The author says: This chapter introduces another main thread that runs through the whole book, and I am very satisfied with O(∩_∩)O

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Time flies, time flies, and five years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Since forming an alliance with the Wulin Yala clan, which is now the Bohai State, Youyan no longer has the hidden danger of being attacked by the Northern Invaders, and although he has not relaxed his armaments, Zheng Rong can finally concentrate on government affairs with the assistance of loyal ministers and good generals.

After five years of operation, Youyan is like a paradise that does not leave the road behind and does not close the door at night.

Zheng Rong's three sons, Zheng Xin, Zheng Sen and Zheng Miao, have all grown up and found the right people to get married, especially Zheng Xin and Zheng Miao's wives are a pair of biological sisters, which is rumored to be a beautiful talk for a while.

Zheng Xin, as the eldest son, is becoming more and more mature, and he is not under his father's thoughts, so Zheng Rong entrusts him with Youyan's daily government affairs. Zheng Sen had a strange appearance, he was not liked by his father, and he had more courage than enough resourcefulness, so he was only assigned the task of training recruits, but he also accumulated a lot of experience in marching and arranging formations. Zheng Miao is generous and open-minded, and her temperament is very naïve, which reminds Zheng Rong of his third brother Zheng Hua, but occasionally arranges some small and small errands for him to do, Zheng Miao can do it very thoughtfully and appropriately, which impresses Zheng Rong.

Yizhi was regarded as a righteous son by Zheng Rong, and treated him the same as the other three princes, whether it was a routine north to burn grass or an occasional extermination of thieves, they all went with Yizhi. Over time, Qiu Yizhi has some experience in the method of marching and arranging formations. Although the strategist Zhong Likuang also admired Yizhi, he still had a lot of complaints about letting Qiu Yizhi know the soldiers, and advised Zheng Rong several times to be cautious, but Zheng Rong showed unusual trust, and said: "This king supports the army and respects himself, and the tiger is in Youyan, does he also have a rebellious heart?" The words always made Zhong Likuang speechless.

Among the three brothers, Zheng Xin can treat him with courtesy, although he is not dear, but he has never lost money; Zheng Sen has a rude and casual temperament, but there is nothing to be afraid of; Zheng Miao is similar in age and in the same way, and went deep into the desert to experience the first battle together, so the relationship is also the best in the same manner, so that it is not inferior to the two brothers.

Yi Ran has also lived in Youyan Road for five years, and of course the relationship is the best with Qiu Yi, whether the two are handling official business or playing in the streets, they are always inseparable. In addition, Yiran was born with a different appearance, which is different from the Han people in the Central Plains, so even if the ordinary people in Guangyang City occasionally see each other, they all pay attention to whispering: The county lord from Bohai will definitely be the wife of the Yizi of Youyan Wang in the future. The discussion on the streets and alleys naturally reached Zheng Rong's ears, and while he smiled at it, he even had some agreement, and his affection for Yiran seemed to be deeper.

These five years have been carefree since Qiu Yizhi was born. However, the Han people outside Youyan Road are not so lucky.

When the emperor had long since neglected political affairs, he divided government affairs to the two princes. The battle between the princes became more and more fierce day by day, and it has reached the point where even the appointment of an official and a duke, and the transfer of a soldier and a soldier need to go through countless twists and turns. The two princes of the central government had already seen that this pedantic old man was not pleasing to the eye, so he rarely immediately approved the request, and gave countless money, grain and land, so that the old prime minister could retire in the capital.

The DPRK and China are so chaotic, and all parts of the country are even more unbearable. Of the ten provinces in the world, except for Youyan Road and Lingnan Province, which were under the control of two feudal kings, and Guannai Province was under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, the remaining seven military and political officials were all immoral and incompetent people under the compromise of party struggle, and the greed for ink and the deficit became more and more serious. If it weren't for the fact that there had been no major disasters in the past five years, it would have been a major popular uprising just by looking at the efficiency of the imperial court.

Although there is no major event in the world, there is already an undercurrent.

In the past year, Henan Province, which is adjacent to Youyan Road, has seen changes in the Tianzun Sect, and it has spread all over the world. Zheng Rong has always been respectful of Buddhism and religion, and he is even more disgusted by cult nonsense, although the Tianzun Sect has influence in the whole country, it is difficult to gain a foothold in Youyan Dao.

Zhong Likuang once suggested to Zheng Rong, "Although the Tianzun Sect caused trouble, although the small people were bewitched by the cult, it was also suspected of corrupting the government and the government and forcing the people to turn against it." However, my Youyan Dao soldiers are strong and strong, and the Tianzun Sect will not risk going north, but there are no available soldiers in the court under the minister's mind, and the threat to the north of the Han Dynasty is not as good as before, so the court ordered the soldiers and horses of the Youyan Wangfu to go south to suppress the Kou, I am afraid that it is now. ”

Zheng Rong thought so, so he summoned his advisers, generals and four princes to discuss the preparation of going south to quell the rebellion in the lobby of the Youyan Palace.

The shogunate lineup of King Youyan was originally mostly young talents promoted by Zheng Rong himself, and after five years of baptism, he did not show his old age, but became more mature and sophisticated.

Zhong Likuang may have used his brain too much all the year round, and the hair on his head gradually thinned, but the deep eyes of the Yin Owl did not change in the slightest. The two generals, Cui Nan and Wei Hu, one deep and calm, the other enthusiastic and excited, have not changed in the slightest from five years ago. Zheng Xin, the eldest son of Youyan Wang, continued to have three long beards, more like his father; The second son, Zheng Sen, has a beard on his face, is tall and big, and has strong muscles, which makes people shudder; Zheng Miao has a delicate face, a light beard on her lips, and is very elegant in her conversation, and is known as the first beautiful man in Youyan Road. Qiu Yizhi's face didn't change much, but a faint layer of fluff floated on his mouth, and Yiran always asked him to shave it, but Yizhi wanted to add a little vicissitudes to his face, but he never listened.

This Tianzun Sect has a long history, and Yi Zhi also saw some in the countryside of Henan Province when he was a child, and he also thought the rituals were interesting and learned to play, but the origin of this cult is not very clear. The other princes didn't know much about it, so Zheng Rongte asked Zhong Li Kuang to introduce the situation of the Tianzun Sect to everyone in the hall.

Zhong Li Kuang read a lot of books, and even more so the history of barnyard officials and fields, and saw him twisting his beard mixed with white color, and said faintly: "This Tianzun Sect is not Buddhism, not Taoism, not a religion in Middle-earth, but spread from the Western Regions in the previous dynasty. There is a large country named Persia in the Western Regions, and there is a high-ranking hermit in it, who is knowledgeable, and runs through the ancient and modern, so he often gives lectures and writes books, and everyone admires the countries of the Western Regions, and he will die at the age of 100. The nobles in the appropriate country wanted to rebel against the usurpation, so they pretended to be the hermit, posthumously called the sect leader, and founded the Tianzun Sect, saying that the sky is dead, and the Tianzun is coming again, and he will rebuild the universe, bewitch the people, and attempt to rebel. This person has been working hard for 20 years, but when he was about to move, he fell short, and the Tianzun Sect was also strictly banned. However, after all, there were many believers, and although Persia was suppressed, it flowed into Middle-earth along the Silk Road. coincided with the loss of morality in the previous dynasty and the chaos in the world, and the Tianzun Sect also rebelled, saying that it would establish a bright and happy land. I also borrowed his strength when I was in the Taizu Dynasty, but reciting his teachings was perverse, and it was not the way to govern the world, so it was strictly forbidden to preach after the founding of the country. However, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, and the Tianzun Sect escaped into the ground, waiting for the chaos of the world to cause trouble again. ”

Listening to Zhong Likuang's big words, the eldest son Zheng Xin took a look back and said: "There are precedents for rebellion under the guise of missionary rebellion, and there are precedents in all dynasties, whether it is the Yellow Turban Red Eyebrows or today's Tianzun Sect, it is a truth. This heresy is very different from the teachings of the saints, and the only way to do this is to exert force. However, most of the believers have not yet become intellectualized, so they should learn from the sages to follow the techniques of good and temptation, severely punish the first evil, and do not ask about coercion, so that the people can know right and wrong, and follow the good as the stream. ”

Zheng Rong nodded after hearing this, and said: "Zheng Xin's words are reasonable, and they are indeed the way of the sage's moderation. After that, looking at the second son Zheng Sen, he just wanted to open his mouth to ask him to speak, but he secretly guessed that Zheng Sen was a brave man, but he was just a quick knife and a mess, so he jumped away from him and asked Zheng Miao: "Miao'er, you say." ”

"Is this...... The elder brother's words, the younger brother admired it very much. There is only one thing that is not clear, this heretical cult has been strictly banned in all dynasties, why has it been banned repeatedly? ”

Zheng Rong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Go on." ”

Zheng Miao scratched her head and replied with a smile: "The child didn't know how to ask, why did my father ask me again?" The words were snickered.

Zheng Rong knew the temper of his third son—although he knew it in his heart, he refused to say it and refute his brother's face—so he asked Qiu Yizhi: "Yizhi, do you know the samadhi?" ”

Qiu Yizhi was in the Youyan Palace, and he should have been able to cultivate obscurity, but one was because he was young and did not understand the world, and the other was not the royal bloodline and did not have the reason to cultivate obscurity, so he was not modest, and took a step Lang Lang replied: "Throughout history, in the prosperous times, the people eat sweetly, their clothes are warm, their widows and widows are lonely, they are all raised, the world is clear, and the people's hearts are upward, so the cult must not spread." In troubled times, the people do not have enough to eat, they do not have enough clothes, they die day and night, they are bored, the world is turbid, and the people's hearts are not ancient. Therefore, for the Tianzun Sect, it is not possible to suppress it by force alone, but also to cultivate politics in order to achieve twice the result with half the effort. ”

Zheng Rong listened, and was about to praise two sentences, but he didn't expect Qiu Yizhi to be still gushing: "However, the child thinks that this Tianzun Sect has been strictly banned for hundreds of years, regardless of the chaotic world, but it has always been like a grass snake gray line, stretching for thousands of miles, repeatedly banned, I think there must be strange arts, and those who become great things should have something to learn from." Hence ......"

Zheng Rong listened to Qiu Yizhi's words, as if his taste had changed, his brows gradually tightened, and he looked at Zhong Likuang, who had been silent for a while, with embarrassed and surprised eyes, and found that the other party was also looking at him with similar eyes, so he hurriedly interrupted Qiu Yizhi's words and said: "Yizhi's words are reasonable, but they are domineering, not kingly, and there is indeed something undesirable, and it cannot be said again in the future." ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he realized that he had lost his words, so he hurriedly took a deep seat and took a step back.

Zheng Rong nodded, and said to the princes and ministers in the hall: "If the Zunjiao is extremely rampant today, and it is even more so in Henan Province, which is adjacent to Youyan, this king expects that the imperial court will order the Youyan officials and troops to go south to crusade, and I hope that the generals will fulfill their duties and bring peace to the country." ”

Everyone in the hall sang in unison.

Zheng Rong glanced at the hall with satisfied eyes, and began to arrange it silently.

By the time the four princes and generals came out, it was already a golden crow. Although Fang Cai Qiu Yizhi said that he was taught a lesson by Zheng Rong twice, it was not once or twice that he was blamed for speaking out of proportion, but he didn't take it to heart. When I got out of the hall, I looked up and saw Yiran talking and drinking tea with the ladies in the pavilion.

The ladies in the palace of Youyan are famous ladies, although Zheng Rong himself is extremely indifferent to the meaningless common etiquette, but the ladies are still not inferior to the virtuous ladies in the Shilin Confucianism.

But Yiran, who was adopted in the house, grew up freely on the grassland since he was a child, and he didn't understand the etiquette of the Han people at all. Occasionally, the nanny who taught the etiquette of the women in the palace was quite dissatisfied when she saw Yiran's behavior, but because Yiran was the princess of Fanbang, even the prince and the princess were not restrained, how could they have the share of these subordinates.

At this time, I was looking at the embroidery made by the female dependents, although I couldn't intervene, but I saw that the female dependents who had no power to tie the chicken flew up and down in their hands like soldiers and horses fighting, and it was like dancing a set of extremely fast swordsmanship, but they also saw it attentively.

Seeing this, Yizhi wanted to make a joke with Yiran, so he went around in a big circle, tiptoed behind Yiran, and was about to pat her on the shoulder to scare her. I didn't want to remember that I suddenly turned my head and shouted in Yizhi's ear, but it startled Qiu Yizhi.

Yizhi was shocked for a while, and said with half a point of anger: "You have been in the Central Plains for five or six years, why haven't you learned to be a lady at all, and you dare to bluff me." ”

Yiran sneered: "I don't know which one sneaked behind people, I don't know what to do......"

Qiu Yizhi's reason was the first, and once he remembered it, of course he was speechless, so he changed the conversation and said: "Do you know what my father-in-law summoned us to discuss?" ”

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PS. Ancient Chinese peasant uprisings, starting with Zhang Jiao, Huang Chao, Liu Futong, Han Shantong, and continuing to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Boxer Rebellion in modern times, often used religion. This book is generally critical of religion, but the role of religion in preparing public opinion and organizing personnel at the time of civilization is still worthy of recognition.