"Of course, we also know that even if these things don't happen, the two sides will fight." Li Xuanying said: "I don't think they will lack such excuses."
"The same goes for the church." Guo Kang said: "On the surface, you and the church have a dispute over doctrine and canon law. But to put it bluntly, isn't it because they plundered too much?"
"Yes. If they hadn't looked so ugly this time, many things could actually be discussed." Brother Zelik also expressed some emotion: "In the history of the church, it has been reformed many times in order to eliminate corruption and improve the organization. Some reforms in the past were even more demanding than ours this time, so why can’t it be done this time?”
"We don't want to deny the Roman Church itself, which has been inherited from St. Peter. If the church agrees to negotiate, we actually hope to carry out reforms within the church rather than establish its own school. But this time the church is as possessed as it is, not at all If you are willing to talk, you will be expelled and arrested as soon as possible."
"I heard that this is because Sigismund is trying in many ways to reunite the two churches of Avignon and Rome." Guo Kang said: "Now is the time to fight for the only orthodoxy and determine the status of the future. The critical period. Whoever has more money can determine the religious and secular power for a long time in the future. Therefore, the churches on both sides must try their best to raise more money and cater to Sigismund. Because of this, the situation is better than usual. Be more stubborn.”
"I know this too. But why should we be involved in the power struggle between them?" Zelik shook his head and said, "Is it possible that the tradition of St. Peter is to deceive and sacrifice believers to satisfy his own desire for power?"
"In the past, priests went deep into the countryside to cultivate seeds, raise bees, and guide farmers to improve planting techniques. When conditions permit, they would also select talents and provide education. When encountering harsh lords, they would mediate, and some would even lead believers to Resistance – this is our tradition.”
"The sale of indulgences has been around for a long time. In itself, it is not the most critical issue. But now, the church's upper echelons don't even care about rules and face for this dirty money. How can there be such a search?" He spread his hands, feeling a little excited. Said: "Have they ever considered what we country priests think? No, no. They don't care at all about the actual situation here, or whether we live or die. They only think about their own pocketbooks."
"Nowadays, many people feel that the upper echelons of the church are hopeless and unreasonable, which is why they make the matter bigger and bigger." He breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "As long as you are willing to listen to people carefully, you will not make trouble. so."
"Official Yunwen told us that as long as we are willing to help him do great things, he will arrange a way out for us and we will no longer have to worry about church oppression."
"To be honest, we didn't quite believe it at first, but later, we found out that he really had connections in Constantinople, so we brought everyone here."
"Dad actually only promised you this much?" Jeanne asked strangely: "Did you translate it wrong, or didn't understand what he meant?"
"Well, he initially said that all our leaders should be archbishops and all believers should be priests." Zelik replied with some embarrassment: "We think this is too outrageous. It's not like that..."
"..."
"My father is so arrogant, and he is from Seris after all, so he doesn't know much about the people here." Zhu Wenkui saw that Jeanna was speechless, so he had to come to smooth things over for his father in person: "What's wrong with the expression? Just discuss it with us."
"As for this crucial issue of indulgences..." He pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I have always been curious, why does the Bishop of Rome have the power to sell such things? Isn't he just a monk? How can he grant amnesty to the world? ? So, don’t worry about our position. Of course I support your boycott of indulgences.”
"Yes." Li Xuanying also nodded, then turned to the two of them and said: "Don't worry, here we don't have to worry about indulgences at all. This thing is illegal in Rome. If you find someone selling it privately, you can Report it immediately and ask the government to ban it."
"Our Great Khan has long announced that we have pardoned the sins of everyone below Brother Tian. Who is this guy, and he dares to accept money for another pardon?" He said in a bad tone: "Brother Tian himself is still in the Empress Temple. Sit down!"
Brother Zelik opened his mouth half-opened, was stunned for a moment, and nodded mechanically.
"On our side, everyone's understanding of doctrine is more...diversified." Guo Kang had no choice but to help explain: "But we don't force anyone to change their beliefs, and we don't care about your own way of understanding. As long as you believe in Heavenly Father , who respect the authority of Rome, are our Catholics and are welcomed by us.”
"I understand, I understand." Zelik came back to his senses and said quickly: "Before coming here, Princess Theodora personally met us and told us about this. I didn't react just now."
"The group of people who came last time were more surprised than you. Some people said they didn't expect that we are also believers in the God-worshipping religion." Li Xuanying smiled heartily and didn't seem to be offended at all: "Actually, we are all devout. Cultist. Look there."
As he spoke, he pointed to a flag with four "X"s written on it in the direction of the camp gate.
"What's that?" Zelik asked.
"That is the flag of the Great Khan, which represents this military camp, which is directly under the central government of the Khan." Li Xuanying explained: "Those four are the Greek letters χ, which is the abbreviation of 'χανχανςχάρηχαν', which means 'The Khan of Khans has great grace. sweat'."
"What is the sweat of sweats?" Brother Zelik couldn't understand for a moment.
"It's our divine ancestor, Romulus Genginus." Li Xuanying said.
"What, what is this?" Zelik looked a little dizzy.
"It is a composite god in Roman tradition." Guo Kang explained kindly.
"Don't worry about it. Most of the people I've met from the west couldn't understand it when they first heard about it." Li Xuanying waved his hand magnanimously: "There's nothing to blame. It's just because you can stay in the barbarian territory. It’s been too long since I’ve been exposed to the orthodox beliefs of the Romans.”
"But we orthodox Romans must not forget history." He said, pointing to the camp wall. There, in Greek it is written "ancestor, grandfather, lineage, father".
"Ancestors are the ancestors of all generations since the establishment of Rome's tent on the banks of the Tiber River; grandfather is the generation name of our divine ancestor Romulus Genginus; lineage is the inheritance of the Roman golden family; father is The elders of Khuriltai.”
"You see, this is the source of our strength in Rome."
"This, this, this is so... Roman..." Zelik thought for a long time, unable to find a suitable adjective, and finally said reluctantly.
