Chapter 493: Heavenly Righteous Path

Liu He actually has no ready-made answer to how to prevent and treat smallpox, but he knows that later generations will use cowpox instead of human pox, and overcome this stubborn disease that has plagued mankind for thousands of years by planting pox.

Liu He is always thinking about how to improve the population base of Dahan, and improving the survival rate of newborns is the key, in addition to vigorously promoting some basic knowledge of obstetrics and gynecology, overcoming the smallpox virus is a very important part.

Some time ago, Hua Tuo inadvertently reminded Liu He because of the epidemic prevention law, in this era of backward medical technology, people always pin their hopes on gods and ghosts for incurable diseases, and once medicine cannot solve the painful diseases of ordinary people, people will turn to religion.

A few years ago, the great god Stick Rong spent a huge amount of money to build the Futu Temple in Xiapi. Futu Temple is built in the south of the city of Xiapi, there is a tower in the temple, there is a gold plate on it, there is a heavy building under it, the tower is nine layers of octagonal, each layer has cornices, each side is inlaid with copper realm, there is also a copper mirror facing the sky at the top of the tower, it is called "Nine Mirror Tower". It is said that more than 3,000 people can be accommodated around the pavilion to read Buddhist scriptures in the classroom, and the Buddha statue is painted with gold and draped in a brocade robe. Every time you go to the bathing Buddha meeting, you will set up a table on the side of the road for dozens of miles, and you can eat and drink wine and dinner. There are as many as 10,000 people who come to visit and worship the Buddha. At that time, the extravagance of the arrangement, the grandeur of the scene, and the majesty of the momentum were rare in the world.

The reason why Zhenrong was able to fool so many people into believing in Buddhism, which had just been introduced from the Western Regions, was because the teachings of Buddhism had the meaning of rebirth in the Elysian World, although the people of Xuzhou were rich, but they were also deeply affected by the scourge of the Yellow Turban and various epidemics, and at this time, the Han official was trying its best to suppress Taoism, because the Taiping Dao where Zhang Jiao started the incident was a branch of Taoism.

Taoism was suppressed, and the nascent Buddhism did not encourage the people to rebel, but only advocated that people cultivate the blessings of the next life in this life, so there was a market in the Han Dynasty, and it has become more and more prosperous in recent years. The villain Zhenrong was when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou. After fleeing to Koto with the religious people, he did many bad things, but he contributed to the spread of Buddhism. Later, although he was searched out of the mountains and beheaded, Buddhism continued to grow in Xuzhou and Jiangdong.

Although it is known as the spiritual opium of society, it is undeniable that it has a very tenacious vitality, and as long as there is exploitation and oppression in human society, religion will not die out.

Hua Tuo reminded Liu He. Ignorant people will violently oppose Liu He's proposal in the epidemic prevention law to burn the corpses of infected relatives, but if this provision can be wrapped in religious cloak to convince the people that burning the corpses of their relatives is a sacred or mysterious religious ritual, and that the souls of the burned corpses will go to a place of peace, then the people will not only not object, but may even be very happy to do it.

Liu He thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to create a religion by himself, and this sect would absorb and learn from the three major religions and the positive and advanced aspects of the state religion, and at the same time mix some program objectives in it. In Liu He's conception. This nascent organization will look for scientific conclusions under the cloak of religion, and at the same time, it will have a long-term and far-reaching impact on human society, politics and people's livelihood.

After Liu He made up his mind, he consulted with a few henchmen, and Guo Jia was very supportive after hearing it. Tian Chou, on the other hand, directly established this organization, first of all, to absorb all the high-ranking generals of the various armies to ensure the loyalty and reliability of the army. Hua Tuo, as the initiator, is also happy to express his willingness to become a person of the "organization".

Liu He has no experience in pretending to be a ghost. But there is a ready-made senior staff member by his side who can help with advice, that is, Zhao Ai'er, who has been hidden behind the scenes and maintains a relationship with him that is both like a sister and a lover. When Zhao Ai'er learned that Liu He was going to start a new sect himself. And she will also learn from the teachings of Taoism, her originally silent heart suddenly came alive, and she knew everything about Liu He's advice, and said everything.

Although Liu He has no say in founding the sect, he wore a red scarf in his previous life, served as a member of the league, and wrote an application before graduation, so his vision is higher and farther than everyone in this era.

What Liu He had to do was to develop a time-tested program for the complex organization he was going to create, and as for other specific tasks, he had a large group of followers to complete them.

After some careful consideration, Liu He finally named the yet-to-be-founded organization "Tianzheng Dao".

The word "heaven" is in front, containing the unity of heaven and man, the induction of heaven and man, the paradise of heaven, the common people in the world and other factors, the taste of religion is strong enough, and it is absolutely lofty, except for Liu He, a person with royal blood, who dares to use it, no one else should even think about it.

The word "positive" is in the center, which represents orthodoxy, justice, and righteousness on the surface, and also means justice and correctness in the dark. If you want to be just, you have to be in power; If you want to get it right, you need to be realistic. The word "positive" indicates Liu He's political and academic tendencies.

The word "Dao" in the back, can fully take care of the mood of the cultural people of this era, Confucianism and Taoism were originally connected from the root, the original Confucianism master Confucius also had to Taoism the founder of the ancestor Lao Tzu for advice. Although Liu He did not use this word to sell to Taoists, but only to express the meaning of "road", there is no doubt that once this word came out, it was still very attractive to a group of scholars who adhered to tradition to join the organization.

Liu He consulted the opinions of all his confidants, and most of them said that the name "Tianzheng Dao" was good, but some people felt that this name was too similar to the "Taiping Dao" that caused chaos in the world, and how could Liu He's identity lead an organization that sounded like an anti-thief gang? Liu He seems to have considered this for a long time, and he told his confidants that Tianzheng Dao is only an upper-level organization, and it will be underground for a period of time, and in the future, it will only attract absolutely loyal elites in various industries to participate, and the real public is the "Tianzheng Sect" led by Tianzheng Dao.

Liu He's approach is actually a reference to the power structure within some political parties in later generations. If Liu He is allowed to directly face the tens of millions of Protestant believers, even if he is an immortal, he will be too busy, but if he only controls the core team, that is, Tianzheng Dao, it will be much easier. This new organization, which combines elements of religion and political party, ultimately has to serve the state and society, and Liu He has deliberately built this organization, and in the end he is still trying to control the power of the world.

Just when Zhang Ji and a group of assistants were studying hard in black and white, the Tianzheng Dao led by Liu He was also secretly established in Jicheng, this organization has absorbed members from the beginning in line with the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, and until today, before Liu He said goodbye to Zhang Ji, there were only about 20 members who joined the organization.

Liu He threw bait to Zhang Ji to treat the smallpox virus, and his idea was to recruit Zhang Ji into the gang.

"Mr. Zhongjing doesn't have to worship me as a teacher, as long as you are willing to join our organization, all the research results in the organization will be open to you in the future!"

"Dare to ask what this organization is in the mouth of Childe?"

"This is the program of our organization, and this is the obligation and responsibility and power that those who join it need to bear." Liu He took out a booklet and handed it to Zhang Ji.

This time, Zhang Ji did not sign hastily as he did last time, but read the pamphlet handed over by Liu He very carefully and seriously.

"Dare to ask what is the purpose of Childe's establishment of this organization?" Since Zhang Ji can be a county magistrate, he is naturally not a political idiot, so he asked Liu He a most critical question.

"For the foundation of heaven and earth, for the people, for the saints to continue learning, for the eternal peace!" Liu He borrowed the famous words of Zhang Zai, a great Confucian in the Northern Song Dynasty, but eliminated the meaning of exclusive respect for Confucianism, and expressed his political ideals and aspirations.

Zhang Zai's original words are "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations." Liu He felt that Confucianism at this time had not yet developed to the height of the Northern Song Dynasty, and what the hell was "Heaven and earth have no heart, but heaven and earth are endless, and biochemical all things are the mind of heaven and earth", these words are easy to confuse people, and it is better to directly and clearly say that it is more in line with the spirit of scientism to pursue the pursuit of finding the essence of all things in heaven and earth.

"Establish a life for the people", according to the Confucian interpretation, can pull out the two levels of rational life and qi life, but Liu He still thinks that it is best to interpret it literally, that is, to seek the right to survive for the people of the world, this should be the attitude that all political parties will be ashamed to make.

In the eyes of Confucianism, the only sages in the past were the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, Confucius and Mencius, which is obviously a narrow school of thought, which Liu and Yan zhòng did not support and disagreed. Liu He longed for the grand occasion of a hundred schools of thought and a hundred flowers blooming in the pre-Qin Dynasty, so he changed this sentence to "continue learning for all saints", rather than inheriting "peerless learning". Who are the saints? The right of interpretation belongs to Liu He exclusively! In his opinion, anyone who can achieve a breakthrough in a certain field can be crowned with a holy word for future generations to emulate and learn. Only when there are more saints, future generations will not feel how rare saints are, and they will have the courage to question and ask questions, instead of sticking to the rules and following the rules.

"Open peace for all generations", although this is the ideal ambition of Confucianism, it is also the ideal ambition of Liu He, since it is going to be peaceful for all generations, the status of the Han people on this planet should not be shaken, right? After Liu He, he won't be slaughtered like a two-legged sheep, right? You can't have a "pig's tail" hanging from the back of your head, right?

Although Zhang Ji is a famous doctor, he is also a scholar who has been influenced by Confucian education since he was a child, and after listening to Liu He's answer, he felt suddenly enlightened, as if Liu He's four sentences have exhausted what a scholar should do.

"Zhang Ji is incompetent, I am willing to follow my son with my old body and make a life for the people!" (To be continued......)