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Chapter 611: Gaul's National Policy

In Richard's territory, there are both polytheism and monotheism, and even monotheism is already in a weak position.

Polytheism, through the Druid faith, has successfully occupied more than half of the faith, while monotheism has only left two or three tenths, and the rest is pan-faith.

These pan-believers believe in whoever gives them benefits. It can be said that they have no psychological burden.

Richard did not think of using administrative means to ban monotheism. After all, monotheism has been developed for hundreds of years and is widely spread. It is too difficult to ban it.

If pushed to the limit, the saints of monotheism would unite and fight him. Now polytheism has not yet developed, and the success rate of a direct fight is too low.

Richard intends to use secularization as a means to weaken the church.

Just like in ancient Dongda, religion is always just religion. That is, the king's things belong to the king, and the gods' things belong to the gods. Religion is absolutely not allowed to dare to be secular.

In order to achieve this, Richard enacted strict laws and used severe punishments in times of chaos.

This trick was used by Shang Yang when he was carrying out reforms in Qin State. At that time, private fighting was serious in Qin State, and there would be several large-scale fights over water grabbing almost every year.

A scale of dozens of people is not worth mentioning, and a scale of thousands of people is the norm.

Shang Yang established strict Qin laws, which made the old Qin people afraid to fight privately and brave enough to fight national wars.

Richard also set up strict laws. Once you break the law, you will be punished regardless of whether you are a monotheist or a polytheist.

Richard then declared freedom of religion. Everyone has the right to freedom of religion, whether he believes in monotheism or polytheism, and no one else can interfere.

Richard directly stipulated freedom of belief, and then went on to stipulate religion. All religions must not be anti-human, anti-national, or have clauses that violate the law. All religions must abide by the law.

If these laws are not followed, then preaching will be prohibited, and some religions with problematic doctrines will be considered cults.

The spread of cults is prohibited.

Richard carried out a lot of reforms on polytheism, directly deleting some of the problematic aspects and making it universal.

Just like Aphrodite's teaching is love, it even includes married women pursuing other loves again. To put it bluntly, it is extramarital affair.

Richard directly deleted this doctrine and directly modified it, saying that love must be loyal to marriage.

In the Greek and Roman periods, there was a lot of promiscuity among Aphrodite's followers. When polytheism was banned, there was such a crime.

This doctrine obviously violated normal human morality and even the law, so Richard forcibly modified the doctrine.

As for whether Venus would agree, Richard didn't care at all.

He said that what the doctrine stipulates must be stipulated, and even if Venus came, she would have to agree.

At the same time, Richard directly deleted the belief in Zeus, the king of gods. In Richard's opinion, Zeus was not qualified to be the king of gods at all, and he was like a bull in heat every day.

Not only did he cheat on his wife, he also kidnapped young girls. If he took a fancy to a beautiful woman, he would just rob her and rape her. He even used magic to turn people into cows, and then he would turn into a cow to mate with them.

He doesn't do his job every day, but sows seeds everywhere. In Greek mythology, half of the demigods are related to him. Not to mention his various promiscuous behaviors, he also has no credibility when he was the king of gods. This guy is not worthy of being the king of gods at all.

If he appeared in front of Richard now, Richard would definitely castrate him.

Now that his priests were cut off by monotheism and the divine fire was extinguished, Richard never thought of resurrecting him. After Greece was conquered by Rome, Zeus changed his appearance and became Jupiter, the god of the sky and the god of law.

But a dog will always eat shit, Richard didn't trust him. He had destroyed an entire pantheon, so what use was he to?

Now that the monotheism has cut off his faith, he is now equivalent to sleeping in a coffin. Richard directly nailed his coffin shut. Then his priesthood and faith were directly dispersed to other gods.

Richard's favorite god king is Athena, who is one of the few reliable gods in polytheism. At the same time, her duties are broad and easy to expand in other directions.

The teachings of polytheism must be reformed, and what should be deleted should be deleted, and what should be added should be added. If it does not change, polytheism will inevitably be replaced.

After Richard's extensive deletions and revisions, the teachings of polytheism have undergone tremendous changes and are now more suitable for human society and morality.

After polytheism was modified, it developed very quickly and was able to compete with monotheism even without the help of druids.

As for religion, Richard did not allow them to develop freely, but established a Religious Administration Bureau, which was responsible for all religions.

Once there is a problem with religion, the Religious Affairs Bureau will intervene. This is also one of Richard's tools to control religion.

Another point is that all religions are not allowed to collect taxes, and the land they own is also strictly restricted. The land of the church is also subject to taxation.

The practice of collecting taxes from churches is something that monotheism does. Now monotheism has already started to show signs of this.

Before Richard caused the Saints to split the church, the Roman Catholic Church began to implement tithes in some places. Historically, tithes really appeared during the period when the Roman Empire collapsed and various small countries were established.

What was accepted by the kings was the decree issued by King Charlemagne of the Frankish Kingdom, which required all citizens of the kingdom to pay tithes.

It has to be said that Charlemagne was really a filial son of the Vatican. The feud between this filial son of the Vatican in France and the Vatican lasted for thousands of years.

What does tithe mean? What is its basis?
In fact, it is very simple. It is the statement in the Vatican's scriptures that one tenth of agricultural and livestock products belongs to God.

Richard directly declared that any form of taxation on believers was illegal.

Tithe is a great tool for making money. The Vatican does not pay taxes, but also collects tithes from believers. Tithes are divided into big tithes, small tithes, and blood tithes.

The big tithe is grain crops, the small tithe is fruits and vegetables, and the blood tithe is poultry and livestock. In other words, one tenth of all the property of believers belongs to the church.

Moreover, the amount of this tithe tax is entirely decided by the people of the Vatican.

Richard will not indulge them. Collecting taxes is a right that only the state has. Any church that collects taxes from believers in any form is illegal and will be severely punished.

At the same time, even if believers voluntarily donate materials to the church, the church must pay 50% tax to the state. Not to mention your church, even if the Creator comes here, he will also have to pay taxes!
Not convinced? How many divisions does your Pope have?

Richard's various restrictions made the Gaul church very uncomfortable. They wanted to resist, but they were powerless. The saints of their church were still fighting against the saints of the other two churches. Their own strength was limited, and they had no ability to resist Richard's professional iron fist.

Therefore, all churches in Gaul accepted control, whether passively or actively, and no one dared to mention the tithe anymore.

Richard uses the Religious Administration to educate monotheists and polytheists about various rules and regulations.

Now the faith in Gaul is basically controlled by Richard. Through the law, Richard has now restricted a lot of the church's rights, and there will basically be no problem of faith hijacking the law.

Richard has decided that after he enters Rome, this decree will also be promoted in Rome. He will not let so-called religious beliefs hold the country hostage.

In later life, he had seen too many cases where religious beliefs were used to restrict national laws and other issues.

While Richard was implementing these policies, the situation in Rome deteriorated once again. Because the Roman emperor was unable to meet the army's pay needs, a large number of soldiers began to riot.

The Guards Succession Law has reappeared and has entered the countdown.

(End of this chapter)