"Sure enough, the stabbing of the planter Min was done by the west, and they can't wait." Yelu Dashi handed the secret letter to Yelu Tiege. It is shocking to be able to assassinate the guards of Hanya. A strange color appeared in Yelu Tiege's eyes, took the secret letter and read it quickly, respectfully returned it to His Majesty, and sighed: "After all, they are of the same species as the Song people, and my Khitan went south to the Central Plains, so it was not so easy to use." Yelu Tiege instinctively was wary of "their" ambitions.

"The preparations for the southern expedition must be accelerated." Yelu Dashi looked at the lush garden outside the big tent and said in a deep voice, "It's best to finish it before autumn, not more than winter." Where is the Beth's ascension? A complicated look flashed in his eyes. If Bo Shenghuo had not entangled the Hedong Army of the Song State and the Anbei Military Division, the Liao State would not have been able to concentrate its forces to conquer Hebei in the south. But Liber is not a thing in the pool.

"This old fox is worried that after the army goes south, the Xia Kingdom will plunder his people. Only one vanguard of 10,000 cavalry was sent south, and a large group of men and horses with their troops were moving south. There were a lot of casualties in Kyushu behind the mountain, and it seems that Erbo is going to stay in Kyushu after the mountain this time. Brother Yelu Tiege's face was dissatisfied. Xiao Tachi's slaughter of the village and the destruction of the village was also a big loss for the Khitan nobles. Xiao Tachi was regarded as a slave like a livestock to sign the army, and it was also an important property of the Khitan family. The Khitan nobles in Kyushu behind the mountain have complained to the Northern Court many times, but Yelu Tiege did not impeach Xiao Tachi to Yelu Dashi only out of the overall situation.

"Where's our centaur?"

"Nanjing Road has gathered 150,000 horsemen, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are heading south. The 300,000-strong army is ready to be completed, and there are no big problems until the fall. Yelu Tiege hesitated a little and said, "It's just that the money and food are not enough." Because both the Xia and Song kingdoms cut off trade with our dynasty. Everyone is hoarding copper coins, copper coins are in short supply, and the things produced in the clansmen's Zhuangzi cannot be bought and sold, and now the market is very depressed, and the clansmen have some complaints. If the northern expedition consumes a lot of hoarded grain and grass, if the 150,000 army marches south, the grain and grass can support a month, if the 300,000 army marches south, a month's grain and grass is not enough. ”

"Well," Yelu Dashi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Let the temple donate land, grain, grass, and temple slaves." There are too many Futu monks in my court. Many monks are promiscuous, do not engage in industry, and waste food. Buddhism is not what my Khitan ancestors believed, and it is important to persuade people to be merciful and not to kill, which will damage the Khitan martial style and make our people weak and useless, and it is not appropriate to encourage them anymore. In my opinion, in a county, there is only one Buddhist temple, and the number of monks cannot exceed 50. The other monks were all dismissed, the Khitan Xi people were incorporated into the tribe from the northern courtyard, and the Han people followed the army south to transport grain and grass. In addition, the surplus Buddha statues were melted, copper coins were minted to alleviate the money shortage, gold and silver were collected into the treasury, and military funds were purchased when the army marched south. ”

"Your Majesty," Yelu Tiege's face changed slightly, "At this time, if you destroy the Buddha, I'm afraid that the clansmen of the Eight Tribes will complain." ”

Yelu Tiege knew that Yelu Dashi had long had the intention of destroying the Buddha. It's just that since he took the throne, he has been busy cleaning up other opponents and can't spare time to do this. But he didn't expect him to do it before the southern expedition. Liao is a country that worships Buddha very much, with thousands of temples and tens of thousands of monks. Men take the name of Buddha, and women wear Buddha makeup. The temple has a vast amount of land and temple property, countless Buddha slaves, profit-making usury, and receives a lot of donations and rewards from dignitaries, and does not pay taxes. Not only that, the emperors of the Liao State in the past dynasties also canonized the monks and high-ranking officials, not only the monks themselves got official positions such as "Chonglu Doctor", "Shou Sikong", "Shou Situ" and so on, but their disciples and relatives of the nine clans can also shadow the officials. As early as when he was young, Yelu Dashi once wrote to the emperor to accuse the Buddhist temple of "huge funds, monks indulgence, money lending for profit, the state does not give it, and the people are very miserable", and said that the monk is "the giant beetle of the Khitan, and the Southern Dynasty should be in the country." ”

"If you don't destroy the Buddha now, when will you wait?" Yelu Dashi said in a deep voice, "Kill two birds with one stone." The Jurchen of the Northern Expedition won a great victory, and the Southern Expedition was about to be carried out, and all the troops and horses were under the control of the Northern Courtyard. Those who are confused, even if they are dissatisfied with the destruction of the Buddha, what can they do? Brother Tie, the North Courtyard wants to keep an eye on the leaders of the eight departments, and if anyone dares to make a mistake, they will report it immediately. ”

"Yes," said Jerod respectfully. In his heart, even Shakyamuni could hardly resist His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts. Yelu Dashi gave an order, hundreds of thousands of Khitan warriors, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky were not afraid. Because Yelu Dashi had already intended to destroy the Buddha, Yelu Tiege had already prepared a detailed plan in the North Courtyard. As His Majesty said, the Northern Expedition has just ended, and almost all the Khitan warriors are under the command of the Northern Courtyard.

However, the most fierce opposition to the destruction of the Buddha, it was actually the queen Xiao Tao Buyan, after she heard the news, immediately asked to see Yelu Dashi, she tore her hair bun, her hair was scattered, and she cried on the ground: "Your Majesty can know that Zhou Shizong of the Southern Dynasty destroyed the Buddha, and now he is suffering in hell!" How can Your Majesty be so disrespectful to the gods and Buddhas......"

Yelu Dashi had a gloomy face and ignored it, Xiao Mo didn't even choose to speak, and continued to cry: "Your Majesty has the blessing of heaven, the ancestors bless, and the gods and Buddhas are all over the world, but Your Majesty also has to think about your descendants, Yilie is just for the blessing of gods and Buddhas, how can Your Majesty be so unfortunate for your descendants." "Crying and crying became more and more silent.

Yelu Dashi's face turned pale, and he suddenly slapped the case and shouted, "Enough—"

Empress Xiao was so frightened that she shrank and stopped crying, but still knelt on the ground and sobbed.

Yelu Dashi stood up, walked in front of Empress Xiao, and reprimanded: "I, the Khitans, have their own immortal heaven, and the Buddha from the west has nothing to do with me." These monks have sinister intentions, and Zhou Shizong spared no effort to slander him when he destroyed the Buddha, and if I heard such words again, I would definitely pull out his tongue. He looked at Empress Xiao, who was very aggrieved, and said in a deep voice: "The matter of destroying the Buddha, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens are to blame, and the blame lies with me Yelu Dashi alone." Hmph, I want to see if it's the thief monk's tongue or my sword! After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered: "The queen is tired, take it back to take care of it, it is windy outside, and you can't move around at will without my will." ”

Since Yelu Dashi ascended the throne, the control of the Northern Court over various ministries and localities has become stricter and stricter, and Khitan men have been incorporated into the military register. From the commander of 10,000 to the commander of a hundred, to the commander of 10,000 people, from top to bottom, like an arm and a finger. This order to destroy the Buddha was ordered, and in a short period of time, from Xijing Road and Tokyo Road, countless Buddhist temples were killed. Most of the monks were forced to return to the laity, and those who did not want to return to the laity were used as military slaves. Houses, land, and monks and slaves were distributed to the Khitans, and most of the money and grain hoarded by the temples were not put into the treasury of the North Courtyard, and a small part was distributed to the Khitan nobles in various places. Some temples were destroyed, some temples were changed to worship the immortal heaven, in the past, there were several monks in Buddhist temples, and now the shaman temple only uses one temple at most. Even if some Khitan nobles were secretly dissatisfied, they did not dare to openly oppose it, so they could only privately take individual monks to their homes for worship. However, among the ordinary Khitan people, there is another interesting situation, the people, in addition to converting to shamanism, began to believe that Yelu Dashi has obtained the destiny of immortality and has the power to fight against gods and demons.

"Lord Shaman, bless my youngest son's demons to retreat." Nagan unusually reverently inserted a stick of incense into the incense burner. His child was only three years old and was suffering from a high fever. In front of the incense burner hangs a statue of the Buddha of Kureo. Kulie Buddha was an earlier leader of the Khitan tribe, and according to legend, he was able to communicate with the will of heaven, and after his death, he turned into a god and Buddha to bless his people. The Khitan tribe originally had the custom of worshipping the early chiefs as gods, and now many people are re-worshipping the original tribal gods.

The light in the room was very dark, the shaman's face was wrinkled like old bark, his eyes were slightly closed, and his mouth was full of words, and suddenly, his left hand pulled out a painting from under the table, which was the portrait of the emperor of the dynasty, Yelu Dashi. His Majesty is blessed by the Mandate of Immortality, and is a living god who is dedicated to saving the reincarnation of the Khitan people. The shaman rolled up His Majesty's imperial face and slowly made a few mysterious gestures, his left hand to his right hand, and made a few more gestures.

Changgen watched the roll of yellow paper shake with reverence, and a cluster of light on the incense burner reflected in his eyes, like a flame of hope. Suddenly, the portrait in the shaman's hand burned with a "whew-" sound, and the fire was so bright that the shaman shook it a few times, and threw the paper roll that was about to burn into the incense burner. After the flame was extinguished, Fang picked up the paper ashes, solemnly put them into the packet of medicinal powder that had been prepared, slowly wrapped them, and placed them in front of Changgen, as if relieved.

Changgen picked up the elixir added by this divine power with both hands, trembling and putting it into his arms. After bowing down and thanking the shaman, except for the tent, he rode home as fast as he could, and when he saw his wife with a sad face, he excitedly shouted: "Quick, give the child water to eat, no matter how powerful the evil demon is, it can be calmed down now." His idea is very simple, no matter how strong the magic power of the gods and Buddhas is, they can't compete with His Majesty Dashi, and with the divine power of His Majesty Dashi, some evil that penetrates into the child's body can only be annihilated immediately.

"Have you got any medicine?" The woman carefully melted the powder into the water and gave it to the child. Since the reign of Yelu Dashi, the Khitans have been able to get medicine from the shaman for no money, which is a gift from the heavens of immortality. Stroking the child's red and hot cheeks, Changgen had some inexplicable anticipation in his heart.

This night, the couple sat beside the child and waited. Nagane prayed for his son with all his body and soul to let the demon leave his child's body. Changgen was pleased to find that the child's forehead was not so hot.

In the morning, the light of the immortal sky shone in from above, the terrifying flush on the child's face gradually dissipated, his eyes opened a slit, he saw the long root, and said vaguely: "Daddy, I'm hungry ......"

"Thank you Changshengtian," Changgen touched his son's cheek tremblingly, "go get some goat's milk." "Woo-" The woman wept with joy, and did not bother to talk to her son, but turned to get the goat's milk.