On the issue of faith, Zhu Youxiao felt that this was a very troublesome matter. In the primitive land of China, there were many different primitive beliefs, including the worship of nature, the worship of ancestors, and the worship of many elite figures. But for the real faith, there is not much, at most it is to believe in God, thinking that God rules everything in the world, and the emperor is the Son of Heaven, representing the meaning of God. As for Confucianism and Taoism, it is just a way for people to cultivate their self-cultivation, and the introduction of Buddhism was not so smooth at the beginning, and then it began to spread in the land of China after being mixed with China's primitive worship, but it also rose and fell several times.

Later generations described the believers of the religion as holding the Koran in one hand and a sword in the other, those who believe in me are my brothers and sisters, and those who do not believe in me are my enemies, and when I rob all the enemies, when there is nothing to rob, even my brothers can rob. It pursues selfish moral behavior, but it also conforms to the behavior of all the powerful, so that it can spread from the Middle East to all parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, but in its birthplace it has reached the point where there is no grab, and it is in a dilemma in the face of the great financial power of the Jews, but there is no infighting, which is caused by the lack of construction due to their belief in conquest by force, and there are few rich countries except for those rich in oil underground.

Later generations of Chinese people, whether they believe in Buddhism or gods, are nothing more than doing bad things and taking out some sacrifices to send to temples to pray for the protection of the gods.

On the other hand, the believers of Christianity, who educate others to accept God's arrangement, that they themselves are the lambs of God, and they themselves do carry the sword in their hands and kill everywhere, and when they are tired, they pray to God, and let God's messengers, that is, those priests and the like, tell them about their sins, and then wait until they have eaten and drunk enough, and then raise the sword to kill everywhere, and they have long forgotten their repentance. It's like blessed, and killing you is my punishment for you in God's place. The most obvious example is the coalition represented by the United States, which slaughtered all sides on the land of the Middle East, and then left a piece of chicken feathers for them to clean up by themselves. However, during their war with the Qing Dynasty, they were accompanied by countless priests behind the strong ships and cannons, using the dividends obtained from the war, in the name of religion, and taking out a little scraps to buy the hearts of the Chinese people, spread the gospel of God, and try to completely control the Chinese spiritually. In the Philippines, they were very clever in this, but they did not completely succeed in the face of the powerful Chinese Confucian culture. As for the spread of Christianity in the land of China a few decades later, it is still because the Chinese people do not have unforgettable beliefs, and those who are bored in their hearts are just used for psychological comfort by themselves.

Zhu Youxiao's idea is how to make the Ming Dynasty attack from all sides, can have a good excuse, not let the soldiers have a sense of guilt, thinking that this is saving the other party, this must also find a basis from the Confucian and Taoist classics, this is a huge project, it takes several generations of efforts, but now there must be a most primitive excuse, even if it is consummated in the future, where should we find a breakthrough?

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. The divine authority of the monarchy, the unity of heaven and man and the induction of heaven and man, the realization of the pattern of great unification, the proclamation of the mandate of heaven, but the suspicion of ghosts and gods, the son is silent and the strange power is chaotic, which is one of the ideas of Confucianism. Taoism takes the idea of the Tao Te Ching as its main teaching, advocating respect for Taoism and virtue, rebirth and harmony, simplicity and truthfulness, quiet and inaction, benevolence and frugality, and dual cultivation of life. Taoism believes that the formless and imageless "Tao" gives birth to all things in heaven and earth. Dao is scattered for qi, and gathering is for god. Immortals are not only the embodiment of the Tao, but also the model of enlightenment. Therefore, Taoists not only believe in the Tao, but also worship the gods. Has a huge Divine Cluster system. Such as the three officials, the four royals, the four values of the Gong Cao, the six Ding Liujia, the thirty-six Tiangang, the seventy-two earth shas, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, the Zhenwu Emperor, the Dongyue Emperor, Bixia Yuanjun, Dou Mu Yuanjun, Lishan Lao Mu, Guan Sheng Emperor, Chenghuang, Land, Stove Jun, Door God and so on.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't know much about these Confucianism and Taoist doctrines, but the most important content is still known for some incisive sentences, and now that he is the emperor, Zhu Youxiao doesn't need to do it himself, and Xiang Sun Chengzong is a great Confucian who definitely disdains to do these things, thinking about it, maybe only Li Xin, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance These people can do this, Niu Jinxing is now making money and is already fascinated, it is estimated that there is no effort to do this, Li Xin and Song Xiance, the two fooling experts, should have no problem doing this. As for the Taoist side, it is estimated that as long as they open their mouths and let them preach loudly, there should be no problem, and they will definitely be vigorously assisted.

Do what you want, this has always been Zhu Youxiao's principle, and soon Song Xiance was transferred back by Zhu Youxiao, and Huang Daozhou was also invited back, plus a light Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain, called several of them together, in Zhu Youxiao's study, several people in civilian clothes drank tea and began to discuss the future of faith.

Zhu Youxiao said: "I invite a few of you here today, and don't distinguish between monarchs and ministers, you can talk freely and have no scruples." The next thing we will talk about may be related to the future ideological field of the Ming Dynasty, which is a question that involves hundreds or even thousands of years later, and it is also a question of how the Confucian culture of the Ming Dynasty spread to the world and how Taoism flourished in the world. I don't know a lot about these Confucianism and Taoism, and you know that I haven't read too many books. If I want to spread the culture of my Ming Dynasty to the world, we need to rely on the joint efforts of everyone, everyone is an expert in this field, I hope to be able to integrate the culture of Confucianism and Taoism, as a kind of faith, so that the surrounding Siyi can accept, so that we can rule and manage, this is the ultimate goal. Maybe you don't have enough of you, but you can also find more like-minded people to do this in the future. ”

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he looked at a few people, and found that these people were all looking at him quietly, and they were even a little stunned, as if they were frightened, and they seemed to be extremely excited. After a while, the first person to react was not the resourceful Song Xiance, but Huang Daozhou.

"Your Majesty", Huang Daozhou spoke first, "Thanks to Your Majesty, you don't think that the minister is young and shallow, and sent Weichen to the Western Regions to educate the natives, and the minister will first talk about the situation encountered in the Western Regions." The local natives can be said to be extremely devout about their beliefs, although with the help of Timur Khan, but the process of indoctrination is still very difficult, not because the ministers are not working hard enough, but the local natives have been thoroughly washed by their beliefs in their minds, and the teachings they believe in are also very consistent with their daily behavior and character, and are also directly related to the lack of local life. The local natural conditions are harsh, and the occasional few rich places are looted, and eventually become uninhabited and barren and desolate. Now that His Majesty wants to change their faith, he must first let the people of those places ensure the minimum of survival, that is, the Confucian saying that they know the etiquette of food and clothing, so that they can educate the local natives. ”

Zhu Youxiao only remembered at this time that in the desolate desert of the Middle East, it was not easy to live a rich life, especially at that time, there was no family planning, and the output was small. Maybe that's why Westerners are aggressive, maybe that's the most fundamental reason, survival and religion are so closely linked, and that's the basis for the prevalence of religion.