Hearing what Chen Yun was saying, the expressions on their faces immediately became ugly for the people who had just heard about this matter.

When the Ming Dynasty was newly established, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang explicitly banned all kinds of heretical sects, including the White Lotus Society, the Mingzun Sect, the Baiyun Sect and so on.

Because the main figures who rebelled in all dynasties and dynasties basically all had the background of such heretical sects.

For example, Fang La of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Qi of the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Futong of Han Shantong at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, etc., are all of them.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, relied on the power of these heretical sects when he started.

Officially, because he knew how harmful these sects were, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and listed these sects as heretical taboos after he settled the world.

However, anyone who dares to spread the magic of witchcraft, prayer, prayer, calligraphy, charms, and water will also be regarded as a heresy of rebellion.

For this reason, the Ming Dynasty set up a law related to these heretical sects and evil arts in the "Da Ming Law".

"All the teachers and witches pretending to subdue evil gods, writing talismans and spelling water, helping Luan to pray for saints, calling themselves Duangong, Taibao, Shipo, as well as vainly claiming to be Maitreya Buddha, White Lotus Society, Mingzun Sect, Baiyun Sect and other associations, should all be the art of the left way to chaos and righteousness.

or hide the picture, burn incense and gather people, gather at night, feint good deeds, and incite the people.

The leader is hanged, and the servants are each with a hundred rods, and exiled for three thousand miles! ”

All those who led were hanged, and even those who were on their side were to be punished with a hundred rods, and then exiled for three thousand miles.

Such a punishment can be said to be unsevere, which shows that the Ming Dynasty really did not have any tolerance and compromise for heretical sects.

Now that a sect belief has suddenly spread in Youyu County, how can everyone present calm down?

Although in the Great Ming Law, the belief in the childless old mother is not positioned as an evil god heresy.

This childless mother is not a cult enshrined in heretical sects such as Manichaeism, Mingzun, and White Lotus.

But all of them, they are equally unsure that this is not some other new heretical sect codified to deceive the hearts of the people.

Therefore, regarding the fact that there is a mysterious sect in Youyu County that has begun to spread their beliefs, everyone here has maintained a full vigilance in their hearts.

Looking at the cautious and heavy crowd below, Zhou Chen's heart couldn't help but stir up.

He leaned slowly back on the back of his chair, and secretly thought about the memory of the childless old mother.

The other people present may feel very unfamiliar with the sudden appearance of the belief deity of the childless old mother, but Zhou Chen has a different understanding.

Among the information that Zhou Chen understood, the childless old mother was a belief that arose during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty.

This new deity of belief originated from Luojiao, also known as Luozuism, Wuweijiao, or Mahayanaism.

Luojiao was born out of Buddhism, and its founder was named Luo Menghong, also known as Luo Qing, Shi Jing, Luo Huai, etc.

In order to compile the teachings of Luojiao, Luo Menghong created a supreme god from folk myths and legends, that is, the Wuji Holy Ancestor.

The Wuji Holy Ancestor is also known as the Childless Parent, and then derived from the Childless Mother, who is worshipped as the supreme goddess in the world by the teachings of the Luo Sect.

She is both a creator and a savior, merciful and powerful.

In the teachings of Luojiao compiled by Luo Menghong, he popularized his perception of the classics of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and formed a very simple and easy-to-understand language.

Therefore, as soon as the teachings of Luojiao spread, they were immediately welcomed and embraced by the lower class poor people of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that in order to compete for the faith of the lower classes, other heretical sects secretly circulated in the Ming Dynasty also invariably blended the teachings of Luojiao into their own teachings.

This also made the vast majority of heretical cults in the Ming Dynasty directly or indirectly worship the belief in the lifeless old mother proposed by Luojiao.

Looking at all these heretical cults, especially the White Lotus Sect, the most worshipping motherless mother.

In some scriptures and teachings of the White Lotus Sect, even the lifeless old mother is the highest worship, and the vacuum hometown is the ideal realm.

At the same time, because of this, the eight-character mantra of "vacuum hometown, no parents" was circulated.

It was precisely because Zhou Chen had some understanding of the newborn god of the childless old mother that he was the most annoying person among the people present.

If it is the Luo Sect who are spreading the faith in Youyu County now, then Zhou Chenzhi will not be so worried.

However, if the sect that spreads the belief in the childless mother is the White Lotus Sect, then the situation is completely different.

The White Lotus religion originated in the Tang and Song dynasties, and was also born out of the teachings of Buddhism.

In the early days, the White Lotus Sect worshiped Amitabha Buddha, advocated chanting Buddha and keeping precepts, and stipulated that believers should not kill, steal, commit adultery, lie or drink alcohol.

The White Lotus Sect calls on believers to worship their ancestors and is a secret society that is half-monk and half-lay.

In addition, the teachings of the White Lotus Sect are very simple, and the scriptures are relatively easy to understand, which is deeply welcomed by the lower classes of the people in the world and widely believed.

It is precisely because the followers of this White Lotus Sect are very large that they are often used by people with good intentions to form a rebellious force.

Counting the popular rebellions that have occurred in all dynasties and generations, the participation of the White Lotus Sect is absolutely indispensable.

Even when Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he could not lack the support of the White Lotus Sect behind it.

At that time, there were two forces in Zhu Yuanzhang's army to fight the world, one was the followers of heretical sects such as the Mingzun Sect and the White Lotus Sect, and the other was well-educated people such as Li Shancai and Liu Bowen.

Zhu Yuanzhang relied on these disciples to win the world, but he was afraid of the power of these sects, so after he ascended the throne, he tried his best to suppress the Mingzun Sect and the White Lotus Sect.

In order to weaken the strength of these sects, so that they cannot have the opportunity to create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

However, even so, the absence of the White Lotus Sect could never be exterminated.

In the eighteenth year of Yongle, Tang Sai'er, then the saint of the White Lotus Sect, set off a peasant uprising again in the eastern territory in an attempt to overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the rebellion was finally suppressed by the Ming court, the initiator Tang Sai'er still disappeared to the people.

Even if Zhu Di, the Son of Heaven at that time, killed nearly 10,000 female Taoist priests and nuns in the entire Shandong, the whereabouts of Tang Sai'er, the saint of the White Lotus Sect, were no longer traced.