Great time travel

Chapter 41. Angels also need promotional packaging
In the feudal society of the European Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was a mountain pressing down on the people. It was the most tenacious spiritual pillar of the feudal system. A large political system against the pagan states of the East.It established its own hierarchy in the feudal manner, with its churches, monasteries, inquisitions, and inquisitions in every feudal manor, in every trading town, and, finally, itself the most powerful feudal The lord owns a full third of the real estate in the Catholic world—it can be said that the huge Catholic Church organization is a densely woven spider web that hangs on almost every piece of land in Western Europe. Every remote corner penetrates into every aspect of people's lives.In addition to brutal economic exploitation, its function is to exercise a comprehensive and pervasive spiritual domination over the vast number of people: the Middle Ages knew only one ideology, namely "religion and theology"!
If a revolutionary who wants to change the world and promote the progress of the times wants to successfully attack the secular feudal system from all sides in every country of Western Europe in the Middle Ages, he must first destroy this sacred central organization, at least as much as possible. greatly weaken its sanctity and authority.

If you are a passer-by who simply wants to make profits and extract huge amounts of wealth, you can't get around this huge and pervasive organization.From the perspective of the medieval church, every Christian in this world is a lamb of the Lord, and every coin should be an offering to the Lord—although many people don’t think so, and the church can’t do it Such an exaggerated matter does not prevent many self-inflated priests from recognizing it this way.

In the final analysis, this has basically nothing to do with the world situation in real society, it is an ideological issue.

Travelers are not ignorant of the power of the church, and know that if you make full use of this organization, you will be able to more easily raise the huge amount of money you want, so you will find a way to reach a cooperation agreement with the Pope from the beginning , and so far, Pope Clement VI's attitude is quite cooperative.But the problem is, also in medieval Europe, the strength of the church is not equal to the strength of the Holy See, and the strength of the Holy See is not equal to the strength of the Pope.His Majesty the Pope always directs the Catholic Church, and the Central Holy See often directs the local churches.

Even in the era when the authority of the Pope reached its peak, at least half of the huge Catholic Church was paralyzed or even rebelled, so that Europe did not become a country of corruption in the end.In more cases, what the Pope actually plays in the Catholic Church is just an embarrassing role similar to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council or the President of the Council of the European Union in later generations.

What's more terrible is that in this era of strong religious atmosphere, no matter where they are, a considerable part of wealth is hoarded in churches and monasteries. If the traversers want to raise funds, they have to cut their flesh from the church. It is necessary for the church to contribute both money and effort.

——Under normal circumstances, as the saying goes, taking someone's money is like taking someone's life, even if an "angel" comes, if you want to squeeze out such a large sum of money in one breath, you will probably be mobbed and attacked.Fortunately, the black death is rampant now, and those priests are almost dying, so they don't care about money for the time being... But when the epidemic situation improves, these misers and misers will revert to their old ways and start jumping out to kill.

"...The general situation is like this, although we only took away gold and silver coins, valuable jewelry and property, and some livestock, and left them with more valuable land and real estate, and most of those things were unowned. , but there are always those guys who are greedy..."

Doraemon scratched his head, and explained with some annoyance—due to the spread of the Black Death, more than half of the population of Italy was wiped out in a short period of time. Without the owner, the traverser only took away the floating wealth such as gold, silver and jewelry. As for the land and real estate that could not be taken away, most of them were assigned to the church.

Therefore, in terms of actual income, although the church was forced to contribute a lot of gold and silver floating wealth to the "angels", it has harvested countless mansions, villas, large tracts of manors and pastures, as well as the firmer and more devout faith of the whole people. , Calculated from one income to another, no matter how you look at it, it is already a huge profit-not to mention that it is already extremely lucky to be able to save a life from the Black Death.

But the problem is that humans are always greedy and short-sighted, and often the more privileged they are, the more so.Many priests take it for granted that the manor real estate that fell into their own hands due to the death of the master, as well as the pious belief that has risen sharply with the miracle of the "angel descending", has no sense of gratitude; but looking at those The gold, silver and jewelry confiscated by the "angels" felt like they were being cut from the chest with a knife, as if they regarded those unowned things as their own...

Obviously, no matter in what era, there seems to be no shortage of deadly people with short-circuited brains.So, secretly instigated by some behind-the-scenes men, Rome and Avignon began to rage under the tide, and some people even publicly condemned the traversers as "fallen angels who have failed the trust of the Lord and greedy", calling on those who just The "pure faith" of Christians who recovered from the Black Death will never listen to the fallacies and heresies of these "angels".

"...It's...that's ridiculous! Couldn't the Pope forcefully suppress such a trivial matter?" Wang Qiu blinked his eyes in confusion.

"...It is impossible to count on the Pope. First, he claims that he has no such ability at all; second, those misers are able to make such a momentum. I am afraid that the old man of the Pope and his cronies are behind the intentional indulgence. Maybe it is the same The guys are singing the oboe for us to see!"

Nan Lixiang, a former policewoman with short purple hair, scratched her hair and said with a sigh, "... After all, we are going to raise at least 150 billion yen of wealth from this world, which is 150 million florins or Ducat gold coins are equivalent to the total income of the Holy See for at least four years. Who would be willing to spend such a large amount of wealth? No matter what, the Pope is also the supreme leader of the church, and the interests of the church must be considered."

"...It's really crazy. Letting them survive the Black Death is already the greatest benefit in itself, okay?"

Wang Qiu almost rolled his eyes when he heard that, "...Doraemon, didn't you tell him before? We have to find at least 150 billion yen in this world, which is worth 150 million flor Lin or the wealth of gold ducats, this is absolutely non-negotiable, even if the world is destroyed... Isn't this old guy afraid? He doesn't look like a person who wants money but not life!"

——For such a situation, he was really surprised. In order to prevent the Holy See from messing with his brain behind his back, the traversers showed them the power of various future weapons from the very beginning... Unexpectedly, they would dare Turn a blind eye to the blade under the nose!
However, since it has come to the 21st century, many funny people are still busy with their lives all day long, so maybe this era is no exception.

"...Of course he is afraid, and he also knows that we absolutely cannot afford to offend. So the Pope will never jump out against us, and will even try his best to defend us in words, but he may be negative in actual implementation. Sabotage, just being extra soft..."

Doraemon spread his hands helplessly, "...I just used the [Mini Reconnaissance Satellite] to eavesdrop on the secret conversation between the Pope and some of his confidantes. They seem to be very worried about a problem: Although the minimum we ask for is 150 million gold coins , the whole of Italy can still be scraped together. But the question is, what if we are not greedy enough and want to get 300 million florins, or even 1000 million florins?"

"...So this whole non-violent disobedience movement? Think we're going to be afraid of such a public opinion attack? Damn, it looks like if we don't show them some color, those bastards really think we are Soft and cute Hello Kitty."

Wang Qiu knocked on the table with his fist, "...the so-called non-violent non-cooperation is tantamount to forcing us to use violence!"

"...The way to use violence to destroy is very simple. I have the T-virus that creates zombies here, and I can launch a medieval biochemical crisis at any time." Under the horrified eyes of everyone, Doraemon calmly changed from He took out a virus test tube from the world of "Resident Evil" in his pocket and shook it, "... But the problem is, we are not the devil kings who come to destroy the world, we must maintain our good image! Instead of wasting time and effort like robbers, Murder and arson in one town after another, how can people voluntarily send money to their door so quickly!"

——Ju Chuan Shizuka, a blond female school doctor with a pair of foul-sized ****, couldn't help sighing when she saw Doraemon's behavior, lowered her head again and clasped her hands together, silently remembering her memory The lost virtue of childhood idol Doraemon-kun...

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Just when everyone was discussing and at a loss, a series of hysterical bursts of laughter suddenly sounded in the venue.

"...Hahahaha, ridiculous! Really ridiculous! Look at what you have done? Isn't it just to collect some money? Can it be done like this?"

I saw Professor Guo holding a teacup in one hand and covering his stomach with the other, as if he had seen some funny show, and he looked overjoyed, "... things that could have been talked about openly and aboveboard, but you made them sneaky and seemed to be ignorant." Like people, isn't this self-inflicted?"

——When searching for property before, because there were all kinds of unowned things everywhere, the traversers simply moved whatever they liked, or directly apportioned the money collection. After the absolute strength of the pressure, no matter what troubles these "angels" make, the Holy See should smooth things over for them... I didn't expect that group of greedy sticks would dare to tear things down!
"...As we all know, people will not cherish anything that comes too easily. Due to the lack of publicity before, some people seem to regard saving all living beings and eradicating plagues as the obligations and obligations entrusted to us by the gods. Responsibility should be free benefits that can be obtained for free without paying any price. And all kinds of property collected along the way are our private benefits behind God's back.

According to this way of thinking, of course they will be angry and dissatisfied, and even try to make trouble for us, completely ignoring our kindness for saving their lives!Therefore, if you want to resolve this turmoil, you must correct this wrong thinking of getting something for nothing - you must warn everyone that they are all sinners punished by God, and no one can get something for nothing, let alone pay nothing It is easy to be saved! "

Facing the admiration or shock in the eyes of the crowd, Professor Guo spoke so eloquently, "...First of all, it must be stated that the reason why we expropriate the church's gold and silver floating wealth is not a swindle, but to spur the Catholic Church to maintain a hard life. The basic teachings of simplicity and no personal wealth, purify their already filthy beliefs! Secondly, since every Christian is a lamb of the Lord, all wealth that loses its master belongs to God, and should be sent by God’s messengers. Unified distribution. Of course, how to deal with it and how to distribute it is the business of the angels, and ordinary people have no right to intervene. But after the angels finish their mission and leave, the church can take over the management of this matter—it can be regarded as a blow. A sweet date."

He bowed his head and took a sip of tea, and then added, "...Thirdly, we must emphasize to all Christians that the society they live in is a whole, facing all kinds of disasters that cannot be resisted by human beings, such as plague, famine, and war. , everyone should act in unison, have money to contribute money, and have the strength to contribute, so as to avoid the collapse of civilized society. We "angels" ask mortals to pay wealth, not to fill their own pockets, but to make human society more harmonious and harmonious. Justice. Those who have a high status and enjoy wealth should give back to society as a matter of course. Otherwise, once an indiscriminate disaster such as the plague breaks out, the poor and the rich will die together. This is a social responsibility that no one can escape.

All in all, since some people sing high-pitched axioms and righteousness, we have to fight back with higher-pitched axioms and righteousness!We want to promote love and responsibility, to promote unity and dedication, in short, to emphasize some absolutely correct universal truths!And it is also important to point out that the reason why this plague is so terrible today is that people are selfish and lack unity and dedication.Those who spread rumors and criticize angels are all sent by the devil to disturb people's hearts, and want to push the world back into the abyss of plague and death..."

"...Push the world back into the abyss of plague and death?! That's right! That's how it should be! Why didn't I think of it?"

Hearing this, Doraemon suddenly slammed the table and interrupted Professor Guo excitedly, "...the reason why those bastards who don't know what to do is so bold is not only talking strange things in private, but also inciting the masses to oppose us. Just think that the plague is over, and you won’t die no matter how hard you try? Hey, now I want to let them understand what it means to die after dying! Let those ungrateful fools recall once again The despair of being dominated by the plague, and the fear of not being able to find a way to survive—did they think that we would not release the plague?"

While Doraemon was talking so enthusiastically, he took out a strange machine with a huge jar inlaid with it from the four-dimensional pocket, and knocked on the keyboard and buttons on it, "...Let me see, what interesting things should be cultivated?" The virulent germs or viruses are good..."

——Looking at Doraemon's distorted and hideous blackened expression, everyone in the room couldn't help but look at each other, and then silently lit a candle in their hearts to deeply cherish the memory of Doraemon The morality that has passed away...