Of course, the worship of God is a sharp weapon, and without this sharp weapon, there would be no Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, Zhu Jishi did not take the worship of God too seriously, because the historical belief in the worship of God was basically shattered after the change in Tianjing-Yang Xiuqing, the "god", let Hong Xiuquan, the "king of people", hack to death, who can still believe in the worship of God?

"Worship the religion of God, one religion and two masters, sooner or later there will be infighting, there is no need to worry." Zhu Jishi pondered it and said to Lin Zexu.

"One Sect and Two Masters? Is Your Majesty talking about Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing? Lin Zexu stroked his beard and nodded, "One sect and two masters are indeed a hidden danger, but sooner or later there will be infighting...... Your Majesty, with all due respect, the Ming Dynasty can't pin the hope of defeating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on their internal strife! ”

Zhu Jishi was stunned, thought about it carefully, and felt that Lin Zexu's reminder made some sense. History has become unrecognizable, and the internal strife in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may be inevitable, but it is really hard to say when the drama of the change in Tianjing will be.

"Your Majesty, the old man also heard that His Majesty is preparing to establish the Hongru Academy, is he planning to reform the famous religion?" Lin Zexu saw that Zhu Jishi was silent, and suddenly turned the topic to the Hongru Academy and the reform of famous education.

Zhu Jishi did not explicitly say about the reform of famous education, but his proposition of "middle school as the foundation, Western learning as the use" is actually an improvement of famous education. In Lin Zexu's view, "middle school is the foundation, Western learning is the application" is almost comparable to the emergence and perfection of Cheng Zhu Lixue, Zhu Xi will put Confucius and Mencius in the authentic, and at the same time put Dong Zhongshu Yin and Yang Five Elements, Zhang Zai, Zhou Dunyi, Er Cheng's views, as well as the highly unified philosophy of Buddhism and the speculative spirit of Taoist inaction. Carefully and meticulously construct a profound system of Neo-Confucianism. so that the doctrines of the Buddha and the Tao will never shake it again. Seven hundred years after the Song Dynasty. The science of science has always been enshrined as orthodoxy. Tightly integrated with the patriarchal system.

To put it simply, Zhu Xi turned Confucianism into a semi-religious and semi-philosophical thing, Confucianism became a famous religion, and suppressed Buddhism and Taoism to become the state religion of China, just like Christianity and Y Slanism.

The "middle school-oriented, Western learning for use" can be understood as the combination of Western learning and famous education, while retaining the supremacy of famous education in China - of course, this is just Pan Shien, Lin Zexu, Zuo Zongtang and others on "middle school-oriented." Western learning for use".

"Famous religion must be reformed," Zhu Jishi said earnestly, "Famous religion is corrupt and Confucian, looking for empty words, not looking into practicality, and when talking about life in peace, it is audible, at a loss, does not know where his life is, and does not reform." How to deal with these changes unseen in 3,000 years? ”

Lin Zexu said in his heart: "Zhu Jishi's words are aimed at science, it seems that Zhu Zizhi's learning, which has heavenly principles and destroys people's desires, is about to suffer." ”

"What is the famous religion of Your Majesty?" Lin Zexu remained silent. Asked lightly.

"Famous teaching is learning." Zhu Jishi said in a deep voice.

Lin Zexu shook his head: "The famous religion is a religion, which is similar to the God Worship Religion and the H Religion. ”

The "teaching" he refers to refers to religion, and Confucianism may have been a religion in the early days, but in the late Qing Dynasty, it was indeed a religion.

"Shouldn't Confucianism be restored to its original form?" Zhu Jishi looked at Lin Zexu quietly.

Lin Zexu smiled and pointed to his head: "The religion is used here, people who believe in the God Worship Sect and the H Religion, they are different here!" Not afraid of death, at least not when you truly believe...... Our famous religion is weaker in this regard, otherwise there would not be a rebellion of the worship of God, the northwest would not be like that, and even the Manchu Qing would not rise......" He shook his head as he said that, "After pacifying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Your Majesty must not forget the northwest, which is also the land of China, and there are tens of millions of Chinese people." ”

Since the Qing Dynasty, the northwest has been turbulent, first there was the Zungar Rebellion, three dynasties, after a hundred years, after the demise of the Zungar Department, the H Department rose in the Western Regions, and the entire Xinjiang was rapidly Y Slanization - the Zungar Khanate established by the Zungar Department of Moxi Mongolia was based on Tibetan Buddhism as the state religion, and before the Zungar was destroyed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Y Slavism did not dominate in Xinjiang. After the demise of the Quasi-Division, the Y Slan Sect took the opportunity to rise, and the contradictions between the H and Han in the northwest also began to intensify. Before and after Lin Zexu left for Xinjiang, unprecedented chaos was already brewing.

"The old man recently read the two books "Taixi Military Strategy" and "Taixi Political Strategy", and found that the term 'religious war' is quite appropriate to use in today's China." Lin Zexu's expression was solemn to the extreme, "What the Ming Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are going to fight is a religious war, a battle between the famous religion and the God worship religion!" If the famous religion has become a learning, then what will His Majesty use to resist the worship of God and the H religion? ”

Wars of religion, can it work without religion? Is it feasible to abolish the religious component of Confucianism and turn it into a branch of Chinese culture where a hundred schools of thought contend? What else is religious freedom...... Without the support of a strong state religion, which allowed a variety of religions to spread freely in the land of the Ming Dynasty? Not to mention anything else, even Sect Leader Hong's God Worship Sect can't be uploaded in Zhu Ming's territory! If the "religion" of the famous religion is really overthrown, what spiritual opium is Zhu Ming going to use to prevent Christianity, green religion, Buddhism and other religions of all kinds from flourishing in the land of China?

"It seems that the status of the state religion of the famous religion cannot be changed." Zhu Jishi thought for a long time and nodded. When he said this, he thought in his heart: "The purpose of Old Man Lin's meeting with him is probably to stand on the platform for Mingjiao, right?" ”

"But Zhu Zi's science must be greatly changed." Zhu Jishi said expressionlessly, "Keeping quiet, retreating, preserving heavenly principles, and destroying people's desires must be removed from the famous religion." The scriptures of Confucius and Mencius must be reinterpreted by the Confucian Academy, what does Mu Weng think? ”

"This is a matter for Your Majesty," Lin Zexu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Jishi, with a slight smile on his face, "Your Majesty can reform the famous religion as much as he wants, as long as he doesn't shovel the foundation of the famous religion." It must be known that there are many religious believers in the world, but there are few people who really understand the principles of religion, and there are tens of millions of believers who worship God. The way of Confucius and Mencius is the same, Zhu Zi can explain it, and His Majesty can also explain it...... His Majesty has an official shop in his hand, this is Confucianism's favorite thing, Confucianism's best thing is the exam, and His Majesty can just ask questions. ”

"Mu Weng is also a Confucian student, don't you want my official hat of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Jishi looked at Lin Zexu with blazing eyes.

"Then does Your Majesty want to leave the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and start a war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"

Lin Zexu asked with a smile, and then said to himself, "Once Beijing is captured by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Manchu Qing who retreated outside the customs will be like the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the past, and they will no longer be the king of China." An old man like a Manchu feudal official, and a Han Chinese, naturally can't be loyal to a foreign king...... Emperor Daoguang, who was martyred in Beijing, was the king of old husbands, and Prince Gong, who was enthroned in Shengjing, was a foreign monarch and had nothing to do with old husbands. But now that the city of Beijing is about to be broken, does His Majesty really hope that the old man will raise Shandong Province and Henan Half Province to be attached to it? ”

Zhu Jishi understood what Lin Zexu meant, once Beijing was lost, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would be finished. Even if he keeps the territory outside the Guan, that is, a Northern Qing Dynasty, how can the powerful faction in the Central Plains mix with the Northern Qing Dynasty? Therefore, they can only choose between attaching to the clear, being self-reliant, and voting for the kingdom of heaven. It is impossible to go to heaven, it is a betrayal of the famous religion and a betrayal of the landlord class. And self-reliance...... They can't beat Zhu Ming and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it's the way to die. The rest is to make it clear that Zhu Jishi has just stated that he will not move the status of the state religion of the famous religion, and Lin Zexu has no worries. So now Lin Zexu's problem is on Zhu Ming's side.

Because Lin Zexu didn't come to take refuge alone, there were still a bunch of powerful people in Henan and Shandong looking at Lin Zexu. If Old Man Lin became a Ming official, they would follow up. At that time, Zhu Ming's power will expand to the edge of the Yellow River, and the buffer between him and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not exist.

Lin Zexu slowly stroked his goatee and said with a smile: "Whether the old man is playing the signboard of the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after going north, he will always be in trouble with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he doesn't want to level the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he can still do it if he delays it for a few years...... Your Majesty, with the old man, a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, in the land of the North and Southern Dynasties, you can slowly sort it out. The so-called difficulty in fighting the world, and it is even more difficult to govern the world, and His Majesty now not only has to rule the world, but also has to deal with the Western powers and reform the malpractices of famous religions. (To be continued......)