The reason why Jin Liang is preparing to found Protestantism is that it was born out of Taoism, one is that there are two ready-made Taoist masters of Nanhai Xianren and Yu Ji to help him, and second, Taoism still has a lot of things suitable for China, its teachings are closely linked to the local Chinese culture, deeply rooted in the fertile soil of China, with distinctive Chinese characteristics, it is also a polytheistic sect, and many of the gods are familiar to the people. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Reform Taoism and unify Taoism is also the desire of the Nanhai Immortals and Yu Ji all along, the big factions of Taoism now seem to have only five buckets of rice Dao and Taiping Dao, but there are dozens of other small factions such as the Nanhai Immortals who founded the Danding faction, and the teachings of each faction are not very different, which is not conducive to the people's belief in religion, nor is it conducive to concentrating the power of Taoism to defeat the increasingly rampant Buddhism, so the Nanhai Immortals and Yu Ji intend to use a certain secular force to unify Taoism and overwhelm Buddhism The idea has been around for a long time. Now Jin Liang has offered to support them, which is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that cannot be missed.

However, in determining the name, deities, and doctrines of Protestantism, Jin Liang had a dispute with Nanhai Immortals and Yu Ji.

Nanhai Immortals and Yu Ji still want to use the previous name, called Taoism, Jin Liang shook his head very decisively and said: "Taiping Dao, Wudou Rice Dao, these Dao, because of Zhang Jiao's riot, because Zhang Xiu in Hanzhong raised the flag in response to Zhang Jiao, these two Dao in the eyes of most people, have become evil demons and foreign Dao, we don't use Dao as a teaching name, Dao Ke Dao, very Dao, name can be named, very famous, although we don't have to stick to his name, but we also have to consider whether most of the Han people can accept it!" ”

Nanhai Immortals and Yu Ji both remembered that before Zhang Jiao raised the flag and rioted, the Han people had a high acceptance of Taoism, so Zhang Jiao was able to mobilize millions of sectarians to rise up at once, but with the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army and the plundering of places and the fall of bandits, the reputation of Taiping Dao has also plummeted, and it is indeed not appropriate to use the name of Taoism now.

The Nanhai Immortal and Yu Ji asked, "May I ask the general what do you claim?" ”

Jin Liang said with a smile: "Two heavenly masters, to name Protestantism, to be associated with the doctrine, I think the core doctrine of Protestantism is to guide people to goodness, as long as people join our Protestantism, and then accumulate goodness and virtue, they can ascend to heaven after death, and believe in our Protestantism, is a smooth road to heaven, so the name of Protestantism, might as well be called Tongtianjiao?" ”

After Jin Liang said the name Tongtian Sect, he felt strange and inexplicable, because he couldn't help but think of the Tongtian Sect Master in "Romance of the Gods".

In "The Romance of the Gods", after the death of Pangu Kaitian, Hongjun Daoist took charge of the Heavenly Dao and accepted three disciples, called the Three Friends, namely Taishang Laojun, Yuan Shi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master. The three friends each have a teaching, which are the three teachings of people, interpretation, and interception. The master of Tongtian Sect is in charge of intercepting the sect, living in the Biyou Palace on Jinao Island, and obtained the four swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian array diagram on the Fenbao Cliff, and he is also a master of refining, and he has relied on the merits of sanctification to refine the acquired merit to the treasure Qingping sword.

The author of "The Romance of the Gods" is the same as Wu Chengen, the author of "Journey to the West", who used the past to satirize the present, and the focus of the description of "The Romance of the Gods" is the controversy between the exposition of religion and the interception of religion, which is the main line throughout the whole process of the Shang and Zhou wars, and the so-called two major sects of exposition and interception of religion are precisely the author's fabrication.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Shizong gave his favored Taoist Shao Yuanjie the jade seal of the Qing Palace Taoist Shao Yuanjie on Longhu Mountain, "expounding the teaching and assisting the country", probably because this incident had too much influence at the time, so the author of "The Romance of the Gods" continued to use the name "expounding the teaching". "Interpretation" has the meaning of elaboration and elucidation, and the interception of "interception" refers to the insight into the meaning of the way of heaven, and then on this basis, to cut off things that deviate from the way of heaven.

The struggle between exposition and sectarianism, in essence, represents the struggle between different sects, maintaining the dignity and status of the sect, is the common reason for the sectarians to oppose the sect, the sect disciples usually call themselves "qi refiners", so it is generally believed that it is the dispute between the Danding faction of the Ming Dynasty Taoist priests and the excluded Tuna faction, in addition to the Southern Sect, the Northern Sect, the Tianshi Tao and the Quanzhen Sect.

Obviously, the Tongtian Sect proposed by Jin Liang has nothing to do with the Tongtian Sect Master in "The Romance of the Gods", and it is purely obtained to mean "believe in my religion and enter the smooth path to heaven".

As for the gods, there are too many Taoist immortals, what are the three Qings, the six emperors, the five elders of the five directions, the four heavenly kings, the four heavenly masters, the four values of Gong Cao, the five Yue Emperors, etc., there are thousands of gods, in fact, strictly investigated, most of them are made up of nothing, such as the three Qings, said to be three people, in fact, they are all the incarnations of Lao Tzu Li Er.

Jin Liang has analyzed the religions since ancient times, all the religions that have developed to the vitality of later generations are monotheistic religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, even if they are not monotheistic religions, but there are only a few gods, and it is too child's play to have so many gods like Taoism.

In fact, Taoism is a polytheistic religion that is very primitive. In the primitive society where human beings are generally in the stage of ignorance, there are many tribes, human ideology has not yet been unified, and it is still in a scattered and chaotic situation, each clan religion has its own god, and even there are a variety of gods in a clan, with the development of society, people unconsciously desire to have a strong appeal of thought and belief can appear, play a role in unity, call, unify clans and tribes and stabilize social order, monotheism gradually replaced polytheism, especially Jerusalem's three apocalyptic religions, Judaism, Christianity, The emergence of Islam has caused the world to rapidly turn to monotheism, and most of the current democracies have monotheistic beliefs, especially Christianity, which is the pillar of freedom and human rights in Western democracies.

The emergence of monotheism has played a calling and inspiring role in the formation, unity and unification of nations, the progress of society, and the transmission of civilization.

Jin Liang outlined the Tongtian Sect, there are only four gods, Pangu, Huaxu, Fuxi, and Nuwa, although they are four gods, they represent a family, which can be regarded as a four-in-one.

Obviously, Jin Liang's Tongtian Sect relies on the most fundamental ancestor worship of the Chinese nation, Pangu is the father god, Huaxu is the mother god, Fuxi is the male god, and Nuwa is the goddess.

Although the myths and legends of Pangu opening the world, Hua Xu giving birth to Fuxi Nuwa, Fuxi creating things, and Nuwa creating people were not so systematic in the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were already very specific in later generations.

The immortals of the South China Sea and Yu Ji naturally did not dare to think that the three Qing and six emperors were the masters of heaven and earth like those in later generations, and they had also heard of the myths and legends told by Jin Liang, so they naturally did not dare to deny the existence of the four heaven and earth primordial gods Pangu, Huaxu, Fuxi, and Nuwa, and they muttered: "General, where should our Taishang Laojun be placed?" ”

The book implies that since the time of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty (126-144 AD), Zhang Daoling founded the Five Buckets of Rice Dao in Heming Mountain, respecting "Taishang Laojun" as the highest god, and since then in Taoism, "Taishang Laojun" is the earliest supreme god, as for the name of "Sanqing" was first seen in the "True Spirit Position Karma Map" written by Tao Hongjing of Nanliang, in that book, the status of Taishang Laojun fell behind Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Yuan Shi Tianzun is actually the incarnation of Pangu.

Jin Liang shook his head lightly and said: "Taishang Laojun is the incarnation of Lao Li Dan, the originator of Taoism, but he can be an immortal above the Confucian family, Meng, Zhuang, Mo, and Xun, but he can't be a god, the so-called god of heaven is a person who is born and raised, and has all kinds of magical powers, Pangu God created this world, Huaxu God created Fuxi and Nuwa, Fuxi created all things in the world, Nuwa created human beings, compared with these four gods, dare to ask Lao Li Dan in addition to composing the Tao Te Ching and founding Taoism What other great magical powers? ”

Jin Liang made the final decision, the immortals of the South China Sea and Yu Ji had nothing to say, as long as Lao Li Dan's status was above the other hundred schools. They feel that they are worthy of their ancestors, and there is no need to dwell on this issue anymore.

Jin Liang made his attitude clear that he should respect history. We must respect myths and legends, but we must also clean up the source, and all the immortals who are not in harmony with history and logic are all expelled from the altar. For example, red pine, such as Zhang Liang, such as Zhang Daoling, all were ignored.

Nanhai Immortal and Yu Ji glanced at each other and asked a fundamental question: "General, you said that if you believe in our Tongtian Sect, you will embark on a smooth road to the Heavenly Realm, what is the Heavenly Realm like?" [~] Neither of us has actually seen it, but we have heard that you have been inspired by the Emperor of Heaven, can you tell us what the Heavenly Realm is like? ”

Jin Liang then remembered what he had said to the Empress Dowager He Lian and others before, this kind of sudden talk is quite nerve-wracking, and it is also quite easy to make loopholes, so Jin Liang can not say it without saying it. When his position was consolidated, he didn't say such things again, and this time he was asked by the South China Sea Immortal and Yu Ji, and Jin Liang knew that he couldn't help but pick up that set of words again.

Jin Liang has made a picture of the world in the 21st century, all modern things. Airplanes, trains, rockets, mobile phones, computers, electric lights, televisions, etc., to the ears of the immortals of Yu Ji and the South China Sea, they are unimaginable, they can only be artifacts of the heavenly realm.

Yu Ji and the South China Sea Immortals listened to Jin Liang's description of the scene in the heavenly realm, while staring at Jin Liang's expression seriously, and they were surprised to find that Jin Liang's expression was very serious, it was really the expression that had experienced life in it.

Jin Liang really didn't lie, he described all the advanced things of the 21st century to these two gods, but he didn't say anything about the corrupt environment, morality, and ethics of the 21st century.

Yu Ji and the Nanhai Immortals were very surprised, their mouths opened wide, and it took a long time to close them, especially Yu Ji, who was in his nineties, and he sighed: "I have lived for more than ninety years and have been cultivating the Tao, but I have never had this situation, and the general is not yet thirty years old, so I have this situation." ”

Jin Liang smiled slightly and said, "Heavenly Master Yu, do you know why you haven't been in such a situation?" ”

Yu Ji and Nanhai Immortal Ji asked, "Please show the general." ”

Jin Liang arched his hand to the sky, and said solemnly with an expression that he had never had before: "That's because most of the Tao you have been cultivating and preaching are made up by yourself, and they are not the way of heaven. ”

Yu Ji and the immortals of the South China Sea were ashamed, Jin Liang was right, from Zhang Daoling to them, all the Taoist monks were making up and pretending to be gods and ghosts to deceive the world, and the only one who really understood the way of heaven was the old Li Dan who wrote the Tao Te Ching. [~]

The Nanhai Immortal arched his hand and asked, "General, since you have received the Apocalypse, why don't you come to convey the Heavenly Dao, but instead fake your hands with the two of us?" ”

Jin Liang looked at the Nanhai Immortal with a very serious expression: "Zuo Tianshi, there is a specialization in the art industry, although I have received the Apocalypse, but the Heavenly God has not taught me any Taoism, I can't show the Apocalypse in my mind to the Han people, let them believe in me and then believe in the Tongtian Sect, what I can do is to follow the instructions of the Heavenly God, in the shortest possible time, unify the Great Han, and Zhongxing the Great Han, and although you have not received the Apocalypse, you have superb magic, you can express the will of the Heavenly God, and then convey it to the world, so that the world believes in you." ”

Speaking of this, Jin Liang bowed his hand to the sky and said solemnly: "It is the meaning of the great god of Fuxi to let the two of you create the Tongtian Sect, and the great god of Fuxi informed me that the two of you have not received the revelation, but you can cultivate a superhuman Taoist technique, so understanding, if you have the merit of preaching, it is the two best choices to ascend to the heavenly realm as a sage." ”

Hearing Jin Liang's words, the South China Sea Immortal and Yu Ji were a little moved, and hurriedly asked, "How many sages are there in the Heavenly Realm?" ”

Jin Liang had already thought about this problem clearly before meeting with these two gods, and he had to set up the characters in it to make up a world, and he said without thinking: "There are five types of gods in the heavenly realm, which are gods, immortals, saints, sages, and good.

The gods, also known as the gods, have four, namely the creator father god Pangu, the mother god Hua Xu, the male god of creation, and the goddess of creation Nuwa, the great god of Pangu and the great god of Huaxu are husband and wife, giving birth to Fuxi and Nuwa.

Immortals, also known as heavenly immortals, have five, namely Yandi Shennong, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, Daoxian Li Dan, Wenxian Kongqiu, and Wuxian Jinshang.

The sage, also known as the earth immortal, is fourteen, namely the Confucian saint Meng Ke, the Taoist saint Zhuang Zhou, the soldier saint Sun Wu, the Mo saint Mo, the word saint Cangjie, the wine saint Du Kang, the kitchen saint Yiyin, the wood saint Luban, the medical saint Bian Que, the sage Zhang Liang, the history of the saint Sima Qian, the merchant saint Fan Li, and the sage Zhang Heng.

Sages, and celebrities, as many as a thousand people, many of them are the younger brothers of the immortals, such as the seventy-two disciples of Wenxian Kongqiu are among the sages, and all those who have some achievements and virtues in the world have risen to the heavenly realm as virtuous after death.

The good ones, also known as the scattered immortals, are as many as tens of thousands of people, these people are virtuous, do good deeds in the world and accumulate virtues, and when they accumulate merit points of 10,000 points, they can enter the heavenly realm and enjoy the carefree and happy life of the heavenly realm. ”

Jin Liang set up the gods of the heavenly realm in this way, just to block the mouths of those Confucian scholars who occupy public opinion, you always "don't say ghosts and monsters", but do you dare to deny that your Confucius is a literary immortal? Do you dare to deny our ancestors Pangu, Huaxu, Fuxi, Nuwa, Yandi, and Huangdi? If you don't dare to deny it, then you have to accept it.

Moreover, the immortals sacrificed by Jin Liang such as Pangu, Huaxu, Fuxi, Nuwa, Emperor Yan, Huangdi, Lao, Kong, Jin Shang and other saints, except for Pangu and Huaxu, are a little ethereal, the others are real, most people in the world worship faith, Taoism, Buddhism and other miscellaneous sects can not compete with the faith power at all.

Jin Liang denied Liu Xiang's fabricated "Legend of the Immortals", which contained more than 60 immortals, Jin Liang only left the Yellow Emperor, Lao, Jin Shang, Fan Li and a few others as immortals, and all the others were placed in the ranks of sages.

The South China Sea Immortal and General Yu Ji asked suspiciously: "General, I heard you say that the first emperor also entered the heavenly realm and became the new emperor of heaven, why didn't you mention the emperor of heaven?" ”

Jin Liang said very seriously: "The heavenly realm is created by the four heavenly gods, the four heavenly gods and even the supreme existence, even if the ordinary people have made great merits in the mortal world, they can only be one of the immortals, saints, sages, and good when they ascend to the heavenly realm, but as long as they are ascended to the heavenly realm, they will be eternal and immortal, and they will enjoy the blessings of heaven forever, but there are many good ones, and there are many disputes, all the gods, immortals, saints, and sages in the heavenly realm are unwilling to deal with mundane affairs, and the immortal Kong Qiu proposed that after the death of the emperor of the human realm, he will be promoted to the heavenly realm as the emperor of heaven, and will be responsible for governing the disputes of those good people, The position of the Emperor of Heaven is not immutable, as long as the emperor of the human world dies, he will ascend to the heavenly realm as the new emperor, and the previous emperor will be reincarnated. ”

The South China Sea Immortal and Yu Ji asked again: "May I ask the general, do you know where those who have done nothing in the world have gone after they die?" Where do those who have done evil in the world go when they die? ”

Jin Liang pointed to the ground and said with a cold smile: "Below is the underworld, all people with less than 10,000 merits will arrive here after death."

There are two levels in the underworld, and the upper layer is hell, and those who have done nothing in the world against good and evil come to hell after death, and they will be punished for the sins they have committed in life, but after the punishment is completed, they will be sent to samsara.

The lower level is purgatory, where those who have done great evils in the world and are unforgivable are sent to purgatory after death, and they will be punished for the evil they committed in their lifetime, and they will not be able to live beyond the birth of generations, and they will always suffer in purgatory, unless their grandchildren have done good deeds and accumulated merits, and the merit is great enough to ascend to the heavenly realm as saints, so that their ancestors can be liberated. ”

The immortals of the South China Sea and Yu Ji agreed, because in the "Taiping Qing Collar Book" made up by Yu Ji himself, Yu Ji once said: "God knows what is good, and God knows what is evil", and those who do good will have no evil words in the book of Yin Cao's life, and the sky will see good, so that God will follow and move his life, and the Cao of longevity will not only live long, but also shade his grandson, and the good person can become a god; Those who do evil, when they die, will be sentenced and punished by the evil Cao Difu, and then have the opportunity to mend their ways. ”