Chapter 18 Colonial Policy (Part 2)
"The devout will enter the temple of God!"
"The devouts are at a high position in the kingdom of God!"
"No matter how much secular power and wealth is, it is not as good as pious faith, God will not judge the level by wealth and power, but by piety."
"In the presence of God, all sentient beings are equal!"
This spiritual belief can not only make believers hope in the next life like Buddhism and Indian religions to maintain order and stability, but also make them more pious. God can harvest a large amount of faith power and high-quality souls. Of course, we must set an example at all times. Believers can obtain secular promotions, hold subordinate positions, and even reduce taxes by relying on piety. This kind of vivid and tangible living example has an incredible effect on consolidating faith.
"The devout believers are exempt from taxes."
“The devout believers are the reserves for clergy.”
"The devout believers must serve as the backbone of the ruling villages."
The reason why devout believers are positioned at the village level is that at the village level, they do not need much talent, but only the above policies and instructions are required. Therefore, devout believers can be competent even if they do not have any special knowledge. If they are at a higher level, they may not be pious, but professional talents who can maintain order and develop. They cannot sacrifice the development of society and groups for the benefit of the church. Moreover, secular power is too corrupt. Although there is a true god in this world, we can know whether every pastor has qualified piety, but this cannot be constantly repaired. Therefore, instead of being undermined by bureaucrats and nobles and constantly breaking out in conflicts, it is better to separate politics and church first. Determine their respective fields and interests and form the greatest unspoken rules of this society.
In a word, we divide power and interests to the nobles and bureaucrats of various kingdoms, but at the same time, the nobles and bureaucrats must also bear all the blame for the church in order to maintain the perfect image of the church.
This system not only meets the needs of professional talents for social development, forms a bureaucratic and aristocratic class, but also satisfies the control of the foundation. This greatly consolidates the power of the church and God. It can be said that even if all the superstructures are betrayed by all the superstructures, God and the church can destroy the entire old aristocratic and bureaucratic class and rebuild the superstructures. Of course, this is really expensive, but it is much better than waiting for the nobles to unite and rebel, and seek destruction by relying on other countries and gods.
He must build a foundation for himself that will never change forever. God must prepare so forth in order to continue to advance, climb steadily and occupy the peak of the world and divine power.
Establish order, establish buffer channels for contradictions, release power and interests, take root, and perfect image. These are all necessary for the foundation of all ages, and are also issues that God really must consider - although I don’t know if this plan can be really implemented, there is at least a relatively complete plan. Compared with this, the gods in this world are in a relatively barbaric and backward understanding of these.
The gods in this world are not omnipotent, and this is even more true for these.
This time, Mr. Ankava came to Di'ankava. As an intellectual in this world and had the experience of actually managing the territory, he had converted to the god Annien Rubuetta, so he was honored to be part of God's huge plan. Of course, for him, he had no consciousness at all. He was just satisfied with eating rich food at the subsequent castle banquet.
The next day, Lord Ankava began to survey the entire territory under the protection of his knight's entourage. First of all, what he was interested in was the newly built streets and the temple of Annien Rubueta. He looked at the crowd and carefully observed the situation in the territory, thinking about what he should do and how he did it. He also knew that he had to make achievements in order to continue the present and truly gain a foothold here.
There are now many busy tenants in the territory, and they rarely see free people. After a while, a man appeared on the street. He was wearing a cloak and a harp and had a leisurely attitude, so he immediately distinguished himself from others.
"God, are there any minstrels here?" Lord Ankava couldn't help but shout.
"Of course there are, although there are only two, but there are not none. Ah, you are Lord Ankava, I have heard of your rumors." The bard heard his voice and looked at it, and said, "My name is Canato."
"I can't believe that there are bards here too!" Lord Ankava said in the purest aristocratic language: "Mr. Cannato, why didn't you see you yesterday? Did you not be in the castle yesterday?"
"Lord Ankava, you are right. I was not in the castle yesterday. I went to the indigenous tribes and now I have to trade and exchange with them. A bard who knows their language and can sing is particularly popular there. Therefore, it is relatively easy to talk and discuss. Speaking of which, I am still your subordinate. I am now responsible for contacting the indigenous areas and the management of the trading area." Canato also answered in the language of the nobles.
"Oh, so that's it. I'm very happy to see you!" Lord Ankava welcomed and said, "I've just arrived here. Can you tell me what the aborigines are doing now? I heard that they even cannibalize people. Oh, God, what a barbaric race this is!"
"Oh, this is just a rumor. It's not the natives on this island who cannibalize the people, but some savages from the outer island. What do you want to know about the natives now?"
"All everything, all everything, sir, you should know that it is my responsibility now."
"In this case, we'll talk for a long time. We might be able to go to the trading area, where there is the only hotel in the territory, and there, you can see the indigenous people who come to trade in person," said Canato.
Lord Ankava agreed to this proposal, so the two walked across the street and walked towards the trading area. This was a place 1,000 meters away, and there were soldiers patrols along the way, but now these people seemed to know him and bow to him. Therefore, Lord Ankava was infinitely satisfied. He grabbed his hat, nodded and gestured.
When he arrived at the trading area, he was led to a room on the second floor of the hotel, which was next to the window, and was greeted by the maid's attentive smile. When facing this young girl, Lord Ankava, who had been on the boat for several months, felt a warm heart.
"Maybe, I can take her to my own estate, exactly like on the old continent." He thought so, but the Canato in front of him had already started ordering dishes.
"Ha, Lord, look, in this window, you can see the natives, who have now learned the short words, such as buying and selling. It is very expensive, salt, flour, and the people below understand what they mean."
Lord Ankava stared down. Sure enough, there were some natives around the stalls below. They were carrying large parcels, and from time to time they took out some animal skins, tobacco they planted, and some small wild sheep that were caught alive to exchange for some things on the stalls.
“What do they need?”
"Everything is needed, pottery, salt, flour, oil, salt, wine, thick wool blankets, even axes, spears, pots, etc., but unfortunately they can't bring out so much goods to exchange for it. After all, although some tribes have planted many wormwood trees, fruits will not be harvested until next year."
"What's the solution for the Bishop?"
"Yes, the most important thing is to pay for work. The territory requires countless workers to work. Therefore, tribes can work for a day in exchange for a pound of flour."
"Will these natives come? Didn't you hear that the natives here have fought with us for a few battles?"
"This is the era of the old lords. Now we have reconciled with the indigenous people. Although the truce for only one year has been said to be a truce. There is no trust between each other, but indigenous people are short of food every winter, many elderly people and children die like this, so they still sent the elderly and women from the tribes to come for food. You see, many elderly people and women are indigenous people and are doing a lot of work for us! With this food, many tribes can barely survive the winter and spring."
Lord Ankava looked attentively, and sure enough, there were indeed old men and women working below. They could tell at a glance that they were indigenous people, and there were also several indigenous men following with spears, which seemed to be a kind of protection and supervision.
Seeing the spear, he couldn't help saying, "Is the spear allowed to trade in the natives?"
"There are, but not many, only the tribes closest to us can buy them. This is a kind of policy differentiation of closeness and alienation. In fact, not many are sold, and it will not improve the combat effectiveness of the entire indigenous people a lot." Canato immediately understood what he meant and said.
"So that's it, so that's it." It was obvious that Lord Ankava breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want the territory under his jurisdiction to encounter indigenous people with sharp weapons.
"His lord, have you noticed one thing? That is, those people are not children or women, and there are many men among them!"
Lord Ankava looked over with attention. Indeed, this group of people was obviously indigenous, but the ratio of men and women was quite normal. He thought for a while and said, "Did this group of people even work here for food?"
"It's almost the same, but it's completely different. You also know that indigenous tribes are big and small, and there are many contradictions. They are not monolithic. They will also start conflicts and even wars to compete for land and hunting land. Because these tribes are too small, wars are losers. In this way, small tribes would be annexed or destroyed by large tribes, but now, they have a new way, which is to surrender to us."
"You mean, there are indigenous people who defect to us?" Lord Ankava couldn't help but raise his voice.
"Yes, this group of people is about 100. It is very difficult for this small tribe to survive. Now that we have come to us, we can get security. The Lord gave orders to protect such tribes. Of course, the premise is that they must work hard and abandon their original indigenous beliefs and believe in the great god Annien Rubuetta. They will stay here for a year or even two years. After they learn how to farm and consolidate their new beliefs, they can freely move to the territory and also obtain farmland distribution."
"Is that so? Wasn't you a slave?" Lord Ankava was a little confused, and then he didn't ask anything. He observed the movements below and thought about it. Until several hours later, Canato said goodbye, and he was still thinking.
In fact, he is not a mediocre second son. He has also learned a lot of knowledge and experience. He broke many of his original ideas in this territory for one day. Without understanding the rules of operation of this territory and the purpose of the lord, he would never act rashly.
Some things in the territory made him feel very good, but some things made him puzzled, and the same attitude towards the indigenous people was the same. For the colonists, it might be best to kill all the indigenous peoples. After all, in order to occupy the land forever - competing for fertility, the sparsely populated colonists are no match for the indigenous people. Only by killing all the indigenous peoples can the colonists slowly reproduce until they occupy the land.
But now, the lord does not seem to be ready to execute this way. Isn’t the lord afraid that he will be assimilated by the indigenous peoples in turn?
Maybe this is the difference between secular aristocrats and churches!
Colonial actions with secular forces involved have to go to the path of extermination of indigenous peoples. This is because to ensure the interests of the colonists, to obtain land and wealth, and to continue to rule, killing them all is the best way.
But for purely religious forces, no matter what population is, it is the source of faith.
The Heim Church, which cooperated with the nobles, could not implement policies other than suppression and massacre, but now a dominant church force can adopt relatively moderation policies to absorb indigenous people into the faith. This is the difference - Lord Ankava, who figured it out, couldn't help but have a very strange idea.
Chapter completed!