Todd, who was walking towards the audience room of the palace, looked at Emerson and Moore who were sitting in the side hall waiting to be summoned. He turned to Huggins and said: "Get me the people I want, and... let the servants
Let’s send you a snack and prepare some drinks.”
Watching Todd walk into the audience room with a solemn expression, Emerson frowned and whispered to Huggins: "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood?"
Huggins didn't say anything, but gave the other party a very subtle gesture to pay attention to his words.
Emerson and Moore looked at each other, cheered up, knocked on the door and walked into the room.
"Don't be formal, sit down." Todd opened a document on the table and went straight to the topic: "First, let's talk about the impact of the book Justification by Faith."
Moore, who had only one arm left, leaned over and sat down on the soft chair with difficulty. Hearing the king's question, after nodding to Emerson, he spoke first: "According to people's feedback, in each kingdom,
Clergy, including monks, had a greater response to this book. Some supported the views in the book, while others refuted it."
Todd asked again: "So what is the attitude of the kings?"
Emerson then replied: "The secular rulers don't seem to have much interest in this book. They regard this debate more as a word game between theologians. But there are also a few wise kings who see it.
It’s mysterious, but they all chose to remain silent.”
Todd tapped the table with his knuckles: "This is because what this book tells does not involve their interests. Therefore, pretending to turn a blind eye and not expressing any opinions is their best choice to protect themselves.
"
Moore leaned forward a little, looked into Todd's eyes, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, if you agree, I would like to organize a doctrinal debate!"
"Doctrine Debate?"
"Only by maximizing the impact of this book can theologians and the Holy See pay attention to facts and truth!" Moore said firmly: "In the past, once there was a dispute over doctrine, the best way was to start a debate. Let Fr.
Sitting together with the bishops and everyone expressing their opinions can quickly increase the impact of the book..."
Todd pondered for a while and suddenly whispered: "It's too slow."
Emerson and Moore were both stunned, and the latter asked strangely: "Your Majesty, what you mean by too slow is..."
Todd pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then said: "The debate method may increase the popularity of this book and make people in the field of theology agree with our point of view, but that's all. This approach fundamentally
We cannot shake the religious foundation of the church - the believers, that is, the secular kings and people. Because what we do has nothing to do with their vital interests, they will not care and will not support our actions. Therefore, the next step of the religious reform
The first step should be to point the finger at the church's exploitation of the world."
Emerson swallowed and asked carefully: "Then what should we do according to your Majesty's wishes?"
"Directly attacks all the tools used by the church to amass wealth and power, such as tithes, indulgences and even... the divine right of kings ceremony led by the church!"
The king's words surprised both Emerson and Moore.
On the matter of religious reform, even those as bold and crazy as Moore Rupert were frightened by Todd's remarks and did not know what to do.
Todd stood up from his chair, walked around the room, and said while thinking: "The Bible mentions that one-tenth of agricultural and animal husbandry products belong to God, but when it is actually collected, the physical goods collected by the church also
According to the nature of the product, it is divided into large tithe and small tithe.
Tax, blood tithe, etc. The amount of tax often greatly exceeds one-tenth of the taxpayer's income. This practice makes farmers miserable. Therefore, in the religious reform, our request is to abolish the tithe. This will
Pull the farmers as a group to our side."
"As for indulgences, this is even more ridiculous! As long as a sinful person spends money to buy indulgences, his soul can go to heaven after death? As long as a person devoutly believes in God and is justified by faith, after death
The soul can be saved! Therefore, things like indulgences must also be abolished, which can help us win over the vast majority of nobles and wealthy businessmen!"
"As for the divine right of kingship ceremony led by the church..." At this point, Todd paused for a rare moment, with a hesitant look on his face.
After thinking again and again, he finally said this: "Any king's enthronement ceremony needs to be attended and presided over by people from the church. Otherwise, the Holy See will call the new king a false king who is not in compliance with divine law. Even if it passes successfully
During the enthronement ceremony, the church can also use methods such as excommunication to arbitrarily and completely deprive a secular ruler of his power."
"What we have to do is weaken the relationship between the church and the royal power, and protect the power of secular rulers during the religious reform. This can draw the king as a group into our camp..."
When Todd said this, he sighed and turned to look at Emerson and Moore: "What do you think?"
Moore suddenly jumped up from his chair, his face flushed and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! This is great! This is the religious reform in my mind!"
Compared to the priest's excitement and excitement, Emerson's face was full of worry. He looked at Todd and whispered: "Your Majesty, the book Justification by Faith is just a doctrinal debate. Even if the church is dissatisfied
, there won’t be much action. But what you just said has completely touched the foundation of the church. Do you know what this will lead to?”
Todd stared at Emerson, with no hesitation or hesitation in his eyes, only endless perseverance and bravery left: "Yes, I know! War, a total war!"
"Now that you know...?"
"As I said before, we don't have much time..."
Emerson stopped talking. He looked into Todd's eyes again and finally nodded vigorously: "Your Majesty! Now that you have decided, I will never say anything again! I will make the whole kingdom run at full speed.
Get up and be fully prepared for the coming war!"
Todd nodded gratefully towards Emerson and then turned his attention to Moore Rupert.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will write the most wonderful article and completely expose the faces of the hypocrites in the church!"
Todd smiled and nodded, returned to his seat and sat down.
A knock on the door interrupted the discussion in the room.
After receiving permission, Huggins opened the door and leaned in: "Your Majesty, the person you are looking for has been brought here."
Indicating that Emerson and Moore could leave first, Todd said to Huggins: "Let her in."
A moment later, a handsome woman wearing tight-fitting leather armor, slightly dark skin, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes walked into the king's audience room.
Watching Huggins slowly close the door behind her, Ayesha found a chair at random, sat down on it, and looked at the king at the other end of the table: "Are you looking for me?"
Todd looked at Ayesha with a smile and asked softly: "I heard that you have been looking for Mr. Derek in the kingdom?"
Aisha's pupils shrank instantly, and the expression on her face was slightly defensive: "Your Majesty, do you know his whereabouts?"
Using the power of shaping, Todd transformed his appearance into Derek's appearance under Ayesha's horrified gaze.
"This...how is this possible?!"
Ayesha stood up suddenly, accidentally knocking over the chair beneath her, and pointed at Todd in front of her, her body trembling slightly.
Todd smiled and looked at the other person: "Ayesha, I need your help."