The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"Son, not having money to buy indulgences is a greater sin than getting pregnant out of wedlock! What about your lover? Let him take out money to atone for you!"

"He still has a family to support."

"Then let your parents pay for it! Otherwise, I will tell the Inquisition, and they will suspect that you were seduced by a ram transformed by a devil, and conceived out of wedlock, and will send you to the stake."

"My God. Don't! I'm calling my father to buy indulgences!"

"That's right. My child. You can buy two at once and atone for him too. And do you still need an abortion?"

"I'm afraid I have to have an abortion. I can't shame my family."

"Then you need an extra indulgence. Because God forbids abortion! You have to atone for your unborn child!"

"Do I have to buy three at a time? It's too much money, and I'm afraid my father won't agree."

"It's okay, we buy two and get one free. In addition, you can buy a few more in case you need to commit crimes in the future. Next time, you don't need to ask me to confess, just go out and turn right at the window to buy indulgences!"

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In short, through various means to accumulate wealth, the Holy See controls more than one-third of the wealth in Western Europe, even greatly exceeding the sum of the wealth of the kings of all countries!

Not to mention ideologically, the Holy See in the Middle Ages formed a unitary monopoly in terms of ideology and culture. The Holy See did not allow any religion other than Catholicism to spread in Western Europe.In order to exclude dissidents, the Holy See established the Inquisition, and set up Inquisitions in various places, and brutally persecuted and killed those "heretics" who refused to believe in the God of the Holy See.For example, "Witch Hunting Movement", "Witch Movement", "Jewish Regulations", etc., cruelly suppress Gypsies, Jews and any witches and witches they identify.

In the Middle Ages, as long as you dare to say a word that is disrespectful to God, or have some unique words and actions, you will be targeted by the ubiquitous Inquisition.If you are caught by them and sent to the Inquisition, congratulations, this place is even more notorious than Daming's prison, and it is basically impossible for everyone to come out.

Diplomatically, at this time, the Pope has become the supreme will of the Western world through eight consecutive crusades.Every Crusade, any king who dared not to listen to the Pope's call, would be condemned by the Holy See or summoned to ask for repentance.

You know the consequences.

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At this time, Pope Paul IV was reciting a poem from "Exodus" in the "Bible" softly:

".〃I am your only true God!"

"There shouldn't be any gods above me!"

As he was chanting, his face had become more majestic (Li Qian's) stern and lofty.

He is the spokesperson of God walking in the world!

The whole world should worship him as if worshiping God!

In terms of power, the Holy See is above the secular monarchy, and it can be said that it is in a position where all streams belong to the clan.

He is the highest god in the entire western world!

He wants to become the highest god in the whole world!

Paul IV raised his mouth slightly when he remembered that he had received a letter from a missionary far away in Daming today.

He went to the desk and opened the letter again.

This was written to him jointly by Limadou, Nimad and others.

This letter describes the progress of missionary work in Daming: With the permission of the Emperor of Ming, five churches were built in Daming, and a few more churches were tried to be built in the north.

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Chapter 570 The European Situation [5]

At the end of the letter, Li Made wrote: "Descartes and Michelangelo were handed over to the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty Yan Song or, and they gave the Holy See a total of 4000 gold louis income. And through the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty, in exchange for 4 gold louis. The silk and porcelain of King Louis have already been shipped to Rome. It is expected that His Majesty the Pope will receive this batch of precious goods in half a year.”

"In addition, Daming has a vast land and rich people, but lacks religious beliefs. This is the fertile ground for us to spread the glory and faith of God. I hope the Pope will continue to increase manpower and material resources to spread the glory of the Lord on the land of Daming."

Pope Paul IV, with a bright smile on his face, but with a high indifference.

"Two lunatics, they are so valuable when they are sold to Daming? Daming is really a fool with a lot of money, hahaha!"

Paul IV felt that if those lunatics who were about to be sent to the stake to be burned to death were transported to Daming in exchange for ransom, and the ransom was exchanged for silk porcelain and shipped back to Europe, the Holy See would explode~ Tens of thousands of louis!

This is a huge sum of money.

You must know that although the Holy See is very rich, the richer it is, the more greedy it is.Otherwise, why would the Holy See sell - indulgences?

Tens of thousands of louis in gold was already a huge sum of money in Europe at this time.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Paul IV's mouth, and he stood up.

However, this small amount of money is not his goal!

His purpose is - to preach!rule!

In front of him was a huge world map.

But compared to the world map drawn by Yan Song, this map is undoubtedly much simpler and rougher. There are large areas of flying white in many places, indicating that surveying and mapping has not been explored.

This map was given to him by the mighty King Philip II of Spain.

In terms of the degree of belief in Catholicism in the whole of Europe, Spain has the second largest number of people, and no one can count first!

Spain's loyalty to God and the Holy See is unquestionable.

If the Pope of the Holy See is a class teacher, Spain is definitely the best, most obedient, and most muscular student in the class.

Paul IV found Da Ming's position and looked at Da Ming with fiery eyes.

"Da Ming, Daming, has a population of hundreds of millions and a vast territory, almost equivalent to the whole of Europe."

Paul IV was full of ambition and whispered greedily.