Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 105 The Bible Notes on Me (Leader "Lucas the Liar" adds more)
Guo Kang's words made Theodora and Jeanna look at each other in blank dismay.

"Is it necessary to be so... intense?" Jeanna reminded.

"This is a matter of competing for legitimacy, and there is no way to compromise." Guo Kang said: "I have no targeted malice towards an individual of the barbarians. However, the barbarians and Rome are destined to have only one victory, of course. It just got intense."

"What happened to the Roman Commune?" Meltem asked. "When I went to Italy, I didn't seem to have seen a similar organization."

"You have been to Italy." Guo Kang was a little surprised: "But now there are no more. These people persisted for decades, and finally the Bishop of Rome attracted the Alemanni army. The Senate and the Roman Commune were again The barbarians are destroyed."

"That's not bad." Jeanne shook her head, "These Romans are pretty good at fighting."

"Yes, so we have to learn lessons." Guo Kang said: "We must change the religion of worshiping God, but we must pay attention to the method."

"Then how are you going to change it? Make a saint?" Theodora asked.

"This is only a part." Guo Kang said: "Constructing a saint is just a means. Our purpose is to make religious scriptures work for me. In this regard, we still need to learn from Seris."

"How did the people of Seris do it?" Jeanna also became interested: "I have also had a lot of contact with the people of the Ming Dynasty. It seems that I have never heard of them carrying out religious reforms?"

"That was done two or three thousand years ago, of course you don't know." Guo Kang said with a smile.

"Ah? Caesar is only over 1000 years old. What I said before..." Jeanna obviously didn't believe it, and tried hard to think: "That's all, isn't that all a myth?"

"Oh, the Greeks should know." She looked at Theodora: "I was in the theater and saw Troy or something. What kind of story is it?"

"I know things that are too long ago. For you, it may be because the year is too exaggerated and unbelievable. But these are indeed common sense on their side." Guo Kang thought about his words and said tactfully: "If you press The mythological chronology, the religious reform of Narcissus, was indeed carried out when Achilles and the others fought Troy..."

"What did they do?" asked Jeanne.

"Basically eliminated the independent group of religious priests." Guo Kang introduced: "During the Zhou Dynasty, a duke named Dan established a system called 'Zhou Li'. Since then, the secular court has followed the system It annexed the religious priests, making Seris a de facto state that combines theocracy."

"I heard that church and state are united, and churches and religious groups control the political power. Why are they the other way around?" Jeanna still didn't believe it.

"Because earlier, maybe one or two thousand years earlier, the kings of Seris were not ordinary kings."

"The title Wang, in their writing, means ax and axe." He wrote it on the paper and showed it to Jeanna: "This is a symbol of military power. Strictly speaking, the king should be a military leader."

"But in fact, in ancient times, earlier than Yu and Xia, the kings in the land of Seris even had the power of the gods, and often presided over sacrificial activities in person. Strictly speaking, they should be 'witch kings'. "

"If you understand the culture of Seris, you should know the saying that 'the important affairs of the country lie in the sacrificial and military affairs'. It is the tradition there to combine military power and religious power, that is, royal power and divine power."

"It means that the consul also serves as the high priest." Theodora thought for a while and found the corresponding system: "Rome has also tried this kind of thing."

"Yes, but this kind of concurrent role is not stable enough after all. The secular function and the priesthood are still two systems." Guo Kang said: "The real completion is that the priesthood system was annexed and disappeared later."

"You see, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not need to say that he is the pope, or the high priest, or the caliph. But the highest-level priestly ceremonies in Seris are all controlled by the emperor. Even the appointment and dismissal of local gods, he will Intervene. This is the real 'unity of church and state', and it cannot be compared with the little tricks here."

"The Dynasty of the Seres is not an ordinary kingdom. It is not the same concept as France or England. If you have to say it, it is only similar to Rome-because it, like Rome, also has religious significance."

"I understand what you mean." Theodora nodded: "The development trajectory of Rome is very similar to that of Seris, and the people of Serris have already had enough experience and lessons thousands of years in advance. Therefore, we imitate them Reform of the religious system is enough?"

"That's right, that's it." Guo Kang nodded: "You still understand me."

"It's just that people who are familiar with Roman history will find it familiar..." Theodora turned her head away.

"That's true." Guo Kang said excitedly, and continued: "You see, whether Caesar is part-time high priest, or the head of state becomes a god after death, if you know the history of Seris, you are also very familiar with it?"

"What is this..." Theodora didn't reply, and Jeanne obviously didn't know much about the history of Seris.

"This is the middle of the Shang Dynasty." Guo Kang slapped the table: "They also became gods after the death of the king, the same!"

"And after that?" Meltham asked.

"Afterwards, it's time to deify the living emperor." Guo Kang pointed out: "The Barcelius of the Eastern Empire have a bunch of very middle two...I mean very exaggerated titles, even Chronokrator (Lord of Time), Kosmokrator ( Master of space) all of these. Think about it, why?"

"It's imitating God." Jeanna suddenly realized: "Isn't this the power of God?"

"That's right." Guo Kang nodded: "Look, this means that they have developed into the late Shang Dynasty - at that time, several Shang kings began to call themselves 'emperors'. That is to say, when they were still alive, You call yourself a god. Isn’t it similar?”

"So that's how it is." Theodora thought for a while, and said in surprise, "Mr. Huang showed me the genealogy table of the three ancient generations. That's what Emperor Yi and Emperor Xin mean..."

"It should be about the same." Guo Kang nodded: "Unfortunately, their age is too long, and many details have not been preserved. Otherwise, I think the various titles of Emperor Yi and Emperor Xin will probably be the same as those of Barcelius back then. Exaggeration... At this time, even if the 'Witch King' has been upgraded to the 'God King'."

"What about after the Shang Dynasty?" Theodora asked.

"After that, the development of the two sides was different." Guo Kang said: "With the decline of the Eastern Empire, the adaptation and control of theocracy could not continue to evolve."

"As for Serris, after Dixin, it will be the era of the new rules formulated by Duke Dan, as I just said."

"Then what is the king's name in this new rule? Is it a more exaggerated nickname?" Jeanna asked.

"No, it's back to basics this time." Guo Kang said: "When the mastery of theocracy is stabilized, there is no need for so many fancy titles and ceremonies to emphasize the king's control over theocracy."

"At this time, they are only called... er, 'Sons of the Father'." He didn't know how to translate, so he roughly explained.

(End of this chapter)