The title on the first page of the manuscript first aroused Pope Pius IX's strong interest.
Before Leo XIII (the next pope under Pius IX), Catholicism had not yet published a systematic article explaining the impact of Catholic ethics on economics. Devout believers always believed that the holy Lord should not be tainted by secularism.
It was so infected that in order to take care of the faith of believers, Pope Gregory had to use a secret method to expand capital.
Many times, Pius IX secretly envied those heretics (Protestants) who could link their religious councils to money.
If Catholicism can make up for its own shortcomings, then it will regain its strength and may even suppress Protestantism for a time.
Thinking of this, the Ninth Shelter Furui Fubo's heart suddenly felt ripples.
Maybe he can become the greatest pope of this century in his lifetime?
An idea grew wildly in the mind of Pius IX like a weed.
Pius IX carefully read every character of "Catholic Ethical Economics" for fear that he would miss important information.
An introduction consisting of only 50,000 French words took Pius IX almost an hour to read.
After reading the first draft, Pius IX also looked at Jérôme Bonaparte with disbelief, as if he were looking at a monster.
"Unbelievable!" Pius IX murmured softly.
"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with this gift of mine?" Jerome Bonaparte said calmly.
Pius IX looked at Jerome Bonaparte up and down again. He still did not want to believe that the article in front of him was written by Jerome.
"Where did you get this article?" Pius IX asked the doubt in his heart.
"Your Majesty, this article was written because I felt that the Holy See lacked economic theory at that time, so I wrote this article in the hope that it can help the Holy See make up for its shortcomings in economics!" Jérôme Bonaparte said.
He spoke to Pius IX with a pious expression and made a prayer gesture at the same time.
Looking at Jerome Bonaparte's pious expression, Pius IX actually believed what Jerome Bonaparte had said to him before.
Maybe he is really different from his uncle?
If the previous Pius IX had to compromise with Jerome Bonaparte based on the interests of the Papal State, then now the balance in his heart really began to tilt towards Jerome Bonaparte.
The two kings of the Bourbon dynasty (the Count of Chambord and Louis Philippe) were far behind compared with Jérôme Bonaparte, who was a substantial help to the papal theory.
I have received countless disgusting complimentary letters.
"Prince Jerome, I noticed that your article seems to have only written the introduction. Where is the rest?" Pius IX was eager to learn the rest of the content from Jerome Bonaparte's mouth.
whereabouts.
"Dear Your Majesty, the rest of the theories are all in the minds of me and my nephew who has great respect for the Lord!" Jerome Bonaparte pointed to his own brain and said: "If you have any questions about my article,
If you are satisfied, I will do my best to complete them!"
"Then I will wait for the prince's masterpiece in the Apostolic Palace!" Pius IX responded to Jerome Bonaparte.
Later, Pius IX and Jérôme Bonaparte discussed a certain issue and proposition in the introduction.
"Your Excellency, you advocate improving social relations based on the obligations of workers, employers and the state to solve workers' problems... This is not in line with the duties of the Holy See!" Pius IX said to Gérault about a certain paragraph in the introduction.
M. Bonaparte said.
Jerome Bonaparte looked at what Pius IX was referring to and thought about it for a long time before he remembered that this proposition was contained in Pope Leo XIII's first social encyclical "New Things" in 1891.
Since the issuance of the "New Thing" decree, the combat effectiveness of Catholic parties in various parts of Europe, especially those in the German Empire, has grown like wild horses and once became the second largest party after the Social Democratic Party.
The power of the decree is self-evident.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask what is the biggest political crisis facing the Papal State now?" Jerome Bonaparte did not directly respond to Pius IX, but instead asked about Pius IX's current situation: "Of course you can also ask about the current situation of Pius IX.
I said that the Papal States are still singing and dancing, so there is nothing to discuss about this issue!"
"The Papal States are now..." After thinking for a moment, Pius IX reorganized his language and asked tentatively: "Is there not enough liberalization?"
Jerome Bonaparte glanced at Pius IX with disappointment. The pope still did not see the essence of the matter clearly. "Your Majesty, I would like to ask if it is really a matter of liberalization, then why is there no crisis in the Sardinian Dynasty?
In the final analysis, the so-called liberalization is nothing more than some upper-class political games. The power of the Papal State is in the hands of you and the Cardinal Order, and some people want a piece of the pie!"
Historically, the Papal States also carried out a liberalization reform, but that reform was just a change of the soup in 1830 without changing the medicine. As the times changed, the people who carried out the reform remained unchanged.
"So should I let these guys come in and get a share of the pie? Why should I sit at the same table with those greedy guys!" Pope Pius IX said angrily.
"Your Majesty, this is what I stand for! Since you don't want those greedy guys to enter, then you must find an ally!" Jerome Bonaparte said to the Pope: "The Holy See needs to help those workers fight for
Rights, "wages" that help workers achieve freedom of association and meet family needs! As long as you unite them, Your Majesty will no longer have to retreat from those guys, and you can even use workers to force them to give up some of their rights!"
"Is this... possible? Those mobs are really willing to accept it?" Pius IX said to Jerome Bonaparte in an uncertain tone.
"Your Majesty!" Jérôme Bonaparte struck while the iron was hot: "Please believe that the Holy See is majestic in the hearts of the people of the Papal States. They were only used by people with good intentions to lead to the current situation! As long as the priests from all over the country can organize them together,
If there is no opportunity for those guys to take advantage of, then you don’t need to give in to them! Win over a group of people and suppress a group of people..."
Jerome Bonaparte also explained to Pius IX the theory of "rural surrounding the city", using the power of the rural grassroots to organize associations to fight against the urban petty bourgeoisie, so as to achieve the purpose of balance.