The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 72 Trouble in the City of Hugo (Part )

This time going to the city of Hugo, Hugo brought a huge team, which included important figures in Hugo's court today, as well as important figures from the Seven Gods of Andas and Westeros - Hugo basically The Lord summoned all the leaders and abbots of monasteries who could speak from all over the Andas.

Of course, Hu Ge had a deep meaning in bringing so many people. From the old sparrow's report, Hu Ge saw that this ancient city would soon be revitalized. This was beyond his expectation, so the management had to follow suit. corresponding measures must also be taken.

Due to the gathering of a large number of people, the city of Hugo was crowded with priests and monks as well as the merchants and believers who came with it. Hugo also migrated some of the earliest riverlanders who followed Hugo's team. The prosperity of the city Going directly to the next level, the sound of chanting resounded throughout the city. In that moment, the city of Hugo seemed to have restored its glory in ancient books.

In the Temple of the Seven Gods, Hugo held the first meeting of the Seven Gods of the East. This meeting gathered all the Seven Gods in Andas. The only non-religious people present were Hugo, Statina, and the guards. them.

Bishop Lu Chen presided over this meeting, and Bishop Weasel had pride written all over his face when he presided over the ceremony, because he already knew what kind of power he would get from the daily small meetings held by Hu Ge.

Lu Chen traveled across the ocean and experienced so many things, wasn't it just for these powers? Now is the time to reap big rewards.

The theme of the meeting was to rebuild the Church of the Seven Gods of the East. During the years when Andals was under the rule of various forces, because it had always played the role of the source of the Andal Uprising, the Church of the Seven Gods of the East was hit repeatedly, so much so that it was completely destroyed. Church organizations were broken up and turned into a collection of orders and monasteries scattered across the countryside and wilderness.

After spending a lot of effort to resolve the unified Eastern Church, the trading city-states who ruled Andas tried every means to maintain this status quo. They created conflicts among the believers of the Seven Gods between different factions. If someone was too strong, they would even Directly sending troops to attack, and the weak side is also happy to introduce external forces, which makes it difficult for the Church of the Seven Gods in Andas to grow another head.

Since Hugo landed, he has been surrounded by various Andal religious orders and monastic forces. They want to obtain future religious leadership from Hugo, and they also want to use Hugo's power to attack hostile factions.

However, Hu Ge did not let anyone get what they wished for. If you rush into a new environment, you cannot easily attack the local customs and patterns. Otherwise, you will fall into a trap, be used by others, and turn the power you can win into an enemy.

Hugo's persistence also paid off. After truly capturing Andas and gaining the support of the Saint of the River Valley, Hugo, with the help of Statina, was able to clarify the religious situation in Andas:

Generally speaking, Andas mainly has three major religious orders and seven minor religious orders. These religious orders usually have constant disputes with each other, but there is no conflict with each other in terms of doctrine. Compared with the Seven Gods of Westeros, they are also It has more oriental characteristics.

After learning this, Hugo had more information on how to deal with religious issues in Andas. After many detailed discussions with Bishop Lu Chen, who was specifically responsible for religion, Hugo determined that they could grasp the situation, so a meeting was held.

The content of the meeting was actually a bit boring in Hu Ge's opinion. The two parties mainly analyzed some sentences in the "Seven Star Bible" that caused unclear explanations due to version differences, and reconciled the past grievances between various religious orders. There is also a debate on whether some different Eastern and Western customs can be used as part of the Seven Gods' rituals, such as the worship of healing stones that is common in the East, which is something that the Church of Westeros does not have.

At the meeting, Hu Ge was able to see Bishop Lu Chen's ability to debate scriptures. His understanding of the scriptures of the Seven Gods far exceeded Hu Ge's expectations. He was also very logical when speaking and could always effectively convince his opponents. Seeing that his most worrying problem was solved, Hu Ge couldn't help but feel relieved.

However, sometimes the two sides still cannot reach consensus on some classic issues, resulting in fierce arguments. But no matter how fierce the argument is, under the watchful eyes of Hugo and Statina, the two sides can only shelve the dispute.

These two men have high prestige in the Seven Cults of Westeros and Essos respectively, and their speeches are enough to make all parties stop arguing and leave the issue for discussion at the next meeting.

After these boring debates, the main event came, which was the distribution of benefits. Hugo decided to restart the seven god parishes in Andas in the past, and to separate important cities such as Hugo City and Twin Star City. Church distribution—actually a distribution of benefits.

Everyone is extremely serious about this, and everyone wants to get more, but this distribution power actually falls in Hu Ge's hands.

First of all, Hugo allocated most of the benefits to the Church of Westeros - to be precise, the clergy of the Seven Gods who followed Hugo - as people who started with Hugo, they deserve these .

Then Hu Ge made arrangements for the remaining parishes and churches according to the order of surrender and the principle of maintaining the situation, ensuring that everyone benefited to some extent. Naturally, everyone was dissatisfied with the results of the separation, but no matter what he had in hand, No matter how hard you are with new interests, that's enough.

Finally, the distribution of benefits was completed, and the next step was to reorganize the Church of the Seven Eastern Gods. Hu Ge represented the Seven Gods in his name and appointed an archbishop for the Seven Eastern Gods. The reason why there is no archbishop position is because Hu Ge Ge also needs the help of the Fat Archbishop. The signal sent by the Archbishop in hastily confirming it is really dazzling. Not only the Great Sept of Baelor, but also the Iron Throne will be strongly dissatisfied.

The archbishop is naturally Lu Chen of the Frey family. This is the return of Hugo's high investment in the Frey family. As for whether he will align with his own interests, the moment he takes over the bishop's crown, he is already Hugo's man. .

Under Lu Chen, there are two other important figures, namely Old Sparrow and the president of Shihaoshan Religion.

The old sparrow was also given the title of Commander of the Seven Gods' Army by Hu Ge, responsible for managing his Sparrow Order and the clergy in the church who were willing to take up arms, while the head of the Shihaoshan Order - the Seven Gods of the East - went to The naming was very thorough, and they basically only used their job titles to match each other - they became the director of teaching, and their authority was to restrain and manage the Seven Gods Religion.

The moment Hugo finished his announcement, everyone cheered whether they were excited or dissatisfied with the results, because this meant that after hundreds of years, the Church of the Seven Eastern Gods had finally been rebuilt.

After completing the reconstruction of the church, Hugo carried out his coronation ceremony non-stop in the city of Hugo. In the Seven Temples, under the gaze of countless soldiers, monks and nobles, Hugo picked up a crown from Bishop Lu Chen The Crown of Copper and Iron is a series of small swords made of copper and iron stacked on top of each other. The bronze and steel represent the weapons once used by the Andals. Above them are seven crystals, representing the seven gods. It is said that Imitation of the crown of the King of the Hills found in ancient books. At that time, Hugo looked at the crown and could not help but feel that the world was changing. When the craftsmen first made the crown, it was built according to the standards of the King of Andas. At that time, no one thought that there would be a second crown. expedition, and the strong interference shown by the Iron Throne. As a result, with the follow-up of these, the crown became an ordinary crown - of course, it was just claimed as such.

Hugo put the crown of copper and iron on his head. At that moment, the whole process was filled with cheers. People cheered for the birth of Duke Andas - of course, there were inevitably those who shouted happily and directly called him the king, and no one stopped him. Hu Ge would not spoil people's interest on a day like this.

As for King's Landing, Hu Ge has already communicated with that side through the channel of Bishop Lu Chen - to be precise, communicated with the Archbishop - after reading a bunch of words from the fat man asking for benefits, Hu Ge was able to Knowing the meaning of the Iron Throne, that is, he only needs a symbolic submission to the Iron Throne, and the Iron Throne will recognize him, then things will be easier to handle.

In addition, from the words of the Archbishop, Hugo saw that this information was actually conveyed by Old Aylin through the hands of the Archbishop, which made Hugo even more relieved. He had previously been worried about the Iron Throne coming to seize power by force. But since the Iron Throne doesn't mean this, then everything will be fine.

After completing the coronation, Hugo's first important decision was to declare a warrior association called the Military Order - that is, the Knights. After Hugo's research, he found that the name Military Order was more accurate. was established, the newly born Andas was in urgent need of military orders to defend, and Bishop Lu Chen also conveyed the concept of sword-wielding monks that had never been seen in the Seven Gods Religion.

Hugo decided to use the Military Order as a starting point to strengthen his authority, so he chose this day to make the announcement.

The concept of sword-wielding monks has received a good response. Now that the expedition is successful, such warlike remarks will naturally gain popularity. At the same time, many people also see an opportunity, an opportunity to obtain more power and land.

The first military order was naturally Sir Bonifer's Hundred-man Crusade. In the previous month, he had been busy with the establishment of the military order. In Hugo, he announced that he would become a sword-wielding monk in the name of the Seven Gods. At that time, he already had 500 cavalry under his command.

In this way, the Holy War Monks - but everyone prefers to call it the Knights - was born. The world's first military monastic order was born. Captain Bonifer chose a knight wearing a seven-pointed star smock as his coat of arms.

Hu Ge also distributed the rules of the Military Order. The Military Order was organized entirely according to the principles of the Order, that is, knights all called each other "brother". As for members of the Military Order who were not knights, they were ordinary members. Soldiers and sergeants are awarded gray cloaks, called "grey cloaks".

In addition, Hu Ge also specifically proposed the concept of knights in a secular sense. They do not have so many rules and regulations, nor do they have so many fanatical requirements for faith. They only require strict discipline and training.

The essence of Hugo's establishment of the Military Order was to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, so he would not block some soldiers because of issues of faith. However, this was actually a little trick played by Hugo. As he expected, the people would not be able to tell the difference at all. He also deliberately confused the difference between the Qing Knights and the Military Order when promoting the Military Order, so the public would definitely view these knights according to the standards of the Military Order, which would have an impact on them to some extent. A way to improve combat effectiveness.

According to the tradition of becoming knights, the people who became the military order held a vigil under the statue of the Seven Gods Hall. The seven-pointed star in the sky was particularly shining that night, and even the moonlight could not compare with it. The world believed that this was the Seven Gods. As a sign of Hu Ge's favor, many devout believers stayed up all night that night and prayed to the seven-pointed star all night long.

Next, the concept of the Knights, that is, the military order, caused a wave of excitement in the East.

The brightness of the seven-pointed star on the night when the Military Order was founded was considered to be the Seven Gods' praise for this form of armed force, so all of a sudden, various military orders, or knights, began to spring up like mushrooms after a rain - Hu Ge There were no restrictions on the establishment of military orders and knightly orders.

Most of them were just done on a whim by some young people and fanatics, so they were quickly disbanded, but there were still knights and military orders that continued - but as Hugo expected, most of the time the people They all confused the two - some nobles who came to the East even formed their own small order of knights.

Letters from the Knights who want to be recognized by Hugo are constantly being sent to Hugo's city. Although Hugo has not requested the establishment of the Knights, in everyone's opinion, only with Hugo's recognition can it be considered serious. Knights.

However, Hu Ge ignored these. Now knowing that the knights are springing up like mushrooms after a rain, God knows how long they can exist. Hu Ge sent them all to Ash Valley Chong. The Holy War Knights have already set off to help strengthen the great lord of Gray Valley Chong. defense.

Then, Hugo devoted his energy to the construction of Hugo City. He settled many reliable people in Hugo City, and strictly restricted the conditions for settling in Hugo City. Here is what he gave Not everyone can come to the ruling center that you have chosen.

Along with the resettlement of the people, there are also a large number of meritorious service members in the expeditionary force. Many people would rather give up everything they have gained in Twin Star City to live in this holy city. People who do not care about faith are desperately trying to get closer to power. center.

After all, with Hugo’s series of gestures, everyone could see that he wanted to make the city of Hugo the future ruling center, and not see where all the information from all over the Andas was sent.

Due to the strong gravity brought by politics, the City of Hugo soon gathered a large amount of resources, and the old sparrow attracted a large number of pilgrims to join the various projects of the City of Hugo in exchange for salvation after death.

After a solid wooden wall was built in the city of Hugo, Hugo officially announced that he would move his ruling center here.

(End of this chapter)