Chapter 977 The dissatisfaction of the people
The Great Elder used to wear pure oriental cheongsams, but later he naturally returned to Taoist decorations in the ancestral home of Miaozhen Sect, even star sashes. Later, although he sometimes wore sportswear that was convenient for movement when he went out, he still mainly used Taoist robes most of the time.
After all, he is a person who has been immersed in Taoism for most of his life, and this has become a part of his life.
Xingsha and Jianwu are not as obedient as her. Although they are also disciples of Taoism, they both dress more secular and casually.
No matter what, once the dress of the Great Elder appeared, Baslu immediately had the urge to kneel down. You should know that the society here is a combination of politics and religion, and the people here are all believers in the ancient divine religion. The customs for thousands of years have been deeply rooted, and anyone who sees them will be shocked.
Of course everyone was a little surprised, but they were all knowledgeable people, and they all thought Baslu was scared by hijacking, so they did not show any strange expressions.
However, Chen Taiyuan explained to the Great Elder in time: "They are all our devout Taoist believers here, who believe in our Three Pure Dao Ancestors, and they are called ancient gods here. However, Old Man Yuan pretended to be mysterious here, pretending to be an ancient god, and controlled the place."
Of course, everyone immediately understood the cause and effect, and the elder was really angry: "Yuan Shiqing, this old guy, is simply a mess! He can do whatever he wants to cheat, how can he pretend to be my Taoist ancestor in the Three Qingshu? It's so rebellious! What's more, he doesn't even count our Taoist disciples!"
Not to mention, these heartfelt words made Baslu believe that Chen Taiyuan, the Great Elder and others were truly from the gods. Although these people are powerful, they do not claim to be ancient gods, but disciples of ancient gods. Although they don’t know how many generations have passed, at least such a "humble and respectful" attitude makes them look more like gods than Yuan Shiqing.
Although the elder felt a little funny, he also understood that this identity with a halo of gods must be beneficial. Moreover, he is not a deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors - I am a disciple of the Taoist sect, and the Three Qing Dao Ancestor is my ancestor. Am I wrong? Someone (Yuan Shiqing) pretended to be the Three Qing Dao Ancestor, and I want to expose him and defeat him as a disciple of the Taoist sect. Is this a maintenance of Taoist traits. Am I wrong?
That's right.
So the Great Elder accepted it calmly, and this time it made Basru completely convinced. After all, the Great Elder had been in the top position for a long time, and the natural temperament of the leader was extraordinary and full of style.
Of course, from this, Baslu did not dare to say anything about Chen Taiyuan and the others, but instead said a lot of things he didn't dare to say.
"In fact, many of us have long been dissatisfied with the control of the ancient gods, so the 'pseudo-god' controls us by controlling the pope, and we are even more dissatisfied."
It turns out that the ancient gods have ruled in the micro world for two thousand years and gradually become a bloated, ugly, corrupt and behemoth. This huge institution not only does not produce, but also constantly exploits and absorbs people's wealth and ointment. In fact, it is the abnormal development of theology that has led to the suppression of science and has led to the stagnation of science for nearly a thousand years.
Of course, faith and science themselves can live in harmony. The problem is that when you use the power of the church to control society and control ideas, similar to the situation in the Middle Ages, it will really hinder social development. For example, when a great scientist in the Middle Ages said that "the earth revolves around the sun" and was sent to the stolen stand, can science and social development not be affected?
However, the Ancient God Cult has a strong armed force and firmly controls the entire society. Moreover, as social contradictions accumulate more and more, this kind of control becomes more and more strict.
Strict control requires ensuring the maintenance of a more powerful violent machine, more investment in arms, and more compromises must be made to the corrupt upper class so that these upper class celebrities can support the church... Therefore, the exploitation of the people in society must be more severe, and the people will live in poverty.
"There are also those who resist, the bandits I just mentioned." Baslu lowered his voice and said, "In fact, the 'bandits' are the statements of the church and the consuls. The people privately think that they are rebels. But their strength is incomparable to the church, and they can only be expelled to the marginal areas."
Chen Taiyuan nodded: "Can those rebels not believe in ancient gods?"
"It is no difference that people in the world believe in ancient gods," Baslu said. "But the rebels believed that the church had betrayed the teachings of the ancient gods and became corrupt and evil criminal groups. They believed that the ancient gods would only exploit people in the name of the ancient gods. This was obviously not the will of the ancient gods, because the ancient gods should be kind to His believers."
Xingsha nodded: "No problem."
In short, wherever there is oppression, there is resistance, and the uprisings are coming one after another. It happens every few years or decades, which can be regarded as a channel for venting tensions. Because although each uprising is not successful, it forces the church to make certain compromises and achieve a certain degree of "concession" to society.
After a while, the Ancient God Cult became increasingly unbearable, and once again accumulated social contradictions. Then another uprising came... It was repeated over and over again, but for more than a thousand years, no one could shake the solid position of the Ancient God Cult.
However, this uprising seemed to have become a little larger because at the beginning there was a very excellent leader. He not only understood military struggle, but also started from faith and formally formed a "Protestantism" to compete with the original ancient gods.
The rebel army has always known only for war, but the target you are the spokesperson of the gods in the world. Even if some people are bold enough to sympathize with you and support you, how many like-minded people can gather? Most people are still obedient to the church and the consuls.
But from the beginning, this rebel army took the depravity of the church as the starting point and rose up and formed a new church. They still believed in the ancient gods, but they said that they believed in the real ones, and the ancient gods had fallen and were false believers.
Even later, these rebel soldiers shouted the slogan "The old religion is dead, the new religion should be established; in Jiazi, the world will be prosperous", and hung up the banner of "Performing the Way for Heaven" in the mountains occupied by the rebel soldiers, which fooled many believers in an instant.
Many people think that even if I follow the rebel army, I will not fight against the ancient gods. After all, we still believe in the ancient gods. What we oppose is the old religion that does evil in the world under the name of the ancient gods.
Chen Taiyuan rubbed his forehead and thought to himself why these slogans are so familiar.
So this uprising was vigorous and it became several times bigger in just two years, and it quickly grew from a team of 20,000 to an armed force of more than 100,000 people.
"Actually, saying that more than 100,000 is a number deliberately lowered by the official." Baslu said, "The more than 100,000 are just armed personnel. Since ordinary armed personnel have joined the rebel army, they will take their families with their families and try to bring the elderly and children as much as possible. Therefore, the total number of rebels who are really gathering in the mountains and forests outside should have exceeded 400,000."
Don’t think that compared with the population of 20 million, 400,000 is a small number. You should know that in any violent social change, the majority of people will always be silent. When a fierce battle occurs, the majority of people who are silent may not support the church and the official ones.
"Just this year, the wave of the rebel army reached its peak," Baslu said, "because according to our old calendar, this year is the 'Jiazi Year'. The rebel army announced that 'Year is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky', perhaps to increase everyone's confidence. But now the Jiazi Year is here, and if we cannot accomplish great things this year, we will definitely be disunited next year. Alas, they have made the time too absolute that there is no room for maneuver now."
Chen Taiyuan shook his head: "Not necessarily. Now we are here to capture the so-called Supreme Venerable, and of course we have to kill those popes and black bishops. After all, they are all the minions of the Supreme Venerable. At that time, the rebel army may have a chance."
It's true! Baslu's eyes lit up, as if he felt that this was really the will of the ancient god.
Then he asked about some things and confirmed that there was no need to ask, Chen Taiyuan chose to believe in Baslu. In fact, he and others had already been exposed, and Yuan Shiqing and the Ancient God Sect would definitely search all over the world. Even if Baslu reported his whereabouts, Chen Taiyuan and the others had already transferred, which was harmless.
On the contrary, after reporting, the Ancient God Cult will definitely severely question Baslu. Once you miss it, Baslu himself may suffer. Based on the principle that it is better to have less than more things, Baslu should not report it.
After leaving, Chen Taiyuan followed the map simply drawn by Baslu, and pointed out a route. He was as fast and accurate as possible, and could plow the courtyard and swing the cave in one fell swoop.
But shortly after leaving the community, I encountered a group of armed robots on the street. Damn, these guys are all cold and dead knots, and Chen Taiyuan's ability to detect is of no use.
There are not many of these little guys, but the density of gun bullets is quite amazing, and the firepower is relatively strong. Chen Taiyuan even curious, aren't you weapons against the rebels? Since that's the case, why do you have to be so powerful?! Ordinary pistol bullets can also hurt ordinary people here. Can you make such heavy weapons?
In fact, what he didn't know was how huge the arsenal here was. Since their whereabouts were exposed, this matter must have been reported to Yuan Shiqing, and Yuan Shiqing must have guessed that it was Chen Taiyuan and others who came. Therefore, the most powerful batch of strategic weapons were drawn from the arsenal.
That's right, this kind of robot and the kind of detection and attack all-in-one machine just now are already strategic in this world.
More importantly, the Spirit Clan also mobilized many masters to participate in the pursuit.
However, Yuan Shiqing was still very curious about how Chen Taiyuan and others could enter the micro world.
Chapter completed!