Ji Yi must be a "devil"!

Wu Haogu immediately understood the purpose of Madam Mo hooking up with him.

She and Ji Yi, the two demon demons, must want to reopen the Mani Temple on the land of the Song Dynasty!

Wu Haogu knew that Mani Temple once had a legal religious status in the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty. However, when Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty destroyed Buddhism, it was swept up. Because the foundation of Manicheism itself was not as good as that of Buddhism, Manicheism after it was swept up did not gain legal status and gradually became an underground religion. During the Later Liang period of the Five Dynasties, the demonic mom Yi of the Demon Cult still used the Maniche people to rebel in Chenzhou, and was later suppressed by the Liang army.

After entering the Song Dynasty, Manichaeism was also spread in Liangzhe, Liangjiang and Lianghuai, and conflicts between the Manichae people and the government often occurred. In history, in the second year of Xuanhe of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, there was a large-scale uprising led by the Manichaeist Fang La.

Ji Yi and Mo Niangzi obviously want to give Manichaeological temples a legal status, so that they can be conducive to spread and gain greater power...

However, even if Wu Haogu had an insight into the conspiracy between Ji Yi and Mo Niang, he had no choice but to do anything to them. Because Ji Yi was a noble civil servant and was engaged to a granddaughter of Zhang Dun. He was just waiting for him to be a Jinshi (considering Ji Yi's talent, it should not be difficult to become a Jinshi), and he was the son-in-law of the prime minister of the dynasty. Moreover, Ji Yi, like Wu Haogu, was very rich and had a wide range of friends, and was very close to King Duan Zhao Ji.

Such a person is not something that Wu Haogu can shake, a humble military officer and businessman!

Wu Haogu looked at Madam Mo, shook his head, and said softly: "Do you want to use the so-called Uighur Mani monks to deceive the court in order to achieve the purpose of reopening Mani monks?"

"The so-called Uighur Mani monk?" Mo Madam was stunned and laughed, "The great official thought that the great official was deceiving the court?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not," said Mo's wife, "This matter was reported by Shangshu Jian, Daguan Li, Daguan Tong and Daguan Ji. Daguan wouldn't the official thought that they were all deceiving the emperor, right?"

Is there really a Manichae monk from the Uighurs?

Of course, there were Manichi monks in the Xizhou Uighurs! Although Buddhism had been widely spread in the Xizhou Uighurs at this time, Wu Haogu, who was more interested in the history of the Song Dynasty, regarded the state religion of the Xizhou Uighurs as Buddhism. But the actual situation was that in the Xizhou Uighur Khanate, where Buddhism was dominated by Buddhism, the Khan nobles still adhered to the tradition and believed in Manichi.

In other words, the Uighur Khanate in Xizhou was actually Manichaeism ruling Buddhists. Moreover, since both Manichaeism and Buddhism were under pressure from the Tianfang religion, Manichaeism and Buddhism were ally relations in Xizhou Uighur Khanate, and there was also a certain degree of fusion.

The envoys sent by Aslan Khan from the Western Uighurs to Chunnabo Camp in Daliao were naturally Khan's nobles, and their beliefs were of course Manichaeism. Moreover, the Uighurs had a tradition of sending Manichae monks (higher Manichae monks must also be members of Khan's nobles) on missions. They had been to the Tang Dynasty in history and requested the establishment of Manichae Temple in the Central Plains.

As a member of the Manichaeist family, Ji Yi is also a particularly good at engaging in relationships. It is normal for him to use religious relations to get in touch with the Manichae envoys from the Uighurs of Xizhou.

Of course, Ji Yi is selfish in doing this.

Because there are two very evil extremes in Manichaeism. One is the dualistic theory of "light defeats darkness", which is very easy to turn into a doctrine that encourages the people of the lower class to resist; the other is that human reproduction will reduce the light factors that exist in everyone's body will reduce, so the priests are old virgins and old virgins, and true believers also implement "family planning".

Therefore, Manichaeism has experienced a situation where there are heresy that throw "family planning" aside, while authentic religious people who insist on "family planning" are constantly shrinking.

The spread of alienated Manicheism in Liangzhe and Liangjiang areas has been completely out of control. If this kind of heresy is allowed to develop, it will sooner or later trigger a major uprising of Maniche heresy.

By then, Ji Yi, the "family planner" Manichaeists such as Mo Niangzi will also be implicated and will be completely wiped out by the Song Dynasty court.

Therefore, Ji Yi and Mo Niang wanted to gain legal status by allowing the "family planners" and then use the support of the court to crack down on Manichaeism heresy and expel non-family planners.

"Madam Mo," Wu Haogu asked, "Since there are really Uighur Mani monks, what do you and Ji Yizhi want to do?"

Madam Mo showed a charming smile: "Master, the memorial of the delegation has been sent to Kaifeng Prefecture by Kuaima. It will be delivered to the official family and Zhang Gong in a few days. At that time, the official family and Zhang Gong will most likely listen to Mr. Murong's opinions... I know that the official and Mr. Murong have a close relationship. Can you tell Mr. Murong about this and let him succeed?"

Because Manichaeism was an illegal sect in the Tang Dynasty, high-ranking officials in the court were inevitably skeptical of this religion. Moreover, the religious market in the Song Dynasty was basically divided up by the Buddhist and Taoist religions. Isn’t it a business to get another Manichaeism? Can Taoist priests and monks be happy?

Therefore, Ji Yi came up with a way to exchange the legal status of Manichaeism with good horses and horse breeders in the Western Regions...

Wu Haogu thought about it and asked again: "Is there really a good horse in Xizhou?"

"Yes!" When Mo Niangzi heard Wu Haogu's words, he felt that there was a chance. "The Western Regions were originally produced in good horses, and the Uighurs also had long-term interactions with Western countries such as Dashi, Persia, and Kias, so their horse breeds were obtained for hybridization and improvement, so the Uighurs in Xizhou had good horses. Now the imperial court is using troops to Hehuang. Once they win, they can contact the Uighurs in Xizhou through the Yellow-headed Uighurs.

If the Uighur Mani Temple can be reopened in the Song Dynasty, we should be able to get the stallion from Xizhou! This kind of horse is very rare!"

In fact, it is not difficult to obtain mares of excellent breeds, they can be seized from the battlefield. But stallions are rare! Because stallions of excellent breeds often become war horses after castration. The purpose of castration is not only to make the horse's character gentle and easy to control, but also to prevent the horse's breed from flowing out.

Wu Haogu, who had long wanted to build a horse farm, has now got two good mares, but the stallion has not yet been settled.

Wu Haogu pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "I can go and talk to Mr. Murong... But if Mr. Murong listens or not, I don't know."

have no idea?

Madam Mo knew very well how close Wu Haogu and Mr. Murong were. She thought for a while and said softly: "Dalang, if you can help me this time, I will agree to your request."

"Uh?" Wu Haogu raised his eyebrows, "Any request is OK?"

Madam Mo looked at Wu Haogu's somewhat lustful look and pouted: "You can't go too far..."

Wu Haogu Yixiao: "Okay, not too much, not too much..."

Madam Mo asked again: "Then is a matter of one word?"

"Okay, one word is certain!"

...

After leaving Madam Mo, Wu Haogu walked to his house with two bodyguards sent by Ximen Qing. When he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he saw Zhang Zeduan bringing two village scholars who looked very "rustic" to meet him.

"Teacher, you're back."

The two village scholars also saluted Wu Haogu and said in Luoyang dialect: "I have met my elder brother."

Are they from Luoyang?

Wu Haogu hurriedly asked Zhang Zeduan: "Just, is it someone from Baibo in Luoyang?"

"Yes," Zhang Zeduan said, "An old pedan is here, two generations older than you are in your teacher. He said he is here to participate in the spring exam competition next year."

Compared to Wu Haogu, he is twice as big as the Wu family of Zhong. Now Wu Zhongyi, the patriarch of Baibo Wu family, seems to be from the Zhong family.

"Spring Examination Competition?" Wu Haogu thought about it and felt something was wrong. "It's not yet July, and the Luoyang Prefecture's trial has not been held yet, right?"

A "village scholar" standing next to Zhang Zeduan interrupted excitedly: "Brother, our eldest father is qualified to be exempted, so he came to Kaifeng Prefecture early. He wanted to prepare well and strive to become a Jinshi next year and to be proud of his ancestors."

Why do you hear this sound like the nerds of Yanggu Yimenfan? Wu Haogu shook his head in his heart. The ancestor of Yanggu Yimenfan is a military general in the Black Cloud Long Sword Capital. His descendants can even say that they are glorious in the ancestors, but their ancestors have been the queen. What is a Jinshi in front of her? If they want to glorify in the ancestors, how should they restore the Wu Zhou world?

"Are you?" Wu Haogu looked at the two village scholars who called him "Big Brother". Both of them looked older, dark-faced, thin, and had white clothes. How could they look even more down and out of place than the Fan family in Yanggu?

In fact, the Fan family of Yanggu was not considered a down-and-out among the "Imperial Examination Family" of the Song Dynasty. After all, Yanggu County is located on a plain, with convenient transportation, and there are no particularly rich families, so the Fan family is also considered a powerful person.

The Luoyang Prefecture is the Xijing of the Great Song Dynasty! There are countless great people, there are many Jinshi, and even many important officials of the priest level have been released. The Bai Bowu family could not be ranked there at all. If it weren't for the "Imperial Cemetery" in the early years, it would have collapsed soon now.

"Brother, I am Wu Haoshui," said one of them, looking at the village scholar who was a few years older than the martial arts competition. "Eight in the clan." Then he pointed to the people beside him and said, "He is Wu Haoshui, and ten in the clan. We all came to Kaifeng Mansion with our eldest father. Daddy wants us to follow you, brother."

"How old are you? What are you doing?" Wu Haogu saw that both of them were quite old, so he asked again.

The answer was the village scholar named Wu Haoshui. He said: "I am 18 years old this year, and my tenth brother is 17 years old. Before he came out, he studied at Baibo's school... and could also farm."
Chapter completed!