Chapter 231: The Final Problem (Part II)
For most of the winter, the Tang army did not launch another offensive.
Under Li Ye's instructions, the Western Regions Commercial Bank cooperated with the civil officials and scribes accompanying the army to gather the local lords and nobles on the plateau and hold various gatherings day and night. Although it is called a banquet, the main purpose is not to feast and drink, but to study and spread the "Treatise on Qi Min".
Before the start of the war, the trading houses in the Western Regions had a lot of dealings with some local magnates, and when the war broke out, there were still many internal responses. During the period after the end of the war on the plateau, those big cannibals who had dealings with the Tang Army before naturally became powerful and their status increased greatly.
According to Li Ye's arrangement, before organizing the Great Cannibals to study "The Theory of Qi Min", the Tang Army carried out a purge of the Great Food Lords and Crescent Moon Instructors in various places, and still implemented the strategy of winning over a group, killing a group, and neutralizing a group.
There were a lot of bloodsheds, and the authority of the Tang army was established, so after the assembly began, the big food nobles everywhere were very cooperative, and things went smoothly. Because of the careful planning and perfect steps, the momentum of "The Theory of Qi Min" was quickly established.
As a traverser, Li Ye knew the importance of ideological transformation to go deep into the grassroots and the people, so after the situation in the big city developed well, he immediately asked the local big food nobles to cooperate and push the "Theory of Qi Min" to the countryside and villages.
Dashi is a theocratic country, where the aristocracy and the Crescent Sect hold power and manage the people, and there is no such level of government as the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the preaching of the "Treatise on the People of Qi" was mainly carried out by the noble monks in the temples of the Crescent Sect. This also means that temples around the world have officially changed their course in the spiritual core.
In Quxi Town, a pale-faced Amahe returned home from the town's largest temple in the evening. The snow in the streets and alleys was very thick, and the footprints left by his deep foot and shallow foot were particularly conspicuous. However, he didn't care about his strange appearance, because many of the Crescent Sect believers who returned from the temple were almost confused.
When he returned home, his wife couldn't help but be very anxious when she saw that he was not in a state of mind and was not even in the mood to eat. After careful inquiry, I found out what the monks of the town had been doing in the temple these days. www.. org
"The Tang people are so vicious that they actually say that the teachings of the prophets are useless, but the cause and effect are so strict that it is difficult to refute. You don't know how lively the conversation at the temple is these days, at first everyone scoffed at it, but now many people are being bewitched!"
As soon as he remembered what he had heard, his hands trembled, as if the book called "The Treatise on Qi Min" was a talisman.
"The Tang people replaced the teachings of the temple with their own thoughts, and they discussed them with us repeatedly in these days. At first, everyone made up their minds that they would not listen to whatever they said, but the more they got later, the deeper they sank, as if there was some kind of profound magical power in those words, which could forcefully change our minds.
"Gradually, more and more people asked questions, got answers, and their minds began to change!"
When his wife heard this, she was shocked and puzzled, "But the people who can gather everyone are all big people and nobles, do they also believe in the heresy of the Tang people?"
"They are convinced! These people have betrayed the true God!" Ama slammed his fist on the table, gritting his teeth, "The Tang people are clearly smearing the true God and slandering the true God, but they dare not resist, they are really unworthy to be believers in the true God!"
While the two were talking, a young man of about twenty years old entered the house, and it was their son
Zimoxi. Unlike Amah's frustration and anger, Moxie looked excited, as if he had seen a new world.
As soon as he saw Moxi, Amahe was immediately furious, "You bastard, you have stayed in the temple for so long, to talk to them about the heresies of the Tang people, do you want to betray the true God?! If you really dare to do this, I will break your legs today!"
Reprimanded by his father, Moxie cowered his neck in fear, but he quickly puffed up his chest and mustered up the courage to speak out loud.
He said: "The 'Treatise on the People of Qi' is not a fallacy and heresy, the truth in it is easy to understand and is very correct! We are not people who are destined to suffer and can only follow the will of the true God, and we should control our own destiny, instead of being used by those who shout the truth of the true God and become their weapons!"
"You are looking for death!" Ama He was already annoyed, seeing that his son had changed his beliefs, where could he bear it, and when he got up, he slapped the other party to the ground.
Moxi was beaten for a while, until his tearful mother came to support him, and then he came back to his senses, and when he heard his father still shouting angrily about the words that the true god could not be disobeyed and the nobles could not be challenged, the courage that had been diminished suddenly rose with shame.
He blushed his neck and shouted: "You have been used by the powerful, and you are still counting the money for them, and you can only be an eagle dog for the rest of your life! But this world should not be like this, and we should not be like this! In the Tang Dynasty, everyone could practice, everyone could study, and as long as you worked hard enough, you could become an official through the imperial examination, change your destiny, and benefit the common people!
"If the Tang people can live like this, why can't we? We are not born lowly, we are just deceived by others! This is the foolish strategy of the powerful, don't you know?
"Now that the Tang people are here, we want to implement the Tang system here, so that we are no longer inferior to the nobles, so that we can also become a member of the nobles through our own efforts, why are we still obsessed?"
In a theocratic state like Da Shi, the common people have no way to rise, and the nobility is the nobility, they hold power, and they are also the core of the Crescent Religion.
Children of ordinary families can only become monks if they are favored by the people of the temple. But all his life, he is just a noble retinue, and it is impossible for him to obtain noble status. Even if he has made war exploits, he is an eagle dog with a higher status.
Only when the dynasty changes, a very small number of lucky people can change their fate.
This kind of order is very similar to the pre-Qin era in the Central Plains.
Enraged, Amma flew up and kicked Moxi out.
Moxie collapsed in the courtyard, his head tilted and unconscious.
Hearing his wife's exclamation, Amahe suddenly came back to his senses from his anger, looked at his son who was knocked unconscious by himself, and was at a loss for a while. His son, the young man, was on the opposite side of him.
He can knock out Moxie, but he can't change the tide.
The future always belongs to the enthusiastic young people, and whoever controls their minds and gains their support has the ability to change the world. Because they seek change, dare to struggle, are fearless, and are not afraid of sacrifice.
At the same time, because of their lack of experience, they are very seductive.
Ergouzi and Niu Dan came to Quxi Town again, and two months have passed. During this time, they took the army with them
The team patrols back and forth in the area under its jurisdiction, and rarely has time to rest.
After all, the Tang army had not long occupied the plateau, and it had to clean up the remnants of the Great Food Army, and because the plateau was now implementing the "Theory of Qi Min", some Crescent diehards had risen up to make trouble, and they were responsible for pacifying it.
Unlike last time, this time when he came to Quxi Town, Ergouzi obviously felt that the big food people in the town were no longer full of hostility and hidden resentment when they looked at them, not only because the adults no longer hid the children, but also because the old people dared to show their heads.
It was also because when they first entered the town, a group of young people who were eating big welcomed them and gave them some water and food. The other party's face was full of eager smiles, so that the two dogs and Niu Dan felt some of the meaning of "eating pot pulp to welcome the king".
"Brother Niu, have you noticed that in the few places we have inspected recently, the big cannibals don't seem to be very afraid of us anymore? It seems that the implementation of "Qi Min's Theory" is going well!" Ergouzi drank the wine handed by Mo Xi and said to Niu Dan proudly.
They have checked the food and drinks, and there is no problem.
Niu Dan smiled and said: "This is natural, you and I have read "Qi Min Theory", and it is indeed very well written, and it is not surprising that it has such an effect." However, I heard that when the "Treatise on Qi Min" was first introduced, there were still some monks of the Crescent Sect who made trouble, but when the "Treatise on the Men of Qi" was popularized among the common people, it was quickly popularized, and this quickly formed a general trend. ”
The second dog helped the pocket, "It seems that the people of the world are the same, and they still know what to do." ”
Niu Dan nodded and said: "Have you eaten enough, dressed warmly, not being bullied, and whether you have money in your pocket, can the people themselves still be unclear?"
The second dog drank the wine in the jug and was very satisfied with the taste, so he said to Mo Xi, who was following the road, looking at him with his head raised and respectful: "You are good, what is your name?"
His big food words were very blunt, but Moxie still understood, and immediately felt honored, and immediately straightened his chest and said, "My name is Moxie!"
"I see that you are quite clever, behave well, now that many nobles have been killed by us, it is the time when a new big cannibal is needed to manage the place, this is your chance!"
These words made Moxie's face flushed, and he almost jumped up with joy, "I want to join the army, join you, benefit the common people, and change this country, can the general accept me?"
This made the second dog stunned, this was the first time he had encountered it, there were big cannibals who were willing to join the Tang Dynasty army and wanted to follow Wang Shi to fight against Ma Lun.
In Ama He's house, Xi Luchi looked at him with an unkind face, and his tone was cold: "When I came back, you said that you could call thousands of monks, how much time has passed, why are there only dozens of people listening to orders?"
Amahe said bitterly, "Lord Emir, I have done my best. But the Tang people are too vicious, and their "Treatise on the People of Qi" has bewitched everyone's minds, and now many people have voted for them. Those who didn't surrender are now content with the status quo and refuse to go to war with the Tang Army if they say nothing!"
Hearing these words, Xi Lu sat down in despair, and secretly wailed in his heart: "It's like this again"
When he left Quxi Town last time, he was full of ambition, thinking that he could easily complete the task assigned by Ma Lun, but now, as the time for action approached, he found in one place after another that the people who were willing to fight to the death for the true god were now not obeying orders.
What can I do?