The White Lotus Sect is a secret folk religious organization that has existed in all dynasties, and it sounds very elegant, but it is absolutely a capital suit when it comes to doing things.

The White Lotus Sect originated from the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, and according to legend, the founder of the Pure Land Sect, Shi Huiyuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recited Buddha with Liu Zhimin and others in the Lushan Forest Temple, and later generations of believers thought it was a model. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Pure Land Buddha Association was popular, and it was mostly called the White Lotus Society or the Lotus Society. During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Mao Ziyuan, a monk from Kunshan in Wu County, founded a new sect on the basis of the popular Pure Land Association, called the White Lotus Sect, that is, the White Lotus Sect. As a secret folk religious organization, the White Lotus Sect has been repeatedly suppressed in history due to many popular uprisings.

Roughly the same as the Pure Land sect, the worship of Amitabha Buddha requires believers to recite the Buddha's precepts of not killing, not stealing, not committing adultery, not lying, and not drinking alcohol, in order to be reborn in the Western Pure Land. Mao Ziyuan used Tiantai religious theories to explain the height of the Buddha land with Buddha statues, graphics and metaphors.

The early White Lotus Sect was officially banned, and Mao Ziyuan was exiled to Jiujiang, Jiangxi.

I have to say that Jiangxi is really a place of outstanding people, and even rebellions are coming in waves, there is a Zhu Chenhao, and now there is a White Lotus Sect, but Zhu Chenhao is not very lucky, and he is ahead of the White Lotus Sect. In history, Zhu Chenhao's rebellion should be behind the White Lotus Sect, but it was Li Yan's single-handed promotion that put Zhu Chenhao's rebellion on the agenda, it can be said that Zhu Chenhao's rebellion was completely the achievement of Li Yan, if Zhu Chenhao cultivated for another two years, Li Yan's pacification of Zhu Chenhao would definitely not be so smooth.

The White Lotus Sect was located in Jiangxi, but it was spread because of its simple teachings and simple practice, and was not respected by the world. Until the late Southern Song Dynasty, although it was still regarded as a "demon ****" by some local officials and Buddhist monks who regarded themselves as orthodox, it had been passed on everywhere, and even spread to the north under Mongolian rule. After the Yuan Dynasty unified the Central Plains, the White Lotus Sect was recognized and rewarded by the imperial court, and this entered its heyday. Lushan Donglin Temple and Dianshan Lake White Lotus Hall were the two centers of the White Lotus Sect in the Yuan Dynasty.

The White Lotus Sect has formed a large number of professional believers with families, called the White Lotus Taoists. Because he is "a monk at home", he does not shave, does not wear monk's clothes, and is also known as a Taoist or monk. In the Yuan Dynasty, the hall nunnery composed of the white lotus Taoist people spread all over the north and south, gathering thousands of disciples, and dozens of less, the scale can be compared with the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple, the upper is the royal blessing and praying for longevity, the lower is the local host of Buddhist affairs, and there are also some good deeds such as building roads and bridges. Many of the temples own land assets, and the presiding officers often succeed from father to son, and the property of the hermitage is actually the family property of the presiding officer. Some leaders colluded with the government, befriended the powerful, and became a local tyrant.

But time is always a ruthless pusher, nothing can resist the processing of time, after a long period of circulation, the organization and teachings of the White Lotus Sect in the Yuan Dynasty have changed, the precepts are lax, and there are many sects. Some sects worship Maitreya Buddha and preach the religious proverb "Maitreya is born", which is originally part of Maitreya's Pure Land method. Some believers gathered at night to make trouble, and occasionally rebelled against the rule of the Yuan court. In the first year of the Great Dynasty, the imperial court was afraid that the White Lotus Sect was too powerful and ordered it to be banned. After Song Renzong ascended the throne, he was restored to his legal status. Ten years later, however, Yingzong ascended the throne and his activities were restricted. As a result, the White Lotus Sect in many places was hostile to the government. In addition, most of its followers were lower-class people, so when the social contradictions intensified at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, some White Lotus Sect organizations became the first anti-Yuan forces. The leaders of the Red Turban Uprising, such as Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, and Zou Pusheng, were all White Lotus followers, and they used the prophecy of the birth of Amitabha Buddha and Maitreya to stir up the masses and have a great influence.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was strictly forbidden. During the Hongwu and Yongle periods, there were many armed riots of the White Lotus cultists in Sichuan, Hubei, Ganlu and other places, and some of them were also called emperors, all of which were suppressed.

Until later, there were many names of the white lotus split folk religions, including Jin Chan, Wuwei, Longhua, Wukong, Huanyuan, Yuandun, Hongyang, Maitreya, Jingkong, Dacheng, Sanyang, Mixed Yuan, Wenxiang, Luo Dao, etc., and some of them had several names. They do not belong to each other, their doctrines are quite different, and their organizations, rituals, and activities are different, but they bear the imprint of the White Lotus Sect to a greater or lesser extent. The rulers believed that they were still in fact White Lotus Cults, and the folk also referred to them as White Lotus Cults in general terms.

Due to the large number of factions, the gods worshiped are extremely complex, including the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Palace, the Hades of Hell, the sages of the world, and so on; And the most revered is still Maitreya Buddha.

Until Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne, Zhu Houzhao was also unlucky, and after he succeeded to the throne, he almost never stopped, first there was Tatar, then there was Zhu Chenhao, the rebellious uncle, and now there is the White Lotus Sect.

Since Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne, the White Lotus taught a Red Sun Holy Maiden, this Holy Maiden was ruthless, and as soon as she took the throne, she used iron-blooded means to unify the entire White Lotus Sect, so that the fragmented White Lotus Sect was reunited, not only that, but this Red Sun Holy Maiden also redefined the White Lotus Sect, advocating the belief in the lifeless old mother, and the entire White Lotus Sect sang the so-called eight-character mantra of "vacuum hometown, lifeless old mother".

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Here, the White Lotus Sect's plan to assassinate Li Yan is in full swing, and the palace has long been a mess, and the ministers have been yelling at Zhu Houzhao not to occupy so many talents.

"Your Majesty, just say it, do you want to deal with this matter to the ministers? You don't deal with it? Okay, the minister pulled down this old face and lived in this golden palace! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister told you, we also need talents! How can Li Yan let us handle official business when he does this? ”

"Your Majesty, you must call the shots for us in this matter, otherwise...... Otherwise, I would have stayed in the Golden Palace! ”

"That's right! Don't go! Don't go! ”

Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded, he was having fun in the East Palace today, he was flying a kite, but he didn't expect to suddenly rush out of a bunch of ministers, and without saying a word, he directly dragged his kite down, not to say, but also stepped on a few feet, and then before Zhu Houzhao lost his temper, this group of ministers dragged Zhu Houzhao to the golden palace every morning.

After that, it was good, but before Zhu Houzhao could do anything, they began to cry and wipe their tears......

"This Li Yan, it's really too much, such a big thing actually let me carry the black pot alone, it was obviously discussed together in advance!" Zhu Houzhao thought hatefully.

"Alas...... Everyone, Aiqing, hurry up, this can't be helped, Ning Huahou is actually doing a good job...... Well, well, it's a bit excessive, I'm going to Ning Huahou's house to have a good reason with him, you wait here for a while, and I'll go back when I go! After talking for a long time, Zhu Houzhao suddenly rolled his eyes, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, he raised his legs and ran out......

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