Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 596 Admitting more than one beauties into the harem (please read!)
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The Indochina Peninsula is good. After getting it, Li Yan will become one of the main talkers in the trade between the East and the West, and Li Yan will get a huge fortune.

It's really not easy to manage here.

Leaving aside other things for the time being, just one religious issue made Li Yan very troubled.

To put it simply, there are two main religions in the Indochina Peninsula, one is Brahmanism (Hinduism) and the other is Buddhism (also divided into Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism).

These two religions are constantly in conflict, even incompatible.

Before Li Yan conquered the Khmer Kingdom, it was mainly controlled by the Brahmins, and almost all the Buddhists were driven out of the Khmer Kingdom by the Brahmins.

Today, the Khmer Kingdom is replaced by Li Yan and Shuibo Liangshan. Buddhists think that their opportunity has come, so they use various means to pull Li Yan and Shuibo Liangshan officials into Buddhism, even to the point of being pervasive .

Let me give you a vivid example.

After the Khmer Kingdom was destroyed, Li Yan accepted more than 100 beauties in the Khmer Kingdom into the harem as usual—most of them were the daughters of the royal family and princes and nobles of the Khmer Kingdom, and many of them were selected through drafts .

By the way, because of different personal aesthetics, these beauties entering the harem are guarded by Li Yan himself at the last pass.

But among the more than 100 beauties, more than 30 are Buddhists. Among them, some were originally Buddhists, and some were selected by Li Yan later, and then developed into Buddhists by Buddhists.

The development of Buddhism so desperately is enough to give Li Yan a headache.

But this is not the most troublesome thing for Li Yan.

What troubled Li Yan the most was that Brahmans were also sticking to their religious status.

Still take the more than 100 beauties accepted by Li Yan as an example.

Buddhism has more than 100 Buddhists around Li Yan, which is enough to be insane, but the Brahmins are even more ruthless - among the more than 50 beauties, more than [-] are Brahmans, and more than a dozen of them are Brahmins The daughters or sisters of the high priests, and there are even four saints who are Brahmins.

Excluding those who believed in Buddhism and Brahmans, among the more than 100 beauties Li Yanxinna had, those who had no faith became a very small minority.

Li Yan has always been in awe of religious beliefs.

Throughout the ages, countless wars have been caused by religious beliefs, and some wars can even last for hundreds or thousands of years.

The point is that religious beliefs cannot be destroyed, and a single spark can start a prairie fire.

In the end, after discussing with his civil and military ministers and counselors, Li Yan decided to follow Shuibo Liangshan's original policy on religion in dealing with Buddhism and Brahmans in the Indochina Peninsula, that is, to implement the religious law promulgated by Shuibo Liangshan, to a certain extent. support freedom of belief.

Emphasize, only to a certain extent.

In Indochina, the two forces of Buddhism and Brahmans are so powerful that Li Yan is afraid of them.

Therefore, while promulgating religious laws, Li Yan issued two constitutions and one encouragement.

These two constitutions are: [-]. Government officials must be non-believers. Once it is confirmed that a government official has joined any sect, no matter what position he is in, he will be removed from office immediately.[-]. No religion is allowed to have arms, and once discovered, it will be banned immediately.

Li Yan's purpose is that religion can no longer have secular power.

And one encouragement is to encourage the development of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism.

Of course, what Li Yan currently formulates is only at the current stage, and will be changed in the future according to the specific situation. If things really develop to the point where it cannot be done, or threatens his own rule, Li Yan does not rule out using force to re-establish the law. shuffle.

After dealing with the religious issue, Li Yan ordered that all slaves in Annan County, Champa County, Chenla County, Bangkok County, and Phuket County must be unconditionally liberated, and emphasized that slavery is a backward and barbaric mechanism that must be abolished.

The abolition of slavery met with as much resistance as ever.

But it doesn't matter, Shuibo Liangshan has very rich experience in this area.

In short, it is still the old way, either agree or die, it is your choice.

The slaves rescued by Shuibo Liangshan, like other places, are the most loyal supporters of Shuibo Liangshan.

On the abolition of slavery.

Buddhism, which advocates the equality of all beings, is overjoyed, thinking that Li Yan is trying to get closer to Buddhism, and then vigorously supports Shuibo Liangshan. Brahmins, and then vigorously sent beautiful women to Li Yan, sang praises to Li Yan, and finally even made Li Yan into a god.

As for the dispute between the two religions, Li Yan only guides in the direction that is beneficial to his own rule, and does not really favor one side. In a word, he supports whoever supports his rule, and suppresses whoever does not.

What Li Yan didn't expect was that with his attitude, all religions had a very good development and were well inherited.

Of course, this is something.

As for the treatment of many countries on the Indochina Peninsula, Li Yan and the wise men in Shuibo Liangshan racked their brains to make them fight, such as giving the land that belongs to this country to that country, such as ambiguously regarding the same piece of land. Promise to two countries, and start with religious and folk customs to create conflicts for several countries.

Among them, the biggest contradiction comes from the kingdom of the queen and the kingdom of Rapati.

The Kingdom of the Queen was established by the Thais, and the Kingdom of the Falling Rapati was established by the Mons. These two countries were already full of conflicts. The few prosperous lands where people lived were all painted to the Queen's Kingdom.

As a result, within two months, the Kingdom of the Queen and the Kingdom of Rapati fought after several failed negotiations.

Obviously, Shuibo Liangshan did this in preparation to annex these countries one by one after they were all defeated, and then unify the Indochina Peninsula.

Of course, this process is still very long, maybe three to five years, maybe ten or eight years, maybe 80 to [-] years, maybe it was a plan for nothing.

However, even if it is not for that long-term goal, Shuibo Liangshan has to make these countries on the peninsula fight, otherwise, how can Shuibo Liangshan, which has just been in the Indochina Peninsula for less than half a year, gain a foothold here, how can it develop here? How can it be guaranteed that these countries will not spy on the big business roads controlled by Shuibo Liangshan?

But then again, Li Yan can't just count on other countries to fight each other, he has to be strong himself to strike the iron, so after Li Yan's overall consideration, he also transferred the third party to be stationed in Chenla County. Based on half of the amphibious army, Yanqing formed the fifth chamber, stationed in Phuket County, ordered Li Zong to form the sixth chamber based on the other half of the amphibious army, stationed in Bangkok county, and ordered Xiao Jiasui to serve as the envoy of Central South Propaganda In charge of all the armies on the Indochina Peninsula, and at the same time ordered the Ministry of War in Seoul to recruit 20 reserve soldiers ([-] Han people, [-] good children of other ethnic groups) for training in case of emergency.

Obviously, after making a fortune in Angkor Thom, Li Yan became more courageous and confident.

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(End of this chapter)