Chapter 19: Defending the Gods

Hou Yi Chang'e's story Xiong Jing longed for it when he was a child, in the era of comic books, it was very embarrassing to see Chang'e stealing medicine and offering medicine, but I didn't expect that the so-called fairy medicine was just marijuana juice, it was really a dog! But it is also reasonable to calm down and think about this kind of thing, and the witches of Chu often taste poison, because there is no marijuana, only mushrooms can be used, and shamans, I heard that they also taste poison.

Xiong Jing thought about the reasonable side of the matter, the King of Qi who had eaten the immortal medicine in the Ming Hall was going to die of immortality.

It refers to juice, and hauma refers to sesame juice. This is the Persian name for the nomadic tribes of the Black Sea in the north, -vargà (the Saka people who drank the juice of the hemp; Saka was known in the Han Dynasty as 'sai' or 'sai species'), xaudà (Saka people with pointed hats), draiga (Saka people by the Black Sea).

Just as Hinduism absorbed the tradition of drinking hemp juice more than a thousand years ago, Zoroastrianism, which was later than Hinduism, also absorbed this tradition of drinking hakna, but Zoroastrian priests drank the hemp juice three times, and chanted the "Assen Fufu" once during each interval. Now King Qi drank all the hemp juice in the horn cup in one go, and the whole person immediately fluttered. His head was tilted, a strange smile appeared on his face, he staggered and staggered when he walked, and he wanted to hug the pillar when he saw it, but the position of the hug was wrong, and he was wrong every time.

His servants and Qi Shi were almost frightened to death, and they finally begged Xiong Jing here: "Great King! The widow, the widow, he ......"

"The soul of King Qi has reached the ninth layer of heaven, and you can wake up after a good night's sleep." Xiong Jing looked at King Qi helplessly. The immortal thought of Qi is the heaviest among all the countries, and there are also the most monks in the country, so how can there be a reason not to eat the immortal medicine when you see it. He only hoped that King Qi would not fall after taking the immortal medicine, and he would not become addicted, if he was addicted......

Xiong Jing's gaze naturally turned to Hu Tanshaozhi's wooden box, and there were hemp seeds in the box, which could be planted. Harvested marijuana can be used in place of mushrooms for surgeries and pain relief for the wounded.

"King! King!! "King Qi, who was floating in the clouds, finally hit the wall, the cement wall was extremely hard, and he fell to the ground with a 'bang'. Yin, who had been on the side for a long time, hurriedly went up to check, but fortunately, he was just knocked unconscious.

"Please King Qi enter the west room and sleep peacefully." Xiong Jing instructed Chang Jiang, and when King Qi carried him away, he finally explained when he thought of a certain drama: "Remember! Sleep on your side. ”

"Yui." After agreeing, the people hurriedly carried the King of Qi to the west room, and only the historian and Taibu Guanyao were left in the Ming Hall.

"The minister asks the king to ban the religion of the Hu people." Guan Yu said, he was worried about the comeback of the avatar.

"What's the use of forbidden?" In response to the same question, Xiong Jing thought completely different from him. "The most important thing to do is to defend the gods."

"Defend the gods?" Now Guan Yu was confused, "May I ask why the king gods defend it?" ”

"Reforming doctrines, doctrines, and canons." Xiong Jing Road.

The descriptive people of the post house worship fire very much, and Xiong Jing can probably guess that these people are Zoroastrians, that is, the famous Mingjiao in later generations. The Mingjiao Holy Fire Order came from Persia, and what kind of saint Xiao Zhao. Although these things are fictional, Zoroastrianism does exist. The spread of Zoroastrianism in Persia, Buddhism in India, and Ezranism in Arabia ...... the east, which makes people think of the question: Why did these religions spread to the east but not to the west?

He is a Chu person, and he does not want to see the future Chu people believe in Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Yizilanism. Assuming that the Chu people can believe in Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Ranism, does that mean that they can also convert to Judaism, Christianity, and Catholicism?

He doesn't believe in the sinicization of Buddhism, sinicization is only the outer layer, and it can't change the innate core of Indian culture in Buddhism; And unlike those missionaries who sacrificed their lives for God in modern times, Christianity was transmitted on its own initiative, and Buddhism was sought by itself from thousands of miles away. Tang monk Xitian learning scriptures is not a special case, Xiong Jing once read a monk to India to seek scriptures and then return to China by sea. The book was not compiled by the author, but the author translated the monk's own records, and then interpreted the part about sea navigation from the perspective of modern navigation, which is also the original intention of Xiong Jing to read this book.

After reading it, he had two impressions of Buddhism: first, the book said that a certain place was "prosperous in foreign Brahmins, but Buddhism is not enough", and it also mentioned that when Tang Seng went to a certain Buddhist holy place, this place had been in decline for hundreds of years; second, when he returned to Guangzhou, he encountered a typhoon on the sea, and the passenger merchant Jia (Brahmin believers) actually thought that "sitting on this shaman (Buddhist) has made me unfavorable and suffered from this great suffering, and the bhikshus are on the edge of the island at this time, and we must not be put in danger for one person."

At that time, he felt that Buddhism in India was so unpopular that its status was so low that it had to be driven off the ship by the brahmins on the ship in order to protect the auspiciousness. India did not want to see Buddhism, in other words, Buddhism suffered defeat in the competition with Brahmanism and was on the verge of elimination. That being the case, why did this eminent monk seek Buddhism, which was being eliminated by the Indians? Why didn't he go to Brahmanism?

Missionary or invasion is a bloody war, and the elimination of religion is mainly because it cannot be defeated. There are many factors that go into defeat, but the most critical factor is technology and organization, not doctrine and ideology. Under the same technical conditions, Buddhism could not defeat Brahmanism, and the most reasonable explanation is that Buddhism is weaker than Brahmin, and it cannot draw more strength to compete with Brahmin.

The Chu people have their own religion: Lingjiao. This is still a primitive religion, its organization is very imperfect, and the doctrine is also very chaotic because it is a primitive religion, and it can only include one place (mountain gods, river gods), not the whole country. It doesn't have the Genesis description like Christianity because it has too many gods.

Xiong Jing once asked the previous Taibu Guanji to reform his teachings, but later Guanji died. Now that Xiong Jing has mentioned the doctrine of reform again, Guan Yu suddenly looked embarrassed. "Tell me the king, I don't know how to reform the doctrine."

"It's very simple," Xiong Jing did not believe in any religion, but he still knew some basic principles. "There is only one true god, and the others are false gods."

"The minister knows, the minister knows!" Guan Yu suddenly opened, nodded again and again,

The transformation of polytheism into monotheism is inevitable. Just as the human world needs a king to rule the territory, the divine realm also needs a true god to rule everything, and most of the religions that can be inherited and strengthened in later generations are monotheistic religions.

"And ......" When Xiong Jing wanted to say more, he suddenly thought of the Yue people, Chu Yue had been united, but the beliefs of the two sides were different, the Chu people worshiped Taiyi, and the Yue people worshiped Lei Gong. If Taiyi is a true god, then what about Lei Gong, a false god?

"Summoning the Great Elder Song to bed." Xiong Jing had to summon the Great Elder Song of Xiou to sleep, and religion was also everyone's business and must be discussed.

"I don't think so." Song has been in Yingdu for two years, and his dress is still Yueren, and he opposes Xiong Jing's innovation suggestions as soon as he hears them. "The Yue people and the Chu people believe differently, if the two gods fight, what can they do?"

"If you don't reform the doctrine," Xiong Jing said, "then when Zoroastrianism came, there was no place for mountain gods and water gods, and the Yue people would believe in other people's gods." There was always a way for them to believe in other gods. ”

"Believe in the gods of other people, and anyone can kill them!" Song said loudly, and patted the saber on his waist.

"It's still not right." Even if the Yue people have advanced technology that is beyond the times given by the Chu people, the leakage of technology is a common thing, and the appearance of pagan traitors is also a common thing. "The Yue people are similar to the Chu people, one tribe and one witch, one county and one god, and they are not better than the paganism of one country and one god and one clan and one god. Kill the tribal witches, kill the soldiers who can fight, and the rest of the people will be able to believe in his religion.

No matter which god the Yue people believe in, it is necessary to believe in one god and build an organization. Only in this way can all the Yue people be summoned and all the Yue people mobilized. Otherwise, in the name of the water god of Zhejiang, how can the Yue people who believe in the river god come? ”

"Each ministry has a god, and if one god rules it, each ministry may not accept it." Xiong Jing bluntly pointed out the shortcomings of polytheism, and Song was convinced.

Most witches or clergy are unbelievers, but what they do is to make others believe in God. Faith is actually a commodity, and the whole market is full of vicious competition. As partners and shareholders, everyone talks about business, but from the perspective of believers, what they communicate is always about belief in the gods. Xiong Jing is now talking to Song about the business of the Yue people's beliefs, he is a great elder, and at this level, of course, he knows that he can't talk about business rashly.

"Besides, the Chu people have the gods of the Chu people, and the more people have the gods of the more people, how do they get along with each other?" Song Zaidao, this is the problem Xiong Jing encountered just now. Beliefs are not the same, and religious wars are prone to occur.

"Witchcraft is still witchcraft, but the gods of worship have changed, and their benefits," Xiong Jing looked at Song, witches are equivalent to nobles, and they have never lost money ever since they made money. “…… Nor will it decrease.

The gods worshiped by the Chu people and the Yue people are different, in this case, why can't Chu and Yue believe in one god? Just like the law, Chu people who violate the law will be punished by Chu law, and Yue people who violate the law will be punished by Yue law, and it is forbidden for the believers of the two gods to provoke and fight each other. ”

"Is that okay?" Neither Guanyu nor Song could believe it, because according to Xiong Jing's definition, pagan gods were all false gods.

"Chu Yue doesn't live in the same place, so it's naturally feasible. Even if you live in one place, it is feasible for the superior to prohibit it. Xiong Jing said. Multi-faith states already exist, and as long as they are properly controlled, there can be no major problems. "Then there is the doctrine, the doctrine should write that the ancestors of the Chu people and the Yue people were friendly to each other, and the witches taught the believers to be kind to each other, which will naturally reduce strife."

"Great King, the Chu and Yue people ......" A thousand years ago, the Chu people and the Yue people did not live at the same time, and Guanyu suddenly had some difficulties.

"Just make it up." Religion is myth, not history, and it is necessary to fabricate it in order for the two communities to coexist peacefully.

"Ahh Guan Yu and Song Da were surprised, fortunately, both of them were 'businessmen', and after understanding the purpose of doing this, they were silent.