At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 474: Hu Hai, who does not believe in the power of faith, and the Religious Affairs Department

"On Friends and Enemies!" Jiuma Luo repeated in a low voice. Of course he had read this article. This was the method used by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty several decades ago to distinguish between friends and enemies. This was the most famous article in the Han Dynasty, and all middle school students in the Han Dynasty had to memorize it.

The dynasty before the Han Dynasty was called Qin. This dynasty was extremely brutal and powerful. Under the leadership of an emperor named Qin Shihuang, it destroyed six equally powerful countries in Chinese civilization and unified the entire Chinese civilization.

But Qin Shi Huang was extremely cruel. He used Qin law to enslave the entire world. At that time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was still a prisoner. He was angry at Qin Shi Huang's enslavement and led 800 prisoners to revolt, overthrowing the Qin Dynasty with a million soldiers.

It is said that when facing the million-strong army of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, the generals of the Han army were afraid of the power of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty. The Han emperor distinguished between enemies and friends, and unraveled the weaknesses of the powerful and tyrannical Qin Dynasty for the Han generals, eliminating their fear of the Qin Dynasty. It then took three years to finally annihilate the million-strong army of the Qin Dynasty and establish the current Han Dynasty.

He was extremely excited when reading the history of the founding of the Han Dynasty. How great it would be if they had such a sage king in India. For thousands of years, the Indian civilization had been divided into pieces and was often invaded by foreign races.

But India also has a splendid culture, a prosperous economy, and a large population. According to his understanding of Han history, for thousands of years, Indian civilization was no worse than that of the Han Dynasty. The only thing they lacked was a heroic leader like the Sage King to unite the entire India.

Even if there was no such sage king to unite the entire India, even if there was a tyrant like Qin Shihuang, the people of the Han Dynasty were too unruly and could not tolerate a tyrant like Qin Shihuang. But the people of India were peaceful and obedient, and they could tolerate even the most cruel monarch, as long as he could unify India and bring strength to India, these defects could be tolerated.

Not to mention that when Jiumalu learned about Qin Shihuang's deeds, he did not think he was that cruel. There were many Indian kings and nobles who were more cruel than Qin Shihuang. Jiumalu even felt that the First Emperor was born in the wrong civilization. If he were in the Celestial Clan, he would have become the greatest monarch in Indian history. Even the Peacock King could not compare to him.

"The theory of friends and enemies doesn't seem to be applicable in India. You are all outsiders?" Kumarajiva hesitated.

Hu Hai laughed and said, "If a Vaisya said this, it would make sense. But for a Brahmin like the Master to say this, don't you find it funny? Are you Indians?"

Kumaru's face turned red. A scholar like him naturally understood that most of the Brahmins and Kshatriyas like him were outsiders. Only the Vaishyas, Shudras and a large number of untouchables were the real native people of India.

"What you said happened hundreds of years ago. Now I have integrated into Tianzhu."

Hu Hai said: "Master, you hit the point. This may be true in my Han Dynasty, but it is not true in your Tianzhu. These identities are not important at all, otherwise your Tianzhu would not be invaded by foreign races every few hundred years."

"Do you know how many people have died in the past two years since we came to India? A total of 54 people, but some of them died of acclimatization, some were bitten by poisonous insects and snakes, but not one died on the battlefield."

Hu Hai looked at Jiuma Luo and said, "That is to say, none of our Han people died at the hands of you Indians, not even one."

"In the past, the Han Emperor always said that the butt determines the head. I have always found it difficult to understand. There are always some people who transcend their butts, just like the Han Emperor who said this. Over the years, he has always stood on the opposite side of his butt."

“But after coming to India, I finally understood this sentence deeply. The descendants of Brahmins are Brahmins, the descendants of Kshatriyas are Kshatriyas, the descendants of Vaishyas are Vaishyas, and the descendants of Shudras are Shudras.”

"Vaishyas, Shudras are just cattle and horses, not people at all. India is so vast, there are cattle and horses everywhere, there are no tens of millions of people, but only a few hundred thousand Brahmins and Kshatriyas."

"Among these hundreds of thousands of people, half of them are Brahmins who do not work and do not join the army to defend their country. There are only hundreds of thousands of Kshatriyas to govern and defend such a vast land. Minus women, children and the elderly, you have dozens of countries in India that are protected by only tens of thousands of Kshatriya nobles. If you further subdivide it, a city has only a few hundred people guarding it. With only so few people to defend a country, if India doesn't get beaten, who will? It's no wonder that the Kushan Empire can sweep across the entire northern India with hundreds of thousands of people. They have as many people who can fight as the entire India. What can you use to stop them!"

It can be said that every word of Hu Hai's incisive analysis hits Kumara in the face. He is the Brahmin class that does not engage in production.

"If Mr. Zhao wants to take a class with me, let's end our conversation here." But Jiuma Luo was a little angry and embarrassed.

Hu Hai pulled Jiuma Luo who wanted to stand up and said: "I am not analyzing the situation in Tianzhu. After my analysis, don't you realize that the enemy we are waiting for is not strong at all?"

The five cities of Anxi originally had tens of thousands of Kshatriyas to maintain local order. These people were the guarantee of the Brahman military force, but now all these Kshatriyas have been exiled to Southeast Asia. The five cities of Anxi are actually different from other areas of India. The people of these five cities are just continuing to move forward according to their previous living habits. "

After capturing the other four cities, Wang Fen eradicated the local Kshatriya families in order to ensure the stability of Anxi County. They are now on their way to Southeast Asia.

"In fact, without the protection of armed forces, it is not difficult for us to destroy the monks of the Five Cities. We just need to take their believers into consideration. After all, we came to India only to seek wealth, not to kill people. But as long as we separate the believers of these bald donkeys, it will be just a matter of digging a pit to destroy these hundreds or thousands of bald donkeys."

Jiumalu suddenly realized that Hu Hai wanted to push him out to challenge the Buddhists. In fact, the Han people have always been doing this. His Brahmanism is growing rapidly in Anxi, and now there are more than 3 believers. His temple has the most believers among all the temples in Anxi County. Of course, Buddhists still have the largest number of believers. They at least occupy most of the population of Anxi County.

After understanding this, Jiuma Luo shook his head and said, "Although I want to promote Brahmanism, Buddhism is deeply rooted. There are temples of Buddhism everywhere in India, and their believers make up the majority of the population of India. Even in Anxi County, with your support, it will be difficult to replace the position of Buddhism without decades of hard work."

Hu Hai said disdainfully: "Don't talk about your faith so devoutly. In the past few decades, the Han Dynasty has changed dynasties twice. I have seen gentlemen with noble character and firm will, but even these rare talents can change their beliefs at any time."

"You believers in India are just a bunch of poor people who can't even get enough food. They are powerless to change the reality. They can only rely on their faith and the lies made up by you monks, hoping to change their miserable fate in the next life."

If we were to say who in the world least believed in the power of faith, it would definitely be Hu Hai. His father was a great man who ruled an unprecedentedly powerful empire, but such a huge Qin Empire was destroyed just like that.

There were tens of thousands of Qin nobles, hundreds of thousands of Qin officials, and millions of people who had obtained Qin titles. Logically speaking, these were all supporters of Qin. Even if it was just for show, their generation had to be filial sons and grandsons of Qin, build a good reputation, and have their descendants continue to serve as officials in the Han Dynasty.

But less than twenty years after the fall of the Qin Empire, these people disappeared, and within the Han Empire, no one missed the Qin Empire founded by his father.

It would be fine if it was an ordinary person, but even his father-in-law, an important official of the Qin Dynasty, the kind of hero who would leave his name in history, did not miss the Qin Empire at all.

In such a huge empire, in less than a generation, there was not a single wise minister or old man to be found. How could Hu Hai believe that people would have firm beliefs? It was just that the benefits were not enough. His father used the county system and did not enfeoff princes. Therefore, the nobles and officials of the Qin Dynasty were dissatisfied with his father. There were even many people discussing in the monthly report that if his father could enfeoff princes to suppress the Central Plains, the Qin Dynasty could continue to be passed on. This view was actually recognized by most people.

The Han Emperor generously gave away 9% of the land of the Han Dynasty. Everyone in the world praised the Han Emperor for his virtue. Many shameless Confucian scholars have begun to say that the Han Emperor's virtue is comparable to that of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. They flattered him to the point of not even caring about their dignity.

There was no one in the whole world who missed the Qin Empire established by his father. How could he believe in the power of faith? If there was anything Hu Hai really believed in, it must be the power of money. Money was closest to the interests of everyone in the world. Hu Hai believed that this was one of the most powerful forces in the world.

Jiuma Luo shook his head and said, "A person without faith like you will go to Avici Hell sooner or later."

Although he had decided to form an alliance with Hu Hai, it was still difficult for him to accept Hu Hai's ridicule of his beliefs. He could not afford to lose his job.

This was the most frustrating thing for him. The Han people did not believe in religion at all, and he had planned to develop a few Han believers, but in the end he got nothing.

Then he continued, "How do you plan to weaken the power of those Buddhists?"

Hu Hai said: "In my great Han Dynasty, any industry will be managed by a special government office. No person or class can be free from Han laws. You in Tianzhu don't even have a government office to manage the Brahmin class. No wonder you people can bully the Tianzhu government unscrupulously. I plan to persuade the Lord of Anxi City to set up a Religious Department in the five cities of Anxi to specifically manage you Brahmins." Although Jiumalu was unhappy in his heart, in Anxi County, the status of their Brahmins was originally lower than that of the Han people, so it was not difficult for him to accept it.

Hu Hai continued, "I intend to propose to the city lord that you, Master Jiuma Luo, be appointed as the director of the Religious Affairs Department. From now on, all the Brahmans in the five cities of Anxi will be under your management."

If Kumarajiva and others are interested in it, isn't this equivalent to the official positioning that his Brahmanism has a higher status than Buddhism?

Kumarajiva thought for a moment and said, "But this will hardly weaken the power of Buddhism."

Hu Hai laughed and said, "We should manage all the sects to strengthen them. I found that you Indians love to believe in gods, and there are many kinds of gods. A buffalo can be a god, a big stone can be a god, and even a small hill can be a god. The growth of these small sects will naturally erode the power of Buddhists."

"Master, are you willing to make a bet with me? Which one is stronger, faith or interest?"

Jiumo Luo asked: "How do you want to bet?"

Hu Hai said: "Master, have you forgotten how Brahmanism flourished in An?"

Jiumo Luo was surprised and asked, "Is there still land to be divided in Anxi now?"

The population of Anxi City has increased by 5% compared to a year ago. There is no vacant land to be distributed, and the only option is to reclaim the surrounding wasteland.

Hu Hai said: "There is no need to offer land as an inducement. A little grain is enough. In order to assist the development of these small sects, I plan to support them with some dried salted fish. As long as you become a believer of these small sects, everyone can get a salted fish. Every 10 days during the ritual, you can get another salted fish. Master Jiumaru, how many believers in Anxi City do you think can resist such temptation?"

Anxi City is located in the lower reaches of the Ganges River. Generally, there will be a small fish farm at the estuary of the lower reaches of the river because of the rich nutrients.

Hu Hai used his own merchant ships to trawle fish at the estuary of the lower reaches of the Ganges, and he could harvest thousands of stones of sea fish every day. There happened to be a salt field in Anxi City, so as long as the intestines of these sea fish were cleaned, the stomachs were cut open, and then they were rolled in sea salt, they would become a delicious salted fish.

You have to know that India was still in the late slavery period, and both salt and fish were luxury goods. For the lower-class people in India, dried salted fish was a luxury among luxuries. If these small sects could really use dried salted fish to preach, few of the lower-class people in India could resist such temptation.

Jiuma Luo pointed at Hu Hai and said tremblingly: "You are really a devil."

Now he had some understanding of how those monks watched their Brahmanism grow and prosper. It would be difficult to preach in India after Hu Hai did this. Without financial resources, it would be difficult to get many believers.

Hu Hai looked at the pale face of Jiuma Luo and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, your Brahmanism will also have a share of this salted fish."

"Master Jiuma Luo, as the director, you must take action and find all the small sects in Anxi County for me, even those wild sects without temples. As long as these monks can fool the people, I will not care about their backgrounds. In the Han Dynasty, we believe that kings, princes, generals and ministers are of different species. Just because there are no temples today does not mean there will be no temples in the future."

Looking at the smiling Hu Hai, Jiuma Luo really wanted to curse him to hell. Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different races? How could such words be said in India!

But in the end, Kumarajiva followed Hu Hai's order and went to find monks from other small sects. In this way, the two sides reached an alliance to jointly deal with Buddhism.

After Jiuma Luo left, Zhu Pei said regretfully: "Although the price of salted fish is not high, it is a bit wasteful to give it to the people of Tianzhu for free."

Hu Hai said with a smile: "Now is the time to seize the market. These salted fish are the price we have to pay. After we defeat the monk group, the entire financial market of Tianzhu will belong to our Fei Hai Bank. If those believers want to eat salted fish again, they will have to pay."

Then Hu Hai found Zhang Yong and told him the idea of ​​the Religious Affairs Bureau. He said that the Brahmins of Buddhism were an unstable factor in Anxi County and that they should find ways to weaken their power. It would be best to eradicate them like the Kshatriyas and clear them out of the land of Anxi County.

Zhang Yong knew better than Hu Hai that these Brahmin monks were unstable. The success of the two coalition forces of India had a lot to do with these monks. When the coalition forces arrived in Anxi, these monks tipped off the enemy.

If it weren't for the fact that the Indians were so weak in fighting ability, the persecution brought about by the monks would be unimaginable.

But these people had too many followers, and Zhang Yong was afraid to clean them out completely. Now that Hu Hai wanted to deal with the monks in Anxi County, Zhang Yong naturally supported him.

But he still said: "I support you in dealing with them, but you can't cause unrest in the entire Anxi County."

Hu Hai smiled and said, "Just wait for a while, I guarantee that these bald donkeys' followers will disappear soon."

Half a month later, the newly appointed Master Jiumalu came to the Religious Affairs Office for the first time, accompanied by more than 20 monks from small sects.

These small sects were even worse off than Brahmanism. At least, Kumarajiva had the support of the Han Dynasty, so he could build temples in Anxi City without restraint.

However, these monks of small sects were suppressed by Buddhist monks and could only preach in remote villages. These people did not even have a place to live, let alone a temple.

Those who don't have any special skills would try all kinds of tricks, such as making strange-shaped trees, stones, or monkeys or other animals to make the ignorant villagers believe in them.

Those who have some skills can breathe fire, know how to use vinegar to pretend to be a god, or know a few herbal prescriptions that can cure some simple diseases or bring some comfort to the villagers.

So when Hu Hai saw these people, compared to those fat and big-eared bald donkeys, these people had gray and black faces, and wore black clothes like a hundred-layered clothes, which were tattered and full of patches. At first glance, it was hard to tell whether they were human or ghost. What stood out was that they were strange-looking and not ordinary people.

Jiuma Luo pointed at a few monks who looked passable and said, "That's the Black Sect monk, named Ashina, and this is the Benevolent Sect monk, named Ashura."

Then Jiumalu explained to Hu Hai that these two sects were relatively large among the small sects, controlling more than a dozen villages, and there were hundreds of villages nearby that believed in them.

The reason why these two sects flourished was very simple, because they worshiped cows. India was transitioning from slavery to feudalism at that time, and more and more land in India was changed from grazing to farming, so the status of cows naturally became higher and higher.

At this time, Buddhism did not cater to the needs of the lower class people in India. The Brahmins and Kshatriya nobles did not need to farm, and they still slaughtered cows and ate meat according to their previous habits. This caused conflicts between the lower and upper classes. However, the Buddhist Brahmins did not support the people, so the lower class people naturally had to look for some sects that supported them. The Black Sect and the Bhunha Sect, which worshipped cows, catered to this trend and began to stand out.

(End of this chapter)