"My dear friends, you have all worked hard. What are you doing recently?"
Ying Zheng smiled, waved his hands to the civil and military officials, and said.
"After the beginning of spring, business in Daqin recovered rapidly. The emergence of a variety of new products has caused both domestic and foreign trade to grow rapidly, which has exceeded the expected level."
"The preparatory work for the newly established counties has also gone very smoothly. Hundreds of officials with good official reputations and political achievements have been selected from various states and counties, and they are preparing to conduct the final assessment in Xianyang City at the end of the month."
"However, there are still some problems that still require His Majesty's Holy Judgment!"
Xiao He first reported a lot of good news, and then suddenly changed his tone.
"Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Ying Zheng's face turned slightly solemn.
Xiao He's ability in government affairs has long been recognized by both the government and the public.
It is definitely not a trivial matter that makes him, the acting minister, treat it so carefully.
"Your Majesty, in the newly established Anxi, Kangju and other counties, many former Seleucid people who have joined the Qin Dynasty reported that they had been suppressed by Roman paganism in the past, and demanded that these pagan buildings be demolished and punished
Those who are working for the sake of tigers have a very important stake in this matter, so I ask your Majesty to judge it."
After Xiao He finished speaking, the faces of all the officials became ugly.
To be honest, at the beginning, officials in the imperial court didn't think much of the various religions.
After all, Da Qin was dominated by Taoism, and the most popular Taoism was Huang Lao's theory. For the imperial court, there was nothing too taboo.
The rest, such as the Yin Yang School, can be regarded as branches of Taoism in a strict sense, but the theory of the Five Virtues they advocate is beneficial to the Qin Dynasty, but they are just tools.
It wasn't until Ying Yu introduced the Mauryan Dynasty outside the territory and elaborated on the disadvantages of divine power being greater than military power that the court officials paid a little more attention to religion, and took advantage of the opportunity to eliminate bad alchemists and clean up a group of scum.
However, as Huang Shigong returned to the imperial court and Taoism resumed its practice of cultivating immortality behind closed doors without paying attention to worldly affairs, the officials became less and less vigilant and soon forgot about the matter.
However, they did not expect that although the mainland of Great Qin was very stable, the conflicts caused by beliefs in these newly incorporated areas were beyond their imagination.
"What does the prince think of this matter?"
Ying Zheng habitually looked at Ying Yu.
"The theology of foreign lands is indeed different from that of our Great Qin. The fighting between various religions is very fierce."
"In addition to conflicts of interest, many of the wars that broke out among the countries in the Western Region were caused by churches competing for believers."
"Rome was so powerful before that its main legion once reached as far as a hundred miles away from the Seleucid capital of Antioch. It indeed forced many Seleucids to give up their faith, and they also committed many murders for this reason.
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"But after our Great Qin wiped out all the Roman legions, the situation has improved a lot."
"Therefore, in my opinion, this proposal is just a high-sounding excuse for the local Seleucid religious forces to use the hands of our Great Qin court to suppress dissidents and compete for power and believers."
"My opinion is that no matter what religion you are, you must obey the laws of the Qin Dynasty. Whether you need to be punished will be based on the laws of Qin. Any behavior that violates the laws of Qin will be punished accordingly!"
"We, Da Qin, don't need such a group of magicians with ulterior motives!"
Ying Yu said in a deep voice.
The reason why he could tolerate the existence of Taoism was because Taoism's own teachings tended to govern by inaction. Huang Shigong was also very cooperative with Da Qin's reforms and actively invested in Da Qin's medical construction and scientific and technological research and development.
Under these premises, the existence of Taoism had no influence or threat on the rule of Qin.
But Ying Yu would not let those pagan religions that did not contribute much to the Qin Dynasty try to steal the power of the Qin Dynasty.
These sects have been killing each other all year round, and everyone has a lot of blood debt on their hands. To put it simply, there is not a single good thing left.
As a time traveler, Ying Yu naturally knows how much these pagan religions suppress technology.
If he was born outside the Qin Dynasty and suppressed the development of foreign lands, Ying Yu would naturally like to see it.
But after Da Qin took control, he still had extra thoughts, which was unforgivable.
Ying Yu doesn't mind letting these magicians understand what they should do and what they can't do.
It is also time for them to understand that Da Qin is not as benevolent as it seems.
And now is indeed the best time to integrate faith.
Outside the Qin Dynasty, there are countless religions. Not to mention the major sects, even within the same theology, there are countless branches, and the degree of internal proof even exceeds that of the external world.
As for the most famous major sects in later generations, except for the Bald Donkey, which had its roots in the Mauryan Dynasty, the other two, the Cross, would not be born for more than two hundred years, and as for the White Turban, it would take nearly a thousand years.
Now that the Qin Dynasty has occupied half of the land of the Maurya Dynasty, with Han Xin and Zhang Liang sitting at the front, it will be easy to capture the Maurya Dynasty.
The reason why he didn't take action for so long was because Ying Yu did it on purpose.
Due to repeated defeats, the Maurya King's prestige was damaged, and various tribes began to fight for power and gain.
In order to win the final victory, the tribal leaders sold coolies to the Qin Dynasty in exchange for arms. In just a few years, the population of the Mauryan Dynasty had dropped by half.
The Bald Donkeys were also driven by the Qin Dynasty and were killed by the Brahmins until they could not hold their heads up. According to the latest news from Han Xin, the Bald Donkeys were about to be exterminated.
The reason why the huge Maurya Dynasty fell to this point is because Qin's fist was big enough and hard enough.
"What the prince said is true, but what should we do specifically?"
Ying Zheng asked with great interest.
As the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng had no good opinion of any theology, and all he cared about was whether it was valuable to the Qin Dynasty.
Now that these pagans dare to take advantage of the power of Qin Dynasty and want to continue their tricks of fooling the people, Ying Zheng will naturally not let them go.
"The method is also very simple. First of all, any sect must be canonized by the Great Qin court before it can preach in the territory of Great Qin. The doctrines taught also need to be revised by the Great Qin court."
"Anyone who has not obtained the permission of the imperial court will be regarded as a heretic and will be dealt with as an illegal organization."
"And no matter which religion you belong to, you need to strictly abide by the laws of Daqin. No one has immunity from the law!"
Ying Yu said with a faint smile.
The Qin Dynasty governed the country according to the law. Although it was criticized by many people as cruel, it was actually the greatest equality.
Especially after many regulations that were too harsh during wartime have been revised, this is the greatest benevolent policy.
Those who are still chirping are nothing more than dissatisfaction with being deprived of their privileges.