Chapter 104

"Three of your knights are slightly injured, and Dean Anil is safe. Your majesty. "

Answered the housekeeper.

If they could, the adversaries would certainly want the king and Dean Anil to go to hell together.

However, since the failure of Archduke Grice, the enemies of the king have obviously become more cautious in the assassination of the king himself. They are not fully sure and are not willing to try it easily. Dean Anil, by contrast, is a less difficult target.

If Dean Anil is murdered, it will be very difficult for the king to find a second theological supporter like him.

"Three minor injuries They're still testing. " The king pondered for a moment, and ordered, "let's take our oath, sir, to protect him for a while."

"You attach great importance to Dean Anil."

Charles spoke after the housekeeper left.

After the funeral, Charles did not immediately return to the southeast coast, but stayed at the Rose Palace. On the one hand, he was worried about his godson; on the other hand, Charles did have something to report to the king himself.

"Who do you think are the people who really believe in purgatory and the key to the kingdom of God?"

Instead of answering directly, the king asked a question.

"Civilians." Charles said, "because it's hard for them to get an education, and Their life is not easy. "

At the bottom of the society, it is very difficult for the common people to see their rising hope. Their present life is so miserable that they can't help but hope that there is an unknown eternal country in which they can get happiness. In many cases, this is the origin of faith.

But now it is precisely this expectation, which in turn brings more suffering to their present life.

"You are right. So many educated ladies and gentlemen, do you think they really believe in purgatory? Can they never have any doubts? " The king looked in the direction where Dean Anil lived. "There are many people in the world who doubt the Holy See. But in fact, after such a long time, at the critical moment, there are only a few people who dare to stand up. " [1]

Charles was silent.

"However," the king said, "it is necessary to attach importance to and protect Dean Anil."

He was thinking about something, and his hand with a rose ring was knocking on the table.

"We need a flag."

The king's voice is very calm, with the unique kind of upper standing on the interests of the cold momentum. As a person, he really appreciates the spirit of President Anil, but more importantly, as a king, he sees enough value in President Anil.

"I need a bunch of scholars, Charles."

One dean Anil alone is not enough to shake people's faith in the Holy See.

He needs more people.

People who need to know more about and oppose the holy see come together to attack the theological system of the church.

They will be the king's weapons on the ideological level.

These people may be hiding in monasteries or universities, and they protect themselves carefully. But if the king succeeds in sheltering Dean Anil, who stands up against the Pope, to show that he has the ability to protect them, they may gather under the king's banner.

Charles pondered for a moment and suggested, "if you don't mind where your scholars come from, then I think you can declare that you protect those scholars who are oppressed by the holy see for defending the truth, even if they come from the Holy Spirit Bay. It's a funny thing - "

with Charles's self-cultivation, he couldn't help showing a sarcastic expression at this time.

"Just as your Dean Anil came from the Holy See, in fact, your majesty, the greatest threat to theology in the world often comes from the Holy See. Do you remember? In 1421, the Holy See issued an order to put many theologians and jurists on the wanted list. "

"We have to thank the holy see for this."

The king remembered.

In 1421, the holy see carried out a large-scale "heretical" cleansing campaign, which was the transition period of the new and old popes. In order to show his dignity and suppress some unfair voices at that time, the new pope promoted the large-scale cleansing movement.

The cleansing of heresy was mainly concentrated in the holy city on the East Bank of the abyss Strait.

At that time, the report became popular. Many people were included in the list of cleansing just because they made some normal discussion on the doctrinal provisions in the letter. Many people were forced to hide and escape from Holy Spirit Bay.

In the king's view, it was not so much a "heretic cleansing movement" as a power struggle within the Holy See. The people who were purged were probably because they were in the wrong line in the field of power.

In the end, the new pope established his own rule with such a strong hand.

During the 1421 purge, the Vatican's wanted order was issued to every country, and the royal family of Legrand received one. At that time, the Duke of Buckingham was still in power on behalf of the king. After receiving the wanted list, the Duke of Buckingham took it as a file and put it away. Symbolically, he asked several private soldiers to patrol the city once, which was regarded as assisting in the pursuit."Thank them for making private conversations taboo."

The king laughed and asked Charles something else.

"What about the blockade of the southeast coast?"

That's why Charles stayed - he wanted to report to the king about the blockade in the southeast and the progress of the black death.

During the time when the king went north to pacify the rebellion, Charles and Hawkins led the Warwick pirates and royal warships to patrol day and night.

In the middle of the year, they were attacked by several plague ships one after another, but fortunately, with the previous "plague night" at kosiya port and a large number of plague attacks at the beginning of the new year, the vigilance of the coastal cities was unprecedentedly advanced.

Before the plague ships got close to the city, they were sunk by the city's self defense forces.

Occasionally, a few small-scale Black Death infections were controlled by plague doctors from hell.

On the whole, although the blockade line along the southeast coast is under great pressure, it is still firm.

"But the situation across the abyss is not optimistic." Charles frowned and looked a little worried. "We have cut off all business contacts with countries across the Straits, but if the black death continues across the Straits, Legrand's economy will also be seriously hit."

In this blockade, many chambers of Commerce have become victims.

The small chamber of commerce is bankrupt, and the big chamber of commerce is struggling to support it.

That's why people are so afraid of the black death in this era.

Once it breaks out, it will last not just a few months, but years or even hundreds of years. The last large-scale outbreak lasted nearly 100 years. [2] In those 100 years, the economy of all countries suffered a heavy blow.

This is a disaster for the entire human race.

"The plague will not last long, at least not on a large scale."

The king gave his judgment.

"Why?"

"Because the Vatican wants to build a nation." The king replied, "so they need a miracle that is unprecedented enough to claim their place."

The king's eyes were cold, as if he thought of something. His ice blue pupil reflects light and shadow, like the ridge of the mountains, cold and sharp, calm time can not erase the dignity.

With the help of the power of hell, the king can perform a political performance of bowing to death and defuse the plague crisis in the southeast coast. Then the holy court, naturally, can also use the power from the kingdom of God. Moreover, in these battles between the kingdom of God and hell, the king has confirmed that in these years, the power of hell is indeed inferior to that of the holy see in the battle between the Holy See and hell.

He guessed that hell was in a state of "death".

A dead hell still has more power to protect rogram from the plague. What about a better kingdom?

Before that, the Holy See did not do much, but treated some patients. It's not that they can't solve the plague, but that they are waiting for the opportunity - waiting for the plague to spread to make people desperate enough, waiting for the Holy See to enter the territory of Blaise and establish the rudiment of "the kingdom of God on earth".

Now, Ferri III has been deposed and led his relatives to retreat to the north. King Blaise became Prince Charles controlled by the Holy See, and the secular regime began to transfer to the Holy See. Faced with this direct transfer of political power, the bressians began to show uneasiness and distrust.

This is the best time for the Holy See to save the world.

They can calm people's hearts, make people believe that the black death is the punishment of the gods, and make people believe that only the Holy See can save them. So as to completely establish a real religious state.

The king's beheading of the Archbishop of St. Louis in the street is actually a test of this.

If the Vatican reaction is fierce, it will order the western expedition to Legrand, or directly send a team of heretic judges to Legrand to suppress the resistance of Legrand. Then it proves that they are still a long time away from their "salvation" action, and they need to use tough means to maintain their authority in the secular world.

But now the Holy See has not responded much to the king's "restriction of purgatory creed and canonization Ordinance" and the execution of the Archbishop of St. wes.

They only declared Legrand's new regulations null and void, and announced the opening of Dean Anil's membership.

This kind of reaction, which can be called "moderate" and "concession", makes some nobles who choose to stand on the side of the king feel particularly happy. They think it's a great victory.

However, in the eyes of the king, this is not victory, but a kind of indifference.

This means that the Holy See has enough confidence that they can quickly solve the black death and formally establish the kingdom of God on the ground. Compared with the importance of the kingdom of God, nothing else is worth mentioning.

That's good news and bad news.

The good thing is that they finally get a relatively less stressful development time - or war preparation time; the bad thing is that when this time passes, they will face the Holy See.The king leaned back in his chair, thinking.

Charles looked at him and thought of the time when the king went to the southeast.

As people cheered for the contact with the plague, the king thought about what to do next.

This is the responsibility of the king, they are walking on the blade every moment.

The person dancing on the blade tip should be crazy enough, because only madness can make him fearless, but also careful enough, because once there is a mistake, he will be broken to pieces. But often, people will only see his arrogance, and can't see all the deliberation under his arrogance.

He's a madman, and he's the most sober.

At this moment, Charles felt the remorse of his good friend Duke Buckingham for so many years - the king had so many burdens, but he was so young.

"Your Majesty, I have a present for you."

Charles took a look at the sky and turned aside these heavy topics to remind the king that it was time to rest.

"Perhaps you would like to have a look at it?"

The author has something to say: [1] "in the decades before the religious reform, many educated people may have doubts about whether teachers have the right to interfere in the eternal peace of the soul of good men and women; but at the critical moment, few people dare to say it." ——History of the reformation Volume I Thomas Martin Lindsay

[2] in history, the "second pandemic" of the black death in the Middle Ages began to spread in Europe, the Far East and North Africa in 1347, lasting for more than 400 years, and still appeared in the first half of the 18th century (the Marseilles plague in 1720 was the last in History). In the middle ages, the black death has always been a lingering shadow on people. The second pandemic included a series of plagues at that time.