Chapter 34 My power as the pope is unlimited
In the vast territory of the Holy El Empire, government has always been nominally governed by the king, and worship by the pope.
Except for the Kingdom of France, which relied on war to centralize power and have a preliminary civil service system, in the other two kingdoms within the empire: the Kingdom of Leia and the Kingdom of Norn, priests are the civil service niche. , the monk is the eunuch niche.
The Holy See leads the priests, and the religious orders lead the monks. The combination of the Holy See and the religious orders is the Church.
The leader of the church is the Archbishop of the Holy City.
The Archbishop of the Holy Cathedral City was originally just one of the five patriarchates. It was only because this was the place where Messiah ascended to heaven and St. Bailey was martyred that it gave the Archbishop of the Holy Cathedral City a transcendent status.
In the hundreds of years of struggle between the Empire and the Church, the power and status of the Pope was gradually achieved.
Essentially, according to the Gospels and ancient church traditions, anyone who is religious can be the pope.
However, how can the masters really let the common people have such important power? They are servants of God, not the servants of the common people.
So, after the evolution of the system, the pope was elected by the believers, instead of being elected by the cardinals, that is, the cardinals, who were elected from the bishops.
As for the nominal status of the cardinals, they are the secretaries of the pope, and the pope is also selected from the cardinals.
So in a sense, the Pope Election Law can also be called the Guard-Secretary Succession Law.
From this perspective, Horn, the pope, is neither in the Holy See City, nor has he been elected as a cardinal, and he is not yet a bishop, so he is basically three times less legal.
Horn tremblingly turned his head to look at Townley, who was kneeling on the ground with his body bent, as if he was more pious and loyal than everyone else.
Look at the leaders, Chilvis, Grampwin...
Although they all had low eyebrows and submissive looks, Horn felt that their eyes were filled with malice and disdain.
You damn rebels, let me seize the opportunity to see if I don’t ask Jeanne to shock you all to the sky!
Standing at the top of the wall, Horn looked down at the crowd below.
On the vast green grassland, under the ashlar brick wall, heads are crowded together, undulating like waves.
Those are the nearby villagers. They all gathered in the Gulag Monastery just to survive.
Most of them were dressed in rags, wearing hooded cloaks and aprons. Most of them stood barefoot on the ground, their bony ankles like dead bush branches.
These people are butchers, carpenters, miners, brewers, weavers, cobblers, trackers and most of all, farmers.
When they looked up, in their cloudy eyes, Horn only saw ignorance, fanaticism and deep confusion.
Horn sighed and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the original pity was gone.
Okay, don’t you want to play this with me? I am playing with you, and if we all die together, I will let you all be buried with me.
"Everyone, I am your new Pope Horn!" Although they didn't understand why the new Pope of the Qianhe Valley people spoke with such gritted teeth, the villagers still listened in silence.
As for Townley and others behind them, they were a little surprised why Horn suddenly became obedient.
"Sinner Horn, although he is the pope according to ancient law, we have to follow the rules and laws. If there is no law, where is the order?"
Horn gave a heavy meal The crutch in his hand was so hard that the crutch, no, the cross frame on the top of the scepter was crooked.
“Therefore, in order to adhere to the law, I still have to be elected by the cardinals. I want to exercise my power as the pope and appoint Townley, Chilvis, Grampvin and Madeleine as cardinals. Archbishop Yi!”
"What!" Tang Li, who was still prostrate on the ground, jumped up like a toad and almost fell into the brazier.
“In the name of the Holy Father, and in the name of the Pope, I appoint Townley as the Metropolitan of the Thousand Valleys, Chilvis as the Metropolitan of the Windmill, and Grampwen as the Metropolitan of the Golden Fleece. Metropolitan, Madeleine leads the Metropolitan of White Sand Land!”
The original gnashing of teeth on Horn’s face turned into a smile, and the previous gnashing of teeth has been transferred to the faces of these four people.
"As for all of you present, you are blessed. Although you are not priests, I grant that all of you have the same origin as priests. Although you are only lay believers, your status is equal to that of priests!"
< br>Thanks to the previous book "The Legend of Rum Rose", Horn's geographical understanding of the empire is much stronger than before. Although he didn't know where these places were, he could tell from the poems and interpretations in the book.
The Windmill Land is the most developed area for agriculture and animal husbandry, the Golden Fleece Beach is the most prosperous territory of the Empire's textile industry, and the White Sand Land is famous for its exquisite glass products.
These three places are definitely heavyweight political and economic bombs in the empire. As for Qianhe River Valley, there is no need to say more. The county officials are not as good as the current management.
Judging from the fact that every time Horn reported a place name, the faces of the following people turned a little greener, there was a high probability that there was nothing wrong.
Townley's beard was almost dyed green by his face. They really didn't expect that Horn had such a skill.
Damn it, if I had known it, I would have recommended him to be the metropolitan. What is the purpose of this pope?
Standing on the wall of the courtyard, Horn raised the scepter in his hand high: "Believers, cheer, these cardinals are from Qianhe Valley, and I have deposed the original four. Bishops, these four standing in front of you are the real bishops..."
"Cough cough cough cough cough!"
A violent cough interrupted Horn. If so, when he glanced at it, it was Tang Li.
While coughing, he looked at Horn with disbelief. Aren't you a secret party? We are all in the same group.
When everything is over, if you fake your own death and pass your position to the unlucky Madeleine, wouldn't you have succeeded in taking the blame? The Secret Party will protect you!
You old secret party still don’t know about this? What do you want to do by dragging us all down?
You know, according to Horne’s words, Metropolitan Constance of the Thousand Valleys is an illegitimate bishop, but Townley is the legitimate bishop!
Then the Archbishop of High Castle, as a subordinate of the Metropolitan of Constance, would probably be quite happy to seize Townley and give a gift to Constance.
If Bishop Gaobao were here, he would probably not be happy, but would be so happy that he would urinate.
What a difference in achievement between catching a ignorant commoner who pretends to be the Pope and catching a group of cultists who deliberately pretend to be the Church!
Especially because it was related to Juanno, Bishop Gaobao wanted to kneel on the ground and beg Horne for more.
He has stayed in this poor high castle for so many years, and this is the blessing he deserves.
Tangley hunched over, stepped forward to hold Horn's arm, and smiled extremely reluctantly: "His Majesty the Pope, this, this is not right, I have done a good job, how can I withdraw just as I say?" ?”
“That’s true.”
Tangli breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then change the appointment to another bishop. You assist me as the pope. This is what you deserve and what I should do."
"But, but..."
"But what?" Horn turned his head to the villagers below, "Believers, my power as the pope is unlimited, you think, right?"
"That's Of course!”
"His Majesty the Pope, we love you!"
"His Majesty the Pope is heaven!"
Having the identity of being born with the same priest, no matter what, most uneducated people are happy broken.
How do they know the twists and turns inside the church? They only know that they are almost the same as the priests.
This is all thanks to the new pope, so naturally we have to support the new pope.
He is worthy of being the Pope of the people of Qianhe River Valley. He has been working for the benefit of his family since he came to power.
Seeing that Horn was still leaning against the wall and seemed to want to talk, Townley was frightened. He winked at Grampwin who was aside, and the two of them stopped Horn. .
"Okay, okay, let's break up. Your Majesty the Pope is tired!"
Without waiting for the villagers below to answer, the two of them quickly took Horn back to the backyard.
What if he continues talking?
(End of this chapter)