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In order to completely integrate the Western Regions into the Hexi system, after consultation with everyone, Wei Shuo decided to set up counties and counties to rule in the local area.

The Western Regions will be divided into two with the Tianshan Mountains as the boundary.

One of the counties north of the East Tianshan Mountains in Shazhou will be merged with Yuebanguo and Shazhou will be re-established, with five counties under the jurisdiction of Cheshi, Wusun, Yueban, Yili and Yiwu.

Its territory stretches from the Tianshan Mountains in the south, Jinshan (now Altai Mountain) and Yiwu in the east, Yibohai (now Balkhash Lake) and Xuanchi (now Zhaisangbo) in the north, Qianquan Snow Mountain (now Kyrgyz Mountain) and Pearl River (now Nalun River) in the west, and Kangju and Dawan in the southwest.

Second, in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, the territory of Qiuci, Shule, Khotan and other countries was newly established as Guazhou, under the jurisdiction of Gaochang, Shanshan, Khotan, Qiuci, Shule five counties.

Its territory is bounded by the Tianshan Mountains in the north, Kunlun Mountain in the south, Yumen Pass and Hami in the east, and Geluo Ridge in the west, including the Green Ridge, which is set up as Guazhou.

Due to the vast and sparsely populated land of Xinshazhou, in order to facilitate management, several new cities were planned to be built in Hexi for local herdsmen to live.

However, Wei Shuo also understood that just building cities and setting up counties was not enough for Hexi to smoothly digest the Western Regions.

If the Western Regions are not to be freed from Chinese rule again, they must be completely transformed.

One of the most important is to change the religion of the locals.

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"There is something that you must have heard, Wang Tianshi was unfortunately burned to death in Shule before."

"The impact of this matter is very bad, if it weren't for the deliberate suppression of Pontusho, I am afraid that the Buddhist monasteries in the territory would have been destroyed by the followers of the New Heavenly Master."

"Through this matter, we can clearly see the essence of religion - that is, exclusivity, uniqueness."

"From the moment of its birth, any religion will face tremendous pressure to survive and develop."

"And in the process of religious expansion, it must be accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice."

"This is true of the New Heavenly Master, the same is true of Buddhism, and the same is true of other religions in the world."

"Hexi's rejection of Buddhism does not mean that she is evil or bad, but that history makes us choose the New Heavenly Master's Dao."

"The New Heavenly Master Dao is the link between maintaining the internal stability of Hexi and the harmonious coexistence of all ethnic groups, and it will inevitably be strongly supported by the government."

"With the continuous expansion of the New Heavenly Master Dao, it will definitely squeeze the living space of other religions."

"In this way, religious conflicts will be inevitable, and the burning of Wang Tianshi is just one of them."

"And this is just facing one Buddhism, and in the future, the New Heavenly Master Dao will compete with other religions for living space, and more conflicts will break out."

"Ladies and gentlemen, if that day really comes, where should Hexi go?"

"Do you ignore it, let the new Heavenly Master Dao be bullied, and continue to have a tragedy like Wang Tianshi?"

"Or do you firmly become the strong backing of the New Heavenly Master Dao, and do not hesitate to start a war in order to let the glory of the Great Heavenly Venerable shine on the world?"

Start a war? War over religious disputes? Listening to what Dadu Hu said, the others were all stunned at once.

As Confucian scholars, even if Cui Hao, Song Xuan, Liu Muzhi and others have high IQs, they can't understand what religion to start a war for.

Even though the New Heavenly Master Dao made great contributions to the stabilization of Hexi and the naturalization of the Hu people, it was still not regarded as 'its own people' by Confucianism.

And this is also the reason why the New Heavenly Master Dao is very hot and popular at the bottom, and is received coldly at the top.

"As we all know, Chinese civilization is very inclusive."

"No matter what foreign civilization or religion is, it can take root and grow up in China."

"While it is good for civilization to be inclusive, it is also easy to be exploited by people with ulterior motives, which in turn causes irreparable damage."

"Pontus does not want to see a repeat of tragedies like the Wuhu Rebellion, we must put a shackle on the periphery of Chinese civilization to ensure our own safety."

"The New Heavenly Master Dao is like a filter, and in the future, any race and culture that wants to integrate into the big Chinese family must be baptized by the Great Heavenly Venerable."

As soon as these words came out, many people present frowned.

Seeing this, Wei Shuo hurriedly waved his hand and explained, "Why does Shuo strongly support the New Heavenly Master Dao? ”

"Before the Gaochang Incident, Shuo had sent his wife Yin E to travel to the West"

"After Yin E returned from the West, she told Pontus that the most striking feature of a Western power is zhengjiaoheyi."

"Of course, Shuo is also against the zhengjiaoheyi system."

"I mention this today to tell you that there is a strong religion in all Western countries."

"For example, Zoroastrianism was to Persia, Christianity was to Rome, and Buddhism was to the Gupta Empire."

"However, whether it is Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, or Christianity, they all have the characteristics of their own nature and uniqueness, that is, if you believe in that religion, you must not believe in other religions."

"Buddhism was introduced to China, and after improvement, its exclusivity has weakened a lot."

"But even so, near the edge of the Chinese civilization circle, there is still a tragedy like Wang Tianshi."

"If we don't pay attention to it this time and don't take the necessary measures, more and more tragic things will happen in the future."

"You may not know that in the far west, Rome and Persia have already clashed several times over religious disputes."

"In the future, as Hexi's influence grows, sooner or later the New Heavenly Master Dao will clash with other religions."

So what should you do then? Do you want to turn a blind eye and ignore it as you do today? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you understand one thing, the New Heavenly Master Dao was born from traditional Taoism and is closely related to Chinese civilization."

"Its rise and fall will affect the rise and fall of Chinese civilization to a certain extent, and the great prosperity of Chinese civilization will surely spread the influence of the New Heavenly Master Dao to the world."

"In the same way, once the New Heavenly Master Dao becomes the number one religion in the world, the Chinese civilization will also become a great civilization that will influence the world."

"The Lord's intention is to increase support for the New Heavenly Master's mission? Including the use of force? ”

"That's right! In the future, all the new Heavenly Master Taoists will hold the holy scriptures in one hand and the horizontal sword in the other. ”

"Believe in the Great Heavenly Venerable using holy scriptures to lead him to join the New Heavenly Master Dao, but not in the Great Heavenly Venerable...... Hum! ”

For some reason, looking at the sneer hanging on the corner of Dadu's mouth, everyone present had a chill.

They seemed to see that the future expansion path of the New Heavenly Master Dao would be accompanied by endless killing.

This method of proselytizing by force made the people who believed in the moderate Confucian culture quite uncomfortable.

For a while, everyone was stunned, and they didn't know how to advise Dadu to protect it.

"This time, it is just in cooperation with Hexi to rectify the Western Regions, and I will first practice with the Buddha coach of the Western Regions."

"Shuo has sent a secret letter to Wang Maide, and at the same time, Kou Qianzhi has already taken a large number of capable personnel to the Western Regions."

"It is estimated that at this time, the Western Regions has already begun to preach with knives."

"In order to completely destroy the foundation of Buddhism in the Western Regions, the Pontus Protector has sent orders to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains."

"Those who believe in Buddhism will bear more than 30 times the taxes of others, and at the same time Buddhism will be banned from preaching in the Western Regions for 30 years."

"Anyone who dares to preach privately will be brutally suppressed."

"In other words, everyone in the Western Regions has only two choices, either honestly convert to the New Heavenly Master Dao, or wait to be suppressed by Hexi."

"There is only one way to escape."

At this time, everyone was shocked by Wei Shuo's ruthlessness and decisiveness, and since the matter was irreparable, everyone had to wait and see what happened.

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When the kingdoms perished one after another, and Hexi unified the Western Regions, everyone thought that peace and tranquility were about to come to the Western Regions.

Unexpectedly, with the arrival of a ban on Buddhism, the entire Western Regions suddenly boiled.

Braving the bitter cold, a pair of Hexi soldiers broke into the major monasteries one after another.

Not only did they destroy a large number of clay Buddha statues, but they also transported various bronze Buddha statues back to Hexi to be re-smelted into copper coins.

At the same time, the Hexi army began to forcibly drive out the monks in the monasteries and detained a large number of eminent monks.

On this day, a Hexi military Dubo with 100 people and escorted several Buddhist monks just walked out of the temple gate.

He saw that outside the temple, there was a black crowd of Buddhist believers.

When the believers saw the imprisoned monks, they were ready to move, and it seemed that they wanted to step forward and rob people.

"My lord, what should I do?" A chief whispered to Dubo.

Duber sneered: "What to do? Do you have a papier-mâché knife in your hand? ”

"If you don't open your eyes, you will kill the past!"

"Dadu Hu has already passed down an order: from now on, only the New Heavenly Master Dao can be spread in the Western Regions."

"Any non-New Heavenly Master Daoist must give up their original beliefs, otherwise they will be brutally suppressed, this is a religious order issued by the Metropolitan Protector himself."

It was a bloody religious war, and in order to completely eliminate the influence of the local culture in the Western Regions, the Hexi Army began to systematically eliminate Buddhist forces.

At the same time, with the strong support of the Hexi Army, the New Heavenly Master Dao was stationed in the Western Regions on a large scale to preach.