Tang Qi Tan

In fact, the process of sneaking into Lance City can be said to be uneventful and without any surprises.As a historical and ancient city, many ditches that have been used since Roman times are buried underground.Find one of the exits, and the rest will not be able to stop the excavation of the "Dimensional Bubble".

And when so many people appeared in the city all at once, a certain city guard captain who had been shaken at first became the most steadfast internal responder and protector; The raised trial and punishment also diverted most people's attention in a disguised form.

Therefore, when a steady stream of Free Army soldiers poured into the city, and with the cooperation of the captain, they quietly raided and opened the nearest city gate, it was no surprise.And Jiang Tian even had the extra mood to bring people to the square in the city center to observe the trial.

Although the ancient city of Lance has been successfully captured, the problems that Jiang Tian or the Free Army have to face have just begun.For example, Giovanni, the archbishop of the Southwest, and his followers who hid in the Basilica of Notre Dame at the last moment, trying to use the holy relics to resist.

It's just that these sacred objects handed down from ancient times may be effective for dealing with aliens; but they are basically not very useful for normal humans, especially those inheritance knights who are responsible for breaking the door.Therefore, their last resistance was quickly suppressed in a swift and messy manner.

Even an attempt by some of them to buy time and set fire to the Notre Dame Cathedral, accompanied by self-martyrdom, failed on the spot.However, for the captured archbishop Giovanni and his followers, the follow-up opinions were decided after several meetings.

The Freedom Army and the National Salvation Government, which are already on the right track, will no longer easily kill people casually; what's more, sometimes the method of direct physical destruction is not suitable for such religious disputes and contradictions; , a self-moving martyr plot.

Therefore, in the end, it was the decision made by Jiang Tian himself. The former Archbishop Giovanni, who had committed major mistakes and crimes, and his cronies were exiled to the overseas provinces of Africa; Carry out a sinful missionary pilgrimage.

This is also a method of disposal inherited by the Council of Nicaea and the Ephesus Council of the Western Continent Church in the past.The former Arians, Nepolises, and other factions that were classified as heretics all enjoyed similar treatment; it's just that the Free Army is not worried about the future.

Because the overseas provinces of the kingdom of Africa are now also one of the few private lands that once taught the heresy Arians.Therefore, Jiang Tian is looking forward to what kind of sparks will collide between the exiled Archbishop of the Universal Church Giovanni and the local African Mission.

And along with Archbishop Giovanni, a group of high-level church leaders in the Northwest Region were quickly escorted south; it only temporarily solved the superficial problems in the city of Reims.However, the Kingdom Church, which has long-standing evils, cannot be easily reformed and reformed by replacing a small number of upper-level figures.

In fact, Archbishop Giovanni himself, who did not hesitate to stand in the camp of diehards, compared to his simple life and aspirations to rectify the church; The precepts of guilt and destruction are too numerous to write down.

But fortunately, what Giovanni had done before made the process easier.Because of the need to convene an enlarged meeting of the Bishops of the Northwest Region to discuss countermeasures, the abbots and bishops of the surrounding provinces were summoned to the city of Reims;

Therefore, teachers and students from seminaries and church schools in the southern control area, Avignon, Toulouse, Marseille and other places were urgently summoned; Reorganization of the Federation of Bishops' Conferences in the Northwest Region.

After completing the follow-up investigation and trial of those corrupt and depraved members within the church, the vacancy left can be filled; the impact and impact of the church reorganization on the local order can be minimized.There is also the release of those arrested Sworn.

And select representatives from them to join the Pious Review Committee formed later by the Freedom Army.Members of the same local church, they are obviously more knowledgeable about the abuses and problems within the church; they also have a realistic need for innovation and change/clearing old accounts.

Therefore, after such an operation, Lance, the holy land of the kingdom that once claimed to have thousands of clergymen and tens of thousands of jihad defenders.Today, there are only less than a thousand clergymen left to meet the minimum maintenance needs of various religious places and daily sacraments.

In fact, after the scene of the burning scene, the so-called jihad army composed of traditional believers and city guards collapsed and disintegrated more thoroughly than those clergy.Some people even changed their positions because of this, and became the witnesses of the church's internal crimes.

Therefore, the Freedom Army did not dismiss them casually, and let them go back to their places freely, which became a potential factor of instability.Instead, they selected the strong and strong ones, and newly formed a dozen redemption companies; then cooperated with the follow-up supplementary companies to suppress and maintain local order nearby.

And in the surrounding provinces of Champagne, Ardennes, and Loire, riots and riots instigated by individual clergymen broke out as expected.Among them, the most powerful one, even with the cooperation of the local nobles, occupied a city from inside and outside, and was known as the Holy Land Guard.

Then, there is no more.Can't wait to show their piety, the newly formed Redemption Company attacked the rebellious city almost crazily; they hanged the priests and followers who instigated the riot, as well as many potential supporters of the city's nobles and wealthy merchant families, on the street trees.

But then, the members of these redemption companies obviously had more than enough to say, and they joined the suppression corps of the Free Army to purge local church organizations and old and new aristocratic forces; die.

And this somewhat made Jiang Tian vigilant and reflective. The pros and cons of religious belief as a double-edged sword can also be seen from this.If you can't control and balance well, you will only be coerced by religious fanaticism, and you will be involved in a catastrophic situation involuntarily.

Therefore, he privately signed an internal order to restrict the use of these newly formed companies full of religious fanaticism; to ensure the upper limit of their input to avoid mutual infection of religious fanaticism; in turn affect the regular troops of the Freedom Army, and even maintain surveillance and suppression the power of.

After replying to a series of official documents, Jiang Tian was also notified again by the outside attendants; After the treatment, I was finally able to come to see him.

In fact, before this, Jiang Tian didn't even know that there was such a person; in other words, he himself was not a serious spy of the Free Army; he was not even the periphery and eyeliner of the development of the field company.The priest Giordano's only link to the Liberation Army comes from Liberation Theology.

Because of some coincidence, he got a copy of "Liberation Theology" that he didn't know how many hands he had; then, he advocated "critically thinking about Christian practice according to the word of God" in it. The foundation, regarded as the true standard, and began to study in depth.

As a result, he also joined a certain study club that had a relationship with the Redemption Company, but his relationship with the Freedom Army was limited to this.Later, he received news from his hometown that his brother was dying in the outbreak of the plague; he took the initiative to rush back to see him for the last time, but he was a step late by mistake.

Then, at the funeral, he treated a guest who had a sudden asthma emergency, and he also received the attention of the local mayor; He is a resident preacher at a church donated by his family.

As a result, because of the behavior of treating believers while preaching, he soon gained a considerable reputation; at the same time, some children from wealthy families were sent to serve as his apprentices, just to observe and learn his medical skills nearby; It doesn't even bother to treat people equally.

However, as Giordano became more and more famous in his hometown, the whole family of the younger brother who had just inherited the family business couldn't sit still; especially when the younger brother's wife heard that a certain nobleman wanted him to return to vulgar life while chatting with the female relatives, it was good. After the rumor of marrying her daughter off, her mentality completely collapsed.

Because, according to the inheritance law of the kingdom, the monks who have been disqualified from the secular life also have the right to claim the division of the family property; He did not hesitate to inform the priest of his many crimes.

So, there is a series of follow-up events.Therefore, most of the church's accusations against him are simply a huge oolong.But surprisingly, according to the records of the church interrogation, it was the torture and cross-examination process that made him more determined.

But in any case, after the miracle of being burned on the spot, he is now the idol and spiritual symbol of those devout companies.In the words of later generations who are not very decent, even if he was so lonely and unknown before, he has already lived out the value of being united in his own way.

Afterwards, Giordano, who was put on a special wheelchair and wrapped all over his body, was pushed in by a trainee attendant, and then quietly exited to close the door.However, when Giordano saw Jiang Tian, ​​he propped up his body excitedly and seemed to want to stand up.

However, he was gently held down by an invisible force; he couldn't help but choked up and said: "Holy One, you...".However, Jiang Tian interrupted him softly: "I am not the saint you imagined, but a person who has power and just came to this world with a mission."

"Follow your instruction, my lord." However, Giordano suddenly realized something, and slowly calmed down.Apparently the saint was thinking freely.After all, even the Savior and the saints around him were persecuted and hated by the secular authorities.

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