By the time Yi Wenyan woke up, more than half of the day had passed, but it felt like the sun was a little brighter than at the beginning. However, the position of the moon has indeed set in the west, the tea party has ended, and everything has returned to normal. Although there are still injured people moving slowly with the help of the maid on the lawn full of silver roses, most people Everyone has gone about his or her own business. Yi Wenyan sat up and yawned, then a wrung-out towel was handed to him at the right moment. "Iofetta" Ivan took the towel naturally and wiped his face vigorously, "Where are the others? Have they returned to the Duke's Mansion? Have Mr. Bernard and the others finished?" " Archbishop Arlin is here." Iofita explained concisely, "He brought the reaction of the Holy City." Yi Wenyan held the wet wipes and said quietly, "Oh." Finally, he said. He nodded like this. . In the end, the church¡¯s reply surprised Yi Wenyan. Originally, he thought that since the Holy City had sent the results back so quickly, without even thinking about it, the talks would most likely have collapsed. However, when Yaerlin came up to him with an apologetic smile, he The contract amendment he took out of his arms was too neat and tidy. "First of all, 20,000 gold coins is really too much." Yaerlin explained to Yi Wenyan step by step, "Now the entire Nanling Church's total savings are only more than 10,000 gold coins, and then add The 8,000 gold coins required for the operation of the machine cannot be more than 8,000.¡± Then, Lord Archbishop, take away 3,000 of them." "Ahem!" Yaerlin suddenly coughed violently. Yi Wenyan didn't pay attention. He knew very well that the development of the church in Nanling had not been very good. As a slippery and somewhat selfish guy, Yaerlin had been the archbishop in Nanling for more than 10 years, but he was He didn't get much money, so these 3,000 imperial gold coins should be considered a huge sum of money to him. ¡°Hmph, stupid people from other worlds probably don¡¯t know that there is a ¡°kickback¡± in the world, a great weapon that can bring order to the negotiating table and turn enemies into friends. Sure enough, Yaerlin secretly looked into the room while coughing, and carefully performed a small magical operation, but he did not say anything further on this point. This also did not surprise Yi Wenyan. For the Nanling Church, 18,000 imperial gold coins are indeed a considerable fortune, but for the wealthy Central Church or the Imperial Palace, The tax revenue from the large territory in the eastern part of the empire alone is more than this amount. Without further confirming the issue of 3,000 imperial gold coins, Yaerlin, after coughing, explained the first item in an understatement: "In addition, among the tax exemptions, agricultural tax and commercial tax are easy to talk about, but toll tax and donation tax, The obstacles to the development of the church are too great, so the Royal Palace cannot agree. In addition, Mr. Sir, you also know that the development of the church in Nanling is very bad. In some rural areas, the missionaries have worked hard to raise money. That means you can barely make ends meet. It should be said that this small amount of money is not of much significance to you who owns the entire factory in Wenning District." Yi Wenyan's face was as dark as water, but he did not relax at all: "I can exempt some of the four basic taxes, but the donation tax must not be less. I don't want anyone in my territory to get something for nothing in any sense." "This" Yaerlin was stunned for a moment. , he felt that he couldn't keep up with Yi Wenyan's ideas. "If you can't eat enough with the money you raise, go farm and pray to the gods for spiritual comfort. It's better to do your own thing honestly. As the representatives of the gods, the priests of your religion should It¡¯s better to be the first to set an example.¡± Regarding religion, Yi Wenyan¡¯s attitude has always been very calm. He is not as hostile to religion as some people in his previous life, nor is he too praising like those who believe in religion. The role of the church in stabilizing people's hearts. For him, compared to religion, the only thing that law and morality cannot do is the theory of afterlife. If he does good in this life, what will happen after death? If he does evil in this life, what will happen in the next life? This has always been an important factor in attracting followers from major religions in his previous life. And just like a certain Crescent Cult, there is no shortage of teachings that use empty promises after death to drive believers to become jihadist fanatics. These empty promises have a very important impact on believers. If used correctly, they will have a very positive effect on the values ??and morals of believers. But other things are just religious dross. As for priests, they are superior to others just because they believe in God.Wait, no need to work or anything This is something Yi Wenyan wants to spit on the church's face. "This let the priests work together with other believers" Arlin was immediately confused. Yi Wenyan gently tapped the armrest of the chair, and turned his eyes to the corner of the room vaguely: "3,000" "Okay!" Yaerin gritted his teeth. Anyway, according to the current treaty of the King's Hall, His resignation is inevitable. As an old man, rather than looking forward to finding a new position for him after returning to the Holy City, it would be better to wholeheartedly absorb the 3,000 gold coins that Yi Wenyan promised him. With my belly and the savings I had gained little by little over the past ten years, it was enough to go home and take care of myself in old age. This world is about to be in chaos, retreat bravely from the rapids, and leave, leaving no trace of my legend in the world. This is the romance of a little guy like him who lives in the cracks. "As for registration" "3,000" "That's no problem!" After three steps, Yaerlin felt as if he had run five kilometers, his eyes wide open and he was panting. Both eyes are a little red, and there is a fierce aura of "Whoever cuts off my wealth, I will cut off his descendants!" However, Yi Wenyan is very clear that the first three items do not touch the fundamental interests of the church at all. What kind of result Yaerlin finally negotiates will be affected in the end. Only his own future will be affected, and the last three items are what both parties value. The real point. "But the fourth item can't be given up anymore!" As if he was afraid that Yi Wenyan would continue to use "3,000" to block his mouth, Yaerlin quickly clarified the theme as soon as he came up, "Nothing is allowed by the laborer." ! Not to mention military service! " "For thousands of years since the church was established, no secular lord has ever been able to override the church. Even the first emperor of the empire had to call him 'Great Teacher' when he saw the Pope. You must not start a precedent. If you insist on this, the church will fight you to the end!" Yi Wenyan tilted his head and looked at Yaerlin for a while: "What about your church sect? "Teacher?" Ya'erlin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Yi Wenyan to have this idea. However, this is not a question of interests or suitability. Regarding the face and reputation of the church in the empire, there is no possibility of retreat. So he finally said categorically: "No, no matter it is hard labor in any form, labor labor is not acceptable!" "Well" Yiwen Ian thought for a moment, thinking about the wording, it is impossible for the church to agree to this, this He already knew it from the beginning. However, he has built nearly 30 schools, large and small, throughout Nanling. According to the plan, there will be more schools in the next five years. However, in addition to having enough students, more schools will not have enough students. More important is the need for enough teachers. Expanding the education system by training teachers has been both successful and failed judging from the examples of his previous life. This model of compounding profits may seem cool for a while, but for the real talents he needs, it is extremely destructive. So he has been considering, at least to some extent, recruiting some people with actual combat or actual engineering experience into the school to guide students in the knowledge of magic and art for him, while also freeing up his hands to compile teaching materials and formulate teaching plans. , improve the entire education system. And these things are already somewhat stretched for the resources of mages and scholars that Yi Wenyan already has. So he has been thinking about opening up new channels for teachers, and while he was thinking about this idea, he found this group of people who spent all day eating, collecting donations, and studying magic and theology. In addition to worshiping the gods, they had nothing to do all day long. It's all about the church priests who have nothing to do. He is not afraid that these priests will kidnap his students into believers of the gods. He can't find anyone to teach people, but when it comes to supervising them, the military military officer in the New Model Army who worships his personality to the point of fanaticism But there are quite a few of them. These military police groups who have been selected and armed through the most stringent ideological education and political review have always been the morale engine of the entire New Model Army. Do you want them to switch to the church? You have to first ask the orphans in the Military Military Commission who were bullied by the priests and hated the church! That¡¯s it! A gentleman priest accompanied the entourage of two military gendarmes! He might turn around and find two priests with a warhammer in one hand and "Das Kapital" in the other, shouting about Marx, "piupiu" and throwing magical arts around. They even clicked on the political commissar's technology tree. Thinking of this, Yi Wenyan said to Yaerlin: "Well, let's do this. Didn't you say before that there are church clergy who don't have enough to eat? Then tell the Pope and let them open the free employment rights of Nanling priests. If they give me a job, I will give them wages. As for the name, you are in Nan.I will add a nominal religious group under the Ling General Church. When the time comes, I will directly transfer the salary to this religious group, which is a nominal donation. " And Yaerlin was stunned: "Is this so It doesn't seem impossible. I will tell the supreme bishops in the Pope's Hall when I get back. " "As for the power to remove the bishop" Yaerlin lost his previous momentum. He subconsciously lowered his head and looked at the treaty. "This" "Accept my request to remove the archbishop from the position of archbishop, but the next step is to select the bishops and archbishops. But is it impossible to accept it? " Yiwen Ian directly recited this article in the treaty, which was why he was surprised before. "Yes" Yaerlin smiled bitterly. As soon as he saw this article, he knew, I have been completely given up. "There is one last item" When it comes to this item, Yi Wenyan's expression is very complicated, "If there are no objections to items 4 and 5, the Pope can agree to transfer my monk status. The requirements for joining the church" This is being defeated by an army Five hundred thousand words! The Saints' Expedition finally got to the point! Cheers! Long live!