To find out the whole story, Zhao Bing ordered the investigation of the organizers of the assassination incident, he also issued an edict to inform the left-behind Lu Xiufu and others in the capital, ordering them to strengthen public security in the capital and strictly prevent similar incidents. However, it is not appropriate to take a search action for the time being, but to strengthen protection of important officials of the court to prevent some illegal people from taking risks.

At the same time, Zhao Bing also ordered the Affairs Bureau to keep a close monitoring of the gentry and scholars and students from all over the country who entered Beijing, pay attention to their dynamics, and keep in touch with the Kaifeng Prefecture Office and the Imperial Guardian in a timely manner, and allocate personnel to correspond to the strict discipline. Liu Fu, Jiang Yu, Deng Guangjian and other several trusted officials secretly protected them and ensure the safety of their families. Ni Liang was also ordered to transfer Luo Datong to lead the Fifth Brigade of the Guardian Army into Beijing in the name of the Imperial Guardian Command, stationed outside the imperial city, and cooperated with the Second Brigade of the Guardian Army who entered Beijing in advance to strengthen the defense of the capital, shocked the scoundrels and prevent them from having trouble.

In addition, the Bureau of Affairs' secret investigation of the "True Dragon Incident" is focused on tracing the background of the manipulator behind the scenes to see if there are any illegal activities using the Tao of the Tao, and whether there are Manichaeism, White Lotus Sect and Maitreya Sect. If there is any discovery, they can be arrested immediately. They will never be allowed to become popular and cause trouble in the capital.

Zhao Bing suddenly became so nervous after the assassination, not because he was scared, but because he found that there seemed to be signs of cultists involved. You should know that a normal person, even a brave man, would not attack a marching marching force of tens of thousands of troops like a moth to the flames. Of course, some people say that no special forces will take the action of taking the general's head among the tens of thousands of troops now?

Zhao Bing said that was two different things. Not to mention the generation difference between weapons, even modern special operations cannot be completed in just a small team. Behind him are countless people providing support, early intelligence collection, determination of operation time and location, cleaning up and clamping the surrounding armed forces, and even using various sea, air and space forces to support tens of thousands of people serve the thunder strike.

The assassin in front of him was obviously extremely rough, but the assassins took action even though they knew that the success rate was almost zero and the consequences were very serious. This was unless they had an irreconcilable hatred or were a reckless man, and were brainwashed and mentally controlled. Judging from the interrogation, Zhao Bing and everyone were inclined to the latter possibility, otherwise no one would do such a "brainless" thing.

If you consider the assassination incident with the True Dragon incident in Beijing, the answer will make people shudder. Think about what a group of gentry who were angry because of their infringement of interests and colluding with a group of evil people who sacrificed their lives for the sake of "faith". This is definitely not that Zhao Bing himself scared himself, but that such things happened too much.

Think about the Yellow Turban Army in the late Han Dynasty. As soon as the cult appeared, it had a stunning effect. The building built by feudal emperors for hundreds of years was easily overturned by a few illiterate gangsters. The incident was too sudden. The leaders of the Han Empire had not yet time to clear out the experiences and lessons of the cult army. Although Huang Tian did not stand up, the sky died. Therefore, all the Chinese imperial courts have made great efforts to rebel against the cults and are willing to spend their efforts.

In history, there have been endless incidents of using cults to cause trouble, with the big threatening the state power, and the small murders killing people and cheating people of money. The Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasties were a climax period, and farmers mainly used Taoism and the Five Dogs of Rice Sect; the Sui and Tang Dynasties were a low period, and there were only a few Maitreya and the Fire-Zoroastrian uprisings; the Five Dynasties and Song Dynasties were also a climax period.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, the custom of "killing people and offering sacrifices to ghosts" in Guangdong and Guangxi was prohibited. Unexpectedly, it developed into Sichuan, Hubei, and Hunan, which once influenced a small half of the Central Plains to become popular. Most of the people who advocated the custom of offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and that the blessings of this person's life would be transferred to himself. Later, it developed into the suffering of being born and alive, and killing others is a merit, and saving ghosts and gods will give him blessings.

Zhao Bing knew that this kind of terrifying nihilism was also a feudal superstitious activity that must be eliminated in modern times. What is even more terrifying is that some people actually make profits from such terrible things and form an industrial chain. Some bloody bandits are often hired to kill passers-by and dismember them and sell them to the rich to "sacrifice for ghosts". The killing method is particularly cruel. After being lured, passers-by will be dismembered, their ears and noses are cut off, and they will even be thrown into boiling water and cooked to death.

Moreover, the sacrifices of living people are divided into levels. The top sacrifices are Confucian scholars, the second-class ones are monks, and the rest are reunited. Therefore, scholars have become the targets of cult groups. During the Song Dynasty, the emphasis on literature and martial arts were on the contrary. Confucian scholars were generally officials with a noble status, so the sacrifices were mostly women and children and other vulnerable groups who were not resistant.

Zhao Bing once read a story from the notes collected, the plot is simply the real version of "A Chinese Ghost Story". The story takes place in this dynasty. A Confucian scholar rushed to the road. It was getting late. A farmer in the field told him that there were many wild animals in front of him, and it was not safe to walk at night, so it was better to stay at a large family nearby. After the Confucian scholar thanked him, he went to the family referred to as the farmer to ask for a stay. The owner of the family was very enthusiastic and sent the most beautiful maid in the mansion to serve the Confucian scholar.

At night, the maid took the initiative to come to the Confucian scholar's room. The Confucian scholar saw that the girl was beautiful, and his gangster spirit also came up. He stayed for several nights, and the girl also came to be intimate every night. One night, the girl came as usual, but she said to the Confucian scholar nervously, "I am a good woman, but I was caught by this family, and I will deceive you into scammers like you. When it comes, I will kill you to sacrifice to the ghosts."

After hearing this, the Confucian scholar burst into cold sweat. He immediately looked for something to dig holes in the wall and ran away with the girl. He waited until dawn to find that he had run forty miles! He hurried to report to the officials. When the army heard the news, he immediately went out and caught all the evil enemies in the house. Later, after investigation, he found out that this family had killed dozens of people to worship ghosts. The farmer who guided the Confucian scholars in the field was also one of them.

Such things are endless, so angered that Emperor Renzong, who has always been famous for his "benevolence and righteousness", ordered all cultists to be executed in a scattered manner, which shows how serious the situation is. However, compared with the "eating vegetables and doing evil things", this kind of thing is still a small matter, and it is the core issue.

As Zhao Bing knows, secret religion essentially belongs to the lower class people. The ideological consciousness of the lower class people in the Song Dynasty changed drastically, and there was a vague class consciousness in the worldview; the social ethics of "blessing" and "goodness" were pursued; and the protection of the community was sought. Secret religion has the functions of real protection, economic mutual assistance and spiritual comfort, which has great attraction to poor peasants.

The most important cult in the Song Dynasty was Manichaeism, which is the origin of the so-called "eating vegetables and serving demons". The Song court used this title first to refer to the Ming people who were openly active in Jiangnan, and then to the secret religious believers in mountain villages in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Moreover, there are many names of secret religious names and are very prominent inland, but they are basically spread in the southeast coast as the center.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was the Maitreya uprising led by Wang Ze, and then the Fang La uprising broke out during the Xuanhe period, which made the Song court pay attention to the issue of "eating vegetables and doing evil things". However, only a very small number of officials put forward profound insights, and the government could only use military suppression. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the main contradiction had shifted to the invasion of the Mongol Yuan, and there was a tendency to light punishment for cults.

As the saying goes, things will turn back when extremes are revealed. After the Song court was expelled from Jiangnan, due to the relatively relaxed religious policies of the Yuan Dynasty, the Bailian Sect, which had been rising and falling, developed rapidly. The White Lotus Confession Hall appeared in large numbers and there were many believers. The phenomenon of "the north and the south are mixed together, and the prosperity is increasing" has already appeared. Two main groups were formed, one was called "eating vegetables and serving demons"; the other was regarded as "white lotus vegetable", which is commonly known as the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect, and the Buddhist heresy Maitreya and Manichaeism, showed a trend of integration, which made the White Lotus Sect, which they operated in the same area, influence each other.

However, as a later generation, Zhao Bing naturally knew that the Mongol Yuan was destroyed in the hands of the Ming Cult, which is what the court now calls the "demon of eating vegetables and doing things". They are still active in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi regions. Although these secret religious uprisings have reached an unprecedented theoretical level in his opinion, the organization is not mature, and the communication method is still centripetal. They are basically in an initial stage and have not formed the political foundation required to establish a country.

What makes Zhao Bing the most annoyed is that the reason why these cults are "evil" is that they have not been convinced by Wang Hua for thousands of years. No matter who is in power, they will not obey you. They are going to fight against you wholeheartedly and cause your rebellion, just like the "flat-headed brother". No matter who you are, you will be right to fight against you. Once they have aroused the matter, they will have the characteristics of concentrated outbreak time, concentrated area, and great influence. If you can't kill you, you will also let you lose your skin.

The current situation is very delicate. Confucianism is mainly spread among scholars and has not been able to penetrate into the people. And Buddhism and Taoism are the main beliefs of the people. The gentry who have been in the country for a long time must have had some contact with the cults under the banner of Taoism that have been spread among the people. If these gentry did not hesitate to collude with the cults in order to achieve their political demands, and the two forces merged, then an event that could cause a crisis would be generated.
Chapter completed!