The furniture, tea, porcelain, perfume, cotton cloth, cigarettes and other products of the Tuya Kingdom are far more cost-effective than those produced by other countries and churches in terms of quality, quantity, variety, price and value.
Therefore, in foreign trade, Li Feng's territory has been in a state of "superior" all year round.
economy, leading to further population growth.
By the 16th year of Dragon Soul, the Tuya Kingdom had become a superpower with an area of 7.8 million square kilometers, a population of more than 200 million, and an elite force of more than 600,000.
Li Feng was no longer satisfied with a small title of king. He wanted to be crowned emperor and change the kingdom into an empire.
In this world, empires are one level higher than kingdoms, and the emperor is naturally the king among kings.
So, last time he spent a lot of money to bribe a crown from Thomas, the Archbishop of the Northeastern Region. The guy gave him a small crown with three legs of gold on it. He endured it. After all, the country was not long established at that time.
He is too lazy to challenge the church, the behemoth force in this world.
This time, he specially sent an envoy to find the Pope and asked for the largest imperial crown in the world.
This move was flatly rejected by the Pope, who severely rebuked Li Feng's unreasonable request in the name of God, calling it wishful thinking.
There are only two great empires in the world today.
One is the Saihan Empire, also known as the Savage Empire, which rose from the northern grasslands.
One is the Xinlan Empire, which has been strong for hundreds of years and is closely integrated with the Pope.
Compared with these two empires, the Tuya Kingdom, which was newly established, relied on rebellion and usurpation of power, and stood on the blood of countless nobles, was not worthy of being called emperor at all.
"Since you won't give it, won't I snatch it?" Li Feng sneered and immediately made a major decision.
He wants to drop a bomb, something more terrifying than a nuclear bomb, on the heads of the Pope and the kingdoms that oppose him.
I'm just a dungeon maker, so what's the difference in the world to me?
Soon after, a tobacco product called "Strengthening Cream" appeared on the market, and it became popular among the Saihan Empire, Xinlan Empire and the church's senior officials. For a time, these senior officials were all addicted to it and spent all day long.
The sun is flying in the sky, and I can't stop.
Soon, several knowledgeable people in the church came to a shocking conclusion through the economic and trade statistics of the past ten years: if the church continues to grow at 8 million, 16 million, 25 million, 56 million per year...
....120,000,000 and 290,000,000 gold coins are going out at super speed. In another 25 years at most, the gold and silver reserves accumulated by the church for hundreds of years will be exhausted. Finally, there will be no money to use and the church will lose its transcendence.
status.
The toll tax collected by the church every year from the Free Trade Union and the mercenary group under the Tuya Kingdom is only a small amount of output from the land, and it is not enough to buy some of the top-quality blue and white porcelain from the Tuya Kingdom.
As for tithes and property donations after the death of the subjects, they were directly banned by the king of Tuya Kingdom long ago.
After this report was submitted to Supreme Pope Innocent III, it attracted great attention. After some internal consultations, it was decided to limit the quantity of commercial goods circulated in the Kingdom of Tuya, ban the circulation of "strengthening ointment", and impose a 30% commercial tax and mining fee.
Taxes, orders all over the world.
"Pay a cent, not even a penny of commercial tax or mining tax. I want nothing to do with it."
Li Feng was angry, but to this day, he is not afraid.
He was a little excited to face the Pope and challenge the most terrifying force in the world.
"Come on, we still don't know who will win."
...........
Father Paul, who was nearly eighty years old, was lying on the hospital bed dying. Li Feng came to visit him, helped him lie down, and helped him scrub his body. After doing all this, he looked at him quietly.
Seeing Li Feng like this, Paul suddenly smiled.
Outside, he has been disqualified as a priest, but within the Kingdom of Tuya, he is already the spiritual leader of the people of the country, the incarnation of an angel, and his glory is greater than that of being a priest of a small St. Peter's Monastery.
Although it was a bit sad to think that I was excommunicated, at the moment of my death, I had looked past everything.
"What do you want me to do again?"
Father Paul spoke slowly and looked at Li Feng with burning eyes. He knew that this guy's behavior today must be more than just visiting him.
Li Feng sighed: "Before you die, do me one more favor."
"Tell me about it."
"The establishment of Protestantism."
"you........"
"Don't be excited. You will continue to look at me in your old life and see that the world is unified and the prosperous age is coming."
Li Feng stroked Paul's chest, took a stack of documents from the guard, and said: "This is the doctrine of the Protestant religion, I will read it to you... The universe is prehistoric, heaven and earth... heaven and earth are the original
Ping Qi...Man is the spirit of all things and the master of the earth. The person that people should believe in is the Human Emperor, not the Pope...The Human Emperor family and even the respected family should be supported by the world...This
In the world, human rights should be placed above divine rights.”
"Thief, a thief corrupted by the devil, you not only stole the rights of the lord, you also stole the authority of the Lord. You will go to hell, you..."
Father Paul suddenly became energetic and started spraying again. Li Feng didn't even remember how many times this was the first time he sprayed himself.
But he is not annoyed. Perhaps, this is the only person in the world who dares to criticize him in front of his face.
For a long time, Father Paul's spirit became depressed. He was still extremely angry when he looked at the man in front of him, but it must be admitted that this man was indeed great.
A farmer's son climbed to the position of king, and according to his son John, this guy also wanted to be emperor. For thousands of years, it was probably rare for such a person to appear.
Although this man killed countless nobles and church leaders, and although he was stained with blood, the lives of the people under his leadership were indeed much better than before.
It was this man who set his family on a completely different path. It is said that his son John has become a general commanding an army of 60,000 people.
Oh my god, the king of a big country couldn't command so many armies in the past.
Perhaps, this is God's will, an alternative manifestation of the Lord's will.
"I'm old, let my apprentices do it, they will do it better than me." Paul's voice was trembling, his eyes were shining with tears, and he closed his eyes after saying this.
The meaning is self-evident, he never wants to see this bastard Li Feng again.
"Take care of yourself and wait until I catch the Pope to make amends to you."
Paul was furious: "Can you... please don't do this?"
...........
Returning to the capital, Li Feng immediately ordered the expulsion of the domestic priests who were still supporting the pope, supported the ambitious priests, and established the new religion with the twelve disciples of Father Paul as the leaders.
The Protestant religion did not need to pay tithes, and changed the labor of love into paid labor. In addition, the doctrines such as the supremacy of human rights, hard work in this world, and a good pregnancy in the next life were more down-to-earth, and they were quickly sought after by believers, and a large number of believers converted to Protestantism.