Chapter 20 The State of Java
Funan is close to the sea, and the country of Java is separated by a sea from Funan.
When it comes to Java, the people of the Central Plains will not be unfamiliar, and a common saying is to throw something into Java.
Java is an island country, but compared with the reed country of Fenglinzhou, Java is more fragmented, with nearly 20,000 large and small islands and a large population.
There is a strait in the middle of many archipelagos, which is an important passage connecting the South China Sea and the Western Ocean, this is a maritime Silk Road, I don't know how many merchant ships pass through it every year, if something goes wrong, the damage caused is immeasurable.
Both the Daomen and the Daxuan Imperial Court attached great importance to this place, so the Southern Courtyard of the Daxuan Imperial Court was directly located on both sides of the strait, and there were South China Sea sailors patrolling and cruising to ensure the smooth passage of the strait.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the main altar of the "Heavenly Court" is also in the territory of Java, among the nearly 20,000 islands, which is quite a bit of "only in this mountain, the clouds do not know where to go".
In addition, this is also the hiding place of countless pirates in the South Seas, not all pirates can gather like the "Heavenly Court" and run rampant in the South Seas, and the small pirates may only ???????????????? More than a dozen people in a boat, usually ordinary fishermen, it is difficult to distinguish.
Although the Great Xuanshui Master was invincible, he could not stand playing hide and seek between nearly 20,000 islands, and if he wanted to completely eradicate pirates, he must establish an effective system of prefectures and counties, extending the power of the imperial court to every county. Now it seems that the Daomen and the Daxuan Imperial Court are not able to take care of Java for the time being, and can only ensure the safety of the strait and the land, so the pirates still have a period of leisure.
The situation in Java is so special, Qi Xuansu naturally wants to come to Java for a trip, so he put Java on the second leg of his trip.
Because he heard that there were many pirates, Qi Xuansu did not rush to fly from the sky this time, but asked people to descend the flying boat and sail over from the sea - of course, the flying boat can be used as an ordinary ship, even if he wants to sail on dry land, it is not impossible, but no one does it.
In addition to wanting to see pirates, Qi Xuansu also wanted to see the "sea scenery" here.
In the Central Plains, it is already difficult to see monsters, and under the centralized rectification of the Daomen, the monsters either surrender, or flee, or can only die. After all, the naturally powerful Jiaolong was also killed by the Dao Sect and was almost extinct, not to mention other monsters. On the other hand, Fenglin Continent is still a situation where demons are dancing wildly.
On the South Sea side, the same is true, but most of the monsters here are related to the sea, or they can be called krakens, and most of them live in the sea, except for competing with the ships on the sea, and the people on land are well water rather than river water.
Immortals and monsters are always opposed, and when it comes to monsters, we have to mention a local god here in Nanyang.
Legend has it that on the evening before she was about to be born, the neighbors saw a meteor turn into a red light from the northwest sky, which was dazzling, shining so that the rocks on the island were red, suspected to be the incarnation of the immortals.
Because she didn't cry from birth to Miyue, her parents named her Mo, and also called her Mo Niang.
Mo Niang has been doing good deeds since she was a child, and she is determined not to marry.
She studied medical theory intensively, treated people, taught people to prevent epidemics and eliminate disasters, and often guided people to avoid evil and seek good fortune. Fishing boats and merchant ships that were shipwrecked were often rescued by her, so people said that she could "cross the sea by seat". She also predicts weather changes and informs the boatowners in advance whether they can sail, so it is said that she can "foresee the blame", and call her "goddess" and "dragon girl".
When Mo Niang was twenty-eight years old, she condensed the power of incense and became an immortal, and on this day, a colorful cloud rose in the sky. Since then, it has been said that sailors have seen Mo Niang flying on the sea in red clothes to rescue people in distress and call for help. As a result, it was gradually common for ships to worship their idols to pray for safe and smooth sailing, and to be honored as the "Queen of Heaven".
Of course, the queen of heaven has nothing to do with the emperor, and the two are not husband and wife, but the man respects the emperor, and the woman respects the future, and the sky is high, so the "queen of heaven" is used to highlight its lofty status.
The Confucian sect repeatedly sealed it, and after the Taoist sect took power, it also respected its status very much.
Daomen had a period of darkness and depravity, during the period of the confluence of Buddhism and Taoism, Daomen was influenced by Buddhism, talking about supernatural powers, all kinds of nonsense, creating a lot of immortals out of thin air, but bragging can not blow Buddhism, painting cakes to satisfy hunger can not paint Buddhism, and abandon the view of the universe of the ancestors of the Taishang Dao, the concept is confused, the truth is nonsense, and the people are helped by the world、???????????????? In terms of governance, he was crushed by Confucianism, where is there still the style of Huang Lao in power, and he has essentially fallen to the bottom of the three religions.
Therefore, after Xuansheng rebuilt the Daomen, it was very taboo to fabricate the immortals out of thin air, and all the Daomen immortals were sorted out once, and many gods were removed, but Wuyang and the Queen of Heaven were retained, and the title of the Queen of Heaven was given by the Daomen: Fudou Zhaoxiao Pure Ling Ying Fu Ji Protector of the Country and the People Miao Ling Zhao Ying Hongren Puji Heavenly Concubine.
The belief of the Queen of Heaven is very extensive, covering almost the entire Nanyang, in addition to the countries of Borneo, but also including Qizhou, Jiangnan states, Lingnan, Fenglinzhou and other places, is the most influential goddess in the Daomen.
It's just that this god has already ascended and passed away, so he gave the secret society the opportunity to enter the South Seas. However, legend has it that the kingdom of the Queen of Heaven is still hidden somewhere in the South Seas, and there is a inheritance of the Queen of Heaven. For hundreds of years, countless people have gone to sea to find the inheritance of the Queen of Heaven, but they have returned in vain.
There is also a legend that Lin Lingsu, the national teacher of the Great Jin Dynasty, was inherited by chance and became an immortal. The reason why there is this rumor is probably because the Queen of Heaven and the Great Jin National Teacher are both surnamed Lin, and they are mistaken for the same clan and clan.
It's a pity that Lin Yuanmiao is not by Qi Xuansu's side, otherwise he really wants to ask whether this rumor is true or false.
Speaking of Lin Yuanmiao, Qi Xuansu didn't care about it at all, and the reason was very simple, although he signed a contract with Lin Yuanmiao, he had no money now, and the Taiping money was used to buy a house, and he still owed a huge debt for a hundred years.
On the contrary, after Zhang Yuelu was hand-picked by the Heavenly Master, she was backed by the Zhang family, and the resources that could be mobilized in her hands were really enviable. Lin Yuanmiao followed Zhang Yuelu, thinking that he would soon be able to restore the realm cultivation of the creation stage, so he simply let him follow Zhang Yuelu all the time, and he could also be used as a guard, after all, the innate immortals were still more fragile than the acquired immortals. Especially for an innate immortal like Zhang Yuelu, who doesn't cultivate much physique-related exercises, this is even more so.
As for Qi Xuansu, he can consider cultivating Xiao Yin well, which is also promising. It's just that Xiao Yin's temperament is really a headache.
Qi Xuansu and Ding Chou Lingguan were standing at the bow of the ship at this time, looking at the sea while talking about the big and small pirate leaders on the sea.
The biggest pirate leader, or the overlord of the sea, is naturally the leader of the "Heavenly Court", Jin Gong Patriarch, on the rivers and lakes, it is recognized that Jin Gong Patriarch is the first person to be a pseudo-immortal, and he almost has the strength of an immortal, even against the real people of Shanglan University, he also has the power to fight. There are also rumors that Patriarch Jin Gong has already entered the realm of immortals, but he is only deliberately clumsy, so that he shows people with the realm cultivation of pseudo-immortals.
What is the specific situation, because Patriarch Jin Gong has rarely appeared in front of people, and the affairs of the "Heavenly Court" are all in charge of Wu Guangbi, the head of the Great Dao, so outsiders do not know.
However, in recent years, the "Heavenly Court" has a tendency to develop inland, so Wu Guangbi often appears in the Central Plains, and the person who replaces Wu Guangbi in the Nanyang Nest to preside over the overall situation is the third person of the "Heavenly Court", Liu Gui.
In the previous dynasty, there were several sea merchants on the sea of Nanyang, such as the Wang family, the Zheng family, and the Liu family, which were said to be maritime merchants, but in fact they were half-merchants and half-thieves, and they were actually overlords.
Later, when Daomen entered Nanyang, the Wang family not only returned to Daomen, but also made great contributions with the five generations of the Great Palm Sect to conquer the Po Continent, and assisted the Five Generations of the Great Palm Sect to implement the surprise attack landing plan, cutting off the bee ???????????????? The waist line, so that the whole army was defeated, and had to withdraw from Dongpo Suozhou. After the five generations of the Great Sect took charge of the Daomen, the Wang family also rose to the top and took full control of the Borneo Provincial Government, which is why the Wang family regards Borneo as their own backyard private house today.
The gentleman's ze, the fifth and beheaded. No matter how bravely the ancestors of the Wang family fought and made great achievements, it was impossible to protect future generations for hundreds of millions of years.
So Qi Xuansu came to Borneo.
As for the other two, because the Zheng family was half a step late, they also condescended to the Wang family when they went to Daomen, and simply defected to the Daxuan court.
The Liu family did not go ashore like the Wang family and the Zheng family, but became the team of the "Heavenly Court".
Just as the Zhang family and the Li family are invested in Daomen, the same is true for the Liu family in the "Heavenly Court", so the Liu family is strong in the "Heavenly Court", and Liu Gui is the head of the Liu family.
In addition to the "Heavenly Court", there are several groups of pirates, which are not secret associations, they are either the background of the maritime merchants, or the background of the local wealthy gentry, and their power is much smaller than that of the "Heavenly Court", and the backers are much smaller.
Ordinary people may not know, but those big people who call for wind and rain must know that the "Heavenly Court" can stand on its feet because they have the Li family behind them, and the Li family of Taiping Dao.
So some people joked, putting aside the position, fortunately it was not the small national teacher who came to Borneo with a mission, if the small national teacher arrived, it would not be so warm, and the "Heavenly Court" didn't know how much of a storm it would set off.
Of course, it was precisely because of the position that the little national teacher could not come to Borneo.
Qi Xuansu wanted to see what a pirate was like, not to mention pirates, even all merchant ships stayed away, after all, the flying boat of the Daomen was very easy to identify, and after seeing it, he naturally hurried to avoid it and collided with the big man of the Daomen, which was a sin.
As for the kraken and the like, they naturally didn't dare to show up, let alone make waves, after all, the flying boat was made of dragons, and the dragon's breath, as well as the unwillingness and resentment of the dragon when it died, was enough to deter the demons. Unless it is a peerless demon like the Yaqi Orochi, no one dares to touch the moldy head.
However, just when Qi Xuansu thought that he was going to return in vain this time, a big ship galloped towards them.