Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 331 System Construction

Anatolia is a magnificent land separated by mountains and grasslands.

The herdsmen migrate here from north to south, through spring, summer, autumn and winter.

In the settled settlement of the Yuktu tribe, the number of people settling here has become increasingly sparse due to the need to relocate.

But this place was not completely abandoned.

The Paladins from Antioch turned this village at the foot of the mountain into a bustling construction site.

Hugh was the leader of these Paladins.

Nowadays, he is inspecting the construction work and urging some apprentices not to be lazy from time to time.

Unlike the Christian church system, in Gelis theology, clergy are divided into two categories.

One is a flat group of priests without any hierarchical relationship, and the other is a group of Paladins with a complete bureaucratic organization.

The significance of the existence of the clergy group is to unite with the believers and integrate the systematic theology of Gairis into the lives of the believers.

They need to hold worship services every week, arrange religious ceremonies for the parishioners, comfort the grieving, and look for children with potential...

In Gellis' theology, the clergy must come from the believers and will return to the believers. They represent the believers in communicating with the church.

Of course, it can be understood in another way, that is, the clergy group actually acted as theological parliamentarians.

Since there are "parliamentarians", there will naturally be a "government", and this "government" is the religious group.

The main members of the order are Paladins.

It has the power to operate specific academies, has relatively independent armed forces, can dispatch Paladins to complete various dangerous tasks, and also provides advisory support to government agencies in need.

For the Paladin group, they are not just doing a job, but integrating their lives into a sacred cause.

Since the Paladin group's tasks are so heavy, it is inevitable that they must have a strong enough degree of organization to build a complete bureaucratic organization in order to mobilize efficiently.

The management model of the sect is a combination of vertical and horizontal management. From top to bottom, there are roughly the following levels: sect headquarters, branch groups, sub-groups, companies, etc.

Superior religious organizations have the authority to provide guidance to subordinate religious organizations, but they often rely on specific departments for guidance.

For example, today, the headquarters of the sect is still located in the Transjordan Valley, and now has established a total of 8 departments: the Temple of Truth, the Court of the Holy Word, the Hand of Light, the Shield of Faith, the Eye of the Hadith, the Book of the Covenant, the Lamp of Wisdom, and the Road of Destiny.

Each department has its own responsibilities and a Paladin who is given the title of Champion to lead it.

These departments not only exist at the central level, but also have corresponding subordinate agencies in each branch or sub-group.

Of course, the department leaders of the branch are often awarded the title of master.

Hugh's identity in the cult system is a quasi-master of the Path of Destiny in the Antioch branch.

This means that his main duty is to lead the Paladins on long-distance missions, and he will always have to fight outside the borders of faith. He will follow in the footsteps of Garys and expand the path of faith in the most dangerous and wild areas.

However, due to Garys' activities in the Bey Kingdom, Yug did not need to take the lead personally, so his work content became easier.

In addition to the routine recording of the local customs and completing the basic work of Paladin.

The most important task of the temporary company he led was to build a castle here as the headquarters of the new branch, to receive Paladin colleagues from other regions, and to radiate the influence of the Gelis sect to the surrounding areas.

This is actually the same reason why many Catholic religious orders were established, which is to use more flexible and organized pioneers to open the door of faith to non-believers.

In the past ten years, "The Road of Destiny", as a department of travel and exploration, has established five castles around the kingdom, and four of them have been promoted to branch headquarters.

In other words, if Yu Ge can complete this task excellently, then he is very likely to become a branch leader and change his title of quasi-master to master.

And considering that this castle is the first occupant's castle in Anatolia, in the future, he might be able to establish a branch and obtain the highest title in the Palatine system - champion!
As an organization, the cult naturally provides many positions, but just like the army has military ranks, the cult also has its own hierarchical levels.

However, compared to the complicated military ranks, the ranks of Paladins are actually quite simple.

Children who aspire to become Paladins become "apprentices" after completing screening and passing the review.

After completing a long period of training, learning and testing, and being deemed to have the qualities required of a Paladin, the apprentice is awarded the title of "Preparatory Paladin".

"Preparatory Paladin" will have a fairly long probation period before being transformed into a formal Paladin.

The best among the official Paladins will become Elite Paladins, and then after taking on certain leadership positions or completing certain feats, they will become Master Paladins, and then become the Prophet's champion warriors.

Of course, no matter whether you are an elite, a master or a champion, there is actually a "quasi" stage.

So from top to bottom, there are a total of 9 titles.

This is a glorious road, with a total of 9 steps. Every step up means one step closer to Garys.

In other words, every Paladin has his own rank, and Yuger is a 6th-level quasi-master Paladin, the highest rank among all the Paladins present.

Nowadays, the daily work of this Level 6 Paladin is to lead some subordinates to hire people around to build the castle together.

It is also necessary to fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of the branch in substance.

Since there have been many successful cases, Yu Ge’s work plan actually has a traceable path.

The missionary work of the religious group is different for different groups of people and in different political environments.

The situation is also different when facing Muslim and Christian groups.

Even the Muslim community needs to adapt to local conditions.

For example, if the other party is Arab and has a long tradition of mosques, the religious group will think about how to recruit the other party.

If he cannot win over the other party, he will declare that he is the true believer, claiming that the other party has gone astray and induce the other party to engage in a debate on the scriptures.

Although Gailis himself cannot tell the difference now, the missionary Paladins still need to understand the power of words.

The purpose of scripture debate is not to win the debate, but to perform for the believers, to show the achievements of the religious group, to impress the believers with practical knowledge, and to encourage the believers to launch a movement against taxes and rent reduction.

These substantial economic benefits will make believers gradually realize which side they should lean towards. In the absence of a systematic mosque, there are not many Islamic scholars at all.

The Paladins directly declared themselves to be the Imam's subordinates, the true successors of the Prophet Muhammad's aspirations, and the messengers who would bring the true faith of Islam to the believers.

Just as the vast majority of Christians do not understand the Bible at all, the vast majority of Muslims actually cannot remember the contents of the Quran very clearly.

Therefore, when the Paladins adopted the latter method to preach, they were able to gain the support of many people.

Nowadays, the situation near the Yuktu tribe is a superposition of the two situations mentioned above.

On the one hand, there are indeed some mosques, but on the other hand, there is a lack of system due to the nomadic lifestyle and the lack of settlement.

In addition, the support given by the Bey Kingdom to the Prophet's Sect is almost unlimited.

Yu Ge's actions were more proactive and he took a two-pronged approach.

Following the experience of Transjordan, they gathered together the surrounding jurists, on the one hand promoting their own doctrines, on the other hand improving the use of zakat in an attempt to recruit them.

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The company in the cult system is just an organizational level, not that there are really more than a hundred people.

In fact, many companies in the cult may only have a dozen people stationed in a village or castle.

Therefore, if they simply rely on Ge's Paladin subordinates, they will naturally not be able to establish a complete sub-group.

Therefore, before setting off, Antiochus actually equipped this Paladin with a militia company as a military force to coordinate together.

The militiamen living far away from home always have letters to send back home to tell their troubles.

In particular, the main military force of Antiochus was actually militia, and they were always reluctant to leave their hometown.

In Baglas Fort, a small town leading to the Anatolian border, there is actually a small market every week. Postmen from the kingdom take the opportunity of the market to deliver letters to various villages.

Under the guidance of the village head or the Imam, the letters were cut open and read in public.

Dear Mom and Dad:

[This letter was written by my platoon leader. I can actually write it myself, but my handwriting is too ugly and I’m afraid the village chief can’t recognize it, so I troubled him to do it for me. The platoon leader is the leader of the thirty people and my direct superior. He can also be considered a knight.]

[I have been doing well in the past few months in the army, I wonder how you are doing? ]

[Dad, does your waist still hurt? Now that you don't have to pay so much tax, you shouldn't have to do such heavy work anymore, right? ]

[Mom, you have to take good care of yourself. Without my big appetite, my brothers and sisters should be able to eat more.]

[The platoon leader gave me a food coupon, which I also put in the letter. I heard that I can take it to the township to exchange for 50 pounds of flour. I'm not sure if it's really possible, but if it's possible, I must make sure my brothers and sisters are well fed and don't go hungry anymore.]

【May Heavenly Father bless you, may you be at peace, Tancred will always love you. 】

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Tancred's parents:

[I am Tancred's platoon leader and the one who wrote this letter. He has performed very well in the militia during this period. As a reward, I gave him a food coupon that can be exchanged for fifty pounds of flour.]

[This food coupon is issued officially and has the emblem of the Order on it, so don't worry. But please note that counterfeiting food coupons will be severely punished.]

[Wheat planting will begin soon in Syria, and some soldiers will be disbanded and go home. You should be looking forward to reuniting with Tancred.]

[However, there is another important reason why I wrote this letter. Tancred is a very good young man, and you who raised him must be great too.]

[I hope Tancred can stay, and I hope you can write to persuade him. Everything is fine here.]

[Don't worry, he won't stay out all the time. He can still come home to visit you next year.]

[Moreover, the treatment here is better than that in Antioch, and you can also get many benefits issued by the church. ]

[The gold dinars as allowances will be directly deposited into the bank, so you don't have to worry about him spending money recklessly. When he returns, he will have saved a considerable amount of money. As for the merchandise vouchers, he doesn't usually use them, so most of them will be sent back to you with the letter.]

【Sincerely】

[Tancred's platoon leader: Giannis]

[October 0, 10 AD]

The militia of Antioch could be transformed into a standing army, although this could be achieved directly through military orders.

But that would be a severe blow to the morale of the soldiers. Therefore, in many cases, it is necessary to play the emotional card, improve treatment, etc., to encourage the militia to transform into a standing army according to the needs of the church and the governor's office.

In addition to increasing wages and allowances, the Governor's Office is also good at attacking the families of soldiers.

This practice of secretly inserting private messages into soldiers' letters home often achieves unexpected results.

When the village chief read out the words written by the platoon leader in public, Tancred's mother was a little confused. It seemed as if her child had changed overnight and she could actually receive such high praise from a "knight".

In fact, they had heard before that the coupons worth 50 pounds of flour could be exchanged for real ground white flour!
Although this is not a particularly large amount of income, it is a pleasant surprise and a return from children who are away from home, which makes people particularly happy.

It is also easy to encourage them, with the help of literate people in the village, to write a letter to encourage their children to continue serving in the army.

At the same time, for the soldiers, even if they die outside, they can actually believe that their parents and children are well taken care of.

For the families of the fallen soldiers, the Governor's Office does not pay a large amount of cash as compensation at one time, but chooses to provide various preferential treatments to achieve the purpose of raising and burying them.

Their children will be exempt from all tuition fees for education and will be given priority in scholarships and various grants.

In addition, the elderly and lonely relatives of martyrs who are 60 years old or above for males and 55 years old or above for females can be cared for in glory homes or nursing homes if they wish.

Those who have lost their ability to work or the children of martyrs under the age of 18 will receive regular pension subsidies to ensure that their lives are not hindered.

For many rural areas, if a family lacks strong labor force, they may often be bullied. At this time, if the government makes its attitude clear, many vicious incidents can be avoided.

(End of this chapter)