Opening game, American Tycoon

A beam of sunlight passes through the stained glass and casts dappled colored light in the hall.

The light rendered by the stained glass cuts colored beams of light in the tall and majestic hall. Some dust in the beams of light is flying, and the colored beams of light seem to carry some kind of holy light.

The holy brilliance is reflected on the huge golden statue of Buddha.

In front of the giant golden statue, anyone will have a sense of insignificance.

Emperor Zhu suddenly laughed. He smiled, raised his chin, and shook his head.

Looking at the colorful sunlight, he shook his head lightly, then walked out of this treasure hall lightly.

When walking out of the treasure hall, the solemn chanting sound outside the hall echoed in the temple, the solemnity and solemnity went straight to the heart.Being in such an environment, that kind of awe and worship are born naturally.

However, to Emperor Zhu, all of this... is just a tool.

It's just a tool for rulers.

Glancing at the lama in the distance, Emperor Zhu raised his lips and said.

"Left Prime Minister, when monasteries are everywhere in Africa, it will be the day when I will succeed in Ming Dynasty."

Zuo Zongtang, who followed His Majesty, nodded.

"Your Majesty has a far-sighted vision, and it is beyond my expectations."

Zuo Zongtang's compliment made Emperor Zhu laugh.

"You, you have also learned to flatter. I am so farsighted, but I am just taking pictures of cats and tigers. I built the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty and built temples in Qing Dynasty. The Manchu Dynasty disintegrated Mongolia by emphasizing education and domestication. This is worth learning and learning from."

Pointing to the treasure hall behind him, Emperor Zhu said with a serious expression.

"We Han people are different from other nationalities. The Han people have been a nation with strong beliefs since ancient times. This kind of self-confidence is essentially a kind of self-confidence in civilization. Han civilization has strong beliefs. This kind of belief is different from emphasizing religion. To sum up That is—respecting heaven, law, ancestors and ghosts and gods. Worship the ancestors first, then the Sanqing, and then the Buddha. To a certain extent, our understanding of re-education is often not deep enough, or in other words, we cannot understand how re-religion is used as a tool for rulers."

"Your Majesty, from the time Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains to the great prosperity of Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were more and more monks in the world, and monks had the privilege of not paying military service, corvee service, and paying rent transfers. This led to Buddhism competing with the state for wealth and manpower. This led to Emperor Wei Taiwu exterminated Buddhism. Since then, the extermination of Buddhism in the past dynasties is mostly due to the large number of monks and nuns, which is directly related to the country's struggle for wealth and manpower. There are lessons learned from the "Three Wus and One School" in exterminating Buddhism. Living in a high mountain, far away from the world, it is not so much that the past dynasties did not understand how emphasizing education can help rule, it is better to say that all dynasties know that emphasizing education is not conducive to governing."

Zuo Zongtang, who was the chief assistant of the empire, did not fully agree with His Majesty's point of view. He had his own views and opinions on re-education.

"So, since then, we have only seen the harm of re-education, but not its benefits... Monks do not pay military service, corvee service, and the privilege of not paying rent and transfers, so my Huaxia is harmful, and it can be released to grasslands and plateaus But it is beneficial and harmless!"

Emperor Zhu said with a smile.

"For example, the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Mongolia used Lamaism to rule Mongolia, vigorously promoted Lamaism, established monasteries, respected living Buddhas, treated lamas preferentially, and granted special privileges, which made the Mongolian people superstitious about Lamas. Lamas were exempted from military service, corvee, and taxes. It is tantamount to encouraging the common people to give up production and life, and to become a lama... This is how Kangxi's blunt words came out - "Building a temple is better than raising a hundred thousand soldiers."

When referring to the achievements of the Manchu Qing in Mongolia, Emperor Zhu's tone was full of sighs. In fact, the Ming Dynasty also built temples. For example, in Qinghai, most of the temples were built in the Ming Dynasty. The Lamaism of the Ming Dynasty in Qinghai began with Emperor Hongwu. Therefore, he adhered to the policy of "multiple feudal titles and multiple constructions", that is, to confer titles such as Dharma King and build more temples.The purpose is also to educate the local people with the help of temples.

It’s just that it took time for the power of re-education to appear. The Manchu Qing began to promote Lamaism in Inner and Outer Mongolia from the end of the 17th century, and it did not show results until the 19th century, realizing complete control of Outer Mongolia.

"The fact that "building a temple is better than raising [-] soldiers" is probably true!"

Zuo Zongtang's exclamation made Emperor Zhu laugh.

"It was the same in the Qing Dynasty, and it was probably the same for the Europeans. European colonization often held a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other. After the soldiers conquered, the missionaries followed up. Guns conquered the land, while education conquered the soul. This is the case in America. The same is true in other places, which is also worth learning from.”

This is certainly worth learning. After all, in terms of colonial rule, Ming is just a student. All he needs to do is to follow the path pioneered by other countries in the world. Of course, advanced experience needs to be learned.

Of course, Daming is just learning from it. He won't be as barbaric as the Europeans, killing people at every turn. After all, Daming is civilized.

"If Ming wanted to rule Africa, he had to rely on the power of religion. Although the local indigenous people in East Africa were influenced by Tianfang religion, they were still deeply influenced by primitive shamanism. Compared with Christianity, Tianfang religion, Buddhism, especially Lamaism Education is more easily understood by primitive beliefs, which is also its natural advantage..."

Emperor Zhu explained his thoughts as he walked. In fact, as early as when the company established the first colony in Matadi, Emperor Zhu had seriously considered how to rule the land, not just Just conquer the land.

After thinking about it, I still decided to learn from the "advanced experience" of the Europeans - mission. Of course, this mission is definitely not God, not Abraham, but... Lamaism.

Why not Buddhism in Han China?
Buddhism in the Han region has been domesticated as a member of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism after the "Three Wus and One Sect" exterminated Buddhism and the suppression of the Han Dynasty. It has no fighting power at all!

That being the case, Emperor Zhu can only invite Lamaism.In Gansu and Qinghai, several dharma kings who were canonized by the Ming Dynasty were declining in influence due to the reduction of believers, so there was the "Dharma Eastward Crossing" ten years ago-a dozen dharma kings led monks across the ocean to Daming .

However, according to Emperor Zhu's plan, their preaching was limited to the African colonies of Ming Dynasty, and if they would move the King's temple to various colonies in the future.In fact, some things are used well, and that is also conducive to governance.

"...That's why I will let the Dharma Kings go to the local area to promote Buddhism, and in the future will help them build larger temples there, enlightenment... not only cultural enlightenment, temples are also a kind of enlightenment, A power that can also free the locals from their previous ignorance..."

Listening to His Majesty's narration, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help sighing in his heart, His Majesty is really a sage king that has never been seen through the ages...

When Zuo Zongtang sighed, Emperor Zhu continued.

"Of course, what is the most important role? It is to lead people to be kind. They are still in ignorance. We need to lead them on the right path, so that they can become more kind, not kill, do good deeds, and seek the next life. This That's the purpose!"

Yes, this is the ultimate goal of spreading Buddhism to that continent.Hey, the heart of being an emperor is broken...