Chapter 139 System Construction
The 12th century was a strange era. In this era, the Liao and Jin Dynasties in the East changed, and the Crusades in the West reached their climax.
Saladin was born among the tyrants in the Middle East, and the authority of the European church reached its peak.
A flood is brewing that will change the world structure, and the Eastern Roman Empire will usher in its own tragedy.
However, compared with the changes in the world structure, Aljos felt that he had come to a strange place, met strange people, and encountered strange things.
The town of Alhadi is a strange place because Muslims and Christians live in communion here.
Although they are still distinct from each other, they will at least understand each other as someone equivalent to themselves. They will understand the origin of each other's beliefs, and then they will be surprised to find that the Lord they believe in is the same person.
Gareth is a strange man because he calls himself a prophet and makes one prediction after another about the future.
He said that the Kingdom of Heaven is approaching and this world is coming to an end. However, if believers continue to wait, the Lord’s Day of Judgment will be far away.
Not only that, but before that, the Lord will abandon His altar and hate His sanctuary! Because those gorgeous things are no match for the temple in your heart.
The fall of Jerusalem was inevitable, but that was just a prelude. Soon, Constantinople would also be captured.
Then Aljos also saw something strange, because almost everyone in this town believed what Garris said and recognized him as a prophet.
Archos found this blasphemous and heretical, but so what?
The notebook that Garris handed him had already fascinated him.
He got the answer from it and realized what the church lacked in this era.
[The Kingdom of Heaven is not something high above, not a paradise far away from the mortal world, with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, but the world on earth where God’s will is carried out. The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God essentially means “the rule of God.” Any place where God’s will is carried out is the Kingdom of Heaven. 】
[The kingdom of heaven is not the kingdom of God, and it is even more incompatible with Rome on earth. When the kingdom of heaven is about to come, it means that everyone is the enemy. 】
[The reason why the Jews convinced Pilate, the Roman governor, to have Jesus crucified is clear evidence of this. 】
["If you release this man, you will not be a friend of Caesar, for whoever claims to be a king rebels against Caesar" ("John 19:12")]
[Thus, people on earth must choose between Caesar and the Kingdom of Heaven. There are no two days in the sky and no two kings in the country. The peace of Rome is a sacred peace that cannot be disturbed by the Kingdom of Heaven. The execution of Jesus was not for secular reasons, but for divine reasons, because "Caesar is holy"]
[Because the Kingdom of Heaven has not come, the poor people in this world have to bear the cross and have to endure in silence. 】
[Today’s priests are no longer martyred. They have become accomplices of the Roman Caesar and betrayed the Kingdom of Heaven. 】
[Only when the sword that suppresses the poor also strikes the priest can it be clearly shown that their faith is not empty. 】
[Only when watered with the blood of priests and poor people can the seeds of the gospel become the fruits of the kingdom of heaven. 】
[They will join the poor to make up for the lack of suffering on the cross, truly becoming the body of Christ and becoming one with the Lord. 】
This is what Archos saw from that note, and it was also what he longed for from the bottom of his heart. A little spirituality from the Holy Spirit plucked his heartstrings, causing him to devote himself crazily to the work of theoretical compilation. middle.
He realized that a new round of religious reform would arise again from the frontier of Christendom, and he was a participant in it, close to the center of the storm of the times.
The upcoming religious reform was not the first time. As early as the beginning of Jesus' ministry, it was actually a reform of Judaism. Then the Apostle Paul made Christianity a universal church, which was another religious reform.
The religious reform that people often call it actually broke out in the 16th century, roughly 350 years later. That reform directly changed the religious pattern of Europe and had a major impact on European politics, economy, and culture.
The most intuitive expression is that the religious reform in the 16th century broke the Holy See's monopoly on religious authority in Western Europe.
The monopoly of religious authority is essentially the monopoly of the right to interpret scriptures, that is, which scriptures should be interpreted and how to interpret them.
The effect of this power in the Celestial Dynasty is similar to formulating the Three Guidelines and Five Constant Rules, clarifying social order, clarifying who is the ruler and safeguarding their interests.
The Catholic monopoly on religious authority in Western Europe played the role of "deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone," making Western Europe highly ideologically constrained.
And because the Holy See is a secular institution that actually exists, relying on their monopoly of exegesis power, churches everywhere can use the name of God to collect a lot of wealth for themselves.
The clergy became a nakedly privileged class.
With the accumulation of a large number of contradictions, dissatisfaction with the Catholic monopoly on religious authority and dissatisfaction with the economic exploitation and oppression of the Catholic clergy, Western Europe has essentially become a powder keg.
Martin Luther ignited this powder keg. His behavior was similar to the Togu reform, which used the name of Zhengyuan to elevate the status of the Bible, vetoed the Holy See’s religious authority, weakened the privileged status of the priests, and attacked the church’s authority. economic exploitation.
Because this kind of thinking met the unanimous needs of the monarchs, merchants, and common people in North Germany, the vigorous religious reform began.
Of course, three feet of ice did not freeze overnight. The 16th century was just an outbreak of contradictions, not a process of accumulation of contradictions.
You must know that as early as the 11th century, more than a hundred years before the time of Gehrys, the Roman Church had already begun selling indulgences.
Just because conflicts are not aroused does not mean that conflicts do not exist. You must know that the iceberg exposed on the sea is just a small tip of it.
Garris's arrival was not so much about creating conflicts as it was about forcibly pulling out hidden conflicts.
As for the Orthodox Church, it is not perfect, because it has become a vassal of secular power. Although it will not be pushed to the forefront, it can be said to have hidden problems.
In order to cure his illness, Arthos was willing to admit that Garris was a prophet, and did not want to let the scene that happened in the Cyprus church reappear before his eyes.
Of course, when Garris threw the notes he wrote to Aljos, he did not simply ask him to help him organize the theory. His expectation for Aljos was that he could take over part of the work he was doing and participate in the school. in the education of theology and philosophy majors.
It is already March, and the spring rain has also fallen. Now the grains on the cultivated land have begun to fill after earing, and they will wait until May.
It has been a full year since Garris came back from the dead.
By that time, the wheat fields on the ground would be harvested and war could start at any time, so naturally I would have no time to stay in school and teach.
Fortunately, Aljos is here now, and it seems that he is quite interested in this job. Garris also found some of the ideas he raised interesting.
In addition to the first disciples he accepted, now, after a year of teaching by words and deeds, they have grasped some core principles and can assist in teaching as senior students.
Then when the war breaks out, I can withdraw from the school.
As for the other three people, Garris also talked to them.
Indeed, Garris has set them free, but now the situation in the Holy Land is unstable and war may break out at any time. If they were allowed to leave Transjordan territory on their own, they would be easily drawn into the war.
In addition, Garris provided each of them with generous job benefits, so they all signed three-year work contracts.
The Greek doctor entered the hospital, and the two businessmen began to settle some less important accounts while teaching in the school.
Although the Garris system does not require a group of professional bureaucrats, the demand for accountants will only get higher and higher.
After all, local constituency councils pay taxes and need someone to calculate the tax amount to avoid widespread tax evasion.
In each workshop and shop, including the purchase and sale of caravans, someone has to settle the accounts for profits or losses.
As of now, the stall has not been opened yet. Garris relies on his own brains and Isabella's help to make overall plans.
After the subsequent industrial chain is completely established, unless Garris evolves into an organic supercomputer, he will not be able to control it at all.
To put it bluntly, Garris's main source of income is not from collecting agricultural taxes, but relying on his advanced knowledge to build a state-run workshop.
Later, when the business becomes bigger, Garris will have to divide different industries and establish a real central organization.
At that time, in order to ensure the purity of the Order itself, the Order and the Kingdom cannot yet be integrated into one body.
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The rainy season is over. From this moment on, Palestine enters the dry season. For the next four months, there will no longer be a drop of rain in the sky.
The water level of the river will drop and the sun will become increasingly fierce.
But before that, whether they are Christians or Muslims; whether they are the Ayyubid Dynasty or the Kingdom of Jerusalem; whether they are men, women, old and young, they will all have a good harvest.
Different from the tense atmosphere of war preparations in other places, almost all farmers in the northern territory of Transjordan are silently looking forward to it. They sincerely wish the prophet all the best.
After all, in other areas, a good harvest also means taxation, especially the last good harvest before the war, which requires extreme exploitation!
But it is different in the northern territory of Transjordan. The tax collectors have been completely eradicated, and the head tax is no longer required. There is only a tithe that needs to be paid actively.
This means that most of the grain will be occupied by farmers themselves. Only such a bumper harvest can be a bumper harvest for farmers themselves.
In the past, those so-called bumper harvests were just another feast for the feudal lords.
【You care for the earth and send down the rain to make the earth harvest abundantly】
[The rivers of God overflow with water and provide them with grain. 】
【Your kindness brings good harvests every year, and your steps always drip with fat. 】
[The wild pastures are full and overflowing, and the mountains and hills are filled with joy. 】
At such a time, Pierre submitted a leave application to the company.
Pierre was originally a soldier of Leonard. Near the town of Alhadi, he witnessed the prophet killing people with only words.
He was later taken to the village of Skar to build water conservancy for several months. After the prophet's preaching and inspiration, he decided to stay and join the prophet's side.
Based on this group of soldiers sent by Leonard, Isabella appointed Knight George as the company commander and formed the first professional infantry company in the territory.
Unlike other troops in the territory, their professional infantry can be said to be the only regular army in the territory.
As a professional soldier, Pierre received a basic salary of half a gold dinar every month. Because he also served as a squad leader, he was able to receive an additional two silver dirhams.
Roughly speaking, it is a monthly salary of 8 silver dirhams. This salary does not seem high, but since the company provides all the expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as some benefits every now and then, 8 silver dirhams is essentially pure income.
After more than half a year, Pierre actually saved 4 gold dinars, which was better than most people of this era.
He came to the office of company commander George. There were many people queuing up outside the office, and it was obvious that they were all here to ask for leave.
"How about it? Did the company commander say that we can approve a few more people's leave? It's almost harvest time. Can't you all go back and help?"
"I don't think so. According to the company commander, war is about to break out now, and the company's deployment rate cannot be less than nine-tenths, which means that up to 14 people can take vacation at the same time."
"Alas."
As soon as he arrived, Pierre heard his colleagues muttering.
This group of people is a regular army, and a regular army will have the rules and regulations of a regular army.
Although the prophet gave them good food and drink, some oil and water every day, an egg or something, and even a big meal on Sundays, the rules he set were really tough, and the amount of training every week was quite large. .
Even how many people can leave the military camp on leave at the same time and how many days of leave each time have are regulated.
When it was Pierre's turn to walk into the company commander's office, he saw the company commander drawing in a notebook and grabbing his hair from time to time. Apparently he was worried about arranging the vacation.
It's May, and everyone wants to go back to help their families harvest the farmland. They also want to use their wages to buy some scarce goods in the town and take them back.
But a regular army is a regular army, and training and preparing for war are the greatest significance of this company's existence. It is impossible to open a back door for everyone just because the day of harvest has arrived.
If something happens at this time and the company cannot gather enough manpower, it will be irresponsible for the security of the territory.
Company Commander George, as a knight who had studied in the Royal Palace of Jerusalem, could still distinguish the priorities in the arrangement of this kind of affairs.
Hearing the knock on the door, Company Commander George raised his head and saw Pierre walking in. Then he frowned, flipped through the book in his hand, and said directly: "Pierre, so far, you seem to have never asked for leave to go out. Never? ”
To this Pierre planned to answer: "Yes!"
"Let's do this. I will approve your fake directly, but I can only approve it for 10 days. Remember to report back after 10 days."
"Yes!"
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