In Guo Kang's view, this incident is a classic case of the decline in the quality of the church. It is normal for ordinary barbarians to have their minds wander when they find that they have an advantage. As a result, the church also follows suit. Then the church has worked for thousands of years in vain.
The church was able to develop in the first place because it was more civilized than ordinary people. Even if there are all kinds of corruption, internal strife, and paranoia, the overall moral level is much higher than that of secular aristocrats. To be reduced to this, I really feel sorry for Brother Tian and Saint Peter.
And the consequences of this are also very obvious. As long as you resist foreigners, you must resist foreign religions, and the people do have the ability to resist foreign religions. In 1900, after the Boxer Rebellion became active, it quickly destroyed a large number of church forces in North China.
According to the church's own perspective, during the past six months, the Boxers produced nearly a hundred Catholic saints and more than two hundred Orthodox saints at one time. Considering that there have been only a little over 10,000 saints in the church over the past two thousand years, this efficiency has already surpassed that of the Roman legions...
As for the various Protestant sects, since there is no unified organization, it is unclear how much they have lost. Considering that these people's performance is even more chaotic, they probably won't be much better.
In fact, the quality of Protestant pastors is so low that foreigners themselves cannot stand it. The commander of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, Waldersee, specifically criticized American pastors, saying that these people were seriously unqualified in terms of moral standards and professional business, which made Germans who also believed in Protestantism look down on them. In this case, religion itself becomes a complete side effect.
Therefore, this is also an important reminder. Religion is indeed a useful tool, but the premise of its usefulness is that it can bring a better situation to everyone. Teach yourself that the most important thing is to stay awake, otherwise you will definitely fall over.
The same is true now in the city. If you don't take people seriously, then there is no point in preaching the scriptures. The Russians have never listened to the Bible less, and their culture even has a strong religious atmosphere. But in this situation, preaching the Bible cannot arouse their enthusiasm.
Although these Russians are not very good at resisting, they are very good at lying down and working hard. The entire village community culture has this kind of "soft resistance" atmosphere everywhere. If you want to pull these people together and give them the motivation to farm and fight, you must show real sincerity and make the other party believe it. These are things that routine worship and prayer cannot provide.
Father Mikhail and others who have actually had contact with the Russians must be more familiar with these issues.
"Then let's settle it." He finally said to several priests: "I will be troublesome for you in the past few days."
"Why don't we act today?" Father Mikhail suddenly said.
"Today?" Guo Kang was a little surprised.
"The more we investigate this kind of thing, the more people will be alarmed." Father Mikhail told him: "The situation in the slums is very complicated, and the people from the church are doing the review there, which is also very conspicuous. I think there are Once you have a preliminary goal, you can take direct action.”
Guo Kang had never considered this aspect before. After thinking about it, he felt that it seemed reasonable.
"Do we have enough people?" he asked.
"We can call people." Father Andre said: "Artyom and the others are all in the church, and they can call more than twenty people. The Patriarch should also be able to provide some manpower."
"Yesterday I asked him to send prosecutors to investigate. They will come back in the evening to report on the situation on the first day." Guo Kang thought for a while and said, "I will take Wu Han with me. Let's see if there is any return." I should be able to call in some of the church knights who are idle."
"This is enough. There is no need to call everyone." Father Mikhail pointed out: "Too many people is not necessarily a good thing. When entering, it may be better to keep a low profile."
Guo Kang felt that this old man was quite experienced, so he decided to listen to him again. He nodded and said that he would choose the best. As for Father Ross, there was no need for more than twenty people to rush over. Just select a few of the most suitable ones.
As for the combat effectiveness of those people, there is no need to worry. These monks are ruthless people who dare to run around in the wild "land" and often travel between settlements. Apart from anything else, if you can live for so many years, your survivability must be full...
Of course, this doesn't mean just rushing over and hacking a few prisoners to death. In this regard, Guo Kang is very careful. He asked Father Andrei to find someone, then called Father Mikhail and took him to the Great Lama Wang.
If you want to use the power of the church, you must have a suitable reason, because the Roman church only has the responsibility of review and investigation, and has no power other than actual punishment. In other words, they can arrest people for disturbing order, engaging in incitement, and endangering the authority of the church and the state, but they cannot conduct public trials as Guo Kang wants to publicize to ordinary residents.
This case can be used as a reference in the future, so Guo Kang hopes to leave no loopholes as much as possible. However, the Purple Horde Khanate's management of the city is indeed very chaotic, and it is impossible not to alarm others.
Guo Kang regretted a little and let Theodora go without asking her. But she was going to a more important occasion, and it was unrealistic to look for her now. So, he thought about it and decided to do his best with the resources at hand.
First of all, it’s the Great Lama Wang. Since the investigation has already started before, we can just say that the situation there is dangerous and we need to increase our strength to avoid accidents. Just go through the procedures here and it will almost be solved. The worst thing is to drag away more of the "grey knights" standing guard at the Empress Temple. Anyway, they are here mainly as a guard of honor, and they will be idle as long as they are idle.
Later, after emphasizing the importance of this matter to the church and the Ross believers to the Grand Lama Wang and several other church officials, Guo Kang left Father Mikhail here to go through the process and left first.
He brought the documents from Dalai Lama Wang and the records previously submitted by the censors, and asked Father Marco to come with him. The two of them, together with several church personnel, ran all the way to the military headquarters.
Guo Kang found his adoptive father and told him that there was a case with the Ross New Army, and now the church has found out about it. However, it is not convenient for the church to do things directly, so we have to look for people here.
But his adoptive father told him that he didn't have anyone on his side.
Like most places in the world, metropolitan cities do not have a comprehensive police system. Although there are indeed police officers, but to be honest, no one has reported it after such a commotion, so these police officers must not be counted on.
And let alone this time, even in many modern countries, it is normal for police officers to be unable to enter slums. If they were reliable, they wouldn't breed such repeat offenders who do evil all the time.
Therefore, Guo Kang insisted that the army must be used in this matter.
(End of chapter)
