Faced with Soshiyan's question, the deacon just spread his hands and said an answer that was not a reply.
"This is actually very obvious when the commander of Soshiyang battles."
The other party said this, and Soshiyang thought about it and said:
“Vandir’s legacy.”
Ebanks shook his head.
"This is a lunatic, a trustless and a traitor, and he should not be left behind."
"ha."
Soshyan chuckled, not pointing out that the organization of the Battle Nun was established by Van Dier, but he had guessed that it is very likely that just like retaining the Battle Nun, even as the reformer, Saint Sebastian realized a problem. In the empire, the mouth never works without fists. If the state religion really strips itself up, then there will be no power to fight back in front of other institutions and organizations of the empire and even become a puppet and vassal. The apostasy is an invasion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the state religion. What about the next time?
In politics, it is absolutely normal to be prepared for any eventuality. Obviously, in addition to retaining the combat nuns, the State Church also secretly left some other things.
"Please forgive my curiosity, how did this fleet escape the imperial censorship?"
"The Apostates once organized a huge expeditionary fleet to try to kill the great San Sebastian..."
"I know this, a storm of the Emperor's Wrath destroyed the fleet."
But Ebanks corrected this statement.
"Part … nearly half of this fleet's ships escaped from the storm after a brief trek, but when they returned to the physical universe, the apostate was dead. After repeated measurements, the great San Sebastian finally decided to keep the fleet secretly for emergencies. At the same time, in order to ensure the operation of this fleet, the successor Pope established the Order of Silence."
It is obvious that whether it is retaining the fleet or establishing this so-called knights, it is an act of violating the edict of taming. So whether Sebastian signed this edict of taming was voluntarily or under the circumstances was very interesting.
Moreover, Soshyan seriously suspected that he saw that it was definitely not the full strength of the silent fleet. You should know that the fleet power of the state religion in the past in the Van Dier era was almost equal to that of the navy. When the loyalist marched into Terra, the two sides even broke out in the Karaf galaxy in the Sun Star Domain.
With the efficiency of the empire, the time for taming the edicts to be passed to various religious worlds is enough for the state religion to hide some warships in various ways.
But when I think about it, the fact may not be so. After all, these are all one-sided statements of the state religion now. Perhaps Sebastian did hand over all the naval power of the state religion, but his successor may not think this is a good thing. The apostasy has been in the past four thousand years. With the power of the state religion, even if it is moved by ant, it can slowly accumulate a large fleet. Perhaps it is assumed that Sebastian's "will" is a statement and excuse from the pope in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world.
As for this silent Knight, from the first glance when Soshiyan saw that Long, he could tell that this was definitely not a normal person. He must be some kind of transformation warrior or strengthening soldier. As for what technology the state religion uses, it is hard to say, but when he was in Terra, Soshiyan heard that Van Dier had conducted many crazy experiments in an attempt to create a "more sacred warrior" beyond Astart.
Although no results have been recorded, it is hard to say that there are no results. It may be just hidden by some force.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, what is the best thing about the current state religion compared to the apostate era?
Soshiyan himself couldn't say it. Perhaps the winner of this battle of faith was Van Deere - because most of the things he created were preserved, and everything that Sebastian, a reformer who fought with Van Deere for a lifetime, had long disappeared, leaving only some scriptures and rules left on paper.
Sometimes he also wondered whether the top leaders of the state religion are Sebastian's followers or Van Dier's followers?
I can only say that humans sometimes like to go around in circles like this.
Then again, Bardo Slister actually took out such a shameful thing, which shows that Soshiyan's gift really made the other party believe that he was on the side of the state religion. Although Soshiyan himself did not like the extremely stubborn conservative, such a person would have his role as long as he made good use of it. Besides, the empire was not lacking in radicals. It is not good to be too conservative, but if everyone was radical, it would be a disaster.
There is a balance between conservatism and radicalism, and this is the most ideal and safest political state for the empire.
So he doesn't care about making such a political ally, what kind of people have the same uses, and only those who blindly pursue those who are completely consistent with their own ideas can form an alliance. This is not only naive but also dangerous.
Looking at Soshiyan's silent expression, Ebanks thought the other party was suspicious of the purpose of the National Church hiding the armed forces, so he continued to explain:
"San Sebastian once taught that the state religion must be the last high wall to defend the faith of the Lord of Man. As the chief of the Interior, Van Dier was able to control the state religion so easily because he had a gun. At that time, the state religion did not. It is difficult to guarantee that there would be no such person in the future. Therefore, when there is the power to try to shake the eternal belief of the Lord of Man, and other armed forces in the empire do nothing, the state religion must have the power to carry out the doomsday holy war, and the silent fleet and the silent Knights are the last trump card."
Soshiyang nodded and showed an expression of understanding, but he secretly complained in his heart.
The decree of taming was to prevent Van Dier from appearing again, and the result was to violate it and to prevent Van Dier from appearing again. He said the whole story of the National Church, which is really in line with their true nature.
"But now we're sending a silent fleet... aren't you worried about being noticed by other forces in the Empire? There are already many judges in the Catholic diocese."
"We have handed over the Crusaders House to the Inquisition, what else can they say?"
After he said this, Soshiyang understood that Terra's headquarter might have noticed these small actions in going abroad to teach, so the two sides reached a series of deals and finally made the court choose to shut up on the matter.
Among them, the Crusader House should be the most critical transaction project. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a crusader training institution established by the State Church, but it is usually set up near the court facilities, and some are located in large court fortresses, which means that the State Church is spending money to train entourages for the court.
Politics, it's true that they are all transactions.
"So that's it. The Cathedral has no other imperial power except the Inquisition... There is indeed no problem of exposure."
At this time, Talos also finished reading the data board and placed it on the table with a sound.
"7 Emperor-level ships, 17 Cardinal ships, 26 Month-level ships... What a big deal."
Soshiyang immediately returned the storage to the other party and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!