Joseph gestured for Randa Li to enter the room, then frowned, asking, "What has he done?"
"The Tax Bureau confiscated all the tithe ledgers and some other financial records from the monasteries. They also clashed with the monastery guards..."
Joseph couldn't help but hold his forehead and shake his head.
According to his original plan, leveraging the pressure brought on the Church by the Holy See assessments and religious reforms, they would have no choice but to accept giving up the tithe.
Afterwards, the government would take over the payment of ordinary priests' salaries, as well as the repair and maintenance of churches and holy artifacts, ultimately encompassing all the Church's expenses.
Without expenditures, it would seem unreasonable for the Church to continue possessing huge assets.
On this basis, with Father Grenier and other reformists leading the charge, the gradual push towards the nationalization of Church assets could be completed in about three to five years.
