The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 718 Heavenly Dao Scandal: The Romance of the Three Realms of Emperor Fuxi (asking for monthly votes at the end of the month~)

After such an incident, everyone's eyes were now looking towards Nian Duan. Many people's eyes had a little more awe in them. Many people wanted to kneel down and worship him. They wanted to make some good connections now and improve their treatment after death. It was written on the Heavenly Dao Stone Tablet!
The power of Hou Tu Niangniang is too great. Her divine authority to control yin and yang, give birth to all things, and govern reincarnation is related to the life and death and afterlife of every individual. It is really too important.

Some people have a more unique way of thinking and presumptuously think: As expected of His Majesty, no wonder he is so romantic, it turns out that everyone in heaven and on earth is so romantic! It is probably because the heaven is strict, so he came down to secretly be married to Hou Tu Niangniang for a lifetime.

Especially when I think about Ying Zheng’s hobbies, it seems even more reasonable!
Ying Zheng did not dare to directly write that he and Lady of the West were husband and wife, because there really was Lady of the West in Qin's Moon.

But he had already prepared rumors, and as the new belief spread, he would also make up a scandal about Fuxi and Xuannv.

Let’s say that when Xuannv and Nuwa created humans, they became good friends. Later, she fell in love with the Holy Emperor Fuxi. After the Holy Emperor passed away, she married the Holy Emperor Fuxi in heaven.

This is also reasonable. The elder sister is the spouse of the Supreme God, and the younger sister becomes the spouse of the incarnation. It makes sense!

The wife in heaven is Lady of the West, the one on earth is Nuwa, and the one underground is Hou Tu, perfect!
Ying Zheng stood there, nodded slightly, and sighed: "It's such a wonderful fate, no wonder, no wonder."

As he spoke, he strode to Nian Duan's side, took Nian Duan's slender hand, and gave Nian Duan a look full of love. That look seemed to contain thousands of words, and Nian Duan's already rosy and beautiful face was instantly flushed, even brighter than the sunset in the sky.

Although everyone in Xianyang City knew about the relationship between Ying Zheng and her, this almost explicit action, especially in this kind of occasion, and after what had just happened, really made Nian Duan feel shy.

Ying Zheng's carefully choreographed drama was performed so realistically that even Nian Duan himself couldn't help but believe it. No wonder there was such a deep bond between the two of them and they got along so well.

It turns out that it was fate.

Nian Duan was looking at Ying Zheng with infatuated and confused eyes at this moment, and the love in his heart was difficult to control.

Ying Zheng has been performing miracles continuously over the years, and today, even most of the ministers who have already stood at the top of the world now believe in what Ying Zheng says.

After all, the contents recorded on this heavenly monument were too complete. The entire pantheon system, from the origin of heaven and earth to the duties of the gods, from the cycle of life and death to the blessings and disasters of the afterlife, was explained perfectly, making it hard for people to believe it was fake.

Moreover, it matches what Ying Zheng thought, and there is also the dragon as evidence.

It is better to believe in such things as gods and ghosts than to believe in their non-existence. Hell is too scary, no one wants to go there.

The heaven is too good. In the past, Emperor Huangdi ascended to heaven on a dragon, taking more than seventy ministers and concubines with him to the heaven. Now I have the blessing to follow Your Majesty, and maybe I can ascend to heaven with Your Majesty in the future.

Besides, even if I can't ascend to heaven, for the sake of having a better reincarnation in the next life, I can't offend the Queen Mother Hou Tu!

The more courtesy, the less blame. Whether in the human world or in the underworld, there is no need to offend His Majesty and Duke Wen of Tzu Chi!
At this time, Zou Shi was very excited. He knelt on his knees and performed a great ceremony, shouting with emotion: "Your Majesty, may God bless the Great Qin! Your Majesty educated the people and blessed the world in the beginning of human civilization. Now that the world is in chaos, you have spared no effort to come down to save the people. And the Queen Mother Hou Tu, with her compassionate heart, has always accompanied your Majesty to save the world."

"Your Majesty, you have created another glorious achievement. It is truly the will of heaven! The Holy Emperor's coming to the world is truly a blessing for the hundreds of millions of subjects and people of our Great Qin!"

"Long live your majesty's saintly virtue! Long live the benevolent virtue of Tzu Chi Wen Guogong!"

"I pay my respects to the Holy Emperor Fuxi Taihao, the Eastern Spiritual Emperor Qinghua, and to the Empress Hou Tu, the Earthly Goddess of the Earth."

After Zou Shi finished speaking, the ministers seemed to wake up from a dream, and they bowed down one after another. Everyone's figures were in unison, and everyone shouted congratulations and paid homage to the Holy Emperor one after another, resounding through the sky.

Nian Duan saw all the ministers bowing down and wanted to do the same, but was held by Ying Zheng and led back to receive congratulations from all the officials.

Seeing all the officials bowing, Nian Duan subconsciously wanted to bow down as well, but was held tightly by Ying Zheng, so he could only accept the congratulations of all the officials together with Ying Zheng. This sudden scene made Nian Duan feel a little uncomfortable, but in his heart he felt as happy as if he had eaten honey.

The purpose of Ying Zheng making such a big fuss about this was self-evident, and it was naturally to consolidate his rule.

The same consideration was behind deifying Nian Duan.

In essence, it is still through the merits accumulated by Nian Duan from saving countless lives, as well as her huge reputation as a person widely worshipped among the people, that the identities of Ying Zheng, Fuxi, Taihao, the Holy Emperor, and Dongji Lingshi Qinghua, the Great Emperor, who have descended to the earth, are verified.

As the saying goes, a single example does not prove anything. If Ying Zheng was just bragging about himself, even with the dragon as proof, it is hard to say how much effect it would have.

But if we add Nian Duan, the true god who is worshipped by thousands of families, has saved countless lives, and can heal diseases, the effect will be completely different.

His Majesty the Emperor is high above, too far away from the common people, while the doctors who save lives and the emergency medical books that can be seen are closely related to the lives of the people and are very close to them.

Moreover, the identity of Hou Tu Niangniang that Ying Zheng arranged for Nian Duan was absolutely brilliant.

Hou Tu Niang Niang controls yin and yang, breeds all things, controls the land and all things, controls reincarnation, and controls the life and death of all things. Life-saving, childbirth, reincarnation, and other matters that concern the vital interests of the people are all within her control. These divine powers are what ordinary people value most, and coupled with Nian Duan's benevolence and compassion, the combined effect must be extraordinary.

Similarly, the identity that Ying Zheng arranged for himself was also extremely good.

As the incarnation of the Jade Emperor of Heaven, he was Fuxi Taihao Shenghuang in his previous life, and later became the Dongji Lingshi Qinghua Emperor. After the Jade Emperor determined the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, he returned to Heaven. In fact, the Dongji Lingshi Qinghua Emperor became the ruler of the heavens.

The Great Emperor Qinghua of Dongji Lingshi is not only married to the goddess Nuwa, but also has an ambiguous relationship with the goddess Houtu.

In this life, the goddess Hou Tu also came along. This kind of plot inevitably makes people feel that it is a bit like an affair.

In addition, there was the scandal between Ying Zheng and Lady of the West, and this gossip-filled story was what the common people loved to discuss the most, and it was very beneficial to the spread of faith.

Ying Zheng estimated that the rumors about the Lady of the Nine Heavens would not be a big problem. The Lady of the Nine Heavens has a relatively positive image in various legends.

The world is peaceful now, and ordinary people can spread the word freely. I think there won't be any problem. You won't take action against ordinary people just for such a small matter, right?
Besides, Ying Zheng elevated the status of the Queen Mother of the West and built many temples to worship her. So what's wrong with spreading some rumors about her? It also helped promote her faith.

Anyway, the official Taoist Canon will include the Queen Mother of the West in the future, and people can write and spread it privately without any prohibition, so it shouldn't be a big problem no matter how you look at it.

In this way, Emperor Qinghua of Dongji Lingshi already has the highest status and the greatest power, plus he has a relationship with the most noble goddess. Even if the five elements circulate, Daqin is the most righteous and has the best fortune, completely suppressing the others.

This carefully planned drama has come to an end, and the next step is to promote it vigorously.

Ying Zheng glanced at the ministers and said, "All of you stand up."

Then he said loudly: "No matter what my status is in heaven or on earth, let's not discuss it for now. Since I have been sent down to earth by heaven, and now I am the Son of Heaven, my first priority is to fulfill my duty as a ruler."

"Now that the heavens are guiding sentient beings and guiding them on the right path, you should also do your best to assist me in conveying the virtues of heaven to sentient beings."

All the ministers responded loudly, and Ying Zheng ended today's sacrifice to heaven with great satisfaction.

The important objectives were achieved.

Under the unremitting propaganda of the entire Qin court, there is also a conspicuous evidence - the Heavenly Dao Stone Tablet, which is enshrined on the altar of heaven.

Although the stone tablet is guarded by a special person, it does not prevent the subjects from looking at it from afar. After a while, it will be transported to the palace temple for worship. This is a strong proof of the emperor's divine right, so it must be well preserved.

With the full support of the imperial court, the new pantheon began to spread rapidly throughout the world like a surging tide.

The speed of change of faith is neither fast nor slow, because the most simple mentality of the people is to be practical.

The set of things promoted by Ying Zheng was really too perfect.

Compared with the rough, chaotic and unsystematic beliefs in gods of this era, it is obvious that the pantheon with a complete worldview promoted by Ying Zheng is more easily accepted by the people.

This system includes many well-known gods that people in various places already believe in, as well as a more reasonable and complete theory on ancestor worship.

In addition, he accurately grasped everyone's pain points and needs, and the reputation-based saying that Nian Duan was the incarnation of Hou Tu Niangniang was also vigorously promoting new medical books and medical skills, as well as grassroots doctors who quickly learned and popularized them.

Reality and myth are carried out simultaneously, so the propaganda effect is naturally excellent.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, those priests who hold the right to speak. All those who cooperate with the court to promote new beliefs are incorporated into the official system and are uniformly called Taoists.

Uncooperative
They were all sent mercilessly to meet the gods they originally believed in.

You are my mother, you are shameless. If you don't cooperate, there are many people who will cooperate.

With the cooperation of those who once had a say among the people, the change of faith is proceeding in full swing.

As long as the things are reasonable, it is not too difficult to promote them. What's more, with the full support of the centralized court, the effect will naturally be amazing.

Of course, if you want these people to be truly obedient, you don't just have to rely on violence and killing. The court also gave them tangible benefits.

(End of this chapter)