"In the first year of the Chinese Dragon Calendar, the newly established China and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom jointly attacked the 400,000 imperial army scattered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Yunnan and Guizhou. By May 21 (May 21, 1844), the Qing court had less than 100,000 remnants of troops defeated and would hold the city of Tongren. Under the attack of the fanatics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Guangzhou Army of our country at that time, the city was broken in one day. At this point, the Manchu ruling power in the nine southern provinces of China was completely eliminated. China's premier Xie Lingqing, founding marshals Lin Zexu and Chen Liansheng, and Hong Xiuquan, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, concluded the "Five-Year Non-Aggression Pact" in Tongren, stipulating that there would be no mutual infringement of sovereignty and territorial integrity with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom within five years. For the area ruled by the Manchus, whoever occupies it first is not allowed to grab it by the other side...... At this point, Huaxia Shenzhou entered a short period of the Three Kingdoms. Until ten years later, it was reunited under the leadership of our country! —The Chronicles of the Kingdom of God

While the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Dragon God Sect jointly exterminated the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the European powers, which had been paying close attention to the changes in Huaxia Shenzhou, also began to adjust their strategies towards China.

Originally, at a time when capitalism and industrial civilization were just beginning to develop greatly, the great powers needed a market for raw materials and a dumping base for goods. This mode of plundering does not require much territory, but it does require a puppet-like regime. So the weakening Manchu court fits this condition very well!

Since the victory of the Opium War between Britain and the Qing Dynasty and the large number of "privileges" obtained, other countries have also been envious and eyeing China.

Especially after Russia very easily annexed a large area of the northeastern part of the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court did not resist too fiercely, the European powers boiled. Eager to try, always looking for an opportunity to tear a piece of flesh off this bloated eastern power......

But who knew that the situation in China would change so quickly and unexpectedly!

First, the rise and secession of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then the Dragon God Sect occupied the land of the five provinces with an unbelievable speed and re-established the country ruled by the Han people. It is claimed to "recover China".

As a result, the other European powers, which were slightly inferior in power to Britain and France, were a little confused and forced.

They originally planned to wait for another ten years or so, and wait for the Manchu Qing to become more corrupt. They attacked like wolves in droves to tear the flesh of the sleeping lion (which they did in the history of Zao Wushuang's previous life). But what they didn't expect was the rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Dragon God Sect, which disrupted their deployment.

There are nine provinces that are completely out of the Qing Dynasty. Do you have to deal with these two new regimes again? Should it be attacked by force, or should it be peaceful diplomacy? Can the two sides establish economic, political and trade trade? Is it to secretly support the Qing Dynasty to attack them, or to maneuver in many ways?

Should you choose the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which can bring more benefits, or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was alienated from Christianity, or is it a modern way to establish a country and the ideas of the great powers are closer to the Dragon God Sect?

These are all things that need to be reconsidered by the great powers.

In particular, the kingdom under the rule of the Dragon God Sect is different from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which completely relied on alienated Western Christianity to rule the people. Although the Dragon God Sect also used religion for its initial accumulation, it seems that it has a concept and ideal that transcends religion! It is said that the "dragon god" they believe in is real, and it is not in the sky, but on earth! Some excellent or significant believers have even had the privilege of being received by the dragon god and seeing this god of faith with their own eyes!

What puzzled the European powers the most was that the gods and goddesses, who were obviously religious worshippers, attached great importance to science and technology - even more so than in industrialized and modern countries like them.

The dragon god even came up with the idea that "science and the gods are together". It is claimed that as long as the glory of the dragon god shines, there must be a follow-up of science and technology.

Aren't religion and science in opposition to each other?!

How can people of their time understand Zao Woushuang's thoughts?

Religion was only a means to build a powerful Chinese kingdom, and he hoped that eventually the Dragon God Sect would be closer to the overall belief of a nation, rather than being used to ignorantize and enslave the common people. As long as he always maintains his lofty status and authority, even with the development of science and technology, he is still the totem and supreme god of China!

Maybe many years later, hundreds of years, thousands of years, when science is highly developed, people will no longer worship him so much. However, the Dragon God Sect will still be passed on as a spirit of recovering China and the Han nation......

Of course, that's all for later.

The current Zhao Wushuang had just woken up from his long retreat and cultivation......

"I didn't expect to come back from the tomb of the Dao people in Guangxi this time and practice a few magic spells taught by the remnant souls of the Dao people. It took so long! I was in retreat for more than three months, and I don't know how the new country I founded not long ago is developing. It should be a good idea, but it would be better to have a parliamentary system. When I can't control the country myself, I don't fall into the hands of a careerist. Zhao Wushuang thought secretly in his heart.

In fact, he was a little too cautious. As long as he is alive, the Dragon God Sect and the Huaxia Territory under his command will belong to him in the hot weather!

This is not a natural theocracy, but God's own power! Moreover, the believers worship him in an extremely fanatical manner.

"The art of immortal grace, once you master the essentials, it is indeed not difficult. Now that the Chinese that belonged to the Han people have been re-established, it is time to reward meritorious deeds. ”

The "reward for meritorious deeds" he thinks about here is not just status, power, wealth, and so on. As long as these things are the first to join the Dragon God Sect and follow the people who fight the world together, most of them will get a lot of rewards, and they have already cashed in.

Zhao Wushuang said that the reward for meritorious deeds is to hold the grandest glorious conference! It is a grand event attended by meritorious officials and devout believers belonging to the Dragon God Sect and all the seven provinces it rules.

At this conference, he not only showed a huge real body in the eyes of many people. And in front of all the high-level leaders present, give those who have great merit with magical powers!

So that mortals can also have a certain amount of magical power. This is the truly irreplaceable glory and reward.

Compared to this, wealth, status, and power are all floating clouds. Because only the power that belongs to oneself is real. This is true everywhere.

Zhao Wushuang came out of the complicated underground and came to the Dragon God Palace. Immediately, several ghostly figures floated over.

The one who took the lead was the Golden Snake Langjun, and the few behind him were naturally the newly recruited Dragon Shadow Guards.

"Golden Snake, notify me immediately. Seven days later, our Dragon God Sect will hold the grandest gathering of glory. When the time comes, the deity will be given to those who have merit...... Magical Immortal Method! (To be continued.) )