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Chapter 634 Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism

Ruan Xiangjiang finally mobilized 2,000 forbidden troops from the city to complete the 5,000 mercenaries. Even if there is one part of Sanli that is not under my control for the time being, it is still better than the negotiation falling apart.

Huang Nanping is right. Sooner or later, they will be Annan people, so they should be lent to the Chinese businessmen first.

The huge imperial court in the north was not always strong. Throughout history, its strength fluctuated regularly with the replacement of emperors. Emperor Jingyang ascended the throne at the age of 22, and it has been 11 years.

Although they were at an energetic age, their emperors usually did not live long and died a lot in middle age. Whether it's a naval base or a plantation, maybe one day the people and equipment will all be yours, and you won't have to spend a penny.

When we arrived, in addition to dead bodies and wounded soldiers, there were also indigenous captives in the fleet. The sky was cloudy along the way, with little sunshine and a hint of bad luck.

The return journey was quite different. Before the fleet left the port, the sun had already emerged from the sea, looking bright red and very pleasing to the eye.

Look at the armed cargo ship, carrying 5000 vigorous Annan mercenaries. No matter what the new Nanyang Governor Zuo Guangdou arranges, with these seven or eight thousand mercenaries, the navy can withdraw part of its troops.

"They are all good places!" Huang Nanping couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the neat and lush artificial rubber forests on the hillside not far from the shore.

Four years ago, this place was still a low forest, with nothing to do except fishing. Let alone merchants, even pirates were unwilling to come. There was no oil or water.

In just four years, the court spent almost no money. The Da Nang naval base was established, a slipway for repairing ships was established, a biscuit factory and a cannery were established, a hemp spinning factory was established, and an iron workshop was established.

Apart from not being able to build ships, the navy is basically covered here from maintenance to supplies.

Looking at the nearby scenery, basically everything has changed. On the hillside, except for rubber trees, there are cocoa trees, and on the plains, except for sugar cane fields, there are rice fields.

Ninety percent of them are operated by Guangdong and Fujian maritime merchants. Some have already seen results, and some will take another two years.

Anyway, as long as there are no major natural or man-made disasters, these plantations can become old hens that can lay eggs, enough to feed the family for several lifetimes.

There are still maritime merchants dragging their families and families here. Unfortunately, land prices have increased several times, and there are not many good plots left.

But as long as you have enough manpower and skills, you can rent hundreds of acres and become rich, and you will definitely be able to support a small family. It is much better than living in the valleys of northern Guangdong and Fujian.

"I just don't know where to get people from?" Annan said. The same thing happened to Luzon Island on the other side of the sea. It's just that Huang Nanping has a question that he hasn't thought about clearly.

When developing farms on Luzon Island to plant rice, sugar cane, cocoa trees, and rubber trees, there will certainly be no big problem with the land and climate, but no matter what you plant, a lot of manpower will be needed to open up land, cultivate, harvest, and process.

Now that the emperor allows Ming merchants to go to Luzon to buy slaves and develop in Annan, who will farm in Luzon in the future? We can't find another country with a larger population and let the navy defeat it and transport the people to Luzon, right?
Even if it is possible, how can Luzon maintain long-term peace and stability? At the moment, they rely on force to subdue them, but this won't last long. In addition to military force, the Spaniards also had Christianity. Is it possible to try to bring Buddhism from the Ming Dynasty over?

In the Forbidden City, Emperor Jingyang and a group of ministers and staff were also thinking about religious issues like Huang Nanping. It took Zuo Guangdou only three days after arriving in Manila to write an inscription and submit it to Beijing.

He elaborated on his brief description of the current situation of the Luzon Special Administrative Region and his preliminary plans for future development, the most important of which is religion. He also raised the same question, which god should be used to replace the guy named Jehovah in the minds of the local indigenous people. And this is an issue that must be clarified as soon as possible, as it is related to the future policy direction of the SAR. If the emperor has a plan to replace him, then he will govern according to the plan;

If the emperor cannot find a suitable replacement for a while, then he will have no choice but to raise his butcher knife and go on a killing spree. Anyone who believes in Christianity is a monster and will be killed without mercy!

"If Buddhism fails, I don't want to turn all my people into cattle. If a big country wants to be strong for a long time, the people must be bloody and thoughtful. It is short-sighted to keep Confucianism and Buddhism in captivity just because they are afraid that they will rebel and lose their throne."

I do have a way to make the Ming Dynasty strong, but my lifespan will eventually end. Once I am gone, I will leave behind a group of people who are just and talkative. How will future generations continue to operate?

Don't be too short-sighted when thinking about problems, and don't think all about your own gains and losses. It's what we need as a generation to plan more for the future. "

However, as soon as Yuan Yingtai proposed to promote Buddhism in the Luzon Special Administrative Region, the emperor categorically rejected it. The reason was beyond everyone's expectation. He actually didn't want the people to be too obedient.

"Your Majesty, the king believes in Taoism and all the people believe in Buddhism. This is a good strategy for governing the country and ensuring peace of the country. It cannot be discarded easily!"

If it were anyone else who had the emperor deny it like this, he would have understood the importance and would not talk back again. But Yuan Yingtai was different. It was true that he was the backbone of the royalist faction, but he cherished this hard-won situation and did not want the emperor to mess around.

Since ancient times, most emperors and the ruling class believed in Taoism at their core, but they also vigorously promoted Buddhism among the people. This has become a tacit understanding and consensus among the upper class of society.

why? There are many reasons. For example, Taoism advocates attaching importance to this life, emphasizing personal cultivation, and pursuing immortality and immortality.

Buddhism pays more attention to the afterlife. Building bridges and paving roads to accumulate virtue and do good deeds is not for gaining anything in this life, but for giving birth to a good child in reincarnation.

As emperors or elites, they will definitely believe in Taoism. They have been very successful in this life, so they naturally have to pursue more long-term pursuits. As for what the next life will be like, it must be ranked behind this life.

And when ordinary people have a high probability of not being successful in this life, they have no choice but to pin their hopes on the next life. I hope that through reincarnation, I and my loved ones can prosper and become masters in the next life.

For another example, Taoism says that the physical body is very important and must be cherished. If you don’t even love yourself and others don’t do it, how can you talk about great love? So he is very self-centered, has unconventional thoughts, and is difficult to restrain.

Buddhism says that the body is a bastard, and the soul is the main body. Therefore, it doesn’t matter whether you are hungry, cold or tired, as long as you are pious enough and have established the cause and effect in the next life. This skin is the same as the clothes, and it needs to be changed every time it is reincarnated.

Therefore, tolerance becomes the key. No matter how wronged or angry you are, you must endure it and not explode.

Anyone with a little bit of logic can discern clues from these two teachings. As rulers, they must be willing to believe in Taoism. In the process of gaining power, they have done a lot of immoral things. No matter how hard they practice, they will never be reincarnated as adults in the next life. If you have wine today, you will be drunk today. The key is to cultivate Taoism and live forever.

But as a ruler, you definitely don’t want the people you rule to believe in Taoism. Good guy, he is practicing martial arts and studying medicine. All he thinks about is strengthening his self-cultivation to become an immortal. He doesn’t take the emperor’s officials into consideration at all. It’s too bad. Managed.

(End of this chapter)