When Sima Yi secretly met Zhuge Liang. proposed a package of ruthless methods against the Jin State and Zhao Xing, and after Kong Ming returned to Luoyang, he also picked up a few things that were not too harmful to the heavens and told Liu Bei, but like expelling the displaced people infected with the plague to flow to the central area of the Jin State, causing a large area of the Jin State to be infected with the plague, sending a large number of small troops to pretend to be Jin soldiers in the territory of the three states of Youji and Liang, burning, killing and looting, ruining the reputation of the Protector Army, and other too vicious methods, Zhuge Liang still buried them in the bottom of his heart and did not tell Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang was a typical scholar rather than a butcher, and he was not used to seeing politicians who treated the people as dogs in order to compete for the world, so he naturally ignored some of the methods that Sima Yi had mentioned at the beginning.

But Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang are just the opposite, this is a ruthless person who does not give up until he reaches his personal goals, and he is also a yin person who can do any bad thing, so when he is concentrating on how to deal with Zhao Xing, he can always have some unexpected moves.

Sima Yi knew very early on that there was a big family surnamed Zhang in Yizhou, who was a descendant of Zhang Liang, the marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, and the patriarch's name was Zhang Ling, who founded a sect called Wudoumi in Heming Mountain, Yizhou, and he was named the Heavenly Master by the religious people. This sect and the Taiping Dao founded by Zhang Jiao are one east and one west, one north and one south, each developing its own sect and spreading its own doctrines and ideas.

The main doctrine of the so-called Five Dou Mi Sect is to find a quiet room and let the patient be alone and reflect on his sins. Then, the Religious Decree (Church Position) or Sacrificial Wine holds the "Lao Tzu" in his hand, presides over a ritual similar to witchcraft, writes down the name of the sick person, inspires God to say that the sick person has the intention of confessing his sins, and then asks God to forgive the sins of the sick person so that the patient can be healed. After the ceremony is completed, the believers let the sick people's homes produce five buckets of rice, so it is called "five buckets of rice teaching" by the local people.

If you look closely, you will find a surprising discovery, that is, how the rituals of the Five Doumi Sect are so similar to the first religion of the Western world in later generations? Both are solitary in the ashram and confess their sins to the gods......

After Zhang Ling's death, his son Zhang Xiu took over his father's mantle and continued to preach the Five Dou Rice Sect in the local area. Compared with the Taiping Dao, the Wudou Rice Sect is more in line with the people's will and the threat to the rulers is also smaller, so the Wudou Rice Sect led by Zhang Xiu is slightly better than the Taiping Dao led by Zhang Jiao.

Last winter, Zhang Xiu, the second-generation Heavenly Master of the Wudou Rice Sect, passed away due to illness, and his son Zhang Lu took over the mantle of his grandfather Zhang Ling and began to serve as the third-generation Heavenly Master of the Wudou Rice Sect.

Zhang Lu, described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", is a timid and fearful warlord who has been stealing from Hanzhong for decades, and he is mainly ridiculed and denounced. But in fact, Zhang Lu is not only a qualified politician, but more importantly, he is also a very good "religious expert". If it weren't for the eloquent Sima clan in this space, who entered Yizhou too early, maybe Zhang Lu would still be able to make a big move in Hanzhong.

After Zhang Lu took over as the third generation of the Wudou Rice Sect Heavenly Master, he immediately revised and adjusted the teachings, and he asked the followers to build righteous houses in various places, and put rice and meat in them for the hungry to eat by themselves; he also asked the followers to build bridges and repair roads for 100 steps to atone for their sins after committing minor mistakes; he also asked the followers to prohibit killing and drinking alcohol in spring and summer according to the season; and asked the followers to find a way to take in and make offerings to people who are wandering and lonely.

After Zhang Lu's set of rules was propagated, it was supported by the people of Shuzhong and Hanzhong, because this set of teachings persuades people to be good and does not violate human nature, and it is not only convenient and easy to implement, but also makes the people who believe in religion have a sense of accomplishment and the feeling of being needed. Shuzhong and Hanzhong were originally rich lands, and since the pre-Qin period, they have been the land of fish and rice, and the local people can afford to produce a few buckets of rice and a few pieces of meat, so there are many believers for a while, and even the government is not too much to intervene and hinder.

When Sima Yi served as the Taishou of Hanzhong, he saw that the Wudou Rice Sect could stabilize people's hearts and serve the rulers, so he deliberately appointed Zhang Lu, who had not yet taken over the position of Heavenly Master at that time, to be engaged in the government, specializing in things such as reassuring the people and pensions, which can be said to be the best use of people. When the Yizhou army was defeated and retreated in panic, Sima Yi was naturally unable to flee to Shuzhong with Zhang Lu, so he left Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

After Zhang He led the army to capture Hanzhong, he naturally discovered the Wudou Rice Sect, which had a very large mass base in the local area. Zhang He secretly asked Zhao Xing how to deal with this sect, and Zhao Xing's reply did not intervene in the Wudou Mi Sect for the time being, so as not to cause a mutiny among the local people, and even cause the hostility of the people in Shuzhong to the vanguard army, so the Wudou Mi Sect became more and more popular with Zhang Lu's efforts.

After Zhang Xiu, the second-generation Wudoumi Sect Heavenly Master in Bazhong, died of illness, Sima Yi secretly sent someone to Hanzhong to inform Zhang Lu of the incident and ask Zhang Lu to take over as the Heavenly Master. In addition, Sima Yi also asked people to take Zhang Lu's family as hostages, and asked Zhang Lu to try his best to develop the Wudou Rice Sect, and open the church altar in the Guanzhong area in the shortest possible time, so that the people in the Sanfu area also believed in the Wudou Rice Sect.

Zhang Lu didn't know why Sima Yi made such a strange request, but since his family was controlled by the Sima family, and Sima Yi's request did not seem excessive, and it was even his own ideals and wishes, Zhang Lu devoted all his energy to developing the church and expanding the territory of religious belief in the following time.

The Sili region is still in the hands of the imperial court, and Zhang Lu sent a large number of believers from Hanzhong such as traitors, sacrificial wines, and ghost officials to the Sili area to preach, naturally without the consent of Zhang He and Yang Fu. At that time, the Guanzhong area had just experienced the panic and turmoil of a Hu invasion, and the people just wanted to find spiritual sustenance in their hearts, so as soon as the Wudou Mi Sect entered Guanzhong, it was sought after by the local people, and it actually showed the trend of burning the plains.

At this time, the Wudou Rice Sect already had a relatively complete theory and a relatively sound organizational system. In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, universal social relief was introduced in religious areas. At the same time, Huang Lao Thought was used to educate the people, light punishment, heavy education, and pay special attention to cultivating the people's moral concepts.

As a result, Zhang Lu's status as a celestial master became more stable, which paved the way for Sima Yi's next vicious things.