Chapter 686: Jin Minus Ding, Ming Enters the Dao
In the Taoist Temple of Helin Tian, Bao Yin was wearing a wide white Taoist robe, covering his angry figure, and kneeling uprightly on the futon, with a huge tablet of Taiyi God behind him. Just looking at her solemn expression, she really looks like a god.
"Baoyin, when are you going to Yanjing?" A soft female voice asked.
Bao Yin replied: "I have to wait for a while, and when the Mongolian Great Sect Leader sent by the Heavenly Dao Palace arrives in Helin, I will be able to go back." She paused, and then said: "Sophia, you can also go back to Yanjing with me, it is much more lively than Helin, and the climate is good, and it is not so cold in winter." ”
"To Yanjing?" The female voice suddenly chuckled, "It's already a lot old, old and decrepit, and no one wants to go anywhere." ”
Bao Yin smiled bitterly and glanced at the woman who was talking to her, this woman was sitting cross-legged opposite her a little lazily, although she was sitting, she could still see that her figure was tall and plump, her eyes were pale blue color, the bridge of her nose was straight, her facial features were delicate, and her eyebrows were curved. But fine wrinkles had appeared in the corners of her eyes, and although her skin was still as white as milk, it had become saggy, like a blooming flower that had begun to wither, about to wither in the twilight.
This is indeed an older woman, looking at her appearance and Baoyin, she must have been an outstanding beauty when she was young, most of them were more beautiful than Baoyin. It's just that she is at least forty years old now, and no matter how carefully she dresses up, there is no way to cover the traces left by the years on her body and face.
The woman's name is Sophia. Svyatoskaya. Rurik was a trophy that Guiyou Khan obtained in his early years when he accompanied Batu to the west, and was the daughter of a certain Rus' Grand Duke. Rurik's surname comes from the Rus' royal family. It sounds quite noble, but it was everywhere in the Rus' kingdoms at that time. It was even less valuable after the Mongol invasion.
And Sophia is unlucky! In her own words, she is a despicable and shameless prostitute, who dedicates herself to the enemy who killed her parents and brothers in order to survive! It's Guiyu Khan. She also gave birth to a daughter for Guiyou, who is Baoyin Temur.
After Guiyu's death, she committed herself to her successor, the Great Khan Möngke, and saved herself and her daughter. After Meng Ge's death, she tried to seduce Ali Buge, but Ali Buge did not include her in the harem after joining her, but sent her to Hai Ab Li to let Haidu take care of her. Needless to say, she hooked up with Haidu again after she arrived at Hai Abshi, but Haidu didn't have much interest after playing with her a few times.
Fortunately, Sophia didn't care, and the sea didn't include her in the harem. She can just live a free and debauched life. There was no shortage of men in the sea, and Sophia naturally wouldn't be alone in the tabernacle.
At this moment, Bao Yin, who had already been declared dead, actually arrived alive in the sea......
"Sophia, come back to Han with me." Bao Yin shook her head slightly, obviously she has been influenced by Han culture in the past few years, and she can't look down on Sophia's debauchery life. Moreover, Baoyin still did not give up her efforts to "ignite" her mother's entry. Because of Haidu's support, her missionary preaching among the Mongols was very successful, just by the number of registered Mongol Celestial Daoists. That's more than 50,000 people! Among them, there are many people who are big names like thousands of household officials and hundred household officials.
But Bao Yin couldn't make his mother believe in Taiyi. Sophia, who lived a dissolute life, was a devout Orthodox Christian, believing in Christ, and would repent of her debauchery every day before the cross.
"You can consider it, but I have a condition......" Sophia changed to a more comfortable position. Almost half-lying on a soft blanket. "Baoyin, we don't interfere with each other, both religious and private. What do you think? ”
"In Yanjing. You'd better check some. Bao Yin Temur frowned and looked at his charming old lady. Other than that. You'd better take refuge in the Heavenly Way, even if it's a pretend! ”
"Pretend?" Sophia blinked. "Can it be? Uh, Baoyin, is that your view of religion? Do you really believe in the One God and the coming of King Ming? ”
"Of course I do!" Bao Yin nodded affirmatively, "But I didn't really believe it from the beginning. ”
When Baoyin followed Chen Dexing, there was no Heavenly Taoism, and the teachings of Heavenly Taoism were perfected and rigorous step by step, and various "miracles" also had a process of gradual manifestation. Baoyin is a woman who shares the same bed with Chen Dexing, of course, she knows that the person next to her pillow is a mortal child. So when I first entered the Tao and took refuge, it was just to curry favor with Chen Dexing.
However, believing in religion is a process of gradual brainwashing, and after a long period of time, it will come true, and if you believe in it, you will often get fascinated. If one generation is not fascinated, then two, three, four generations will become true believers.
"Well, I can pretend for a moment." Sophia just nodded slightly, "In order to please the Chinese emperor, let's pretend...... But I won't really enter the Dao, just like your cousin Haidu! ”
Of course, there is a reason why Baoyin is so easily confused by Chen Dashen. Bao Yin was a girl who was not well versed in the world, and had no firm beliefs before her - the Mongol court in the time of Guiyou and Möngke was very confused in terms of religious beliefs. Traditional shamanism declined, while Christianity, Lamaism, Taoism, and Tianfangism were at war with each other, so no state religion was established. Baoyin has not been brainwashed since childhood into a believer in a certain religion. And her mother, Sophia, is a Christian who started as a baby, and of course she will not easily convert to proselytism, even if she changes on the surface, she is still a Christian on the inside.
As for Haidu, although he did not have any firm religious beliefs, how could a person who was a king be so easily fooled? For him, he will believe in any god that will benefit him. He entered the Heavenly Taoism entirely for profit.
If the Heavenly Daoist Sect can't bring him the corresponding benefits, he will turn his face at any time. Just when Sophia and Baoyin's mother and daughter were chatting about religious beliefs. Haidu was also on his way to the Taoist Temple of Helin Tian.
At today's meeting, Haidu finally succeeded - successfully persuaded the nobles of Helin to pretend to believe in the Heavenly Daoist Sect...... If the Ming Dynasty can open up the mutual market, open up the export of Nanfen steel and H medicine, and allow the Mongolian tribes to spend the winter in the Eastern Mongolian steppe and Monan steppe.
These three requirements were negotiated with a few kings and nobles after Haidu grinded his lips for a long time - there are not many fools among the Mongolian nobles in Helin, and they have all reached this point, and there are still people who want Chen Dexing to give as many coins as they want! Do they think Chen Dexing was the emperor of the Song Dynasty?
Thinking of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Haidu complained a little about his grandfather Wokotai - the emperor of the Song Dynasty would give him the land of Henan if he wanted it, and let the Song Dynasty give hundreds of thousands of millions of coins every year. Why bother with endless wars? As a result, Chen Dexing was such a monster! If it weren't for the Mongolian and Song Wars in the past few decades, Chen Dexing would probably still be studying for the imperial examination at this time!
Haidu let out a long sigh when he thought of this. A little girl walking beside him on horseback suddenly heard his sigh, turned her head curiously, blinked a pair of big eyes that were large among the Mongols, and asked, "Father, why do you sigh?" Is it because he is reluctant to let his daughter go to the Central Plains? ”
This girl's name is Kubalun, she is only six years old this year, but she is Haidu's favorite child, and she is always taken by him. After Baoyin knew that Haidu doted on Ku Ballun, he proposed to accept Ku Ballun as a disciple and take her to the Central Plains - of course, Ku Ballun was not the only one who wanted to be taken to the Central Plains by Baoyin, and all the thousands of households under Haidu must hand over at least one minor child and follow Bao Yin to the Central Plains to study.
They are de facto hostages, and they are also important pawns in the spread of Tiandao in Mongolia - religious beliefs need to be grasped from the baby! Middle-aged people like Haidu and Sophia, no matter how foolish you are, it's at most a shallow belief.
And once these Mongolian aristocratic teenagers enter the Tao, after ten or eight years of continuous brainwashing, they will become devout believers. When they grow up and return to the grassland, they will become the most powerful preachers of the Heavenly Daoist Sect.
When the time comes, it will be time for the Heavenly Taoism to truly flourish in Mongolia!
Since Bao Yin did not ask for the concubines of the various families - the Mongol inheritance law only allowed the concubines to inherit the family business - Haidu and his thousand households, including the Mongolian proper, all agreed to this condition. There are many thousands of households who are very happy to give away their own children, Baoyin only needs one, but they plan to give away a litter...... After the loss of the Central Plains, thousands of households in the Mongolian steppe became poor, and there was simply not enough financial resources to maintain the luxurious life of a large family. In particular, these children have to grow up, although they have no inheritance rights, but the father still has to find a way for them and prepare for marriage.
This is really not a small amount, if they can join the Heavenly Dao Sect to become a Taoist, or get a position in the wealthy Ming court and army, they can save a lot of money!
And Haidu actually had a similar mind, he knew that there were two female Heavenly Dao envoys in the Heavenly Dao Sect, so he naturally hoped that his daughter would become the third female Heavenly Dao Envoy - in the future, he would support her to take charge of the Mongolian Great Sect, so that he could control the power of the Mongolian Heavenly Daoist Sect in his own hands.
He looked at his daughter dotingly, smiled slightly, and said, "Kubalun, the pearl of my palm, you must listen to Aunt Baoyin's words when you arrive in Yanjing, she will definitely take good care of you." Do you still have to seriously study the classics of Chinese, Mongolian, Turkic and Tiandaoism, and become a Taoist aunt in the future? ”
Suddenly Bald Lun snorted and nodded heavily, "Can my daughter see the immortals in Yanjing?" My daughter heard that the current emperor of the Han people is a saint and a god, can my daughter see him? ”
Haidu smiled and said half-jokingly: "Yes, of course you can see it." Maybe he will accept you as an apprentice and pass on your immortal law! (To be continued......)