Xuguo, West Sea Outpost, Temporary Royal Palace.

Yang Xu and Tang Yuanqing sat under the corridor next to the study.

He was dressed in a black robe, with sun and moon patterns on his left and right shoulders, and star patterns around his robe, which was solemn and majestic.

The style of clothing is similar to that of the royal robes of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Tang Yuanqing's clothes are simple, and he is dressed in an ancient scholarly robe.

It's not that he wants to wear this, but it's been almost half a year since he came to the Xihai outpost, and his original clothes have worn out. He didn't bring a few clothes with him, so he could only wear Axu Guo's characteristic clothes.

The two sat cross-legged, with a square eucalyptus beside them.

The dwarf eucalyptus is lined with tea, melons and fruits, and snacks.

There is also a bronze hand holding an incense burner.

The green smoke of birds and birds slowly rose from the incense burner, turning into a silver dragon hovering around, exuding a refreshing fragrance.

Tang Yuanqing held the tea bowl and talked slowly: "The emergence of religious belief is not only because of human beings' awe of the unknown is used by people with intentions, but also because of human beings' own spiritual needs. ”

"The awe of death, the escape from reality, the desire for the future, the pursuit of wealth, power, beauty, and all other desires."

"It is precisely because of these uncertain factors, as well as the insatiability of their own desires, that human beings yearn for a superpower that can change reality, be blessed by this superpower, and be helped by this superpower."

Therefore, it is not accurate and irresponsible to say that believers have been deceived. It would be more accurate to say that the believers themselves desire a spiritual sustenance. They may know that the gods they believe in do not exist, and that their desires are not fulfilled. Or maybe they really believe that this sustenance can satisfy their desire in some way. ”

"But none of this really matters, the important thing is that the believer's heart is satisfied, and he gets another kind of peace."

"Because there is demand, there is a market."

Yang Xu picked up the tea, took a sip, and said, "Mr. once said that most of the uprisings in this world stem from the dissatisfaction of the uprising groups with the current social environment and their desire to change the status quo. Such as the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Army uprisings in the Three Kingdoms period, the great uprisings in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, and so on. ”

"So any suggestion that these uprisings are attributed to the individual leaders of the uprisings is inaccurate."

"It was the people who chose the uprising, not the leaders of the uprising who decided the uprising. The leaders of the uprising represented the group of uprisings, but did not play a decisive role in the causes of the uprising. What really triggered the uprising was the oppression of the insurgents by those in power, as well as the dissatisfaction of the insurrectionists themselves with reality. ”

"Times make heroes, that's exactly what happened."

Yang Xu's voice paused slightly and continued.

The same is true of the emergence of religion. People aspire to have some kind of power to change reality and change their own conditions, but they can't get such power in the reality they can touch, so countless gods and goddesses who have never performed miracles have been produced, and countless people have been deceived and stolen from the world. ”

"The reason for this is that the emergence of religious beliefs only conforms to people's needs, so that they can be recognized and disseminated."

Tang Yuanqing smiled.

"Your Majesty's understanding is correct."

"Since ancient times, religion and politics have been like two happy enemies, and they have never been free from their influence on each other. However, it is precisely because of the conformity of public opinion that religion has been widely spread among the people and has a long history. ”

"Like, heaven, hell."

"Pure Land of Bliss, Eighteen Layers of Hell."

"Become an immortal and fall into reincarnation."

"Different religions have different claims, but they have a common core. They provide shelter for human beings to face the unknown, and when people are afraid of death, they will tell people that they can find peace after death, and they can get all the good things that they could not enjoy in life. ”

"It's a positive side of religion."

"Regardless of the truth or falsehood of Heaven and Hell, whether the Pure Land of Bliss and the Eighteen Layers of Hells exist. The teachings of these religions all highlight the importance of promoting goodness and maintaining social stability. ”

"Maybe in the process, because of the selfishness of some people, bad things and influences have occurred, but this does not completely negate the positive significance of religious beliefs."

"Unite people's hearts, place hopes, and lead people to goodness."

Tang Yuanqing paused when he said this.

"However, if we want to truly understand the development of religion, we need to analyze it from different eras, different perspectives, and different cultural inheritances."

"There have been periods in history when people have oppressed the people in the name of the gods, persecuted others in the name of faith, and waged wars. In different periods, different religions played different roles and undertook different historical missions. ”

"For example, in modern society, some religions have lost the cloak of power and the weapon of oppression of the people, and the role they play has changed dramatically."

"In today's human world, in most of the environment, it is people who choose their own beliefs, not beliefs that force people to believe."

Yang Xu responded with a smile and elaborated his opinion.

This is not the first time that the two have discussed the issue of religious politics.

Time passed, and at noon, Tang Yuanqing said goodbye and left.

It wasn't until Tang Yuanqing left that Qingqiu Ziyue leaned at the door and poked her head out, spying on the situation in the study.

The long fox ears swayed slightly, which was quite interesting.

"King~~"

Confirming that Yang Xu was the only one in the room, Qingqiu Ziyue stretched out her voice and made a coquettish sound.

Every time she saw Tang Yuanqing, she had a headache.

What kind of theory, what history, what religion, she was going to blow up her head when she heard it.

Every time she was forced to attend a class, Qingqiu Ziyue felt the urge to cut off her head.

It's so uncomfortable.

It's even more uncomfortable than Sun Wukong hearing the mantra.

Yang Xu followed the prestige and said helplessly: "You, when will you be able to study seriously." ”

"Hee-hee, people want to think about it too, but those things sound like they're going to blow up the fox's head."

Qingqiu Ziyue jumped into the study like a child.

Of course, just looking at the figure, there is definitely no child's feeling.

The mountains trembled and rippled.

Xiaoman's waist was squeezed.

The black tights fit perfectly against the body and do little other than to outline the perfect curves. The outside is covered with a purple high-slit dress, but it does not show the nobility and dignity it should be on Qingqiu Ziyue, but it is more enchanting and sexy.

Qingqiu Ziyue's hippie smile didn't take it seriously at all.

She didn't want to study.

It's so uncomfortable.

Coming to Yang Xu's side, Qingqiu Ziyue sat on Yang Xu's legs with a big grin, and the plump rear lights showed amazing elasticity, challenging the ugliness of human nature.

However, Qingqiu Ziyue didn't seem to know it, or it was intentional.

She grinned, twisted Ying Ying's small waist, wrapped her arms around Yang Xu's neck, and said coquettishly: "Wang, people also want to go to the undersea city to play, when will you take them to the undersea city together." ”

Not long after the construction of the undersea city was completed, Yang Xu had taken Qingqiu Ziyue to the undersea city once.

Stayed for a week.

Visited the layout and construction of the underwater city.

Since then, Qingqiu Ziyue has been fascinated by such a special construction method as the undersea city, and often asks Yang Xu to take her to the undersea city to play.

As for going there alone, it is naturally impossible.

How boring it is to be alone.

Yang Xu stroked the black silk of Qingqiu Ziyue with one hand, pinched the bridge of her Xiuting's nose with the other, and deliberately said with a straight face: "I know how to play every day, so that you can do things well." ”

"Hmph, of course it's done."

"The king doesn't look at who they are."

"People are super powerful Ziyueye."

Qingqiu Ziyue held her head high triumphantly, and she almost wrote on her beautiful face that she was super powerful.

"Well done."

Yang Xu smiled with satisfaction and gave Qingqiu Ziyue a hot kiss as a reward.

During this time, the development speed of Xuguo was extremely fast.

Half a year ago, Asahi had a population of only 10,000.

And now, Xuguo has a population of nearly 100,000!

This rate of development is incredible.

Of course, the main reason is that the power of human beings is too strong!

They may not be able to stand up to the Savage Overlords, apex beasts like the Sea Giants. But under the overwhelming fire of human beings, ordinary fierce beasts are simply plates of delicacies.

The overwhelming rain of bullets poured down, perfectly interpreting the concept of Deathstorm.

In addition to population growth, the biggest change is the lives of ordinary people in Xuguo.

A year ago, the people of Xuguo were still working hard for three meals a day.

Being able to eat meat and drink hot soup is already the greatest enjoyment.

And now, Xuguo has an inexhaustible supply of food, meat, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits.

The problem of food and clothing has been completely solved.

Maslow, a federal psychologist in the United States, once put forward a theory that divides needs into five categories: physiological needs, security needs, love and belonging, respect needs, and self-actualization, which are arranged from lower levels to higher levels.

The first level of physiological needs.

Including: respiration, water, food, sleep, physiological balance, secretion, sexuality.

If most of these needs are not met, the physiology of the individual human being cannot function properly.

In other words, human life is threatened.

That is, an existential threat.

In this sense, physiological needs are the main driving force for people's actions.

Maslow argues that only when these most basic needs are satisfied to the extent necessary for survival can other needs become new motivators, at which point these relatively satisfied needs cease to be motivators.

This gives rise to a second level of security needs.

These include: personal security, health security, ownership of resources, ownership of property, moral security, job security, and family security.

Maslow believed that the whole organism is a security-seeking mechanism, and that human receptors, effector organs, intelligence, and other energies are primarily safety-seeking tools, and that science and outlook on life can even be seen as part of satisfying security needs.

This is the stage that Asahi is in today.

Asahi is unlike any other country in the human world.

The subjects of the Kingdom of Xu were created by Yang Xu through ancient bronze books.

Here, all riches go to the king.

From birth to death, the state is responsible for everyone's food, clothing, shelter and transportation.

After he was born, Asahi would allocate houses and jobs.

When a newborn baby is born, all the expenses in the process of growing up are also borne by the state, education, food, clothing, and even toys, etc., without any cost. Even the elderly who have lost their mobility and those who are disabled due to various reasons will be cared for by the state.

Food, clothing, shelter and transportation can be guaranteed.

And with the change of national resources, there is change.

When the resources of Xuguo are abundant, the quality of life of the people has been greatly improved.

After coming into contact with humans, the people of Asahi have felt the progress of Asahi in all aspects, clothing, architecture, food, education, and so on.

And with the trade between Xuguo and humans, the people of Xuguo have tasted different delicious foods from all over the world, and enjoyed music, art, movies and so on from the human world.

Food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and even spiritual enjoyment have been greatly satisfied.

The sudden satisfaction made the subjects of Asahi very happy.

But while being happy, I couldn't help but feel confused.

All success comes too suddenly, all happiness comes too easily, and many people have a sense of confusion that they don't know where to go.

It was precisely when Yang Xu discovered this change in the subjects of Xuguo that he had new ideas and goals.

Now Xuguo has basically solved the survival needs, although there are still certain threats to the living environment. But as long as you don't deliberately die, the territory of Asahi is still very safe.

At such times, as the king of the Asahi Kingdom, he must set a new goal for his subjects.

One direction.

Religion!

Or thought!

In Maslow's theory, the third level is the need for emotion and belonging.

Friendship, love, sexual intimacy, and more.

Everyone wants to be cared for and cared for by each other.

Emotional needs are more nuanced than physical needs, and they are related to a person's physical characteristics, experiences, education, and religious beliefs.

The fourth level is the need for respect.

Self-respect, confidence, achievement, respect for others, respect for others.

Everyone wants to have a stable social status, and they want their abilities and achievements to be recognized by society.

The need for respect can be further divided into internal respect and external respect.

Internal respect refers to a person's desire to be competent, competent, confident, and independent in a variety of situations.

In short, internal respect is the self-esteem of a person.

External respect refers to a person's desire to have status, prestige, and to be respected, trusted, and highly valued by others.

Maslow believed that respecting the need to be satisfied makes people feel confident in themselves, passionate about society, and experienced the usefulness of their lives.

The fifth level of self-realization is morality, creativity, self-awareness, problem-solving, fairness, and the ability to accept reality

and so on.

The need for self-realization is the highest level of need, which refers to the need to realize personal ideals and ambitions, give full play to personal abilities to the greatest extent, reach the state of self-realization, accept themselves and others, enhance their problem-solving ability, improve their consciousness, be good at dealing with things independently, ask to be alone without interruption, and complete everything commensurate with their abilities.

That is, people must do a good job in order to make them feel the greatest happiness.

Maslow suggested that the path taken to meet the need for self-actualization varies from person to person. The need for self-actualization is to strive to realize one's potential and to become more and more the person you want to be.

The five-tier needs are not independent, nor are they purely pyramidal, but overlapping.

When one need is greatly satisfied, new needs arise, but this does not mean that other needs are not needed.

Although the subjects of the Asahi Kingdom are not humans, they are no different from humans except for the difference in form.

Therefore, based on Maslow's theory and the actual situation of Xuguo, Yang Xu has a new plan for the future of Xuguo.

Build a temple!

Unity!

Codifying the classics!

Educate the people!

Establish a new goal and a new pursuit for the people of Xuguo, far beyond the pursuit of survival needs, in order to solve the confusion of the people of Xuguo.

In addition to the above considerations, of course.

During this time, he and Tang Yuanqing studied history beyond the ancient and modern, and Yang Xu gradually understood the development path of Xuguo.

Now that the protection system of the Poseidon Kingdom is about to collapse, the day of complete integration of the earth and the Poseidon Kingdom is imminent.

There is no doubt about the contact between Asahi and the people of all countries in the world and even the people of the world.

Going to develop outside the kingdom of the sea god is a problem that Xuguo must face.

But if the current earth is compared to a cake, this cake has already been divided.

No matter which piece of the country you want, it will inevitably be resisted by all forces.

In such an environment, a purely military invasion would be stupid.

And religion is different.

The invasion of ideas and culture is silent, and its impact and effect are far greater than military oppression.

This is Yang Xu's next step.

Religion!

Faith!

In the eyes of the vast majority of ordinary people, the Kingdom of Asahi is the legendary kingdom of the ancient gods, a kingdom ruled by gods.

Yang Xu wants to borrow this kind of thinking from them and spread his will.

However, before he could proceed with this plan, he needed to solve hundreds of millions of small problems.

And this is one of the jobs of Qingqiu Ziyue.

Build a temple!

No way, who made her the number one strong man in Xuguo.

In a few months, the fusion of Qingqiu Ziyue and the elves has reached a new height, and the fusion degree is more than forty percent.

In the case of urging the elves to burst out with all their might, the power of Qingqiu Ziyue can reach thousands of tons!

What a concept it is.

The average family car is about 1.5 tons, the mini car is about 0.9 tons, and the SUV and MPV are a little heavier, but only about 1.8 tons.

The common train wagon, the general load of a carriage is 60-65 tons.

Qingqiu Ziyue's current strength is said to be overwhelming, although it is an exaggeration, but it has surpassed many large construction machinery!

In addition to building temples.

Yang Xu also arranged for people to compile the classics, study the ideas of the major religions, and sew them into their own things in combination with the situation of Xuguo and the historical past of different races!

This is not deception.

Because the Nuwa clan, the dragon clan, the Qingqiu fox clan, etc., do have a long history that cannot be calculated.

And a glorious past!

Although it has only a little relationship with these Qingqiu fox clans, Nuwa clans, etc. in Xuguo.

But it's also a connection.

Bloodline.

Cultural heritage.

How can it not be a connection.

In this way, the history of the Asahi Kingdom will be traced back to the distant past, the eternal barbaric era.

And he, Yang Xu, the lord of Xuguo, will also get a new name in these classics.

The king of the city of the deep.

Guardian of the city in the sky.

Lord of Thunder, the king of the sky, the continent, and the deep sea.

The master of the power of creation, the power of destruction.

The master of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, the Nuwa Divine Clan, the Dragon Clan and many other races!

King of the gods!

Titles like that.

Yang Xu thought of his future plan, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and his eyes seemed to penetrate time and space and see the undersea city.

He said in a low voice, "Bei Yao should have started." ”