Chapter three hundred and seventy-ninth chaotic ideological situation
The Holy See and the Wittelsbach family were completely defeated by Eugen, and the Central Bank of Lebir began to spread throughout the empire and gradually became the standard bank for the entire country.
The Holy See also fell into strong turmoil at this time. Eugen's strong intervention completely disturbed the water. The Holy See no longer had the only will, and there was no difference between right and wrong, and there was no conflict everywhere.
Walking through the Holy See, you can see priests and priests everywhere in dispute, and sometimes you can even see ordinary believers and nuns participating in the dispute.
Everyone has their own beliefs and ideas. After reading the Bible, they also have their own understanding of some content.
Because there is no unified standard, everyone begins to debate the theories they believe, and everyone no longer retreats because no one will jump out and accuse them, and no one will say they are pagans.
Eugen violently destroyed the framework of the Holy See and erased all the rules and regulations. He was a liberator, liberating people's thoughts and liberating people who were imprisoned.
Martin Luther became the cardinal and began to promote his ideas in the Holy See. Some priests who believed in the previous theory began to come out to debate with him. As the debate progressed, the old ideas increasingly exposed their weakness and became increasingly untenable.
Indulgences were thrown on the ground and stomped around hard, with footprints on them, and no one cared about this kind of thing again.
The authority is gone, everyone is chasing the theory they want, and Martin Luther refuted nothing by those conservatives.
However, the theory he proposed was soon refuted. Some people used the contents of the Bible to defeat Martin Luther's theory, and it was all ironclad evidence. Martin Luther had no way to refute this, and could only change his own theory.
When everything gets messy, all kinds of thoughts begin to become active. People find that they see more and more clearly and think of many things they have never thought of before.
The activity of thought became a force and began to promote the change of the entire society.
At the same time, the Institute of Lebir City has become a new benchmark of thought, which is scientific thought.
The scientific thought spread within the Holy Roman Empire, and various products produced by science and technology began to change all aspects of people's lives, and new inventions appeared every day.
Eugen gave the greatest encouragement and support to science and technology. Even an ordinary person without any background in his identity can invent, produce good products, and develop new technologies, he can get a generous bonus and research support from the institute.
Lords from all over the country also discovered the role of science, imitating Eugen's approach, began to fund scientific research, and carried out various research and development, hoping to catch up with the tide of this era.
The repeal of the church's thoughts had a huge impact on the Holy Roman Empire. Without contact with ideological restrictions, the entire empire began to exude vitality, and science and technology were only one important aspect.
Another change is that it happens economically.
According to the church's thoughts in the past, pursuing wealth was a mistake, and rich people would suffer double the difficulties in going to heaven in the future.
But now it is different. People are beginning to respect wealth and respect those who make money through their own efforts, and business and trade have flourished unprecedentedly.
Many people with ideas participated in business activities. At this time, Charles VI issued a tax cut law to support commercial trade, which injected a strong force into the entire market.
However, gradually, the development of business has also been hindered, and the original metal currencies have gradually failed to meet the transaction needs. After all, these currencies themselves are also objects that can be used. Iron, copper and silver also play an important role in technological production. Using these resources to mint currency is simply a waste.
Under such circumstances, Eugen asked Charles VI to issue paper money at the right time. Now the Central Bank of Leber City has spread all over the country, and people have also deposited gold and silver coins into banks to earn interest.
People all see that Eugen has the power, with Eugen as a guarantee, and their trust in the central bank is also very high.
With these basic conditions, there will be no big problem in issuing paper money. As long as Charles VI orders, you can proceed with the flow.
However, when Eugen proposed this plan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Marcus jumped out. He believed that Eugen's idea was completely unrealistic. Who would do such a stupid thing with waste paper instead of gold and silver?
In response to this, Eugen directly smashed Marcus with a bank passbook. There is no doubt that bank passbooks have similarities with paper money in many aspects.
Marcus was speechless, so he could only sigh inwardly and said in his heart: "Sorry, Duke Lorraine, I can no longer stop Eugen."
After Eugen's detailed introduction, Charles VI finally understood Eugen's idea, and he could also see how great the benefits it was. It can be said that it was a major attempt for the entire empire and could greatly enhance the strength of the entire empire.
After thinking it through, Charles VI directly agreed to Eugen's approach, and he personally issued a state edict allowing Eugen to issue the first set of paper notes from the Holy Roman Empire based on the Central Bank of Leber as the standard, which were circulated across the country.
Marcus was helpless when he saw this situation. He was originally the imperial minister of finance, but now, he was completely undermined by Eugen. Many things in finance were decided by Eugen. When the central bank had the power to issue paper money, Eugen's control over finance would be further increased.
Of course, Charles VI knew Marcus’s thoughts, but he just smiled. He was completely relieved about Eugen. Not to mention anything else, just because Eugen was also a Habsburger, it could explain many problems.
What's more, Eugen is his son-in-law. In the future, Maria will become the queen of the empire. With Eugen as her supporter, Charles VI can be completely relieved.
He had decided to announce his abdication after Eugen and Maria got married on Christmas and let Maria take the position of queen.
He didn't say this decision, but just wrote it quietly in the state edict.
Chapter completed!