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Within the Western Holy Court hierarchy, a chief bishop roughly corresponded to a fifth-rank Daoist priest. Above him were the Archbishop and Metropolitan, equivalent to a fourth-rank Jijiu Daoist master and a third-rank Youyi Daoist master, respectively. Further up was the Council of Cardinals, similar to the Golden Tower Council. Cardinal Deacons were equivalent to ordinary Sages, while Cardinal Priests were to Omniscient Sages, Cardinal Bishops to Virtuous Great Sages, Patriarchs to the Deputy Grand Masters, and the Pope to the Grand Master.
By this measure, Metropolitan White’s status was about the same as Qi Xuansu’s, while the man behind him, Cardinal Deacon Brown, was on par with a second-rank Taiyi Daoist master.
The West Shakya Company had a long-standing history, formally established the year before the fall of the Wei Dynasty.
It was formed by a group of influential merchants, who, in the year 1600 of the Western calendar, were granted a 15-year monopoly charter for trade in Western Shakya by the Lune royal family.
The company had 125 shareholders, with an initial capital of 80,000 Gold Crowns.
Although Shakya was the birthplace of Buddhism, the Buddhist influence there had long waned, and the land lacked a unified...
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