In Hangzhou, the snow has turned the capital of the Great Song Dynasty into a blanket snow. The latest news in the Da Song Daily has made the people of the city rejoice again. The Great Song army regained Chang'an, and since then Sanjing has returned to the embrace of the Han people again.

Over the years, the news of the war has always been victorious, and even so, the word Chang'an still feels familiar to everyone. For the Han people, this name appears in too many stories, and it does not have to be someone who has read a book to know that there is a place called Chang'an.

The newspaper made it clear that Sanjing refers to Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Chang'an. The recapture of Sanjing by the Great Song Dynasty meant that it once again controlled the Central Plains and gained the gateway to the northwest. As before, the newspaper said, 'This victory is only the cornerstone and springboard for the next victory, and we must guard against arrogance and rashness, make persistent efforts, and work hard for the comprehensive restoration of the Hanjia rivers and mountains.'

Ordinary people can still remember. Less than ten years ago, the Mongols fought under the city of Lin'an. On the way of the Mongol march, the people along the way suffered heavy casualties, and the Lin'an court finally chose to surrender. The current continuous victories of the Great Song Dynasty mean that the people of the Great Song Dynasty will never be attacked by foreign enemies again. Peace makes the people happier than anything else.

The current queen Qin Yuzhen, who does not belong to the people's category, is not so happy. She has read many books and naturally knows Chang'an. The queen looked up at the map on the wall, her expression a little irritated. Her husband Zhao Jiaren told the day before yesterday that his son Zhao Qian participated in the Battle of Chang'an, and after speaking, Zhao Jiaren said: "Zhao Qian will retire in a few months. ”

"Oh?" Qin Yuzhen was first overjoyed, and then showed an uneasy expression, "What happened to Da Lang?" ”

Zhao Jiaren replied: "He is very good. It's just that the one in charge of teaching Da Lang said that Da Lang does not have the talent of a soldier. ”

Qin Yuzhen heard that her son was fine, and her heart fell back into her stomach. However, looking at her husband's lost expression, Qin Yuzhen could understand her husband's loss. Parents want their children to be an unborn talent, and Qin Yuzhen feels a little unhappy every time she sees Empress Dowager Chen's 'proud humility'.

It must be said that Qin Yuzhen was quite happy to marry Zhao Jiaren, who was a young talent. But Qin Yuzhen thought in the past two years that if she had been asked to marry Zhao Jiaren, a member of the Great Song Dynasty, she would probably refuse without hesitation. Seeing her husband's hardships along the way, Qin Yuzhen knew that the position of the official family was not easy to sit in. From any point of view, her son doesn't seem to have Zhao Jiaren's talent.

"Sage." The maid's cry broke the silence in the room.

"What?"

"The abbot of Tiantong Temple sent someone to send a gift." The maid reported.

Qin Yuzhen never expected that the abbot of Tiantong Temple would interrupt her train of thought at this time, and her heart became very unhappy. Zhao Jiaren, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, wanted to take action against religious sites and ask them to pay taxes on their land. Those religious sites have a lot of land, and where they are willing to let it, they will naturally find ways to do it.

"You let that person go back and tell the abbot of Tiantong Zen Temple, don't be so ignorant!" Qin Yuzhen's angry life.

Waiting for the maid to leave, Qin Yuzhen stood up, feeling even more unhappy in her heart. Since her husband has sat on the supreme throne on his own, this throne will surely be passed on to her son. It is not easy to fight the country, and it is even more difficult to defend the country. I watched my husband run around for the past 20 years, and he did his best. Qin Yuzhen can also understand why her husband Zhao Jiaren is a little disappointed in her eldest son Zhao Qian.

Thinking of this, Qin Yuzhen simply went to the back room to change her clothes and went to the kitchen to cook. Maybe it's because she doesn't need to worry about things like cooking anymore, cooking has become a means that Qin Yuzhen uses to regulate her mood on weekdays.

Zhao Jiaren returned home on time at noon. When the food came up, he smiled and said, "You made this fish, right?" ”

"Hmm. I want to make you something to eat too. Qin Yuzhen responded.

"Good work." Zhao Jiaren replied, and then sandwiched a chopsticks fish for his wife first, and then he sandwiched the fish and ate it.

After eating two bites, Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "Your cooking level is good." ”

"I learned from the newspaper. There are also various cooking classes in the Women's Federation. Those masters are skilled in their craft. Qin Yuzhen said with a smile.

Looking at his wife's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Jiaren smiled: "You don't have to worry about Dalang's affairs." ”

"You...... How do you know that I want to talk about Daro? Qin Yuzhen was a little surprised.

"Because I'm thinking about him too. Of course, I was expecting Da Lang to be both civil and military, but this is also because I am too anxious. He had not been taught military affairs before, so how could he be asked to do better now than those who were talented. Fortunately, I didn't have him with me, otherwise I would have been fueled by the seedlings. ”

Regarding his mistakes, Zhao Jiaren said very cheerfully. After seeing the report, Zhao Jiaren was of course unhappy in his heart. Like those parents, Zhao Jiaren certainly hopes that his children can be stronger than himself, and Zhao Jiaren certainly finds it difficult to accept that there is such a big gap between expectations and reality. However, after thinking about it for two days, Zhao Jiaren could only admit realistically that the world did not revolve around him.

Qin Yuzhen and Zhao Jiaren have been husband and wife for 20 years, and they are also quite in love with each other. Naturally, she could see that Zhao Jiaren's words were sincere, and Qin Yuzhen was unhappy in her heart, she couldn't help but want to block Zhao Jiaren, "Today, the abbot of Tiantong Temple is going to give me a gift again, I was thinking about Da Lang's affairs, and I was very unhappy to be disturbed by him so much." ”

Zhao Jiaren said with a smile: "Don't look at the fun now, be careful to pull the list after the autumn." ”

"What?" Qin Yuzhen didn't expect Zhao Jiaren to give such an answer. This set of smooth statements made Qin Yuzhen not understand.

At this time, Zhao Jiaren had already finished eating, and he sang: "I won't tell you." I won't tell you. "Get up and leave the restaurant.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Jiaren held a meeting of the society. At the end of the year, there were many meetings. The members of the head office of the school are all in important positions, and they don't look particularly focused on it.

Zhao Jiaren knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention, and then said: "Comrades, what I want to talk about today is very simple. Anyone in the society who believes in ghosts and gods worships temples will be expelled from the society. ”

Some of the members of the society are still writing, while others are not paying attention. After listening to such a short sentence, there was no reaction for a while. Zhao Jiaren continued: "I'm done. ”

Of course, there are also people who listen carefully. It is not easy to join the society, and being expelled from the society is a heavy blow to these motivated people. Zhao Guanjia suddenly told him that he was going to expel people mercilessly, and the obedient people were stunned.

Xiong Sheng belonged to the people who only heard the people who were 'expelled from the academy', and he hurriedly asked, "Official, can you say it again?" ”

"Anyone in the school who believes in ghosts and gods and worships temples will be expelled from the society." Zhao Jiaren repeated the words fluently.

This time, all the participants cheered up, and when they heard this, the conference room was silent.

Looking at the silent crowd, Zhao Jiaren continued to say fluently: "Regarding whether the members of the society went to the temple, I am ready to accept the report. In these respects, the rumors are not bad. In addition, officials also have to be rectified. Whenever officials go to the temple, the rating should be lowered. Of course, I think we should also organize people to visit the temple. Everyone in the province has never seen the temple and is curious. ”

When Zhao Jiaren finished speaking briefly, there was silence again. Zhao Jiaren looked at everyone, and then said: "If you have no opinion, this matter is settled." ”

These members of the society knew that if Zhao Jiaren was allowed to pass such an ordinance so easily, it would be a big matter. Expulsion from the school is no easy task. is also a scholar, whether he is a member of the society or not, there is a huge gap. So Xiong Sheng couldn't help but speak, "Official, why do you have to do this?" ”

"Because, there are no ghosts and gods in this world that are advertised by religious sites. As for the afterlife, any of you will show me a real case to prove that the afterlife exists. For thousands of years, these claims have been illusory. If something cannot be proven for thousands of years, it does not exist. And some people are taking advantage of these for profit, which we must not promise. Therefore, the society itself must first clear itself. ”

Zhao Jiaren had been prepared for a long time, so he spoke very fluently.

Xiong Shang felt that he couldn't keep up with Zhao Jiaren's train of thought. Although there is no way to prove the theory of ghosts and gods, Confucius did not say anything strange and confused. But it really made everyone deny the existence of ghosts and gods in one fell swoop, that is, there was a previous course on the materialism of the society, and Xiong Sheng also found it difficult to accept. The emperor is the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven denies the existence of ghosts and gods, can he still be called the Son of Heaven?

"Officials, I'm afraid that the people will find this kind of thing unreasonable when they hear it." Someone said.

"We are a society, not ordinary people. The society has its own rules, and of course it can't be compared with the people. Zhao Jiaren said.

True atheism is not the absolute mainstream in 21st-century China. Among the mainstream people in China, they probably don't believe in the existence of gods and ghosts as religion says. Moreover, the younger generation basically has a modern nationalist attitude and does not have a good attitude towards religion.

However, the fact that these people do not believe in the gods and ghosts that are propagated by religion does not mean that they themselves do not have mystical thoughts. Human beings are not omniscient and omnipotent, there are so many unknown worlds, and when the concept of ghosts and gods was first created, these statements were also used as explanations for the unknown.

So Zhao Jiaren has a calm attitude and is ready to have a good talk with everyone.

"Official, this ancestor has a spirit in the sky. Can it be denied if it is difficult? ”

"The spirit of our ancestors in heaven is a concept that we have learned. It is when we ourselves are unacceptable to the changing world, so we need an unchanging anchor. It is used to easily orient ourselves. Therefore, I do not want people to become non-human, but I ask the members of the society to learn to identify the atheistic concept of not believing in ghosts and gods. In this regard, I ask the members of the Society to be able to stand alone. ”

Someone asked, and Zhao Jiaren answered. The recorder is swiping and scribbling to make notes. At first, the people who spoke were the members of the society who were clear about the rebound, and when the gang finished speaking, those who didn't have any rebound slowly fell silent.

At this time, a person stood up and said, "Official, I believe in Yuan Shi Tianzun." ”

"Can't you change it?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

Everyone's eyes fell on the man who spoke, this was an official of the household department. His face almost twitched at this point. In the end, I heard this dry voice say: "Official, I have always admired the official, so I can't lie to the official." ”

"You don't have to rush. This time, I am going to have a training and debate at the head office. You and the people at the head office will learn together, and when we finish learning, we'll talk about the rest of the story. Zhao Jiaren replied.

Many officials who thought that Zhao Jiaren would deal with this immediately breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts. However, they then listened to Zhao Jiaren say: "If you still can't make a clear statement and can't clearly guarantee after studying, you will all cancel your membership in the society at that time." ”

Everyone knew that Zhao Jiaren didn't speak, and since he said so, he really wanted to do it to this extent, so everyone's expressions became ugly.

Zhao Jiaren didn't say much. Immediately after that, he held a study at the head office. The first thing is the history of religion.

Whether it is the three Semitic cults, or Buddhism and Taoism. None of this jumped out of stone, they all have a history. In the 21st century, Zhao Jiaren found that those who really believed in religion only believed in the history told in religion. For example, the three Semitic cults are all like this.

In the 21st century, there are also doctors of the New Three Cults who have written treatises proving that the earth is flat. Because such a treatise is in accordance with what the scriptures say.

In the United States, religion is so powerful that atheists are afraid to openly express their worldview. Therefore, many Yankees think that the history of the earth is only 7,000 years, and everything is 7,000 years ago, and someone created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day.

But atheists, or people who don't agree with religion, study the history of religion based on facts. For example, in such and such a year, what did so-and-so do and preach.

It is based on this religious history that I do not believe in religion. It's a seemingly joke that 'those who really study the history of religion are atheists'.

But in order to do so, we must first have the results of research on religion. If Zhao Jiaren is just messing around on himself, it will have the opposite effect. Fortunately, the Chinese are rich in humanities and have a lot of information. With Zhao Jiaren putting forward the basic theories and concepts, the things that follow can be continued.

Liu Jingwen, who is a data clerk, finally met some of his former colleagues after several years, such as Xiong Xiang. But Liu Jingwen didn't say anything, he didn't expect that one day he would come to such a point. Not only did the status change dramatically, but it also served to promote atheism.

Xiong Sheng didn't say anything to Liu Jingwen, but on the night of seeing Liu Jingwen again, Xiong Sheng appeared at the door of Liu Jingwen's house. Looking at Liu Jingwen, who was surprised, Xiong Sheng smiled and said, "Brother Liu, can we have a drink together?" ”

After speaking, Xiong Sheng raised his hand and shook the two bottles of good wine he brought to Liu Jingwen.