From the battle of Linxia City to the capture of Tokyo, it took only two months for the Great Xia Dynasty to be established.

When the news came, the world shook.

Many of the troops who had rushed to King Qin's rescue stopped and began to wait and see.

The four border countries, in addition to Dali, Daliao, Western Xia, and Tubo are all ready to move.

Dali, since the high-level of the Duan family was wiped out by Matthew, Duan Yanqing wanted to regain the throne, but he was notorious, and there were few supporters at all, and he was collectively boycotted by Dali's powerful ministers, and the two sides began to fight for the throne of Dali, and they didn't bother to pay attention to the outside things at all.

Da Liao has the most powerful army in the world, this generation of monarchs is also eloquent, has always been ambitious, want to go south, annex the Great Song Dynasty, at this moment to see the Great Song Dynasty turmoil, how can there be no reason not to take advantage of the void.

As the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Great Liao, Xiao Feng tried his best to dissuade the Great Liao Emperor from dispelling his thoughts, not only because he cared about the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but also because he knew the strength of Matthew, once the Great Liao Emperor angered Matthew, even if there were thousands of troops, there was no way to protect the safety of the Great Liao Emperor.

He is the sworn brother of the Great Liao Emperor, and of course he doesn't want to see his righteous brother die tragically.

However, Emperor Da Liao didn't believe in Matthew's miraculous things at all, and only thought that the strength of the Great Song army was too poor, and after putting Xiao Feng under house arrest, he gathered a large army and drove the expedition in person.

Since the founding of the Western Xia, it has been fighting endlessly with the Great Song Dynasty, and the soldiers are brave and brave, stirring up the border unstable.

Naturally, the elite border troops of the Great Song Dynasty were also stationed here, and over the years, they had won and lost each other, forming a delicate balance.

But this balance was shattered by an edict.

Emperor Zhezong ordered the border army to come to the rescue of King Qin, but the border army had no choice but to send 50,000 elite soldiers to the north.

This move was discovered by the Western Xia army, which always paid attention to the dynamics of the border army, and told him that the king of Western Xia was also an ambitious monarch, and immediately ordered the whole army to be dispatched, vowing to break the weak border army, capture the Song realm, and expand the territory.

The lord of Tubo was originally frightened by the words of the Tubo general and the casualties of a cadre of soldiers and did not dare to peep into the Song realm, but when he got the news that Da Liao and Western Xia sent troops together, and was instigated by those lamas who hated Matthew, he was emboldened, and he also ordered to wave his army north to capture the Song realm.

The Tubo general, who was frightened by Matthew, tried his best to dissuade him, and after seeing that it had no effect, he ran away and rushed to Linxia City day and night, passing the news to Matthew.

He remembered that if Tibet invaded the border, Matthew would not let him go, regardless of heaven and earth. And he, who has seen Matthew's methods, also believes that Matthew is indeed a god, where dare to slack off.

The movements of the three border countries were soon transmitted to Tokyo in an expedited manner of 800 miles.

Matthew had established Great Xia at this moment, ascended the throne and became emperor, and ordered all the armies to change their flags, but there was no complication, Matthew immediately rushed there and suppressed them, because most of the troops rescued by King Qin were close to Tokyo, so it took Matthew three days to subdue all the troops.

Then he drove the Blackbird fighter to Tubo, because Matthew had taken away 100,000 elites before, making it the weakest place.

The march of the army has always consumed time, so by the time the Tibetan army had just assembled and had not yet officially set off, Matthew had already rushed over, circled around the army, and arrested all the officers above the rank of captain.

Then he stood in the void, and in full view of everyone, he killed these dozens of people with a sword, and the Tubo soldiers were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.

Matthew ordered them to all be disarmed and returned to the field, and then when they came to the capital of Tibet, they killed all the Tibetan lords and high-ranking officials who were discussing the war in the palace.

The Tibetan general was not on the death list because of the report, and was sent back by Matthew to temporarily take charge of Tibet, and after Matthew solved the border crisis, the Tibetan general took the initiative to request that Tubo be incorporated into Daxia.

After that, Matthew rushed to the border of the Liao and Song dynasties and the border of Western Xia one after another, and after an earth-shattering display of strength, he killed all those ambitious people and those who refused to surrender, subdued the Song troops in the two places, and ordered them to drive straight into the two countries and capture the two countries.

A year later.

The world is unified, and Matthew begins to make a move against Buddhism.

Three edicts were issued in a row.

First, the temples of the world should be investigated, and all those who commit adultery and criminals will be arrested and sentenced.

Second, the land and property belonging to the temple should be confiscated and returned to the national treasury.

Third, all monks who do not have a degree will be forced to return to the world.

As soon as the news came out, the world immediately shook, not to mention that the whole people in Dali and Tubo believed in Buddhism, even the previous Great Liao and Great Song Dynasty, and the folk belief in Buddhism was also extremely common.

For the toiling masses, the Buddhists' saying that 'doing good deeds and accumulating virtue and cultivating the next life' is very marketable, after all, they have no chance to turn over in this life, and can only rely on the next life to cast a good baby.

This kind of thinking can reconcile social contradictions and stabilize the rule, so with the acquiescence of the ruling class, Buddhist temples are like pyramid schemes, which are opened all over the world.

Many poor people may not even have enough to eat, but under the brainwashing of this kind of thinking, they would rather go hungry and use their meager money as sesame oil money and offer it to the temple.

The monks of the temple only need to eat fast and chant Buddha every day, they can enjoy countless wealth, many temples have countless fields, become the largest landlord in the local area, and hire countless people to farm for them, but the tenant rent charged even exceeds that of the most demanding landlords.

This made many scoundrels take a fancy to this piece of fat, and while expanding Buddhist temples, they also recruited many opportunists.

These people have flexible minds, and cooperate with the demagogic techniques of Buddhism, which really complement each other, and after a few decades, these bad people have all become high-ranking monks one by one, and some have even become abbots and abbots of temples.

What they do secretly will naturally affect those monks who have just joined, and some of them are indeed dedicated to reciting Buddha and doing good at the beginning, but in this environment, how can they get out of the mud without being stained, and later, many nunnery temples have even become places of adultery and crime.

These edicts of Great Xia immediately attracted the opposition of Buddhism all over the world, and countless believers began to make trouble under their bewitchment, and even gathered troops to overthrow the rule of Great Xia.

But Matthew was unrelenting about this, and all the troublemakers, whether monks or the poor, were arrested, sent to reclaim the wasteland, and all the temples involved were sealed.

Three years later, Bactria imposed an even harsher ban on Buddhism.

First, all monks in the temple must undergo five years of labor in the excavation of wasteland, otherwise they will be taken back and forced to return to the laity. The same is true for monks who are new to Buddhism, otherwise they will not be given degrees. Moreover, all the monks of the temple must have a degree of probation, and they must be examined by the government to ensure that they are not guilty of adultery. Once discovered, the entire temple monks are guilty of the same crime.

Second, the temple is not allowed to accept incense oil money from believers, and once it is found, the temple is sealed, and half of the family property of the believers who donate will be confiscated and used to give relief to the poor people. This later also applied to Taoism.

Thirdly, according to the degree, the temple has a variety of monks' fields, which can just maintain the food and clothing of the monks in the whole temple, and they must cultivate it themselves, and they must not fake their hands to the believers. It is necessary to set aside some time every month to help the people, and they can recite the scriptures and work at the same time, so as to achieve the goal of universalizing all sentient beings.

As soon as these three prohibitions were issued, the temples in the world were immediately empty.

Just kidding, I am a monk myself, but I am not an ascetic, if I really do it like this, in three months, the average weight of monks in the world will be at least dozens of pounds lighter, and there is absolutely no fat head and big ears, and his face is full of oil.

Believers are not comfortable at first, how can the heart do this?

But after the government's propaganda and explanation, more and more people began to be relieved.

Indeed, since Buddhism encourages everyone to do good deeds and accumulate virtue and cultivate future lives, then we must lead by example.

You don't need to stay in the temple every day to chant the scriptures, you can also help others to work while chanting the scriptures, so that the effect of doing good deeds and accumulating virtues is the best, so that you can reach bliss as soon as possible!

Decades later, nine out of ten temples in the world were abandoned, and there were even fewer monks.

But these monks who stayed behind are staunch Buddhist believers, they comprehend the essence of Buddhism, and seek spiritual detachment.

Although Taoism was established as the state religion by Great Xia, it has also undergone some rectification to eliminate those who fish in troubled waters, use the banner of Taoism, and deceive those who are abducted.

The distribution of the Dao crown is also much stricter.

Matthew ordered Su Xinghe and Hangu Bayou to establish the Xiaoyao Academy, recruit talents from all walks of life in the world, and cultivate top talents, and once these talents make great contributions in their own industry and truly believe in the concept of Xiaoyao, they can get the special reward of the Xiaoyao Sect Hidden Sect, wash the essence, prolong life, and stay young.

This initiative has made Xiaoyao Institute full of talents, leading the rapid development of Daxia, and the concept of Xiaoyao has truly penetrated into the hearts of the people.

Hundreds of years later, Great Xia occupied the entire earth, and technology developed to the point of rushing out of the solar system, after finding terrestrial planets and successfully immigrating, the people of the Hidden Sect of the Xiaoyao Sect found that this planet was still in a primitive environment, full of aura, and was very suitable for cultivation.

As a result, the Loose School ushered in a real great development.

"Senior nephew, is this the immortal Changchun Valley mentioned by the master back then?" Wu Xingyun stood in front of a valley and asked Matthew.

Matthew frowned and looked at the depleted spring not far away, and nodded: "It should be here, it should be the spiritual spring back then, but unfortunately it has dried up." ”

Wang Yuyan walked on her calves, ran over, got closer and took a closer look, there was no drop of spring water at all, and said disappointedly: "Alas, it's a pity." ”

Matthew's spiritual perception was released, and he scanned the entire valley, finding nothing, and did not give up and probed into the surrounding mountain walls, struggling to pass through the thick rock formations.

Half an hour later, Matthew opened his eyes in surprise and said with a smile: "Uncle Shi, I have found something, let's go." ”

As he spoke, the seven little Loli took their hands, Mu Wanqing led them, and was teleported by Matthew to an unknown cave.

"Hey, there's a lot of bookshelves here, and some bottles and cans." Wang Yuyan's eyes were sharp, and she immediately shouted.

Matthew and the others walked over, only to see that the bookshelves were empty, and there were not a single book, but those bottles and jars were written on them 'Nourishing Essence Pill', 'Qi Replenishing Pill', 'Condensing Divine Pill' and so on.

When I opened it, there were a lot of pills in each bottle, and the colors were different.

"I'll see if this works." Matthew laughed.

"Be careful."

Several of the women also looked at Matthew with concern.

Matthew has a time rewind and doesn't take these potential dangers too seriously, after all, if there is a problem, he can immediately go back to himself.

Pour out a nourishing essence pill and put it into his mouth, the pill melts in his mouth, Matthew only felt that a pure breath was absorbed by the physical body, and most of the remaining breath was entrenched in various parts of the meridians, and his heart moved, and he hurriedly guided this breath, following the practice route of the immortal Changchun Gong, after entering the lower dantian, it was quickly devoured, and Matthew only felt that the physical body had a feeling of rapid strength.

After digesting all the breath, Matthew opened his eyes and found that everyone was looking at him worriedly.

"Senior nephew, you finally woke up." Wu Xingyun said in a deep voice.

"Hey, is there something wrong?" Matthew differently said.

"You know it's been a day, and if I hadn't stopped you, they might have forcibly woken you up." Wu Xingyun said with a smile.

"It's been a day?" Matthew was taken aback, in his feelings, only a few minutes had passed, it was really a cultivation without time!

"Uncle Shi, is the pill useful?" Wang Yuyan looked at Matthew with blank eyes, and she really thought about this legendary elixir in her heart.

Matthew smiled and nodded, "The effect is good." ”

"Great." Wang Yuyan said happily.

Matthew then tried the Qi Replenishing Pill and the Condensing Pill one by one, and sure enough, the effect was not small, and the refinement of the spirit was comparable to his own penance for a few months, looking at the seven little Lori, Matthew pondered for a while, and decided to leave all these pills to them, after all, time is not lacking here in Matthew.

He has enough time to cultivate slowly, and Wu Xingyun and the others want to take a step closer in their lifetime after Matthew leaves, it is really difficult, the pills are limited, it is better to leave them all, it can be regarded as a thought, maybe one day in the future, they will meet again......