Chapter 1155: Instigating War
How to incite the low-level civilians, the church certainly has a way, but before Ye Zan and the others came, the Dawn Church was not a "pure" religion. And Batley and others, when they were in the small world, even if they overthrew the orc rule, they were still not good at understanding the thoughts of the people at the bottom.
However, Ye Zan has a lot of information for reference. In the history of the ancient Hua Kingdom alone, there have been many so-called "peasant uprisings" in the world of science and technology. Regardless of whether those "peasant uprisings" were real peasant uprisings, they had many resounding slogans on how to incite the common people at the bottom.
"Beat the local tyrants and divide the land", the incitement of these six words to the common people has been fully proved by history.
In this dawn world, although the level of productivity is similar to that of the monastic world, the political system is still far behind the enfeoffment system, or it should be said to be "semi-feudal and half-slavery".
The main reason for this is the nobles, especially those descendants of wizards who came to enjoy the blessing. Since he came here to enjoy the blessings, no one would want to, and he would have to accept all kinds of rules and regulations. Even if they only control a small piece of territory, they hope to maintain relative independence, rather than letting others dictate.
Therefore, the territories controlled by these nobles are more like small independent kingdoms, and the king is just a big lord they "elected". And the people in their territory are actually like their slaves, their lives and status may be better than those of typical slaves, but after all, they are only so good.
In fact, according to the normal laws of social development, the "semi-feudal and semi-slavery" system like Dawn World should have been eliminated long ago.
However, the topmost building is in the hands of powerful wizards! The wizards don't care about what is good for the common people and what is good for the world. They only care about what is good for them, since this is just a small colony anyway.
And what Ye Zan is going to do now is actually no different from those wizards, no matter what the world and the people in this world are like, as long as they get the origin of the world back.
If you want to incite a war, people will definitely die, and countless innocent people will definitely die in the war.
But so what!
You know, the people in Chenxi World are still a world of cultivation away from Ye Zan.
What's more, even in the world of science and technology, are there still few people who start wars for their own interests?
Ye Zan doesn't have a noble heart of the Virgin,
But it's not the "dualists" who think that there is either the Virgin or the Devil. Without the Virgin's heart, it doesn't mean that it must be so cold-blooded and ruthless. Like the vast majority of people, he only cares about the places he sees and the people he recognizes, and other than that, he puts interests first.
That's why Ye Zan didn't kill people all over the house and family all the time like some people did, the reason is plainly "not in line with interests".
With Ye Zan's current power, it would not be a big deal if those who provoked him in the past, such as the Taiyi Sect and the Xingchen Sect, really wanted to be wiped out. However, the consequences of doing that, besides allowing him to relieve his previous grievances, what practical benefits can there be? There is also the Dragon Clan, who really let him be slaughtered at the beginning, and didn't they still "peace is the most important" in the end.
Therefore, regarding the issue of the world of dawn, Ye Zan did not feel sorry for the things he had planned. In the final analysis, the first thing he has to consider is his own interests, and he must first be worthy of his own people.
"Ye, we have read all the materials you gave, and made some plans based on those materials. Come and see if there is anything that needs to be improved." After receiving the materials from Ye Zan, Batley and others It took two days to study, and the results of the study were quickly produced.
"Well, it's not bad. There's nothing to change, so let's do it like this." Ye Zan flipped through the plan briefly, and made a decision with satisfaction.
The plan of Batley and others is quite simple in fact. It is centered on "strike the local tyrants and divide the land". Of course, in the world of Chenxi, it should be said that "beat the nobles and divide the land", after all, most of the farmers here are like slaves.
Moreover, there is another convenience on the church side, which is "religion".
You must know that in the ancient Huaguo in the world of science and technology, in many incidents of peasant uprisings, "religion" was more or less used. Things like "The stone man has one eye, stir up rebellion in the Yellow River", and "The sky is dead, the yellow sky will stand, and the world will be prosperous at the age of Jiazi", in the final analysis, they all use the power of religious belief to instigate people.
Now, the Dawn Church is in the hands of Ye Zan. Relying on the church's influence on the people at the bottom, coupled with those slogans of "beating the nobles, dividing the land, and the peasants stand up and sing". It is basically difficult for those civilians whose lives are very difficult to resist such temptations.
Of course, in terms of specific implementation, it is definitely not just shouting slogans.
The plan of Batley and others is still very detailed. At the beginning, the people cannot directly let the people rebel. They must first ignite the people's hatred of the nobles. For example, spread some specific examples of nobles oppressing civilians in their territories, and even fabricate some intolerable "facts". Another example is to arrange "underground workers" to guide the public on how to "correctly" resist. Then there is how to absorb the backbone, how to organize the uprising movement, how to get more people's support, and so on.
However, all of this requires a prerequisite, which is to wait for the rulers to hand over the handle.
After all, in front of the people, the Church of Dawn must present an absolutely positive image, so wars must not be started by the Church. Only when the rulers take the first action against the church, can the church justifiably "break" with the rulers.
And those rulers, those nobles, did not keep the church waiting for long. After those messengers returned, they brought the pope's response to the rulers of the countries. Those nobles who knew the truth almost didn't need to guess, and immediately knew that something was wrong with the church.
As a result, all the countries in the Dawn World quickly and almost uniformly issued laws, one to restrict people's research on "prehistoric civilization", and the other to suppress the church in all aspects. After all, judging from the pope's response, they were quite sure that the church was no longer on their side, so they would naturally treat it as an enemy.
"The churches of the church were demolished, countless poor people receiving relief were driven to the streets, and more than a dozen people were frozen to death in just one day!"
"The bishop of the church was arrested, tortured, and died in prison!"
"The army stormed the church and clashed with believers, killing dozens of believers!"
Although, Dawn World does not have the internet, not even the newspaper industry. However, under the control of "people with a heart", all kinds of news spread quickly and widely. These stories, both true and false, portray the church as a bullied character in various ways. At the same time, in order to make civilians more inclined to the church, the news focused on describing the news that civilians were killed.
"A certain lady of a nobleman bathed in the blood of young girls in order to maintain her youth. Hundreds of young girls were killed in just a few years!"
"A certain nobleman, after hitting and killing a commoner in a carriage, blamed the dead man's blood for staining the carriage, and forcibly snatched the dead man's daughter as compensation!"
"The right of the first night! The most shameless aristocratic right in the world!"
Under the secret propaganda of the church, all kinds of negative news about the nobles swept the entire world in a short period of time. All the nobles are described as being like demons, bathing in the blood of young girls, refining medicine with the heart of babies, etc.
Although, some news may seem too false and exaggerated in the eyes of "people of insight". However, the vast majority of civilians don't even care where the news comes from. Those civilians themselves have resentment against the nobles in their hearts, so how could they think of defending those nobles.
Finally, after the sentiment among the people reached a certain level, some people who dared to express their spirit of resistance began to become active among the common people. Some of these people are indeed independent, but many of them are supported by the church, constantly guiding the civilians to awaken their hearts of resistance.
Of course, such a situation would definitely be noticed by those nobles, and naturally another wave of brutal suppression followed.
To be honest, although the propaganda of the church is indeed a lot of exaggeration. But in this world, it is also a reality that nobles do not regard commoners as human beings. Therefore, one can imagine how cruel this "brutal" suppression is: whoever would waste energy trying to understand the quality of a pariah should just kill him if he suspects it.
Therefore, under the "endurance", with a "heart of benevolence" to the world, the Church of Dawn finally "had to" stand up and declare war on those corrupt nobles.
The Dawn Church has its own religious knight order, and has recruited a lot of "Children of Destiny" and "Reincarnation". It is not difficult to single out any kingdom. However, what Ye Zan wants to do here is not to target a certain kingdom, but to target almost all rulers related to wizards, that is, to almost fight against the whole world.
If the victory is simply decided by an army confrontation, even if the Chenxi Church has made all the preparations, there will be no good results in the end. After all, no matter how these kingdoms are, it is not a problem to gather an army of one million. What's more, this is a world that emphasizes personal force. Even the lowest level of knights can be as good as a hundred against ordinary people.
However, soldiers are also human beings, they also have thoughts, they also have relatives and friends, and they can also be instigated. If it is said that civilian uprisings are only for "survival", then military coups are closer to "ideals" and are more suitable for today's morning world.
You know, no matter how backward the world of Chenxi is, the common people have not yet reached the point where they can't really survive. In recent years, the whole world has been relatively smooth, allowing those low-level civilians to dig out of the ground to eat. As long as they can survive, the vast majority of civilians will still choose to swallow their anger when faced with some injustices in society.
As for soldiers, they basically don't have to worry about food and clothing, and life is better than that of the lowest civilians. However, just because they can eat and drink enough, they have more thoughts and yearn for a better life than they are now. In particular, soldiers are basically young people, with a passion in their chests and dreams of pursuing their ideals.
Soon, thanks to the efforts of the rulers and the church, the Dawn World, which had been peaceful for thousands of years, finally fell into the torrent of war. There were uprisings everywhere, mutinies in the army, and careerists took the opportunity to reap some benefits. War almost became the theme of the whole world at once.
Of course, apart from providing some information to Batley and others at the beginning, Ye Zan basically didn't participate in this kind of thing. After all, out of fear of the will of the world, even though Ye Zan had countless weapons of war in his hands, he didn't dare to use them at will.
Therefore, when the world was full of war in the morning light, Ye Zan suddenly relaxed. It can be said that up to now, all the plans he made for "preaching" have been implemented. Next, he just waited for these plans to take effect, set up a pot and added firewood like boiling water, and waited for the water in the pot to boil slowly.
However, it's not that Ye Zan has nothing to do when he's free, it's just that he doesn't have to worry about "preaching".
You know, Ye Zan has apprentices, one is Shilin and the other is Wu Liao, so you can't just accept it from the disciples and leave it alone. Moreover, one of his two apprentices has the blood of a western giant dragon, and the other is from the witch clan, so they will definitely not be able to learn the way of cultivating Taoism. Therefore, unlike other masters and apprentices who teach Taoism, he has to find another way to teach them according to the characteristics of these two apprentices.
Coming to the world of Chenxi, for Ye Zan, apart from earning merit by "preaching", it is actually a good opportunity to teach two disciples. Although, his ultimate goal of "preaching" here is to assimilate this world with the world of cultivation. However, at least as far as the current situation is concerned, there is still a big difference between the world of dawn and the world of cultivation.
However, the difference between the world of morning light and the world of cultivating Taoism falls on Shi Lin and Wu Liao, and the effect reflected is that there is no suppression of the Dao.
When they were in the world of Taoism, even though Shi Lin and Wu Liao were both born in the world of Taoism, the path they followed was not the mainstream of the world of Taoism. Why did the witch clan fall? Isn't it because the set of things cultivated by the witch clan has now become a non-mainstream existence, and is no longer favored by the world. Not to mention Shi Lin, whose blood can be said to come from the outer world, so how could it be possible to achieve something in the world of cultivation.
Therefore, when Shi Lin and Wu Liao were cultivating in the Dao world, they were actually suppressed by Dao all the time. Although, the strength they displayed is already quite good in the eyes of others. However, if they still stay in the world of cultivating Dao and continue to be suppressed by Dao, their achievements may only reach this level.