Chapter 863: White Lotus Stands Again
"The red sun is dead, the white sun should stand!" After a few days, a slogan that had been forgotten by many people for a long time reappeared from the Shaanxi territory, and spread to all sides at a very fast speed.
Compared with Shanxi, Hebei and other places, Shaanxi's border defense was much more relaxed, so Fang Hong asked the elite of Tongtian City to disguise themselves as ordinary merchants, enter Shaanxi through the border pass, and then began to promote the teachings of the White Lotus Sect.
It is not without reason that the White Lotus Sect can spread rapidly. Its rituals are simple, its teachings are simple, and it is easier for the common people to accept. As long as there is any disaster and the people need a spiritual sustenance, the White Lotus Sect can quickly take root and grow at an extremely fast rate.
Fang Hong borrowed the teachings of the White Lotus Sect to make all the people believe in the Motherless, and selected some clever and obedient believers as members of the sect to continue to expand outward.
The imperial court expropriated violently and built palaces on a large scale, resulting in the rapid loss of luck in the Ming Dynasty and the misery of the people. This provided fertile soil for the expansion of the White Lotus Sect, and in just three months, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and even Huguang and other places were occupied by the forces of the White Lotus Sect. Because the number of White Lotus Sects was too large and the involvement was too great, local officials in various places deliberately turned a blind eye to these disciples, so as not to exacerbate the contradictions.
"Send people into Fujian, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other places, and start to preach the teachings from the south to the north, and spread the White Lotus Sect throughout the country as quickly as possible. "Xie Chaoyu has been cultivated as a saint since she was a child, and she is simply familiar with propaganda.
She directly found more than 30 people and asked them to preach in the south and other places. The foundation of the White Lotus Sect in the south is much better than that in the north, after all, they were forced to flee to the south by the imperial court a few years ago, although the White Lotus Sect has been destroyed for more than 20 years, but there are still many people in many places who believe in the White Lotus Sect.
It only takes a small number of people to be sent to the south to co-opt the old people, and it will soon spread again, and the momentum may be much greater than that in the north.
"Chaoyu, it's really hard for you. After Xie Chaoyu arranged everything, Fang Hong gently patted her shoulder, although he was a god, when it came to preaching, he was far inferior to the other party.
It's also a shame to say that I, a god, basically haven't developed believers in the Eight Classics, and it is really not easy to stumble to this point along the way.
"You and I are old husbands and wives, why are you still talking about this. Xie Chaoyu glanced at Fang Hong with disgust, but there was a smile on her face, she was very happy to be able to do something for Fang Hong.
"Now that the shelf has been erected, leave the trivial matters to Fang Xu and the rest of the people, and you don't have to worry about everything. Fang Hong also smiled when he heard this, but he still persuaded him.
"You don't feel sorry for your son, be careful that he runs away from home again. Xie Chaoyu leaned on Fang Hong's body and knocked him slightly.
"This stinky boy, I was really spoiled by you, and I ran away from home, and I was knocked down by someone before I left the Hebei territory, so I am embarrassed to run away again with this virtue?" Thinking of the events of that day, Fang Hong was even more angry.
"Are you embarrassed to say? It's not that you're the shopkeeper, I'm here for everything? I want to maintain the operation of Tongtian City, and I have to take care of the children, how can I have so much energy? Besides, Xu'er is both civil and military, how can it be so unbearable as you say?" As soon as he heard that Fang Hong was teaching his son, Xie Chaoyu stopped doing it.
"Okay, okay, Madame is right, it's all my fault. Fang Hong had to smile bitterly when he heard this, don't look at Xie Chaoyu's usual obedience, as soon as it comes to his son, he will be fried.
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In the secret room of a large mansion in Shaanxi, Fang Hong sat on a chair and held a wooden statue of a woman in his hand. This is a middle-aged woman, with her ears hanging down her shoulders, wearing a blue robe, sitting on a lotus platform, but holding a gossip compass in her hand, looking like she is nondescript.
This is the statue of the childless old mother, because the main body of the White Lotus Sect is a Buddhist sect, but in the process of development, it has absorbed a lot of Taoist culture, and it has become what it is today.
In the teachings of the White Lotus Sect, the lifeless old mother is the creator god, the ancestor of mankind, and the savior.
Of course, this is a very nonsense thing in Fang Hong's opinion. Even the remnants of Shinto would not dare to advocate the Jade Emperor like this, because once such a god was truly established, no dynasty would have such luck.
Therefore, Fang Hong asked Xie Chaoyu to revise the doctrine and remove the identity of the creation god of the childless old mother, and only retained the two identities of human ancestor and savior.
Compared to the creation of the world, these two identities seem much more normal. With the help of the White Lotus Sect's luck, Fang Hong should be able to reluctantly create this deity.
That's right, Fang Hong intends to create a god, just like the Jade Emperor of Shinto.
Compared with other gods, whether it is the Jade Emperor or the Childless Mother, they are not gods in the traditional sense, they belong to the innate gods, that is, they are born from nothingness, and they have the opportunity to be born because all beings are willing to believe in their existence.
Most of the remnants of Shinto also belong to the acquired gods, because they either became gods after death, or became gods through practice and sacrifice, not born gods, Fang Hong is also an acquired god.
Originally, Fang Hong planned to unify the entire Mongolia and turn the Immortal Heavenly Tool into an innate god, but it was too difficult to unify Mongolia, and it would take decades to rely on the Heavenly City alone, and now the remnants of the Shinto Dao would not give him such a long time.
So he retreated to the next best thing and prepared to concretize his motherless mother. However, once the childless mother is really embodied, it will really be swept into the whirlpool of the Ming Dynasty.
Now the remnants of Shinto are wantonly consuming the luck of the Ming Dynasty and are ready to make a desperate bet. Fang Hong's transformation into a childless old mother is also the use of Daming luck, which is to involve himself in cause and effect.
In this way, he instantly sided with the remnants of Shinto and the Mandate of Heaven. Not only does he have to suppress the Jade Emperor of Shinto with his lifeless mother, but he also needs to take the lead in replacing the Mandate of Heaven, so that he has a chance to win.
This path is actually extremely dangerous, because this game is the Shinto to take the lead, they are more fully prepared, and Fang Hong has not even been able to establish the Shinto system, and the lifeless old mother has not yet materialized, so he has already lost.
But at this moment, he can't help it, once he allows Shinto to develop, maybe it really replaces the mandate of heaven, and from then on, there will be no rivals in heaven and earth.
"The path of cultivation is not smooth sailing, why don't you block this one!" Fang Hong clutched the statue of his lifeless old mother, and there was a hint of firmness in his eyes.