18th century total war

Chapter 268 Manipulation of the Spiritual World

Annie looked at Annabelle, who was following behind her, trying to get her two long legs together but couldn't do it. She was blushing, and joked:
"How do men taste?"

"It's...not what I expected.

it hurts...

weak legs..."

Annie looked at Annabelle, who was not walking steadily, with a warm smile on her face, but she let out a helpless sigh in her heart.

She naturally knew that Master Li Wei's violent obsession with Annabelle was not due to Li Wei's attitude towards women in the past. He intends to keep her by his side for a long time!

In other words, the life of this stunning Italian girl has entered the countdown...

Of course, it’s impossible for Annie to say this. It’s not the first time Annie has seen Li Wei’s cruelty, and she’s used to it for a long time. It’s just that Annie feels that Annabelle has such a good skin, but she is dying at such a young age. .

"The Chief Executive Officer is the most dazzling sun in the world. Serve him well, and you will get what you want."

Anne casually said something to comfort her maid, and stopped talking.

Annabel, who was following Annie, had a look of longing on her face.

Annie has seen this expression too many times, and almost every woman who is willing to sleep with Li Wei will show this expression.

They are willing to give their all to serve Li Wei. Naturally, it is impossible because of love. Maybe they will tell Li Wei how much they are obsessed with Li Wei's strong body in bed, but Anne knows very well that most of them The women who had served Levi only wanted the honor of being the Chief Executive.

Throughout the ages, honor has made most people desperate, because honor is often accompanied by money benefits and social status!
Even if it is a seemingly ordinary Medal of Honor, as long as the country that issues the medal becomes stronger, this honor can improve the social status of veterans who receive the Medal of Honor.

Whether it is a man or a woman, the pursuit of this kind of interest is blind and crazy, but men and women pursue it in different ways.

Because women are inherently physically weaker than men, coupled with the discrimination against women in the society of this era, women can only greatly improve their social status and obtain a wealthy and stable life by serving high-ranking men.

That's why in ancient times, in the harem of the emperor of the great eastern country, there was never a lack of women who broke their heads and squeezed in, tried their best to seduce the emperor, and even used very cruel methods to squeeze out competitors and march to the queen's position.

The emperor's harem is the highest battlefield for women to pursue wealth and power!
In the history of the ancient eastern country, there are two very successful and famous women in this regard.

One is Wu Zetian of the Zhou Dynasty who ascended to the throne by herself and became the only legal empress of the great eastern country.

The other is Lafayette Cixi, who is notorious in later generations, who ruined the entire country for his own self-interest.

Leaving Wu Zetian's glorious deeds aside, even Lafayette Cixi, who was notorious for countless generations, is one of the best in the world in terms of political struggle and pleasing men.

Empress Dowager Cixi was able to take power not because of her gorgeous background, but because of her sufficient wisdom and viciousness.

The entire Qing court, when Empress Dowager Cixi was alive, was not afraid of her.

Even Zeng Guofan, a local official with military, political and financial resources, would not dare to rebel when the Empress Dowager Cixi was in power!

As for President Yuan Datou, who later stole the fruits of the [-] Revolution, Man Qing abdicated only after the death of Empress Dowager Cixi.

The Empress Dowager Cixi may be full of ignorance and childishness on external issues, but in the internal political struggle, she made her subordinates and enemies frightened. Don't dare to overthrow the Qing court, which is full of holes.

This may be a typical genius in the nest.

A great person who can leave a name in history, whether it is a good reputation or a bad reputation, proves that the ability of the other party is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The quality of reputation can only reflect a person's morality and character, and cannot determine the level of a person's talent.

Of course, those who ascend to the throne by virtue of their reincarnation status are another matter...

In Li Wei's office in the Tuileries Palace in Paris, Li Wei frowned and asked Manid: "Pus VI still refuses to cooperate?"

"Yes, my lord Chief Executive Officer.

He knew what our army had done in Italy, so he would rather die on a hunger strike than preside over the coronation ceremony for your lord, and he even threatened me that if I forced him, he would crash to death on a pillar in the hall..."

"Hehe, Pius VI is quite stubborn."

"Master Chief Consul, Pius VI is old and doesn't have many years to live. He probably doesn't want to let his Pope's reputation be stained when he is dying."

Manid explained in a tactful tone.

"I'm afraid Pius VI didn't care about the blemishes of his reputation, rather than he didn't want his reputation to be blackened.

But how did Pius VI know about the Italian expedition? "

"Chief Consul, when Karl's army brought back a large amount of 'trophies', the whole of Paris was cheering for this Italian expedition, and there was no way to hide it from Pius VI..."

"Forget it, if he knows it, he will know it, and bring Pius VI to see me."

Li Wei ordered indifferently.

"Master Chief Consul, Pius VI does not want to see you. He said that you are the spokesperson of Hell Satan, who has the ability of the devil to manipulate people. He does not want to betray his belief in God."

After hearing this, Li Wei raised his eyebrows, knocked on the table, and said to Manid in a dissatisfied tone: "As the director of the General Administration of Military Intelligence, don't you have the ability to bring a person unconscious before committing suicide?

What's more, Pius VI was just a weak old man! "

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Manid's forehead. Under the loyalty attribute of administrative enlightenment, Li Wei's dissatisfaction made Manid's psychology full of pressure.

"Master Chief Consul, after all, Pius VI is the Pope of Rome and the only leader of European Catholicism. If we do that, we will be cast aside by Catholics all over Europe..."

"enough!
I can’t control foreign Catholics now. If the French believers dare to spurn me, I will immediately arrest him and send him to a labor office to work as a coolie until he dies!

In my place, I am God!

Hmph, during the French Revolution, even those revolutionary parties who were not on the stage dared to peel off the church's superiority. Is it possible that I still need to respect the church?
Manid, do you know why I have not restored the original privileges of the church in the law?

Those priests and bishops are at best the service departments of people's spiritual thoughts, not the spiritual masters of the people!
God is the true God who lives in people's hearts, not a tool used by these magic sticks to improve their status and get something for nothing!
After I meet Pius VI this time, I will carry out a thorough reform of religion in France. Religion interfering with secular rights is itself an extremely stupid mistake!

I will start from France, set things right, and bring the power of the people back on track! "

Manid listened to Li Wei's extremely disrespectful remarks against God, and the cold sweat on his forehead kept dripping on the ground. The loyalty brought about by administrative enlightenment and the religious beliefs he had accepted since he was a child continued to conflict. In the end, it was the total war system. Administrative attunement is slightly better.

France was one of the main countries that believed in Catholicism in this era, or the whole of Western Europe was a loyal follower of Catholicism. Protestantism only existed in the British Isles and some countries in the northern part of Central Europe.

Eastern Europe was dominated by the Orthodox Church under the leadership of Tsarist Russia.

Although during the French Revolution, the traditional religious forces in France were dealt a fatal blow, and the wealth and foundation of the church had almost been excavated, but belief is not something that can be said to change.

The common people in France just felt that it was unfair for the top of the church to occupy so much property, but they never felt that it was a mistake to believe in Catholicism!
Even Li Wei can't change this point, and there's no need to change it.

After all, people who believe in God and Allah are cheap leeks for Li Wei to support his own government. Why do they have to touch their spiritual world?
People in this era can be illiterate everywhere. Religion is the whole of their spiritual world. The scientific worldview is still a shadow. Without religious beliefs to fill their spiritual world, the whole country will be in chaos!
Do not underestimate the control of religion on the spiritual world of human beings. Even in the 21st century, there are still many countries in the world that regard religion as a legal existence to restrain their own people.

For example, discrimination against women and occupational restrictions in the Middle East are, to put it bluntly, guided by the teachings of the New Moon Sect.

When Muhammad founded the Crescent Church, he clearly treated women as vassals of men. This has continued until the 21st century, and many countries still insist on it!

Of course, the traditional teachings of the Crescent Sect are not unchangeable. Religion is affecting the world situation, and the world situation is also affecting the religious reform, especially those Crescent Sects that have penetrated into other countries of different nations. People's customs have made many changes.

This is why there are many denominations of the same religion.

Christianity has split into sects such as Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodox Church, and Puritanism. The Crescent Church has also split into many factions. Some factions are powerful enough to influence the political situation of a country, while others are so weak that they can only rely on the local government survive.

Li Wei, who comes from the 21st century, is naturally aware of this. After all, the motherland he was born in is a country with religious freedom. The religious atmosphere is relatively loose, and different sects understand it.

What Li Wei wants to do now is to change the trend of Catholicism dominating in Western Europe, create a religious environment that is beneficial to his own rule, and put the religious power under his secular power!

In Li Wei's plan, the best result is to divide all the religious power in the ruling area into a certain department of the cabinet.

When Li Wei arrested Pius VI, he had already ordered the cabinet to prepare to establish a new department-the Department of Faith.

Of course, the most suitable and authoritative director of the Faith Department is the current Pope Pius VI!
At that time, regardless of whether foreign governments recognize it or not, Li Wei can cause an uproar in the traditional Catholic sphere of influence in Europe.

Even if foreign forces join forces with the Catholic Church to support a new Pope, Li Wei can still rely on Pius VI's status as Pope to fight against the opponent.

At least, religious beliefs in France are no longer as chaotic as they are now.

Since the French Revolution, religious conflicts in France have never ceased. Until Li Wei came to power, he could easily suppress the revolutionary party, but he could not suppress the Christians unless he killed most of the French people...

After receiving strict orders from Levi, Manid left the office.

The loyalty of the administrative enlightenment overwhelmed Manid's belief in God, and he had made up his mind to be a blasphemer.

It's not that Li Wei never thought of forming a blasphemous alliance. The Ottoman Empire next door to Europe was very interested in wooing France.

From a geopolitical point of view, France, a traditional European power, has almost no political collisions with the Ottoman Empire. There is a huge Holy Roman Empire between the two!
Therefore, as long as France wants to compete for hegemony in Europe, there is a basis for cooperation with the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire also saw this, so after the outbreak of the French Revolution, it sent secret envoys to discuss strategic cooperation more than once.

In particular, the way the French revolutionary government dealt with the Louis XVI family and the church further strengthened the determination of the Ottoman Empire to win over the French revolutionary government.

The reason is simple. The Bourbon family is a die-hard supporter of Catholicism, and there is no possibility of cooperation with pagans like the Ottoman Empire.

Under the truth that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, the Ottoman Empire felt that there was still a basis for cooperation with France.

The most important thing is that if the cooperation between the two parties is exposed, it will have no effect on the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire is now the absolute leader of the Crescent Church. Among the other Crescent Church countries, only the Persian Empire has the ability to compete with the Ottoman Empire, but it is not the opponent of the Ottoman Empire.

But France can’t do it. In Western Europe, the stronghold of Catholicism, if France forms an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, the deadly enemy of Catholicism, it will spread, not to mention the Catholic countries and Protestant countries in Europe, even the Christians in France will have to make trouble!

Because of this, the leaders of the French revolutionary regime never agreed to cooperate with the Ottoman Empire, let alone attack the Holy Roman Empire.

As for Levi's political views...

Thank you for taking the medicine, did not 666 reward 100 starting coins.

(End of this chapter)