Chapter 1085 No Longer Sacred

Hearing Gao Wen's words, Rosetta's eyes changed slightly, and his body leaned forward slightly: "It seems that you have already made an agreement with Tarrond?"

"The Temporary Council of Tallond is currently the only legal governing body in Tallond, and the dragons under its rule are legal citizens. The alliance countries and the Dragon Kingdom will mutually recognize the above-mentioned legitimacy—other than that, any other Giant dragons that obey the control of the council, do not abide by the alliance agreement, do not follow the rules of entry and exit, and destroy the territorial security of alliance members have no citizenship rights of any country by default," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "Dragon out of control is a huge threat, A threat to us, and to Tarrond as well."

"...A terrible decision," Rosetta couldn't help but said, "The dragon clan can actually make such a decision..."

"This is a race that we have never formally contacted. They have a different way of thinking and historical culture from ours. In a certain way, the gap between them and us is even far greater than the gap between us and elves," Gao Wen He nodded and talked about his impression of the dragon, "Dragon far surpasses other mortal races in terms of discipline, determination, and emphasis on contracts, and their ability to cope with changes and learn new things may be Quite the contrary, it took us a while to get to know and adjust to these new friends, and so did they."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and continued very seriously: "This is exactly what we must always consider after establishing an alliance. Our allies span countries, races, and even civilizations that were once known. Boundaries, we all grew up in different cultural environments, and now we must unite in order to cope with the pressure of survival in the whole world. We lack a process of integration that has been tested by history, so different ways of thinking will inevitably bring about large and small frictions Even a collision, this kind of collision cannot be resolved by a certain big country using absolute force to suppress it, it first requires those countries with strong regional appeal to take the lead—and these countries must also agree with each other.”

"It seems that you have indeed considered this matter for a long time," Rosetta finally nodded after deep thinking, "I agree with your point of view——Typhon is also willing to take his due responsibility on this matter .”

Gao Wen laughed: "You see, an open and honest conversation is still very useful."

Then he directly led to the next topic: "Next... Since we have just talked about the realm of the gods, we might as well extend this topic. We have just ended a war against the gods. As the leaders of the victorious nations, I want to hear your opinion on this war."

"My opinion?" Rosetta showed a complicated and inexplicable wry smile, "My biggest opinion is that this kind of war is enough... With such a huge price and such a difficult battle, our victory is only annihilated. A "spiritual phantom" created by ourselves, apart from the fragments that can only be used as research materials, God of War only left a piece of scorched earth - He will not bear any war compensation, the "victory" you just mentioned The word "country" is more like a kind of irony."

"...The Dragon Clan also proved the same thing with their personal experience: It is probably not a good way to smash the shackles with the method of killing gods positively. The price will become heavier with the development of civilization, and our current development The level seems to have reached the stage where the price is too heavy, so if we have no other choice, we'd better choose a safer path."

Rosetta slightly raised her eyelids when she heard the words: "The Theocracy Council?"

"That's it."

"...I have heard this name more than once during this time,

I have guessed its mechanism and function more than once, I can guess that you intend to tamper with the operation mechanism of the gods, but I can't think of how you plan to do it specifically," Rosetta said, "You mentioned universal literacy in general , church formalization, and ideological liberation... so I have been thinking recently, what is the biggest commonality between them. "

"The biggest commonality is 'de-sanctification'," Gawain looked into Rosetta's eyes, he finally said the word, brought it to the table, and placed it in front of a cooperative ally—but he In fact, he never thought that this collaborator would be Rosetta Augustus. At this moment, even he couldn’t help but want to lament the wonder of fate. The development of everything in the world is always so unexpected, "Since we all Knowing how the gods came, we can also figure out how they 'disappeared' with a little inversion."

Desanctification—the moment Rosetta heard the word, her eyes narrowed subconsciously.

For the real operation core behind Gao Wen's huge plan, he has been thinking for a long time in the past period. He has read all the books written by Gao Wen, and has read every sentence in it. Every decision made in the past few years, and constantly summed up the principles, regarding the theocratic council, he has actually seen almost the whole picture of the plan - only one key word, a suggestive "key" is missing.

Now, he finally knew what the key was.

"Will this work?" He looked at Gao Wen with unprecedented solemnity, "Only relying on one desanctification?"

"Of course it's not just relying on such a method, but it will be the most influential factor," Gao Wen explained, "After analyzing the generation principle and operation mechanism of gods, we have determined that it is the 'trend of thought' of a large number of believers It is shaping and influencing the gods for a long time, and the basis of this trend of thought is "referring everything to God"-it is precisely because everyone firmly believes that something is the authority of God, which will cause the corresponding authority to become a god that exists in reality. Then blocking this process is the key..."

"Blindness and ignorance lead to the birth of such 'trends of thought'," Rosetta took the initiative to take the topic and continued, "because people don't know the truth of something, and they have never heard of any kind based on logic. method of explaining the unknown, so they will naturally lead the answer to some existence that needs no explanation at all..."

"Yes, the key lies in 'thinking', active 'thinking'," Gao Wen nodded, "Only when thinking becomes a habit, people will first think of the logic behind it when encountering an unknown field, instead of Attributing all this to some divine and all-powerful being ... must be based on a certain degree of education and control over the influence of the Church."

"But the wise are always in the minority." Rosetta tried to find the unrealizable part of this theory, "There is no perfect state where everyone can think rationally, and you can't guarantee that the effect of education on everyone will be the same. So ideal - it is more likely that there will be countless half-knowledgeable fools and countless boastful 'tavern scholars'. Their thinking has nothing to do with the truth, and the distance between real knowledge and their minds may be greater than the endless ocean Wide, this kind of person..."

Rosetta showed a subtle expression, obviously he was not just deducing these results, but really had a deep understanding of them, Gao Wen immediately thought of why Rosetta's description of these phenomena was so accurate— —

Because Typhon’s education popularization project was actually many years earlier than Cecil’s, although they were not as successful in this matter as Cecil was limited by “taking some detours”, but for a long time The accumulation is enough for Rosetta to see many "unexpected effects" after the popularization of education.

Gao Wen laughed and tapped the armrest of the sofa beside him with his fingers: "Tavern scholars, oral experts, folk bachelors, and paper philosophers, one glass of wine can discuss runes with you, and two glasses of wine can discuss mathematics and physics with you." After three glasses of wine, they will have the confidence to explain to you the basic laws of our world, and even dare to question all authority in the world."

"This is the most wonderful evaluation I've ever heard," Rosetta showed surprise at first, and then couldn't help the smile on her face, "But I must admit that you have summed it up very thoroughly. These people... don't they? Is that the 'Thinker' you want?"

"Isn't it?" Gao Wen suddenly put away the teasing expression in his expression, and asked very seriously, "Aren't they thinking?"

Rosetta frowned subconsciously: "They..."

"They're thinking, not quite rightly, but no matter how many drinks they've downed, they've never tried to attribute these problems to some supernatural and omnipotent deity—because the 'God's omnipotence' thing The thing itself is a behavior that runs counter to thinking. When they talk to people in taverns and alleys, they are also exploring what they think of as 'knowledge', not the rules that a certain god has descended. You may think that these people are ridiculously shallow, But you should see, they are at least trying to understand the world with their own eyes instead of god-given eyes.

"This is what I call the greatest effect of universal education and emancipating the mind - it can't make everyone a scholar, and it can't make everyone learn the correct thinking logic, but it can make everyone They all produce such common sense: everything in the world can be explained logically, and knowledge can change human understanding of the world. On this basis, they will think, and thinking itself... is the biggest shake to the gods."

Rosetta's expression finally became solemn. Under the guidance of Gawain, he thought about these issues that he had never considered. As a born nobleman, as a ruler who was used to looking down on the entire empire, he had never tried passing angle.

He finally gradually understood Gao Wen's intentions, and nodded slowly: "I think I have understood..."

"You still don't fully understand," Gawain said with his upper body leaning forward slightly, staring into Rosetta's eyes, "Typhon's education and popularization has been going on for many years, although the progress is slow, there must be a lot of accumulation over the years. Cardinal number—but have you investigated the laws behind these data? Investigate the proportion of pious believers, shallow believers, and general believers in the population after receiving literacy education, and investigate the influence of churches in areas with developed education and areas with underdeveloped education. Investigate the frequency of dialogue between priests and gods in different regions and the response rate, have you done these investigations?"

"...No," Rosetta shook her head after thinking for a while, "I've never thought about it in this direction."

"This is the problem. Typhon has done a lot of things, even earlier than Cecil, but you have not made many things into a system," Gawain sighed, "Since we will enter the same alliance now, then I am happy to give you some help in this regard. Of course, correspondingly, I also hope that you can open up your data in this regard—not to me, but to the Theocracy Council. This is of great importance for us to study the mysteries of gods. vital help."

"I don't think it's a problem." Rosetta agreed to Gao Wen's request without much thought—he seemed completely unaware that the unique "large-scale social data" accumulated over more than ten years and controlled by the royal family had any meaning. What a huge value, this is not due to his shallow thinking or negligence, but in this era, no one has studied related fields at all...

Gao Wen nodded with a sincere smile on his face.

Rosetta was lost in thought, and it took half a minute before he broke the silence.

"So what the Theocratic Council has to do is not to publicly attack any church, nor to promote a negative image of any god," Rosetta said while thinking, "The Theocratic Council itself will not 'declare war' on any god. "

"Yes, this will minimize the acceleration of the 'countdown' and ease the doubts of many member states-after all, although the monarchy and theocracy are naturally opposed, the rulers of each country still have to worry about the power of the church in the country," Gao said. Wen nodded and said, "In fact, the Theocratic Council will not declare war on any god, it will even help the gods to do some 'propaganda'..."

"Propaganda?" Rosetta didn't understand Gao Wen's meaning for a while, and he seemed a little confused.

"The priests are secularized, the dogmas are popularized, the gods are starred, and finally - the belief system is entertained," Gao Wen slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "We will not create any negative images of the gods, on the contrary, we will even let them It is even more glorious in ghost dramas, magazines, and novels, and in the process... it gradually loses its mystery and its sacredness."

Rosetta stared at Gao Wen dumbfounded, as if listening to the Arabian Nights.

Then he took a long breath, and the expression on his face became more complex and wonderful than ever: "...you are the most daring person I have ever seen... even so bold that it is a little scary."

He seemed to hesitate a moment when he said the word "person" at the end, but he didn't replace it with another word.

Gao Wen noticed Rosetta's insignificant hesitation, but he just laughed it off: "Don't you think this plan is worth trying?"

"If it wasn't for the surname Augustus, I'm afraid I would have been scared by you," Rosetta made a small joke, and then her expression became serious, "I'll join."

Gao Wen smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand: "It's a lot of fun to fight against the sky."

Rosetta froze for a moment. He savored this sentence that sounded a little strange, and gradually smiled, and also raised his glass: "It's a lot of fun to fight against the sky."

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