Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 531 Faith
Gan Ning ordered the warship to dock, and the sword and shield soldiers rushed forward to disperse the bandit archers, and the Eight Hundred Jinfan Army rushed forward.

"Not good!! It's Jinfan thief Gan Ning!!"

The thieves attacking the city will know how to panic and shout loudly.

Although the group of thieves had never met Gan Ning, the Jinfan thief's reputation was really great.

After the thief shouted, the phenomenon of fleeing in panic spread like a plague.

Shi Huang in Guangxin City was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately gave orders to open the city gates, and the whole army counterattacked.

"Thank you General Gan for coming to help!" Shi Huang excitedly invited Gan Ning into the city, and bowed to Gan Ning to thank him.

"Prefect Shi, my lord, General Yuan, had already expected that there would be bandits rebelling in Cangwu, so he sent me here to reinforce! Also, congratulations to General Shi for his promotion!" Gan Ning clasped his fists, and then took out the official document and handed it to Shi Huang.

Shi Huang is currently serving as the governor of Cangwu, and Yuan Yao promoted Shi Huang to General Zhonglang in order to transfer Shi Huang back to the capital. In this official document, there is an order for Gan Ning to take over as the prefect of Cangwu, as well as the recruitment Shi Huang's order to return to the court, but the official appointment will have to wait for Shi Huang to return to the court.

"Does Shi Taishou have any questions?" Gan Ning asked.

"No! I will follow orders!" Si Huang said.

Although he was a bit reluctant to be the prefect of Cangwu, under the attack of bandit soldiers, Shi Huang was already eager to escape, so he didn't hesitate too much, and immediately summoned the county officials and his generals to hand over the seal of prefect to Gan Ning, and announced the court's order.

Except for [-] personal soldiers, the rest of the county soldiers were all transferred to the new prefect Gan Ning.

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Pingyu City

Looking at the several pieces of information in front of him, Yuan Yao felt mixed emotions.

The governor of Jiaozhou did not escape the catastrophe, and was killed by the Yi people. The situation in Jiaozhou quickly deteriorated. Buddhists and Paramans fought each other in Jiaozhou. Except for Jiaozhi County, Cangwu County and Yulin County, all other counties were captured by bandits. When the soldiers attacked, most of the prefects and county magistrates died in office.

The only thing that made Yuan Yao happy was that Ruo Rong finally died! !

This Ruo Rong who killed three prefects in a row and three prefects who treated him like friends in a row is finally dead! !
May the spirits of Zhao Yu, former governor of Guangling, Xue Li, former governor of Pengcheng, and Zhu Hao, former governor of Yuzhang, rest in peace in heaven!
Ruo Rong's death is largely due to Liu Yao's contribution. In order to kill Ruo Rong, Liu Yao ordered his generals to spare no effort to attack with all their strength, and finally defeated Ruo Rong. The people of the Shi family who were lying in his army were killed!
In this round of fighting, Yuan Yao's layout in the south can be said to have achieved the effect he wanted to see.

After the battle between Liu Yao and Ruo Rong, his troops were greatly lost, and he lost the support of Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao, so there was nothing to worry about.

Gan Ning also successfully took over Cangwu County. Next, he can control Jiaozhou as long as he orders Wei Yan to lead his army to Jiaozhou to clean up the mess.

But the hidden forces behind Jiaozhou made Yuan Yao unhappy.

Yuan Yao asked Xu Shu: "Yuanzhi, Yuzhang is located between Yangzhou and Jingzhou. Its location is very important, and it is also related to the plan to attack Jingzhou in the future. Therefore, the prefect of Yuzhang is very important, but Yuzhang is under the jurisdiction of South Yangzhou. , Should I appoint the prefect directly, or should I delegate power to Sun Ce and let Sun Ce appoint the prefect?"

Xu Shu said: "Although Yuzhang is important, it is also the exit for General Sun to attack westward in the future. It is better to let General Sun appoint the prefect himself, so that it will be convenient for him to send troops in the future!"

Yuan Yao thought for a while and said, "Okay, you can immediately pass on my order to Sun Ce, let him take over Yuzhang County!"

"Obey, my lord!" Xu Shu complied.

Later, Yuan Yao sent someone to summon Wei Yan.

"My lord!" Wei Yan bowed with cupped fists.

"Master Wen!" Yuan Yao nodded and ordered Wei Yan to sit down.

Yuan Yao knows Wei Yan's talent better than anyone else. He has sent Wei Yan to lead the army alone many times before, breaking Liang Guo and defeating Cao Cao. Zhang Xun and others jointly regained Lujiang, and their meritorious prestige is enough to be the governor of a state.

It's just that because there is no suitable position, Wei Yan can only be temporarily appointed as the prefect.

Now, the vacant post of governor of Jiaozhou was left by Yuan Yao to Wei Yan. This decision has been made long ago, but it was not announced to the public before it was confirmed, and Wei Yan didn't know why Yuan Yao called him here. .

After the two sat down, Wei Yan bowed again and said respectfully: "I don't know if my lord has summoned my subordinates, what are your orders?"

"Master Wen, you should know something about the situation in Jiaozhou, right?" Yuan Yao said.

Wei Yan nodded.

"If I asked you to govern Jiaozhou, what would you do?" Yuan Yao asked.

Wei Yan's eyes flashed, he took a deep breath, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, Jiaozhou is mountainous, there are many Yi tribes, the folk customs are fierce, and the words are far from the Central Plains. For a long time, Jiaozhou has been under the jurisdiction of the imperial court on the surface. But the heads of the counties and counties can only control the vicinity of the government, so although they have been governed for a long time, they cannot really discipline the barbarians!"

"If the subordinates go to govern, the first thing is to unify the language of Jiaozhou, and the second thing is to unify the beliefs of Jiaozhou!! As long as these two things are completed, the governance of Jiaozhou will not be difficult!"

Yuan Yao's eyes lit up, and he said, "Master Wen, I understand the unified language, but what does the unified belief mean? Could it be that you want to use Taoism to unify the belief?"

Wei Yan shook his head and said, "No, my lord, Taoism is not a belief!"

"Huh?" Yuan Yao was surprised immediately.

Taoism is not a religion? ? ?
This is the first time Yuan Yao has heard of this! !If someone else said this, I'm afraid Yuan Yao would immediately drive him away, thinking he was crazy, but this word came from Wei Yan, Yuan Yao believed that Wei Yan was not crazy.

"My lord, according to my subordinates' understanding, faith is to believe and look up to. Believe, but never get it. You can only look up. But even so, believers are still crazy about it and are willing to die for it!" Wei Yan said.

"Well, Chief Wen, please continue!" Yuan Yao nodded.

"What Taoism pursues is immortality, becoming immortal, helping the world and saving people. Regardless of whether they can live forever, at least this is the pursuit of the individual believers. Whether others pursue it or not, they don't do anything in Taoism! It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, because Taoism It is not for belief, but for pursuit, so teaching is not a belief!" Wei Yan said.

"Why is Buddhism developing so fast? Because Buddhism is not pursuit, but faith!! Believers in Buddhism can be blessed by Buddha, and those who believe in Buddhism can be reborn in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss after death. Those who don't believe in Buddhism will be harmed by ghosts. A Buddha will not be saved by the Buddha, and will go to the eighteen hells after death, even if this person has done bad things all his life, as long as he puts down the butcher knife before he dies, he will become a Buddha immediately and be reborn in a wealthy family in the next life."

"If what Buddhism says is true, then there will be no one in this world who doesn't like Buddhism! Especially the villains who have done all kinds of bad things! Ordinary people have suffered all their lives, so of course they fantasize about becoming wealthy in their next life. Even if someone doesn't believe it, he would rather believe it than believe it because he is afraid of going to the eighteenth level of hell!"

"Afterlife, Paradise, and Hell cannot be proven at all, because the Han people's moderation thought that there is no harm in believing, but there may be harm in not believing, so Buddhism spreads very quickly among the Han people!"

(End of this chapter)