Arcane Lord

So Xiaduo will never let the ideological discourse power in his territory fall into the hands of the contract that should be a tool. In terms of specific characters, it actually falls into the hands of the Lord of Light and the priest group affiliated with him.

This is unacceptable to Xiaduo.

He even has a more radical transformation method for the priest group, which is to arrange them to the corresponding secular institutions to serve in secular positions according to the priest's divine ability, and mainly in secular positions.

For example, those who can cure diseases and save lives are arranged to become medical staff in hospitals, and those who can detect lies are arranged to become judges in courts or security guards in public security offices.

This is the secular transformation of clergy. In this regard, whether it is Xiaduo's hometown or other countries on the earth, there are many ready-made experiences to learn from.

For example, in the Jedi Tiantong in Xiaduo's hometown, it is of course impossible to cut off the pillar of heaven during the transmission. The corresponding reality should actually be to nationalize the power of communication between humans and gods, and not allow individual wizards to have this power.

The specific approach is to appoint two wizards who are in charge of heaven and earth. If you want to communicate with heaven or earth, you can only go through these two wizards, and then vigorously crack down on other wizards who claim to be able to communicate with heaven and earth.

And the two wizards who are in charge of heaven and earth are appointed by the king, so the kingship successfully controls the divine power, or the secular controls the faith.

In the magic world, because the gods are real, it is impossible for Xiaduo to directly appoint the priests of the Lord of Glory and then monopolize the right to interpret the will of God. If he really does it, the punishment of God may come immediately.

But the idea of ​​placing clergy in the secular system is consistent, and let the secular order dominate.

At present, the clergy of the Lord of Glory are most suitable for such transformation. The reason is that the mortal doctrine recognized by the Lord of Glory has a clear provision to obey the arrangements of the superiors, and even questioning is not allowed.

At the beginning, Leiden was submissive when he got along with Xiaduo, and he almost asked for instructions on everything. It was Xiaduo's continuous transformation that made him become the current territory governor with subjective initiative.

Of course, the price is that Leiden lost some of the grace of God.

Since Leiden can be transformed, other clergy should also be able to. In the future, Shaduo even plans to transform the Temple of the Lord of Glory into a legal research institute within the system of the Great Xia Territory. Non-clergy who are interested in legal development can also join, and even a certain proportion of non-clergy must be retained.

As for the clergy of other gods, we have to praise the clergy of the Mysterious Lady. Most of the priests of the Mysterious Lady do not have the consciousness of clergy. They only think that as a mage, the holy power is just a supplement.

If it is profitable, then "praise the Mysterious Lady"; if it is not profitable, then you don't recognize it even if you meet.

Utilitarianism is a manifestation of secularization to a certain extent. Faith does not need a reason, but the secular world needs to put clergy in secular positions according to their abilities, and gradually eliminate the influence of theocracy.

At present, the Great Xia Territory and even Netheril have not seen the situation where theocracy overwhelms the royal power, but the future is uncertain, after all, there are still mortals ascending to godhood!

Now, Shado feels that theocracy overwhelms the kingship, and other great arcanists think so too. However, once a great arcanist successfully ascends to godhood, it is hard to say whether he will still sit on the secular side!

Don't "stand firmly on the secular side before ascending to godhood, and immediately switch to theocracy after ascending to godhood"!

In addition, in the early days of Netheril, before the mages succeeded in ascending to the throne, they were always dominated by priests, but not glorious priests, but death priests. The first Nether King was a death priest.

Legend has it that the reason why the Nether Kingship was able to be passed down to the princess's generation was because the second Nether King was a mage, and then somehow, he stabbed his father in the back. After ascending to the throne, he established the system of the Mage Republic, but still enjoyed the title of king.

After that, the kingship was gradually transferred to the Seventon Council, and the Nether Family could not even retain the title of king. The reason why the princess is a princess, not a queen, is because the kingship had long been transferred to the council.

The princess is just an honorary title, and has no privileges. However, out of respect and return for the transfer of royal power by the Nether family, the people of the Nether family always serve as arbitrators, similar to the current speaker.

Of course, there is another legend that the second generation of Nether King stabbed his father in the back and was cursed by his father. Since then, the bloodline has become thin, and there are no other people in the princess' generation.

After the princess ascended to the god, it was equivalent to the extinction of the Nether family in the mortal world. Perhaps this is also a major reason why the Seven Towers are willing to support the princess's ascension to the god. Regardless of whether the ascension is successful or not, the Seventon Parliament will no longer have a transcendent existence.

The Seven Towers will become the absolute master.

However, the situation developed too quickly later. The signing of the new covenant certainly consolidated the ruling position of the Seven Towers, but the status alone is far from enough. The princess had a higher status before, but what about the actual power?

After the signing of the new covenant, the original power of the Seven Towers was restricted and split, and other members of the parliament had a higher degree of participation in power, which was of course a good thing for Netheril.

But for the Seven Towers - at least for some ambitious elements in the Seven Towers, this is undoubtedly terrible news.

For those ambitious people, the current situation is even worse than when the princess was here! At that time, they only needed to respect the princess, and the actual affairs of the parliament were still completely in the hands of the Seven Towers.

Unlike now, meetings are held at all times, not only in the parliament, but also within the Seven Towers. Although the power of the Seven Towers controllers in the Parliament has been weakened, their power within the Seven Towers——

It has also been weakened!

After all, it was originally an alliance of interests, but now, the power of the Seven Towers as a whole has been restricted and split, which is equivalent to fewer internal resources.

Even under the current system, the lords who belong to the Seven Towers can get what they want directly from the Parliament without going through the Seven Towers. If the Parliament cannot give it, the Seven Towers will most likely not be able to give it to them.

Without privileges, there will naturally be no resources beyond the norm, and there will naturally be no way to promise more to individuals within the group.

Under such circumstances, the fact that the Seven Towers have not yet disintegrated is a sign of the huge inertia of the wheel of history.

Xia Duo is almost 100% sure that the Seven Towers will inevitably disintegrate in the future, or at least be reorganized. The Seven Towers at that time will have nothing to do with now.

The only connection is the names of the Seven Towers, the seven names that represent the legal ruling status recognized by the new covenant.