Among the dense forests of Lingzhou, the road from Lingzhou to Funan is still under intense construction, but there are many brown-skinned Funan people on the construction site.

The land west of Lingzhou's dense forest is usually called Funan. Today, the largest country in Funan is called Funan. Although it has many ethnic groups of all sizes, it is generally called Funan people. Because the Funan people have larger skin, the Xia people have dark skin, and the people in Daxia are also called Wuman.

With a snap, the whip whipped hard on the exposed flesh. The one who was beaten was a strong Funan man with a straight facial features. After being beaten, he showed anger and glared at the foreman, with a majesty only a high-ranking person. He said angrily: "You can't treat me like this. I am the prince of Li State, and I want to see your leader!"

Unfortunately, the foreman could not understand Funan's language at all. Even if he could understand, he would not care what Prince Li said. No matter what their identities were before, at this moment, he was just the lowest-level slave labor of the Brotherhood, and he was not very honest. Once there was any abnormal movement, he had to deal with it hard.

The foreman pointed at Prince Li with a expressionless face and signaled him to continue working and not be lazy.

Prince Li was sad and angry. As a prince, he was aloof and enjoyed the service and compliment of countless people. At this time, Li State had been destroyed and he became a hard worker. He was whipped by a slight disobedience. With his martial arts, there was no big problem with dealing with the foreman in front of him. However, there were some soldiers and warriors around the construction site. Once anyone dared to resist, he would usually kill him directly. He had to grit his teeth and work honestly.

There are many nobles like Prince Li on the construction site. They used to have high status and were served by people in everything. They did hard work. Some people resisted, some tried to escape into the dense forest, and some people urged other people to make trouble. Of course, they would be severely punished.

For the upper class of Funan, the Brotherhood is a robber, an invader, which destroys their lives and kills their relatives. Of course, they have to try to resist. For the lower class of Funan, it is different. Anyway, they are used to being enslaved, and now they are just changing their masters. They are quite numb to the invasion of the Brotherhood. However, ordinary Funan people are very awe of the nobles. Even if they become slave workers, they will still obey some of their orders. This is no wonder, many of these nobles have originally claimed to be gods and Buddhas. Generally, Funan people have a deep-rooted awe of these people.

For example, when you are queuing up to make meals, when you meet Funan nobles or samurai who have originally had a high status, some Funan people will automatically give way. For such matters, the way to deal with these things is, in addition to those Funan slave workers who are punished and who take the initiative to give way will not be able to eat. If you like it, let them give way!

It should be said that these nobles of Funan people are the unstable factors among Funan people. However, the Brotherhood did not take additional measures to give some special treatment or isolate them. One reason was that they were too lazy to bother with their worries, and the other reason was that their former masters were just slave laborers of the Brotherhood, and their former status and glory were no longer there. Once they were lazy or did not follow the rules, they would still be punished or even killed, which was considered a killing of the chicken to warn the monkey.

The Brotherhood is also a big stick and a carrot. As long as you obey the rules, the basic life and food and clothing of Funan slave workers are still guaranteed. If you perform well, you can get higher treatment. In fact, as far as you are currently receiving treatment, being able to eat every meal is already a good day that ordinary Funan people dream of, working hard.

Not only on the road construction site, but the ruling system implemented by the Brotherhood now in the land occupied by Funan is almost equivalent to slavery. Everyone is slave to the Brotherhood, and everything must be followed by the will of the Brotherhood. One of the major reasons for doing this is to improve efficiency. It is probably because of the superior natural conditions of Funan. The people of Funan are a little lazy and cannot teach many things step by step, so they can only force them to do it.

Another reason is that the Funan people themselves are more slavery, and they are also used to this way of rule, otherwise they would not know what to do if they had lost their life goals.

It is not too difficult to conquer Funan by force, and it takes some effort to completely rule the people of Funan.

Because of the poor living conditions of the people in Funan, in addition to some figures from the aristocratic and warrior class, Funan people are generally thin and small in physiques. The martial arts of the martial artists in Funan are not very powerful, and their martial arts are mostly agile, because Funan produces a lot of gold, jewelry, weapons, and armor like to make them fancy and whistle, and they are equipped with many unpractical decorations. Whenever the army of the brotherhood goes to war, it only needs to be solved by those senior officials, which is basically equivalent to victory. The remaining people will deal with them at will, and even if they cut off their heads, they will not resist.

However, the Funan people are not unwilling to resist. Often, as long as some monks recite scriptures for them, these cowardly guys will become sacrificed. Faith makes them cowardly and make them brave. Therefore, if you want to truly rule the Funan people, you must solve a problem of faith, specifically the problem of Buddhism.

During the process of military conquest, the Brotherhood army destroyed temples, captured monks, and killed monks, but faith was not so easy to destroy. They didn't say it or resist, but they still had the seeds of resistance in their hearts. Maybe one day a monk called and these people would rebel together.

There is no way, some small countries in Funan are almost all Buddhist countries. The various Buddhism has penetrated into the lives of Funan people and injected into their bone marrow. Without temples and monks, these Funan people seem to know how to live!

If he is an ordinary ruler, he will probably use Buddhism to rule. Of course, Xiao Tianlei is different. He has no good impression of Buddhism and does not say that he will not do anything about production. This kind of tricking people to govern the country will definitely do more harm than good. Some chaos in Daxia is caused by the spread of Buddhism. People in the lower class pray for gods and Buddhas all day long, but do not seek to make progress. When encountering anything, they will also swallow their anger. Many people in the upper class discuss Buddhism all day long, discuss mysterious things, and do not do serious things.

As for how to solve this problem, it is very simple. Since Buddhism is not good, let’s change the faith of Funan people.

As for what faith to change, of course it is the faith of the gods of the Shanyue people. The witch doctors who accompanied the army in the Brotherhood Army took on this task.

Today, Shanyue witch doctors have formed a complete religious system, with a complete organizational structure, and have continuously cultivated some new witch doctors, becoming part of the Brotherhood Army.

The witch doctor masters more advanced medical skills. After various learning, training, and various assessments, he must have a decent martial arts skills. After the internship assessment, he can be considered a qualified witch doctor. Now the life of the Shanyue people in Lingzhou is closely related to the witch doctor. Everyone believes it. Many people in Lingzhou know that this sect among the Shanyue people is generally called the Witch God Cult.

Originally, the belief in the gods of the Shanyue witch doctor was a kind of natural worship. The gods basically followed the heavens. God is the same concept, but it was anthropomorphized. Compared with Buddhism or other sects, it was primitive and crude. As for the belief in the gods of the heavens, the belief in the heavens was developed into the current witch gods, which were mainly slaves of the Shanyue witch doctor, Xiao Tianlei also mixed it up.

Xiao Tianlei's grandfather, Doctor Jiang and a group of witch doctors, believed that Xiao Tianlei was a god who came to the world and wanted to hold some worship rituals. Xiao Tianlei was not interested in pretending to be a charlatan. In order to avoid trouble, he fooled Doctor Jiang and stuffed all the arguments and opinions he knew into the minds of Doctor Jiang and others. In fact, Xiao Tianlei tried to tell Doctor Jiang and others that the kind of god they expected to bless people would probably not exist.

Does God exist or not? Xiao Tianlei dare not say that there is no one. It is magical when he can come to this world. There are too many unknowns in the world. There are different definitions of God. Is it a powerful creature or a natural law. Just as the gods believed in by the witch doctors, that is, God, it should be the natural law. Therefore, you don’t need a mortal to worship? Even if the natural law is conscious, will you care about the idea of ​​a mortal? Will change the natural law for a person? Therefore, those who need to worship are false gods, evil gods, or liars who make benefits under the name of God. For the natural law, you only need to maintain a respectful attitude towards natural law. Whether there is or not, as a belief, at least the three views must be correct. You can’t talk nonsense in everything... Well, Xiao Tianlei doesn’t know what he said, he is not a religious person at first.

Xiao Tianlei made a lot of nonsense, but it turned out to be a counterproductive effect. Witches such as Jiang Wudian became more determined to be the existence of the gods, and they were everywhere, and they existed in everything. A group of witch doctors established a new set of theological concepts, integrated some of the natural knowledge told by Xiao Tianlei into it, forming a new system that integrates theology and science. Because this system adds many scientific principles and explains many natural phenomena, it can be said that it deified the laws and laws of nature. Generally speaking, it is simply the truth.

Xiao Tianlei didn't expect things to happen, and was stunned. Sure enough, nothing he did was inseparable from his profession. After learning science, the genius also put it into the box of theology!

However, this belief has a great effect on gathering the hearts of Shanyue people. Xiao Tianlei did not object, and even contributed to the fire and copied some religious methods of his previous life. Witch doctors such as Jiang Wudian were old witches, and learned from others. Therefore, the original witch doctors transformed into a collection of professions such as doctors, pastors, pyramid schemes, and other professions. The witch doctors' responsibilities are, in addition to treatment, relieve pain, relieve various doubts in their hearts, give psychological encouragement, and occasionally give some help in life. However, unlike ordinary religions, witch doctors will not boast of the fact that gods love the world, gods are good, etc. The gods of the Witch God Cult are ruthless and maintain the operation of all things in the world. Whether they believe in or not, everything is under the control of the gods. Witch doctors will not guide people to be good, but because they are generally skilled in martial arts, the new generation of witch doctors will also use some violent means to solve some problems.

Nowadays, the Funan people who were purchased by the Brotherhood earlier in Lingzhou were almost all believers of the Witch God Cult, and some Funan people even became qualified witch doctors after learning.

The witch doctor in Funan is more fanatical than the witch doctor in Shanyue. When he returns to his hometown, he immediately begins to preach crazily. When he acts as a translator or treats the people of Funan, he preaches to the people of Funan whenever he has the opportunity. He does not chant scriptures or various mysterious stories. He usually teaches some natural phenomena that are close to people's lives, and opens up the cognition of those people, which is mixed with some teachings of the witch gods.

Compared with the monks who are full of mysterious Buddhist teachings, witch doctors who can eliminate illnesses are closer. The witch doctors do not need to worship and will also give some help. The concept advocated by witch doctors is completely different from that of monks. If it were in the past, most people in Funan sneered at it. Now the brotherhood is in power, and monks with high status and boundless Buddhism are said to be beaten like dead dogs. Some people's beliefs are shaken. The emergence of witch doctors quickly won the welcome and belief of some Funan people. Therefore, the spread of the Witch God Sect quickly, and these Funan people fell into the arms of the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood gradually established a certain ruling foundation in the Funan control area.

At the same time, the chaos and turmoil brought about by the Zoroastrian rebellion in the Great Xia finally formed a relatively stable situation.

Some armies mobilized by the court united the private armies of some local tribes, relying on some city passes to resist the attack of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism occupied several states and expanded too quickly. Many internal problems need to be solved, and it is impossible to continue to expand in a short period of time.

"I still have many loyal ministers and righteous men in Daxia. Can a few rebels make a big spoil?"

The political center of Daxia, the magnificent Shendu Palace, Emperor Yongchang yelled at the court officials in the Shenwu Palace, venting his uneasiness and tension for many days. In any case, he curbed the pace of Zoroastrianism and stabilized the situation. He felt relieved.

"It's all up to Your Majesty's wisdom. My Daxia must be a great blessing in all the world!" An old minister came out to praise him, and the other court officials shouted in unison: "Your Majesty's wisdom, a great blessing in all the world!"

Emperor Yongchang felt bored when he heard these praises. He was really disappointed with the court officials in the court. It was in danger. These ministers who usually claimed to be dedicated to the country had a big deal, but they all pretended to be deaf and dumb, and could not come up with an idea. They were either nonsense or the idea they came up with was a bad idea.

In fact, the court officials are not unintentional, they just dare not say it. The so-called "shocking the first bird out of the gun" is the one who dares to make a random idea in such a big matter? It is also a big blame for Emperor Yongchang himself, who likes to balance, especially in recent years, several princes have fought openly and secretly. In order to suppress some princes' forces, Emperor Yongchang exiled this emerging minister today, and dismissed the post tomorrow, and some more talented ministers who dare to speak out, were basically expelled from the court, and the rest were some people who were fighting insiders and outsiders.

No matter how dissatisfied, Emperor Yongchang still had to rely on these ministers to do things. However, Emperor Yongchang made up his mind that when the Zoroastrian affairs were over, he had to clean up them up.

Emperor Yongchang discussed with the court officials how to deal with the Zoroastrianism issue. Although the situation has stabilized, it is impossible not to take it back if it loses several states, and it is necessary to try to eliminate the Zoroastrianism.

Wars depend on military generals. Although since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, it has been using culture to suppress military generals for many years, there are still many military generals with high martial arts skills, and many general families still retain them. This is fine.

However, if you lead troops to fight, you need money and food, it is a problem. After all, it is still the initial problem of money and food. Now that the spring plowing season has just passed, the green and yellow people are not accepting it. The taxes for the new year will take several months, so don’t think about the additional taxes. One of the reasons for the Zoroastrian rebellion before was that you wanted to increase taxes and collect military expenses to wipe out the Brotherhood. If you add more taxes, other states will also rebel. What should you do?

When it comes to money and grain, which ministers in the court and royal relatives are not rich and full of food? Just wanting them to take out money is harder than killing their lives.

After discussing, there was no result. Emperor Yongchang realized that if he wanted to eliminate the Zoroastrianism, he might have to solve some problems in the court first. As for what to do? Emperor Yongchang had no idea. The various forces in the court formed a balanced situation, and he was not easy to do it.

After going to court, Emperor Yongchang went to the imperial study room and looked through some information sent from various places. Inadvertently, he saw some information from Lingzhou sent by Xuanwu Guard.

When talking about Lingzhou, Emperor Yongchang naturally thought of the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood had a good time a while ago and defeated the imperial army several times. He really slapped him in the face. After the Zoroastrian rebellion, the Brotherhood had no movement and stayed in Lingzhou to do business without any action.

When it comes to doing business, Emperor Yongchang thought of money. Recently, he was worried about money. What impressed him the most about the Brotherhood was the ability to make money. The prisoners captured by the court asked them to redeem them. The Brotherhood people really got into the eyes of money. Now Lingzhou is doing a prosperous business, with land business, sea business, overseas business... Lingzhou connects all directions and is simply a treasure pot. Why didn't anyone find it before? If Lingzhou is in hand, there is no need to worry about having no money at all. Unfortunately, Lingzhou is in the hands of the Brotherhood.

Could it be that something happened to the Brotherhood? Emperor Yongchang couldn't help but worry. He opened the secret letter and looked at it for a few lines. Emperor Yongchang's eyes lit up.

The information content was not about the Brotherhood, but mainly about the Zhushan Academy in Lingzhou. The remarks of some famous scholars criticized the government, but many of the arguments hit the nail on the head. Emperor Yongchang nodded frequently after seeing it, and felt a sudden realization.

Just talk about Brotherhood, those literati have no future, and at most they are trapped in a corner. Emperor Yongchang saw that it seemed that a stone fell in his heart and believed it deeply. It was right! The dynasties of all dynasties, the Middle-Turkish dynasty, did not end in victory? The Middle-Turkish dynasty had an incomparable innate advantage over the surrounding barbarians, whether it was geographical location, population size, literati, military generals, etc., all determined this. Even if the forces established by the barbarians were rampant, they would inevitably be destroyed or annexed by the Middle-Turkish dynasty, let alone the small Shanyue people and the Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood defeated the imperial army several times, but it was not really possible to fight against the court. If it weren't for the involvement of Northern Xinjiang and Zoroastrianism, and the selection of some powerful officials and generals to conquer the storm, might have taken the Brotherhood long ago! Emperor Yongchang was very happy and felt that the Brotherhood was not worth worrying, so he threw the Brotherhood aside and continued to read.

The more Emperor Yongchang looked, the more he looked, the more serious the face. The scholars from Zhushan Academy raised the various current drawbacks of Daxia. It can be said that they were terminally ill. If one does not handle it well, Daxia may be doomed. The first time Emperor Yongchang knew that the prosperous era he created was so unbearable, and wanted to say that these literati farts. However, people were right and held back their anger and watched it. After reading it, they breathed a long sigh. Emperor Yongchang had to admit that these people were right.

After knowing the problem, how to solve the problem, these scribes also proposed a solution - if you want to save the current situation in Daxia, there is no other way except reform! Emperor Yongchang smelled the strong smell of the Dharma Sect.

After reading the secret passage again, Emperor Yongchang understood why the late emperor was determined to reform, and probably saw all kinds of hidden dangers. However, the reform was unanimously opposed by the government and the public. Emperor Yongchang still remembered the situation at that time. If it weren't for the Xiao family of Langya County, the throne of the late emperor would probably not be able to be preserved. However, who would have thought that decades later, the Xiao family of Langya, who was exiled, became a royal relative of Beiliang, controlled military and political power, and became a great enemy of Daxia; the other became the leader of the Lingzhou Rebel Brotherhood, occupied a state of land, and did not accept the king's transformation. What should we say about this?

Emperor Yongchang read the secret letter carefully and thought that if he wanted to solve the current problem in Daxia, it would be impossible to rely on the officials in the court. However, if the reforms really were necessary at this time, it would cause great turmoil and Daxia could not bear it at all. However, things can be done step by step. Should we invite some great sages from Zhushan Academy to come to the court to help solve some problems and support the country?
Chapter completed!