In the political hall of the imperial city, Zhou Jun was reviewing the memorial, and Yis, who had come to report, stood quietly aside.
After reviewing the last memorial, Zhou Jun put down his pen, took a long breath, and asked Yis: "How was the meeting?"
Yis thought for a while and replied: "Everything else is going well, except for the review of doctrine..."
Zhou Jun: "They are unwilling to modify the doctrine?"
Iss: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that many sects did not originate from the mainland, but were introduced from foreign countries. Once the doctrines are modified, I am afraid it will attract opposition from this sect."
Zhou Jun: "In this case, let them separate from their own religious sect. Any religion that cannot be controlled by the state is a hidden danger. If the two countries go to war, the religious churches in the warring countries can use the methods of jihad
In this name, they colluded with local churches and then caused riots in the country."
Yis: "Yes, I will convey your Majesty's will to those sects."
Zhou Jun rubbed his forehead: "Is, please sit down first and talk to me."
A servant brought a stool, and Yisi sat down as instructed.
Zhou Jun: "Do you know why I want you to be in charge of the religious prison?"
Isben wanted to answer that it was because he was the leader of the Yinglong Sect and was deeply trusted by His Majesty.
But then I thought about it and realized something was wrong.
Although Yinglong Sect was initiated by His Majesty, it has not been promoted as a state religion since its development.
It can be seen that the reason why His Majesty re-employs him is not the Yinglong Sect, but other things.
Zhou Jun looked at Yisi's expression and said: "The reason why I let you be in charge of the religious supervision is, on the one hand, because you have faith in your heart and can understand the true meaning of God, and on the other hand, you love the people and can get rid of dogma.
, know how to adapt.”
Yis: "Your Majesty, there is one thing I don't understand."
Zhou Jun: "What's the matter?"
Yis finally expressed the long-standing doubt in his heart: "Yinglong Sect was established by you. According to common sense, as long as you put yourself on the throne of the true God on earth, you can establish a kingdom that unites politics and religion.
Become both a human emperor and a god. At that time, no one in the world will be able to challenge your status. Why didn't you do that?"
Zhou Jun: "I can indeed do that, but... if I do that, then although it is a good thing for me, it will be too selfish for the country and the people."
Yis: "Selfish?"
Zhou Jun: "No matter which emperor, he hopes that in the eyes of the people, he will only retain his divinity and leave no humanity. If this emperor is a founding monarch, then the country will enter a new era under his rule.
A glorious golden age. But if he does this, he will leave a huge trouble. In the future, the descendants of this emperor can legitimately inherit the divinity through blood and declare to the world that they are also true gods."
Iss: "Your Majesty, the descendants of emperors use blood to promote divinity and gain royal power. Is there anything wrong with this? God's blood is passed down from generation to generation and finally forms the Holy Family. Is there any problem with this?"
Zhou Jun: "Let me ask you something. Even if that emperor is really the reincarnation of a god, can divinity really be passed on through blood?"
Yis was stunned on the spot, and after a long time he replied: "The inheritance of divinity is connected by blood, so it should be like this... I have read many documents, whether it is from the West or the East, it all says so."
Zhou Jun shook his head and said: "Who wrote the documents? Who is responsible for reviewing and modifying them? As a vested interest in the divine blood theory, the royal family can use various means to compile and modify historical books and documents.
There is only one purpose, which is to prove the innate spirituality of the Holy Family bloodline."
After a moment of pause, Zhou Jun stared at Iss and asked: "But what if gods and humans are combined, and the abilities possessed by the former, such as predicting the future, knowing people's hearts, etc., cannot be passed on to the next generation at all?"
"To take a step back, even if the divine power of the first generation of god kings can be passed on to the next generation, what if the blood of the gods, due to the combination with mortals, becomes less divinity with each generation, and eventually dissipates and disappears?"
"Taking a step back, even if the bloodline in the first-generation God King can be successfully combined with mortals and will not decline due to marriage, what if there is a warlike, tyrannical, and unenterprising descendant among the heirs? In the end,
Leading the country to destruction?”
The three hypotheses mentioned by Zhou Jun completely stunned Yisi.
The theory of monarchy and theocracy that has lasted for thousands of years was shattered into pieces in these three sentences and became a completely untenable false theory.
Zhou Jun: "Those who claim to be gods and use this theory to establish the country's monarchs can roughly divide them into two types of understanding of the so-called bloodline inheritance."
"One is not aware of the hidden dangers this argument will bring to the kingdom. They simply want to concentrate all kinds of power into one body to ensure the supremacy of the king; the other is aware of the bloodline theory and will eventually
It brought huge uncertainty to the kingdom, but they still did it for the current interests."
"In the final analysis, any kind of cognition is short-sighted and can even be said to be selfish."
After hearing this, Is finally understood why Zhou Jun said at the beginning that any founding monarch who puts himself in the position of a god is essentially selfish.
He let out a long breath: "In your Majesty's opinion, how should the divine power brought by religion be continued?"
Zhou Jun shook his head and laughed: "You may not know now that with the advancement of technology, human beings' understanding of the world will become more and more perfect, and the status of religion will be reduced again and again. Finally, an enlightenment movement about human thought
, will completely break the shackles of religion, allowing the monarch and his people to re-examine the relationship between man and God."
Yis found it a bit incredible. Will technological progress eventually bring about ideological enlightenment?
Zhou Jun: "Let's not talk about those distant things. I have not pushed myself to the throne of royal power and divine power because I know in my heart that the so-called divine blood theory and the so-called holy family theory are not beneficial to the development of the country.
.The only thing it can serve is to satisfy the monarch’s centralized rule and ensure the empire’s so-called ‘unfalling for thousands of years’.”
When Yis heard this, he looked at the emperor, stood up, and bowed: "Your Majesty, your wisdom and kindness have not only surpassed the emperors for thousands of years, but have even surpassed the meaning of the existence of the gods themselves...
"
Zhou Jun waved his hand: "You know very well that I don't like to listen to these flattery words. If you handle the work of the religious supervisor properly, I will be of great use."
Before Yisi could answer, Feng Changqing hurriedly came to the door of the political hall.
Seeing that Yis was also there, Feng Changqing hesitated at first, and then rushed into the hall without caring about anything else: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council received an urgent report from Longyou today! The Tubo great talk Sang Chiruo led an army of 200,000, from Shi
After leaving the fortress, the front army has entered Kuozhou, and the military peak is pointing directly at Chang'an!"