I won’t mention how the big names in the Holy City will react after receiving the divine art fax from Archbishop of Nanling, Yarlin.
Time went back to the other side, and after Bambner left, Ivan Ian also breathed a sigh of relief in the hall.
"Old slippers... give them a headache." Muttered softly, Yiwen Ian stood up, "Master Elsa, who came on behalf of the conservatives, is still waiting in the living room?"
Aofeta nodded: "Yes, the nun has been there for almost an hour."
"Sir, nun..." Yiwen Ian sighed with some nostalgia. Time is fair to everyone. Except for a very small number of people, you will inevitably grow as long as you work hard. When you first met, Mother Elsa was just an ordinary priest, but now she is the presidency of the entire Cheka Cathedral.
After Aofeta's instructions, the maids and ladies had already cleaned up the living room again. Compared to the devastating deliberately making it for people to see, the entire Duke's mansion had actually been cleaned up in three days. The tables, chairs and tea cups in the living room were also equipped with all the tables, chairs and tea cups, and even the walls that had been smashed with a big hole were temporarily covered with tapestries. In the afternoon, the masters of the Military Engineering and Construction Institute came over and repaired them immediately.
With Eofeta, Yiwen Ian pushed open the door of the living room and looked at the white-robed nun sitting in the middle of the room. He smiled softly: "Mr. Elsa, it's been a long time since we saw you."
Wearing a pure white priest robe and as always, she wore the unique nun turban that was so unique to the blindfold of the eyes of the nun, Elsa stood up from the seat, smiled gently, and nodded to Yiwen Ian. The ruthless years did not leave too many traces on the gentle nun, but instead added a graceful and elegant temperament to her beauty.
"To be precise, it's only three weeks since I saw you, Sir Ian." Elsa said with a faint apology on her face and owed Ewen Ian. "I am very sorry for the attacks of the radical church and the losses suffered by the Duke's Mansion."
For this acquaintance who had been dating for nine years, Yiwen Ian did not criticize her as much as he treated Bambenna: "No need to do this, Lord Elsa. You have given me the information of the Sanctum Institute in advance. As for the Sanctum Institute who only summoned such a small number of people to attack the Duke's Mansion directly, this is something no one could have imagined."
Hearing Ivan Ian's answer, Elsa nodded in agreement: "Yes. The Duke of Sephora is relatively neutral in his position. He is neither from our teachings nor optimistic about the radical policies. So we think that being led by Father Andrewson, who is directly under her, is more ideal than Miles, who is radical, but we didn't expect that such a thing would happen."
Although the true identity of the "hermit" is a mystery for ordinary people, this mystery is just an open secret between the top leaders of the church and his confidants.
"Is Andrewson?" Yiwen Ian recalled the scene when he met the priest, "I'm not an Yi person..."
Although Ye Yiwen Ian just chatted with Andrewson for a few simple words, and both sides did not use their full strength in a real sense, he had a feeling that Andrewson was not a person who could be simply manipulated.
Andrewson gave Ewen Ian a feeling that he was very similar to himself: both of them were using everything they could use around them, but just to achieve their goals or beliefs.
"Then this is my condition." Yiwen Ian raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Eofeta then put a piece of parchment in front of Elsa. "There is no room for negotiation in the first three - this little money is nothing to your church. You are also very clear about the reasons for the other two."
Yes, Elsa and the conservative churches of Knaten who she represents are pretty good with Evan Ian, but this will not affect both parties' respective interests for themselves - to be precise, Evan Ian and the conservative churches unite to suppress the interests of the radicals.
In this popular process, Yiwen Ian gained benefits, and the conservative enemy and radicals were weakened, so both sides were satisfied. As for the losses the church as a whole would suffer in this process, they were deliberately ignored by both sides.
"There is probably no problem with the first three items." He picked up the parchment and looked at it briefly. Elsa estimated it in her heart and then gave a positive answer, "Even if there is any problem, it will be covered up by the fourth and fifth items."
Yiwen Ian couldn't help laughing. Should he be worthy of being an old opponent who has been dealing with for many years? He suddenly saw through the essence of asking for a lot of money and paying off the money by sitting on the ground. But can you see through the next big pie? Or, even if you see through it, can you bear it?
"Don't say that." Yiwen Ian's eyes were full of smiles and he simply pointed, "I admit that it is a bit too much to perform military service and labor, but isn't Article 5 what tutor Knitine always wanted?"
Elsa gently picked the corner of her mouth: "What Archbishop Knitting wants? Are you talking about the position of Archbishop of Nanling? Do you want to control the appointment and removal of Bishop of Nanling? But all you ask for is the power of dismissal, right?"
"It is enough to have the right to remove him." Yiwen Ian replied without hesitation. "On this issue, having a veto is enough to dominate the entire appointment and removal candidate."
Elsa thought for a moment and realized that there were many clergy in the church, but she was not as good as finding dozens of candidates at will, let alone the level of the archbishop. Looking at the entire empire, there were no more than ten candidates.
Conservatives and radicals are factional disputes. At this time, the only veto power plays a decisive role.
However, after understanding Yiwen Ian's thoughts, she became a little worried: "The appointment and removal power of clergy at the bishop level or above? This... your appetite is a bit too big, right?"
Yiwen Ian shook his head without comment, "Let the big guys do it themselves."
Elsa nodded without saying much. Like Ben Berner and Allin, the overall situation she can affect as a small nun and a melodraft tube at such a level is extremely limited.
Finally, Elsa focused on the sixth item: "This last item..."
"A little bit of a joke." With just a glance, Elsa instantly saw the words and words full of evil tastes, "It's completely meaningless except for disgusting people."
"There are many heresies in the Holy See who have formal churches, such as non-humans, monsters, experimental creatures that violate the church, and all kinds of heresy things, only you can't imagine, and there is nothing in the Holy See. Your treaty probably makes no sense." Before taking office as the presiding priest of Chika Cathedral in Wenning District, Elsa studied in the Holy See for two years, so she also heard a lot of "rumors" about the Holy See. Out of her understanding of Iven Ian, she knew very well that this was something that Iven Ian used to ask for a lot of price.
However, Yiwen Ian had his own judgment: "The heresies in the Holy See may be stronger than me, or terrifying than me, but they are definitely not as famous as me."
"As the most famous black blood man in the empire, the disagreement between our Silver Rose family and the church is something that the entire empire sees. The church cannot pass through my church. Since it is absolutely impossible to pass through, it can be used to bargain."
"Small chips... Such many conditions may not be enough if it is just for the hostages of 80 high-level clergymen." Elsa thought and said subconsciously.
"80?" Yiwen Ian picked up the tea from the table and drank it gently, "It's more than 80..."
"Hundreds of churches and hundreds of monasteries throughout the Nanling Mountains, as well as the church clergy in them, are all my hostages..."
Putting down the teacup, Yiwen Ian raised eight fingers: "These 80 people are the bargaining chips on the surface, and there are 400 times more people than this, as well as the church's foundation in Nanling for nearly a hundred years, all of which can be taken out to talk to you when necessary-"
"Actually, even Miss Elsa, you." Yiwen Ian chuckled frivolously, "He is also the hostage in my hands..."
"Yiwen, are you just kidding?" Elsa was stunned. Yiwen's statement seemed a bit too sensational. Although she knew that he was just kidding, because the content of the joke that seemed true and false was too terrible, she couldn't help but think about the possibility of it. "Since the founding of the country, no imperial nobles have driven the church out of their territory..."
"That's because they believe in religion, and their people believe in religion." Restrained his smile, Yiwen Ian looked at Elsa quietly.
Compared with the Christianity in Yiwen Ian's previous life, the empire's unique geographical location was relatively closed. The church of the gods that was sticking to the empire was also very conservative in its development. It had neither witnessed sect division nor encountered Puritan independence, nor experienced the blooming and scattered leaves like the Protestant Reformation, nor encountered the strange product of "Celestial Marxist religious view". Therefore, in terms of the erosion of its religious culture, it was impossible to compare with the original Christianity in Yiwen Ian's previous life. What the church of the gods in this world relied on is nothing more than a divine system that was parallel to arcane and elemental magic.
"Nanling is not an empire, and Silver Rose is not an ordinary imperial noble." Yiwen Ian showed her trump card to Elsa and the church behind her in simple words. "A century ago, the people of Nanling had no idea what the church of the gods was. Even now, there were no more than three-fifths of the Nanling people who turned to the gods, and nearly half of them were pan-who believed in the gods and the dragon gods at the same time-"
"So you said, do I dare?" Yiwen Ian said to Elsa in a slightly provocative tone.
That's right, in order to stabilize the rule in the South Ridge, the Empire and Silver Rose needed the existence of the church to domesticate the people.
For the foolish people, there is no more effective way to domesticate them than religion.
However, in the eyes of Iven Ian, the Church of Gods, which made the imperial nobles and the emperor respect and fear, was nothing more than something that would inevitably fade away with the changes of history.
However, Yiwen Ian was very hesitant before. After all, there are magic, magic, and supernatural things in this world. It is natural that there are things like "god".
If the church is uprooted from the land of the Nanling Mountains, will the gods give themselves a punishment of God and God, or something, become a very serious matter?
So Yiwen Ian just thought about this possibility and did not put this idea into action.
However, until a few days ago, the words Andrewson left before leaving, while confusing Yiwen Ian, also made him feel a little uneasy-
Because he confirmed that this uneasiness was not an illusion, but actually existed in the hearts of the church's top leaders, he dared to use such a threat as a bargaining chip...
This is a threat, and it is also a gambling.
Yiwen Ian gently wiped the trump card in his hand.
I have put my chips on it, so, are you willing to follow the Pope Hall?