"Yes, it's a short story," Binglong nodded slowly: "Since its establishment, the Illuminati has been steadily expanding its strength, and it did not stop even in the Middle Ages when the Holy See was powerful. However, in the Middle Ages and before, The progress was not very smooth, so starting from the Renaissance, the Illuminati changed its strategy and focused its development on the upper class of society. Because the Illuminati originated from the bottom of society, they were originally somewhat resistant to the upper class of society, but this change proved to be successful,"
"I know all this," Ling Cang said calmly, "I don't need you to give me popular science."
Binglong didn't seem to hear Ling Cang's words, and continued on by himself: "Since that time, the Illuminati has established good relationships with many ancient nobles and emerging capitalists, and thus gained power to secretly promote human history. The process……..”
"Come on," Leng Xiao interrupted Binglong: "You are just trying to win over a large number of powerful people to achieve a high degree of concentration of power and wealth, and then try to use this to realize the so-called Kingdom of God on Earth. It would be good if you don't turn the clock back on history. , what kind of promotion can we talk about,”
Binglong was not angry. He glanced at Leng Xiao and said slowly: "Human civilization can't achieve today's achievements without the support of these two things, the Renaissance and the capitalist revolution. Both of these things are included." The Illuminati is behind the promotion. In addition, these achievements are also related to the establishment of Country M, and the Illuminati has made great contributions to the independence and prosperity of Country M,"
This piece of history was unknown to both Ling Cang and Leng Xiao. The two looked at each other and said nothing.
“The relationship between the Illuminati and the powerful can be said to be a mutually beneficial cooperation. The Illuminati helps the powerful gain higher status and more wealth, while the powerful use their power and wealth to help the Illuminati achieve their goals. "After a pause, he continued: "In the south of England, there is an ancient noble family, the Newcastle family. This family was originally unknown and did not attract any attention among the many British nobles. However, this family is. He was the first to realize the benefits of cooperation with the Illuminati, so he established this mutually beneficial cooperation with the Illuminati a long time ago,"
"Newscale..." After hearing this, Ling Cang vaguely realized what Binglong wanted to say.
"This kind of cooperation has brought huge benefits to the Newcastle family. They have jumped from ordinary nobles to popular figures in the British royal family. Not only do family members generally hold important positions, they also receive many privileges that other nobles do not have, such as being able to own a private army. ,"
Ling Cang had already found out about the Newcastle family from the book, but he didn't know it was related to the Illuminati: "I see,"
"Also with the help of the Illuminati, the Newcastle family successfully completed the transformation from feudal aristocracy to capital aristocracy before the advent of the capitalist revolution. The old feudal aristocracy declined in capitalist society, but they continued to thrive in the old and new continents. , established many factories and modern enterprises,”
Ling Cang said with a strange expression: "It seems that this kind of cooperation is really mutually beneficial."
"Of course, but unfortunately, the Newcastle family opposed the Apocalypse and did not agree with the ideal of the Kingdom of God on Earth, so they were very wary of the Illuminati. No one in the family joined the Illuminati. In order to ensure the stability of the cooperation, the Illuminati A condition was put forward, that is, every heir of the Newcastle family must be a hostage of the Illuminati for a period of time." After a pause, Binglong explained in detail: "The heir of this family will be sent to the Illuminati when he is very young. He comes to the Illuminati and is educated and raised by the Illuminati. When he needs to inherit the family business, he will leave the Illuminati and return to the family to get married and have children. The first son he gives birth to will be sent to the Illuminati a few years later. The cycle goes back and forth, I think you should know that the tradition of the British aristocracy is that the eldest son inherits the title, so the Illuminati only wants the eldest son,"
"The Illuminati uses this method..." Ling Cang slowly analyzed: "On the one hand, it is to ensure that the Newcastle family will not rebel, and on the other hand, it is to cultivate the Newcastle family's closeness to the Illuminati and ensure that both parties The relationship will become stronger,”
"Young Master Ling is very smart, and he basically guessed it right," Binglong nodded approvingly: "This method is successful. Successive heirs of the Newcastle family are very loyal to the Illuminati, but this loyalty does not mean trust. …”
"What's the meaning,"
"The Newcastle family later established a family rule and obtained the consent of the Illuminati. No family member is allowed to join the Illuminati. Otherwise, he will be expelled by the family forever. From now on, everything about this person will have nothing to do with the family and he will not be able to inherit the family's legacy. Property, no family honor, no longer even the last name Newcastle,"
"It's rare for the heirs of this family to still maintain such sanity under your brainwashing education," Ling Cang shrugged and said, "They just want to use you, that's all."
"But more than a hundred years ago, the situation changed,"
"Really?" Ling Cang realized that all Binglong's words just now were just a foreshadowing.
"The heir to the family at that time, Ogivi Newcastle, swore to join the Illuminati while receiving education from the Illuminati." After a pause, he continued: "The Newcastle family became furious and cut off all ties with the Illuminati. Due to the relationship, Ogilvy’s younger brother was changed to be the heir, Ogilvie’s name was erased from the family, and Ogilvy’s name was not even acknowledged to have ever existed in the family.”
"This will work too,"
"Newskar is a big family with many people in the past generations," Binglong curled his lips and added: "Since the eldest son has been in the Illuminati since he was a child, the second son and other sons are responsible for the family's external affairs. During this period, the family will It is claimed that the eldest son received a closed education in a church school. The eldest son will only appear in the public eye when he leaves the Illuminati and prepares to inherit the family business. As for the British royal family and the country, they think this is a special tradition of the Newcastle family. No one is seriously pursuing the truth. In that era when there was almost no information technology, it was really easy to erase a person's existence."
"Forget it if you don't admit it,"
"What else? Do you think the Newcastle family can clean up the family?" Binglong slowly shook his head: "That means a full-scale war with the Illuminati. The Newcastle family does not have this ability."
"But why don't you admit it?"
"In the superstructure of British society, a considerable number of people have some kind of relationship with the Illuminati, but this kind of relationship can only exist underground, and no one dares to admit it publicly," Binglong said helplessly after sighing. : "First of all, the Illuminati has always been considered a heresy, and no one wants to be associated with heretics; secondly, the British royal family and the Holy See are all opposed to the Illuminati out of their own interests. The former is secular to the British superstructure. The latter is the spiritual leader. No one dares to oppose these two leaders at the same time, otherwise they will be attacked by others. Thirdly, most of these people do not accept the ideals of the Illuminati, because this ideal It will make them lose their wealth and power, so they and the Illuminati can only use each other, and cannot go deeper. For these reasons, the Newcastle family must sever ties with the Illuminati, so this is the only way to treat Ogilvie, "
"I understand, this is just like corruption. In fact, everyone is unclean in private, but on the surface they have to say that they are clean." Ling Cang nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "By the way, New York The Skaar family did this, but the Illuminati did not retaliate,"
"The Illuminati has indeed made an agreement with the Newcastle family and will not admit anyone with the surname Newcastle to join. In this sense, the Illuminati has betrayed its promise first," he spread his hands and said in a very strange way The expression said: "Look, we are actually reasonable, you shouldn't have any prejudice against us,"
Ling Cang could fully imagine that this matter was not that simple at all. There must have been a series of conflicts between the Illuminati and the Newcastle family surrounding Ogilvy, which may have continued to this day, but Ling Cang was too lazy to expose it and just nodded: " What do these things have to do with me?"
"Of course it does matter..." Binglong chuckled: "Ojivi is the war knight,"
Ling Cang was stunned immediately: "What..."
"The Illuminati was originally unwilling to break the agreement with the Newcastle family. The reason why Ogilvy was able to join the Illuminati was entirely because he accidentally met the previous generation of war knights and was appreciated," after a pause, Binglong told Ling Cang: "The War Knight made Ogilvie his disciple. After he ascended to heaven and gained immortality, Ogilvie succeeded him as the War Knight."
"So that's what it is,"
"I know, you have seen the War Knights and were deeply impressed," Binglong chuckled and said slowly in a weird tone: "If you want to embark on the road of heroism, sooner or later you will have to face the Apocalypse Knights, maybe the War Knights Will be the first one to appear in front of you. I can further remind you that although Ogilvy became a shame to the Newcastle family, and for more than a hundred years after that, the family was unwilling to mention it, but they definitely There are some things related to Ojivi preserved. If you want to defeat the War Knight, you might as well find a breakthrough from there,"
"So I should thank you,"
"I hope what I said can deepen your understanding of the war knights..."
Ling Cang interrupted Bing Long: "You can also let me help you deal with the war knights,"
Binglong just smiled and did not respond to Ling Cang's words.
"I'm right,"
"Whether it's right or wrong..." Binglong said, slowly standing up: "I have never said so many things to anyone outside the Illuminati. It should be said that most members of the Illuminati do not know these things. In this way, I can prove my sincerity..."