The short video shows the ancient times, and the emperors cried with envy!

Chapter 604 Imperial Power vs. Religious Power! How many divisions do you have, Pope? Zhang Jue: Excuse me, I do have some!
China's soldiers fighting against floods and providing disaster relief made countless viewers cry. They felt from the bottom of their hearts that this was what heavenly soldiers looked like.

Therefore, whether it was the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, or the Qin Empire, they all tightened the control over their soldiers.

But the situation on the Song Dynasty side was rather embarrassing.

Zhao Kuangyin felt a little jealous when he saw the group of arrogant and brave generals below.

If you tell them about the close relationship between the military and the people, they will definitely spit at you and then sell out the emperor without hesitation.

After experiencing the dark Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, they had completely lost their former glory, and the belief that warriors were meant to be mercenaries was deeply engraved in their bones.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin sent the imperial army south to destroy Shu. Shu had not been in chaos since Wang Jian, and the soldiers were stunned by the flowers and splendor.

Then, as expected, the massacre and looting began. This was when Lao Zhao used the imperial guards, so one can imagine what effect other military leaders would have.

When they saw the Chinese soldiers in the video who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the people, they felt no admiration but contempt instead.

I think these people are stupid. They are not related to them at all, so why should they be saved?

Well, this further strengthened Zhao Kuangyin's decision to give up military power over a cup of wine and let civil officials override military generals.

Whether you admit it or not, the Song Dynasty prevented China from completely falling into the embryonic form of militarism similar to the Bushido spirit of later Japan.

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As the audience in the universe reflected on the previous video, the sky shook and a new video followed.

[As we all know, the unique attribute of Europa is that the Pope is superior to many kings, so here comes the question. 】

[How many divisions does the Pope have? When did the conflict between theocracy and monarchy in the West begin? What is the origin of the papacy? ]

"Hahaha! You're talking about the Pope of Europa. I've long wanted to know what this Pope is all about."

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Tao, who was later honored as Emperor Taiwu, was still a young emperor at this moment. He looked at the sky with an eager look on his face.

After all, he also had a powerful Buddhist kingdom under his control, and the ruler of that Buddhist kingdom also called himself the Buddha Emperor.

However, this Buddhist kingdom was destroyed by the Northern Wei cavalry led by him personally. He wanted to see how religious people in other places resisted the invading army.

In addition to the emperor's attention, this video also attracted the attention of many interested people, such as several Taoists who wanted to establish a Taoist kingdom on earth.

Sun En of the Tianshi Sect, Zhang Lu of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, and Zhang Jiao of the world-famous Taiping Sect, all sat upright, intending to look at the advanced and successful experiences of other sects.

[The Middle Ages was an era of ignorance. During this era, the East had already reached the early years of the Song Dynasty, bursting with brilliant civilization and economic vitality.]

[But in Europe, at this time, ordinary people could not even recognize words, and even some common sense was unclear.]

[Europe in this era can be compared to the Xia and Shang dynasties in China. ]

"Our Song Dynasty is already so prosperous, but these Europeans have only developed to the pre-Qin period. They are really a group of barbarians."

Song Dynasty, Sima Guang, who felt somewhat superior, snorted lightly, and a reserved smile appeared on his face.

A typical Confucian scholar, he looked down on everyone and thought that the people around him were barbarians and worthless.

However, the important officials around him did not refute Sima Guang's words, as they thought the same in their hearts.

On the other side, the era of Song Renzong.

Bao Zheng couldn't help but sigh:
"Chinese culture is a treasure of the world!" This resonated with everyone. No matter in which era, Chinese civilization is always the treasure of world civilization.

[In 1078 AD, the reforms of the Song Dynasty were in full swing. It was also in this year that Pope Gregory VII issued a decree of punishment against the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.]

[The Pope announced that he no longer recognized Henry IV's status as emperor and excommunicated him, refusing to recognize that he could serve God Yahweh.]

[This stirred up a hornet's nest. Countless ambitious electors throughout the Holy Roman Empire rushed to attack Henry IV.]

[This forced Henry IV to come to Rome to seek forgiveness from the Pope.]

[This secular emperor knelt outside the temple and stood barefoot in the snow for three days and three nights, repenting for his sins.]

[Finally, the Pope finally agreed to meet the emperor, and then denounced his crimes in front of him, and made Henry IV be whipped. After a lot of humiliation, Henry IV was already dying.]

【The Pope then stopped punishing the emperor, and the catastrophe was quelled.】

"As the ruler of a country, he is so servile to the leader of a sect. Even if he is the Pope, so what?"

Great Qin, when Ying Zheng heard that the emperor was going to kneel down and repent to the Pope and admit his mistakes in person, he could no longer hold back.

In his opinion, the most honorable person in the world is the emperor. Could it be that this Holy Roman Empire is full of wimps?
He actually let his emperor suffer such a great humiliation!

"The master is humiliated and the minister dies. This Holy Roman Empire is full of evil-minded people!"

Seeing that Ying Zheng was angry, Li Si immediately stood up to express his opinion, and all the ministers followed suit and bowed in greeting.

On the other hand, Li Shimin, as the Heavenly Khan, was also uncomfortable with this. Why could a mere Pope be above the secular emperors?

Believer? How many teachers can a believer have?

Is Henry IV unable to lift a sword? Why is he so cowardly?
Not only Ying Zheng and Li Shimin, other emperors also held this idea.

In their perception, isn't religion something that can be destroyed with a flip of the hand?

[The iron-blooded leader who once led the Red Bear Empire in the north to rise strongly once spoke bluntly in front of diplomats from Britain and France:]

[“Pope? How many divisions does the Pope have?”]

[However, in the Middle Ages, this question might not have been asked, because the Pope was really powerful! ]

[It was once recorded that when the Roman Papal States was at its peak, each of the three major knightly orders had more than 10,000 armored knights, and these knights had their own entourage.]

[That is to say, the Papal States has more than 50,000 armored cavalry in cavalry alone! ]

[No matter which powerful country in Europe faces the Papal States, they will have no choice but to bow down and submit. ]

"Good fellow, no wonder he is so arrogant, it turns out he has money and soldiers. Then why doesn't this Pope just become an emperor instead of being a Pope?"

In the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang stroked his beard and asked with a little confusion.

In his impression, the Pope is just a temple priest. Being the biggest temple priest is not as satisfying as ruling the world directly!
"Your Majesty, I think I understand now. This Pope is probably the same as the witch from our ancient times."

Among the ministers below, Zhang Liang, who was well-versed in a wide range of fields, finally spoke, which immediately made Liu Bang's eyes light up.

(End of this chapter)