In the dense forests of Lingzhou, the road from Lingzhou to Funan is still under construction, but there are many brown-skinned Funan people on the construction site. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The land west of the dense forest in Lingzhou is usually called Funan, and now, the largest country in Funan is called Funan, although it has many ethnic groups of all sizes, generally referred to as Funan people, because the skin of Funan people is larger than that of Xia people, and the people of Daxia are also called Wuman.

With a snap, the whip was whipped the bare flesh, and it was a strong Funan man who was beaten, this person had good facial features, and after being whipped, he showed anger, glared at the foreman, and looked with a kind of majesty that only a person with a high position had, and said angrily: "You can't do this to me, I am the prince of the Li Kingdom, I want to see your leader!" ”

It's a pity that the foreman can't understand Funan at all, and even if he can understand it, he won't care what the prince of Li said, no matter what their previous identity was, at this moment, they are just the lowest slave workers of the Brotherhood, and they are not very honest, once there is a change, they have to be cleaned up fiercely.

The foreman pointed at Prince Li with an expressionless face, signaling him to continue his work and not to be lazy.

The prince of Li was sad and indignant in his heart, originally he was a prince on top, enjoying the service and compliments of countless people, and there were groups of wives and concubines around him, at this time, the Li kingdom had been destroyed, and he had also been reduced to hard labor, a little disobedience, that is, whipping, with his martial arts, to deal with the foreman in front of him, there was no big problem, but there were some soldiers and warriors around the construction site, once there were those who dared to resist, they were generally killed directly, and he had to grit his teeth and work honestly.

There were many nobles like the prince of Li on the construction site, they used to be of high status, they had people to serve everything, where they did hard labor, some resisted, some tried to escape into the dense forest, some made trouble with other Funan people, and so on, of course, they were severely punished.

For the upper echelons of Funan, the Brotherhood was a robber, an intruder, who ruined their lives and killed their relatives, and of course they had to try to resist. For the lower class of Funan people, it is different, anyway, they are used to being enslaved, and now they are just changing their masters, and they are quite numb to the invasion of the brotherhood, however, the general Funan people are very in awe of the nobles, even if they have become slaves, they will still obey some of their orders, it is no wonder that after years of forming habits, many of these nobles also claimed to be gods and Buddhas, and the general Funan people are somewhat deep-rooted in the awe of these people.

For example, when it is time to queue up for dinner, when encountering the original high-status Funan nobles or samurai, some Funan people will automatically give way, for this kind of thing, the way to deal with the construction site, in addition to those original nobles and samurai who are punished, the Funan slave workers who take the initiative to give way will not be able to eat, and let them give up if they like it!

It should be said that the nobility of these Funan people is an unstable factor among the Funan people, however, the brotherhood did not take additional measures to give some special treatment or isolate them, one is too lazy to bother, and the other is to let other Funan people see, their former masters, like them, are just slaves of the brotherhood, the former status and glory are no longer there, once lazy or unruly, it is still a punishment, or even killed, which can be regarded as killing chickens and monkeys.

The Brotherhood is also a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, as long as they are obedient and abide by the rules, the basic life and food and clothing of Funan slave workers are still guaranteed, and if they perform well, they can also get higher treatment.

Not only on the construction site of the road, but also on the land occupied by the Brotherhood in Funan, the ruling system implemented by the Brotherhood is almost equivalent to slavery, everyone is a slave of the Brotherhood, and everything must obey the will of the Brotherhood, a big reason for this is to improve efficiency, probably because of the superior natural conditions of Funan, the people of Funan are a little lazy, and many things cannot be taught step by step, so they can only be forced to do it.

Another reason is that the servility of the Funan people themselves is relatively heavy, and they are more accustomed to this way of rule, otherwise they will be like losing their life goals, and they don't know what to do.

It is not too difficult to conquer Funan by force, and it will take some effort to completely dominate the people of Funan.

Because of the general poor living conditions of the people of the lower class of Funan, except for some figures of the aristocratic and samurai class, the physique of the Funan people is generally thinner, and the martial arts of the Funan side are not high, and the martial arts are mainly dexterous, because Funan is rich in gold and jewelry, weapons and armor like to make bells and whistles, and put on many impractical decorations. I won't resist it.

However, the people of Funan do not resist and often as long as some monks recite sutras to them, these cowardly fellows will also become willing to sacrifice their lives and forget death, and faith will make them cowardly and make them brave. Therefore, in order to truly rule the people of Funan, it is necessary to solve a problem of faith, specifically the problem of Buddhism.

In the process of conquest by force, the Brotherhood army destroyed temples all the way, captured monks, and killed monks, but the faith was not so easy to destroy, and they did not say it or resist, but they still had the seeds of resistance in their hearts, and maybe one day a monk would call for them, and these people would rebel together.

There is no way, some small countries in Funan are almost all Buddhist countries, and all kinds of Buddhism have been deeply rooted in the lives of Funan people, injected into their bone marrow, without temples and monks, these Funan people don't seem to know how to live!

If it is an ordinary ruler, most of them will use Buddhism to rule, Xiao Tianlei is of course different, he has no good impression of Buddhism, not to mention that there is no production of this article, this kind of foolish things are used to govern the country, it is definitely more harmful than good, now some chaos in Daxia is caused by the spread of Buddhism, people in the lower classes pray to God and worship Buddha all day long, do not seek to be motivated, and when they encounter something, they are also swallowing their anger, and many people in the upper class are there all day long to discuss Buddhism, Xuan Tan, and do not do business.

As for how to solve this problem, it is very simple, since Buddhism is not good, then change the faith of the Funan people.

As for what kind of faith to change, of course, it is the belief of the gods of the Shanyue people, and the witch doctor who accompanied the army in the Brotherhood army undertook this task.

Today's Shanyue witch doctors have formed a complete religious system with a perfect organizational structure, and constantly cultivate some new witch doctors who have become part of the Brotherhood's army.

Witch doctors master more advanced medical skills, after a variety of study, training, through a variety of assessments, but also have a passable martial arts, after the internship assessment, in order to be a qualified witch doctor. Nowadays, the life of the Shanyue people in Lingzhou has been inseparable from the witch doctor, everyone believes in it, and many people in Lingzhou know this sect among the Shanyue people, which is generally called the witch god religion.

Originally, the belief in the gods of the Yamagoe witch doctor was a kind of nature worship, and the gods were basically the same as the gods and the gods, but they were personified, compared to Buddhism or other sects, primitive and crude. As for the development of the belief in the gods into the current witch god cult, which is mainly the slaves of the Shanyue witch doctor, Xiao Tianlei also mixed in.

Xiao Tianlei's grandfather, Jiang Witch Doctor, and a group of sub-witch doctors, thought that Xiao Tianlei was a god descended into the world, and wanted to engage in some worship rituals, Xiao Tianlei was not interested in pretending to be a god, in order to avoid trouble, he fooled Jiang Witch Doctor, and stuffed all kinds of arguments and opinions he knew into the minds of Jiang Witch Doctor and others, in fact, Xiao Tianlei tried to tell Jiang Witch Doctor and others that the kind of god they expected to protect people is estimated to not exist.

Does God Exist? Xiao Tianlei didn't dare to say that there must be none, he could come to this world full of magic, the world has too many unknowable, there are different definitions of God, it is a powerful creature, or a natural law. As far as the gods believed in by the witch doctors, that is, God, should be the laws of nature. So, you don't need a mortal to worship at all? Even if the laws of nature were conscious, would they care about the thoughts of a mortal? Will you change the laws of nature for the sake of one person? Therefore, all that needs to be worshiped are false gods, evil gods, or liars who seek benefits in the name of gods, and they only need to maintain an attitude of reverence for the laws of nature. Regardless of whether there is a god or not, as a belief alone, at least three views are correct, and nothing can be nonsense,...... Well, Xiao Tianlei didn't know what he was saying, and he wasn't a religious person in the first place.

Xiao Tianlei talked nonsense, and the result had the opposite effect, Jiang Witch Doctor and other witches were more determined to the existence of the gods, and they were omnipresent, existing in everything, and a dry witch doctor established a new set of theological concepts, and integrated some of the natural knowledge told by Xiao Tianlei into it, forming a new system, integrating theology and science, because this system added many scientific principles and explained many natural phenomena, which can be said to deify the laws and laws of nature, and in the eyes of ordinary people, it is simply the truth.

Xiao Tianlei didn't expect things to be like this, he was dumbfounded, sure enough, he couldn't do anything without his profession, he learned science, and he also put his mind into the box of theology!

However, this belief has a great effect on uniting the hearts of the people of Shanyue, Xiao Tianlei did not object, and even, adding fuel to the fire, copied some religious methods in the previous life, Jiang witch doctor and other witch doctors are old gods, drawing inferences from one another, so the original witch doctor has turned into a collection of doctors and priests, pyramid scheme leaders and other professions, the duties of the witch doctor, in addition to healing, relieving pain, solving all kinds of doubts in the heart, giving psychological encouragement, and occasionally giving some help in life. However, unlike ordinary religions, witch doctors do not boast that gods love the world, gods are good, etc., the gods of witch gods are ruthless, maintaining the operation of all things in heaven and earth, whether they believe in gods or not, everything is under the control of the gods. Witch doctors will not lead people to goodness, but because of their general martial arts, the new generation of witch doctors will also use some violent means to solve some problems.

Today, almost all of the Funan people purchased by the Brotherhood in Lingzhou are followers of the Witch God Cult, and even some Funan people have become qualified witch doctors after studying.

Funan witch doctor is more fanatical than Shanyue witch doctor, return to his hometown, immediately began to preach frantically, act as a translator or treat the Funan people, as soon as there is an opportunity to preach to the Funan people, not babbling scriptures, or all kinds of mysteries, generally will teach some natural phenomena close to people's lives, open up those people's cognition, which is mixed with some witch god teachings.

Compared with the monks who are full of mystical Buddhism, the witch doctor who can eliminate the pain is more close, the witch doctor does not need to be worshipped, and will give some help, the concept advocated by the witch doctor is completely different from that of the monks, if it was before, most of the people of Funan scoffed, and now the brotherhood is in charge, originally a noble status, it is said that the monks of the boundless Buddhism were beaten into dead dogs, and some people's faith was shaken. The appearance of witch doctors soon won the popularity and belief of some Funan people, because the witch god cult spread rapidly, and these Funan people threw themselves into the arms of the brotherhood, and the brotherhood gradually established a certain ruling foundation in the Funan control area.

At the same time, the chaos and turmoil caused by the Zoroastrian rebellion in Great Xia finally formed a relatively stable situation.

Some of the armies mobilized by the imperial court combined with the private armies of some local clans, relying on some city passes, resisted the attack of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism occupies several states, expands too quickly, has many internal problems that need to be solved, and cannot continue to expand in a short time.

"I still have many loyal ministers and righteous people in Great Xia, and a few thieves can turn the sky upside down?"

The political center of Great Xia, the splendid Shendu Imperial Palace, Emperor Yongchang yelled at the courtiers in the Shenwu Palace, venting his uneasiness and nervousness for many days, no matter what, he curbed the pace of Zoroastrianism, the situation stabilized, and he was relieved in his heart.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's wisdom, my Great Xia will definitely be a great blessing!" An old minister came out to praise him, and the rest of the courtiers shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, and you are blessed with great fortune!" ”

When Emperor Yongchang heard these words of praise for virtue, he felt bored, and he was really disappointed in the courtiers in the court, and the danger was in danger.

In fact, the courtiers are not without ideas, they just dare not say it, the so-called gun shoots the first bird, in such a big matter, who dares to make an idea? It is also to blame Emperor Yongchang himself, he likes to do balance, especially in recent years, several princes are fighting openly and secretly, in order to suppress the power of some princes, Emperor Yongchang exiled this emerging minister today, and dismissed the one who came out tomorrow, and some of the more talented and outspoken ministers were basically expelled from the court, and the rest were some insiders and laymen.

No matter how dissatisfied he was, Emperor Yongchang still had to rely on these ministers to do things, but Emperor Yongchang made up his mind that when the Zoroastrian matter passed, he had to clean it up.

Emperor Yongchang discussed with his courtiers how to deal with Zoroastrianism, and although the situation had been stabilized, it was impossible not to recover the land lost several states, and it was necessary to try to exterminate Zoroastrianism.

Although the Great Xia Dynasty has been using literature to suppress military generals for many years, there are still many military generals with strong martial arts, and many generals' families still remain, which is no problem.

However, leading the troops to go out on the expedition, need money and food, that is the problem, speaking of which is the original problem of money and food, now it has just passed the spring ploughing season, the green and yellow are not accepted, the new year's taxes will be a few months, don't think about the additional taxes, one of the reasons for the Zoroastrian rebellion before, is to want to increase taxes, in order to exterminate the brotherhood to collect military funds, and then increase the taxes, other states are also reversed, what should I do?

When it comes to money and grain, which of the ministers in the court and the relatives of the emperor is not rich in wealth and full of grain? It's harder to get them to come up with money than to kill them.

After discussing and discussing, there was still no result, but Emperor Yongchang realized that if he wanted to exterminate Zoroastrianism, he was afraid that he would have to solve some problems in the court first, as for what to do? Emperor Yongchang also had no idea, the various forces in the court formed a balanced situation, and it was not easy for him to do it.

After the next dynasty, Emperor Yongchang went to the imperial study, looked through some information sent from various places, and inadvertently, saw some information from Lingzhou sent by Xuanwuwei.

When it comes to Lingzhou, Emperor Yongchang naturally thinks of the brotherhood, the brotherhood was happy a while ago, and he defeated the imperial army several times, which really slapped him in the face. After the Zoroastrian rebellion, the brotherhood also stopped moving, and honestly did business in Lingzhou, and there was no action.

Speaking of doing business, Emperor Yongchang thought of money, recently he was worried about money, he was most impressed by the Brotherhood, is the Brotherhood's ability to make money, the captives captured by the court were let to be ransomed with money, the Brotherhood these people really got into the eyes of money. Today's business in Lingzhou is booming, with business on land, at sea, and overseas...... Lingzhou connects all directions, it is simply a cornucopia, why did no one find out before? If Lingzhou is in hand, there is no need to worry about running out of money, but unfortunately, Lingzhou is in the hands of the Brotherhood,

Could it be that the Brotherhood is moving again? Emperor Yongchang couldn't help but worry, opened the secret fold and looked at it, and after looking at a few lines, Emperor Yongchang's eyes suddenly lit up.

The content of the information is not about the brotherhood, mainly about the Lingzhou Zhushan Academy, and the remarks of some celebrities have many criticisms of the government, but many of the arguments are to the point, and Emperor Yongchang nodded frequently after reading it, and had a feeling of sudden realization.

Let's just talk about the Brotherhood, those scribes are all Brotherhood has no future, at most they are trapped in a corner, Emperor Yongchang saw that a stone seemed to fall in his heart, and he thought it was true, he was right! The dynasties of all dynasties, the Middle-earth Dynasty, which war against the barbarians did not end in victory? The Middle-earth Dynasty had an incomparable innate advantage over the surrounding barbarians, whether it was geographical location and population size, scribes, generals, etc., all determined this. The power established by the barbarians, even if they were rampant for a while, would inevitably be destroyed or annexed by the Middle-earth Dynasty, not to mention the small Shanyue people and the Brotherhood.

If it weren't for the involvement of Northern Xinjiang with Zoroastrianism, and the selection of some capable officials and generals to conscript, maybe they would have won the Brotherhood long ago! Emperor Yongchang had a big heart, felt that the Brotherhood was not to worry, threw the Brotherhood aside, and continued to look down.

The more Emperor Yongchang looked at his face, the more solemn his face became, the scribes of Zhushan Academy put forward the current shortcomings of Great Xia, it can be said that he is terminally ill, if he does not handle it well, Great Xia may be doomed, Emperor Yongchang knew for the first time that the prosperous world he had created was so unbearable, and he wanted to say that these scribes farted, but what they said was reasonable, and they looked at it with anger, and after reading it, they let out a long breath, and Emperor Yongchang had to admit that these people were right.

Knowing the problem, the problem is how to solve the problem, and these scribes also proposed a solution - if you want to save the current situation in Great Xia, there is no other way but to change the law! Emperor Yongchang smelled the strong smell of Fazong.

After reading the secret fold again, Emperor Yongchang only understood at this time, why the first emperor insisted on changing the law, I am afraid that he saw all kinds of hidden dangers. However, the change was unanimously opposed by the government and the opposition, and Emperor Yongchang still remembered the situation at that time, if it wasn't for the Xiao clan of Langxie County as a scapegoat, the throne of the first emperor might not be kept, but, who would have thought that decades later, the exiled Langxie Xiao clan, one became the imperial relatives of Beiliang, held military and political power, and became the great enemy of Daxia; One has become the leader of the Lingzhou Anti-Thief Brotherhood, occupying the land of a state, and refusing to accept the king, what should be said about this?

Emperor Yongchang carefully read the secret letter again and again, pondering, if he wants to solve the current problems of Great Xia, he is afraid that it will not work by relying on the officials in the court, but if he really wants to change the law at this time, it will cause great turmoil, and the current Great Xia will not be able to bear it at all. However, things can be done step by step, is it not to invite some great sages of Zhushan Academy to enter the court to help solve some problems and help the society? (To be continued.) )