miracle of the "angel coming", without any sense of gratitude; but looking at those The gold, silver and jewelry confiscated by the "angels" made them feel heartbroken as if someone had cut their chests with a knife, as if they regarded those ownerless things as their own.
Obviously, no matter what era, there seems to be no shortage of people with short-circuited brains seeking death.
As a result, under the secret instigation of some behind-the-scenes masterminds, undercurrents began to surge in Rome and Avignon.
Some people actually publicly denounced the time-travelers as "fallen angels who have betrayed the trust of the Lord and were greedy and greedy" and called on those who had just Christians who have recovered from the Black Death have "pure faith" and will never listen to the fallacies of these "angels".
"It's so ridiculous.
Can't we let the Pope severely suppress such a trivial matter?"
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Wang Qiu blinked in confusion.
"It's impossible to count on the Pope.
First of all, he claims that he doesn't have the ability at all.
Secondly, if those misers can create such a momentum, I'm afraid that behind it is the old man of the Pope and his cronies who are deliberately indulgent.
Maybe they are the same group of people.
She's singing a double act for us."
Minami Rika, a former policewoman with short purple hair, scratched her hair and sighed, "After all, we have to raise at least 15 billion yen in wealth from this world, which is 1.5 million yen in this era.
A florin or a ducat gold coin is equivalent to the total income of the Holy See for at least four years.
Who would be willing to give out such a large amount of wealth?
No matter what, the Pope is also the supreme leader of the church and must take the interests of the church into consideration. " "It's really crazy.
Letting them survive the Black Death is already the greatest benefit, okay?"
Wang Qiu almost rolled his eyes when he heard this, "Doraemon, didn't you tell him before?
No matter what, we have to collect at least 15 billion yen in this world, which is worth 150 billion yen."
Wealth of ten thousand florins or ducats is absolutely non-negotiable, even if it means destroying the world, isn't this old guy scared?
He doesn't look like someone who wants money over his life."
He was really a little surprised by this situation.
In order to prevent the Holy See from using bad ideas behind his back, the time travelers had shown them the power of various future weapons from the beginning.
Unexpectedly, they actually dared to point it under their noses.
Turn a blind eye to the blade However, since in the 21st century, there are still many funny people who are busy trying to die all day long, then maybe this era is no exception.
"Of course he is afraid, and he also knows that we cannot afford to offend him.
Therefore, the Pope will not jump out to oppose us in any case, and will even try his best to defend us in words, but he may be passive in actual implementation.
Just showing extra softness.”
Doraemon spread his hands helplessly, "I just used a mini reconnaissance satellite to eavesdrop on the secret conversation between the Pope and several close confidants.
They seemed to be very worried about an issue: Although the minimum limit we ask for is 1.5 million gold coins, The whole of Italy can still make money by selling iron and steel, but the problem is, what if we are greedy enough and want to get three million florins, or even ten million florins?"
"So we created this non-violent non-cooperation movement, thinking that we would be afraid of such public attacks.
Damn it.
It seems that if we don't give them some color, those bastards will really treat us as soft and cute.
Hello Kitty.”
Wang Qiu knocked on the table with his fist, "The so-called non-violence and non-cooperation is tantamount to forcing us to use violence."
"The method of using violence to destroy is very simple.
I have the T-virus that creates zombies here, and I can launch a medieval biochemical crisis at any time."
Under the horrified eyes of everyone, Doraemon calmly took out the t-virus from his pocket.
Take one out and get it from Resident Evil World.
The virus test tube shook, "But the problem is, we are not the devils who come to destroy the world.
We must maintain our good image.
Instead of consuming time and effort like bandits, killing people and setting fires in town after town, how can people voluntarily do it?"
It’s so fast to send money to your door.”
Shizuka Marikawa, a blonde female school nurse with a pair of foul-sized pairs, couldn't help but sigh when she saw Doraemon's behavior.
She lowered her head again and clasped her hands together, silently remembering her childhood idol Doraemon.
The moral integrity that has passed away Just when everyone was talking and unable to do anything, a series of hysterical laughter suddenly erupted in the venue.
"Hahahaha, it's so ridiculous!
Look what you have done.
Isn't it possible to do this just by collecting some money?"
I saw Professor Guo holding the tea cup in one hand and covering his stomach with the other, as if he had seen some funny show, looking overjoyed, "I could have talked about things openly and openly, but you have made me act sneaky and shameless." , isn’t this self-inflicted?”
When searching for property before, because there were all kinds of ownerless things everywhere, the time travelers simply moved whatever they liked, or directly assigned the matter of collecting money.
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I think it showed a crushing style.
After gaining absolute strength, no matter what tricks these "angels" throw out, the Vatican should be able to smooth things over for them.
Unexpectedly, those greedy gangsters would dare to disrupt the situation.
"As we all know, anything that comes too easily will be less cherished by people.
Due to previous poor publicity, some people seem to regard saving all living beings and eliminating plagues as obligations and responsibilities entrusted to us by the gods.
It should be free benefits that can be obtained without paying any price, and the various properties collected along the way are our private gains behind God's back.
According to this idea, of course they will be angry and dissatisfied, and even try every means to cause trouble for us, without thanking us at all for saving their lives.
Therefore, if we want to resolve this crisis, we must correct this wrong idea of getting something for nothing.
Everyone must be warned that they are all sinners punished by God.
No one can get something for nothing, let alone be easily saved without paying anything."
In the face of everyone’s eyes that were either admiring or shocked, Professor Guo spoke eloquently, “First of all, we must state that the reason why we collect the church’s gold and silver wealth is not to take advantage of others, but to encourage the Catholic Church to maintain hardship, simplicity, and simplicity.
The basic doctrine of not keeping personal wealth purifies their already tainted faith.
Secondly, since every Christian is the Lamb of the Lord, Sheep, then all the wealth that has lost its owner belongs to God and should be distributed uniformly by God's messengers.
Of course, how to deal with it and how to distribute it is the matter of the angels, and ordinary people have no right to interfere.
But wait until the angels finish.
After the mission leaves, the church can take over the management of this matter.”
He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and then added, "Third, we must emphasize to all Christians that the society they live in is a whole.
In the face of various disasters that are difficult to withstand, such as plague, famine, and war, every Everyone should act in unison, contribute money if they have money, and contribute if they have the strength to do so, so as to avoid the collapse of our civilized society.
These angels ask mortals to pay their wealth, not to enrich their own pockets, but to make human society more harmonious and just.
Those who have high status and enjoy wealth should naturally give back to the society, otherwise an indiscriminate disaster like the plague will happen.
If it breaks out, both the poor and the rich will be ruined together.
This is a social responsibility that no one can escape.
All in all, since some people sing high-pitched tunes such as justice and righteousness, we must fight back with higher-pitched justice and righteousness.
We must preach love and responsibility, unity and dedication.
In short, we must emphasize some absolutely correct universal truths and also It is important to point out that the reason why this plague is so terrible today is because people are selfish and lack unity and dedication.
Those who spread rumors and criticize angels are all people sent by the devil to disturb people's hearts and want to push the world back into the abyss of plague and death."
"It's so right to push the world back into the abyss of plague and death.
This is how it should be.
Why didn't I think of that?"
Hearing this, Doraemon suddenly slammed the table and interrupted Professor Guo excitedly, "The reason why those ungrateful bastards are so bold, not only say weird things in private, but also incite the masses to oppose us, isn't that because they I thought the plague was over, so I wouldn’t commit suicide no matter what.
Are you going to die?
Hey, now I have to let them understand what it means to seek death and then they will definitely die.
Let those ungrateful fools once again recall the despair they felt when they were dominated by the plague and could not find a way to survive.
Do they think we won’t release the plague?”
While Doraemon was talking so enthusiastically, he took out a strange machine with a huge jar inlaid in it from his fourth-dimensional pocket, and started tapping the keyboard and buttons on it.
"Let me see, what interesting and powerful things should be cultivated?"
Bacteria or viruses are better.”
Seeing the distorted and ferocious black expression on Doraemon's face, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other, and then they unanimously lit a candle silently in their hearts to deeply commemorate Doraemon.
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