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Chapter 605: The Divine Right of Kings? The Emperors of China: Gods Also Confer Titles on Emperors
"witch?"

The ministers lowered their heads to think, and finally dug out the legend about witches from the pile of old papers.

Wizards were originally one of the upper nobles in ancient times or the Xia and Shang dynasties.

During the Shang Dynasty, the king was even more honorable. The King of Shang was not only the greatest king, but also the greatest sorcerer. He not only held secular power, but also divine power.

The Pope is more like a wizard who has developed to the extreme, standing above all secular power and even influencing and coercing secular power in turn.

"This trend must not continue!"

Big man, Liu Che said heavily.

At this moment, he was standing on the pavilion of Changle Palace, looking down at Chang'an City, speaking with deep sincerity.

He seemed to see ambitious people all over the world establishing religions in order to seize the benefits of the world.

"Kill! Whoever wants to be the Pope in China, let him see what it means to strike hard!"

[The military force of the Papal State was only one of the ways it ruled Europe and made many kings dare not resist. More importantly, it controlled the hearts of the people. ]

[There is a saying in the study of ancient Western history that the Pope is the spokesperson for the imperial era.]

[It can be said that the Pope himself is no longer a person, he is a symbol. A symbol that was pushed to the forefront by all the people and nobles in the Middle Ages.]

[People seek spiritual comfort when they are in trouble, and pray for a happy life after death when they cannot survive. The Pope is the place where they place their hopes.]

[Therefore, even common people in the Middle Ages were able to recite the Bible skillfully. They were in fact coerced by the Pope and became the providers of power.]

"How insidious! They brainwash the people and turn them into their believers, but in fact they are just continuously treating them as consumables!"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Pope is acting to protect his own interests.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, he was very familiar with this move.

When the Red Turban Army first started the uprising, they encountered some local rich people. The poor peasants under their command were even fearless in order to protect their masters.

Just because he, who had always been poor, was suddenly rewarded with a bowl of meat by his master, many people were willing to sacrifice their lives for this bowl of meat.

Like the local tycoons of the Yuan Dynasty, the Pope imposed high taxes on these medieval peasants, making them exhausted and ignorant.

Then, brainwash them into pledging allegiance.

"If we keep the people ignorant like this, there will probably be a backlash!"

In the Qin Dynasty, even though the Legalists advocated keeping the people ignorant and not letting them think too much, that was not the way it worked.

The Papal States is simply killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, and there is not a single bit of artistic element.

[After such accumulation by the people, several generations of popes in the early Middle Ages began their own promotion, claiming that the king's power was granted by God.]

[As long as there is a king in a place who does not believe in God, he will send troops to assist the enemy in attacking. In this way, many surrounding countries have become vassals of the Papal States.]

[They were gradually deceived by the priests and really believed that only the throne after the divine right of kings was legitimate, and they became believers in God. ]

[By the late Middle Ages, the result was that people all over the world (Europe) believed that the Pope was superior to all emperors.]

【Anyone who wants to harm the Pope is equivalent to giving up his throne. 】

"This God sect has spent hundreds of years to build its faith. It is too dangerous."

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji was a political animal. He did not allow anyone to touch his power, no one.

Now, he recognized that the Nestorian Church in the Tang Dynasty was a branch of this sect. Could it be that they also wanted to replicate this in China?
The thought gave him the creeps, and he stood up suddenly, pacing back and forth.

"Pass the order, have the Jinwu Guards and Longwu Army enter the city and arrest all the Nestorian monks. Don't let them speak to deceive the people. Cut out their tongues and send them to work in the mines!"

Li Longji's eyes flashed with cruelty. When it came to his power, he would not show any mercy. As a result, all the Nestorian monks in the Tang Dynasty suffered an unprovoked disaster.

"The king's power is granted by God? Humph! Even if it is a god descending to earth, anyone who stands in my way will be killed without hesitation!"

Another person who was equally murderous was Zhu Di. He never believed in fate in his entire life and went in and out of the battlefield seven times before he was given the current title of emperor.

I didn't expect that nowadays I see the Pope who is good at talking and can override the imperial power by fooling the people of the world. Who can I go to for justice?

No! I absolutely cannot tolerate this!

Therefore, along with Zhu Di's anger, the whole country also launched a large-scale crackdown on Nestorianism, especially those Nestorians who had already established a foothold in Hujian, Zhujiang and other places and even built churches.

Now they have all been captured and Zhu Di has killed them one by one.

"The king's power is granted by God. Even the gods of the Zhoutian were conferred by Nai Gong. Can the gods grant me the mandate of heaven? Nai Gong does not believe it!"

Han Dynasty, Liu Bang's attitude was very firm, even disdainful.

He was born in Chu and had experienced the folk beliefs and customs of the Chu people, so he made his fortune by pretending to be a god.

He is an expert in fooling people, so how can you expect him to have any awe towards the gods and immortals in the sky?
As for Lu Zhi who was by his side, it was even worse. Back then, the couple sang a duet and performed the scene of beheading the white snake.

In the end, the unfortunate white snake was deified. Is there anything more ridiculous than this in the world?

But because he became emperor, it became a good story.

"Everything is determined by power. If the Pope does not have an army and money donated by believers, even if he talks a lot, it will be useless!"

The old rogue concluded with the last sentence.

Divine right of kings? Holy shit!

The emperors of China generally expressed their disapproval and even contempt for this.

However, this was not unexpected by Tianmu's voice-over. He seemed to have predicted the audience's thoughts and changed the subject at this moment.

[Do you think that people in Europe are too gullible, or even a little stupid? ]

[Do you think that as long as the masses of people revolt and overthrow the Roman Catholic Church, that will be enough? ]

[If you think so, I can only say that you have not yet understood the history of the development of the Papal States. ]

[In fact, from the very beginning, the Pope's beliefs were discovered by the astute rulers, and they have been suppressed without any effort. ]

[As we all know, in the era before Christ, the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty in the east were known as the twin stars of civilization. ]

"Yes, I heard from merchants in the Western Regions that there is a big country in the West that is similar to China!"

Liu Che nodded slightly, which was considered as approval.

If you can have a sentence like "China" written in the history books of China, it means that your status as a great power is recognized.

The Roman Empire existed in this way.

[This sect that believed in God was born in the Roman Empire. At that time, the doctrines of this sect were constantly blocked and strangled by the rulers of the Roman Empire.]

[Because everyone can hear that this sect only allows one god, which is too exclusive and has too much control over believers.]

"It seems that there are still capable people in the Western Qin. I knew that it is impossible for all of them to be blind."

Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Bingyi, nodded. His era was the heyday of the Roman Empire.

(End of this chapter)