The first wind and rain drifted away

Both sides have plans, and both sides have plans, so naturally the weaker side suffers.

Especially Emperor Chongzhen, a traverser, understands the nature of religion and is even more vigilant.

Since ancient times, religious issues have been no trivial matter.

Emperor Chongzhen's fanfare against Catholicism was by no means a whim, let alone a child's play.

In fact, among the people, Catholicism has begun to influence the faith of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and in the south, Han Chinese have begun to join Catholicism.

In Shilin, in the court, and even in the palace, some eunuchs joined.

This is a dangerous start!

The powerful Yuan Dynasty back then, wasn't the rise of the **** religion shaking the foundation of Mengyuan?

In the neighboring kingdom of Wa, a quarter of the Japanese people have converted to Catholicism, almost setting off a trend of wanting to destroy local Buddhism and Shintoism.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Wa Kingdom, who saw that the signs were wrong and wantonly slaughtered Catholics, it is estimated that the Wa Kingdom would not be far from Liangliang sooner or later.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand the truth, but he knew that the first thing to do was to meet the needs and interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty, which was the mass foundation for gaining the support of the people.

All other empty words and lies are nothing more than a mirage.

In the Ming Dynasty, if you come up with a statement that a first-class foreigner is a fourth-class man, Emperor Chongzhen feels that he must be cool, and Huaxia must also be cool.

After all, in China and in the Ming Dynasty, there is no force and force that can replace the main ethnic group - the Han people.

If extremist religion is allowed to spread, the Han nationality, as the main ethnic group, will fall, and all of us will suffer from the common people of the Ming Dynasty.

Whoever dwarfs the Han people and suppresses the Han people, who is harming the Ming Dynasty?

The millennium battle is the inheritance and spirit of the nation!

The reason why China can stand for thousands of years without falling through the wind and fall is that we have faith and believe in our ancestors.

We are proud of our ancestors, who left behind a legacy and spirit for future generations.

The same is true for a small family and as large as a country.

Therefore, all dynasties, whether it is a family or a country, have their own ancestral teachings.

Because one generation cannot complete the grand plan and hegemony, it needs to be passed on from generation to generation, and it will continue to be handed over to the next generation in continuous accumulation.

Western religion tells you not to believe in your ancestors and not to worship your ancestors. Instead, they went to believe in their ancestors, and to worship their ancestors.

This is to completely cut off the Chinese tradition from the root and dig up the ancestral graves of China.

There are also specific examples in later generations, such as Wanwan and Hong Kong independence, because they have been brainwashed successfully, they think that they have no ancestors, and they do not recognize themselves as Chinese, and they are clamoring for independence.

As a matter of fact, we Chinese have never been afraid of any enemy or foreign attack, we have never been afraid of deceiving ourselves and others, and we have been afraid of perishing in self-paralysis......

There are living examples in front of him, how can Emperor Chongzhen not pay attention to it?

According to the oral agreement between the two sides, Emperor Chongzhen scattered Catholicism throughout the Ming Dynasty, and dozens of priests, large and small, all gathered in the capital and sent them to translate books.

Moreover, every priest is accompanied by a brocade guard when he goes out, which is called protection.

Of course, this also caused protests from Long Huamin and other priests.

However, the protests were ineffective!

In the face of Jinyiwei's return, Emperor Chongzhen replied very frankly and straightforwardly, if you want to stay, you will stay, if you are not willing to stay, get out!

However, they can't take away a piece of paper.

Books are the most valuable treasure.

And in the capital, the old and young masters of the imperial capital have recently expressed their happiness.

Life programs are very rich, public opinion topics are very exciting, and the vision angle is very shocking.

In the vegetable market of the West Fourth Archway, the daily swords have been shining recently, and they are all corrupt bigwigs and officials of the six departments of the court, which makes people feel relieved and excited.

From time to time, it is rumored that Jinyiwei is out again, the mansion of a certain big guy has been raided, and a certain big guy wants to be cool and super hot topic.

What followed was that in a certain building under the name of the Teaching Workshop Division, there was a new prisoner and a daughter, who looked like a flower and a moon, I was pitiful, can I do it?

There are also some less serious crimes, and the whole family is exiled to Lingnan.

Under the escort of the officials of the Criminal Department, they turned back step by step, and left the richest capital of the Ming Dynasty with tears in their eyes.

Of course, these are not the only ones.

At the gate of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the Beijing camp has been recruiting soldiers here for a long time.

I heard that the imperial court made a bloody investment and prescribed a salary that made people blush.

As soon as you enter the Beijing camp, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you have three taels of silver every month. If you can pass the training assessment, the salary will be doubled immediately.

It's just that it's very demanding.

Not only must three generations of cultivators be innocent, but also be physically strong, brave and powerful, and willing to shed blood and sacrifice for the emperor.

As a result, less than 20,000 people had the opportunity to enter Jingying for several months.

These big and small news, the old and young masters in the capital did not get it through hearsay, but from the Ming Dynasty Royal Weekly Newspaper opened by the imperial court.

This is undoubtedly very authoritative.

Because of this, the old and young masters in the capital praised the Son of Heaven and praised the court with a thumbs up, thinking that the emperor was thinking about the common people in the world.

Because, the content of the Ming Royal Weekly not only includes the current affairs and political affairs of the court, but also some introductions about agricultural affairs, as well as the imperial court's policy of benefiting the people.

In short, there are all kinds of content, and the content included is closely related to the daily life of the people.

And, no matter who it is, as long as you take out three copper plates, you can buy it back and read it.

Of course, this is for people who are literate in reading.

It's okay to be illiterate, though.

The emperor has already thought of it for these small people.

There are a lot of dilapidated old boys and poor talents in the capital, they have repeatedly failed to succeed, the imperial examination is hopeless, and they are copying letters or something on the street on weekdays to make ends meet.

Now, they have ushered in the opportunity to serve the emperor for the imperial court.

Cao Huachun, the chief eunuch of the ceremony, recruited them and assigned them to teahouses the size of the capital, one of them counted as one, and read the content of the Ming Imperial Weekly for the people every day.

Everyone calls them newspaper readers, also known as lecturers.

Because, they will comment on a few sentences, which is a bit similar to a Hong Kong program in later generations, which is read every day.

It should be said that this initiative was warmly welcomed by the people of Beijing and loved by the owners of teahouses.

The teahouse was originally a place to play and sing, but the updated content was limited after all, and the tea guests were tired of listening to it for a long time.

The launch of the Ming Royal Weekly undoubtedly allowed the people to get the latest news from the imperial court.

In the morning, it is still the time of storytellers or singers who sing songs, and in the afternoon it is the time of these newspaper readers.

For example, at this moment, in the east corner of the south of the city, in the Lu Yu Teahouse, a newspaper reader was reading Emperor Chongzhen's letter to the people, "I look up to the way of heaven, bow down to all directions, read this army and civilian, who is not a child?"

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After reading it, the speaker put down the weekly newspaper in his hand and explained in a slow voice: "The emperor is merciful and does not blame the people who have been coerced in the northwest.

He also borrowed grain from the foreign vassals of the Ming Dynasty to make up for the shortage of food in the imperial court.

Now, North Korea, the closest to Daming, has arrived in Tianjin by sea, and will be transferred to the northwest on the same day and handed over to the local government for disaster relief.

This time, the emperor issued a strict decree, if any officials fill their private pockets, they will all be beheaded!

In Nanyang Zhufan, the grain is cooked twice or even three times a year, and when it is transported to the Ming Dynasty in the future, the imperial court will ensure that the grain that is often closed is sufficient for the expenditure of the war on the nine sides. ”

The two pieces of news were combined with each other, and the newspaper reader integrated them a little bit or two, and immediately explained Emperor Chongzhen's love for the people and the specific measures to solve it clearly.

When the people in the capital heard this, they were both excited and moved.

The excitement of the imperial court is gradually improving, and the emperor is moved to think about the people of the Ming Dynasty all the time.

It's just that there are too many corrupt officials in the court, which corrupts the national system.

"These damn corrupt officials should be killed! It's better to punish them nine clans! It's still the Son of Heaven who is merciful, thinking about our sufferings haha. ”

The people around nodded in agreement, saying that there was nothing wrong with this.

Don't doubt the loyalty of Cao Huachun, these newspaper readers have been trained in advance, and all the words that are conducive to consolidating and improving the tall image of Emperor Chongzhen will be interpreted and then passed on to the people of the capital.

Seeing that the discussion below was really enthusiastic, the newspaper reader picked up the town slip on the table and knocked it lightly twice, and only then did he say when the noise gradually subsided:

"What's new, what's new! In response to the smashing of the Yiren Church a few days ago, the emperor personally wrote an article "We Have Ancestors". ”

As soon as these words came out, the little noise left in the teahouse immediately disappeared without a trace, and the old and young masters in the capital listened to the supreme instructions in silence.

What are you kidding, this matter is closely watched, it is a hot topic of current affairs, and it is also related to the attitude of the emperor and his old man towards religious beliefs.

The response was good, the old boy who read the newspaper smiled slightly, picked up the tea, took a sip, and then read in a low voice: "A great country, a thousand-year-old inheritance, continues to this day, there are ancestors, and there are my generations."

Therefore, first there is the land of China, then there is the spirit of China, and then there are Chinese people.

With Chinese people, there is Chinese morality, Chinese morality, Chinese culture, Chinese culture, and Chinese etiquette.

Etiquette becomes, and Huaxia Chang.

Since then, the Chinese ancestors have gone through hardships, blood and fire fusion, out of the Yellow River, to the Hanhai, on the Liaodong, down the Yangtze River, throughout the Songhai, after thousands of years of vicissitudes, there is now the towering Ming Empire.

How difficult is all this?

Since ancient times, China has been distinguished by Huayi and culture.

Today, Xiyi crossed the ocean and came to the Ming Dynasty to preach, which involved cultural conflicts between China and the West.

I only hope that the sons of the Han family will feel the hardship of their ancestors and remember the defense of Huayi.

The people who look forward to me must know that life is a lifetime, the four seasons are repeated, spring ploughing and summer planting, autumn harvest and winter storage, but it is rare to have a hundred years.

However, the length of China and the sea of stars have not only gone through thousands of years, but also continued for a long time.

I don't want to say much about religious beliefs, but we have our own ancestors! ”

The newspaper reader has just finished reading it, and there is no comment, and the audience has already applauded again and again, one after another.

There are even literati who sigh generously: "In short, those who do not believe in their ancestors are all disloyal, unfilial, unkind, unjust, incorruptible and shameless, and the great evil of degrading morality." ”

It should be said that Emperor Chongzhen has made the meaning of this article very clear, and it is also in line with the current public opinion, so it is naturally applauded constantly.

Such a powerful news soon aroused heated discussions among the people.

"That is, our Ming Dynasty has its own state religion, Taoism, I really don't understand what those who believe in Catholicism think, is it a foreign monk who is good at chanting scriptures?"

"The elder brother doesn't know, in fact, many people are going for the three taels of silver that believe in religion, and the younger brother thinks that they may not really believe in their hearts."

"What do those officials in the court say, they won't covet this bit of wealth?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a novelty, right?"

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Such words are discussed endlessly in the teahouse.

And the discussion in this was secretly copied by the spies of the Jinyi Guard and sent to Emperor Chongzhen's imperial review.

"It seems that the people's hearts are acceptable, and it's time for a Taoist priest to come down the mountain."

Emperor Chongzhen slowly put down the secret music in his hand and muttered to himself.

Now faced with the decadence of Chinese Buddhism, the hypocrisy of Confucianism, and the rise of Catholicism, there is no doubt that he can only choose to prop up the relatively moderate Taoism.

In addition, Taoism at this time was the state religion of the Ming Dynasty, and Taizu Zhu Chongba proclaimed himself the patron saint of Taoism, Emperor Zhenwu.

After more than 200 years of development, they spread all over the territory of the Ming Dynasty and had a wide public base in Beijing and Nanjing, the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

Throughout Asia, South Asian countries and India, West Asia, Central Asia and even Arabia are all the world's top religions.

This religion is too aggressive, and it is inevitable that people will be a little frightened, and they need to be suppressed.

"Emperor, Lord Shoufu is here."

"Xuan!"

After a while, the eldest and second eldest of the Ming Dynasty gathered together to discuss state affairs.

"Wen Aiqing, now that everything is in ruins, and the country's finances are scarce, where do you think there is still a place to start?"

is already very familiar with Wen Shoufu, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't talk nonsense, and asked straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the extortion of the people by the local corrupt officials and local tyrants and gentry is already very serious, and if you make money on the poor people, it will be like pouring oil on the dry firewood.

I don't know when, a small spark can ignite a monstrous fire, burning the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty to the ground.

This year, the emperor stopped the increase in salaries, and relied on the liquidation of corruption to obtain a large amount of wealth.

However, this large fortune can only barely last until next year, and a new person is needed.

There are Jin merchants in the north, and the emperor is already laying out. And there are Hui merchants in the south, I don't know what the emperor wants? ”

Wen Tiren pondered for a moment, reviewed the situation this year a little, and finally put forward his opinion.

"Aiqing, tell me about it?"

Emperor Chongzhen knew about the Jin merchants, and that was because the eight Jin merchants betrayed the country, but for the Hui merchants, although he knew that they were rich, he didn't know the specific situation.

Now when he saw the treacherous minister mentioning Hui Shang, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged.

This old fellow, if he hadn't been confident, would have definitely not spoken.

"Back to the emperor, the minister knows the most about Hui merchants.

In the Jianghuai area, the richest are the salt merchants, the rich are the salt merchants, and the salt merchants are the ones who harm the country. ”

Wen Tiren stroked his long beard under his chin and said slowly.