Feeling that European churches have been penetrating into the American continent and wanting to use the power of religion to achieve their ulterior purposes, Zhao Hongyu and the others formulated a plan to counterattack by faith.
On the European continent, the church has always been dominant over the royal families of various countries.
The divine right of kings is not just a rhetoric, but a real thing.
If any monarch in Europe wants to become a king, he cannot avoid the church.
It must be recognized and entrusted by the church before the king can have legal rights, be stable and conducive to rule.
If the king is dissatisfied with the church, or has other ideas.
Then, the church will come up with some rhetoric, or fabricate some events such as the wrath of ¡®god¡¯ to threaten the rule of the kings.
Because the people on the European continent basically believe in Christ, the power of the church is extremely large.
Although they keep saying that they will not participate in secular affairs, everything they do is related to the secular world.
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To put it bluntly, these people in the church are just using the guise of Christ as a way to make money or to participate in government affairs.
Even the supreme ruler of the church, who claims to be the spokesperson of ¡®God¡¯ in the world, also calls himself the ¡®Pope¡¯.
Therefore, no matter how they explain it, no matter what kind of rhetoric they use, they can't erase the turmoil behind their high-sounding words.
?According to the Chinese saying, the church is actually a person who wants to build a memorial arch despite being a pretentious person.
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Although they can deceive people of this era, against people like Zhao Hongyu and others, the church's tricks will have no effect.
Zhao Hongyu and the others, who have extensive experience, really understand what kind of organization the church is, and they also know the moral character of the people in the church.
Therefore, how could Zhao Hongyu allow the church to take root and develop believers on the American continent?
This is simply impossible.
If the church succeeds, the stability and unity within the American Song Empire will no longer exist.
Those believers will definitely be incited by the church and have a great influence on the rule of the empire.
This is something Zhao Hongyu doesn¡¯t want to see and doesn¡¯t want to happen.
? Then, cutting off the church¡¯s tentacles extending to America is what must be done.
In fact, Zhao Hongyu is not interested in the church, and the other thing is that he has to do this.
Because he knew too much about the church, it was impossible for Zhao Hongyu to let the church spread their faith in America.
If they are allowed to succeed, the church will definitely ask to be the King of the Americas.
At the same time, with a large number of believers, they are fully qualified to negotiate terms with themselves.
Unless Zhao Hongyu¡¯s brain is crazy or he¡¯s caught in the door, he won¡¯t let the church succeed.
This is of no benefit to him or the empire at all.
¡°Besides, those people in the church are completely parasites.
They are not engaged in production. Apart from talking about their belief in their so-called ¡®gods¡¯ all day long, they are of no use to the development of the empire at all.
And they will continue to deceive believers and use their money to enrich themselves.
It is impossible for Zhao Hongyu to give any color to such a guy and organization.
Moreover, the American continent has now become a place of wealth due to development.
Its country is spread throughout Europe and the Arab world.
A country full of wealth like this is very attractive.
How could the church let go of such an anointed place?
Now, the wealth of the people on the European continent has been squeezed to the limit by the church and the lords and nobles of all classes. It can be said that they need to re-open their financial resources.
So, the American Song Empire will definitely come into the church¡¯s sight.
Originally, according to normal history, this era was the time when European countries began their great voyages.
Because of the advent of great navigation, Europeans found a way to develop financial resources in the ocean.
At the same time, it also alleviated the economic crisis in European countries.
It also allows the church to continue to plunder wealth from the ¡®lambs¡¯.
But the problem is that because Zhao Hongyu suddenly came to this era and seized the American continent, cutting off the possibility of Europeans making money in the Americas, history suddenly skewed.
As a result, the finances of the church and the noble lords of various European countries suddenly became tense.
Originally, they could still continue to find a way out from the sea.
However, because of Zhao Hongyu, European countries began another historical development.
A war that has never happened before in history is now being played out on the roads of Europe.
Portugal and France formed an alliance. They blocked the outlet from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean, preventing the church states from focusing on the sea.
And the church princely states were divided due to some problems with their own power.
Protestantism, and because of the Protestant wars, began to break out.
Because each side has some competing interests, this war lasted for thirty years.
It is also the famous "Thirty Years' War" in Europe in history.
And in the autumn of 1622, the war had just begun.
However, due to the appearance of Zhao Hongyu, a big deviation also occurred.
Originally, according to the normal historical process, the war between Protestantism and the ecclesiastical princes should be fierce now. But now, the Protestant Church has reached a tacit truce and confrontation with the church, and has begun to lick its wounds and recuperate.
This is entirely because Portugal and France formed an alliance and began to challenge the church states.
Because of the alliance between Portugal and France, the church princes discovered the crisis from Western Europe.
In addition, after the restoration of Portugal, France and France appeared in a pincer attack and destroyed the Spanish Empire, the church's gold medal fighter, which made the church anxious to jump over the wall.
Therefore, the church and the Protestants ceased fighting and confronting each other in the Netherlands, and instead began to launch attacks on Portugal and France.
Although the church has been divided now, its power is still very strong in Europe.
After all, the church has ruled Europe for such a long time, and it is impossible for them to have no foundation.
Therefore, when Portugal and France faced the attack of the church, the pressure suddenly became great.
¡°Coupled with the island nation¡¯s British people who are outside the European continent, they make some small moves from time to time.
This gave Portugal and France a huge headache.
In fact, the British are also very stupid now. They are not that powerful at all in this era.
Although they defeated the invincible Spanish fleet many years ago, the British are not alone in the ocean.
At least, before the Spanish Empire was destroyed by Portugal and France, its strength was still stronger than that of the British.
¡°The British are nothing more than a second-rate country.
But because of the fall of the Spanish Empire, the British saw an opportunity.
Because the Spaniards had large colonies in Africa and the Indies, as well as many built ports.
As long as the British can take advantage of the chaos on the European continent and seize all these colonies belonging to the destroyed Spanish Empire, then the British can open up a sea route to the East.
By then, spices, silk, and other commodities from the East can bring great commercial profits to Britain and make the British domestic economy stronger.
Originally, the Song Empire was also an option for the British, but they had a bit of a stalemate with the Song Empire.
Therefore, trading is impossible.
Therefore, they can only turn their attention to other places.
Of course, in fact, many British maritime merchants will still come to America to do trade.
It¡¯s just that they won¡¯t be flying the British flag, but will be wearing the flags of Portugal and France.
It can be seen that the British in this era have no patriotism at all, and they can do anything as long as they can make money.
Even if you pretend to be businessmen from Portugal and France, it¡¯s not impossible.
The British continued to attack Portugal and fought many battles with the Portuguese at sea.
The purpose is to open up sea lanes to Africa.
But if they want to go to Africa, they must first defeat the Portuguese.
But the problem is that although the Portuguese have just returned to the country, they are not so easy to defeat.
After all, Portugal and France took over the shipyards and their craftsmen left behind after the fall of Spain.
Therefore, this has enabled the Portuguese and French to greatly improve their navies.
Especially after the economic assistance from the American Song Empire, Portugal and France placed many orders for shipyards.
Therefore, the shipyard began to operate at full capacity and continued to build warships.
This is why Portugal and France were able to withstand the land and sea attacks from the church states and the British despite great pressure.
At the same time, although the war in the Netherlands has now ceased, anyone who is not a fool will understand that this is only temporary.
The new battle may begin at any time.
Because both Protestants and churches know that things between them will never end so easily.
This is a split.
If the church does not resolve the other party, then their prestige will be greatly reduced.
Who will believe in the church in the future?
Besides, after the schism, does the church need to have two popes?
Are believers also going to be divided into two?
You know, the church has always claimed that the pope is the only and unique secular administrator appointed by God.
But after the schism, the Protestant Church will also elect a pope, right?
So, who is the orthodox?
It is impossible for God to appoint two worldly managers.
Therefore, if this problem is not handled well, the church will be slapped in the face.
The way to solve this problem is to eliminate Protestantism with all our strength.
Only in this way can this crisis be resolved.
It was precisely the complex war that occurred on the European continent that allowed Zhao Hongyu and the others to see the opportunity and sent Jenny and his team to Europe to carry out plans. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)