Most of the people who believed in the Divine Religion were small scholars and commoners, so the imperial court had no trouble catching a lot.

The court was not afraid that they would sue the Holy Maiden, because the dead would not sue.

The imperial court also wanted to arrest Zhang Leyi, the superintendent of the Divine Cult, but he didn't dare to arrest him, because he had been following the saint's ass.

The Janissaries were not even able to cut off water and electricity to the Cult headquarters, because the Holy Maiden lived in it.

I guess someone in the court is informing, or that Zhang Leyi is too smart.

The Cult Headquarters is right next to the Divine Headquarters—they're so identical that they can't tell the difference.

I went straight to the Shinto headquarters.

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I met the Holy Maiden.

Holy Maiden: "Why has the head of the Divine Department changed?" ”

Me: "The previous minister was just a small role, because the ministry of God is a small ministry. However, the court realized that they had made a mistake, so they transferred me in to better serve the Holy Maiden. ”

Saint: "Really? What can you do? ”

Me: "The imperial court is preparing to make the Divine Religion the state religion!" ”

The saint immediately rejoiced: "Ah, is it? Some people also said that you were lying to me, but it turned out that he was thinking too much. ”

Me: "He's also for the good of God, and everyone is for God's good." By the way, I want to meet that friend so that we can work harder to be faithful to the Cult. ”

Holy woman: "It's the superintendent of the Divine Cult, his name is Zhang Leyi." I used to scold him for thinking that the Cult of God could not have a superintendent. But I later found out that he was really for the good of God! He was a very good deity. ”

That's.

This guy was born as an imperial official, and like me, he was a Wenju person, and he had been in the filthy palace for ten years, and it was impossible for him to "get out of the mud without being stained".

The saint said to me, "I will call him, and we will get to know each other!" ”

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For the first time, I met the Cult Supervisor Zhang Leyi. An old man in his fifties, with gray hair and a full beard, dressed in the great robes of the Divine Cult.

Me: "Hello Lord Inspector, I am Dongfang Ju, the newly appointed Minister of the Divine Cult of the Imperial Court. ”

Zhang Leyi: "Hello minister, I really didn't know that the imperial court had this department. ”

Me: "The Inspector is really a Cult Supervisor in vain, and he doesn't even know the Divine Department that manages the Cult. ”

Zhang Leyi: "My lord didn't even know that the Ministry of God was serving the God Cult, and he also came to be the Minister of God." ”

Me: "We run the Cult of God for God, for God's Son, for the Holy Maiden, all for God!" ”

Zhang Leyi: "The minister became the minister of the Divine Department at a young age, which is really the convincing of the Divine Sect. ”

Me: "My lord is an imperial official, and he can even grow a beard, which is really like divine help!" ”

He lifted the beard off his face, revealing a smooth and round face.

One second he looked like a holy, kind, wise old man, and the next he looked like a funny, treacherous, and vulgar traitor - it was really "people rely on clothes, Buddha rely on gold, and God depends on beard"!

Zhang Leyi: "I'm dedicated to the Divine Cult, and I don't even want descendants." I dress up to better reflect God's dignity, to attract more believers, so as to pull them from hell to heaven! ”

The saint also said, "Yes, the rituals and rituals of the Cult of God are also indispensable, because mortals recognize this." ”

Zhang Leyi: "I'm going to preach right away, let's take a look." ”

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The headquarters of the Cult is a nine-story building, with the first and second floors being the lobby and the upper floors being the office and accommodation areas.

At this time, the hall on the first and second floors was crowded with people.

There were men and women in the hall, most of them commoners and small men, who wore no expensive ornaments, and their clothes were washed white but very clean.

Occasionally, you can see a few Dashi clans, but they hug those low-level scholars and civilians, which is really not common in the hierarchical Daqing.

At the entrance of the first floor, there were two rows of people, both men and women, civilians, small scholars, big scholars, young girls and old people.

Anyone who came in, and those two rows had to shake hands with him one by one.

When I passed, they were surprised to see my golden robe and the epaulettes of the Praetorian Army, but they immediately regained their composure.

The first thing to do was to read poetry and sing songs.

There are only hundreds of King James poems and songs of the Ming Dynasty, all of which praise the royal family, but they sing their own teaching songs.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, this was enough to ban them.

There are a lot of special nouns in their teaching songs - or "black words", and I can't understand them at all after listening to them for a long time, what "authority", "refining and washing" and "A window".

I thought, this is all this stuff, I don't even understand the sixteenth place in the literary ju.

But everyone sang with gusto, but I can assure you that no more than one percent of the people in this hall are literate.

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This was followed by an introduction session for newcomers.

Everyone who comes for the first time has to go on stage to introduce themselves.

Before all kinds of people came on stage, some were so nervous that they peed their pants, but everyone didn't laugh at him, and they all had encouraging eyes; There is a trembling old lady, and everyone gives her a thumbs up; There was a passionate one, and everyone applauded him.

Finally, the host in his twenties shouted: "Today we have a nobleman, Dongfang Ju, the Minister of God!" The Emperor is ready to make the Cult of God the state religion! ”

The young man pointed his finger at me.

I had no choice but to stand up and meet the cheers of the whole hall.

Everyone was genuinely happy, which made me feel a little guilty.

I stood in front of the stage, facing the eager eyes of these hundreds of people.

Me: "I can't openly say that the Church of God has been established as the state religion, because the imperial court is playing a big game of chess. If you observe for yourself, you will find all kinds of clues, the imperial court is indeed changing the state religion into a divine religion little by little. You must learn to be silent and forbearing, for this is God's test. I can responsibly say that the future must belong to God, and it must belong to God's religion. Thank you! ”

The cheers of the crowd almost topped the roof, and even the saints laughed at me, and even Zhang Leyi, but his beard was too big to be sure.

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Zhang Leyi came to power.

He fed the microphone, and the hall fell silent.

Zhang Leyi: "Our god is not something that mortals can understand, because he is a god!" God is cruel and changeable, and He can do whatever He wants! He can bless you or bring you evil, just in the light of his thoughts! He creates the world, He destroys the world, He is omnipotent. He once created the world in seven days, He once blessed mankind, He once walked on our earth, He can fly to the moon, He can fly to Mars. He also destroyed one world with a flood, and once destroyed another with a fireball, and then he gave the world to his followers twice! Remember, it's useless if you don't do good deeds, only by believing in God, as long as you believe in God, you can be washed away from sins and enter heaven! ”

He continued: "We have waited for so many years, and it is a miracle that the Holy Maiden has finally come from the Holy Land! Our Divine Religion will soon become the number one religion, and everyone will be the head of the religion and everyone will be a master! We will enjoy all the glory and wealth on earth, and we will go to heaven when we die. What is Upper Heaven? is that in the next life, you will be reincarnated as an emperor, and there will be 10,000 women in your harem! If you are a woman, you will be reincarnated as a queen in the next life! ”

The people below were even more excited.

I thought to myself, isn't this plagiarizing other people's Buddhist teachings?

Zhang Leyi: "Everyone act immediately and give up everything in order to get God's blessing!" Don't be afraid of death, for God is bless you! Don't be afraid of death, because if you die, you will go to heaven! ”

The crowd was excited.

Frankly speaking, if I were a commoner in Chang'an, I would definitely join the Divine Cult. Is there anything more unbearable than a low status, a boring day?

Zhang Leyi shouted frantically: "Below, please saint!" It's her, she's the one who came from the Holy Land in a plane! That's her, she's bigger than the emperor! ”

The Holy Maiden stood on the platform.

The whole hall went crazy!

Saint: "Only God, only God can save the world!" And I am the one who has come from the Holy Land to save you! ”

It's been a complete frenzy in the halls!

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A few days later, at the instigation of Zhang Leyi, at the court meeting, in front of hundreds of ministers, the holy woman asked in front of the emperor to exempt the gods from taxes and servitude!

How is this possible?!

The imperial court is preparing to deal with the rebels of the two rivers, the rebels of Liaodong and Lingnan, and the rebellion of the rivers and lakes, how can they agree?

The hundred officials objected in unison, and the holy woman directly used the name of the Holy Land to suppress the emperor.

In the end, after bargaining, the court agreed to reduce it by half.

In other words, the taxes and labor of the Cultists are only half that of ordinary civilians!

The taxes and labor that the Ming royal family and scholars gave to civilians were usually the limit of what civilians could bear. Now that the Cultists have this privilege, other believers are converting en masse.

The whole court could not bear it anymore, and they decided to ban the conversion of commoners.

In order not to be blamed by the Holy Maiden, they did not openly revise the royal law, but did not issue new household registration certificates, on the grounds that the household department was out of paper.

Anyway, when collecting taxes or serving in the military, it is to look at your household registration certificate.

There are more and more Cultists in the vicinity of Chang'an, as well as in other places.

The gods and cultists are growing in boldness, and their words and actions are incomprehensible.

The survival of the gentry depended on the labor of the common people, and they could not tolerate this.

The gentry threatened the cultists and killed them, but to no avail.

"The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death." - People are eager to go to heaven after death, and they are afraid that you will kill them? People still want you to kill them.

The saint was very happy in the headquarters of the Divine Church, and she had fully adapted to life in the interior.

She eats and lives with everyone, picks vegetables for everyone when she eats, and folds quilts for everyone when she sleeps.

Most of the people of the Cult of God were commoners, even untouchables and slaves who had escaped from slavery.

Everyone knows that the saint can reprimand the emperor, but the saint actually picks up vegetables for everyone and sleeps with everyone!

The saint often visited Chang'an, Xi'an, and several other counties, giving money to the poor, helping sinners to avenge their grievances, playing with children, talking with visitors, personally officiating weddings, funerals, and even naming babies and teaching students......

Everyone was moved to tears, and the saint was moved to tears.

A harmonious scene.