Chapter 538
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The third day of the third month of March is the ancestral worship ceremony, over the years, the ancestor worship ceremony has been the most solemn festival in northern Xinjiang, even more than the status of the Spring Festival in the hearts of the people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, all this is not deliberate on Liu Tai, because although Liu Tai single-handedly created the ancestral religion, he actually controlled the ancestral religion in many ways, and did not allow too exaggerated blowout development.
In Liu Tai's seriousness, the form of ancestral religion is now getting closer and closer to the Western Birdman Sect, which is not a good sign. In the West, the rights of the Birdman Sect are far above the king, and if the Ancestral Sect is also like this, then wouldn't the rights of the Han Dynasty be messed up?
Compared to religion, the monarch appears weak, which is a fact that Liu Tai admits. Therefore, when Liu Tai established the ancestral religion, he added countless monarchical colors, such as the ancestral gods of the ancestral religion, almost ninety percent of whom were the founding kings of the past dynasties and the virtuous lords who contributed to China.
Liu Tai did this because he wanted to strengthen his rule. But if the ancestral religion follows the system of the birdman religion, what will happen then? I'm afraid that it will not be far from the split and destruction of the ancestral religion, Liu Tai is very worried! But no matter how worried you are, it can't be solved overnight.
Although the possible split of the Ancestral Sect poses a very great threat to the Ancestral Sect, the existence of the Ancestral Sect does outweigh the disadvantages, and it has contributed unparalleled contributions to Liu Tai's rule over the years. Excessive belief will make people crazy, under the guidance of Liu Tai, almost all those who believe in the ancestral religion belong to the same camp as Liu Tai, that is, for their own nation, to sacrifice the last drop of blood!
Ancestral religion preaches ancestral civilization, racial civilization and immortal civilization. Needless to say, the ancestral civilization induces the people to remember the kindness of the ancestors and the inheritance of the bloodline, which is a very important civilization in the hearts of the Han people, and the racial civilization is to promote that the Han nationality is a group, and all the people in the group are a part.
One is prosperous, one is lost! For the sake of the nation, for the homeland, and give everything, this is the racial civilization that Liu Tai wants to promote! As for the counter-objects of racial civilization, needless to say, they are those Western races and the grassland, Wa, Goguryeo, Samhan and other ethnic groups that are currently ruled by the Han Dynasty.
The existence and emergence of the immortal civilization is actually for war! Liu Tai does not deny this! In order for the warriors to move forward bravely on the battlefield without fear of life and death, the emergence of an immortal civilization is crucial. Whoever has a word, and whoever believes in me, has eternal life.
Liu Tai just borrowed these six words, changed them, and became a person who fought for his family and country and the nation, and got eternal life!
Indeed, for the word immortality, Liu Tai has paid a lot, such as the Hall of Heroes and the Hall of Heroic Souls, which began to be built in various states, counties, and counties in the world more than ten years ago, were born for this. What is the significance of the existence of the Hall of Heroes and the Hall of Heroic Souls? That is to let the people of the world remember the heroic souls who died on the battlefield, and gave everything for the family and the country and the nation, so that future generations can remember that everything that the people get today is obtained by the lives of their predecessors.
The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring.
The dead heroic souls do not need the people to repay anything, as long as the people remember in their hearts that they have existed and paid, then, whether they are generals or soldiers, they have actually gained eternal life!
Because they live forever in the hearts of the people! It is this kind of civilization that Liu Tai preaches! Don't forget your ancestors, don't forget your home and country, everyone, the Erlang of the Han family who lives on the land of the Han family, should pay the last drop of blood for their race!
Of course, Liu Tai's imagination is too beautiful, people are selfish, it is impossible for everyone to live for the country and the nation, otherwise, there would not be so many Han annihilations in history.
But there is nothing wrong with propagating this culture, and there is nothing wrong with planting this culture in the soul of the Han people. The greatest use of the existence of the ancestral religion is to promote this spirit for Liu Tai, even if Liu Tai knows that maybe a hundred years, maybe a thousand years later, all this will no longer have any meaning, but Liu Tai still hopes that the Han people after a hundred years and a thousand years can remember that the Han nationality is a nation, a nation with the same blood in its body!
Because of Liu Tai's tough rule, there will be no problems with the ancestral religion in the next 50 years, or even 100 years, but what about when Liu Tai dies and gradually weakens his influence in the hearts of the world? The most important thing is that Liu Tai has always planned to divide the military and the government, and at that time the monarch's power and voice will definitely fall to the bottom, even if the monarch has the identity of the ancestral pope, but does he still have the ability to control the ancestral religion?
This made Liu Tai very annoyed!
Even if hundreds of officials are smart like Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others, they can't solve Liu Tai's worries, because they don't have this concept in their hearts at all, I'm afraid that until now, they still don't know what form the Western Birdman Sect exists, so Liu Tai has to find a way to solve it himself.
The Ancestral Ceremony is the most solemn celebration of the Ancestral Religion, and on this day, Liu Tai, who represents the supreme power, the highest status, and the supreme myth of the Ancestral Religion, will personally preside over it. Of course, if Liu Tai is out on the expedition, it will be presided over by Xun Yu, the chief minister of northern Xinjiang, in order to strengthen the control of the bishop, Liu Tai has long appointed Xun Yu as the great elder of the ancestral deacon, the status is like the three immortals, and the power is second only to Liu Tai.
Earlier, because the three immortals served as the great elders in the ancestral sect, there was a reshuffle of the internal rights of the ancestral sect, and Zuo Ci, Nanhua, and Yu Ji, who were the three immortals, each obtained a part of the privileges, among which Yu Ji went to Yangzhou in person to start the affairs of the ancestral sect when Liu Tai conquered the entire territory of Yangzhou, and his rights were naturally not small.
In order to restrain the Three Immortals and avoid the power of the Three Immortals from being too large and shaking the foundation of the ancestral religion, Liu Tai asked Xun Yu to come forward to take charge of the bishop's affairs, and there were Xun You, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others under him to assist in name. Because the Ancestral Sect has always had a private guard exclusive to the Holy See, although the number of this guard is not much, and the total number of branches of the entire Han Dynasty does not exceed 30,000, it is also a not weak force, isn't it? Therefore, Liu Tai also arranged Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, the two super bosses of the military department, into the Ancestral Sect, and was responsible for all the transfers and appointments of the Ancestral Sect Guards!
It is worth mentioning that over the years, because of the rapid development of northern Xinjiang, until the rebuilding of the Han Dynasty under the unification of the world, the development of the ancestral religion is also very fast, and the old archbishops, state religions, and counties have not been able to keep up with the pace of the times.
For example, in the early days, the Patriarchate had three chief archbishops, and the chief archbishop was in charge of all matters of the Ancestral Religion, which was submitted to Liu Tai in general. However, according to the middle-level personnel of the Ancestral Church, because the affairs of the three chief bishops were too busy, there were mistakes on many issues, which led to major decision-making errors in the Ancestral Religion in certain periods.
After the reform, the highest level of power of the ancestral religion was re-established, and the position of pope Liu Tai remained unchanged, and he was still the symbol of the ancestral religion and the supreme ruler. Under Liu Tai, there is a deacon archbishop, the deacon archbishop is currently held by Xun Yu, and the power is second only to the pope, of course, if the original three archbishops become one, then obviously things will be busier.
Therefore, there are six executive archbishops under the deacon archbishop, and Guo Jia, Xun You, Chen Gong and others are currently in this position. The executive archbishop has the right to impeach the deacon archbishop, if he is dissatisfied with the deacon archbishop, he can directly bypass the deacon archbishop to report to the pope, and if the deacon archbishop really has any problems, then the pope can make punishment or arrangements in a timely manner, which goes without saying.
In fact, the existence of the executive archbishop is the secretary of the deacon archbishop and a sword in the head of the deacon archbishop, the power is very great, and his office also includes all the affairs of the original chief archbishop, from three to six, the burden is significantly smaller.
And with Guo Jia and others in charge and responsible, Liu Tai can also be more assured, after all, the current scale of the ancestral religion is too large, and when the leadership has too much power, it is very likely that countless things will occur.
Under the executive archbishop is the honorary elder, and the honorary elder enjoys numerous privileges, one is that he can directly impeach Liu Tai for any position in the ancestral religion, and second, he can participate in all the construction and preaching matters of the ancestral religion, and express opinions and vote on decisions. The third and most special one, that is, to become an honorary elder, can be in a certain branch of the ancestral religion, or even in the Huacheng ancestral cathedral, to shape a bronze statue and engrave a monument, which will last forever!
As for the other benefits, I won't mention them for now. At present, there are four honorary great elders in the ancestral sect, one of them is Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci is the head of the three immortals, and no one will have an opinion on sitting on the position of honorary great elder, after all, before the establishment of the ancestral sect, Zuo Ci was one of the half-immortals who were famous in the world. The second and third places are Nanhua and Yu Ji. Yu Ji is known as a virtuous name in the Lianghuai region, and Langxie Palace is a holy place in the minds of the people in Xuzhou and Yangzhou.
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Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion set off by Zhang Jiao, to be honest, Nanhua's existence is indeed very embarrassing, in the land of Northern Xinjiang, although Nanhua is very famous, and even above Zuo Ci, but the problem is that one wrong step is wrong, and Zhang Jiao's incident happened, and Nanhua sat on the position of honorary elder, which is indeed a bit reluctant.
But fortunately, the ancestral religion is Liu Tai's word, Liu Tai allowed it, who dares to say anything? Therefore, Nanhua is also extremely grateful to Liu Tai, and even in order to repay Liu Tai, in many cases, Nanhua hides behind Liu Tai and starts security work for Liu Tai.
The fourth Honorary Great Elder is none other than Zheng Yuan, the former Great Elder of Momen and now the dean of the College of Engineering! In Northern Xinjiang, if someone doesn't know the Three Immortals, it may exist, but there will definitely be someone who doesn't know Zheng Yuan! You must know that Zheng Yuan is now ninety years old, holding many important positions, and he is the father of the Ministry of Industry, Shangshu Mowen, who belongs to the kind of super big man who stamps his feet in Northern Xinjiang and the whole Huacheng has to tremble!
Even if Liu Tai is in front of Zheng Yuan, he won't put on any posture!
Because, Liu Tai does respect Zheng Yuan very much!
If it weren't for Zheng Yuan, maybe the Mo family would not have contributed so much, and today's northern Xinjiang would not have been built so well, and the equipment of the front-line soldiers could not be repaired and transformed by the Ministry of Industry one by one, so to speak, Zheng Yuan represents the Ministry of Industry and represents all the working classes in the current Han world!
With such a reputation to become the fourth honorary Great Elder of the Ancestral Sect, who would dare to say anything more? Even among the four honorary elders, Zheng Yuan's status can be ranked first! Even Zuo Ci, the head of the Three Immortals, can't compare to it! Because Zheng Yuan's status in the hearts of the people in the world is too high, if the three immortals headed by Zuo Ci are half-immortals, then Zheng Yuan's status in the hearts of some classes of people is the real old immortals!
In fact, all this should be attributed to Zheng Yuan's more than ten years at the helm of the School of Engineering! For more than ten years, Zheng Yuan's disciples have spread all over the major states and counties of the Han Dynasty, and almost all the engineering students who have been instructed by Zheng Yuan have become guests of major merchants, and even most of the officials of the Ministry of Industry are Zheng Yuan's disciples!
Of course, aren't the members of the original Mo family in the Ministry of Industry all disciples of Zheng Yuan?
The status of the ninety-year-old Zheng Yuan is too high and too high.
In this regard, Liu Tai can only give the reward of the honorary great elder, as for those marquis rewards, they are not worthy of Zheng Yuan's identity at all, and the title of king is obviously not suitable, so the honorary great elder has become Zheng Yuan's best destination.
Over the years, Zheng Yuan has stepped down from the position of dean of the College of Engineering, and most of the time he stays in the ancestral sect to grow flowers and grass, and occasionally instructs officials of the Ministry of Engineering. It is worth mentioning that Zheng Yuannai is a faithful believer in the ancestral religion! After all, people are old, Zheng Yuan doesn't have any wife, and he stays in the ancestral cathedral all day long, and there is nothing to do, even if he understands that the ancestral religion is just a tool that Liu Tai fictionalized to rule the world, Zheng Yuan still has a lot of interest in it.
In many cases, Zheng Yuan will personally be responsible for preaching matters, therefore, Zheng Yuan's status in the ancestral sect is getting higher and higher, even if he is still the status of an honorary elder, but many decisions, Xun Yu and others will unconsciously consult Zheng Yuan, making Zheng Yuan a veritable godfather-level figure in the hearts of people from all walks of life in the ancestral sect!
Liu Tai may not be at ease with being treated, but for Zheng Yuan, Liu Tai is 100% at ease, after all, Zheng Yuan is so old, and although Mowen is currently holding many important positions and is the head of the Ministry of Industry, he will definitely not threaten Liu Tai's status, so what is there to worry about in six days?
In fact, not long ago, because of Zheng Yuan's problem, in order to avoid Liu Tai's dissatisfaction, Mowen privately approached Zheng Yuan, hoping that Zheng Yuan could really retire for a long time, instead of "pointing fingers" at all matters of the ancestral religion.
(To be continued)