For the civilians, or for the lords?
Sui Xiong found that he hadn't considered this question for a long time.
This should have been a matter of course. Whether it was his moral values as an earthling or the need to promote the development of this world, he should think and do things from the standpoint of the civilians.
But in recent years, especially with the demise of the Mystery Divine System, and after the churches of the Void Mask Divine System began to preach in the Mifata Federation, he paid more and more attention to the work of preaching, and gradually shifted the focus of his work.
Even … the focus of his thinking had changed.
Why did he help the lords to prolong their lives? Was it just to expand his influence and spread the church?
If that was the case, why did he have to limit the longevity potion invented by the Slime Alchemy Master Wendy? Wouldn't it be better to directly promote the kind of longevity potion that could prolong people's lives? As long as he firmly controlled that kind of potion, who would dare to go against him?
Now he was not the person he used to be, and he was full of confidence. At least in the Main Plane, he was not afraid of any challenges, and he was fully capable of protecting the benefits brought by the longevity potion.
So, should he change his mind and change his direction?
Of course not!
How the f * * king old lords lived, it was none of his business!
It was good that they supported his church, but it didn't matter if they didn't support his church. At worst, they would wait for eight to ten years, or at most 30 to 50 years. How could they not grow old and die?
When they died, the next lord might support the Church of the Void Mask. Even if the next generation did not support it, then it would be better to wait for the next generation.
Maybe after a few generations, the lord's family would be finished. On the mainland, the average lord's family would probably last for about five or six generations, and after a hundred to two hundred years, it would be finished.
There were various reasons for it to be finished. The most common reason was war, followed by political struggles and the like. There had been more than one instance where several heirs of a certain lord fought openly and covertly. In the end, the conflict intensified to the point where they tried to kill each other. Then, the direct heir died and became extinct. The king was furious and allowed the rest of the nobles who were related to his family to inherit the territory.
Generally speaking, the king could not meddle in the succession of a lord. This was a rule, and it was also an unspoken rule recognized by all the lords. However, in such a situation where the heirs were making a ruckus to the point where the direct line of descent was severed, the king, as the leader of the lords, had the right to intervene and punish the family that went overboard and broke the rules. This was also a rule, an unspoken rule that was recognized by all the lords.
Therefore, generally speaking, the struggle for the right to inherit the nobility would pay attention to the rules. They would show some mercy to the loser, and would not harm the loser's life. However, as the inheritance of the family grew longer, more and more conflicts would accumulate, and in the end, they would not be able to stop. Thus, a family with a long history was almost at the end of its road.
Of course, these things had nothing to do with Sui Xiong. Anyway, he didn't care whether the aristocratic lords were prosperous or unlucky, or whether they had children and grandchildren, or whether their families were ruined. As an immortal god, he did not need to pay any attention to these lords.
Most importantly, he didn't want to pay attention to these people.
From his point of view, the feudal lords were no different from parasites. They only attached themselves to the bodies of civilians and sucked their blood. They did not contribute much to society. Just look at Earth. Places without feudal lords generally developed better than places with feudal lords. Even if the former had oil under their feet, they did not develop a democratic and prosperous society. On the contrary, a large number of strange and evil things appeared.
Even in the twenty-first century, they still maintained the values and morals of the seventh and eighth centuries. Moreover, they eradicated all those who didn't accept this set of old and rotten theories. The source of this terrorist organization was none other than the aristocratic feudal lords who lived free and unfettered on the ocean of oil.
Of course, among the lords of this world, there were enlightened and progressive ones, and some worked hard for the welfare of the people. However, they could not establish their own practices, and could not ensure that their ideas and practices would still be followed after their death, passed down from generation to generation, or even promoted. On the contrary, it was normal for them to die.
In the eyes of the descendants of the wise lords, other lords indulged in debauchery, other lords lived a carefree life, other lords ran amok … Why should they be restricted by all kinds of restrictions? Why should they restrict themselves from enjoying themselves? Why should they work hard?
Therefore, bad money drove out good money.
Sui Xiong felt that this kind of thing was unsolvable. Anyway, whether it was from textbooks or from the Internet, he had never learned a solution. Even when he was in university, those knowledgeable professors who knew everything about the past and the present couldn't think of any solution. Oh, there was a solution. Their solution was revolution.
By the way, when Sui Xiong was in college, the two professors who influenced him the most were a thorough humanist, and the other was a resolute Bolshevik …
Sui Xiong didn't want to start a revolution in this world. He felt that he was really not cut out for it. But he couldn't force himself to accept and like those guys who trampled on other people's heads and indulged in debauchery.
That was why he had created a republic at an untimely time. He had almost single-handedly created what was perhaps the first republic in the world, and he had pushed for it to continue to advance.
So now, did he want to change?
Of course not!
Thinking of this, Sui Xiong couldn't help but laugh.
"I've been taught a lesson …" he said with some self-mockery, "I thought I was a man of vision, but in fact, after all, I'm just a mere vulgar thing."
After laughing, he bowed to the infinite darkness of the underworld, thanked it, and turned to leave.
The next day, all the temples and altars of the Church of the Void Mask received the oracle.
The oracle reminded them not to ignore the core of the Void Mask's doctrine just because the current situation of preaching was good. They had to remember that only when people could obtain happiness was real development and progress, and this was the root of the Church of the Void Mask's standing in the world. If the importance was reversed for the sake of preaching, then no matter how widely the faith was spread, it was tantamount to failure.
This oracle shocked many of the officiants, and many of them directly decided to close their doors and reflect on their mistakes. Because of the change of the situation, many of the officiants were gradually shifting the focus of their work to the noble lords. They thought that as long as they could persuade the lords to believe in the Void Mask, they could make the church spread quickly. But they didn't think that faith came from approval. It was easier said than done to ask a high and mighty lord to really agree with the concept of development and progress!
Even if this lord agreed, wouldn't he change his mind in the future?
Even if he didn't change, what about his children and grandchildren?
In contrast, it was more reliable to let the people agree with this concept.
After all, the people would always have this kind of demand.
For a time, the whole Church of the Void Mask began a large-scale adjustment …
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