Chapter 32 Unscrupulous
Benedick II is already seventy-four years old this year. It is very inhumane to have a 74-year-old man naked in the indoor temperature of more than ten degrees.
But at this time point, Benedick II's actions at least made the surrounding Agents less nervous - as a "visitor" who had not made an appointment with Dusand, the dean of the seminary was a very troublesome visitor.
The dean seemed anxious to see Dusand immediately. In order to pass the "safety inspection" immediately, he even took off all his clothes on his upper body directly at the door.
"Hisser Admiral." Dusand tried to get Benedick II to put on his clothes first, while the old dean took the lead and explained his purpose. "I hope to perform his work on behalf of Archbishop Guterres during the period when he was recuperating from his injuries."
"You definitely didn't decide to become an advocate of liberation theology because you heard that Archbishop Guterres suddenly won the teachings after being attacked." Dusander pointedly exposed Benedick II's "disguise". He asked straightforwardly, "So, what do you want?"
"Please... don't attack the young theologians in the seminary." Benedick II bowed his head slightly, and his naked upper body wrinkles became more obvious. "These theologians in the seminary either study medical care or study agronomical... Their existence only benefits but no harm to Neussal - those theologians who are impacted by their faith can also be saved."
Dusander didn't say anything. He looked at the old man in front of him, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Dean, their faith can be saved, but what about you?"
Benedic II was silent for a few seconds and said, "Although Archbishop Gutierrez committed a serious sin, if he was willing to take the liberation theology as a guide for life and bring God's gospel and love to the poor... After his death, Archbishop Gutierrez could be called a saint."
This paragraph is considered a "black talk" within religion, and the core content of the whole paragraph lies in two points.
Gutierrez obeyed the orders of the former archbishop and the royal family to slaughter civilians was a serious sin, and the preaching of theology of liberation could be called a saint.
Benedic II's attitude is fully expressed in this sentence - he agreed with liberation theology, believed that there was a big problem with the royal family, and believed that liberation theology was by no means a heresy, but should become part of the church like the sects founded by other saints.
"I hope your position will be clearer." Dusand understood the slander, but he was still not satisfied with what the slander said. "Are you a sympathizer, supporter, or a believer of liberation theology?"
Benedick II's answer to this question is very straightforward.
"God's love for the world should be unreserved," Benedick II said carefully, "I do not think that a benevolent and omnipotent god will place her love for people in a certain individual or family. He will not give her love to individuals, families or even churches as if he was afraid of trouble, and then bless all mankind through these "intermediaries"."
"The church should be a faithful performer of God's faith. The purpose of our joining the church is to show God's love in a more suitable way for the times." Benedick II said very slowly, but the expression on his face gradually became relaxed. "The work of the church should be to do everything to transform God's love into a more suitable form for ordinary people."
Dusander was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the church senior in front of him could speak so distorted, even to break up the contents of the church.
Justification by conduct and justification by faith are often the biggest difference between traditional churches and Protestant churches. The reason is simple - early religious believers needed an organization to complete the transformation from ordinary people to believers. In order to spread faith, such organizations would inevitably require a group of people who gave up their jobs to preach and maintain their faith full-time.
Although they are clergy, they are not gods. They need to obtain living materials to maintain their lives, and they also need a more efficient way to maintain the faith of newly developed believers.
Therefore, the church was born. They cultivated their own clergy, held regular religious ceremonies to maintain their faith, and at the same time collected money from existing believers to maintain their operations.
With the development of religion, in order to maintain its "authority", the church began to add various rituals, and through these rituals, further amass money and enhance authority.
When the church is making money heavier and the burden on believers is getting greater and greater, "Protestantism" will arise. These "Protestantism" advocate that faith in God does not need to be realized through complex religious rituals, and that you only need to believe in God to be saved. This simple and convenient proposition naturally quickly became the main school of religion.
The churches of the empire were such "Protestantism". After they transformed into Protestantism, they quickly received sponsorship from the imperial royal family.
Now, Benedick II's speech is equivalent to fundamentally denying the "reasonability" of the Imperial Church. Moreover, he spoke in a natural tone, as if he was talking about what to eat tonight.
If we start from the explanation of Benedick II, the church should be disbanded directly. Except for the agricultural college and the medical college, other institutions can be disbanded.
"I am not a believer in liberation theology. To be honest, I look down on this interpretation a little." Dusand's shock had not yet been transformed into an expression and appeared on his face, while Benedick II's speech continued, "Gutierrez still has a deep love for the church. His so-called liberation theology is just an attempt to liberate some ordinary people who are oppressed by the royal family."
"But your theory liberates everyone." Dusand finally came back from his shock, and then frowned and asked, "But... wouldn't such a claim turn the church of Newar into a mess before destroying the church of the Empire?"
"Of course." Benedick II nodded for granted and said, "So, don't disclose my proposal to the public for the time being. During this period, I will first implement Gutierrez's proposal."
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When Benedick II left, his clothes were neatly worn, and he also took away more than forty professional guards from the Privy Council of Newar.
The Privy Council has now completely stopped its operation. After all, Dusand has decided to separate out all the nobles in the entire system of Neussal.
In the past, as a political force that cannot be ignored in the colonies, the Privy Council was actually the institution for formulating policies and regulations of the vast majority of colonial countries. As a legislative body, the Privy Council also had important tasks in serving the nobles.
It is a real money burning machine.
The Dusander decided to break up the Privy Council, half of the reason was to let the nobles return to the social operation system and reduce the burden on the civilians. The other half's reason was to save some money... The funding needs of this institution were jaw-dropping.
The existing civilian personnel in the Privy Council have been basically dismantled and supplemented into the current control system of Newar. The escort department is divided into two parts, half of which belongs to the newly established security department of Ika, and the other half is handed over to the People's Army as grassroots and middle-level officers.
The morale of the escorts of the Privy Council has been very low recently. In the massacre half a year ago, more than 200 guards died in the attack. The subsequent transfer of posts and disbandment of departments made them at a loss.
Gutierrez was attacked, making Ika's security department look like a big enemy from top to bottom. This is the profession of guarding. As long as they fail once, they will be regarded as "inappropriate things". Every Ika guard feels that they will be imprisoned or removed from office.
However, Dusand did not treat them like this. He only seriously reminded the forty-three guards whom he can call, "The situation of the dean is quite special. Every person who can get close to him may be an instability factor. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the people he comes into contact with will not pose a threat to his life safety - this matter is very important and must not be lost."
Benedick II added next to it, "I will try to control the frequency and location of contact with others, and all interviews with 'unsafe factors', and I will choose a one-on-one way in the office."
"I only have one request for you," Dusand said seriously. "You have the right to take all measures to protect the President's safety when you think it is necessary. As long as he is safe, no matter what kind of losses and sensation your actions cause... it doesn't matter."
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On Newar, Dusand ordered "to do whatever he wanted" to ensure the safety of Benedick II. On Saxony, Dushen also issued a similar order.
"As long as the civilian gathering area is safe." Facing the sweaty Rosen, Duchamp's tone was as calm as usual. "As long as the civilians are safe, I will not ask about your specific military actions - you can use any means to achieve your goal."
Rosen gasped and said, "Then I need fire support, I need the fleet to move over the target area and provide accurate and comprehensive fire coverage of the target location."
The firepower coverage mentioned by Rosen is a very risky move in naval combat mode. The reason is also very simple - the fleet cannot complete high-precision ground shooting in low-Earth orbit. If we want to achieve what Rosen calls "precise and comprehensive firepower coverage", the entire fleet needs to jump into the atmosphere above the target in a circular formation of ground shooting. Then, the process of "aiming-shooting-re-jumping-maintaining height-aiming-fire" is completed while the hull is captured by planetary gravity and freely falls.
During this process, there will be many errors. For example, there are problems in the direction of the jump, such as the fleet shifted in queue during free landing, which mistakenly took away some of the hulls of friendly forces during the second jump, such as the Yinpuxilong Mine broke during the heating process, resulting in disorderly disintegration and transmission, such as the hull rolling during the falling process, and the shells hit friendly forces...
This kind of combat is a truly high-risk battle. Every step of the combat may make mistakes, and the result of the error is that the ship is destroyed and the person is killed.
"What is the reason why you need this kind of fire support?" Duchamp did not refuse directly, and asked, "Why do you need such support now?"
"They dug a hole and buried the only two large cruisers on the main peak of the 434.2 highland." Luosen wiped the oil sweat from his forehead and said, "The two large cruisers have a total of 32 twelve-inch main guns. The armor thickness on the hull is at least eight inches. Even if the tank barrel is armed with armor, it is impossible to penetrate the iron shell. Even if the cannons we equipped are replaced with armor-piercing bullets, the armor-piercing depth cannot penetrate the iron shell."
The 434.2 Highland is located about four kilometers southeast of Dresden. This is the highest point in Dresden and is also the largest iron ore in Dresden. The entire mountain is full of high-quality iron ore except for the surface of about three yr thick covered soil.
Such geological conditions, as well as the two large cruisers of the Saxon Garrison fleet, made the 434.2 Highland directly a fortress with firepower that could cover all of Dresden. If civilians in Dresden are to be safe, the threat of the 434.2 Highland must be lifted.
Duchamp handed over this mission to Rosen. After Rosen took his proud tanks and infantry to approach the 434.2 high ground, he realized how outrageous this mission was.
The Saxon sailors who were guarding the "large cruiser turtles" were all shrunk turtles, and these shrunk turtles destroyed two tanks and killed more than 30 People's Army soldiers just by leaning against a large number of close-defense guns on both sides of the hull.
Chapter completed!