Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. And since the demon marshal can't even clearly judge the situation of the demon gate that belongs to his own internal contradictions, let alone recognize his unreliable external ally, the Great Ming Zunjiao.

The Da Ming Zun Religion is a branch of Manichaeism in the East, because of its belief in the dualism of good and evil founded by its founder Mani, so its teachings were very different from most other religions that believed in monotheism and polytheism from the beginning.

It can be said that the doctrine of the equality of all beings is a universal norm in all religions because of the belief in the existence of supernatural forces from the heart, and that the doctrine of the equality of all beings is a universal norm in all religions because of the belief in the existence of supernatural forces in the heart, and that Manichaeism, which has played a progressive role for most of history, is no exception.

However, the reason why Manichaeism, and its branch Mingjiao, which came from the East, is different from the monotheistic and polytheistic sects such as Nestorianism, which also spread to the East, and Buddhism, which spread to the East, is also because of the dualistic theory of good and evil on which its doctrine is based:

Because all beings are equal, but because of the coexistence of good and evil in this world, people must constantly fight against the world and their own evil, and therefore, although they are both religious beliefs, compared to the other two major religious beliefs that advocate the love of all people, the teachings of Manichaeism are much more radical, they advocate justice and encourage people to fight for justice, and therefore, compared with the other two major factions, they can resolve conflicts and coexist peacefully with secular power rulers. Manichaeism, however, from the very first day of its birth, was doomed to hostility to the class stratification of this society and to the incompatibility between the two sides.

"The oppressed toiling masses of the world unite against the oppression of tyranny!!"

It can be said that this positive spirit of resistance to oppression was not unique to Manichaeism, but was present in pre-Qin China. The Mohists, the predecessors of the main body of the Demon Gate in later generations, always adhered to this spiritual concept until the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms and the Han Dynasty established the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Confucianism of the Hundred Schools of Confucianism and destroyed the cultural inheritance in the classical sense......

Of course, the Taoism after the Han Dynasty was no longer the Taoism of the pre-Qin era, because the ruling class at the beginning of the Han Dynasty admired the Taoist doctrine of Huang Lao Wuwei. The Taoist school flourished for a while, and many talented people specialized in Taoist doctrine in order to gain power, and then developed the Taoist doctrine, but because the Taoist doctrine itself was formed by the merger of the two schools of Laozi and Zhuangzi, who entered the WTO, when the Taoist doctrine flourished during this period, the differences between the two factions became more and more obvious.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism, Huang Lao's Taoist doctrine was deposed. And because of Emperor Wu's great joy. And his stubbornness and self-use, so that the loyal people who dared to be loyal to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were almost extinct, and only a group of sycophants remained, and it was under the sweet words of this group of sycophants that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became more and more tyrannical and mediocre, and after middle age, he really tried to use the body of an emperor to exhaust his national strength to realize his desire for immortality. Therefore, during this period, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty paid special attention to the alchemy priests that were handed down to later generations during the Warring States period. It is hoped that these monks can gather the power of the country and refine the immortal golden pill, so as to realize Emperor Wu's wish for immortality.

However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, and there are indeed rare things in this world that can prolong life. However, if it is possible to live forever on this basis, it is an absolute lie - even the sun, moon and stardust in the sky, which seem to be immortal, will eventually usher in their own destruction, and what role can a few "spiritual grasses" and "spiritual things" that can be found in the mortal world play? It may be used for a short period of rejuvenation. and longevity, it is possible, but it is impossible to get the opportunity to achieve immortality on the basis of this alone.

Moreover, since it is called a rare thing, then these spiritual things and spiritual grass must be difficult to find by the world, and it is true, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is not the first person to want this kind of great unified emperor who wants to live forever, his predecessor, the first emperor Qin Wang Yingzheng did it early, and Qin Shi Huang's eloquence is naturally far superior to that of Han Wu, not to mention, the alchemists under his command are the famous heirs of the alchemy alchemists, not the nine-rate warlocks who have been cut off after a hundred years, and can only be compared to the nine-rate warlocks who can only deceive themselves.

The way of heaven, the way of man, the loss of the lack and the more than the devotion, this kind of Taoist primitive and simple philosophical thought, in fact, is also the theoretical basis of the alchemy of the Warring States monks, so the primitive Taoists and the monks, their ideas originally had a lot in common, but the monks because they paid too much attention to external objects and led to the neglect of themselves, so they were looked down upon by the primitive form of Taoism, thinking that it was forgetting the original at the end, but for ordinary people, no matter what the Taoist doctrine is, The means that can prolong people's life, but it is not the gods who can do it!

In all fairness, Xu Fu is indeed a person with great skills, although the art of alchemy is not the right way in the eyes of orthodox Taoists, but Xu Fu believes that if he can find those spiritual herbs that are difficult to find in the world to refine pills, it is not difficult to continue life, and as for immortality, as long as he can keep looking for those spiritual herbs that are difficult to find in the world to refine pills, then how can it be said that he has been extending a person's life until immortality?

It's just a pity that everything and everything in the world can't be achieved by hard work alone, but more importantly, it's chance! Before the opportunity comes, no matter how much you are the emperor of a generation, and you have the help of famous scholars, but you can only be a bamboo basket for water, but because of the countless empty consumption of national strength, the decline of national strength, the boiling of public resentment, and a series of urgent and serious consequences such as sharp confrontation of various domestic contradictions......

Therefore, after Qin Shi Huang, from Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, to Emperor Wen to Emperor Jing, none of the three generations of emperors dared to pursue the art of immortality, not because they were able to clearly realize that immortality was just human wishful thinking, but just that the road to immortality was difficult and the strength of the poor was difficult to achieve.

I want the first emperor Qin Wang to win the government, a generation of ancestral dragons, whose prestige is majestic all over the world, but even if it is based on the majesty of the ancestral dragon. The Qin Empire's strong and prosperous pattern for a while, and Xu Fu's profound Danding Dao, but he still exhausted more than 20 years of time, and he couldn't find the legendary rare spirit grass at all, not to mention making the First Emperor immortal, and even wanted to extend the life of the First Emperor to a large extent. None of them can be done.

Xu Fu finally escaped quietly under the pretext of finding the elixir of immortality because he was afraid of the anger of the ancestral dragon, and the consequence was that the First Emperor, who found out that he had been deceived, was really furious, causing the group of Fangshi who had been treated favorably in the Qin State to be quickly killed.

-- The burning of books and the pit of Confucianism was originally just Zulong's dislike of the Confucian scholars' remarks at that time, and the Qin Dynasty's prime minister Li Si contributed to a destruction mainly against Confucianism in order to maintain the Legalist ideas he represented. Of course, the alchemists died on their own, wasting their national strength and greatly aggravating the burden of the people under the rule of the empire, and the sins were so great that they did not deserve sympathy.

However, since then, the legend of seeking the elixir of life has become a longed-for but very taboo topic along with the monks of the Warring States, until more than 100 years later, the old people who experienced those years have passed away. The new generation of rulers, who were not willing to be resigned to the end of their bodies to decay, were finally respectfully invited out of the gutter by the monks who had been abandoned by their ancestors. Just like the first emperor of the past, he treated them as guests.

As a result, the story that has been performed in history for a long time has been repeated again in front of the world. However, what happened to Han Wu may be even more tragic than that of the First Emperor: because although the First Emperor was strong, he had always acted arbitrarily and alone. However, his mind has always been clear-headed, so he can often listen attentively to the correct opinions put forward to him by those around him, so when Qin Shi Huang was alive, he was always surrounded by a group of shrewd and powerful advisers. Even Fang Shi Xu Fu, in fact, is also inherited by the Warring States Fang Shi, although immortality is a lie, but the use of foreign objects to nourish the body and prolong people's life can also be done.

And what about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty? Perhaps in the early stage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's reign, this 'eloquent' monarch was indeed extremely wise, however, when he gradually entered middle age, with the gradual departure of the talents left by his fathers, Emperor Wu's side, in addition to Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and other few subordinates who have both ability and talent and also have a relationship with him, there is no longer both virtuous and talented virtuous ministers to assist, the master father Yan Zongheng family was born and knowledgeable, but he is greedy and narrow-minded, so that after gaining power, he has repeatedly taken revenge. Even the princes and nobles were not immune. Sang Hongyang generation of economic wizards, but because of Emperor Wu's accumulation of wealth and unlimited exploitation of the people, resulting in the fatigue of the world's people, after the death of Emperor Wu after two generations of emperors to recuperate, and Shangguan Ji, is just a flattering villain, just because of Emperor Wu's trust, he is in a high position, and even after Emperor Wu's death, he can be compared with Emperor Wu's minister, a relative is also the younger brother of the general Wei Qing, Huo Guang's power!

The rest, such as Sima Xiangru, who seduced the widow but finally gave up, and Zhu Maichen, who even looked down on his wife, needless to say.

Speaking of which, Dongfang Shuo, who loves to talk big, is obviously also a masterpiece of a generation, and has won the trust of Emperor Wu, but in the end he was not absolutely reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

It is true that using these courtiers, Emperor Wu did get everything he wanted in a short period of time: whether it was the imperial power that was divided in the hands of the ministers, or the huge property needed to launch a war against the Xiongnu, however, the serious consequences that would be caused by it were absolutely unpredictable by Emperor Wu, and the serious consequences would not only plague Emperor Wudi's nerves forever when Emperor Wu was alive, but also continue to last for decades in this huge empire after his death, and, It will continue until the final fall of the empire......

Therefore, although later generations have always called Emperor Qin and Han Wu together to show that these two emperors are similar in many places, but realistically speaking, Han Wu is far inferior to Emperor Qin, because even if he is really as wise as a god and as wise as the sky, if he is just a lonely person, he will never be able to rule such an incomparably vast empire, not to mention, there are countless flattering villains around him?

Therefore, although he is also a domineering king, Emperor Wu's performance is too far behind that of Emperor Qin: Qin Shi Huang swept the six countries to dominate the world after ten years on the throne, and then Meng Tian 300,000 people conquered the Xiongnu in the north, and Zhao Tuo conquered 500,000 people in the south to conquer Baiyue, conquering countless countries along the way, greatly expanding the territory of the Qin Empire. Although the Han Wu was determined to defeat the Xiongnu, just by defeating the Xiongnu, the domestic people's livelihood was exhausted, the population was sharply reduced, and the domestic contradictions and struggles were sharply opposed...... The merit is not as good as one-third of the first emperor, and it is far more than that......

Therefore, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty entered middle age and began to fear death, his attitude towards those monks was naturally irrational compared to Emperor Qin. The first emperor reused the alchemists, but it was just a waste of the country's money, and did not let the alchemists disrupt the normal operation of the country's politics, but what about the Han Wu? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only endowed the scholars with a great deal of wealth, but also gave them extremely high rights, so that they could use their power to do evil in the cholera government, and since Emperor Wu was so sincere in his desire for immortality, he would of course turn a blind eye to the great harm caused by these scholars to the country, intentionally or unintentionally, so that the disasters caused by these scholars were much more serious than in the previous period of the First Emperor.

The Witch Gu Rebellion was caused by the social superstition caused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's belief in the ghosts and gods of the monks, and eventually evolved into a great riot that shook the Han Empire. First, countless people died due to the curse of witchcraft, and then because of the gap between the powerful minister Jiang Chong and the prince Liu, they used the witchcraft to frame the prince, and finally caused the father and son of the prince of Emperor Wu to kill each other, causing the prince to be killed! And in this tragedy, the selfishness and decay of human nature displayed inside and outside the court of the Han Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Wu were exposed.

Jiang Chong is just a traitor who wields power, but when he acts in the court with the power given by Emperor Wu, he can't even protect himself as a prince, let alone the people in the court who are implicated, and when the riot started, Liu Quxi, the prime minister of the Han Empire, fled in a hurry, panicked and had no demeanor as a high-ranking person, and Ren'an, a general guarding the imperial capital, was the first rat at both ends, which was simply a loss of the face of the Han Dynasty's military generals.

The Witch Gu Rebellion caused tens of thousands of people to be killed in Chang'an City, and when the death of the prince Liu Ju, Emperor Wu after awakening successively killed the officials who had searched for and persecuted the prince, and tens of thousands of people were implicated.

In his later years, Emperor Wu finally admitted the mistakes he had made in this life, and he issued the first edict since the imperial power came to the world, hoping to restore the kind of political peace and the environment in which the people lived and worked in peace and contentment at the beginning of his succession. However, at that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was extremely old, and because of the pain of losing his son, he soon passed away in depression. (To be continued.) )

PS: Bei Mu Nizhou was the first person to eat crabs......