Chapter 341 "The Promised Island of Paradise"
Under the large shed that was once the largest theater in Castle Joan of Arc and is now converted into a theater, nearly a hundred people were sitting to watch a play.
They were both citizen craftsmen and laborers and farmers. They sat together clearly on both sides, looking at the red cloth on the stage in front of them and talking in low voices.
Horn, who was sitting in the first row, was also discussing with Busac. After Armand went to Kasha County for further study, he delivered the latest news from the empire to Fort Joan of Arc for the first time.
“The civil war in the Kingdom of Leia officially started three weeks ago. Royal Duke Luel officially launched a war of succession against Imbra in the name of revenge. His brothers, Duke Neiderbach and Duke Luel, formed a Alliance...
At present, Prince Condé is still attacking Haute River County. He openly wrote to the Holy City to express that he has no ambitions for the throne, but just wants to retain an armed force to fight against heretics and foreign enemies..."
"Saint How did the city react? "Horn interrupted Armand's recitation and asked him.
Busac rubbed his eyebrows: "According to the news Armand returned from Kasha County, there is still a large vacancy. situation. ”
The so-called Great Vacancy is similar to the Great Vacancy in the Empire, that is, everyone thinks that he is the one qualified to be the Pope.
The papal election secret meeting is over, and a Leian Bishop, Archbishop of Windmills, Pugliano of Eagle Point was successfully elected Pope
This was originally a settled matter, but the outrageous thing is that this election is quite problematic.
According to the laws inherited from ancient times, the election of the pope should require an absolute majority of cardinal votes, that is, more than two-thirds of the votes.
But the problem is that the old pope stated in his suicide note before his death——
If he dies, in order to quickly respond to the crisis of the empire, please ask the cardinals of the Holy See City to elect an election immediately , and it only needs to reach a simple majority (more than one-half) of the votes.
The final result was that the unknown Pugliano was elected pope by one vote.
But the biggest problem is that if the vote was taken before the Pope died, it should at least be a tie, not a difference of one vote.
Because the pope’s posthumous letter promoted a young bishop around him, Shirley, to a cardinal.
This resulted in the originally slightly disadvantaged Bishops of Leia being just one vote ahead, and promoted their favorite candidate to the position of pope.
For the bishops of Leia, it is naturally very good, but for Grandivar, who is the favorite to win the championship, it is——
Johnny VIII, you devil You don't follow martial ethics and attacked me, a forty-nine-year-old comrade!
Grandiva, who had borrowed a small loan from the pope and accepted all the gifts, was furious. At the time of the election, seven or eight French cardinals were still in the Kingdom of France!
If normal election procedures were followed and the seven or eight cardinals were present before the election, it would be impossible for Pugliano to be easily elected.
With no other Cardinal Franz present, and only a simple majority, why do you elect him as pope?
So in the eyes of Grandivar and some French people, he is an illegitimate pope and a false pope.
Grandiva immediately requested re-election, but his request was vetoed by the "new" Pope with one vote.
"So Grandivar is expected to proclaim himself the pope?" Horn sighed as if listening to a book from heaven.
“It’s not expected, but it’s already being prepared.” Busac said with a grimace, “According to the news from the monastic system, Grandivoire is expected to announce a new papal election at the end of June.< br>
In fact, all the French bishops in the Holy City and some Ayr bishops have returned to France.
They will be in the French capital, just like the old pope. The pope will be elected quickly by a simple majority.
I am even sure that Grandivar will be elected unanimously. ”
"Unilaterally announcing that he is the pope, tsk tsk tsk, that's too cheap." Horn shook his head in disgust, as if he had forgotten how he became the pope in the first place.
In this case, will there be a strange scene in the empire in July - three popes in one empire?
Shaking his head, Horn put this strange idea behind him. He was about to speak, but he heard a crisp sound of the lute.
"We will talk about the specific things later, let's watch the show first."
As the curtain slowly opened, Horn relaxed his body and concentrated all his attention on this. In the drama.
This scene is the solution Jeanne mentioned earlier. When we were in Heitao Town before, the monks from the Holy Father Order complained that land allocation and the Great Trial were difficult to carry out.
The suffering of many villagers is really worthy of their recognition, and the complaints of Bai Tri Bai Ling will only have 20 to 30% of the original effect.
Horn had to admit that these nobles and the church did have two tricks when it came to using extraordinary power to train the people.
But it doesn’t matter, the contradiction exists, it is just covered up, and it is impossible to ignore it as if it does not exist.
Just like a landlord who lives in a good house and eats delicious food will not let the peasants break their guard, but a landlord who feeds white flour steamed buns to dogs will make the peasants break their guard.
As long as you start from their lives and take your time step by step, you will definitely be able to wake them up.
Horn came up with the idea of drama.
Different from the complicated operas appreciated by the nobles, the plays produced by Horn were quite simple.
Speak in the vernacular, sing in the vernacular, use folk tune accompaniment, let the bard sing the narration, and strive to be easy to understand and close to life.
Horn gave this task to Grampvin. Firstly, he was a witness, and secondly, he came from a circus background, so he would definitely have something to play for.
So in Horn, Grampwin and a group of bards began to brainstorm ideas.
In the end, they wrote the first play in the history of the empire - "The Promised Island of Heaven" based on the deeds of the Blue Blood Monastery and the unknown monk.
For dramatic effect, they did not completely copy the original story, but made many adaptations.
For example, the unknown monk stayed in the monastery for more than ten years, but in the play he only stayed for one year.
For example, the location of the monastery was placed in a countryside, and a knight's clown was added to facilitate farmers' substitution.
This play has five acts in total, using the happy, tragic and sensational ending that is the favorite of the "people".
Many people would have vomited this thing in Horn's hometown, but in this world it is extremely novel.
The five-act play has a compact structure. The first three acts are comedy, telling the story of a thief pretending to be an unknown monk trying to steal the secret recipe of wine.
Telling about how he battled wits and courage with the bishop and the knight, how he found the secret recipe, and made a lot of jokes.
The hidden thread is that the unknown monk gradually fell in love with these innocent orphans.
The fourth act is about the unknown monk discovering clues with the help of the smart and kind farmer, and discovers the truth at the end of this act.
The fifth act is the final outcome. The unknown monk chooses to save these children and die together with the bishop.
But most of the children were taken back by the church and brutally killed. Only the little girl Tess escaped alive and met the Salvation Army.
To this end, Horn also plagiarized many famous quotes from his hometown to add color to it.
For example, on the stage at this moment, the little girl Tess holds the unknown monk's arm and asks, "Is life always so painful? Or is it only like this when you are a child?"
Anyway, as long as it is a suitable quote that can be sewn, Horne basically All sewn in.
When the nameless monk finally made the decision to say, "Either to live or to fight, that is the question.", the whole play was coming to an end.
Many citizens and villagers present could not help but cry, and more people held the armrests of their chairs tightly, as if they were about to rush to save people in the next second.
Horn, who had rehearsed countless times, did not cry. He stared at the scene on the stage, as if he had returned to that winter again.
I wonder what it will be like when this drama is staged in the countryside?
(End of this chapter)