Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 356 Major Events of the Country
Even so, Guo Kang also understands that whoever can have the last laugh in each sect depends on force.

For the worship of God, the greatest contribution is undoubtedly the Greeks.They used their knowledge to transform this simple low-level sect into a complete religion.It can be said that without them, there would be no subsequent church and doctrine system.

But in Guo Kang's time, few people knew the contribution of the Greeks to the entire religion and even the underlying construction of European civilization.Even if you praise the Greeks, you are still praising the contribution of classical philosophy to modern philosophy and science.But in fact, this is not a "direct inheritance" process.

The achievements of ancient Greek civilization were not limited to the small Greek area, but the sum of the achievements of various civilizations in such a huge area from Persia to Sicily, from Egypt to the coast of the Black Sea, and from the late classical era to the decline of Rome. .For a long time, the center of "Greek philosophy" was not at home, but in Alexandria.

After the end of the classical era, Eastern Rome and the subsequent Tianfang religion countries continued to develop.The direct source of modern philosophy is also their result, not all knowledge suddenly disappearing and popping up again 1000 years later - which is obviously impossible.

But there is no way, the final victory is Western Europe, and they obviously don't like Eastern Rome and the Tianfangjiao world.The final result is to construct this weird narrative.

On the surface, they are praising the contributions of the Greeks, but in fact all the benefits belong to themselves.People who don't know will just ignore the Arabs and Persians, and those who understand the historical facts and find that the logic is wrong will easily think that Greece has been over-hyped.

Since then, a little memory of the distant past has been rewarded to the Greeks, while the great credit for "reviving civilization" has been left to Western Europe.When someone resents it, let the Western civilization "represented by Greece" take the blame; usually, it is the Western civilization "Western Europe-centered" that guides the Eastern world, including Greece.

Moreover, for the contribution of Greek civilization, only these distant and indirect implicit enlightenments are mentioned, and more and more direct help is ignored in order to exaggerate its own strength.

Even these enlightenments only promote some tools such as philosophy and political theory, and try to avoid talking about the religion that is really at the core of civilization, so that everyone does not understand the great role of the church in promoting philosophy and science, as well as the "Oriental World" A long and powerful influence on "Western" religion.So much so that everyone wants to praise Greece, but they can't praise the real place.

This is of course not that the Greeks have not been strong, but that people often only care about the near future.The "historical experience" they sum up basically only cares about the most recent incident.The Greeks have been dying since the late Middle Ages, so everyone doesn't care.

Similarly, the same is true for the influence of the Persians on the Tianfangjiao world.He obviously has a huge influence, even the mainstream of culture, but who makes him often suffer.Especially in modern times, let alone being unable to defeat the great powers, they were often beaten violently by the Afghans.So everyone just ignored him habitually.

In any case, religion, various ideas, and rhetoric are just means.These methods may indeed be useful, but they also play a role by improving morale and assisting in improving combat effectiveness.If you still can't beat it after the promotion, it's still equal to nothing...

Thinking of this, Guo Kang continued to invite Father Mikhail.

"Our new army comes from various sources. I guess we will face this situation for a long time in the future." Guo Kang said: "My personal abilities are limited and I don't have enough energy. Therefore, I want to find a group of people who not only have integrity A clergyman who is firm and good at guiding believers."

"I mentioned it to the patriarch before, and he promised to help me recruit a group of volunteers. But I don't think this is enough." He explained: "One reason is that there are really insufficient manpower. Another reason is that Our group of soldiers and priests is not only to form this battle group, but to serve as seeds to bring in more recruits in the future."

"If it goes well, we also hope that they can return to their hometown and help form the legion. Therefore, more people are still needed to participate, especially those who are familiar with the local conditions. This will be more beneficial to long-term development."

Father Mikhail nodded, seeming to understand what he meant.But just to be on the safe side, he still asked: "The great patriarch, isn't it possible that they can't even gather enough people like this?"

"The main reason is that my side has overstaffed." Guo Kang explained: "The original plan was to have one hundred households in each manor, with a priest to cooperate with the management. But our system has just been established, and I plan to arrange for every ten people. A monk."

"This is not only to appease everyone's emotions during the war, but there are also many things that need to be done in daily life. For example, in addition to training, we also need to lead everyone to recognize and practice calligraphy, and recite classics. There are also some common sense knowledge. I am talking with the church. Several brothers are cooperating to write a pamphlet, and I have to ask everyone to help teach everyone."

"This is our job," said Father Mikhail politely.

"That's good." Guo Kang nodded: "There will be more things in the future. I plan to let the Order of the Holy Light, the brothers who displayed the steam shrine, also participate. They will train everyone and learn some basic In the future, we can teach them the skills of operating ordnance and repairing various equipment, these are practically useful.”

"In addition, I also plan to take their families into consideration." He continued: "We have to run more than just an army. If we want to ensure the reliability of the army, we must ensure that the entire society is operating normally. Therefore, I think the form of the weaving congregation we discussed just now can also be included. Even not only weaving, but also various handicrafts, where there is a need for improved technology, can be considered.”

"That should be a lot." Father Andre complained: "After seeing the situation here, I feel that all the handicraft equipment in Rose's hometown needs to be upgraded..."

"Then you can try everything." Guo Kang said: "What we hope to change is the entire society, the army and the church, all of which are manifestations of this order. So the improvement of society will also benefit our church and army."

"For a country, the understanding of sacrifice and war is the most important part. This is also the biggest difference between us and the barbarians." He gave an example: "Looking at the entire Mediterranean world, there are not many troops called elites. But without exception, they are all just disposable items, and sooner or later they will lose in a real war."

"And our confidence is accumulated in the ordinary things like this."

(End of this chapter)