After Transmigrating to Become the Daughter of a Duke, I Just Want to Pursue a Career

However, before she could continue to say something, Katerina said in an unquestionable tone,

"No but! Celia, you have to learn to trust your lady. I said it's okay, so it's okay."

"Oh, right~"

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, Katerina changed the topic,

"Selia, now I need you to help me with something..."

"This time, Your Excellency the Sword Saint Amos has helped me a lot. I must thank him very much. Go and send me an invitation card, saying that I want to invite him to the banquet held by Mrs. Alberti tomorrow." , I hope he can appreciate it."

At this moment, when she heard Katerina's request, Celia, who was originally anxious, suddenly became very strange. After carefully looking at the girl and confirming that the other party's attitude was serious at this time, she hesitated open the mouth,

"Miss, are you...... Are you sure you are inviting Your Excellency Amos? Not Your Highness Reinhardt?"

On the other side, facing Celia's hesitation, Katerina blinked her big eyes and looked at her maid. After raising her eyebrows, she said calmly,

"Selia, why do you ask that? Could it be that I didn't express myself clearly enough?"

"Uh..." Seria opened her mouth to Katerina's rhetorical question, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, under the gaze of the girl's "kind" eyes, she said nothing , honestly accepted the girl's order.

A moment later, when Celia's figure disappeared into the room, Katerina's originally relaxed expression quickly became heavy.

At this moment, a gloom quickly gathered between Katerina's brows, and immediately after that, gazes full of coldness flashed in the girl's eyes.

Obviously, Katerina didn't care as much about Alves' sudden attack as she just showed. In fact, although the other party's actions did not threaten her own safety at all, the girl was still very concerned about it. anger.

You know, in order to touch the interests of the beneficiary classes under the old order as little as possible, so as to unite more forces around her, in a series of new policies after Katerina took charge of Chris, she made great efforts to these old orders. Interest groups have made very large concessions.

And an existence with such a strong influence like the church has won a considerable piece of interest in the girl's new policy. Even in order to protect the interests of the church, the girl gave up many more "radical" policies.

However, what Katerina didn't expect was that even though she had made such a big concession, the church still regarded her as an enemy and even wanted to exercise mind control over her. Kind of betrayal!

Katerina didn't intend to let the matter be revealed like this. Although she acted lightly in front of Celia just now, in fact, the girl had already started thinking about how to take revenge on the church.

If it was before, facing the church's malice, Katerina would most likely choose homosexual revenge and let the church retaliate blood for blood, but now that the girl is a qualified ruler, her way of thinking is naturally different. It's not as "simple" as it used to be.

First of all, analyze the incident itself. This sudden attack is essentially the independent behavior of a certain part of the church, not the church's overall will. Strike the enemy as accurately as possible.

Secondly, the church cannot be regarded as a whole at will. Through a series of details in this incident, we can know that the will of the church is not unified. It is entirely possible to find allies within the enemy, divide them, and use them as much as possible. The Church's own power against the Church.

In the end, retaliation must be carried out, and the church must be hurt and feared, and a weak and deceitful image cannot be set up for the outside world. Let it go freely, and you can't let the contradiction expand, otherwise, once you fall into an endless war of attrition with the church, it will inevitably affect the subsequent development of the territory.

Considering the above points, Katerina finally decided to fight a public opinion war with the church.

As for why the public opinion war was chosen, the reason is very simple. First of all, the public opinion war is a war without gunpowder smoke. It will not directly cause actual harm to the lives of church members, but it will bring huge external pressure to the church's top management, which makes There is a strong potential for involution within the church.

Secondly, the war of public opinion is not like a conventional war. It can be sent and received freely, and it can be stopped and fought as soon as it is said. As long as the church shows the attitude of admitting defeat, Katerina can stop at any time and end the struggle between the two sides without worrying about conflicts. Expand.

Finally, and most importantly, the foundation of the church lies in its spiritual influence on the common people, and if the war of public opinion is well fought, it can effectively attack the lifeblood of the church.

In a sense, the use of public opinion warfare against the church is even more effective than conventional warfare. It can completely hurt the church at the minimum cost, so that the other party will always remember the lesson of this time.

Just now, Katerina asked Celia to invite Sword Saint Amos, precisely for the public opinion war she will launch next.

Although the current Chris Port is full of stamina, its influence on the world stage is limited after all. If you want to truly exert the power of public opinion warfare, the girl must rely on the power of the empire.

As for why the person invited by the girl was Sword Saint Amos, not the imperial prince standing behind him......

There is no way, in the recent period of time, some of the little thoughts of the imperial prince have become more and more penetrating. With her own strength at a disadvantage, Katerina is really unwilling to deal with the other party face to face. Therefore, Juggernaut has become the best choice at present.

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"Is this what she asked you to give me?"

In the afternoon of the next day, Reinhardt, who was sitting in the captain's cabin on a ship bound for the imperial port, looked at the notebook in his hand again. After confirming that there was no interlayer in it, he looked at himself with a puzzled expression. Sword Saint Amos in front of him asked slowly,

"Teacher, are you sure there is really nothing else?"

"Sorry to disappoint His Highness......"

Facing the inquiry from the Crown Prince of the Empire, Amos kept his eyes closed and did not open his eyes, but responded calmly,

"This is the only thing that the princess gave me, and nothing else."

"So... what exactly is Your Highness looking forward to?"

"Don't your Highness really know what kind of image you have in the hearts of the Grand Duke and Daughter?"

"Hehe, teacher, don't say that~" Reinhardt's eyes were slightly dark when he heard Amos's offensive words, and then he smiled softly,

"I'm just curious why my sweetheart passed me and sent you an invitation alone."

At this moment, Amos couldn't help but sighed deeply when he heard Reinhardt's words that obviously revealed strange emotions, then he opened his eyes and said helplessly,

"Your Highness, even if you want to be jealous, please choose the right person. Your sweetheart doesn't have any good feelings for me. The reason why the princess sent the invitation to me...... ...."

"I think it's purely because she doesn't want to see His Highness more than me."

After hearing what Amos said, Reinhardt could not help but narrow his eyes slightly, but soon, he shrugged with a smile,

"Oh, this is really an embarrassing fact~"

After saying that, Reinhardt, who lost interest in the conversation, finally set his sights on the notebook in his hand. He first carefully looked at the cover of the notebook, and then gently opened the notebook.

At first, looking at the contents of the notebook, Reinhardt looked a little careless, because he had just heard that the notebook recorded some mild methods of revenge against the church.

For the Crown Prince of the Empire, any bloodless revenge is nonsense. If it weren't for the fact that the text on the notebook was written by Katerina herself, he wouldn't even bother to read it.

However, not long after Reinhardt spread out the notebook, and didn't know what he saw, his eyes widened instantly, and his expression looked extremely dull, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

At this moment, following the footsteps of the imperial prince's gaze, I saw a neat line of text printed clearly on the notebook, and the content described in the text turned out to be...... a joke.

Chapter 105 102. The Three Jokes and the Wandering Monster

During the recent period, the lives of the high-level church members have become quite difficult, and the source of all this is neither the imperial army that has become imminent again, nor the remnants of a cult that has started to do things again, but just some people who are circulating in the world. Just a folk joke.

It seems incredible that some jokes that have been circulated among the people can actually cause headaches for the top leaders of the church, but this kind of absurd thing really happened in reality.

At this moment, on a slope in a certain countryside of the Pusid Empire, several farmers who had just finished their farm work were gathering together, chatting and laughing, and only listened to one of the farmers preaching vividly... .........

"...It's my turn, it's my turn. Not long ago, I also heard a joke from my relatives. The joke went like this...... ..”

"The intelligence department of the empire and the trial court of the church both claim that they are the most powerful intelligence agencies. In order to resolve disputes, our great emperor decided to let them have a good competition."

"Soon, a rabbit was released into the woods, and then our emperor told them that whoever can catch the rabbit back in the shortest time will be the strongest intelligence organization."

"After hearing His Majesty's request, the intelligence department of the empire immediately dispatched their best investigators to conduct a detailed and careful survey of the entire forest."

"In the end, the investigators of the intelligence department came to a conclusion: If you want to catch a rabbit from the woods in a short time, you must first find a way to force the rabbit out, and then capture it."

"After some discussion, the investigators of the intelligence department started to set fire in the woods, and the whole forest burned rapidly. Soon, countless animals were forced out of the woods by the fire, and the investigators put all the escaped The animals caught them all, but the rabbit was never seen."

"In desperation, the investigators could only regretfully report to His Majesty the Emperor that they could not bring the rabbit back, because that poor little guy was probably already buried in the flames."

"Seeing the results given by the intelligence department, the black-clothed enforcers of the trial court smiled disdainfully, and then they walked into another forest, but in just 10 minutes, they walked back again, carrying A monkey with cuts and bruises all over its body, and its hair was painted white."

"That poor monkey struggled and shouted as soon as it saw our great Emperor..."

"I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit! I'm really a rabbit!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of cheerful laughter on the short soil slope.At the same time, in a bar in a small town in the empire, a drunk middle-aged man was telling a joke to the people around him...

"...Hahaha, guys, I'll tell you another joke, I promise it's even funnier than the one just now."

"Once upon a time, there was a very stingy baron of the empire, because the taxes under his domain were too heavy, and the civilians who couldn't bear it finally chose to riot. In the end, the civilians defeated the baron's army and captured his castle. Under such circumstances, the baron had no choice but to escape from his own territory, and then went to the city of Saint Hera."

"After entering the city, a bishop received him. After learning about the troubles of the baron, the bishop curiously asked the baron, why did he come to San Hera?"

"In this regard, the baron made a thick-faced request to the bishop, saying that he came to Saint Hera to learn how to deceive the common people from the church, so that they can work peacefully while bearing heavy taxes."

"Hearing the baron's request, the bishop immediately rejected the baron with righteous words, and told the baron that the church never deceives anyone, and only teaches people how to be kind and love life."

"After hearing the bishop's words, the baron applauded happily, 'Yes, yes, this is what I want to learn!'"

As the man's voice stopped, suddenly, there was a burst of laughter in the bar, and a happy atmosphere began to fill the air.

At the same time, at an aristocratic ball, a well-dressed male aristocrat was holding a wine glass and telling a story to the ladies beside him in a graceful and cadenced tone.. …

"...One day, our great Emperor, His Majesty, met with the Pope, and the topic of loyalty suddenly came up during the chat between the two sides. Our Emperor and the Pope both believed that their own Knights are the most loyal."

"Because no one can convince anyone, so our Emperor and Pope intend to have a competition between the knights of the two parties, and the content of the competition is to see whose knight dares to sacrifice for loyalty."

"Our emperor first called an imperial knight and asked him to prove his loyalty. After hearing the emperor's request, the imperial knight knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face, and begged his majesty, 'Don't So, Your Majesty, I still have family'"

"Hearing the knight's prayer, our benevolent Majesty sighed, and finally chose to forgive him."

"On the other side, the pope also called a holy knight. After hearing the pope's request, the holy knight immediately drew out his sharp blade and slashed at his neck. Seeing this situation, our majesty hurriedly asked someone to stop it." killed him."

"However, the holy knight who was stopped, not only did not express his gratitude to His Majesty, but cried miserably, 'Don't stop me, Your Majesty, I still have family!'"

After listening to this story with a little connotation, the ladies didn't quite understand it at first. After they realized it, they covered their lips with folding fans and smiled knowingly.

At this moment, similar scenes are quietly circulating in the Pusid Empire and even in many areas near the empire. No one knows where these jokes came from, but it is spreading rapidly at a viral speed. spread across the continent.

These jokes are very vulgar, and most of them are simply rumors of Chi Guoguo. However, it is these vulgar and false jokes that have caused great damage to the foundation of the church.

You must know that the foundation of the church lies in its influence on the spiritual realm of the common people. These vulgar jokes seem to have no power, but they are just a kind of entertainment for people, but in fact, the existence of these jokes greatly offsets and structures The sanctity of the church.

For the church that makes a living by selling "God's design", this is a very terrible thing. In the eyes of the high-level church, these jokes are simply horror stories that kill people.

It stands to reason that once the church realizes what the problem is, it should immediately fix the problem, or the person who caused the problem.

Unfortunately, neither the former nor the latter can be done by the church.

In fact, although there is no evidence, the senior leaders of the church are very clear about the source of these jokes that suddenly began to spread in the mainland.

It is absolutely impossible for these jokes to spread to every corner of the mainland in such a short period of time. It is absolutely impossible for them to be spontaneously formed by the people. There must be a huge organization behind them.

And what is the sacredness of this huge organization, the high-level members of the church can figure it out even with their toes... Except for the Pusid Empire, there will be no one else!

It is precisely because of this that the top leaders of the church are so troubled, because the Pusid Empire is not an opponent they can physically eliminate.

In fact, in the face of an increasingly aggressive empire, most of the time, the church had no choice but to fight back. If it weren't for the fact that the empire didn't dare to go too far because of the church's influence among the people, the church would have been unable to sustain it.

Now, the empire seems to have found a way to effectively combat the influence of the church, so it is conceivable that the situation of the church will definitely become more difficult.

Regarding the current predicament, although the top leaders of the church are aware of the problem, they have no solution, so of course, just as Katerina foresaw before planning this public opinion war, under the oppression of powerful external forces Under the circumstances, the top leaders of the church began to involve......

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"Alves, don't you think you should give us an explanation when things have developed to this point?!"