Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 802, speak again
Hearing Liu Jin's comments on religion, Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a long time and nodded his approval.

In almost every place on the earth, religious theocracy is superior to secular regimes. Only in the East, secular regimes have always been greater than theocracy. A large part of the reason for this is that the emperors of all dynasties have maintained a high degree of vigilance in this regard.

There have been many Buddhist extermination incidents in history, largely because the development of Buddhist temple monks has seriously affected the normal development of society.

Monks and temples occupy a large amount of fertile land, a large number of people are classified as Buddhists, do not engage in production, enjoy the offerings of believers, and monks do not have children, etc., all of which seriously hinder the progress and development of society.

This is also the reason for the extermination of Buddhas in history.

You can see its essence clearly by uncovering the things preached by the monks. Although there is an aspect of persuading people to be good, it is more for people to be content with the status quo and willing to suffer and suffer, so that there will be blessings after death or Only in the next life can one be reborn into a good family.

At the same time, through some special means, for example, Western Christianity says that money can be used to buy indulgences, so that one can alleviate one's sins.

Buddhism in the Nanyang region advocates that everyone donate part of their annual income to temples, which can alleviate the evil they have done, and offering incense to temples is also a kind of good deed.

In fact, the essence is the same, by deliberately creating something scary, and then depicting the beauty of the afterlife and the afterlife, and then defrauding wealth through things like indulgences.

Essentially, neither is a good thing.

Perhaps only China's Taoism is relatively better. It pays attention to innocence, self-reliance, and there are no indulgences. It has built a huge system of immortals, but it tells you to practice to be among the immortals.

Of course, it can also be said that religion is immature and has not yet developed to the level of a great world-class religion. If it really reaches that level, it may actually be the same.

"Your Majesty, I have advised Your Majesty on the matter of religion before. My Ming Dynasty should strictly prohibit the spread of all religions. Whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or other foreign religions, they must be strictly prohibited from spreading in my Ming Dynasty. .”

"The news came back from the Golden Continent. On the European side, Christianity has ruled Europe for a very long time. The power of the Pope is far greater than that of the emperor of a secular country. He can even decide the life and death of a country's emperor with a word."

"In the Middle East, based on what we know now, in the countries here, their emperor is not only the emperor, but also the leader of the religion. They are generally called Sudan."

"Besides, on Tianzhu's side, their religion divides people into three, six, and nine classes, and the highest level of Brahmin is a religious sacrifice."

"With the expansion and development of Ming Dynasty all over the world, we should pay great attention to this aspect in advance. One is to strictly prohibit the spread of foreign religions and prohibit their missionaries from entering Ming Dynasty."

"Secondly, severe blows should be given to places that have already appeared. All those that can be expelled should be expelled, and those that cannot be expelled should be cleaned up."

"The third aspect is to vigorously promote and popularize our Chinese civilization, replace the original civilization with my splendid Chinese civilization, and establish the ideology of loyalty and patriotism."

Speaking of this matter, Liu Jin also spoke again to Emperor Hongzhi worriedly.

It is easy to conquer a place, but it is not an easy task to conquer a civilization.

When the Mongols were at their strongest, they almost spanned the entire Eurasian continent and established an extremely vast and huge territory, but did they really succeed?

Because of the lack of their own culture, they were quickly conquered by the powerful local civilization. Who conquered whom?

Daming is very powerful in all aspects, but the larger the territory, the wider the area it rules, and the more intense the collision with other powerful civilizations.

This kind of collision is not only a collision in the military, territory, and economy, but also a collision in many aspects such as culture, civilization, spirit, religion, etc., in all aspects.

Although the Chinese civilization is dazzling, Liu Jin believes that it has its own strong influence and conquest, but paying high attention to this aspect from the beginning can save a lot of trouble for future generations.

"Hmm~"

"After you go back, write a detailed memorial and upload it. At that time, we will discuss it in the court and form a relevant law. When the time comes, we, Ming Dynasty, will be able to act in accordance with this law."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a long time, nodded and said.

"Yes~"

Liu Jin nodded solemnly.

The same is true in the Nanyang provinces of the Ming Dynasty, strictly implementing all aspects of Chinese civilization, changing Chinese surnames, adopting Chinese names, using official Chinese, writing Chinese characters, and taking imperial examinations.

The same is true for the vassal states of Ming Dynasty. North Korea, Japan, and Luzon are now implementing these policies very well, even when Liu Jin was fighting in Nanyang.

That is to focus on attacking countries affected by civilizations from Tianzhu and the Middle East, blocking their eastward path, and even forcing them back in the future.

All of this is naturally to spread Chinese civilization, to spread Chinese ideas, values, and ideas. In the words of later generations, ideas and values ​​​​are the most important things. can really blend together.

"Your Majesty, the elders of the three cabinets, the ministers of the military department, the ministers of the household department, and the ministers of the official department are asking to see you."

At this time, Xiao Jing came over and reminded.

"Xuan~"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said.

Soon, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Daxia, Qi Zhong, and Wang Jia came to Emperor Hongzhi's study. When they saw Liu Jin there, they immediately smiled.

"Sit down~"

Of course Emperor Hongzhi knew the reason why they came looking for him. They were all anxious like ants on a hot pot, with anxiety written on their faces, and it was not because of sending troops to the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, the governor of Gansu, Xu Jinzhi, just now, the son of King Zhongshun of Hami Kingdom, Bai Ya, colluded with his minister Abola, killed King Shanba of Zhongshun, claimed to be the Sultan, and betrayed my Daming, and took refuge in Turpan. The Sultan of Turpan, Mansuer, invaded Jiayuguan, Burning, killing and looting caused countless casualties to my Ming Dynasty."

Liu Daxia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, said a memorial very seriously, with a look of incomparable anger in his words.

"The son of King Zhongshun, Bai Ya, colluded with Abo to assassinate Shanba?"

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked when he heard this.

Then I took the memorial and read it very quickly.

The cause of the incident is very simple. The Ming Dynasty is reforming the military system and implementing the compulsory military service system. The two traditional things in the Ming Dynasty are that the region has completed the reform of the military system.

Next, Emperor Hongzhi intends to restructure the Hami Guard, removing the military power of King Zhongshun, and then letting King Zhongshun, like the leaders of the tribes on the grassland, come to the capital to enjoy the blessings. As for the things on Hami’s side , he stopped asking.

As for Shanba, he is addicted to alcohol, has no ambitions, and likes to bully his subordinates. On the one hand, he is very resistant to the reform of the military system on Daming's side, and on the other hand, he does not dare to challenge Daming's side. Say no.

But his son Bai Ya is not only very stupid and stupid, but more importantly, he is also very lustful and cruel. Man Su'er from Turpan used some tricks and asked him to kill his father Shanba and stand on his own. for Sudan.

Of course, all these measures of Bai Ya have also won the support of his own tribe. Hamiwei is worried that they will cross the river and tear down the bridge after Daming completes the restructuring of them.

The leaders of these tribes will lose their original status and power, so they are extremely rebellious and opposed to this, but Shanba has no ambitions, dare not resist Ming Dynasty, and is not good at opponents.

Naturally, everyone would think of setting up another leader, and Bai Ya naturally became the most suitable candidate.

"No reason!"

After reading the memorial, Emperor Hongzhi angrily threw the memorial.

"This Man Suer really thinks that I, Da Ming, can be easily bullied."

Emperor Hongzhi was really angry, and this Man Suer was also an ambitious person.

He is the eldest son of Turpan Sultan Ah Heima. In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Ah Heima came to power after his death. He has always pursued the strategy of going east to Hami and invading Ming Dynasty.

From the eighth year of Hongzhi until the eleventh year of Hongzhi, Man Suer never intruded on Ming Dynasty's Gansu, Hami, and Jiayuguan. The emperor firmly remembered him.

That is to say, in the past few years, with the strong military and national strength of Ming Dynasty, coupled with defeating the little prince on the grassland one after another, and defeating the Heshuo Special Department in the north, Man Su'er has only stopped for a few years.

I never thought that he would start to harass Daming again now, and even the Zhongshun King Shanba on Hamiwei's side was designed by him to get rid of it.

Although Shanba is stupid and incompetent, he is still the center of Daming's side, but his son Bai Ya is a complete idiot, and if he messes with him like this, Daming's influence on Hami's side will disappear.

Originally, Hami was the bridgehead for Emperor Hongzhi to attack the Western Regions. Hamiwei had a better understanding of the Western Regions.

Who knew that such a thing would happen at this juncture.

"Your Majesty, Turpan invaded our Ming Dynasty time and time again. Hamiwei has always been swinging back and forth between my Ming Dynasty and Turpan. Our Ming Dynasty can bear it and can't bear it. We use the rapid dispatch of troops to wipe out Turpan and severely punish Hamiwei.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was furious, Xie Qian, Liu Daxia and others immediately looked at each other, and quickly stood up to express their opinions.

They are waiting for this, waiting for an excuse and reason to use troops against the Western Regions.

(End of this chapter)