Chapter 292: Controversy in the Sacred Chamber (Part I)
Before dawn and sunrise, Bishop Pelonandi woke up in a drowsy state, and decades of habitual habits had long since become his biological clock, and even after becoming bishop, he never slackened.
Except for the days when he was injured and unconscious when he was young, Bishop Pelonandi silently washes and dresses at this time, and then, as usual, walks to the largest shrine in Lolandal, where he performs his daily routine prayer with the rest of the clergy.
Even though he had become one of the most powerful dozen people in the church, he never slackened.
The God of Radiance knows very well who has faith and who does not, which is why he elevated Bishop Pelonandi to the status of 'cardinal'.
Even after enjoying the convenience of life in Windcity, Bishop Pelonandi did not let up, because his 'battle' had only just begun since his return.
He is too old to go to war, but there is still a lot of suffering in this world, and he can save those who are in it.
Bishop Pelonandi has been in Winder for so long, he is not pedantic, he knows how to be flexible, and he naturally knows that if the people are to live a good life, they must vigorously develop the productive forces.
How to develop productivity is a key, because Lolandal is not Wende City, the miracle of Wende City cannot be replicated, and the wisdom of the head maid is also something they cannot imitate, if you want to do this, you must figure out why Lolandal is lagging behind Wende City.
Lolandal has no shortage of people, no shortage of money, and a large population, and if you follow the standards of the 'old times', Lolandal is undoubtedly one of the most advanced and prosperous cities on the mainland.
But now it's different!
It was only after traveling to Winde City to study that Bishop Pelonandi woke up to this false glory, and it turned out that while he and many others were immersed in this 'glory of the people', the Sadwind Leader had quietly entered a 'new era'.
When they were still complacent, the daily life of the civilians of Wende City could already afford to eat meat, although this had something to do with the geography of the Sorrowful Wind Territory, but 'two copper coins' could buy a greasy 'meat bun', which also had to shock Bishop Pelonandi.
And this was a few months ago, and now Wende City has also erected 'street lamps' on the side of the street, and the beautiful scenery that shines all night has long been converted into a written description by intelligence officers, and has reached the ears of Bishop Pelonandi.
Although Lorandal had already done it, Bishop Pelonandi really couldn't believe it, the head maid had only been in charge of Wende City for just over a year, why could Wende City develop so quickly?
After thinking about it, in the end Bishop Pelonandi came to a conclusion - they are self-proclaimed modest and ignore the power of the common people!
Because of the arrogance brought by their own strength, because of the arrogance brought by their own status, because of the arrogance brought by their own vision...... And so on, these are the sources of the 'arrogance' that they have.
They only care about 'saving the world' and 'upholding justice', but they never think that if they can't feed the people at the bottom and dress them well, then no matter how much they 'save', it is meaningless!
Their horizons are too high, they look at the whole world, but they don't see the people who follow them.
In other words, their methods are 'wrong', the methods they use to save the world are 'wrong', and they have turned a blind eye to this 'mistake' for a long time.
Whether it's the Glorious Church, the Passion Church, the Righteous Church, or the Agricultural Church, their methods are wrong, and they have been wrong for hundreds of years.
Bishop Pelonandi visited the school in Wende City many times, because he felt that it was the future of the Sad Wind Leader and the future of the world, and the world would definitely establish one basic education school after another in various places in the future.
What makes him feel most interesting is that when the school is teaching, it not only teaches students knowledge, but also teaches students some 'philosophy of life', if it is the teaching of lingua franca, the teachers will speak very straightforwardly, but if it is the teaching of another language 'Chinese', many 'philosophy of life' will be mixed in the 'teaching'.
For example, 'it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish', the pronunciation of 'fish' and 'fish' is the same, but the words are different, and the meaning represented is also different.
Bishop Pelonandi is already old, and he is not as good as those who have a deep study of this language and the clergy of the Church, but only this 'famous aphorism' that inspired him has been deeply remembered by him.
"We can't go on like this, if we continue like this, in a few hundred years it will still be 'a few hundred years', what it is like now, what will be it in the future, our world has been shaped since hundreds of years, thousands of years ago, people are the same poor, the rulers are singing and dancing, but not many people have thought about why people starve to death, and we are the same!"
For the first time since his return, Bishop Pelonandi has taken the initiative to speak out.
At the regular monthly meeting, his expression was neither sad nor joyful, just looking at the elders of the House of Elders and the many bishops.
No one would jump out and lash out at such a time, even if Bishop Pelonandi's words were ugly, and when he said that, he not only denied their efforts, but also the efforts of their faith, the 'Radiant King'!
But the God of Radiance sat in the 'first place,' and he didn't say anything, but made a gesture of willingness to listen with interest.
The God of Radiance had already spoken, and they were not embarrassed, so they had to continue listening.
"For thousands of years, no matter how many taxes have been cut, there will always be people who starve to death, if the tax cuts are too much, the lords will not be able to support the army and protect the civilians, if the taxes are too high, the civilians will starve to death, but even if the tax is average, and there is a good harvest every year, there are still people who will starve to death, why is this?"
Bishop Pelonandi threw out a thing for everyone present that they often discuss in meetings, they have discussed for so many years without a result, but Bishop Pelonandi obviously will not be 'targeted', that is, he has a solution?
"Her Majesty Emily is trying to increase food production to meet the needs of the people so that people will not starve to death again, but she has tried for so many years and has not succeeded, why is that?"
Hearing this, many people frowned, because Bishop Pelonandi's words spread to the agricultural church.
If what he said earlier could be forgiven, because it was a real problem, they wouldn't be in a hurry to deny it, but when it spread to other churches, they felt a little impatient.
"If I were to ask somebody, some might say that the greed of the nobility was one of the reasons, but what about Lolandal, why are there no exploitation here and some people are starving?"
Bishop Pelonandi asked rhetorically, he was observing the reactions of these people, but to his disappointment, these people did not seem to pay attention to the matter, so he could only sigh in his heart and get back to the point:
"I went to the Grief Collar to observe and study, don't frown, it's not a shameful thing, it is precisely because the Grief Collar is advanced enough, better than our Lolandal, so I will lead the team to visit and study. β
"There, I was exposed to a different kind of 'philosophy'!"
Bishop Pelonandi spoke of this 'philosophy of a different kind' with a look of nostalgia and gestured with his hands in the air, "It was brought by the head maid, a knowledge of another world, which she called 'Chinese characters'. It was an elegant text, and there was a kind of 'philosophy' between the lines, and the sentence that impressed me the most was 'It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish'," he pronounced in a strange Chinese accent, "This is the mistake we have been making......"
Bishop Pelonandi sighed, looked at his colleagues with blank faces, and said softly: "We have been helping those in need, but we have given them food, we have given them money, but we have not given them a chance to liveβ"
"A job, a skill, that's what we should give them the most. β
"That's our mistake, the mistake we keep making!"