Chapter 978 Extravagant Crime
Because even if they plan the best plan, it is the group of people below who will finally put it into action.
In the end, they still don't know what their schemes have been distorted into.
The more you do this, the more mistakes you make.
It's hard to change anyone.
After this incident, Lord Christine completely recognized the situation of his territory.
Placing hope on such a group of people is like hanging your life on a few strands of hair. A little bit of pressure will completely break down. The speed of surrender of those local nobles is probably faster than one.
According to the public dissatisfaction they are now engaging in, if the army led by the Yongye Army really entered the Huayu Plateau.
They only need to promise a little benefit, and those angry citizens will take the initiative to open the city gate, welcome them in, and kill those local nobles.
Therefore, the army led by the Yongye Army must be blocked in the fault mountain range, and they cannot be allowed to enter in large numbers.
Under the repeated orders of Grand Duke Christine, the private armies of the nobles in various places began to gather at the border where the two sides meet, and led the Yongye army into the intersection of the Huayu Plateau, and read a strict and solid statement.
In addition, Grand Duke Christine began to communicate frequently with his daughter, Queen Enid, and the senior officials of the Holy See of Saint Ether.
Trying to use Huayu Plateau to merge into the empire that the Holy See is about to build as a price, in exchange for putting pressure on Fang Yongye's army leader to prevent their large-scale invasion.
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Royal capital, Valesta, Lancelot Palace.
The capital is still the capital, and the palace is still the palace.
But the owner of the palace has a new face.
The appearance of the king's capital has also changed with the change of master.
During the reign of King Laurie, the number of gods, missionaries, and Holy See knights belonging to the Holy See of Saint Ether on the streets has increased on a large scale, but they know how to be restrained, at least for the city defense army and guards who are directly loyal to the royal family. Basic awe.
Now that Queen Enid is in power, it is no longer a matter of whether they maintain awe or not, but that the city defense troops and guards put on a white coat outside the original armor costumes, and there are huge red crosses on the chest and back. The holy emblem of the Holy See.
Show the world that they have all returned to the embrace of the God of truth.
Pedestrians on the street are either wearing the plain white cross cloak of the Holy See, or they are also biased towards the plain white color of the Holy See.
At the beginning, because of the large-scale caravans led by the Yongye Army, the competition for the beauty of clothing caused by a hundred flowers blooming has completely disappeared.
The three colors of white, black and red have become the main tone of the entire Valesta.
Behind each color has its own special meaning.
White represents purity, and ordinary believers and soldiers mostly wear this color.
Black represents the majesty of the trial, and some special judges wear clothing of this color.
Red represents piety and loyalty, and most of it is used as a mosaic color. Only people with extremely noble status wear this color of clothing, such as the archbishop in red.
The main street of Valesta, the capital of the kingdom, is crowded with people at the moment, and believers in plain white clothes are crowded on both sides.
"Come, come, come, everyone, get ready, the atonement sinner is coming soon."
"Fallen sinners, your eyes have been blinded by money, and your souls have been seduced by demons into the abyss of sin. May you walk the road of redemption, and the true God will redeem your souls."
"I pray for your poor and humble souls, that you may be saved."
"These three sinners not only wore luxurious and prosperous clothes from the crime domain in private, but also secretly sold them secretly. The crime was aggravated. They not only ignored the decrees of the Holy See, but also eroded our simple people. This is the work of the devil. , What are you waiting for? Hit them?"
"Only use rotten eggs and rotten vegetables, not hard things like stones. We are redeeming their souls, not killing them!"
Countless rotten eggs and rotten vegetables fell on the three prisoners in the carriage cage like rain.
The three prisoners were not wearing ragged prison uniforms, on the contrary, they were made ten years ago by a master tailor who was once famous in Valesta and was sought after by countless Valestans. fancy dress.
No matter how beautiful the clothes are, after being attacked by countless rotten eggs, rotten vegetables, and rotten mud, they will no longer be beautiful to speak of, and what remains is only a strong stench.
The citizens of Valesta have long since thrown away their fanatical pursuit of these prosperous costumes, and some of them are only full-bodied and inextricable hatred.
Wherever the prison van passed, there was a sound of crusade from mountains and tsunami.
After that, what was left was a devout prayer, as if they had completed a pious ceremony.
The three prisoners imprisoned in the prison van were charged with a brand-new crime—the crime of extravagance.
The outlandish charge was for extravagance in food and clothing.
Once they are convicted of such crimes, they will not only face heavy fines, but also face the severe humiliating parade trial just now, and accept the resentment of those believers.
It is unbelievable that this crime is very popular in most dioceses.
But when you think about it, it's not surprising.
Who are the people who commit such crimes?
local lord aristocrats.
Those low-level people, whether they were in the era of the previous Lancelot royal family or the era of the Holy See, even if they wanted to commit this crime, most of them had no chance.
In the past, they were envious and jealous of the extravagant life of the local lords and nobles.
But because of the disparity in status between the two parties, they could only dare not speak out, and kept everything in their hearts.
The crime being promoted by the Holy See now gives them an opportunity to vent their attacks aboveboard and attack people that they could not otherwise attack.
Once this kind of crime occurs, new hatred and old hatred, coupled with the instigation of faith, they will often appear very fanatical.
You don't need to experience it yourself, just witnessing this kind of parade trial twice, those local nobles will be scared one by one.
Heavy fines are not terrible, what is terrible is being tried in a parade.
Once they have gone through the parade trial, they will no longer be able to raise their heads in front of other people and behave as human beings. Wherever they go, they will feel that someone is poking their backs.
In order to avoid such bad luck, many lords, nobles and rich people directly donated most of their wealth to the Holy See.
With no wealth left, naturally there is no need to worry about committing such weird crimes.
This is an unexpected windfall when the Holy See's high-level officials promoted this crime.
The main purpose of the Holy See's promotion of this crime in its own diocese is to further control the thinking of believers. This is a man-made channel for the people at the bottom to vent their dissatisfaction.
Dissatisfaction is vented from time to time, and they will not easily go to extremes like those revolutionary parties on the Huayu Plateau.
At the same time, this is also a kind of check and balance for those local nobles, making them fear the Holy See and let them be at their mercy.
In addition, it can also crack down on the increasingly rampant smuggling activities of the Yong Ye army leader in disguise, and prevent them from collecting more wealth from their own territories.
The Holy See has realized that the economic erosion of the Eternal Night Army has harmed their rule.
If it is not stopped, most of the wealth in their territory will be continuously absorbed by the Eternal Night Army with these useless luxury goods from their territory.
But as long as there is a supply-demand relationship and huge benefits, this kind of smuggling cannot be completely banned.
This extravagant crime committed by the Holy See is an out-and-out drudgery.
It directly cut off the most important one in the supply and demand chain.
When no one dares to wear and use the luxury goods from the Yongye Army Leader.
The smuggling of luxury goods from the Yong Ye army leader will naturally stop.
Lancelot Palace is an example of the royal capital, and the countless places where the eyes focus are naturally unavoidable now, and it is now as simple as possible.
Some flashy decorations can be removed if they can be removed, and removed if they can be removed.
The current Lancelot Palace should be the simplest period in history.
Queen Enid is also dressed in plain white, but the same clothes can wear different temperaments on different people.
The plain white clothes made her look more beautiful and even less worldly.
Only when she was reading the letter paper, her eyes flashed non-stop, which showed that she was not without desires.
Queen Enid quickly finished reading the letter, lowered her head and looked down at the young man below, and said, "I heard that the leader of the Yongye army has completely blocked the road from the plateau to the capital, how did you come here? An Qi Messenger Luo."
"The border between the two sides is long, and the roads are very complicated. No matter how strong the Yongye army leader is, it is impossible to achieve a complete blockade. As long as you avoid the main roads, let alone a few people, it is not difficult for even a small team to get through. .” Angelo replied with a smile.
"In three weeks, I didn't take the main road to walk through the 2,000-kilometer blockade. I am worthy of being a student of the University of Yadonia. I really have something extraordinary." Queen Enid highly praised and affirmed the stack, among other things , This ability to recognize the way alone is not possessed by ordinary people.
"Thank you Queen for your compliment." Angelo still looked neither humble nor overbearing, and he didn't reveal too much complacency of a young man, as if he had done a trivial thing that was not worthy of praise.
"How are my father and the University of Ardunia?" Queen Enid didn't go straight to the topic, but chatted about homework.
"Both of them are in good health, so the queen doesn't need to worry about it." Angelo replied, "They also asked me to bring greetings to the queen. If possible, they hope that the queen can go back to the plateau to have a look."
"If there is a chance, I will." Queen Enid knew in her heart that the possibility of returning to the Huayu Plateau in her life was almost zero.
Even if there was no deliberate interception by the leader of the Yong Ye Army, the Holy See would not easily allow her to return to the Huayu Plateau.
"I don't know about the queen, how do you think about His Majesty Christine's proposal?" Angelo saw that the other party was still not getting into the topic, so he could only choose to take the initiative.
There is not much time left for him. When crossing the blockade of the Yongye Army Leader, he can clearly feel that the Yongye Army Leader is making final preparations.
Once the war breaks out in full swing, even if he has achieved a little success, it will be greatly reduced.
Whether you can take this opportunity to transform is closely related to your task completion.
Only if the Huayu Plateau can continue to exist, it will be meaningful for him to be appreciated by Grand Duke Christine.
"If my father's proposal had been made five years ago, I would have given him a clear answer without any discussion. The Holy See would definitely agree, but now..." Queen Enid sighed softly, "The envoy Angelo came all the way, and he should have seen the situation in the territory along the way. The Holy See has become powerful, and the demand for the plateau is not so heavy, and the influence of the royal family is very weak. What I can do is far from what my father imagined. Much more."
"It is precisely because of the weakness that the queen should do something..." Angelo hesitated to speak, his eyes swept over everyone's faces.
Queen Enid certainly knew what the other party was worried about, and she assured her: "Angel Angelo has something to say, you are all here."
Angelo did not fight an unprepared battle. He did not ask to see Queen Enid as soon as he arrived at Valesta, the capital of the kingdom. Instead, he devoted three days to collect as much information about Enid as possible. Queen Ned and the current situation of the Holy See came here just now to ask for an interview.
Angelo is very aware of the situation he is facing. It is imperative for the Holy See to replace the Lancelot royal family and create a new kingdom, and no one can stop it.
Whoever blocks it will be crushed to pieces by the Holy See.
Only by being in it can you truly feel the fanatical religious atmosphere here.
Fanatical followers of the Holy See abound, holy power and miracles abound, and it is difficult for those people to believe it or not.
Angelo is a staunch atheist. He believes that the God of Truth believed by the Holy See is just a product of human-made ideas and does not really exist.
The so-called holy power is just a variant technique. Doesn't the leader of the Yongye army have similar combat techniques now?
From the top to the bottom of the Yongye army, few believe in the god of truth. They regard their lords as their own gods.
The so-called miracles are just the means used by those missionaries to fool people.
In order to firmly believe in this, Angelo even got involved in a miraculous descent ceremony, trying to use his own knowledge to expose their methods and strengthen his belief.
In the end, what was waiting was the arrival of an angel, and the missionary's tricks of fooling people were not exposed. Angelo himself could no longer be firm in what he was originally firm in.
The real existence of angels can no longer be explained by common sense.
This is no wonder why such a fanatical religious atmosphere has formed in the area ruled by the Holy See.
It is no wonder that the influence of the Holy See has surpassed the royal family and local lords in a short period of time, and can manipulate them at will like dolls.
In this fanatical religious atmosphere, even a wise man would stop thinking and be pushed forward by the people around him, not to mention that most of the people are really not very smart.
In this case, Queen Enid is sometimes clearly involuntary.