Chapter 407: Threat, the destructive power of religious wars
Yang Zong clasped his fists and said: "The Prime Minister is wise, I will send Fu Gu to take care of it."
Cao Shuang thought for a while and nodded: "Lan Shi is a good candidate and quite talented. You can safely leave this matter to Lan Shi."
After Yang Zong exited the west hall, Cao Shuang asked the clerk in the west hall to find the files of the Five Dou Rice Sect and began to read them carefully. After reading them line by line, Cao Shuang was secretly shocked.
Although this Five Dou Rice Cult can't achieve anything big, and although the new Five Dou Rice Cult poses no threat, the old Five Dou Rice Cult has great destructive power.
Unknowingly, considerable forces have developed among the people of Wei, Shu and Wu. If activated, it will still pose a considerable threat to all countries. This also made Cao Shuang feel the importance of intelligence work, both internally and externally.
Still external,
This also reminded Cao Shuang of the famous Crusades in Europe, which lasted for 200 years and were famous religious invasions, and the Thirty Years' War. Although each time was not as large as the Yellow Turban Army, it was still very large.
At that time, it was an invasion and occupation of land against the Mediterranean countries and Arab countries with the permission of the Roman Empire. There were eight operations in total.
But in the end, it ended in failure, which shows that starting a religion in China or elsewhere is not a long-term path and will not work.
Because Jerusalem, the Catholic holy city of the Roman Empire, fell into the hands of Islam, so in order to retaliate and take back the holy city,
The Roman Empire organized a large-scale invasion and retaliatory war by feudal lords and a large number of knights from various places at that time.
The Pope issued a missionary order and launched a missionary movement throughout Europe, calling on Western nobles and knights to sharpen their swords, put on their clothes, and go to the Holy Land to defend Christendom's most precious sites and any Christians there who were in danger.
Call on people to defeat the pagans and recapture Christian holy places to demonstrate their sacred piety.
He then spent eight months lobbying in northern Italy and southern France, inciting religious fanaticism.
In November of the same year, he held a religious meeting in Clermont, southern France. More than 600 French high priests and some feudal lords, knights, businessmen, and some farmers were present at the meeting.
The meeting first discussed the issue of church reform and issued some reform decrees; then, he delivered a very inflammatory speech in French,
He first described the glorious achievements of the French, then listed the various "atrocities" committed by the Muslims, and then proposed "aiding the brothers in the East" and "fighting the barbarians".
"Entering the journey to the Holy Sepulcher (referring to Jerusalem)", "Jerusalem is the center of the world, the land is fertile, like heaven, and it is waiting for you to save it.
You have been given great strength by God, so go without hesitation, and not only will your sins be forgiven, but you will also receive the immortal glory of heaven.”
The church also announced that soldiers who participated in the Crusades did not have to be refined in purgatory after death and could go directly to heaven; farmers and urban poor who were in debt could be exempted from paying interest on their debts, and those who went on expeditions for more than one year were exempted from paying taxes; serfs participated in expeditions
Can gain personal freedom.
The Pope's incitement excited the people present, shouting "This is what God wants!" Many people sewed red crosses on their clothes as a sign of participating in the expedition.
Thus, under the banner of religion and in the name of "holy war", a nearly 200-year war of aggression - the Crusades - began.
It was also the first war in the name of religion in the history of the world. The war lasted for more than 200 years. Both sides invested more than 2 million troops and suffered heavy casualties.
It is not so much the Roman Empire's attempt to regain the Holy City of Jerusalem as it is a war of faith to expand Catholic faith.
Although the Crusades used the slogan of defending religion and liberating the Holy Land, in fact they mainly aimed at political, social and economic purposes, accompanied by plundering to a certain extent.
At the same time, the Crusades had a profound social, economic and political impact on Western Christendom, some traces of which still exist today.
So where did the massive wealth go during the plundering that lasted for more than 200 years? According to the history of the Holy City, some members of the Holy Knights returned to France after the Eastern Crusade, bringing with them a large amount of wealth plundered during the Eastern Crusade.
In 1952, Mrs. Krazia, an archaeologist and cryptographer who had done extensive research on the mysterious symbolism of the Knights Templar, declared after an on-the-spot investigation of the Arzhini Castle: “I am convinced that the treasure of the Knights Templar is in the Arzheni. There I found the key symbol that leads to a treasure trove.
These symbols began to appear on the carved panels of the entrance gate and continued to the Alcemi Tower, where the last symbols were found. I recognized an ancient Egyptian symbol, which showed that in addition to religious relics, there was also a stroke of Worldly Treasures.”
Today, people are convinced that the Knights Templar must have hidden a large amount of wealth, but no one knows where it is and cannot decipher the symbols. Where is the treasure? The answer may be as fascinating as the mysterious symbols carved on the stone. People are elusive!
The Crusades were a long-term conquest of the Middle East and Eastern European countries by Western European countries in the name of religion, which took place from the 11th century to the second half of the 13th century AD.
The stated goal of the Crusaders was to seize Jerusalem from the Islamists who occupied Jerusalem, so their main enemy should be the Islamic regimes in the Middle East.
But in fact, the regimes established by the Crusades in the Middle East basically lasted less than 200 years before disappearing. However, a side result of the Crusades had a permanent impact on the world political situation. Influence,
This is the demise of the Eastern Roman Empire. So what is the ""reason" that made the Crusaders contribute to the Eastern Roman Empire?
The Intrinsic Motives of the Crusades The Crusades originated from a religious council held in Piacenza, Italy, in 1095 AD.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At that time, Pope Urban II issued a public call at the meeting, asking nobles and civilians across Western Europe to organize themselves in response to the Eastern Roman Emperor's request for help. At that time, the Seljuk Turks who were expanding in West Asia recaptured Jerusalem from the hands.
The Crusaders attacked their own compatriots, and their nature of plundering wealth was exposed.
This incident reminds people of the Mycenaean era, when the Greek coalition attacked Troy.
After that, Europe launched five more Eastern expeditions, but they all quickly failed. In these Eastern expeditions, the Crusaders almost always looted and fled, and the hypocrisy of the Roman Pope was fully exposed.
In 1271, Edward of England led the ninth Eastern Expedition, but in order to return to the country quickly to inherit the throne, Western European countries were no longer able to launch an Eastern Expedition.
In 1291, the last stronghold of Acre was captured by Egypt, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem was destroyed. The Crusade failed.
On May 23, 1618, a group of people broke into Prague Castle and took two Holy Roman Empire ministers Wilhelm Graf Slavata and Yaroslav Posita von Martinez and a clerk Philip.
Fabregas was thrown out of the window.
Three people fell into the ditch but did not fall to death. They then reported the rebellion to King Ferdinand. This was the famous "throwing out of the window incident" in Europe. This was a religious war - the trigger of the Thirty Years' War.
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This war wiped out approximately 25% to 40% of the population of the German states; three-quarters of the population of the Lutheran city of Wittenberg was killed, 65% of the population of Pomerania was killed, and Siri
A quarter of the population of West Asia was killed, and nearly half of the men of the German states were killed.
This war completely weakened the Holy Roman Empire, and the Netherlands became independent from Spain. Spain was no longer the hegemon of Europe due to its defeat in the war, France began to prosper, and Sweden became a military power due to the reforms of Gustavus II.