Countdown to day 2 tonight.
In the political hall of the Moorish Empire, there is a double-encrypted conference room. On both sides of the long conference table made of pure white jade, there are about ten people sitting at attention, all with serious expressions and unsmiling expressions.
The spiritual leader and religious empress Irebetty sat on the throne. The protruding corners in the middle of her purple hair were almost blunted. She was dressed elegantly in purple clothes, and her face was as cold as frost.
On her left, there are five cardinal archbishops sitting on her left, one of whom is a woman. She is responsible for the transmission of the pope's decrees, sacrificial rituals, outings, government affairs, food and daily life and other work arrangements;
The other four people divided the work and cooperated according to the teachings and rules, and each performed his or her own responsibilities.
Sitting on the right are five political elders, who are mainly responsible for major matters such as domestic administrative affairs, national security protection, and interstellar diplomacy and trade.
Unlike the other two empires, the country's intelligence department does not have a separate elder position. It is only in charge of one elder. Spy leaders such as Eliza Lei have no immediate boss and are directly responsible to the elder.
The Moorish Empire had a special political system and was a superior civilized country that combined politics and religion.
Judging from the popularity of religion across the country, the country is classified as a religious country.
The country's evolutionary progress is slightly later, and its population is not much different from that of the other two empires. This is closely related to the country's religious prohibition on birth control.
As the population base has doubled exponentially, religious leaders have begun to realize the seriousness of the expected consequences. In recent years, they have been discussing issues such as revising doctrine and encouraging birth control.
The Moorish Empire believed in "Moorishism". More than 80% of the country's population belonged to Moors, and believers spread their faith widely.
Its core doctrine firmly believes in the "Moorish Holy God", the incarnation of the "Lord God of the Soul", and the control of the supreme "Holy Fire of the Soul".
The Lord God ignites the "Holy Fire of the Soul", burns the soul impurities of all the dead in the world, and burns them into extremely pure soul seeds, which are then reincarnated in the mortal world and reincarnated into mortal bodies to experience the world of mortals. This repeats endlessly.
Those with great opportunity, great fortune, and great perseverance will govern the world's reincarnation on behalf of the Lord God, accumulate holy virtues and set up holy monuments to spread the holy way, and slowly become believers, God's servants, God's disciples, and God's masters, until they finally become saints.
3,000 years ago, the founder of Moorishism led his followers to quell domestic chaos, unified the continent, established the Moorish Kingdom, and claimed to be the Lord of God.
The first-generation god master followed the religious rules and never married and had children. Before his death, he taught his disciples and set up monuments of saints to record his merits and praise his virtues.
After the third-generation priest took over, he ignored the canon rules and tried to abolish the priest's prohibition on marriage. He was almost castrated by the red archbishop.
Later, he became so ambitious that he changed the kingdom of God into an empire and proclaimed himself pope. On the pretext that there were evil spirits in the Eintan Empire, he led the domestic believers to invade and invaded. As a result, he fled in a great defeat. On the way, he was secretly killed by several red archbishops who could not bear it anymore. It was immediately announced that His Majesty the Pope had died as a martyr, and another unmarried Cardinal Archbishop was appointed to the throne.
Since then, in order to avoid the suspicion of believers, they still use the honorific title of Pope, which has been used to this day.
What is puzzling is that Moorishism does not restrict fertility, but it does not allow the pope to marry and have children.
After successive popes became saints, the red archbishop followed the secret order left by him during his lifetime to select a successor from unmarried virgin believers under the age of 20 across the country. After completing a series of ceremonies, he ascended the papal throne and commanded the world.
At this moment, Pope Irebetti, who is sitting on the throne, is the 23rd successor of Moorishism and the 9th female pope.
Irebetti started coldly: "All the archbishops and elders are here about the discovery of the living planet by the Hijin Empire. Please share your opinions."
The elder in charge of intelligence caressed his chest and saluted, and said: "Dear Your Majesty the Pope, our empire has paid a huge price to finally obtain the truth. If we don't make good use of it, the blood of many believers will be shed in vain."
A red archbishop said: "Elder *** is right. We cannot give them another chance. We should report the decryption information to the Interstellar Headquarters as soon as possible and force the Hijin Empire to declare it in advance."
"If we are forced to declare, the important secret game our empire has made this time will lose its value, and at the same time we will give up the hope of carving up the empire."
"We can consider using the decrypted information as a bargaining chip to exchange for some cutting-edge technologies to fill some gaps in our country's production or military fields."
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There are different opinions and no consensus.
The purpose of their argument was to gain more benefits.
The basis for the argument is, of course, the general laws of the alliance.
Since its establishment, the entire Interstellar Alliance has gathered the will of all living planets, and after several rounds of consultation and coordination, a general law has finally been formed.
The General Law Regulations have been expanded to more than 360 articles so far, and each article has specific requirements, reward and punishment standards.
The principle adhered to by the General Law is to determine the standards, manage the big ones and let go of the small ones, and all abide by and implement them.
The content covers interstellar excavation, trade exchanges, conflicts, bottom lines of survival, etc. It combines qualitative and quantitative aspects, with rigorous wording, unified standards, and clear definitions.
The entire Interstellar Alliance has branches in all major planets and sovereign countries to monitor the implementation of the general laws in each country and report the supervision situation regularly. Once violations are discovered, punishment standards under the corresponding provisions will be implemented.
Although there is not a single soldier in the entire alliance, as long as two-thirds of the alliance parliament passes the resolution, it has the right to use one-fifth of the troops of each country to conquer the target country.
Its high prestige and power are several times stronger than those of the Earth Star Alliance.
For example, there are strict details regarding the discovery of new life planets, the most important of which are:
1. When a new planet with life is discovered, detailed audio and video data must be provided. Failure to report it to the alliance headquarters within 10 years from the date of discovery will be deemed to automatically give up the right to rule or exploit.
If another country declares in advance within 10 years, the reporting country will take over management.
If another country reports a delay in declaration within 10 years, the discovering country must complete the declaration within 6 months, otherwise it will be deemed to have automatically given up the right to rule or exploit.
2. After declaration and filing, the discovering country automatically has the right to rule or exploit the planet for 50 consecutive years. The exploited resources belong to it, and other countries are not allowed to interfere and occupy it.
3. After expiration, the discovering country can permanently occupy 20% of the land and 10% of the water resources of the living planet (need to be connected together).
The rights to exploit resources in the smallest unit of the galaxy are handed over to the original life planet, and other countries are not allowed to interfere and occupy it; if they want to participate in the exploitation, they need to sign a cooperation agreement.
This living planet automatically falls under the management scope of the Alliance and is protected and restricted by the Alliance General Law.
4. The discovering country must ensure the survival bottom line of the higher intelligent beings on the ruled life planet and must not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
(See Article 124 for the definition of abnormal death standards), (See Article 123 for the definition of bottom-line survival standards)
5. The discovering country must abide by various agreements signed with the new life planet. If violated, land and water resources will be reduced according to the following maximum standards.
6. If the discovering country is unable to conquer the new life planet, it must report to the alliance headquarters within 2 years from the date of discovery. The alliance headquarters will grant the discovering country the right to jointly exploit 10% of the resources in the smallest unit system of the new life planet.
Failure to declare for more than 2 years will be regarded as giving up power. At the same time, the new life planet will be included in the management scope of the alliance and will be protected and restricted by the alliance general law.
8. Matters that cannot be adjudicated shall be reported to the Alliance Headquarters Council for adjudication.
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It can be clearly seen from the General Law of the Interstellar Alliance that the main theme followed among higher-level creatures still adheres to the code of conduct of the weak and the strong.
However, as long as it lasts up to 60 years, spends most of the galaxy's resources, and cedes 30% of the planet's surface area, it can quickly integrate into the interstellar family of life.
The speed of development is expected to gradually catch up, or even be the first to arrive. This depends on luck.
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The highest meeting of the Moorish Empire has lasted for two hours. The five cardinal archbishops and the five political elders are still arguing. The key point is how to make good use of the deciphered information in their hands.
Those who advocate reporting to the alliance, those who advocate concealment and waiting, and those who advocate exchanging resources all seem reasonable and make sense.
Pope Irebetti, who is on the throne, has been accustomed to the process of listening first and then deciding for more than a hundred years. She will not speak out until all these people are silent. This is the dignity and attitude of an emperor.
The meaning is obvious. If you think it’s interesting, talk more. If you think it makes sense, argue more. If you think it’s boring, just be quiet.
The 10 people all had a tacit understanding and thought that the reason was explained thoroughly. It is estimated that His Majesty the Pope basically understood it. They all stopped in unison and turned to look at Irebetti on the main seat, waiting for her decision.
Irebetti dressed in a spotless purple robe, glanced at the five red archbishops and the five political elders, and spoke as concisely as ever.
"It is commendable that the archbishops and archelders are so loyal to worry about national affairs. My opinion is: 1. Exchange technical resources first, and then wait for the secret news. Although it is a bit dangerous, it is beneficial to the empire. 2. Once the agreement period expires, we should contact you as soon as possible. Report to the alliance to reduce the resource extraction time of the Hijin Empire, delay the rise, and reduce the strategic pressure on the country. Let everyone vote by a show of hands, the minority obeys the majority, and I will make the final decision with the same vote."
This is Irebet's attitude towards major decisions. It is her greatest advantage in handling government affairs and one of the reasons why she is respected by her subordinates.
When she resolves matters within the church, she always makes the final decision without hesitation.
In the process of handling major government affairs, it is always customary to listen to all suggestions before making selective decisions for everyone to vote for approval.
It is really hard for her to handle both academic affairs and government affairs every day.
Especially the issue of teaching before politics and politics before education made her very tired.
Academic affairs are handled by canon rules, and good or bad matters have little impact.
Government affairs are unstructured and have a bearing on the fate of the country. Mistakes in decision-making will have far-reaching consequences, widening the already lagging development gap.
She is very familiar with the pros and cons of the theocratic system. The people have the same beliefs, are easy to manage and encourage, and are not prone to major troubles.
However, it would be strange for a large number of missionaries, priests and other church management personnel to sit back and wait for worship instead of producing.
The majority of believers are not only busy with production to support themselves and others, but also perform rituals and pray regularly. How can the country develop rapidly?
A hundred years ago, if Elizare hadn't done that legendary love mystery, the Moorish Empire's armament level would have lagged behind by a whole generation.
But how long it can last just by relying on this kind of chance, God knows!
There is no suspense. After arguing for more than 2 hours, everyone finally chose the option of taking advantage first. This shows that Pope Irebetti is not the only one who is worried about state affairs.
Irebetti said calmly: "That's it, prepare a list of resources to be threatened, and find a suitable opportunity to negotiate as soon as possible. Dismiss the meeting."
