Chapter 32, Knight, Queen and Pope (Part 2)
"...I understand that it is a great honor for me, dear Mr. Knight, to be the guide of the holy angels in the mortal world. And it is even more important for any person to follow the will of God and save the world who are suffering from the plague. Christian Duties ”
Queen Joanna also had a solemn look on her face and solemnly promised, "...I am willing to do whatever I can to save this dying world!"
Overall, the final result of this meeting between the knight and the queen in the holy city of Avignon was a happy one - Joanna, the exiled queen in the most depressed state, received unprecedented good news and a group of extremely tough people. With the strongest foreign aid in history (God + Angel), the battle to restore the country will be won without any doubt, and there is no longer any suspense. The time traveler group represented by Levi Knight, or the "Doraemon Bandit Group" who came to medieval Europe to play tricks on the territory, found an excellent leader who could lead them into Italy to make money
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Of course, the Queen of Naples did have a lot of misdeeds in the history of medieval Europe. She married four husbands in her life, caused a lot of scandals, and finally died tragically at the hands of the Hungarians. She was likened to Cleopatra Cleopatra in the Middle Ages. Petra is as famous as Queen Bloody Mary. But in most cases, it is not because of her bad nature, but because she is so bad at playing power and is so impatient and reckless that she messes up and messes up again and again on "international issues", which is why she behaves like this It was a huge defeat that could not be dealt with, and even his own life was involved in it.
On the contrary, in terms of her true nature, the queen's character is not too bad, and she has done a good job in domestic affairs. She is known as a fair and honest ruler. Even though she has the reputation of killing her husband, she is also very popular in the country. There is a group of fans, so at least there should be no trouble in the short-term cooperation.
Of course, for the time-travelers who do not intend to stay in this world for a long time and have crushing strength, the character of the Queen of Naples is not important - even the best villains who are naturally rebellious, Doraemon also has A way to turn them into three good students in minutes.
What is really important is that this queen has been immersed in the circles of high-level dignitaries in many city-states and kingdoms in Italy since she was a child. She has a thorough knowledge of the richness of the families and the ruling power structure of the Italian states, and can provide information to the "Doraemon Bandit Group". Information from you "fat sheep".
——Even if she herself has limited experience at this age, among her court officials, she can always find a few qualified consultants who are aware of current affairs and capable to help perfect Doraemon's search plan. Specifically, from each building How much "fundraising quota" can the city allocate... No way, for Europeans during the Renaissance, the 1.5 million gold coins (equivalent to 15 billion yen) that Doraemon needs to raise is really It is an extremely shocking astronomical figure. Although the various city-states in Italy are famous for their wealth, Wang Qiu and other future generations also have countless thoughts on how much money can be squeezed out of each place and each person in power: What if they allocate the amount of money they ask for? , but the other party complains about poverty in every possible way, who knows whether these guys are stingy and want money over their lives, or are they too short of money to spend it? Now that the Kingdom of Naples has a well-informed insider, there is no need to worry about draining the pockets of the Italians!
In the end, no matter what the actual situation was, legally speaking, for the Knight of Livy whose fiefdom was in the County of Provence, Joanna I, Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence, was the lord to whom he should be loyal. He led the army to support his lord and return to his country for restoration. According to the consistent thinking of this era, it was a matter of course. Even the most xenophobic people could not raise objections, let alone regard it as an invasion by a foreign enemy.
Well? Charge of murdering her husband? Alas, since the profit-seeking Pope has risked the credibility of the Holy See and publicly declared her innocence, then she is legally innocent. No matter how many witnesses or material evidence there is, it will be in vain. Trying to overturn the verdict is heresy - this This is dirty politics!
After the preliminary deal was basically finalized and negotiated, Levi touched his head and was about to get on his horse and leave, but he suddenly thought of something, so he backed away from the saddle again, then took out a rather exquisite booklet and stuffed it with his hand. into the hands of the confused Queen, "...well, I seem to have forgotten to mention it just now, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, the reason why God sends angels to earth is not only to solve the plague and save all living beings struggling with illness, but also to correct the fallacies in the world and guide people to make up for their sins... This is a brochure distributed by the angels. Your Highness is available when you are free. You might as well take a look at it.”
Queen Joanna took the brochure made of high-grade coated paper and was immediately surprised by its smooth texture, like silk. The colorful poster of selling meat with a "blonde angel" wearing a beach swimsuit on the cover also made the Queen's eyes brighten, who was used to seeing dull and abstract medieval religious paintings.
Turning back further, at the top of the first page is a cute photo of a little black cat holding a toy mouse, and below is a rather horrifying Latin content:
"...The omniscient Lord once warned the world: Cats are friends of mankind and sacred animals. You must love cats as much as you love me. But for a long time, people in the world have always been prejudiced against cats, and even forged the Lord's will to fight against cats. The indiscriminate killing of cats under the banner of the Lord finally led to a catastrophic disaster - the so-called Black Death. , brought by dirty rats. This is God’s punishment for the sins of people who have violated the holy decrees and killed innocent cats for many years. It is also the injustice of millions of cat souls over the years, repaying kindness to the stupid humans who persecuted them. ', the most severe revenge..."
On the upper left of the second page is a fit man taking a bath in a tub, with a little angel scattering flower petals next to him; on the upper right is a hermit covered in dirt and with greasy hair shouting in front of the gate of heaven, but the angels use Tiecha pushed him out. The following is also a description in Latin:
"...The Lord warned the world: Bathing frequently is good for physical health and spiritual purity. A filthy body will only be closer to hell instead of heaven. Those fools who are proud of not bathing for a long time are by no means respectable saints. It just proves his laziness, stupidity and blasphemy..."
"...Wow!" The Queen couldn't help but whistled frivolously, "...It seems like our world is really full of mistakes..."
"...Yes, that's why God sent down angels to guide mankind back to the right path and correct these mistakes." Knight Levi replied with a smile, "...and there must be more people who can correct these mistakes first. Bathe in the glory of the Lord and enjoy the grace of the Lord..."
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Since the Holy See and the municipal government of Avignon had completely collapsed at this time, the remaining citizens in the city were shocked by the miracle of the angel's arrival, and on the other hand, they probably didn't know where the pope and cardinals had gone, so they had been It was only on the afternoon of the second day after the "Angel's Advent" that Clement VI, who had been huddled between two balls of fire all day long, received the first group of messengers in the country castle where he had taken refuge.
——It’s really funny to think about it. A century before the outbreak of the Black Death, Christian missionaries went to the grasslands to meet with the Mongolian Khan. The Mongols asked them to walk between two bonfires, saying that it was to ward off evil spirits. The missionaries He was so angry that he beat his chest and fell down, feeling that he had been greatly insulted. As a result, the Pope himself sat between two bonfires all day long and was smoked. Others wanted to learn the same thing but didn't have that much firewood...
Next, when the pope sent several groups of envoys to the city in disbelief to investigate, and finally confirmed that the miracle was true and that the angels who were treating the plague for the citizens were in the Papal Palace, it was already the afternoon of the third day. . So, when Clement VI returned to Avignon city in a luxurious carriage on the fourth day. His luxurious and magnificent Papal Palace has been completely stripped by Doraemon, as well as the various monasteries and churches in Avignon. These places that have accumulated a lot of wealth from believers have also been completely destroyed by Doraemon. Politely looted.
——Due to the invasion of the Black Death, several monasteries in Avignon have died without a single person left. Naturally, there is no way to prevent a certain robber cat named Doraemon from breaking in and robbing homes; even those monks Not dead yet In the monastery, seeing so many angels forcing their way in, with the "holy light" and "stigma" (plague vaccine) on one side to treat the plague, and on the other side the lightning and fireballs to punish heretics... all of them were so scared that their feet softened. , and had no choice but to let it be plundered. As for the few miserly priests who were completely blocked by gold and silver and would rather die than resist the authority of God and resist the expropriation of property by "angels", they were declared by the eternal "great, bright and correct" Holy Knight Li Wei. For heretics and degenerates, they were burned at the stake and burned to ashes, or were blasted into dregs by impatient angels with fireballs before they could even wait for trial.
In short, the various wealth acquired by the Catholic Church in the past forty years since it moved to Avignon. Except for those properties that cannot be moved, almost all of them have been looted by the "Doraemon Bandits" in the name of God. Empty. At the end, the "angels" also warned the bereaved nuns and priests to be content with poverty and not to be entangled in worldly money, which made these misers so angry that they almost died on the spot.
What even made those traditional conservative priests almost faint was that in the square in front of the Papal Palace, a huge statue of a Lucky Cat was even erected very unexpectedly - but in the cat's paws was a golden statue of a lucky cat (Kin Koban in the Edo period). Japanese gold coins) were converted into medieval Venetian ducats, and another There is also a cross on the cat's neck... A certain blond angel with a big bust is organizing the citizens of Avignon to worship this cat statue; while another one also has angel wings and is chubby in appearance. The strange blue "celestial creature" is preaching to the citizens.
However, the novelty and unique content of this guy’s sermon is enough to make any orthodox church member have veins jumping on their forehead:
“…At the beginning of creation, humans’ barns and fields were infested with rats. God said, let there be cats, so people who suffered from rats came into the world with cats… And God said, you must love cats as you love me. . The original people did follow God's teachings and treated cats as important members of their families, thus freeing their houses. However, as time goes by, more and more fools have completely forgotten God’s instructions. Instead of loving cats, they are contaminated by decadent heretical ideas and treat cats as monsters, even cruelly. He slaughters these cute little lives without knowing that his heart is filthier than any cat..."
"... Seeing that mortals are increasingly deviating from the right path and falling into terrible rat infestations without knowing it, our Lord is very anxious and sends prophets to the earth many times to bring mankind back to the right path. However, the foolish people not only do not listen to the prophet's advice, Instead, you burn them as wizards... You smugly think that this is a sign of piety and can please my Lord, but you don't know that it will only make my Lord's heart burn with more anger!"
"...Now, our Lord has endured it no longer...Thanks to our Lord, Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross for our sins and as a manifestation of our Lord's love...According to the law, almost everything is made of blood. Clean, without shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins!”
"...In the distant past, the Almighty God once destroyed mankind with a great flood, just to punish those ancient people for their serious sins. To this day, our Lord does not mind using the hand of a great plague to destroy you once again. This world you know so well can wash away your sins..."
"...Filthy heretics! Not only have you forgotten the Lord's teachings, blasphemed His laws, and no longer care for the cats that help you catch mice, you actually dare to frame these sacred creatures as monsters and use the most cruel methods. What a crime! ”
"...In order to punish you ungrateful sinners and teach you the majesty of the Lord, the merciful Lord has sent down His power and begun to harvest the lives of those who have deviated from the right path! This is all to punish you for seeking death for many years, The crime of indiscriminate killing of cats
The plague that is breaking out now is actually called the plague, which was brought by rats from the grasslands on the northern shore of the Black Sea. If you don't act in a perverse way, seek your own death, and hunt and kill cats indiscriminately, then these holy creatures can eliminate the rats that spread the plague and block the haze of death from outside your homes. But now it's too late! If you continue to be unrepentant, your city will become a place of eternal death! Just like when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in the old days, no one could survive in a cursed city! And your souls will also fall into hell, entangled by millions of innocent cat souls, and endure endless torture for eternity..."
It was such a sermon that seriously subverted the doctrine, but the believers in the square were fascinated by it. Each one held up exquisite plastic cat statues of different colors and confessed endlessly. Quite a number of them, especially those Black Death patients who were saved from the brink of death, have completely fallen into an unspeakable madness. They actually rushed to kneel in front of the angels and worshiped extremely fervently.
——Seeing such a deviant and pagan-style idol worship actually appearing in front of the gate of the Holy See, a certain member of the Inquisition beside the Pope was furious for a moment, and he had a desire in his heart. The impulse to roast angels alive... Of course, after the impulse passed, he also knew very well that if he jumped out to sing the opposite at this time, then he would probably be the only one who would be burned at the stake in the end...
But he still couldn't help complaining to the Pope, "...Oh God! Can we just allow these heretics to talk nonsense in the Holy City?"
However, Pope Clement VI looked at him with a very amused and strange look, "...Heretic? Who do you think is a heretic?" Then, in this guy's surprised and collapsed eyes, the Pope calmly followed He took out a metal cat badge from his arms and wore it solemnly on his chest. Then he opened a beautiful brochure with an immoral cover and shocking content, and read it with relish...