Chapter 256: Chapter 130: The Concept of Nation! Dimension Space Has No Limits Duncan doesn’t aim for a unified ideology because such a thing is impossible even in modern times.
It’s best if they argue.
With royal power and the military in his hands, Duncan is not afraid of things getting out of hand. Only when people argue do they begin to question the church, for the church has no theoretical basis to suppress everything.
To be blunt, how many divisions does the Pope have?
If you really push Duncan to the limit, not to mention the reform of polytheism, even Christianity would have to be reformed, with Protestantism appearing over a thousand years early. The church in Britain has always had an independent tradition. If Duncan wishes, the saints here could challenge the church and crown Saint Patrick with a red robe.
Duncan can’t outright suppress the church, as it has been spreading for hundreds of years and is deeply rooted in folk beliefs. Forcing the church into a corner would make a slew of saints fight him to the death.
But it doesn’t matter, internal divisions can be incited to make them fight among themselves.
"This is just the appetizer!"
Duncan’s goal is to cause a major schism within the church.
There’s an event in Chinese history called the Tri-Partarition of Jin. Now the seeds of a split between the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church (or Greek Orthodox) have already been sown. Duncan just needs to fan the flames, challenging the church’s authority while seeing if he can also establish Protestantism in England.
The triangle is the most stable structure, and the fight is particularly fierce.
Duncan doesn’t understand the theological theories of the church, but that doesn’t stop him from adding chaos. At the very least, he’s aware of the Anglican Church in England and concepts like justification by faith. If really provoked, he’d dare to introduce liberation theology.
Dimension Space.
In Duncan’s projection page, at some point, he found that all his territories had an additional mark.
——Southampton (small city).
——Faith: Polytheism influence 62%, Monotheism influence 38%.
——London (medium city).
——Faith: Polytheism influence 55%, Monotheism influence 45%.
These numbers are constantly changing.
Each county varies; in some, polytheism is stronger, while in others monotheism is stronger. There’s also an extra label ’Law’ beside them.
——Law: Suppress religious conflicts with law, maintain public order. The more refined the laws, the smaller the impact of religious conflicts.
Polytheism is compatible; Avalon beliefs do not greatly conflict with Norse beliefs. Only monotheism has strong exclusivity, easily triggering faith conflicts that deteriorate public order. But as long as the law is refined enough, even to the point of being somewhat harsh, with severe punishments in troubled times, private brawls can be suppressed to a certain extent.
It’s unknown whether the people of Britain were misled by Duncan as king, but many are general believers, following whoever offers the best benefits.
To describe it using the poem of a Briton poet.
When I was ravaged by the Saxons, the Lord did not come to save me. When I became a lowly slave, the Lord did not come to liberate me.
When my brothers and sisters were massacred! When my home became a ruin! When my city turned into a sea of fire!
I did not see the shadow of an angel.
......
I am loyal to only one king, and he is the eternal king of Britain.
......
This Celtic poem is quite long. Duncan feels like Avalon beliefs can’t quite compete with the church, so he pulls it out to suppress the church’s spread. The general meaning is that everything today is granted by the King of Britain, not due to the church’s merit.
This instead causes many believers to waver, swaying to whichever side offers benefits while remaining loyal to the king.
Meanwhile.
The altar in London from years ago has been reactivated. It was the Emperor of the Empire’s altar to gather divine essence for himself. It has been abandoned for decades, but it’s said that recently, residents of London have spontaneously been offering sacrifices to gather a shred of eternal divinity for the great King of Britain, Duncan.
Duncan feels nothing for the moment, but if the people wish to worship, then let them worship.
After all, there’s freedom of religion.
If they want to believe in me, it’s not impossible. I can give it a try; if I can’t manage it, I’ll smash the altar myself.
Duncan is quite carefree about this aspect.
From the perspective of God.
"Is this an upgrade in the capability of Dimension Space?" Duncan’s expression was very surprised.
He scrolled down and surprisingly found other functionalities.
——Ideology (Freedom of Faith): Limited to polytheism and monotheism, recognition rate six percent. (Increasing)
——Ideology (Military Expansion): Recognition rate eighty-two percent. [The Briton people generally desire military expansion to gain benefits.]
(After ideological transformation is complete, it becomes the national idea of the Britain Kingdom.)
——Military Expansion (National Idea): The state’s aversion to war significantly decreases, recruitment efficiency increases by one hundred percent, regular troops increase by three hundred percent, and a mobilization order can trigger a total war. [We desire war!]
This is an activating national idea; below it are some concepts that can’t be activated.
——Maritime Supremacy (Yet to be activated).
——Refinement Agriculture (Yet to be activated).
——Technological Development (Yet to be activated).
Scrolling down, there are many potential national ideas that can be launched but require certain prerequisite conditions, which can be tried and are not too far from the current era.