blackstone code

Chapter 317 The person representing theocratic power is an unbeliever

In ignorant regions and countries, are the rulers as ignorant as the people?

Certainly not, ignorance, backwardness, and isolation are actually a means for the rulers to rule the people. This is like the blockade of knowledge by the aristocracy in the past. Incompetent rulers do not want the people ruled by them to have the ability to think independently. ability.

They hope that all people are fools, idiots, just act according to their own requirements every day, and don't think too much, because the more things you think about, the more unstable the ruling power will be.

For example, when people start to think about the question "Why me", the rulers will start to panic.

Because after the question "Why me", followed by "Why not you", and "How to change".

So no matter how ignorant the area is, the ruler will not be ignorant, just like the high priest in front of Lynch.

He had many children, and among his children were several unbelievers, such as the youngest ones.

They were born in a very good era in the eyes of the high priest, communication, transportation, and social progress. These children went to study abroad and came into contact with some of the most cutting-edge technologies and cultures in the world. They have already left the category of ignorance. They started Examine the society in which you were born.

Knowing that sending a child out will bring some possible unstable factors to this society, why does the high priest still want to send his child out, and is still planning to send the last child out?
Because he is not an ignorant person, or not as ignorant as people imagine. He knows that the people can be ignorant, but the ruler cannot.

If a fanatical believer is allowed to take the position of the high priest, it will definitely not bring religious prosperity, but destruction. He hopes that one of his children will have an unbelievers who can successfully blend in with the believers to become the high priest , to take over his dominion.

In fact, the high priest himself can be regarded as an unbelievers, and it is precisely because he holds this important position that they understand that there is no god in this world?

Even if there were, those gods would have rested or left long ago. After decades of countless prayers and sacrifices, the gods have never given even the slightest feedback.

At the beginning, he was very scared. When he first became the high priest, he was very disturbed and terrified. He found his father, the previous high priest, and talked about these things.

His fear and anxiety came from the lack of response from the gods. He thought that the gods rejected him and didn't like him, so they didn't respond to his prayers.

How could a person who despises even the gods become a qualified high priest?
Until his father, the previous high priest, a well-deserved religious leader in the province, told him that there is no god in this world!

In that moment, faith crumbled, but he made it through, and he became what his father was, what everyone thought a High Priest should be.

Mysterious, friendly, but keeping a distance from people, and being favored by the gods, he often listens to the teachings from the gods.

But this is actually not the solution. With the expansion of the international community, more and more foreigners have come to Nagalil, which cannot be resisted.

No matter how closed the country is, the "gold diggers" are going crazy, they are bound to come, everyone has known it from the beginning.

And these people will bring some terrible things, such as ideas, and their ideas will start to awaken those who have been fooled by the regime and theocracy.

Their guess was correct, so they expelled some businessmen who brought dangerous ideas, and left some businessmen who were willing to join them in not treating people as human beings, and continued to exploit the entire society.

But this can't last forever, I don't know how many years, ten years or decades later, all this will be broken, what will the angry people do at that time?
They will tear up everything that was above their heads in the past and establish a new order. How noble and invincible these priests and noble families are today, how miserable they will be when the real "big destruction" comes .

So when Lynch said as a joke that the religion that advocates eating horse manure to cure diseases has a foundation and believers in the Federation, the high priest was moved.

It's a retreat, and it's a retreat that's so... wonderful, yes, wonderful!
The Federation is very rich, but their people are also stupid, or rather ignorant, which is not much different from the locals. He does not expect his beliefs to be comparable to the largest religion in the Federation, but even if there are only 1 A person believes in the gods he believes in.

These 1 people donate one dollar a month, which is 100 federal sols, or more than [-] million Galils. This money is enough for their family to live decently.

Even if everything here is lost, their future life will be carefree.

Thinking of this, the high priest already had some ideas. He originally planned to send his youngest son, who is also the most beloved, to Gafla. As the country with the best market in the world, Gafla not only has a high status, but also There is also good potential for development.

But now the high priest's thinking has changed, perhaps the Federation is the most suitable place.

He thought that he had already made a decision in his heart, and when he came back to his senses, he didn't know how long it had passed.

"The gods are calling me just now...", he explained his absence, an explanation that fits his identity, "What did we talk about just now?"

"Federation and those stupid religions!" Lynch gave a hint.

"Yes, Federation, and religion." The high priest nodded noncommittally, and he quickly changed the subject, "I heard that you are going back in a few days, will you come again?"

Many people knew that Lynch was going back to the Federation, and the high priest naturally knew, but he was a little unsure whether Lynch would come again.

To be honest, those people from the provincial governor created a problem for Lynch this time. Originally, the high priest didn't care, and he could still watch the fun, but now he thinks that these people's brains are really hard to use. Understand the long-term perspective.

He was very worried, worried that Lynch would not come back after being targeted by these people, which is not a good thing.

Soon, Lynch's answer made him feel relieved, "Why not? I like it here, and I will come back. This time I just shipped some things back and looked for projects that can cooperate with the local area."

The high priest was relieved by this answer, and he asked in a somewhat negotiating tone, "My youngest son has reached the age of schooling, and he is younger than you. For young people, going to the outside world to see Just seeing it helps a lot in their growth.”

"What do you think if I let him go to the Federation?"

Lynch is of course impossible to object, and this is also his plan, "It must be very good. Although the Federation did not participate in this world war and did not show our military and technological strength, we have to say that we have always been the world's most technologically advanced. cutting edge."

"We just happen to have a president who's a bit stupid, but we're not going to continue to be stupid."

"In the Commonwealth, your child can enjoy the best education in the world, the most relaxed attitude, and the freest environment, which cannot be given to him in other places!"

This is not an exaggeration. In a semi-feudal country like Gafla, people cannot discuss the royal family, matters related to the royal family, dignitaries and some sensitive current events.

Only the Federation, even if someone stands outside the Presidential Palace with a sign saying "The President is an idiot", as long as he does not make loud noises that affect the office order in the Presidential Palace, as long as he does not illegally invade the warning area marked with a yellow line outside the Presidential Palace, he will be fine. No one can do anything to him.

According to the Federal Constitution, the release, expression, and transmission of ideas are the most basic rights of everyone, but it is difficult to achieve in some other countries.

The high priest immediately made a decision, "Is there any problem with him going with you?" Lynch shook his head, and the high priest patted the armrest, "Then this matter is settled."

It seems that the high priest let his most favored youngest son go with Lynch in order to trouble Lynch to take care of the youngest son on the road or even on the side of the Federation, but it was not.

The conflict between Lynch and some people in the current province has not been resolved. Some people have already released words that will make Lynch run into a wall. There are even rumors that Lynch will not be able to leave Nagalil for a day if he does not stand in line. He is not allowed to come back.

If he wants to leave, he can't go, or even can't. The high priest doesn't know how Lynch will leave, but this doesn't prevent him from being a favor at this time. If his youngest son walks with Lynch, no one will dare to stop him Him and his boat.

Because doing so means not only intensifying the conflict with Lynch, but also offending one of the biggest forces in Magula's province. Offending so many people at once, these people have to seriously consider whether it is right to do so worth.

Of course, the high priest did mean to let Lynch take care of his youngest son in the Federation. He sold a favor to Lynch in order to get feedback from Lynch.

Both of them knew it well, so the matter was settled.

Originally, the high priest wanted to continue today's event to remind Lynch of the value of religious belief in the local area, but now Lynch led him by the nose, and he didn't bother to talk about the supremacy of theocracy.

After casually asking him if he was used to being here, and if there was anything he wasn't used to, he gave Lynch a few blessings from the gods without money, and let Lynch leave.

After Lynch left, the High Priest sat in the empty room with a strange expression, some smiling, some mocking, some self-deprecating.

(End of this chapter)