Chapter 171 There is a devil in front of the Holy Father's throne
"Yes! Of course there is!"
Horn looked around at the people present and stretched out two fingers: "We have two The first example is to introduce external forces, such as the introduction of the Norn Lords (old barbarians, dual faith) by the Duchess of Hemastone, or the secret party of the Black Snake Bay introduced by Catherine. "
"We can't do it." Jeanne understood this quite well, "We are not strong enough ourselves, and no external force will support us in vain."
Glanced at Jeanne in surprise, Horne He continued: "The second one is to slowly cultivate your own power internally, such as the Brago Monastery in Kasha County and the Secret Party in Black Snake Bay."
"It still doesn't work. We only have three months, and Dean Juanno has cultivated two generations and preached for thirty years to this point. The secret party has a history almost as long as the empire." Sissi retorted.
After listening and thinking for a while, Busak’s smile turned bitter: “For us, the former requires channels, the latter requires time, and both require economic support and political capital, no matter which one, We don’t have any.”
All Horn has is a clockwork gun, the blood of the Holy Family, and an illusory reputation.
Clockwork guns still face problems such as power, firing frequency, number of shots, etc., while the blood of the Holy Family is uncertain. Horn himself does not know when the Holy Family can be spread and to whom. Holy family.
“Don’t be so pessimistic.” Horn continued his analysis, “If we look at the essence through the phenomenon, we will find that their essence is to introduce authority independent of the church and the empire on the basis of material protection.”
"Take the Secret Party as an example. They do not consider themselves to be members of the Empire, not people of Myrcella, so naturally they are not afraid of the knights and priests of the Empire.
What they fear is only the extraordinary itself, not the knights.< br>
When our refugees face the empire and the church, they do not regard them as enemies, but as a righteous party, as if their uprising is wrong
Even if they are fighting. They just use war to induce surrender, and use war to force the church to accept its own surrender.”
This common mentality is a manifestation of the lack of cohesion within the Salvation Army.
The lack of cohesion and confidence in the future, but full of fear of the imperial church, is the biggest crisis within the Salvation Army at present.
To put it simply, refugees are unwilling to give up their current interests in exchange for greater interests in the future or greater interests for everyone.
"Isn't this a dead end?"
"No."
In fact, during this period of time, Horn has been combining himself with the refugees and public farmers. exchanges and inspections to think about these issues.
If we consider the similar qualities of unwillingness to sacrifice oneself, unwillingness to abide by rules honestly, unrealistic illusions about reality, unscrupulous means, and self-interest, all these similar qualities are called insect nature.
The elimination of individual insect nature is almost an impossible task, but the unconscious insect nature of the group can be suppressed.
There are many things that can suppress the insectic nature of groups. In Horn's view, the one that is more suitable for the current level of world civilization is the imaginary community.
A simple example of the so-called imagined community is "When I think of Myrcella's power and holiness, even the poorest peasants can't help but puff up their chests in front of the witch."
Mercellaism is a classic imaginary community.
Specifically speaking about individuals, who do the refugees think they belong to?
Are you from Qianhe Valley? Or an Imperial? Or a Messianic believer?
Obviously, these refugees identify themselves as believers more than they identify as Qianhe Valley people, or even as human beings. Angels have descended to earth, yet you still don’t believe in God?
As a believer in Messiah, does what I do count as blasphemy? If it was a mistake last night, should we continue to be wrong?
“It is relatively simple to move from one imagined community to another, and there may even be converts who are enthusiastic, but building an imagined community is a very long process, and we do not have enough time to construct a new imagined community. , and the other imaginary communities are almost all on the side of the church and the empire."
Horn raised a finger: "Juanno gave us an inspiration, you see, although the Juanoists. Their opinions are against the Church of Qianhe Valley, but why are the villagers willing to follow them?
Because in the eyes of the villagers, they are still part of the Messiah system and also represent authority.
In other words, it is very difficult for a priest to write a new scripture, but it is very easy to read an old scripture crookedly.” As for the word stand, who doesn’t know how to do it?
Horn's Myrcella Cult has been completely transformed by him, and now he just needs to continue to transform it into what he wants.
The common people have been so deceived by the church that they don’t even know what the Myrcella Cult is like. It’s not up to Horn to say whatever he wants.
Their foolish belief in the Messiah Cult was originally a shackle used by the church to suppress them, but this also gave Horn an opportunity.
But just as Myrcella can swing the chains to kill all sinners, Horn can also use these shackles to break the head of the church.
"Let me put it bluntly, our Papal State must continue, and the Holy Father may have to come down to earth." At this point, Horn's wry smile gradually subsided, "It's just that our Holy Father It’s not necessarily the same as the Holy Father of the Church.”
"You mean, we want to establish a new Messianic sect?" Armand asked softly, "Then how should we determine our doctrine?"
"There are many, such as people People are equal, and if we refuse, we can add whatever doctrines we need to win over whatever group we want... But this matter is not urgent for the time being, we can take our time."
"Then, Your Majesty, how can we communicate with the refugees and believers. "What do you mean?"
"Isn't it simple?" Horn shrugged, "The church is like this because there must be a devil in front of the Holy Father. After Blue Blood Orphans, the devil has jumped. Come out, the Duke is one, and the Archbishop of Flying Castle Constance”
“Don’t mention the Pope?”
"Don't mention it, the refugees can't bear it for the time being. After Constance, let's slap the Pope again. Now we just throw dirty water on it."
Rene suddenly asked: "What if? Is it true that Johnny VIII sold Constance? Will the refugees not betray us again? "
"As long as we can resist the military pressure, there is a chance that they will rebel again. Very small." Horn stepped forward and patted René on the head, "The root cause of the refugees' lack of confidence comes from their military lack of confidence. As long as we can develop a team that can defeat the extraordinary knight head-on in three months, If it weren't for the witch's army, there wouldn't be this problem.
When the time comes, they will sincerely shout out the saying, "If there is no injustice, kill the injustice."
Rene seemed to understand. He nodded understandingly, and after Horn left, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light: "...I have some doubts."
Turning around and looking at everyone present, especially senior front-line workers such as Armand and Jeanne, Horn said seriously:
"During this period, your job is to promote this. Don't talk about us. It is to fight against the church or the empire, to turn our actions into a factional civil war within the church, and to eliminate the devil within the church!"
"But this doesn't seem to last long, does it?" Armand said hesitantly.
Horn shook his head: "Whether it lasts or not, let's calm people down first. We have other methods."
(End of this chapter)