LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 839: “FollowerIX”
Chapter 839 "FollowerIX"
There is a saying that Rome was not built in a day. According to legend, Romulo, the builder of Rome, was endowed with wisdom and built the city of Rome overnight... of course it is impossible.
The establishment and development of the city of Rome in history have gone through a long course of more than 2,000 years. In 27 BC, Rome entered the age of empire. Due to the abundant resources of cheap labor-slaves, the construction of the city of Rome has entered a period of rapid development.
Representative buildings such as the Arc de Triomphe and the Colosseum, which are now well known to the world, were built in this period.
However, in addition to these magnificent buildings and buildings, countless civilians also poured in. Newly built houses were burned from the arena on July 17, 1964. However, the real cause of this fire has always been. It is a historical mystery through the ages.
The Arena is located on the east bank of the Tiber River, in the southwest of the city of Rome. Because it was full of flammable materials such as tents, the fire was out of control.
Coupled with the southwest wind in the few days of the fire, it helped the fire.
When Vulcan swallowed the big arena, there were two fires extending to the left and right. The left one burned towards Kaixuan Avenue. The Arc de Triomphe, the Punic War and the Gaul War Memorial Arch and the Temple, etc., were all in an instant. Intermediate to nothing.
The fire on the right burned down the imperial government offices and other high-rise buildings, and the streets, shops, and houses extending in all directions were also reduced to ashes. As a result, the whole city was almost plunged into a sea of flames. This time the fire burned for six days and seven nights. As a result, the whole city of Rome was scorched!
Nero rushed back to Rome from Antiium, opened his palace to accommodate the victims, and transported food and relief from Ostia and neighboring towns. However, due to the heavy losses caused by the fire, people generally suspect that this should be caused by man-made arson.
At that time, many people believed that the arsonists should come from Emperor Nero, and the reason was that Emperor Nero wanted to expand the palace.
However, the capital's palace was full of Roman civilians, and it was almost impossible to start construction. Therefore, taking advantage of the dead of night, he instigated him to set fire.
Nero heard that someone suspected that he had set fire secretly. In order not to spread the rumors, he declared that the disaster was a conspiracy to set fire by Christians. So he ordered the arrest of Christians and publicly tortured them cruelly-crucified, put on animal skins to be killed by evil dogs, and nailed them to pillars as candles.
Burning Rome even the emperor cannot bear this responsibility. The power of these Roman civilians, who are usually called "untouchables" by their rulers, is so terrifying.
At the same time, this proverb also means not to rush for success. Justinian wants to build Constantinople as magnificent as Rome. At the same time, he also wants to take back the land occupied by the barbarians and reunite the divided Rome.
He excessively squeezed the wealth of the civilians, which eventually caused the dissatisfaction of the Eastern Romans and launched the Nika riot. If it were not for Theodora, he almost fled like Louis XVI.
Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, was also a famous tyrant. He built the Grand Canal, built Luoyang, the eastern capital, and expedition to Turks and Goguryeo. He wanted to do all the things that the predecessors hadn't done in his lifetime.
In the end, it led to the peasant uprising in the end of the Sui Dynasty.
The essence of Justinian, Nero, and Emperor Yang of Sui is not much different. The reason Justinian was not given the title of "tyrant" is because he did not offend the person who wrote history. Nero persecuted Christians. The brutality of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had to serve as a justification for the usurpation of power by the Tang dynasty.
History has always been written by victors. The previous history was written by the church. They monopolized knowledge. Now they have lost their authority and are regarded as liars by many people.
However, there are more than one billion Christians all over the world, and the influence of the church is still huge. They hold a power of public opinion that is different from the current television, newspapers and media-Mass, where priests and believers communicate face-to-face. This fills in the emptiness of mind caused by the government’s ignorance of public opinion.
Even if the parliamentarians and the president do not believe in any religion at all, they cannot directly say that they are atheists or money worshippers.
Kennedy is the only Catholic in American history, but so far there has not been a non-Christian president in the United States. Because more than 80% of Americans believe in Christianity, it is more difficult to elect a non-Christian president than a black president. .
Brazil is the largest Catholic country in the world, and the United States is the largest Protestant country.
The way of preaching in Latin America is to sing rock and roll while preaching. Although this is very deviant, it makes the traditional Catholic conservatives very unhappy, but it does not call them a new heresy.
Devil worship is often associated with death metal rock. Those lead singers gritted their teeth and screamed. The lyrics contain anti-Christian and anti-religious tendencies. They often use other instruments such as piano, violin, or opera soprano. The song deliberately creates a weird and scary atmosphere of horror.
The hometowns of the Vikings are Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Andersen’s Little Mermaid and the Nobel Prize are not the only places there.
In Swedish culture, the cemetery is not a terrible place, but a place of entertainment.
This is different from the summer camp, when the stupid kid encourages the courage to go to the cemetery for an adventure game. There is a group of thugs in the middle of the night, who suddenly shoves you into the car and throws you into the beautiful cemetery of the United Nations intangible cultural heritage.
It's cold at night in Northern Europe, surrounded by gloomy tombstones. The victim has to walk a long way to find the police.
As for how he himself became another victim, he doesn’t know. It’s the practice of the Swedish police to send the person to the suburbs to "calm down". For example, if someone is suspected of selling drugs by the police, he will be sent to the cemetery by the police after being detained for interrogation." freed".
Generally speaking, there is a church next to the cemetery. The church is to accommodate Eastern European refugees. Tourists who are in "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?" He knows a ghost. The only thing he can do is to pray for a signal around, or call it. Not every day, the ground is not working.
No country will show its vulgarity. The Sweden seen in external videos, reports, or travel magazine photos is a magnificent palace, noble and elegant residence.
But in fact, immigrants did not live there in the past, but the suburbs where people were "calm down". Socially, they were almost isolated. Only a handful of pedestrians were seen in one day. Sweden was "large and sparsely populated", and the pedestrians encountered were still Each does not speak, and each walks in its own way. Even the vehicles are pitiful, not as good as Brazil's rural areas, and at least they can chat with living people.
"It's like a terrestrial version of Robinson Crusoe. I thought it was a joke the first time I heard it." Snape thought he was humorous and said with a smile, "Have you been to Sweden, pastor?"
"No." The Secretary-General said displeasedly.
"Don't worry, they are very civilized now. I heard that their furniture company is quite famous."
"They are also Christians..." Gianluca said.
"That's the law. They must become Protestants at birth, but few people participate in the dispersion. They prefer Odin." The black wizard said cheerfully. "You should listen to their Viking Metal, now the subject of death. It's outdated, and some bands have turned their theme to Norse mythology."
"You know they also hunted witches in the Middle Ages, right?" the priest said sinisterly.
"I know, so what? Real wizards are not so easy to be caught." Snape said with disdain. "The wizard caught by the French Muggle has forgotten that he is a wizard, Jean Ya. Rousseau is not always right, but there is a saying he said well, why are civilized countries always conquered by barbarians?"
"I have forgotten, you are also a heretic." The priest said coldly.
"I know a girl who is like a top student in a Muggle school. By rote memorization, she always gets the first place in the exam. My friends often scold my godson for this. That's his son. I’m just a godfather, I can’t interfere too much with this, but at school I am his dean. I told him that for her to be educated is endorsement and obedience. The only result of reading this way is that she will become a parrot of the tongue sooner or later. , I asked him to make some small inventions and complete some small projects on his own. As a result, he invented a potion that can make people hiccup. That thing is meaningless, like **** heroism. Those five young people go to cannibals. The missions in the territories are very brave, but they are only 20 years old, and they have wives and children. Their lives should not end in this way, and some people should not live in this world."
"So you agree that Protestants slaughtered Indians in North America, those who helped them?"
"What about the cannibals? What did they help you? Have you heard the story of the farmer and the snake?"
"They chose to convert to Catholicism!"
"Only in form, if the tribal leader dies, they will resume the custom of cannibalism." Snape said, "Don't worry about so many other people's nostalgia, you have enough internal problems."
"Have you ever eaten food in Rome? When I was a child, my parents and I traveled to Rome. The locals would not waste any food, including the offal, and made it into soup. I found that I couldn't eat that thing, although many people said It’s delicious.” The priest paused and said, “Later we went to visit the underground caves of Mithraism. At that time, many people in the ancient Roman legion believed this. The Mithra temples are all underground, and believers will eat them if they want to join the church. The flesh and blood of the bison, the blood is stained with bread, and the meat is eaten raw. What is the difference between that scene and the scene after the wild beasts are hunted? Didn’t you just ask how many cases the corpse was dealt with? I’m telling you now, that’s the worship of Satan. Part of the ritual, but this is not the most perverted. There are people who pickle human corpses with salt and spices, just like cooking food!"
"You are very stubborn." Snape said, "Impulse is the devil, priest."
"Our believers have traveled to Jerusalem with all their hardships and experienced so much suffering, but the city lord has to collect a gold coin for the city tax. To the rulers of the holy city, pilgrims are their constant source of wealth." The pastor stood up with excitement just now, and now he sat down again. "A step away from the holy city, they just don’t let the pilgrims go in. No matter how we begged, they were indifferent. Later, a good-hearted man pulled a cart of gold coins before letting him go. They entered the city, and after entering the city, they set up various obstacles, robbed, whipped, and imprisoned. The returning pilgrims will speak to the believers about what they encountered in the east. This is the reason for the eastward march."
"Do you want to say that the secular emperor used you?" Snape said coldly, "You also robbed a lot of wealth."
"If you want to condemn the darkness and brutality brought about by wars, then you should condemn all wars, not just slander the Crusades, focus on criticizing it, and imposing a despicable color on it. You protect the Nordic people and even them Witch hunting is justified."
"That is a world where strength is supreme."
"During the Thirty Years' War, when the religious trials ceased in Venice, the soldiers who went on the expedition took this'custom' back. They just caught up with the fashion! They didn't think about it carefully! You said wizards were not so easy to be caught! Those who were caught What is the criterion for the wizard who seizes the trial? Is the strength insufficient?"
Snape did not answer.
"Look, you don't know the Swedes that much either." The priest won the argument and smiled triumphantly.
"If you change the time, priest, you have become a'blood eagle'." Snape said slowly. "The southerners in the Mediterranean are easily emotional, the northerners are taciturn, and the heart has been chased by the Baltic Sea. Don't try to show your tongue. I lost my life soon."
"Who are you? Leave your name." The priest said calmly.
"Snow wolf." Snape said, "Sweden is known as the northern lion, but the lion may not adapt well in the north. The wolf is the most successful predator in the snow."
"That's the name the Puritans gave them. The Nordic people didn't really convert at all." The priest said, "They are still Fenrir's descendants."
"The Romans are the descendants of the wolf boy." Snape said, "The Swedish army defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and the Catholic Union army. If it weren't for Gustav's death..."
"He will not be the whip of God." The priest interrupted Snape. "Protestantism is the source of the legality of the Vaasa Dynasty and the foundation of the country. He also has a nephew in Poland."
"Split Sweden? Good idea, how many people do you think will give up the warrior Gustav the Great and follow a kid who has nothing?"
"Nero did not have the military merits and the ability to govern the country. He became the emperor of Rome," said the secretary-general. "Even in areas where the influence of the Holy See is relatively weak, some people will listen to God's revelation, just like the five I said before. Young man, Sweden is separated from the Kalmar League. While the army is in the south, just send lobbyists to let the northerners attack Sweden."
"The conspiracy is really great, how come you were fooled by Enrico Dandolo?" Snape said with a sneer.
"On the Fourth Eastern March, only France responded to the call. They are the last believers."
"No, they are not the last believers." Gianluca said, "We are the last believers."
"The King of France is short of money, and the design has robbed the Knights Templar." Snape pointed to the Lion of St. Mark outside the window and said, "They donated their military expenses to you. Think about it, priest, who is the real one? Believers."
"You have no evidence..."
"This is our purpose, to find evidence that Venice funded the church." Gianluca said, "Do you think that without the support of the church, do the Poles have the money to provide equipment for the cavalry?"
(End of this chapter)