The King of Knights in a Different World

Don't expect too much from my magic, Wang.

Speaking of magic, shouldn't you ask your own teacher?

Or, you can’t ask, master!”

Having said that, Semirami handed the document to Lucifer.

Her tone was mostly mocking.

This is also the communication method when they discuss things in private.

It has become a habit to make fun of each other.

Facing the teasing of the prime minister in front of him, Lucifer felt a little uncomfortable.

It seems really embarrassing to say this title from someone else's mouth.

"Ahem! Recent changes in France"

He symbolically took the initiative to put the topic on the file.

But the more I look at it, the more I feel something is wrong.

"Because of the previous defeat and the war reparations you proposed, the interior of France has been unstable for the past two years.

Originally, the tax in France was already high enough, but now that the tax has been increased, it has caused several rebellions, and the short Pepin thought of this method in order to quickly calm down the country.”

Semiramis quietly talked about the internal problems of France.

The previous defeat caused France to pay a huge amount of money for the war, and the country will naturally recover the money from other places.

Of course, there are many ways to take it back, for example, ransacking the homes of some nobles who committed crimes, which Pepin has already done.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out very well, as most of the money went into the pockets of the royal family rather than the treasury.

In order to make up for this part of the shortfall, he chose the most simple and clear method.

Increase taxes! This approach will most... see the effect in a short period of time, but the impact may not be eliminated in a few years.

After all, for a country with an aristocratic system, raising taxes may be just... a word from the king, but reducing taxes means facing the entire aristocratic system.

Naturally, the actions of the short Pepin aroused the dissatisfaction of the lower class people, and many people who could not survive directly chose to rebel.

Not surprisingly, these people must have been suppressed in the end, but this also made the already shaky domestic situation even more shaky.

In order to quell the current turmoil, the short Pepin came up with another trick.

That's..."Well, what kind of ghost operation is this? Split part of the territory to establish a religious domain and declare the Church of the Holy Church to become the state religion of France. Isn't the short Pepin worried that theocratic power will override the king's power in the future?"

Lucifer let go of the... file, and felt that the brain of the guy opposite was broken.

There's only so much power in a... country.

Once the nobles take more power, the king will reduce his own power.

Similarly, once the church gets some power, it means that some power elsewhere will be reduced.

Judging from the present, Pepin's actions will undoubtedly weaken his royal power.

It may not be visible in a short time, but it will definitely disappear after a long time.

This is exactly what is strange about Lucifer.

His current approach in Britain is to centralize power, while the other party is decentralizing power. What the hell is this guy even solving this domestic problem, so that he has not heard that he is a devout believer before he turned to the church for help?

Or is it that he was limped by those... church people in his previous life? As a person who has heard the world chronicles, Lucifer can naturally predict the consequences of the unity of church and state, and at the same time understand In this era, what to do is the most likely way to make Britain stronger.

So when he saw this article, he subconsciously thought that Pepin's brain was broken.

But if you think about it carefully, maybe it's just because the other party is constrained by the times, or they believe in themselves too much.

"Maybe he wants to follow the same path as Ramses II, the Sun King of [Esia], where politics and religion are united.

Put royal power and divine power together in your hands.

Even if you are as wise as you, you cannot deny that the combination of royal power and divine power will give birth to extraordinary power.

Especially now, the internal turmoil in France, the more desperate people are, the more people yearn for a miracle or belief.

Not only that, Pepin's actions undoubtedly pulled the Church of the Holy Church to his side.

It can be said that it is killing three birds with one stone.”

Semiramis continued to analyze Pepin's approach.

no.86 Is this guy a joke? (ask for tickets, ask for custom order)

The introduction of the Holy Church can not only absorb the power of the church for France to use, but also corrupt people's minds with the power of religion, making them content with suffering and ruined thinking, and regard it as doctrine, completely losing the ability to resist from the heart .

In this way, not only can the domestic situation be stabilized, but also the power of the church can be harvested, and even the royal power can be stabilized in a religious way in the future.

On the face of it, there is simply no better way than this.

But... "Funny."

Lucifer's evaluation of this is only these two words.

"What"

Semiramis was a little confused.

"Praying to God in a world without God, isn't it funny?"

"..."

"The combination of theocracy and kingship can indeed have a strong chemical change, but it can also be too big.

The kingship is man, and the religious power is god. Man cannot become a god, and god will not be degraded into a man. Theocratic power will eventually become an obstacle to limit kingship.

Especially the churches secularized by the so-called priests, they don’t believe in the God in their hearts, do you still expect them to dedicate themselves to God?”

Lucifer leaned back on the chair, looking at the ceiling with both eyes.

At this moment Lucifer couldn't help but think of the previous world.

Fire transmission representatives, fire extinguishing representatives, fire catching representatives, and a bunch of messy churches, those guys put out many scriptures that sounded very beautiful on the surface, but in fact they were just greedy for the power of the primordial fire.

In contrast, for the sake of the continuation of the times, the great king Ge Wen who took the initiative to burn himself is more like a believer.

Although he was also only for the country he created, what he did was indeed a martyr.

"It's true that Ramses II was the supreme leader of religion at the same time as the king, but France now has a king, but there is also a pope.

There may indeed be problems if this development continues, but is it an exaggeration to say that divine power is above kingly power?"

"Pipin the Dwarf may know what he's doing, but if he's dead, it's hard to say whether his son knows what he's doing.

Since he wants to play, let's go and help him."

Thinking of a good idea in his heart, Lucifer sat back.

There was a happy smile on the corner of his mouth.

"how do you want to do it"

"so......"

After a while, Semiramis couldn't help but start to sympathize with France's situation after listening to Lucifer's words.

His words can be summed up very simply, that is...using the deviation between theocracy and kingship to split the whole of France.

"You have so many bad ideas.

I'll send someone to do it.

However, Wang

Maybe you don’t think it’s necessary, but you should almost have your own dark agency, otherwise, wouldn’t it be too strange to put the intelligence agency in my hands under the system dominated by the king?”

"In fact, I'm already forming.

It's just that I haven't been able to find a partner to take on the big responsibility yet.

Before that, I can only rely on you a lot, I am beautiful and reliable"

"Don't think that I'm the little girl in your harem, and I will obediently let you manipulate me after being praised a few times."

"Then... the beautiful, generous, considerate, and talented Prime Minister is just three words."

Speaking of this, Lucifer also teased back the previous smile.

"...haha, all right! All right! It's not easy being your Prime Minister."

"I'm sorry, but you are the only one who can joke with such a relaxed tone in official business, the beautiful and reliable Prime Minister."

Yes, Semiramis is the only person who can joke around like this in public affairs.

No matter whether they are active or passive, other people will maintain a kind of respect for Lucifer during business hours, that is, look up.

It is basically unrealistic to expect them to make such a small joke.

However, what's very interesting is that because of the way Lucifer and Semiramis got along, there was a time when folk rumors circulated that Lucifer was actually a puppet king, and the person who really held power was the prime minister.

Their biggest evidence is... Semiramis had a lot of black hands in the court meeting.

Lucifer only smiled slightly at such obviously provocative words.

He even openly played this joke with Semiramis in the imperial meeting.

After that, they basically did nothing, and the rumors disappeared by themselves.

"Wang is too modest, and now I admire Wang's farsightedness very much.

Your act of taking those French sisters as concubines is undoubtedly a very wise move for Britain to conquer France in the future."

Having said that, Semiramis changed the subject.

She talked about Jeanne and the others.

At this time Lucifer followed her words and thought of something.

"Sensible..., you mean, if I marry Joan, they will make ordinary Britons gradually accept French people"

Thinking about it carefully, what I did was......in a sense, unintentional.

"Not only that, but when the news reaches France, ordinary people in France will feel that Britain can accept France.

Once a large-scale attack on France is made in the future, the resistance of the occupied areas of France can be reduced to a minimum, and it may even make them feel that the King of Britain actually likes the French very much.

As long as they have this, they will not resist.

However, you will ask, have you not thought about this problem before?"

Semiramis quietly talked about political considerations, and then looked at Lucifer in surprise.

"have not thought."

Lucifer responded frankly.

"..."

"At that time, I just wanted to bring them back, plus the matter of the dragon, I didn't have time to think about it so much.

You should know me, I'm not the kind of person who likes to eat fat in one bite.

Before the national strength of Britain is fully formed, and the diplomatic issues between Ross and Rome are not resolved, I will not consider going to war with France for the time being."

This kind of arrangement is not unexpected to Lucifer, it's just that he doesn't think so long-term now.

The situation varies from country to country.

He will only come up with a general strategy, such as conquering the hearts of the people after defeating France.

But for the time being, he won't think about the...details of how to conquer the hearts of the people.

After all, Britain's national strength has not yet fully recovered.

In the five years that were finally obtained, we should first solve domestic problems.

"It was really a surprise."

"Hey! Don't think of me as omnipotent, my Prime Minister.

Not so long ago, real omnipotent people were complaining to me not to think of her as omnipotent.

I am the same, although I will not make mistakes in the general direction, but I am not as thoughtful as you in terms of details.