After Becoming The Tyrant

General Carl's outstretched hand trembled suddenly. He was about to take the seal, but at this moment it felt as if he touched a flame.He looked up at young Ferry III in disbelief.

"Ro... Legrand?"

asked General Carl.

The war between Blacy and Legrand has lasted for hundreds of years. The two sides have shed countless blood on the battlefield. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are life and death enemies.

"The knight who pledged allegiance is not as good as Legrand, who has been an enemy for generations. People in the future will think it is absurd to talk about it." Ferry III smiled slightly, "The "Decree" is circulated again, we don't have the time To figure out who the ally is."

The Decree is an important document circulated in all countries within the Holy See's sphere of influence during the ninth century.The content includes the letters of the bishops of the Holy See and the documents of the conferences with various countries.Rather than calling it a "Holy Order", it would be better to call it a "knife on the king's throat".

In the Decrees, the Holy See once again emphasized the absolute status of the Holy See, and took away the appointment and removal of bishops from the king in the form stipulated in documents.In Blaise, monastery nobles and monasteries controlled nearly one-third of the land, and after these bishops were completely controlled by the Holy Court, Blaise had actually appeared as a "state within a state".

"It is true that Legrand's overseas spies are cautious, but after all, they are separated by a strait." Ferry III said indifferently, "Collect the movements of the lowland countries controlled by the Holy Court and pass them on to Legrand."

General Karl understood what Ferry III meant.

Their cooperation with Legrand will never be made public, and it may even be called an "ally" rather than a temporary alliance between the wolf and the lion.

Once the pope's scheme succeeds, Blacy and Legrand will face the most dire crisis at the same time.

Therefore, Blaise cared about the actions of the Holy Court for Legrand, hoping that Legrand would contain the power of the Holy Court.And Legrand will send a way to help King Blaise not be controlled by the coronation and baptism, so as to avoid overnight, Legrand will face a Holy Court with a real kingdom.

General Karl wants to ensure that those who carry out the order do not know the inside story. Blacy's royal spies will only think that they are collecting information to serve the royal family, but they will not know that the information will cross the strait and be sent to Legrand's king.

If either party is exposed, the other party will never admit it.

There is no sincerity at all, and the two sides are nothing but accomplices with the tiger.

"Let our warriors prepare armor and swords."

Ferry III said that he looked up out of the window, as if he saw the aggressive papal delegation.

General Karl obeyed and withdrew.

…………

In the territory of Blaise, Kolo city.

Under the gray sky, a deacon and a man with a hood got off a black carriage. The man was holding a black leather box.They hurried through the street to the gate of the monastery.

At this time, the Pope's mission was stationed in the monastery in Colo City, and the heavily armed Temple Knights surrounded the Pope's resting place.The two approached, and the long sword of the temple knight was raised immediately, the sword light flickered, and the cold air was overwhelming.

The deacon raised his hand to show the Templars the papal script in his hand.

The Templar put away his sword and stepped out of the way.

"Let's go, Mr. Ansel." The deacon turned his head and said to the man in the hood who seemed afraid of being seen.

The black cloth carriage that sent them moved forward slowly, and when the wheels rolled, bright red blood dripped down continuously, as if the other people in the carriage had been killed.

The person called "Ansel" shuddered and followed the deacon into the monastery.

As the power of the entire holy court lives, the room where the pope rests in the monastery can be called simple.Apart from the luxurious St. Court carriage, the Pope had no other decorations on this trip.

The deacon solemnly stepped into the pope's lounge, followed by Ansel.As soon as he entered, his breath was slightly suffocated. In a small room sat two bishops of the Holy See Cardinals, one was very young and the other was gray-haired.And other people from the Pope's Secretariat stood still.

Unable to restrain his trembling, Ansel took off his hood before entering the room.If General Karl was here, he would be able to recognize him.

He is one of the deacons of the important castle of the Blacy royal family, and is also a not-low-status earl.

"Prince Charles is willing to dedicate this object to the Holy See."

Under the signal of the deacon's eyes, Ansel crawled down and held the black box high with both hands.

At this time, the Pope was behind the desk in the room, flipping through the documents sent by the Eleventh Ministry.He stopped writing and glanced at the white-haired cardinal.

The old cardinal got up and took the black box from Ansel.The lock of the box was closed, and the deacon stepped forward, took out the key and opened it.A yellowed letter lay on the golden flannelette between them.

The cardinal picked it up carefully, inspected it carefully, heaved a sigh of relief, and presented it to the Pope: "His Holiness, it is it."

The pope took the letter.

Ansel knelt on the ground, not daring to move.

He also knew the contents of the letter.

It was a letter written in AD 723 by King Cremo V of Bracy to the Archbishop of St. Tincias, in which he promised to hand over to the Holy Court the secular dominion of the entire Lowlands and the western part of the kingdom.In history, Cremo V has no blood of the descendants of the hero king. He killed his brother by means of a conspiracy and ascended to the throne. [1]

At that time, the entire Bracy nobles were clamoring, fearing the strong crusade in the country, the conspirator Cremo V tried to get aid from the Holy Court.

Unfortunately, soon Cremo V's knights betrayed and assassinated him.Because Cremo V became the shortest reigning monarch in the history of Blaise, nicknamed "Short-lived King".

With the death of Cremo V, this letter was sealed together with other documents in Blacy's royal archives.

However, Ferry III's younger brother, Prince Charles, who competed with Ferry III for the throne some time ago, stole it at this time and secretly sent it to the Pope.

After the Pope finished reading the letter, he put it down and looked at Earl Ansel, who was prostrate on the ground: "The Holy Court cares about every one of its children, but Prince Charles' contempt for the Holy Court some time ago made those who care about him Heartbroken."

This is a condemnation, but the tone is gentle.

Earl Ansel knew how to answer.Some time ago, during the battle for the throne, it was customary for the Holy Court to support Ferry III, who was the prince. Prince Charles, who turned the Holy Court into an enemy, did something disrespectful.

But that was in the past, wasn't it?

"Prince Charlie has repented of his sins, and he longs to return to the embrace of the Holy Lord. Today, I am here out of Prince Charlie's own will, a voluntary act, and the purpose is to redeem my crimes." Earl Sur raised his hand and made a sign of the cross on his chest.

The pope looked at the others in the room: "My dear friends, do you think this poor young man deserves forgiveness?"

The cardinal, the deacon, and the head of the secretariat looked at each other. They raised their hands and drew a sign of the cross on their chests, reciting: "God, please have mercy on me according to your mercy, and blot out my sins according to your abundant mercy. "[2]

"Father, forgive him, for he does not know what he has done." The pope got up and helped Earl Ansel, who was prostrate on the ground, "The Holy Lord is merciful and merciful, he forgives the mistakes of the lost, and treats them High hopes."

"Father is merciful."

The boulder in Earl Ansel's heart was finally let go, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Then tell him the Lord's delight at his return, sir."

The pope smiled.

After Earl Ansel left, the Pope picked up the letter written by Cremo V and stamped with the royal family seal of Blessy, and he looked at the capable men in the room: "The Millennium Kingdom is approaching, and we are duty-bound The earth should build up His kingdom. St. Peter handed over the two swords to us servants of God, so that we can restore His kingdom."

Others in the room stood up and crossed themselves: "Holy, holy! Lord of hosts, King of kings!"

Beneath the solemn chanting is the light and shadow of conspiracy and sword.

…………

Legrand, Koth Soya.

The shadow of the Black Death receded with the arrival of the king. General Sean took this opportunity to seize the time to organize citizens to join the cleansing operation of the entire city.People scoured the streets with buckets, and the urban sewage system of OCD Architects unfurled three times faster than before.

The blockade is lifted.

Originally worried, for fear that the Black Death would spread to their own cities, they also breathed a sigh of relief.After the Kossoya plague incident, the voices about the Free Chamber of Commerce in the southeast finally gradually faded away.

Since he came to the southeast in person, after finishing the matter of Kossoya, the king took this opportunity to personally handle some affairs along the southeast coast.

As a king, there are two most important responsibilities, one is to lead the army to fight, and the other is to administer justice.

During the period of Mad King Henry, in order to suppress the power of local lords, shortly after the abolition of divine judgment, the trial power of most cases was transferred from the lord's court to the royal court.During the period of William III, the royal family set up the royal court in the center, and at the same time set up the royal circuit court to reduce the burden of the central court.

The courts, which were supposed to be regularly patrolled, were put on hold due to previous civil unrest and subsequent events.If you want to conduct judicial proceedings, you can only go north to the Mezl Palace.Since the king is in the southeast at this time, it is really good news for those who have been waiting for the lawsuit for a long time.

The king also intends to use this opportunity to achieve some goals.

The great nobles of the manors in the southeast are one of the groups most affected by the rise of business in Legrand, and their power is far less than that of the northern land lords.During the trial, the king took the opportunity to deprive some nobles of the land that had been taken by the peasants through bankruptcy.

In the name of the royal family, he rented out these lands at low prices to some free people who were facing the situation of becoming serfs.

Charles was silent for a while after witnessing how the king granted a land disputed by two families to a third family and provoked a fight between the traditional aristocratic forces in the city.

——It has to be said that the monarch has never been fair and benevolent when it comes to controlling power.

After the king settled a territorial dispute that day, General Sean reported:

A painter asked to see the king.

The author has something to say: [1] The practice of the church in history is the real show operation... In the 8th century AD, the Pope’s Secretariat forged a letter from Constantine the Great to the Bishop of Rome, promising to send the entire The secular dominion of the city of Rome and all of Italy and the entire western part of the empire was bequeathed to the Bishop of Rome.This promise is the "gift of Constantine".Then the Pope made power claims to various feudal lords in Western Europe based on this document.

[2] Quoted from Psalm.

Briefly explain the question about the letters of Cremer V in this chapter:

As the monarch's letters, it is an important political archive and falls within the scope of preservation.When the lost king John faced the crisis of an army of 1213 people raised by Philip in 1.5, King John surrendered to Pope Innocent and handed over national sovereignty to the Pope, thereby avoiding the crisis of French invasion.The correspondence between John and the Pope at that time was also preserved as an important file.

Another very important issue is that in the struggle for power, letters and treaties are just props.If Blaise is strong enough to confront the Pope, no matter how many treaties signed by the previous kings, it is nothing.In the medieval wars, how many times did Britain and France fight and then reach a peace agreement, just a few days after the agreement was reached, they quickly tore apart... The decision is the power rather than the tool used.

Even if the file is not preserved, as long as the Holy Court wants to, it can still produce a fake copy.Just need such an excuse and a pretense.The forged letters of the church in the Middle Ages are not one or two letters... This is a professional master (.) History is like this... How many high-sounding things are essentially determined by strength.

In the third section of Chapter 3 of Mr. Chen's "A Brief History of Christianity" "The relationship between social regimes and religious power in Western Europe", there is an introduction to the strength of Pope Gregory I at that time, which can be glimpsed "... Gregory I's economy, Political power is not limited to Italy; in addition to the above-mentioned areas, it has its territory in northern Africa, Dalmatia and southern Gaul. There are hundreds of his estates, and each manor of each estate is owned by According to the practice of the pope's clergy, in addition to running the manor, he is also engaged in business, and is engaged in activities such as trafficking in grain, timber and pig iron..."

Historically, in the eighth century AD, the church owned a large amount of land, and many bishops were also manor owners.In the 11th century, the economic strength of the Catholic Church increased rapidly, and the church occupied almost one-third of the land of the parish.In addition to controlling large areas of land in Western European countries, he also occupied forests, pastures, mills, and controlled industries such as wine making, salt making, and ocean transportation... At this time, the Pope's economic income even exceeded the sum of the income of all European countries.In addition, the church at that time had a huge influence on cultural thought.

In this article, we have already described the historical development of Blessie. Its founding relied on the support of the Holy Court. In the end, the unification of many small countries also relied on the Holy Court to achieve spiritual unity, thus building the foundation for ruling. .As Ferry III said in the article, the Holy Court is deeply rooted in Blacy's land, and its history has been entangled with theocracy from the beginning, and even the framework has been shrouded in the thinking of the Holy Court from the beginning.

The proportion of land controlled by the Holy See of Blaise is based on the historical Frank.

With the Holy Court and Blaise having such a great influence, the authenticity of the letter itself is actually not a problem.Even if the files are not kept according to the regulations, the Holy Court can still forge others.

The point is not what excuses a force uses, but what kind of power it has.

The following are some references [because domestic research on Christianity is relatively unpopular, I only provide some references here]

[1] Wang Jiao. "Constantine's gift"—A multi-perspective analysis of Constantine's contribution to the development of Christianity [D]. Liaoning Normal University, 2013.

[2]郭超.中世纪西欧政教二元格局的社会模式探析[J].江苏第二师范学院学报,2017,33(08):50-55

[3] Yang Changdong. Contribution of Christianity in Medieval Europe [M]. Social Science Literature Publishing House: Beijing, 2000:160.

[4] Chen Qinzhuang. A Brief History of Christianity [M]. People's Publishing House: Beijing, 2004: 133. [4]

[5]] Zhang Wenjian. The Way of Heaven: Christianity [M]. World Knowledge Press: Beijing, 1999:82.