This Qing is wrong

Chapter 190 Rebuilding the Taoist Court
"Your Majesty, besides recruiting and managing Taoists, what else do you need to do in the Taoist court you established?"

A middle-aged man with a long beard, a luxurious Taoist robe and a goose feather fan was standing in front of Li Changqing respectfully.

This person named Zhuge Jingtian is the only one among the casual cultivators who has reached the level of a real person, and also volunteered to join the court of the Tang Empire and work for Li Changqing.

After Li Changqing dispatched the White Lotus Cultists to wipe out the Taoist courts in the world, the highly capable Taoists either ran away with Zhang Tianshi, or hid in the deep mountains and old forests to practice hard alone.

The main reason is that Li Changqing's act of destroying the Dao Court and then establishing his own Dao Court to praise the Dao Patriarch disgusted those Taoist practitioners...

Of course, this does not mean that the number of Taoists who are willing to take refuge in the Tang Empire is small.

Ordinary Taoist priests of the Tang Empire naturally look down on them, but the Tang Empire is still willing to give an official or half-job to a Taoist priest with some ability, even if it is a "vacant position in the Taoist court" who has no real power, it is still a superior official!

Isn't it a hundred times better than being a wandering Taoist priest?
In the Qing and Ming dynasties, because warriors were better at fighting, the imperial court would wantonly win over warriors, but they didn't pay much attention to Taoist priests who were physically weak.

People who look at Feng Shui are naturally not as important as warriors who join the army.

The handle of the knife is always the most important element of the ruling class.

At the level of real people, they can live well without relying on the imperial court. If Li Changqing hadn't been cruel to the Taoist sect, wild real people like Zhuge Jingtian would not have emerged.

After Zhuge Jingtian joined the Great Tang Empire, the personal resume he registered looked like a fake, saying that he was a descendant of Prime Minister Zhuge, and that his inheritance came from the Zhuge family...

Li Changqing sent someone to investigate, and there is no such thing as the Zhuge family...

Oh, it may also be that the Zhuge family has been hidden from the world for too long, erasing the traces of their own family existence, so the relevant departments of the Tang Empire could not find out.

However, Li Changqing didn't care too much about Zhuge Jingtian's background, as long as he was a genuine real person, that was enough.

The most commendable thing is that this real person took the initiative to join the Tang Empire and was willing to undertake the establishment of the Dao Court.

The magnanimous Li Changqing simply and neatly canonized Zhuge Jingtian as the head of the Taoist court to help him manage those Taoists.

The chief executive of the Taoist court seems to have a high status, but in fact he does not have any power in the military, government and finances. The real Taoists do not obey the orders of the chief executive, but are managed by the local government and the Ministry of Supervision.

The head of the Taoist court is more like a mouthpiece for Li Changqing and a propaganda machine for the Taoist lineage.

The establishment of the Dao Court seems to be just for show, but Li Changqing is actually trying to deify himself and control the people's minds!

Li Changqing, who comes from the 21st century, is very clear about the importance of beliefs and ideas. Even in the 21st century, even the form of national invasion has become an export of economic culture.

And the export of economy and culture, to put it bluntly, is to influence the thoughts of the people of other countries!

When the people of a country think that another country is a paradise with a better life, the country is not far from riots...

The economic and cultural output that changes a country's thinking is an output of soft power, and it is difficult to completely defend against it. It is impossible to shut down Internet cafes across the country.

The parallel world East Asia, where Li Changqing lives, seems to have all kinds of ideas. In fact, this is a manifestation of the weak foundation of ideas, which are easily eroded by foreign religious ideas.

If Li Changqing wants to conquer foreign countries with the Han Chinese as the main body, he will inevitably be eroded by foreign soft power-religious ideology, and even be 'conquered' by other countries' religious beliefs under the name of the people below.

In the Western Expedition of Mongolia, it laid down such a large piece of land, but it was split into pieces. It was because the Mongolians' Changshengtian thought was not strong enough in the competition of beliefs, and was eroded by the Orthodox Buddhism. Generals have changed their beliefs...

Although the Mongols who were conquerors at that time still retained Mongolian blood, their ideology was completely different from the original Mongols.

Li Changqing is committed to conquering the world, otherwise how would he defeat system enemies?
Naturally, this phenomenon cannot be allowed to happen.

The best way to build a barrier of belief is to let the nation you rely on have enough firm beliefs.

In this era, it is impossible to promote the belief that everyone is equal, so Li Changqing is digging his own foundation, which can only be consolidated by religious belief.

It is even more unreliable to create a religion out of thin air. Religion can be believed by most people. It does not mean that you can create a god totem. It is just a primitive tribal belief. The Changshengtian that the Mongolians once believed in belongs to this category. .

A truly mature religion has a set of god logic that can be understood by itself, which takes a long time to perfect.

Why is the belief of Tianfang Sect spread so strongly?

It's not just because the members of Tianfang Sect are strong in fighting, but the belief of Tianfang Sect has reached the level of guiding the daily life of ordinary believers.

Eating, sleeping, bathing, etc., can find the corresponding 'rules' from the teachings of Tianfang Sect.

In the same way, Christianity, which can fight against Tianfang religion, also has this characteristic, and so does Buddhism.

It's just that Buddhism advises people to be good, and people who believe in Buddhism are often not too strong in combat, unless they are practitioners.

Cultivation in the end of the Dharma Age is too difficult, because there is no aura to absorb and cultivate, and one can only rely on self-development and self-strengthening, and there are various strict requirements for innate talents, resulting in the number of practitioners being always in the minority.

In Li Changqing's view, the purpose of religious belief is not to create strong people, but to increase cohesion.

It is impossible for Li Changqing to change the bloodline of an ethnic group in a short period of time, but he can change the belief of an ethnic group in a short period of time.

Only when the thinking is unified, the national unity will have the basis for realization.

For this reason, when Li Changqing established the Great Tang Empire, he thought about what kind of faith is suitable for the Eastern Continent?
Through the channels collected from various sources, Li Changqing learned that in the Eastern Continent, excluding those beliefs that are too strong in regional characteristics and similar to tribal totems, there are only three mainstream beliefs.

The first is Buddhist belief, which belongs to foreign beliefs. The final interpretation of beliefs belongs to Western Buddhism and Xueyu Buddhism. Even the orthodox position of the origin of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent is unshakable.

Naturally, Li Changqing ruled him out first.

He wants to create his own national beliefs, and even deify himself, so it is naturally impossible to use foreign beliefs.

What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Buddhist army is really not satisfactory.

Even the Buddhist sects in the Western Regions rely on the prestige supported by the holy mountain.

The remaining two are Confucianism and Taoism.

Li Changqing discovered that Confucianism is at best a school, not a belief, and it has nothing to do with religion.

First of all, Confucianism does not have a mature system of gods!

Is Confucius a god?

What's more, even the Han people think that Confucianism is just a school that scholars will learn. When the Han people need a spiritual sustenance to pray, they seldom go to the saints of Confucius. More Han people choose to worship Buddha and burn incense and go to Taoist temples.

Or find a wandering Taoist to do the math.

It is not difficult to find out by the method of elimination that Li Changqing only has one choice of Taoism, not to mention that he still has an inherent impression of the world-the demon Taoist Li Changqing.

Insufficient Taoist aggressiveness?
This is not a problem for Li Changqing at all. When the Taoist court and the imperial court are combined, it will become a terrifying existence like the caliphate of the Western Tianfang Sect.

When fighting, it is enough to use the oracle to launch a holy war.

Why are countries that believe in Tianfang religion so powerful in combat?

Just because their king is a secular leader, both ideological and material can be superimposed in war to the extreme.

Unlike European countries, the Pope has to take the lead in organizing some kind of crusade...

What Li Changqing wants to build is a country similar to Tianfang Sect.

He is not only the Taoist ancestor, the religious leader of the Taoist court, but also the supreme emperor of the Tang Empire.

The seemingly useless new Dao Court is actually a purely religious organization.

It's just that this religious organization was born on the basis of the court of the Tang Empire and has no real power.

"From now on, the world will only have the only Taoist court established by me, and all believers will be merciful from the heavens.

All the folk temples will be converted into Taoist temples, and the Taoists in the Taoist court can't eat or work. They will be responsible for presiding over the people's prayers and other affairs, and they need to report to the local Taoist branch in time.

The Taoist cultivation system no longer sets up the title of Daoist. All believers are collectively referred to as Taoists. They are not cultivators. They must be able to open the altar and become a true Taoist priest to be considered a cultivator.

Those who preside over local people's blessings and other affairs must be at least a Taoist priest, and Taoist priests will have corresponding official status.

If a Taoist priest is promoted to a real person, he can enter the big city or the capital to enjoy better treatment, and he no longer needs to participate in the work of praying for blessings at the grassroots level.

The five saintesses of the Great Tang Empire will be listed as the five elders of the Dao Court, and their status in the Dao Court is second only to the Dao Patriarch.

The future imperial examinations and official examinations will include the basic knowledge of Taoist beliefs.

Local Taoist temples are obliged to help the local government manage the people.

............"

Li Changqing talked a lot, while Zhuge Jingtian took notes seriously.

As the chief executive, he does not have the decision-making power of the Taoist court, but he needs to run errands to send the notice.

In particular, the establishment of local Taoist temples needs the chief executive to worry about it.

Of course, Li Changqing will not force people to believe in faith, he will only ask people not to believe in other religions.

Under the rule of the Tang Empire, the people had two choices - to be an atheist, or to be a believer.

When the Dao Court was established, the Tang Empire also began to completely de-Buddhize.

The reason why Li Changqing did this was very simple. Ge Erdan, who was supported by Xueyu Buddhism, had taken over the territory occupied by Kang Mazi, and was eyeing the Han land in the Central Plains.

It even occupied the Shaanxi-Gansu region where the Han people lived.

In the fourth year of Wuwei in the Tang Dynasty, the guard of honor of Li Changqing, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, entered the capital and designated the capital as the accompanying capital.

At this time, the political center of the Tang Empire had moved out of Guangzhou City and stayed in Nanjing City.

For the time being, there are two accompanying capitals of the Tang Empire, namely the northern and southern capitals.

In the four years in Wuwei, Li Changqing, in addition to rebuilding Taoism and elevating himself to the position of Taoist ancestor, also transferred the title of the warlords under his command.

Not surprisingly, Geng Jingzhong left Jiangsu and Zhejiang with his followers.

The ministries represent the army and the families of the soldiers.

Geng Jingzhong went all the way north and arrived at Shanhaiguan, ready to drive to the place outside the pass.

Geng Jingzhong never dreamed that after he rebelled, he would eventually return to Liaodong!

This kind of transfer is naturally a loss for Geng Jingzhong and his generals, but does he dare to refute?

In addition, the members of the White Lotus Sect were reorganized into the garrison of the northern provinces.

Of course, the congregation of the White Lotus Sect is too bloated, and the old and weak among them must be eliminated.

Without the rebellion of the Jade Girl Sect, the White Lotus Sect is destined to become a historical term.

Li Changqing's entry into BJ City has actually expressed an attitude, and he will attack the land outside the customs next.

Before the Great Tang Empire could continue to expand, Zheng Jing, King of Yanping on Taiwan Island, received an ultimatum from the Great Tang Empire.

In Yanping Prince's Mansion, the civil and military ministers under Zheng Jing gathered together. After they circulated the letters from the Tang Empire, some people were frowning, some were expressionless, but most of them were filled with righteous indignation!

"My lord, the Tang emperor has gone too far. You have persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty. After suffering so much, he even deprived you of the royal title granted to you by the Ming Dynasty, leaving only the title of governor."

"That's right, and we don't want to change the place to be the governor, let us continue to stay in Taiwan, a place that doesn't shit.

Now that the war on the mainland is stable, we can no longer buy any slaves to come and farm. "

In this era, the development level of Taiwan was very low, and the population was not large, especially the enlightened Han population.

And the aborigines on Taiwan Island are extremely fierce, hiding in the high mountains of Taiwan Island, the price of extermination is too high, and they are unwilling to surrender to the Han people. There has been friction between the two sides.

Fortunately, the hatred between those Taiwanese indigenous tribes is deeper, and most of the time they are killing each other, but they maintain a fragile balance with the Han ethnic group.

For those Taiwanese aboriginal men, they had to kill an enemy in the ceremony of coming of age. From this alone, it can be seen how brutal they are.

Yanping Wang Zhengjing was naturally also dissatisfied with the arrangement of the Tang Empire. Although the Tang Empire did not let him hand over the territory, his prince...

"We don't have the right to refuse right now."

Zheng Jing said in a flat tone.

The generals below suddenly became silent. They also knew the truth. Leaving aside Li Changqing's ability to disregard the distance to launch war puppets, the current population and military strength of the Tang Empire alone were not something Taiwan Island could compete with.

Today's Great Tang Empire is no worse than the original Great Qing!

Even Li Changqing only needs to throw a wave of war puppets on the island of Taiwan, and the foundation of the Yanping Palace will collapse.

Of course, doing that is not in Li Changqing's interest. After all, the Zheng Ming forces on Taiwan Island are also regarded as a nation by Li Changqing.

Li Changqing wants to conquer the world, the most important thing is the population!
(End of this chapter)