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Chapter 26, Doraemon?God Amon?

"...the most amazing and omnipotent god in the world! The incarnation of the sun, the great God Amon! Your coming is our greatest honor!"

"...Amon, the most beloved god of the Egyptian people! Thank you for your generous reward! May your glory continue to shine on the earth for 1000 years!"

"...Oh! We will always praise you most reverently! Great God Amon! The spokesperson of the universe!"

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After the great priest of Kabuda took the lead to kneel down and worship Doraemon, the "God of Amon".Immediately afterwards, the rest of the priests also "suddenly realized", and led many believers to kneel and kowtow together, paying the highest praise to Doraemon.

As a result, under the stupefaction of Wang Qiu and other traversers, and the incitement of a large number of priests, the thousands of Egyptians on the scene seemed to have entered a state of frenzy in an instant.They first invited Doraemon to sit on a luxurious sedan chair decorated with gold and silver.Then, they lifted up the sedan chair, surrounded by Doraemon who only knew how to giggle, and marched into the city in groups.Someone even pulled a band from nowhere, and asked a group of women to carry baskets and throw flower petals at the front of the line, and held a lively religious procession along the way—the Egyptian citizens of Thebes almost poured out of the city, They knelt down on both sides of the street crowded together, and sang awkward hymns at random...

In this warm and jubilant atmosphere, Wang Qiu and other modern people were also involuntarily engulfed in the parade, and happened to be caught between the women who were throwing flower petals.Luckily, they had some sweets and coins with them, so they threw them out together along the way to make the worshiping women, children and children happy-although coins in the modern world can't buy anything in ancient Egypt, they are so silvery. The small metal piece should be regarded as a good decoration for the poor...

Amidst the jubilant and chaotic situation, only Prime Minister Imhodb was cheering, with gloomy glints flashing from his eyes from time to time.

——The canonization of Doraemon, the "great benefactor", as a new god is actually a result of the vigorous advocacy and single-handed planning of Prime Minister Imhodb.The purpose of this move is to moderately beat the over-expanded Amon Temple and weaken its threat to the kingship.

In the western world in ancient times, every city usually had its own patron saint, and sometimes there was more than one patron saint.The birth of these patron saints is all related to belief-in that barbaric era with underdeveloped productivity, people were threatened by natural disasters, wars, epidemics and wild beasts. They always felt that the world was in danger and yearned for a god to come Protect yourself from disasters.Thus, the concept of Patronus was born.Then, this vague concept gradually took on a specific image and name, and then temples and priests emerged, gaining rights under the banner of worshiping gods, and finally formed the embryonic form of religion: this is also a way for ancient kings to control public opinion and maintain their rule. important tool.

But the problem is that for the kings of ancient countries, the prosperity of this official religion helped to control thoughts and public opinion and ensure social stability.But it will also lead to the increasing expansion of the power of the temple, the tail is too big, and it will eventually swallow up the country's financial resources and manpower.

Generally speaking, ancient Egypt was a country where politics and religion were united. Pharaoh, as a "living god" and God's agent in the world, exercised kingship, and used religious propaganda to strengthen his divinity and strengthen the foundation of his rule. For the benefit of the ruling class or for the benefit of the ruling class, the Pharaoh actively promoted the divinity of the pharaoh; in return, the pharaoh gave generous rewards to the temple, so that the power of the priests and priests gradually strengthened—first, they owned large tracts of arable land and herds of livestock , and then there are gold mines, copper mines, and taxes in certain cities. If you count the offerings that devout people often donate to temples, the wealth of these monks has far exceeded anyone in Egypt, even Pharaoh Inside!
From a macro perspective, the main social production in Egypt is almost entirely controlled by the temple. The priest group controls almost the entire human and material resources of Egypt, and the pharaoh relies on the army he controls to maintain a balance with the priest group.In this way, when the pharaoh was good at fighting and had a strong army, the control of the temple was more effective.Once the pharaoh's war capabilities weakened, the balance of kingship and theocracy would tilt towards theocracy.What's more, the selection of officials in the pharaoh's government in ancient Egypt was also controlled by the temple—because government officials had to understand characters, and the grammar and teaching of hieroglyphs were strictly controlled by the temple. If the pharaoh wanted to rule the country, he had to In any case, the intellectual class of the temple cannot be avoided.

Now that the temple has such a strong economic strength and network resources, it naturally has the capital to interfere with the secular regime.What is even more beneficial is that in ancient Egypt, the priests occupied the moral high ground and mastered the public opinion propaganda position, because they were the mouthpieces of the gods and shouldered many responsibilities such as spokespersons for gods and gods and image spokespersons.In short, in the era of supremacy of theocracy, the priests could sway the voters with their three-inch tongue like modern politicians... Oh, no, it was the public sentiment of the ancient Egyptians, which easily set off the "group sex". Event"... In this case, the pharaoh will hardly be able to sit still!In case one day they turned their faces and slapped the table with the temple, there would be a crisis of being bewitched by the monks and a large number of mobs would break into the palace and behead their heads!
Faced with such a powerful and pervasive theocratic group, the reason why the ancient Egyptian pharaohs were able to maintain their power, instead of turning Egypt into a theocratic country like old Tibet, was mainly because there were too many gods in Egypt , the total number is more than two thousand, and each region has different gods (Thebes is the god of Amon, Memphis is the god of Puta, and some villages are the god of cats, lizards, and snakes), and the priests who serve them The group is naturally a mess.There is usually no affiliation between temples that worship different gods. On the contrary, there is a serious competitive relationship. It has never been able to form a joint force to fight against the kingship like Tibetan Buddhism and European Christianity.The pharaoh can sow discord, hold up one temple to suppress another temple at any time, and at the same time let his confidantes serve as great priests, so as to prevent the expansion of the priest group out of control.

However, at this moment, since the recent dynasties that ruled Egypt all started in Thebes, and members of the royal family also believed in the God of Amun, the result was that the Church of the God of Amun in Thebes was over-inflated. The excess of land and wealth has already posed a certain threat to the kingship. If it is in other places, it is not a big deal for a certain temple to dominate. Anyway, there are other temples in the next door to contain it.But the problem is that the Temple of Amun is dominant in the capital, which means it has the status of an "invisible court", directly threatening the operation of the entire central government.Even if the royal family can still suppress the temple at the moment, they can't indulge and ignore these monks, but need to beat and divide them from time to time.

It is a pity that although the young and violent King Memphis has great martial arts and secured his throne by relying on a series of brilliant military exploits, he obviously did not inherit the mature political skills of the old king, and he took lightly the growing power of the temple around him, so that some The people with ulterior motives lost their restraint and began to stir up trouble in secret... In the eyes of Prime Minister Imhodb, the monks of the Temple of Amun have become too rampant recently.Although it is far from being able to shake the royal family's rule, it is still a threat.A moderate knock is absolutely necessary.

And in the city of Thebes, a new god was created and a new church was built to divide the believers and influence of the god Bo Amun, which was the stick that the prime minister used to beat the temple of Amun.

——According to the custom of ancient Egypt, any god needs to build a temple and set up priests so that he can offer incense and pray to the oracle... In this way, he can justifiably pull his teeth from the tiger's mouth of the Temple of Amon and redistribute part of them land and wealth.

However, it is not so easy to win a new god. If there is no suitable excuse, it may be difficult to get the public's recognition and follow-fortunately, the sudden arrival of Doraemon and the various miracles demonstrated , so that the above problems are no longer a problem.

Imhodb seems to have seen the wonderful prospect of the two temples, one new and one old, fighting to the death in Thebes, allowing the imperial court to benefit from it!
However, this seemingly foolproof trick was taken off the table! ! !

The old prime minister never expected that the priest of Kabuda would be so decisive!Such a bachelor!So shameless!In order to maintain the dominance of the Temple of Amun in the capital Thebes, they threw themselves at the feet of that "foreign god" without any face or dignity, and lifted this chubby beast of unknown species directly onto the ground. The throne of God Amon? !Immediately, the old prime minister was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped!

Hey, don't play like this!Great Priest Kabuda!Messing around like you, what would God Amon in the sky think?Are you still a servant of God?

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PS: Beyond the word count: "War Is Never Sacred"

Recently, the international observation team came to the Donetsk region and was shocked by the war atrocities committed by the Kiev mopping up army. According to these experts, these included gang rape of underage girls, massacres of civilians, harvesting of human organs for profit, etc. , which is already a crime of genocide, is simply not something that civilized people in Europe can do, and think that these criminals should be punished according to international law.

Alas, I remember that in April, when Crimea held a citizens’ assembly to support Russia’s accession, an old man who couldn’t speak clearly came to the stage and gave a speech, saying that the girls in Ukraine would be pulled into canned human flesh by the current group of Nazis .At that time, Ukrainian TV broadcasted this video in an attempt to prove that those who supported entering Russia were mentally ill, and now they can only sigh...

——This old man was probably born before World War II. People who have experienced that era sometimes have a sharp perspective.

As for the just punishment of international law, it is estimated that there is nothing to hope for.In South Korea, South Vietnam and Bosnia and Herzegovina, when did such things happen less?From the current point of view, although Crimea has been severely pitted in the chaos, it is much better than being smashed into a piece of scorched earth.