Chapter 372: The Hidden Religions (Part II)

In October of the third year of the Apocalypse, the situation in Guazhou finally showed signs of easing, and the merchants arrested by the Assassin Mansion began to be released slowly, although these people were a little frightened, but the benefits were also obvious, all the merchants who were released the next day The newly established Industrial and Commercial Bureau of the Assassin Mansion began to send people to handle the formal license registration, this new type of industrial and commercial registration opened the eyes of the merchants who had not seen the Guazhou, and the Assassin Mansion announced that all merchants in Guazhou must apply for registration with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau within a time limit, for a period of one month, And in the future, all newly established institutions and shops must have a business license issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, otherwise they will be regarded as operating without a license and will be banned. This kind of registration registers all the large and small merchants in Guazhou at one time, so that Guazhou's business is on the right track.

In this wave of registration that amazed the people, it was another scene that was concealed, and the religious forces in Guazhou also reached the last moment, and they were brought over by Sima Daoxin and Tuoba Sizhi to personally experience the feelings of the tenants under the jurisdiction of Ciyun Temple. Although in the end, the Guazhou Assassin Mansion did not intend to investigate the crime of Kong, but he himself had no way to face himself, and when he came out of the Assassin's Mansion, he promised Tuoba Si that he would personally persuade the Buddhist disciples to give up the confrontation with the Assassin's Mansion and take the initiative to join the reform action of the Assassin's Mansion. As a result, the first breakthrough in the field of religion was found, and Tuoba Siji gave the Tang Empire's religious activities method formulated by Li Xuanqing empty, allowing it to carry out Buddhist reform according to the above methods, remove most religious assets, carry out industrial and commercial reforms, and turn the major Buddhist temples into a kind of complex for issuing special licenses.

As a matter of fact, the focus of the methods for religious activities drawn up by Li Xuanqing is to remove the original fixed assets of religions, to remove the dependency of the population under the command of religions, to strictly restrict the entry and proselytization of religious members, to suppress the scale of religious development, and to reduce the threat of religion to the secular regime as much as possible. This kind of method is clear at a glance for the restraint of religion, but in the end he still accepted it, the Northern Zhou Dynasty Taiwu Emperor's act of destroying Buddha has not passed too long, and the current Tang Empire also has this tendency, if you do not complete the reform and redemption yourself, once the people in power think that religion has threatened the regime, then the destruction of Buddha again must be inevitable. He didn't think that these people in front of him would be merciful to religion at that time. Therefore, after studying this method of religious activities overnight, dozens of Buddhist temples of all sizes in Guazhou were convened to preside over the assembly, and this time the meeting was held in a bright and bright manner, reading out the propositions of the Tang Empire, and persuading the monasteries to carry out self-reform.

In fact, there is one thing that Tuoba Sizhi and Sima Daoxin still did very right, that is, the Buddhism they chose was actually much milder than other religions in the Western Regions, and the Buddhism of this era was much more "pure heart and few desires" than Li Xuanqing's previous life, and the hard work of emptiness was not in vain.

After Sima Daoxin learned the news, he announced the religious reform of Guazhou almost immediately, and hired Master Kong as the head of the religious association to cooperate with the Assassin Mansion for follow-up actions. After putting it on the table, it greatly reduced the pressure on the Assassin Mansion, and at this time, Su Xiaohu's Flying Eagle Brigade also made some achievements, because the Wohuo Sect itself represented the interests of the people at the bottom, and brought tangible benefits to the people of Guazhou at the bottom of the Assassin's Mansion, and this benefit actually made the Wohuo Sect realize where its future way out was.

The surrender of the Wohuo Sect was very strange after Li Xuanqing saw it in the Guazhou government affairs briefing that Li Xuanqing saw from Chang'an, this Wohuo Sect seemed to him to be not much different from the Tianfang Sect, but at this time, the information sent from Guazhou from Tuoba Sijiao showed that this religion did not go to the extreme like the Tianfang Sect at the beginning, but went to the lower class when the upper route could not work, relying on the people at the bottom to gain a foothold in the northwest. After Li Xuanqing saw this political situation, he immediately sent someone to send the leader of the Wohuo Sect to Chang'an, which also started another period of religious missionary process.

However, at this time, Li Xuanqing didn't know about this matter, and even Tuoba Siji and Sima Daoxin, who were on the front line, didn't think that there was anything special about this Wohuo Sect, but this did not affect the two of them to judge the significance of this religious surrender. Once the Wohuo Sect surrenders to Guazhou, it means that the basic situation in Guazhou has been stabilized, so even if the other religions collectively rebel against Guazhou, there will be no major changes.

As the three days gradually passed, under the surprise interrogation methods of the Flying Eagle Brigade, those small religions were successively dealt with some of their manpower, and after these people were released, they were immediately put into the various religions by Xuan Yingwei anyway, and became the seeds of the implementation of the Tang Empire's religious enforcement methods. However, after these people came out, they found that the religious world in Guazhou had undergone earth-shaking changes, with the empty space that was active on the table and the Wohuoism that promoted the imperial policy at the bottom, all of which had changed dramatically from before, and the general trend had quietly reversed.

However, for the Heavenly Sect people, who the Flying Eagle Brigade could not break, they were plotting their own plans at this time, and these people used their previous eyeliner to quietly avoid the guards of the Thorn History Mansion and get in touch with their own sect members outside.

However, with the interrogation of the leaders of these Tianfang Sects by the personnel of the Law Court, this religious incident basically came to an end here, Tuoba Sijian did not interfere in the affairs of the Law Court, dozens of leaders of various extremist religions in Guazhou were collectively executed, this bloody feeling made Guazhou in winter stained with a different feeling, the members of the Tianfang Sect were closely monitored by the garrisons in various places at this time, and the scene of the execution was even more tightly sealed, but even so, there were dozens of killers who were ready to break into the law field and prepare to intercept people.

This kind of thing is obviously expected by Tuoba Sijian and others, Liu Xuan mobilized a large team of people to kill these people as soon as possible, and the Assassin Mansion also directly characterized these people as violent elements, trying to destroy the achievements of Guazhou's reform and destroy the hope of the people's lives. These ordinary people don't know what the results of reform are, but they still value the hope of their own lives, so they are angry for a while, and many people who were originally watching the excitement in the winter even crowded directly to the door of the Assassin's Mansion, if it weren't for the persuasion of the guards, these people even wanted to see Sima Daoxin. Recently, Sima Daoxin's prestige in the hearts of the people of Guazhou has increased dramatically, and one reform after another has been implemented from the Assassin's Mansion, and these measures to benefit the people at the bottom have made the people understand that the Assassin's Mansion is no longer the former Assassin's Mansion, and the Wohuo Sect began to publicize the benefits of these new policy reforms after defecting to the people, so that the people are more aware of where these reforms are beneficial to the people.

Speaking of which, this is also the fact that Guazhou City is not the stronghold of the Tianfang Sect in the first place, and near the White Tiger Pass, there is a whole battalion of 30,000 people in the Modao Battalion, under this kind of strong suppression, the members of the Tianfang Sect do not have much change for the time being, otherwise they are only afraid of relying on the brainwashing methods of the Tianfang Sect, and today Guazhou City is definitely not just as simple as those who intercept people, it is not an armed conflict.

However, with the execution of the head of the Heavenly Fang Sect, Tuoba Siji began to deploy the money village and the tax agency, completely changing the original tax collection model by the Assassin Shi Mansion according to the previous model, mobilizing professional tax personnel from Hexi to take over the tax collection, and then waiting for the money village to open, and remitting a large amount of gold and silver scattered here to the people's financial system through the money village system.

On October 19 of the third year of the Apocalypse, Tuoba Sijian was assassinated when he had just turned around from Sima Daoxin's Assassin Mansion in the front yard, and more than a dozen killers touched into the Assassin's Mansion and joined forces to assassinate Tuoba Siji. At this time, the guards of the Assassin Mansion can be said to be the lowest point of the day, and as most of the Flying Eagle Brigade has withdrawn to prepare to deal with Zhao Si, it can be said that he was killed three times in a row by the killer in just a short moment.

Injured Tuoba Sijiao shouted for help while retreating towards the front yard, these killers couldn't attack for a long time and began to attack desperately, which made Tuoba Sijiao more dangerous, almost in a moment three times in a row, the red blood flowed down the sleeves, and Tuoba Sijiao suddenly reached the most dangerous moment. However, the fight at this time also made the guards of the Assassin's Mansion react, and they came towards this side with a shout, and Tuoba Siji took this opportunity to do his best to cut down one of the killers beside him into the dust. The rest of the people saw Tuoba Sizhi and heard the call for help, but their fighting spirit was even more high, and they did not hesitate to flee directly over the wall.

The killer fled, and Tuoba Sijian waited for the arrival of the guards by leaning against the pillar, but his injuries surprised the guards, and the assassin began to be busy again. And Liu Xuan and Su Xiaohu were even more shocked when they learned the news, and rushed from the military camp to the city overnight. After knowing that Tuoba Sijiao had lost too much blood but his body was fine, he immediately began to search for the murderer, but this search was naturally of little use, but the deceased let Su Xiaohu know the murderer's origins. The rest of the Flying Eagle Brigade that stayed in Guazhou City that night was almost all dispatched, and rushed to Baihu Pass overnight, originally Liu Xuan also wanted the garrison to participate, but was rejected by Su Xiaohu, the latter's gloomy face let him know what this guy wanted to do, this group of soldiers was slapped in the face by this group of people Eighty percent of them wanted to fight back, but Liu Xuan, who dared to assassinate important members of the imperial court in the Assassin's Mansion, did not plan to intercede for these people. If he didn't care about Guazhou, no one would be able to restrain Su Xiaohu, and a real killing would start at the White Tiger Pass.

The Flying Eagle Brigade that caught up overnight did not give the Tianfang Sect disciples a chance to react at all, and this group of soldiers did not have a chance to show mercy to their subordinates, almost followed the footprints of this group of killers before and after, and the killing began, and the White Tiger Pass was almost bloodied overnight, and all the high-level forces of the Tianfang Sect hidden in the White Tiger Pass were slaughtered, and when the Flying Eagle Brigade withdrew at dawn, when the garrison entered, the entire high-level of the Tianfang Sect in the White Tiger Pass was swept away, and even the surrounding Tianfang Sect disciples were also slaughtered, This bloody and brutal method of revenge caused the entire White Tiger Prison to tremble every day for the next few months, and those who were not determined among the ordinary disciples of the Heavenly Fang Sect immediately announced that they had left the portal and made a clear line with the Heavenly Fang Sect. However, because of the Flying Eagle Brigade's action, the Assassin's Mansion was unable to issue an announcement, but the official silence of this matter made the people who had regained calm make waves again, and the news that Tuoba Siji was assassinated in the Assassin's Mansion also spread, and it was soon linked to the White Tiger Pass incident, and these two things also made many people see the clues.

It's just that as soon as this incident passed, the other sects that had been suppressed by the various policies and methods of the Assassin Mansion and couldn't raise their heads discovered a terrible thing again, that is, this group of killers who killed people without seeing blood almost swept away the foundation of the Heavenly Sect in Guazhou, and this obvious and violent killing method made all the sects understand one thing, that is, the Tang Empire is not only a means on the surface, but also the energy of this violent and annihilation.

Almost a few days later, at the end of October of the third year of the Apocalypse, when Tuoba Si asked Sima Daoxin to send this passage to Chang'an, the religions in Guazhou officially gave up resistance, and the empty religious associations blossomed and bore fruit in Guazhou, and the northwestern religions began to submit to the rule of the Tang Empire government under the constraints of the religious associations.

Although the situation in Guazhou calmed down at this time, Su Xiaohu received urgent news from Zhao Si's side, and it was time for the sandbank to blossom and bear fruit.

However, at this time, Guazhou also ushered in the arrival of Datang Qianzhuang, and the appearance of this kind of thing in this world was originally ahead of its time, so Guazhou was not willing to hand over money to this inexplicable institution after the turmoil just now, but at this time, Yeluqi, who had been sitting and watching the development of the situation, began to announce that in the future, all business with the Yelu family must use Tang coins unconditionally, and the settlement method of the Yelu family will also be carried out in the way of money transfer. This kind of announcement immediately caused an uproar, although the Tang currency has become commonplace in the mainland, but in the northwest, especially in the war has not yet ended in Guazhou, it is obviously not feasible. However, at this time, several wealthy families who had business dealings with the Yelu family before began to send their gold and silver coins into the bank and then exchange them for Tang coins without saying a word, accepting the new financial system, and taking advantage of everyone's surprise and incomprehension from the Yelu family to take over a large number of voices, Yeluqi even directly handed over the trafficking channels of the westbound trade route to these companies, which also created the emergence of the new three major families in Guazhou later.

However, what surprised Yeluqi was that the previous Dou family actually did the same thing at the same time and these three major families, although the Dou family had declined at this time, but in the final analysis, it was a rare Han family, and they had not paid too much attention to business before, but the choice at this time was very far-sighted.

"You mean the Dou family has also joined?" Tuoba Sijian was just able to get out of bed and smiled with interest when he heard Yeluqi coming to report, "In that case, let him send a few disciples back to Chang'an with you in a few days to help them." The large-scale development of the northwest needs more people to participate. Tuoba's words made Yeluqi nod thoughtfully, nodded and said: "Uncle don't worry, I will visit that Dou Wei in the next few days, since this person can follow in the footsteps of my Datang, then it means that he is qualified to participate." ”

"You five giants, you are really talented, your father just went to the Industrial and Commercial College to accompany the old man of the Yelu family, your achievements can be described as outstanding. Speaking of which, I envy your old man. Tuoba Si Ji waved his hand and smiled, "Do you want to wait for the sandbank to finish before going back or leave in the next few days?" ”

"It's almost starting on the sandbank, right? How could I miss such a good play? Jeruqi picked up the teacup and smiled.