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Chapter 174 Kingship and Divine Power!
Chapter 174 Kingship and Divine Power!
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When Minnie heard what Spiegel said, her eyes widened in anger, as if she was about to explode, she pointed at Spiegel and was speechless.
"You, you, no matter what god or religion, you must abide by the rules in the Han Kingdom, and you have no privileges, otherwise you will be expelled from the kingdom."
Spiegel said.
"Okay, I'll tell the church your Majesty's words in full. Your Majesty had better be prepared. The Han Kingdom will no longer receive any protection or grace from the Mother Earth God."
Minnie took a few deep breaths before she calmed down, her tone was as cold as ice, and she waved her sleeves and walked towards the door.
"Take this statue with you, or I will throw it away as trash."
Spiegel said.
Minnie paused, then turned around and bowed slightly with a face that couldn't hide her humiliation.
"Your Majesty, please be tolerant, I will ask someone to remove the statue right now."
"Well, I'll give you an hour."
Spiegel nodded.
Seeing Minnie's back disappearing at the gate of the academy, Westin's face was always very ugly.
He is actually a follower of the Goddess of the Earth. Although he is not at the level of a fanatic, his belief is still devout.
Otherwise, when he left Griffin City, Minnie would not have followed him. She was the last speaker of the Church of the Mother Earth in Griffin City.
Seeing Mother Earth being so oppressed at this moment, Westin felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, what the elder sister said is quite good, why don't you let her say it?"
Takimi ran over and asked.
The children all looked over, and Westin also raised his head. He couldn't understand, the Church of the Mother Earth is a church that is very good to the people, why is it not allowed to preach?
"Your question is very good, but everything in the world has its own laws. The so-called gods are either liars with false names or mortals with power. Even if there is no so-called Mother Earth Goddess, the earth and creatures can still live. Very good."
Spiegel said.
"But the eldest sister said that the earth and creatures were created by the Mother Earth, and we should be grateful..."
Takimi said.
"What do you believe in what she says? This king said that he is the God of Creation, do you believe it?"
Spiegel laughed.
"Uh, don't believe me, His Majesty is the king, how could he be the God of Creation?"
Takimi shook his head.
"Isn't this the end? You don't even believe in this king, so why should you believe in that woman? You saw the Mother Earth created the earth with your own eyes?"
Spiegel asked back.
Takimi couldn't speak, he was just a child after all, and he couldn't understand too complicated things.
"Your Majesty, not to mention whether the Mother Earth is the real God of the Earth, but the priests of the church do have various magical arts, which can heal the people's injuries and relieve the pain. The teachings they preach are also to persuade people to be good and teach people If you learn well, it shouldn’t be detrimental to the country.”
Westin interjected.
"Play on your own, I have something to talk to the principal about."
Spiegel said to the children, then he motioned to Westin, and the two strolled side by side through the courtyard.
"Old Wei, why do you think the Church of the Mother Earth withdrew from Griffin City? Is there no believers here?"
asked Spiegel.
"Uh, that's definitely not the case. There are quite a few people in Griffin City who believe in the Mother Earth Goddess, probably one out of ten people."
Westin frowned and estimated.
"Then it's the persecution of Nohara Poison and the others?"
Spiegel asked again.
"No, Ye Yuandu still doesn't dare to attack the Church of the Mother Earth God."
As Westin spoke, he glanced at Spiegel, thinking that you are the one who dared to do such a thing.
"Should be unable to make ends meet, Griffin City is too poor, and the income funds are not enough to maintain the church, so they withdrew."
Westin said.
"It makes sense, so where does the church's income come from?"
Spiegel stood still and asked with piercing eyes.
"From the cost of magical treatment, as well as the rent of houses and land."
Westin thought for a while and said.
"Yes, first of all, let's talk about magical healing. The Church of the Mother Earth's charges are not cheap, and it doesn't allow other professionals to use healing spells on civilians at will, which affects their business, and many people who have no money for healing die in depression like this. , Many of those people can obviously be saved.”
Spiegel said.
"This, this is indeed something that the church does not be authentic, but in order to maintain the church's expenses, it is understandable."
Westin's tone was a little weak.
"What about the rent for houses and land? The assets of the church have always been regarded as the property of the gods, and they don't pay any taxes. This is tantamount to saying that their gods are above the kingdom."
Spiegel snorted coldly.
"Didn't you exempt everyone from taxes for three years?"
Westin whispered.
"Can it be the same? This king can be exempted, but he can also accept it. If you want to preach in the Han Kingdom, you must abide by the rules set by this king, no matter what god you are."
Spiegel said.
Westin now understands that this is a contest between kingship and theocracy, and Spiegel wants to take advantage of the emptiness of theocracy in the Han Kingdom at this time to establish the status of kingship.
But this is still very difficult. As far as he knows, there is almost no kingdom that can really let the king's power override the divine power, except for the alchemy country Ishbal.
I heard that everyone there is fascinated by alchemy, but there is no room for the church to survive.
However, Spiegel's attitude was so firm that Westin could not say anything more. He could only say that he would not let his children have access to any churches in the future.
Spiegel returned to Neibao and immediately began to draw up the church rules of the Han Kingdom.
The first is to prohibit any spread of religion, currently there is only one Almighty God.
Secondly, any religion must pay taxes, and the tax is not light, and it cannot limit the power of professionals to treat the people.
Finally, while spreading the teachings, you must bring yourself, the king of the Han Kingdom.
Otherwise, all believe in God, who will provide him with faith value.
After working for several days in a row, Spiegel finally got a simple religious specification.
This has made him very tired, and he couldn't help but sigh that professional things should be left to professionals, but it's a pity that he doesn't have such talents around him.
Once the regulations are in place, a religious office will be established to be responsible for the management of religious affairs.
Spiegel does not have a suitable candidate for the time being. This person must not have any religious beliefs, because with beliefs, there will be partiality and it will not be possible to maintain justice.
After all, Griffin City is too backward, with a small local population and not many foreigners, so where can we find talents.
Spiegel recruited Mullin, who is the Minister of Construction and has been very busy recently.
While supervising the mining of jade mines by vegetarian orc slaves, a new quarry was opened next to it.
Because many houses in the city need to be repaired with stones, and many new houses have to be built.
(End of this chapter)