The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 715 Faith (Part )

Han Fei was also extremely happy. He was now the president of the Hanlin Academy, and was also promoted to the position of Palace Attendant and Minister of the Palace. He was granted the title of assistant to the Jianzhang Palace and was considered Ying Zheng's senior political secretary.

Although he always had the grand ambition to govern the world, being able to take on the important task of compiling history books was also something he had always dreamed of.

When the ministers heard Ying Zheng's decision, they all bowed to the ground and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

I don’t know how many times I have prayed and said this today, but I am still willing to do it this time!
Especially for those high-ranking officials, their lives depend on this last breath.

If I could be written into the national history with a good reputation, then even if I died suddenly at this moment, I would be able to die with a smile on my face and have no regrets.

After the court was dismissed, lively scenes ensued. As soon as Ran Hong walked out of the court, he was instantly surrounded by numerous invitations, just like a magnet attracting iron filings.

Everywhere you look, there are smiling faces. Even the old leader Lu Buwei's face smiled more kindly and said he had something to talk to him about.

Ran Hong was filled with emotion. He had never seen as many smiling faces in his entire life as he had today.

joy!

When Ying Zheng looked back, everything in the empire was on the right track. His civil and military achievements were unrivaled in the world, and his civil and military achievements were enough to subdue all the pen-wielders.

People live for a face, and what they pursue during life and after death is reputation.

Sending sages to temples to endorse the Qin Dynasty not only controlled the thoughts of various schools of thought, but also stabilized the people of the world, shaped a common culture, and greatly enhanced the people's sense of belonging to the country.

Those who are still alive can use the trick of history books to grasp everyone just right, which can be said to be a great victory.

One word - win!
Of course, among all these affairs, Ying Zheng still has one crucial thing to do urgently, which is one of the most critical links in the field of civil governance.

That is building a belief system.

The importance of faith is self-evident in this era. With the illiteracy rate exceeding 90%, it is extremely difficult to make people become wise through reading.

Therefore, we must use the power of faith to fill the hearts of those ignorant people.

Of course, even if the illiteracy rate were five times lower, faith would still be the top priority.

This world is too cruel, so cruel that most people have to find a place to rest their souls.

The power of faith is strong and terrifying. It must be under the control of the court and must be guided by the imperial power! Otherwise, the harm caused by faith is like a flood that breaks through the dam. Once it gets out of control, it will bring immeasurable harm.

Therefore, faith must be firmly controlled by the court and guided by imperial power. It must never be allowed to get out of control and spread wildly.

And Ying Zheng also needed to find solid endorsement for his imperial power and his identity as the Son of Heaven.

In other words, redefine the concepts of "Heaven" and "Son of Heaven" accurately.

What a joke! Where does the emperor’s rule gain legitimacy?

That can only be the divine right of the emperor!

In order to prevent unruly people from arbitrarily manipulating faith, strict control must be exercised and all divine authority must be defined by the emperor.

The right to define religion must be firmly in the hands of the emperor.

The emperor is the heaven!
To put it bluntly, when it comes to fooling the common people, the final right of interpretation must be in the hands of the emperor!
Ying Zheng had already carefully compiled a new mythological genealogy combining the theory of the Five Elements and Five Emperors.

The mythological genealogy and legends of this era were too crude for Ying Zheng. Even the Chu mythology that had been improved by Qu Yuan was still vulnerable!
The cruder the belief, the easier it is to be exploited by others, which is also detrimental to the imperial power.

Promote the new and improved perfect mythological faith now!
It is said that before the creation of heaven and earth and the separation of primordial chaos, the heaven and earth were a chaos. After 1.8 trillion years, the first consciousness was born in this chaos, and it called itself the Primordial Heavenly King.

The Primordial Heavenly King disliked chaos and nothingness, so he waved his hand and shattered the chaos. According to the Primordial Heavenly King's preference, the clear air rose to become the sky, and the turbid air descended to become the earth.

Although the world was created, it was barren and lifeless.

So the original king of heaven, out of compassion, decided to transform himself into all things.

The breath he exhaled turned into the wind and clouds of the four seasons; the sound he made turned into rumbling thunder; his eyes turned into the sun and the moon; his limbs turned into the four poles of east, west, south and north on earth; his skin turned into the vast earth; his blood turned into flowing rivers; his sweat turned into rain and dew that nourishes all things; his hair turned into flowers, plants and trees.

After the original Heavenly King transformed his body into all things, his true spirit returned to the chaos outside the heaven and earth and re-condensed a new body, and brought the chaotic Qi that evolved all things into the space between heaven and earth. It was because of this that the heaven and earth became full of vitality.

Since then, the world began to regenerate naturally, and the universe began to operate endlessly. Divine beasts, elves, and ferocious beasts began to be born between heaven and earth.

The original king of heaven established another heaven above the heaven, named Supreme Daluo Heaven. He was dignified and lived in Daluo Heaven, and all living beings gave him an extremely respected title: The Great Void, the Sky, the Great Chaos, the Original Mysterious Origin, the Originator of the Mysterious Hub, the General of the Ten Extremes of the Heavens, the Infinite Daluo Wonderful Dao, the Supreme and Most Holy Infinite Dao, the Ruler of the Past and the Future, the Ten Directions, the Three Realms, the Eight Desolations, the Six Directions, the Unification of All Laws, the Most Benevolent, the Most Virtuous, the Most Honorable, the Most Just, the Most Supreme, the Jade Emperor of Haotian Jinque.

He is the supreme and omnipotent incarnation of the Way of Heaven, the universe, and all things in the world. He rules over all the heavens, leads all saints, and completely dominates and commands the universe. He enlightens all heavens, creates the Way of Heaven, spreads the virtue of Heaven, conceives and transforms all things, saves all living things, weighs the three realms, rules over all spirits, and saves people infinitely. He is the supreme god of heaven, the Emperor of All Heavens.

He controls all the yin and yang, good and bad fortune, of the three realms (heaven, underground, and space), the ten directions (four directions, four dimensions, up and down), the four kinds of birth (birth from the womb, birth from eggs, birth from moisture, and birth from transformation), and the six paths (heaven, human, demon, hell, animals, and hungry ghosts), and controls everything in the world.

Although the world naturally gave birth to living beings, except for a few innate gods and a few divine beasts, most of them were ferocious and savage beasts, as well as those with low intelligence. The world was still too desolate and boring.

At the same time, there was a natural deity between heaven and earth, with a human head and a snake body, named Wa, also known as Nuwa.

Nuwa is the oldest innate deity born in the world. She has boundless magical powers and is naturally loving and gentle. Seeing that the earth is desolate and barren except for a few wild beasts fighting each other, she was blessed by heaven and saw the sacred appearance of the Jade Emperor in her dream.

When she woke up from her sleep, she had shed her snake body and had a body like the Jade Emperor.

So Nuwa made a great oath on the bank of the river to make the world prosperous and stable.

Nuwa took the loess from the earth and the clear water from the river and created living beings.

On the first day, chickens were created; on the second day, dogs were created; on the third day, pigs were created; on the fourth day, sheep were created; on the fifth day, cows were created; and on the sixth day, horses were created.

These creatures are all relatively docile, but have low intelligence, which Nuwa is not satisfied with.

By chance, Nuwa saw her own reflection in the water and remembered the appearance of the Jade Emperor, so she created in the image of herself and the Jade Emperor.

This creature created in the form of the gods was intelligent and polite, and had extraordinary intelligence. Nuwa was very surprised and satisfied. However, this newly created creature died within a day and night. Seeing this, Nuwa was terrified, but she had no idea why.

At this moment, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Wuji Yuanjun came and presented Nuwa with the holy water of the sun, moon and stars.

Another mother goddess of the earth, Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi, also sent the Nine Netherworld Xi Ran.

The Nine-Sky Mysterious Lady Wuji Yuanjun is the wife of the Jade Emperor Daluotian, the Supreme Saint White Jade Turtle Terrace Nine Spirits Taizhen Wuji Holy Mother Yao Chi Great Saint West King Golden Mother Wushang Qingling Yuanjun, who commands all the immortals, and she was ordered by heaven to deliver the holy water to Nuwa.

Hou Tu Niangniang, the goddess of earth and the emperor of earth, is the great god who was naturally created between heaven and earth. She is the mutual root of yin and yang. When heaven wants to transform things, the essence of yin and yang is gathered, and the thick soil of yin and yang is gestating.

With destiny, it turns into dust. Dust has its own mysterious way. The subtle elements gather together and gradually begin to be born. It imitates Haotian and fundamentally nurtures the beauty of Kunyuan.

Therefore, the flow of things, the creation of the benevolence of the mother way. Mountains and rivers are the support, the mountains and rivers are the support. Great compassion and great wish, great saint and great mercy. Follow the example of heaven, Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi.

The goddess Hou Tu is the most compassionate and willing, the most saintly and benevolent. She took the initiative to offer the Nine Netherworlds soil just to help the goddess Nuwa create a perfect life.

So, the goddess Nuwa mixed the Nine Netherworld soil into the loess of the earth, and mixed the three divine waters of the sun, moon and stars into the clean water of the river, and created something new.

The creatures created this time used divine objects, so although their forms were like gods and they were smart and intelligent, they could also survive for a long time.

Nuwa named this new creature - human.

After humans appeared in the world, God was overjoyed, thunder roared, rain and dew fell. From then on, humans became the protagonists of heaven and earth.

Hou Tu Niangniang was very kind and loving. She then joined hands with Nuwa Niangniang to create grain, wheat and cotton as food and clothing for mankind, and blessed mankind to be able to live on the earth.

When human beings were first born, the population was sparse and the world was desolate. It was not easy for humans to survive. Only the Holy Mother Nuwa was looking after them, and she was exhausted but still could not take care of everything.

The Jade Emperor had mercy on the world and transformed himself into a human being, taking the pseudonym Fuxi, also known as Taihao. He married Nuwa, had children, and together they ruled over humanity.

Later, under the leadership of the descendants Shennong, Ziyi, Youchao and Suiren, human beings became increasingly prosperous, so the gods returned to heaven.

Humankind was handed over to Gongsun Xuanyuan, a descendant of Fuxi and Nuwa, to be governed.

Later, Shaohao, Zhuanxu and Emperor Ku passed on the throne, and mankind became more prosperous.

The Jade Emperor, grateful for his achievements, divided the sky into eight heavens in each direction and added the Nuwa Heaven on top of them, making the sky thirty-three in total.

These thirty-three heavens are where many gods, mythical beasts, and celestial beings live.

In addition, there are five emperors of the five directions to assist in governing all living beings in the ten thousand directions and worlds.

The Jade Emperor's incarnation is Fuxi Taihao, the Eastern Spiritual Emperor Qinghua, and also the Emperor of the Three Emperors, assisting the Jade Emperor in ruling the heavens. He also saves the suffering and rescues all living beings, especially in charge of the netherworld, saving the suffering of the dead souls, and incarnating into the Ten Directions Hades to rule the hell.

Xuanyuan is the central mysterious spirit Huang Lao Huangdi, in charge of the universe, the movement of the sun, moon and stars, and the four seasons. He commands the star gods and mountain and river gods of the three realms, and controls ghosts, gods and thunder.

Shaohao is the White Emperor of the West, in charge of the North and South Poles and the three elements of heaven, earth, and man. He presides over military wars and conquests on earth and commands all gods.

Zhuanxu is the Red Emperor of the Southern Danling Realm. He controls the lifespan and fortune of the human world, commands all spirits, controls the power of thunder, and transforms himself into the Lord of Thunder to control wind, rain, thunder and lightning.

Emperor Ku is the Black Emperor of the Five Spirits in the North. He is compassionate and merciful. He saves people from suffering and rescues them from the trap of suffering.

From then on, the way of mutual generation of the five elements, five virtues and five fortunes was established. The emperors of the world are all these five elders of the five directions. They come down to the world, circulate their energy and fortune, reproduce offspring, and rule over the people.

The Jade Emperor returned to his original heavenly body, no longer caring about worldly affairs, and left all the heavens and worlds to the management of the Five Elders and Five Emperors.

Among the Five Great Emperors, Fuxi, Taihao Tianhuang, Dongji Lingshi and Qinghua Emperor are the incarnations of the Jade Emperor, so they are the true Sons of Heaven and the Great Heavenly Emperors.

The other four emperors are all descendants of Fuxi and Taihao, so they are also Sons of Heaven and Emperors of Heaven, but this Son of Heaven is the son of Fuxi and Taihao.

This is the Son of Heaven.

The emperor of the world, when the fortune changes, the great emperor will come down to the world in person to stabilize the world and educate the people. Then the descendants who inherit the fortune will become the emperor's son.

The five elements are mutually generated, and the virtue and fortune of the world is the virtue and fortune of the great emperor of the time. The emperor inherits the destiny of the great emperor, represents the destiny of the great emperor, and governs the world with the authority of the virtue and fortune of the great emperor, so he is also the emperor. This emperor is both a descendant of the great emperor and the virtue and fortune itself.

After the Great Emperor ascended to heaven, he went straight to the heavenly realm, took charge of the stars in a certain world, and became the Emperor of Heaven.

At present, when it comes to Ying Zheng, it just so happens that Fuxi Taihao Tianhuang Dongji Lingshi Qinghua Emperor has come down to the mortal world!

In one word - what a coincidence.

Congratulations, congratulations.

In addition, Hou Tu Niangniang is compassionate, benevolent and virtuous. She feels pity for the souls of all living things in the world who are wandering around after death and have nowhere to rest. They can only disappear in pain and turn to ashes as time passes.

Therefore, the Goddess Hou Tu opened up the underworld under the Nine Netherworlds, demarcated the underworld, and established reincarnation. From then on, the souls of all dead creatures in the world could be reincarnated based on their merits and demerits in their lifetime.

Later, seeing that people in the world were in the process of moral decay, greed, lust, and pleasure in misfortune, and that there were many killings and fights, the world had become a battlefield of quarrels and a sea of ​​right and wrong, so eighteen levels of hell were set up to punish the wicked. If they caused trouble in the world, they would suffer in the underworld, and only after all their sins were forgiven could they enter the cycle of reincarnation again.

The cycle of reincarnation was changed to the six realms of reincarnation. Those with great merits would enter the heaven and become celestial beings, with long lifespans, wealth and honor, and possess numerous supernatural powers, enjoying all the prosperity of the heavenly realm.

Those who have done no good or bad will be reincarnated as humans. Those who have committed crimes will pay for their sins in the underworld and will be reincarnated as an evil and lowly person afterwards.

Because of her achievements, Hou Tu Niangniang was conferred the title by the Jade Emperor as: The Holy Queen of Kunyuan, the Great and Virtuous, the Nine-Level Chief Administrator of the Country, the True Ruler of the Five Elements, the Mother of All Spirits, the Eight Extremes, the God of the Underworld, the God of Disaster, the Four-Dimensional Incarnation and Proof of the Way, the Lord of Heaven and the Emperor of Earth.

She is the mother of the earth, the lord of the underworld, in charge of yin and yang, giving birth to all things, in charge of all things on the land, in charge of reincarnation, and in charge of the life and death of all things.

Ying Zheng put down the thin book in his hand, and confirmed whether the private goods added were reasonable. After confirming that there was no problem, he prepared to take this thing out with the help of the heaven sacrifice.

Of course it’s not this booklet, it’s another way.

You have to be careful when you lie to someone!
(End of this chapter)