After appeasing Lou Minzhong, Sanniang ordered Lou Minzhong and Huang Wenbing to sit down, and said slowly: "Mr. Lou, my elixir is indeed an elixir, it can relieve pain, don't doubt it." Lou Minzhong hurriedly said: "The subordinates don't dare." "What Sanniang said is not wrong, opium has always been a medicine, which has a great effect on relieving pain, but the side effects are very large.

Lou Minzhong said again: "My lord, can Zoroastrianism survive?" Sanniang smiled faintly and said: "Naturally, it can survive, Zoroastrianism is not an evil sect, it is also to guide people to goodness and persuade people to yearn for light, there is nothing wrong with it." Although I am the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect, there are Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism in Shandong Road, and they can't help it. Zoroastrianism came from the Western Regions in the middle of the Tang Dynasty and has existed for hundreds of years. It's just that this sect master is chosen, I think since Fang Tianding is determined to retreat, Princess Jin Zhi, the daughter of Fang La's sect leader, will take over the position of your sect leader. ”

Lou Minzhong bowed down and said, "The subordinates and other Zoroastrian people also think the same way. After a pause, Lou Minzhong gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, just because I, Zoroastrianism, have been working against the government since its establishment, if I am preaching on Shandong Road, is the Lord Guild worried about Zoroastrianism going against the local government?" ”

Sanniang smiled and said: "My White Lotus Sect was also against the government before, and the reason is needless to say, it is understandable, that is, the Song Court government is too corrupt, the officials protect each other, collude with local bullies, and oppress the good, then the Song Court government, we naturally want to go against it." But my Shandong Road government is different, it is designed for the people everywhere, I think such an official government, whether it is the White Lotus Sect or the Zoroastrian Sect, naturally there is no reason to oppose it. ”

After a pause, Sanniang slowly got up, paced a few steps and said, "Whether it's the White Lotus Sect, the Zoroastrian Sect, or even other sects, I will not ban it in the future, and I will have freedom of belief." And if we in power are afraid of the existence of these sects, it means that there is something wrong with our governance, and we are afraid that these sects will lead the people against us. I have always said that we hold high the banner of righteousness so that all the people in the world can have a good life, and if the people can live and work in peace and contentment, no matter how many sects there are, they will not be afraid. But if we can't give the people a good life, then if you ban the White Lotus Sect, there will be the Black Lotus Sect, and if you ban Zoroastrianism, there will be the Water Worship Sect. ”

Lou Minzhong and Huang Wenbing both admired Sanniang's mind in their hearts, but Huang Wenbing still said cautiously: "But my lord, after we govern, we may not be able to satisfy everyone, just like now that we have eliminated many local bullies and local tyrants and inferior gentry on Shandong Road, there are still many people who are dissatisfied with us, but I am afraid that they will borrow some Jianghu forces or sectarian forces to make trouble." ”

Sanniang smiled slightly and said, "This may naturally exist, which is why I am still being a White Lotus Sect saintess." There are also good and evil sects, and some evil sects may turn back to the facts, slander the government, stand on the opposite side of the people, or confuse the people with evil magic, or incite the people with fallacies to make things difficult for the government. My White Lotus Sect is to lead the people with orthodoxy among the people, guide people to goodness, and appease the people, so as to serve as a buffer between the people and the government. ”

Lou Minzhong and Huang Wenbing both understood that the emperors of all dynasties paid attention to being ordered by the heavens, or Mount Tai to seal Zen, or to worship the heavens and the earth, or to claim to be the son of heaven, and whenever the last years of the dynasty, when the number of qi was exhausted, there would be various sects of the people to break the myth of the divine authority of the monarch, and then overthrow the dynasty. In the long years of the dynasty, the people have never cut off the uprisings of various sects, but they have all been suppressed because of the strength of the dynasty itself, and in the long run, the contradictions accumulate to the end, and the outbreak will inevitably bring down the dynasty.

Sanniang's current idea is that he does not ban the sect, the reason is very simple, if you go against the grain and make the people unable to live, there will definitely be a sect rising, and the people of the Central Plains have believed in this for thousands of years, so it is better to block it than to sparse, it is better to have a freedom of belief. The second is that there are these sects among the people, and it is also a good warning to those in power, if there are more religious believers, it means that the people are living in difficulty, and they have begun to pray to God and worship Buddha, and the rulers should review their policies. The third is that the White Lotus Sect created by Sanniang herself has been building momentum for Sanniang, and many things have unofficial White Lotus Sect coming forward, and the people are much easier to accept, and Sanniang supports the development of the White Lotus Sect in the people, and can do a lot of things that the government can't do, thinking that the government is a supplement. If other sects arise, the White Lotus Sect will suppress them in the form of folk missions.

As for the fear that the White Lotus Church will affect the regime, there is no need to worry at all, in Europe, almost every king is a Christian, and the crowning of kings has always been crowned by the pope, but in the administration of the country, it is believed that the king is the king's, and the pope is the pope's, and the two do not affect. The so-called historical crusades are simply European countries competing with the Arab countries of the Middle East for trade, land, population, and wealth in the name of justice.

Moreover, in Sanniang's town guard mansion, the people who believe in the White Lotus Sect are actually only a part, it seems that Lu Junyi and others still believe in Buddhism, Gongsun Sheng and others are not to mention Taoism, and their beliefs are free, Sanniang is not worried that the Shandong Road Official Mansion will become a hall of words for the White Lotus sect in the future. Of course, Sanniang also has preventive measures, that is, the separation of government and religion is strictly implemented, and the White Lotus Sect is both supportive, but also restricted, for example, people who hold high-ranking positions in the White Lotus Sect are not allowed to be officials, and now there is only Sanniang in the entire White Lotus Sect. Sanniang was also thinking about passing on the position of the saintess to others during this time, and the candidate she was considering was actually Pan Jinlian, the white lotus.

Sanniang talked with Lou Minzhong and Huang Wenbing for a long time about sectarian issues, completely dispelled Lou Minzhong's concerns, and finally passed the Zoroastrianism to Princess Jinzhi, and then Sanniang promised that Zoroastrianism could preach on Shandong Road.

After agreeing, Lou Minzhong and Huang Wenbing retreated, Sanniang had been busy for a day, looking at the sky, it was already three watches, and she hadn't been so busy like this for a long time, and Sanniang felt really tired.

Turning back to the inner hall, I saw that Yulian was already asleep with the baby Hu Zongming in her arms, Sanniang smiled, and after freshening up, she slept next to the two. Unexpectedly, just after falling asleep, the child cried, Yulian hurriedly hugged the child and got up, called the nurse to feed, so noisy that Sanniang could not sleep, and finally Sanniang had to go to the study to sleep.

Then Sanniang can only sleep in the study, just because the child is too noisy, he has to get up several times a night, and the child cries, Sanniang, the mother, listens, and the chest will unconsciously get wet, very embarrassing, is that Sanniang has to hide away, there is no maternal brilliance, just kidding, milk child? It's better to kill Sanniang with one knife.

Of course, Sanniang also knows that too much milk during lactation must be milked out, otherwise the milk will form lumps in the mammary glands, which is easy to harden and give birth to other lesions, so Sanniang secretly squeezed out the matter by herself.

After this month, news came from the Song court that Tong Guan's army began to wave the Northern Expedition and join forces with the Jin State to conquer the Liao State. Although the Liao State is now surviving, there are still a lot of military horses, especially tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Yanjing City.

On this day, Bai Sheng brought back some detailed information from the imperial court from Tokyo, and Sanniang immediately summoned him to inquire. It turned out that although Sanniang sent Lin Chong's troops to the north, they had not moved, and there was still some controversy in the Song Dynasty about Tong Guan's army going north.

When Emperor Daojun was in the early dynasty, when he talked about the Northern Expedition, Zhongwen Wudao: "Now it has formed an alliance with the Jin State to invade Liao, but after the Shandong Road army and horses arrived in Yanjing, they have been standing still, and the Tong Guan army has rested for ten months. ”

Among the ministers, Cai Jing walked out, trembling and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this Shandong Road army and horses are not worthy of appointment, and they are all just Chen Bing on the side, but they dare not fight with the Liao army." The minister thinks that today's Song Dynasty soldiers are full of fine food, the country is rich and the people are strong, and it is an opportunity to crusade against the Liao State and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. Besides, if the military horses of Shandong Road were like the expedition to Tianhu back then, they would not leave if they occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun, which would also make it difficult for the imperial court. It is better to regain the lost territory or leave it to the army of Tong Guan. ”

After hearing this, Emperor Daojun slowly bowed his head and said: "Aiqing's words are very true, so he summoned Tong Guanke to go on the Northern Expedition, what do the other Qing families think?" ”

There was a person out of the main hall, this person was named Deng Xunwu, the official was appointed to know the affairs of the Privy Council, Deng Xunwu said: "Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State have signed an alliance with the Yuanyuan. After the alliance, the two countries formed a fraternal state and have lived in peace for more than 100 years. Now, the Jin State is committing Liao, as a brotherly state, not only does not help to put out the fire, but takes advantage of the fire to rob, and the minister still thinks that this matter is impossible. And the hundred-year oath, once abandoned, I am afraid that the soldiers will move, and China's insects, plants and trees will not be allowed to rest. The minister thought that he could not provoke a war with Liao. The minister expected that the military horses of the Shandong Road would not move, and they also had this scruples. ”

Cai Jing said angrily: "Lord Deng, the reason why our dynasty is reconciled with the Liao State is because our dynasty worships hundreds of thousands of coins in the Liao State every year. If you are a brother, why did the Liao Kingdom ask me for the money of the Great Song Dynasty? Moreover, the sixteen states of Yanyun are the land of the Central Plains, but the Liao thieves take it for themselves. My century-old brother of the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State is really a century-old shame. Now that my Great Song Dynasty is strong, if I don't take revenge at this time and take away my hometown, when will I stay? Moreover, our dynasty has signed an alliance with the Jin country, is it possible that the imperial court army has not been released, and it will not be able to go back on its word? ! ”

A person walked out from behind the ministers, this person's name is Li Gang, the current position of Sipin Taichang Shaoqing, Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, in the early years of the founding of the Song Dynasty, with the Shenwu of Taizong, Zhao Pu's strategy, Cao Bin, Pan Mei's generals, conquered the Quartet, won a hundred battles, but only Yu Yanyun had no achievements, the minister thought that even if he wanted Tong Shumi to send troops, he should also select elite soldiers and arrange them carefully, and it was best to join forces with the Shandong Road Army and Horse, so that he could have a chance of winning." ”

Li Gang's fourth-grade official position is very low in the court, and before Li Gang finished speaking, Cai Jing shouted: "Lord Li, don't use the prestige of others to destroy your own ambition, my Great Song Dynasty is no longer what it used to be." Tong Shumi's envoy led the elite military horses to exterminate the rebels and thieves, and his subordinates were all soldiers who could recruit and fight habitually, so why rely on the soldiers and horses of a feudal town? Besides, can the military horses of the Shandong Road be dispatched by the imperial generals? ”

Cai Jingdao: "Your Majesty, the so-called 'weak attack, martial arts. Now the Liao lord has no way, the national government is not repaired, and the Liao country is like a dead wood and rotten branches, and it is vulnerable. Now that the Jin army is driving south, if the troops are late, I am afraid that the sixteen states of Yanyun will fall into the hands of the Jin State, and the husband will make contributions at this time. Please give your Majesty an order immediately to teach Tong Guan to lead the army north. ”

In the main hall, Wang Huang, Li Bangyan, Liang Shicheng, Cai You and others all stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty please immediately issue an order for Tong Guan to send troops to attack Liao!" (To be continued.) )