Father Mavie

Chapter 165 If I am the king, you must be the emperor (please subscribe!!!)

"so."

In the church, after Katerina finished talking about her ambitions, the corners of her mouth raised slightly: "I need one. No, it should be a group of supporters."

"Please don't doubt that the Church of Truth needs my support, and I also need the support of the church."

"Oh?"

Ma Wei was a little curious. After all, from what he said just now, the Grand Duke of Mosk, the former First Princess, was definitely ambitious.

Judging from the fact that she transferred the civilians in advance, the means are not ordinary.

Status, ambition, ability.
It can be said that Katerina already has most of the conditions for success, what is missing is some luck, or the right timing.

This kind of people
Why turn to the church?

"Do you want to use the gift of the gods to fight against other kingdoms?"

"Not exactly." Katerina shook her head slowly, "I heard from Dino that the gods came half a month ago, but before that, I had the idea of ​​introducing the church."

"why?"

"Because I want to launch a reform." Katerina said: "The land policy reform will completely abolish the long-standing serfdom. This is the malpractice left by my father Peter I when he was in power."

As if she was afraid that Ma Wei would not understand, she explained: "You should know about my father Peter I expelling the church. Yes, he used iron fists to eradicate the greedy and corrupt Church of Apocalypse in one fell swoop, and announced that Romanov The kingdom became a religionless country, but he was able to do this because of the support of the nobles in power."

"My father is not a king who lives in the temple and doesn't know the world. He knows how miserable the life of the serfs at the bottom is. 20 years ago, in order to revitalize the Romanov Kingdom, he was determined to get rid of the Apocalypse Church that hindered the development of the kingdom. The Apocalypse Church at the time , holds a large amount of land, and the church also has taxation, complete territorial autonomy, and even intervenes in the kingdom's political affairs."

"So he secretly united with the nobles, gained their support, and launched a bloody purge in the cold winter. Afterwards, the land of the church fell into the hands of the nobles. The kingdom enjoyed a brief prosperity, but it soon returned to its original state. "

"This is just the first step for my father to revitalize the kingdom. If he directly abolishes the serfdom after taking office, it will force the nobles to join forces with the church. Then he will have no chance of winning, so he can only take the next best thing, eradicate the church first, and use the Great Cleansing to promote It’s a pity that civilian officers, holding the military power above the nobles, and then implementing the policy of abolishing serfdom.”

"He died of illness before he could proceed to the next step."

Ma Wei nodded and pondered: "So you plan to inherit Peter I's behest and continue to abolish serfdom?"

Katerina smiled and said: "My father originally planned to pass on the throne to me, but the will he made was not issued. It was hidden by those united nobles and forced my younger brother to take the throne. I can only Return to the territory with the officers who are loyal to my father, and wait for the opportunity."

Katerina, who was only 23 years old, could not gain the same high prestige as Peter I, and the army was split into two factions. The civilian faction supported Katerina, and the aristocratic faction supported Paul I, but it was obvious
The strength of the aristocratic faction is far greater than that of the populist faction. They forcibly supported Paul I's accession to the throne and drove Katerina to Moscow.

And Katerina, who has lost her support, can only find another way, preparing to introduce the church and start the next game.

"There are tens of millions of serfs in the Romanov Kingdom. If they can be turned into free citizens, then the kingdom's finances, conscription, or other various policies can be improved." Katerina said: "If it was placed 100 years ago, instead of abolishing serfdom, I would strengthen the control over serfs. But today's times are different. Revolutions are breaking out everywhere. Serfdom has become a stumbling block to the development of the kingdom. It must be eliminated, along with Let's go together, those nobles who are in the ropes!"

"But."

Levin, who had been listening all the time, finally couldn't help but speak: "But you introduced the church, didn't you overthrow Peter I's policy? Even if the nobles are suppressed, how will the church deal with it?"

Katerina glanced at him, "At this time and at that time, if my father lived to be 60 years old, the serfdom would be abolished. There is no problem with his policy. The problem is that he died too early, and the successor king did not have enough prestige. Controlling the army led to the rise of the aristocracy, leading to today's situation."

Dino, with a light mustache, nodded and agreed: "That's right, Her Highness Katerina chose the Church of Truth because she saw hope for reform in the Church of Truth. Like the Apocalypse Church, Daxing serfdom made money for itself.”

"Ideology." Katerina looked at Ma Wei and said, "I need the help of like-minded churches, and use the ideological program they promote to awaken the will of the people at the bottom and overthrow the rule of the aristocracy!"

"Father Mawei, I can't promise you anything. The abolition of serfdom is not good for the church system, and it will even affect your interests, but I am willing to believe in the truth you are pursuing. Interest blinds the heart and becomes filthy."

Katerina stood up and held out her hand to Ma Wei: "I will recognize the Church of Truth as the state religion of the Romanov Kingdom, and I will believe in the truth from then on!"

"What if we become the second Apocalypse Church?" Ma Wei asked quietly.

"At that time, we will be enemies." Katerina said without hesitation: "No matter whether you have the gift of the gods or not, and how powerful you are, I will be your enemy until I drive you out of the Romanov Kingdom." land or die."

Ma Wei saw pride and confidence in her eyes, as if everything would be as she said, and she firmly believed that her judgment would not go wrong.

She has no fear of failure, some
Just unwavering faith!
Ma Wei held her palm, but he didn't bow his head to kiss her fingers. Instead, he simply shook hands, expressing the equality of cooperation between the two parties.

"There is one thing I want to correct you."

Katerina said suddenly: "It's not that you made me king, but after I became king, I recognized your status as pope."

"But you are not a king yet, so it's too early to say that."

"In my heart, I've always been a king."

After finishing speaking, Katerina put on her black velvet hood and walked towards the door of the church: "Father Mawei, hurry up and prepare, we have to leave New Rose City as soon as possible and embark on a journey back to the Kingdom of Romanov."

"Where are you going? Outside are the eyeliners of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny."

"I'm going to visit a cousin."

Katerina said without looking back: "You call him His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince."

(End of this chapter)