Chapter 216: The Father's Worship and the "Holy Word for Salvation"

Looking at these members of the Holy Fathers' Church exchanging glances with each other, Horn also felt a bit complicated.

The Holy Fathers are essentially a radical nationalist group under the guise of religion.

Nationalism is good, but it is a poison to the Thousand River Valley, which has a population of only four to six million.

This is because their main ethnic group is too small, and their ethnic history and culture are not only shallow but also have gaps.

The result of forcibly promoting nationalism is the emergence of two major cancers: the invention of history and the prevalence of populism.

Once the above two situations occur, it will inevitably lead to the government policies being hijacked by public sentiment, eventually becoming self-defeating and even creating a "Thousand River Valley Powder Keg" situation.

But Horn cannot completely deny the claims of the Society of the Fathers, because the imagined community of nation does have its progressiveness.

What's more, their original intention was good, they just went too far. Compared with other confused refugees, this group of people were basically the ones who "opened their eyes to see the world".

If Horn wanted to build an order that suited his ideas, he would still recruit this group of people.

That's why Horn was so hesitant about their existence.

"Your Majesty, do you think we should not expel the church and foreigners?" asked a more straightforward member of the order.

"It is a good idea to use the nation of Kush to replace the church, but it is not applicable. Instead of using the nation of Kush, it is better to use the nation of the Thousand Valleys."

Horn waved to them, asking the people in the back to come to the front row and sit with him so they could hear what he said as clearly as possible.

“Let me put it this way, if you use the Kushite nation to replace the church, then are you so pure as Kushites?
Judging from their bloodline alone, the original Kush people were short, had black hair, long eyebrows and drooping shoulders.

Among the thirty-plus of you, only one or two have black hair, let alone the unique feature of long eyebrows that fall to the shoulders.

In terms of pure bloodline, the Kushite nobles who only intermarried had the purest bloodline.

But even Dane of Joan of Arc, the representative of the Kushites, betrayed the Kushites, so what is the use of pure bloodline?
If it is a spiritual thing, using Kushite culture to replace church culture, then what are the traditions of the Kushites? What are the festivals of the Kushites? Who are the ancestors of the Kushites? Where do the Kushites come from?
These things were completely lost in the mixing of blood and missionary work, and no one can remember them. "

Horn used a combination of spiritual and reality skills to silence the members of the Holy Fathers Society. They seemed to want to say something but hesitated. They looked at each other but didn't know how to respond.

“Have a Faran peasant and a Kushite peasant less in common than a Kushite noble and a Kushite peasant?

Among the wandering refugees were the Franks and Norns, who had also been farmers in the Thousand Valleys for hundreds of years.

But if we follow the division of the Kush people, most of Langsand County does not belong to the Thousand River Valley. After careful division, it is estimated that only the mountainous area of ​​the Thousand River Valley belongs completely to the Kush people.

To divide our enemies and ourselves based on the ethnic groups of Kush is tantamount to pushing foreigners who also have the need to overthrow the church and the empire to the opposite side of us.

This will only strengthen the enemy and weaken us, which is foolish."

"So what?" A member of the Red Wind Party, who had a hot temper and could not stand Horn's remarks, stood up. He did not care about hierarchy and asked directly, "Your Majesty, Qianhe Valley is our Qianhe Valley. This is our hometown. They should get out. What do they have to do with us?"

"Do you think that overthrowing the church and the empire's rule in the Thousand River Valley is enough?" Horn's voice gradually became colder, "Do you think the church and the empire will watch us become independent from the empire?
The nobles who are greedy enough to start a war for a pond or a beehive, and the nobles who treat Qianhe Valley as a nursing home, will they just sit there and watch Qianhe Valley go unattended?
I tell you that our current goal is only to overthrow the Thousand Valley Church because there is no point in setting other goals before overthrowing the Thousand Valley Church.

From the moment Qianhe Valley becomes independent, we will face pressure from all sides of the entire empire!

Compared to the Thousand Valley Diocese, the entire empire and the church are our real enemies!"

Horn was not exaggerating. Compared to his hometown, the feudal system of the Empire was more stable than he could imagine due to the existence of the extraordinary society. Under the banner of the Empire, although the kingdoms would fight endlessly because of geopolitical disputes, they were ultimately disputes within the aristocratic society.

Faced with a situation that could overthrow the entire aristocratic society, they would immediately unite and elect an emperor who had been vacant for decades.

Then they would unite under the authority of the emperor and the pope to resist foreign enemies.

During the Hundred Years' War and Thousand Years' Dispute with the Flesh and Blood Court, this feudal system was honed to perfection, and facts have also proved the high efficiency of this system.

Even when the capital of France fell into the hands of the enemy, the empire was able to fight back and recover the lost Zealand Islands.

Even though hundreds of years have passed, the system is far from corrupt.

Among the three major knightly orders that resist the Flesh and Blood Court, there are many great knights. They are the pinnacle of extraordinary knights above the Nine-Level Breathing Technique and can bear five or even four blessings.

The lifespan of these great knights is almost the same as that of witches, and some great knights who fought in the Hundred Years' War are still alive.

It is said that Prince Condé's teacher was a great knight, otherwise he would not have been favored by the church.

After calming himself down, Horn picked up the water bag and took a sip of water, giving the members present some time to digest it.

Seeing that it was almost digested, Horn continued:

“If we calculate based on the territory, the area of ​​Qianhe Valley is about 20 million hectares, but it is only a territory of Kaimu Province.

Among the ten provinces of the empire, the Church has one province, the Kingdom of Leia has two provinces, and the Kingdom of France has three provinces.

The three provinces belonging to the Kingdom of Norn occupy more than half of the empire's territory.

If we calculate based on manpower alone, there are four to six million people in the Thousand River Valley. According to your method of classification, the actual number of people in the Thousand River Valley is estimated to be around three million.

Three million people, is that a lot?
The entire empire has a population of between 3.75 and 2.5 million. If we calculate based on million, we, the people of Qianhe Valley, only account for %. If we calculate based on million, then we, the people of Qianhe Valley, only have % of the strength.

Even if they hold each other back and can only mobilize one-third of their strength to deal with us, that is still ten times the strength we have.

How many peasants and commoners were there in the empire? At least 70 million.

If we can get their support, even if it’s only one tenth of their support, we can narrow the gap between us and the Empire to only twice as much…”

Considering that although these people are broad-minded, their cultural level is still low, Horn did not use overly complicated comparisons, but adopted more popular language.

The political analysis class lasted from noon to evening, and Horn finally convinced these members of the Holy Father Order until his voice became hoarse.

However, Horn did not yet confirm the status of the Order of the Holy Father, but pulled out a pamphlet.

"This pamphlet is called 'The Word of God to Save the World'." Horn said seriously in a hoarse voice, "It puts forward two major goals: anti-church and anti-empire, and three major principles: civilization, freedom, and equality. You can take a look at it.

Ahem, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. I will come here to answer them every day. It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with them, just leave.

Don't worry, before you officially join, you can come and go freely in the Holy Father Society."

(End of this chapter)