"The issue of faith cannot be ambiguous and must be made clear. If they are entangled with heretics or even want to help heretics rise to power, then holy war is inevitable! Even for a marginal country like Adus, at least on the surface, the clarity of faith must be maintained as a whole! Your Excellency, if they do this, we have every reason to send troops directly!"
Blakevan spoke seriously, as if he was expecting to lead his troops towards Adus right now, while Hilbert continued to speak slowly.
"Yes... they were not even willing to clarify their faith position during the formal communication, but this was enough for us to agree to the request of the Adus nobles and lead the troops to purify the heretics...
"Now that the Holy See has ascended to the upper realm and is listening to God's will, before His Majesty comes, more decision-making power has been temporarily handed over to the Cardinals' Conference. The affairs of Adus will also be handled by me at the Cardinals' Conference. The joint request of the nobles of Adus, the ambiguous attitude of the rebels, the evidence that can clearly show the activities of heretics in Adus, and my influence in the Cardinals' Conference... all these combined are enough for the conference to pass the resolution to declare a holy war, and Amanda can't stop it even if she wants to..."
Hilbert spoke calmly. Listening to Hilbert's words, Blake's face showed obvious excitement, and he spoke bluntly.
"So sir... when will we march to Adus?!" Blake said bluntly, but Hilbert's response was beyond his expectations.
"Marching into Adus? Oh, I'm afraid we'll have to wait for a while..."
"Wait a while? Why... why do we have to wait? Didn't you say, sir, that under so many conditions, sending troops would be an easy decision to pass?" Blake said in confusion after listening to Hilbert's words. Now that the Holy See has gone to the upper realm where the Three Saints are, the largest decision-making body of the church is the Conference of Cardinals, and Hilbert is a very influential cardinal. It should be easy for him to pass the resolution of the Holy War of Adus under so many conditions.
This kind of holy war should be fought and resolved quickly, with quick decisions, quick attacks, quick trials and quick purifications. This kind of procrastination is not Hilbert's character.
Blake was confused by Hilbert's words, and Hilbert's answer surprised Blake. He smiled mysteriously and spoke with a chuckle.
"Because... I did not propose to send troops at the cardinals' meeting. Instead, when Amanda said that we should be more cautious in dealing with the affairs of Adus and use force with caution, I agreed with her opinion."
"What……"
Hearing Hilbert's words, Blake's eyes widened and he couldn't help but take two steps back. He didn't expect the person in front of him would say such a thing. He actually agreed with the opinions of his political opponent.
"Mr. Hilbert... you, you are not mistaken..."
"Of course I am not wrong. I agreed with Amanda at the meeting, saying that we should be cautious about the affairs of Addus and not use force easily. I also went a step further and proposed sending a special envoy team to Addus. While appeasing both sides of the war and trying to strive for peace, we should also educate the ordinary people of Addus who may be blinded by heretical ideas and give them a chance to return to the arms of the Lord..."
Hilbert spoke slowly, and Blake's incredible expression became more and more surprised as he listened to his words, and finally changed completely to a stunned look. Looking at the stunned Blake in front of him, Hilbert continued to speak with a smile.
"And in order to let Adus feel the sincerity of the Holy Church, I recommend the Holy Mother Evangelist Vanya Chafillon, who has been shining recently, as the leader of this team. He has the example of converting hundreds of thousands of people in Xiashu. This time, I believe he will be able to use his enthusiasm to convert the heretics in Adus."
Hilbert said lightly. After listening to Hilbert's remarks, Blake continued to be stunned at first, but after a while he seemed to come to his senses and felt something was a little wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly had an epiphany in his heart, and his expression suddenly became bright.
"Yes... the little nun that Amanda is concerned about, the little nun who relies on luck to educate Xia Shu, if she is pushed to the front to deal with Adus's affairs, as long as the situation deteriorates later, her status and influence will plummet, and Amanda's publicity activities centered on her will be in vain! She herself will also be greatly affected!"
Blake spoke quickly. He now fully understood Hilbert's intention. He wanted to take this opportunity to completely pull down the little nun who was placed on the pedestal by Amanda and reduce her influence!
Blake knew very well that the reason why the little nun was able to educate Xia Shu was entirely because of the Haiyuan Church. The Haiyuan Church conspired to instigate Xia Shu to confront the church head-on, but after his conspiracy was exposed, Xia Shu came to his senses and realized that he was deceived and wanted to negotiate with the church, so he found this nun as a stepping stone. This is how a nun was able to educate hundreds of thousands of Xia Shu people. This is the inside story of this incident, and many high-ranking church officials know about it.
Therefore, Blake also knew that the little nun who was Vanya was just lucky. She had no ability to convert thousands of people. She didn't have that ability! She was essentially a vase that was beautifully packaged by Amanda. Her main function was publicity, to show others and the public, but she was just a vase, not a real nun!
Obviously, Hilbert knew that the best way to deal with a vase was to hold it higher, to hold it twice as high, to hold it higher than Amanda expected, to a position that did not belong to her, to a position she could not adapt to at all, and then let her fall and break.
The church's special envoy for the civil unrest in Addus was fully responsible for resolving the heresy problem in Addus and even mediating between the two warring parties. This was a position that did not belong to the little nun, a position that she would definitely smash to pieces once she was promoted to this position.
Hilbert knew clearly that the problems within Adus could never be solved by a little nun, so he deliberately let her go. He mobilized all his power in the cardinals' meeting to let her go, just to watch her fail.
After the failure of the little nun, Hilbert could still use force again, as he was deeply saddened by the situation in Adus that failed his original beautiful expectations. This would not only hit Amanda's recent expansion of influence, but also allow him to continue to send troops to expand his influence. Thirdly, it would also publicize his own military power. This was a much better option than sending troops directly from the beginning.
"Amanda wants to hold the vase... then I will hold the vase higher as she wishes. When the wind blows the vase down, she will be the one who gets hit." Sitting on his chair, Hilbert said in a relaxed manner, as if he held everything in his hands.
"I have arranged for the media inside and outside the church that I can control to start promoting the news that Preacher Xia Shu is going to Adus. Combined with the publicity from Amanda's side, I believe the momentum will be quite strong. I am looking forward to... the scene where Amanda is overturned by the wave she created."
Hilbert said so, and then he shifted his gaze to the map of the world hanging in the room. His eyes were focused on the northern part of the Ufeiga continent in the south of the map. He was looking forward to the continued development of the situation there.
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