The Bright Peak is not on the Kunlun Mountains, but on a huge orange-red rock in the interior of the island of Ceylon.

It was rebuilt on the basis of an ancient palace that was built at some unknown time, and it was independent and extremely luxurious.

The shape of the palace is Chinese, on the top of about 30 acres of rock, with high-quality timber and white marble to build a series of buildings such as the Great Hall of Light, the Holy Maiden's Dormitory, and the Pure Garden. All the buildings are built on a white marble pedestal, surrounded by white marble railings and carved arch guards. The roofs of the Great Hall of Light and the Holy Maiden's Dormitory are covered with golden glazed tiles. Looking from afar, it is like the mythical Qionggong Immortal.

And the master who lives in this heavenly palace is the ruler of Ceylon, the holy queen of Manichaeism, the lady of Melimot.

The Mo Lady, who is over fifty years old, is well maintained, her figure is still tall and plump, and her skin is still as white as milk, but it is slightly saggy, just like a blooming flower is withering, and before it is about to wither, she still strives to show her best side.

This beauty of the Persian race is now wearing a half-breasted Tang dress with a slow skirt, barefoot, no shoes and socks, and lazily leaning on a throne made of golden silk nanmu that only kings can have.

The throne is placed in the golden and brilliant hall of light, and on both sides of the hall, there are also seats, and several elderly men in brocade robes are seated respectively. They looked like the queen's courtiers, some of them were Han Chinese, some were Fan, and one was black.

In addition to the Manichaean monarchs and ministers, there are also Manichaean warriors in iron clothes in the main hall, guarding the open entrance of the main hall, and several ladies in Tang costumes with different skin tones, serving around the Queen of Mo.

In the center of the main hall, a man in a white filial piety dress was sitting on top of a pestle, and was crying and complaining to Queen Mo.

"Your Highness...... If Manichaeism wants to survive on its own, it can only unite with our dynasty! At present, although our dynasty is mired in civil strife and has strong Zhou coercion outside, in the South and Western oceans, our navy and maritime merchants still have an absolute advantage. Ships equipped with new artillery are beyond the reach of the Great Cannibals and Tianzhu Warships. As long as there is the protection of our navy, the rule of Manichaeism in Ceylon will be as stable as Mount Tai! Even if it were to spread Manichaean teachings to Persia, Tianzhu and Yangzhuo (referring to Africa), it would be easy! ”

Mo Niangzi listened carefully, and didn't even move the golden ornaments on her head. When the news of Ji Yi's assassination and the split of the Great Song Dynasty came, Mo Niangzi and the entire Manichaean Church fell into panic for a while.

Because the rule of Manichaeism on the island of Ceylon was achieved entirely with the help of the navies of the Xingzhou and Song dynasties.

There are really not many Manichaean orthodox people in the Mo Niangzi lineage, even if they absorb a group of Sinicized Manichaeans (in fact, Mo Niangzi is also very Chinese), the number is still not much. It was simply not enough to defeat the Sinhalese and Tamils to become the lords of Ceylon.

Therefore, the success of Mo Niangzi and Manichaeism in Ceylon is actually the Song Dynasty's Restorationists and the maritime merchant group in Xingzhou, and they need a mixed force that can rule Ceylon for them.

If he loses the support of the Song Dynasty and Xingzhou, with the strength of Manichaeism, it will not be long before he will be defeated by the attack of the Zhuran Kingdom...... At that time, it will not be the six major factions besieging Guangmingding, but the Eight-Nation Alliance besieging Guangmingding.

But just when the kingdom was about to move, the Sinhalese and Tamil nobles inside Ceylon also tried to restore the country. A group of 10 "Xingzhou" class (also known as Xingchuan) galley warships sailed to the Great Song Concession in Gaolangbu (Colombo), and also brought Ji Yi's sister-in-law Ji Yun who was dressed in filial piety clothes, that is, the one who was now sitting opposite Mo Niangzi.

The Xingzhou-class galley warship is a type of warship that is specially designed for use in the equatorial windless zone - the Sriwijaya Strait is located in the equatorial windless zone, and the strait is calm most of the time, with little wind. Ordinary sailing ships can only pass through the strait at extremely slow speeds. It doesn't matter if it's a merchant ship, but a warship needs to be high.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty sailors, who have always attached importance to galleys and sailboats, developed a kind of galleys and sailboats on the basis of the "truth" type. That is, the "Sin Continent" class, or starship.

10 Xingzhou-class ships resting on the coast of China or in the East Ocean are nothing, and they are nothing in the South Sea, but they are very powerful in the Western Ocean.

It is definitely a force that can deter the Tianzhu people and the great cannibals!

After all, artillery technology has not yet spread beyond the Chinese civilization circle. Therefore, the Da Shi and Tianzhu warships, which use cold weapons and ramming tactics, are not at all the opponents of the Xingzhou-class gunboats.

And with the arrival of these 10 star states, there is also the news of the armistice of Song and Zhou.

Originally, the Song Dynasty's maritime power in the South Seas and the Zhou State's fleet in the South Seas contained each other, and they could not spare their hands to go wild in the Western Ocean for a while.

Now that the two of them are no longer fighting, the cow ghosts and snake gods in the West still dare to be dishonest?

But Mo Niangzi sighed: "I didn't expect him to go like this...... Without Ji Wenzhong Gong presiding over the Great Song Dynasty, we Manichaeans are afraid that there will be no more reinforcements, right? ”

"Your Highness the Holy Maiden can rest assured that although my father is gone, the Great Song Dynasty still needs Manichaeism." Ji Yun replied, "Because the Taoist system of Confucianism is unlikely to spread in the West, if you want to govern the hearts of Westerners, you have to practice the law of Confucianism and Momoism." Therefore, the Holy Maiden in the Holy See at the Bright Peak can still get the support of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

In fact, it is very difficult to sustain expansion by force alone. For example, after the successful expansion of the Mongol Empire in history, it did not take long for it to be assimilated or overthrown by the conquering peoples because it did not have a powerful ideological weapon.

And the expansion of the Heavenly Sect and the Christian camp is a sword in one hand and a scripture in the other.

And since Wu Haogu founded the Yuntai Academy, Confucian civilization has also realized this and began to build its own ideological weapons.

But like all ideological changes and religious reforms, Confucian changes will also produce branches—there is no way around it!

If an idea is to be consistent forever, it must remain the same!

As soon as it changes, it creates branches. And the greater the change, the greater the divergence.

Therefore, the drastic changes brought by Wu Haogu to Confucianism will naturally derive several major branches.

Positivism, rationalism, Tianlijiao, and science are all products of the drastic changes in Confucianism.

In the Western direction, Manichaeism, which is "versatile" (can be integrated with almost all religious thoughts), has now also caught up with the changing Confucianism, and has derived the Manichaean school of teaching.

The main theory of the Manichaean school of doctrine is to describe the principles of heaven as light, and to describe the human desires as darkness as opposed to the principles of heaven—to preserve the principles of heaven and to destroy the desires of men becomes to preserve the light and destroy the darkness.

It's still pretty smooth!

Of course, the so-called "human desire" does not refer to the instinctive needs, but to the needs of the poor and extravagant - this is the Dark Lord seducing people's hearts!

Don't underestimate Mo Niangzi's explanation!

Her theory led to the final refinement of the evolution of Confucianism in religion.

Not only was it used by the Manichaean school of doctrine, but it also affected the Tenri religion, which was an enemy when it changed from learning to teaching.

There is only heavenly reason, and it is not possible without natural enemies!

Therefore, the thoughts that go against the principles of heaven in people's hearts become demons and evil betrayers of the principles of heaven...... Of course, unlike the Heavenly Apocalypse Sects, this kind of evil is not created by Heavenly Principles to test human beings, but the embodiment of the inherent evil of human nature!

In order to create an enemy, the Tenrikyo cult found Xun Qing's theory - but this also has a bit of a Christian original sin.

Manichaeism, on the other hand, does not believe that human nature is inherently evil, but believes that if there is heavenly truth (light), there will be heavenly demons (darkness), and evil is caused by heavenly demons.

And to fight against the wicked is to defend the principles of heaven......

In short, under the changes of Mo Niangzi, the product of the combination of Confucianism and Manichaeism has extremely strong combat effectiveness!

It has also become a nail in the eyes of Tianfang Sect and Brahmanism.

Mo Niangzi nodded, "Since the Great Song Dynasty is still able to support the Manichaean Church, then the Holy See will send an envoy to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty and ask for a title."

In addition, there were still some disputes between the Holy See and the Western Xia, and it was hoped that the Great Song Dynasty could issue an edict to mediate, so that the Manichaeans could spread the doctrine of light in the land of the Western Xia. ”

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Xijing, Gaofu, Western Xia.

Gaofu is the name of the Book of Han, which is called Kabul in Sindhi and means center of trade.

Unlike later generations, Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, was a very beautiful and wealthy city in the 12th century.

Probably one of the best places in the world!

The city is beautiful, full of beautiful buildings, clean streets, and hospitable residents. Of course, there are no self-detonators.

The reason for Kabul's prosperity is the nearby Tianzhu. Tianzhu is an ancient kingdom that rivals the ancient rich civilization of China, and it is large enough to provide enough wealth for those who conquer her to squander.

But Tianzhu was very hot, which was unbearable for the foreign conquerors. Therefore, after grabbing enough wealth in Tianzhu, they often return to the cool Afghan plateau in search of suitable accommodation.

Kabul is the ideal place to stay, both in the Tiger and in the cool and comfortable city.

Therefore, Tianzhu's wealth has flowed into Kabul for a long time.

For Tianzhu's newest conquerors, the Western Xia Han (Zhao Qianshun was a Han Chinese certified by the Great Song Emperor), after a period of scorching heat in Lahore, also made Kabul their main residence.

And also found a Chinese-style name from the "Book of Han" - Gaofu.

At present, Gaofu City ushered in the time from the Western Song Dynasty and the Eastern Song Dynasty at the same time.

The two brothers, Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun, are facing an extremely difficult choice, whether to take refuge in the Eastern Song Dynasty or return to the Western Song Dynasty?

You can't make the wrong choice, or it's very dangerous!