Chapter 2587: Losing Your Head
"In fact, it is very simple to solve this problem. As long as you advocate equality for all, it will be fine." Duran did not stop until he was dead. He directly proposed a solution to the religious problem, which is to promote equality for all in the princess's territory and eliminate the distinction between noble and humble.
What does the princess mean by this? She did not know that there were terrible and insurmountable differences between people in this era, so many people devoted themselves to religion. Seeking a new identity given by religion, that is, all things are equal under the gods. Of course, although different religions have different frameworks and may be implemented differently, at least everyone is the lamb of the gods in the doctrine.
Religion is a new identity, so trading countries use monotheism as the basis of trust, and in this dark age of supernatural powers, everyone regards religion as a shelter.
If you do not join a religion, everyone will open their eyes and realize that they and their descendants are slaves of the nobles. The nobles can kill them if they want, and they cannot have any complaints. And they have to face various heavy taxes and bandits and mercenaries. This feeling of being suffocated by nobles, bandits, mercenaries, and bad gentry, whoever has experienced it knows it.
At this time, religion appeared, saying that everyone is the lamb of God. How could ordinary people as slaves not join? The nobles found that the slaves united under religion. If he did not join, he could not rule the slaves. Then he would join together? In this way, religion became stronger and stronger.
But everyone is equal under the gods. After all, it is just a slogan of religion. Doctrine is one thing, and implementation is another. Religion has no courage to promote equality for all, but it has the courage to make money by using doctrine. Therefore, some methods of the King's Court are more extreme than cults, and countless innocent people died tragically in the court of justice.
So Duran said that as long as the princess puts the doctrine into practice, the King's Court and the cult will fall apart.
So Duran explained it so that everyone present could understand it.
At that time, Fran felt that this could not be done: "Teacher, if the doctrine is really realized, wouldn't everyone believe in the King's Court more? They will regard the credit for these changes as the gift of the gods."
Duran gave Fran a thumbs up. She really spoke out the way believers think.
"Our goal is not to eliminate religion, but to treat religion in a rational, objective and scientific way, so as to deconstruct religion and gain the right to interpret doctrine." The rise of Protestantism on Earth played a certain role in the beginning.
Protestantism opposes churches and donations, and believes that justification is by faith, that is, every believer can interpret the doctrine through scriptures, thus deconstructing the priest's monopoly on the doctrine. It was progressive in the Dark Ages, but later because everyone could interpret the doctrine, there were more and more distorted understandings, and more and more cults were bred.
But in the world of Berserk, it is necessary to deconstruct the doctrine and make the King of Law lose its monopoly on the doctrine. Because in the future, when Griffith reincarnates into the human world, he will rely on the King of Law to lay his foundation in the human world, pretending to be the King of Law's messenger and doing a lot of things.
Duran also countered the tricks, deconstructing the doctrine and breaking the monopoly before Griffith dominated the King of Law.
Deconstructing doctrines in this dark age will definitely have a positive effect. Of course, because there are supernatural powers in this era, there will definitely be many people who distort the doctrine, but there is a big sword girl who can compress this distortion to the smallest range.
"In short, you will definitely not go wrong by doing this. And you must set an example and lead the nobles to do it together. As for how to do it specifically, the first thing is economic reform, that is, to redistribute the land." Now is the aristocratic feudal era, and the land belongs to the nobles. Duran said that it will be distributed to the people, and then taxes will be levied on the land.
"The nobles will go crazy." It is unimaginable how these nobles will resist the princess. Fran said that if she does what Duran said, the princess's head will soon be chopped off by the nobles and hung on the city wall.
Duran said: "Why are mercenaries so powerful now? In fact, it is because many mercenaries are children of nobles, and nobles are also very involuted. The land of nobles can only be passed on to the eldest son, but nobles generally have several children. Children without land have no other livelihoods and can only become mercenaries. After all, most nobles are military nobles. You can use these people without inheritance rights to confiscate the land of nobles and then distribute it to the people. Of course, you can't forget to confiscate the land of the King of Law." The King of Law does not have to pay taxes, which is one of the reasons why many nobles join religion, that is, tax avoidance.
Duran said it as if it was as simple as drinking water, but Fran knew how difficult it was, because she was born into a small noble family and was educated. She joined the Great Sword because she was unwilling to accept the marriage of nobles. She knew very well how terrible these changes Duran said were, but if they could really be done, it would open up a new scene.
"If the nobles are unwilling to accept it, just chop them off. Anyway, beheading is the main theme of this era, but chopping off the heads of serfs cannot change the world, but chopping off a few nobles who are unwilling to give up their land can change the world. So the same is beheading, or the latter is more valuable." Duran said.
The princess was confused and said, "Let's give it a try?"
Looking at the princess, Fran knew that she didn't understand how terrible the changes Duran said were. The first one to be changed was the princess. If she gave away the land, she would not be able to maintain a luxurious life in the future. And there was another problem, she had to say: "But now the officials and soldiers are all nobles. Once the policy is implemented, the officials and soldiers will definitely betray the princess. What can she rely on to implement the policy?"
On Earth, the discovery of the New World and the Industrial Revolution were the main reasons for the nobles to lose their land. The nobles were replaced by emerging capitalists, so the nobles collapsed and the new class could quickly take over. But now there is no New World, let alone the Industrial Revolution. After killing the nobles, who will manage the country?
Duran said it was simple. Of course, you can pass the imperial examination. Why can the Central Plains region always stabilize quickly after the change of dynasties? It is because there are a lot of talent reserves at the grassroots level. Even if the structure of the original dynasty is completely destroyed, the new dynasty only needs to be thirsty for talents and can quickly select talents from the grassroots.
Although there are few grassroots talent reserves in this era, and most of them are small nobles and downtrodden nobles, they are also talents. Just use them, and then popularize education and cultivate civilian talents.
Of course, there is also the option of recruiting people from abroad. This was how it was played in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The same can be said for the Berserk world: "As long as there are ideas, there will still be talent, both for grassroots talent and for foreign talent. For example, I don't mind recommending myself and being a prime minister who promotes change. If it succeeds, the credit will naturally go to the princess. If it fails, I can take the blame." All changes will bleed. There was Shang Yang in Qin and Chao Cuo in Han. Duran said that he was willing to sacrifice himself for others.
Duran said so, and the princess, who had no opinion at all, seemed to have no choice but to believe him. She said weakly, "Why not give it a try?" She didn't realize at all that Duran was talking about losing her head.
Fulan lowered her head and touched her forehead. She felt that Teacher Duran was really not an ordinary person, but if it was him, he might be able to clear the haze of this world.