An imperceptible expression of disappointment slipped across Mo Yingniang's beautiful face, but she quickly said solemnly: "The minister doesn't understand what the king means, the minister is not a general, how can he conquer the city for the king?" ”

Chen Dexing didn't seem to notice the change in Mo Yingniang's expression, but just laughed softly: "Ying Niang, you are too humble, although you are not a general, but you are better than 100,000 troops, because this time you don't need an army to take Quanzhou, only use Tiandao!" ”

Mo Yingniang was stunned, "You want to let the Heavenly Daoists in Quanzhou revolt?" ”

Chen Dexing stood up and paced slowly in the high pavilion covered with feasts, but did not answer Mo Yingniang's question directly.

“…… Heavenly Taoism has never been a pure religion, and it is different from Buddhism and Taoism. There are many immortals in Buddhism and Taoism, but there is no real leader. And it is loosely organized, the goal is unknown, and therefore there is little power. None of them could get out of Middle-earth at all, and one of them had already lost Tianzhu's lair and was beaten to the ground by the Heavenly Sect. As for Confucianism...... Although it is high, like Taoism, it is difficult to get out of Middle-earth.

Since its founding, the Celestial Sect has been determined to expand, and although it has lost its great empire, it has been combined with the Jochi Ulus of the Western Mongolian Route. It was also widely spread among the Ulus of Chagatai and Ögedei. Even around Kublai Khan, the Semu people who believed in the Heavenly Religion were deeply trusted. ”

He crossed his arms, stood at the window near the sea, looked at the undulating waves in the distance, and said lightly: "All signs indicate that the Mongols are accepting the Heavenly Sect...... The Heavenly Sect and Mongolia are very likely to become one! In this way, our war with the Mongols will also be a struggle between the Heavenly Daoist Sect and the Heavenly Fang Sect! And Quanzhou. It is the place where the struggle between the two religions began. ”

The contradiction between Tianfangjiao and Tiandaoism is inevitable, and now is not the 21st century of religious freedom after all. Rather, it was the 13th century when religion was used for political purposes and the theocracy was united. Not only the Northern Ming has a state religion. The Southern Song Dynasty, the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and the Western Yuan Dynasty all had their own state religions. As for the countries outside the Central Plains, there is more of a unity of church and state, and God blesses the king. For this kind of country and this kind of religion, the Ming Dynasty naturally has its own religious weapon, which is Tiandaoism!

It can be said that this Heavenly Taoism is not so much a religion as a weapon of the state, specially used against the sects of other countries. It is the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty's external expansion. Therefore, conflicts between Tiandaoism and various religious forces such as Tianfangjiao, Buddhism, and Brahmins are unavoidable.

And in the midst of these conflicts that are about to occur, the Heavenly Dao Sect is by no means a qi bag that passively waits for others to persecute it!

Rather, it is the attacker who takes the initiative to provoke the struggle!

Mo Yingniang thought for a moment, and already understood what Chen Dexing meant, nodded and said: "The minister is broken bones, and he must also complete the king's entrustment." ”

Chen Dexing waved his hand and said solemnly: "Ying Niang, the lonely king does not allow you to break your bones." The Lone King wants you to complete your mission without any injury, and then return to the Lone King. Do you understand? ”

"Minister, I understand......" Mo Yingniang nodded. Bei Fang lightly devoured his red lips, "Minister...... I will definitely return to the king and accompany the king. ”

The voice of Mo Ying Niang who said this. It's not sacred and solemn, but a little more spring. Chen Dexing was also stunned for a moment. Then he looked at the Ink Shadow Lady with interest, and this saint-like Ink Shadow Lady actually blushed. replied shyly, like a girl thinking of spring...... Could it be that as Xian'er said, this saint likes herself?

Chen Dexing smiled a little proudly, he really has a woman's fate in this life, and even a saint has moved her heart because of herself, which feels really good.

Thinking of this, he smiled and waved his hand, motioning for the two women to stand down. There are a lot of women to see today, so you have to hurry. In the afternoon, we will send the Baoyin delegation out of Mingdu, and tomorrow we will take a boat south to Penghu...... When the time comes, there will be time to spend with the saints.

"Xiao Ai (Juexin) meets His Royal Highness King Ming."

Two delicate voices interrupted Chen Dexing's thoughts, Chen Dexing followed the sound and saw Xiao Ai, dressed as a Taoist aunt, and her mother, Juexin nun, had fallen to the ground.

Xiao Ai and Mo Yingniang studied in Tiandao Academy during this time, and Xiao Ai majored in the Tiandao Department, that is, Tiandao Theology. This is not difficult for Xiao Ai, who was born in a religious family, and has completely mastered the various theological theories of Tiandao in less than a year, and has also learned some mathematics, chemistry and physics knowledge in later generations, although they are all superficial, but it is enough for this girl to worship Chen Dexing as a celestial.

As for the nuns of Kakushin, they came from Japan. During this time, several major events have occurred in Japan one after another. First of all, a large gold vein was discovered on Sado Island - the prophecy of King Chen Dexing came true!

Jue Xinni held a tray with some scattered gold in both hands, respectfully placed it in front of Chen Dexing, and said in an extremely deferential tone: "His Royal Highness King Meng Ming has been instructed by the law, and the search for gold on Sado Island has finally been obtained. The gold was found on Sado Island, and it was brought to Mingdu by Shi Mao Gong Tuo Poor Nun. ”

Yang Po'er, who was waiting by Chen Dexing's side, stepped forward and brought the tray to Chen Dexing's eyes, and the plate was just some broken gold of low purity, which had been refined and cast into the shape of small stones.

"Just find the gold."

Chen Dexing had already received Ren Daoxing's report - there were some collateral effects of the success of the gold search on Sado Island, and the Kamakura shogunate ruled Hojo Nagashi and his main room Ma Gozen, and his son-in-law Yoshimune all officially converted to the way of heaven! In addition, a Tendo Temple was built in Kamakura Akabashi as a thank you gift from the shogunate to the Tendo Sect. He also asked his son-in-law Yizong to worship Ren Daoxing as a teacher and learn the truth of Tiandaoism.

This move undoubtedly caused the dissatisfaction of Tokumune Hojo Tokiyori, who believed in Buddhism. According to Ren Daoxing's report, although he relinquished his position as the ruling power, Tokiyori Hojo, who still holds the power, is planning for Hojo to live in seclusion for a long time, and the 65-year-old Hojo Masamura, the senior of the Hojo family, will take over the power.

As a result, the Hojo clan, which was originally united, is now divided into two factions, one is the Tokutoku sect headed by Hojo Tokiyori; One faction was the Kekurakji school headed by Hojo Nagasaki and Hojo Tokimo (Hokurokubora Exploration).

Among them, the sects maintained the dominance of Buddhism and Shinto in Japan. The Kek Lok Temple faction, on the other hand, converted to Tentoism, hoping to rely on the support of Tendo Sect to make the Hojo clan rightfully become the leader of the samurai family, instead of pressing another general on their own head and praising another emperor on top of the general.

"So who are you going to be on? Will you take refuge in the Heavenly Dao? Chen Dexing looked at the who was still dressed as a nun, but did not have a shaved head.

Juexin said respectfully: "Poor nuns are naturally willing to take refuge in the way of heaven and become believers in His Royal Highness King Ming, but there are quite a lot of Buddhists in Japan, and poor nuns have some foundation among Buddhists. If you suddenly convert to a church, you are afraid of causing chaos. Why don't you worship the Taiyi god with the Buddha statue......"

What is this? Do you want to pedal two boats? But now the momentum of the Heavenly Dao Sect has risen!

Chen Dexing laughed dryly: "Our Heavenly Taoism pays attention to only Taiyi, how can we share incense with other gods?" ”

The female nun frowned slightly when she heard this, and glanced at the daughter beside her, Xiao Ai stuck out her tongue, and looked up at Chen Dexing pitifully, but did not speak.

Chen Dexing pondered for a moment: "Juexin, you don't have to ask Xiao Ai to intercede with the Lonely King, the Lonely King is now asking you to take refuge in the Heavenly Dao, how can he not reuse you in the future?" If you have any doubts, why don't you do this...... Let's go to Quanzhou with Gu and see the power of my Heavenly Taoism? ”

Xiao Ai also said softly: "Mother, His Royal Highness King Ming personally invited, don't refuse." ”

Jue Xinni already believed in the Heavenly Daoist Sect a little, but he was worried that the sudden conversion would cause the sect to disintegrate, so he naturally would not turn away Chen Dexing's invitation now. immediately bowed and said, "Since King Ming invited, Juexin dared to disobey his orders." ”

Chen Dexing chuckled and said, "That's good, Juexin, when you see the power of my Heavenly Dao Sect, you will naturally take refuge." When the time comes, how about the Lone King accepting you as a disciple? ”

Juexin hurriedly bowed and bowed, "The poor nun is grateful. ”

Chen Dexing has many students, cadets of the military academy, and students of Tiandao Academy can be regarded as his students. But there is only one famous disciple - Yoo Yu, the minister of the Goryeo Kingdom. Obviously, this title is used to envelop foreign bigwigs. And the traumatized person of the Honganji Order in history, Satoru Shinni, is certainly a figure worth mentioning.

……

At this moment, several figures dressed as Confucian scholars are standing on the top of the Peach Blossom Mountain outside Quanzhou City, carefully scanning everything below the mountain with carefully imitated monoculars. Thousands of sails are gathered in the port of Thornton, and the official road leading to Quanzhou City is one after another, all of which are horse-drawn carriages and ox carts full of goods. In the north of Quanzhou, there are smoking furnaces, some are iron-making furnaces, and some are kilns for firing porcelain. Along the Jinjiang River, there are dozens of shipyards, all busy building ships.

Quanzhou is not only a commercial port, but also the world's largest handicraft manufacturing center. The output of porcelain, ironware and ships must be the largest in the world. The silk produced by the weaving workshops in the city is also exported to countries around the world, and the industrial scale is second only to Lin'an.

"Nothing has changed, exactly the same as it was a few years ago!" Pu Shougeng put down the telescope in his hand and said with emotion, "It's just that most of our Pu family's power in Quanzhou has dissipated." ”

"It's not exactly the same!" Pu Shousheng pointed to a Taoist temple-like building that had just been completed outside the Thornton Port, "That Taoist temple didn't exist at the beginning. ”

Pu Shougeng knew that his brother would not pay attention to a Taoist temple for no reason, so he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is that a heavenly Taoist temple?" ”

"Nominally, it is Taiyi Temple, but the person who presides over it is the original envoy of the Quanzhou Ming Sect, Yumen Thirteen Lang Fang Yumen!" (To be continued......)