Therefore, Your Highness, I believe that what is being done now is not enough. More methods should be used to civilize the local barbarians and savages."
"What method does Aiqing think we should use to civilize the local savages and barbarians?" After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhu Zhen didn't seem too surprised. Instead, he put down his chopsticks, filled up half a bowl of soup, and asked.
"Your Highness, I believe that the gods believed by the locals and the gods of Taoism should be combined into one!"
Zhao Jun said eloquently: "I have studied carefully and found that the Aztecs and Toltecs believe in many gods, the most important of which is the main god Huizilo Botli (the sun god and the
The god of war) and Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god. The main god, Vezilobotli, is also the god of the sun and the god of war. I believe that he can be regarded as Taiyi, the Eastern Emperor."
"Donghuang Taiyi, also known as Taihuang, "Historical Records·Fengchanshu" says: 'The most noble god is Taiyi, and Taiyi's assistants are called the Five Emperors. The most noble god is Taiyi, and Taiyi's assistants are called the Five Emperors.'; Han Wu (Emperor
) Taishan was enshrined in Zen, and Donghuang Taiyi was listed as the righteous god of sacrifices. Later, in the Tang Dynasty, he was listed as the main sacrificial god. Although the Jade Emperor was the righteous god in the Song Dynasty, Donghuang Taiyi was still a very important god."
"The sacrifices of the Song Dynasty are not traditional. Your Highness, Donghuang Taiyi should be the righteous god. We, the Yin Fan, should trace their origins to the original."
"In addition, the poem "Nine Songs of the East Emperor Taiyi" written by Qu Zi (Qu Yuan) says: 'On auspicious days and good times, General Mu will be happy to be the emperor; The sword is caressing the jade ear, and the jade ring is ringing. The Yao Xi is here
The jade basket and the general's hand are full of beauty; steamed orchids are used for the delicacies, osmanthus wine is poured for the pepper pulp. The walnuts are raised and the drums are played, and the songs are played slowly and slowly, and the Chen Yu and the harp are played loudly...'; from which
It can be seen that although Donghuang Taiyi is not a prostitute, he also has military responsibilities and can be considered as a prostitute."
"The same book "Nine Songs: Donghuang Taiyi" says: 'Taiyi, the name of a star, is the revered god of heaven. The temple is in the east of Chu to match the East Emperor, so it is Yun Donghuang.'; it can be seen that the East Emperor Taiyi is the star.
But which star in the sky is worthy of Donghuang Taiyi, who is the righteous god? Only the sun, and only the sun is worthy of Donghuang Taiyi, who is the righteous god. So Donghuang Taiyi is also the sun god."
"Your Highness, in this way, Donghuang Taiyi is both the righteous god, the sun god, and the goddess, which matches the main god Huizilo Botelli believed in by the Aztecs and Toltecs."
"Another very important god believed by the Aztecs and Toltecs is Quetzalcoatl. Quetzalcoatl looks like a snake with bird-like wings.
Therefore, he is called Quetzalcoatl. In the legends of the Toltecs and Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl dominates the morning star, invented books, legislation, and brought them corn. At the same time, because of the legend of Quetzalcoatl, Quetzalcoatl dominates the morning star.
The god is also like the god of thunder and lightning, and can bring rain, and the time when local people plant corn happens to be a rainy time, so some people think that Quetzalcoatl is the god of sowing, harvesting, and abundant harvests."
"But, Your Highness, don't you think Quetzalcoatl is very similar to one of the gods spread in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhao Junyong said to Zhu Zhen at this time.
"What?" Zhu Zhen was already a little stunned at this time and asked subconsciously.
"Dragon!" Zhao Junyong said loudly: "Don't you think that the Quetzalcoatl worshiped by the local people is similar to the dragon worshiped by my people in the Ming Dynasty?"
"How are these similar?" Although he was stunned, Zhu Zhen still said: "The dragon has five claws and has no wings; Quetzalcoatl has no claws and has wings. How are they similar?"
"Your Highness, this is just a detail." Zhao Junyong continued: "Although there are these differences, I think they are generally similar and can be considered the same thing."
"Moreover, they may be the same thing." Zhao Junyong's face suddenly became more solemn: "The jade pendant of the Shang Dynasty was dug out from near Luojing City. The barbarians and savages from the Hanzhou continent may be the ones that led Youhou Xi's Eastern Expedition when he marched eastward.
The descendants who came to the Hanzhou Continent gradually turned into barbarians and savages because the Hanzhou Continent was too desolate."
"In this case, the Quetzalcoatl worshiped by the Toltecs and Aztecs may have come from the dragon. However, due to the degradation of civilization, they thought that it had no feathers and could not fly, so they added wings; they also felt that the claws were useless, so
Five claws were removed."
"So I think the dragon is the Quetzalcoatl god believed by the local people."
"In addition to these two gods, I also selected one god as the god that my people of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Hanzhou continent believe in together. The local people also believe in the moon god, and my people of the Ming Dynasty also have a moon god, which is Chang'e.
They can be combined into the same god."
"And Chang'e's previous life was a mysterious bird and the moon god, and I..." Zhao Junyong said this, Zhu Zhen interrupted: "Chang'e was a mysterious bird in her previous life? Where is the legend?"
"The legend of Chen's hometown." Zhao Jun said.
"Legends from your hometown?" Zhu Zhen glanced at him doubtfully: "I remember that you are from Ningxiang County, Changsha Prefecture. I have been there, but I don't remember that there is such a legend in the local area. And I have not heard of it in other places in Changsha Prefecture.
There have been similar legends before, why did Ningxiang suddenly have such a legend?"
"Your Highness only stayed in Ningxiang for a few nights, so of course he doesn't know about it. As for other places, I don't know about it, but there is indeed such a legend in my hometown." Zhao Jun answered very seriously.
Seeing that Zhu Zhen didn't speak anymore, he continued: "Your Highness, it just so happens that these three gods: Donghuang Taiyi, Long, Chang'e/Xuanniao, are also the gods enshrined by Taoism. From now on, Yin Fan's Taoism should be based on these three gods."
God is the righteous God, no distinction is made between superior and inferior; the three pure beings are reduced to gods below them."
"Preach Taoism to the local barbarians and savages and worship these three gods as the same god as the main god they believe in, Quetzalcoatl and the Moon God, so that they will turn to believe in these three gods."
"Your Highness, you should immediately gather the captives and build another pyramid next to the two pyramids dedicated to the Sun God and the Moon God to worship the Dragon God. Your Highness should also openly believe in these three gods. From now on, every year in the early spring, sacrifices will be made to Heaven and Earth.
These three gods. And the rituals of sacrifice have been slightly modified, similar to the rituals of local people."
"At the same time, Taoist priests were ordered to preach to the locals that the people of Hanzhou Continent were the descendants of Yin Shang general Youhou Xi who led the soldiers and people to cross eastward to Hanzhou Continent after the Shang Dynasty was destroyed by Zhou Dynasty at the end of Shang Dynasty.
The people and our people of the Ming Dynasty are the same nation. His Royal Highness the King of Shang has also publicized this matter to the local people near Jinchuan City and Luojincheng City before, but he did not attach great importance to it. We, the Yin Fan, should make this a top priority. First of all
We must make the soldiers, common people and all officials who come to the Hanzhou Continent believe in this, and encourage them to spread the word to the local people who have moved under His Highness' rule, so that all the locals will have no doubt about it in the future."
"And this can also be promoted in conjunction with another myth and legend spread by the Toltecs and Aztecs. They spread a legend: white-skinned envoys will come from the sea to the Han continent on behalf of the gods.
Your Highness, although some of the people of the Ming Dynasty are whiter and some are darker, they are all whiter than the locals. They have traveled more than 20,000 miles of ocean from the Central Plains to Hanzhou. They can call themselves white-skinned as the locals say.
God."
"At the same time, we spread the word that our Ming royal family are descendants of the Dragon God. His Majesty the Emperor in the capital is a direct descendant of the Dragon God. His Highness is also a descendant of the Dragon God. Since he is a descendant of God, he will rule all the people of the world from generation to generation."
"..."
"Your Highness," he said to Zhu Zhen again: "For such an act, someone should be sent to inform His Highness the King of Shang so that His Highness the King of Shang can do the same."
Zhu Zhen, who was thinking about something, still didn't come back to his senses and didn't answer; Zhao Junyong continued to speak.
He talked a lot more, and finally said to Zhu Zhen: "Your Highness, what do you think of my opinion? Can it be implemented?"
After a while, Zhu Zhen came back to his senses, looked at him with complicated eyes, and uttered one word: "Yes."
He didn't hear exactly what Zhao Junyong was saying, but he got a general idea and understood what Zhao Junyong was doing: he was wantonly tampering with various myths and legends circulated in the Ming Dynasty in order to communicate with Hanzhou Continent, especially
The Toltecs in the Valley of Mexico were compatible with the gods and legends believed by the Aztecs, which made the locals think that the gods they believed in were the same as the gods believed by the people of the Ming Dynasty, so they turned to believe in the gods of the Ming Dynasty.
, thus being able to educate them.
Letting Taoist priests preach that they are descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties is also to educate them. As long as they think they are descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties, they will be of the same ethnic group as the people of the Ming Dynasty and will no longer be separated from each other, making it easier to educate them.
He also figured out why Zhao Junyong made up the legend that Chang'e was the reincarnation of a black bird. According to "Historical Records·Yin Benji", "Historical Records·Qin Benji", and "Book of Songs·Shang Song·Xuanniao":
The saying that "birds descended and gave rise to the Shang Dynasty", the Shang Dynasty was after the black bird. Of course, although the people of the Ming Dynasty still circulate this statement, they actually no longer believe it in their hearts; but people in the Hanzhou continent still believe that the moon god and the
The two black birds combined into one can further tell the locals that you are descendants of the Yin Shang. At the same time, you also have a basis for naming yourself the King of Yin.
As for other things, such as offering sacrifices to these three gods when offering sacrifices to heaven, they are all for this purpose.
Zhu Zhen himself was very disgusted with Zhao Jun's approach. The Confucian tradition is: Zi does not talk about strange powers and gods, that is to say, he does not admit or deny whether there are ghosts and gods, but he does not talk about such things.
He also adheres to the same attitude. He believes in these myths and legends even if he does not believe them, but he hates people using myths and legends to make an issue. He is different from Zhu Bai. Zhu Bai is a serious Taoist who believes in the gods of the Three Pure Ones.
He should be considered an atheist. When he was the prince in Wuchang, if someone said such a thing to him, he would definitely order someone to beat that person out, unless it was his brother. Apart from that, even if it was his
My brother-in-law has no intention of continuing to stay in the palace.
But he still decided to support Zhao Junyong's opinion. The reason was simple, because it was beneficial to his rule.
The civilization of the Ming Dynasty is much more advanced than the civilization of the Han continent. Although they believe in religion and engage in some superstitious activities, most people just hold the attitude of rather believing in what they have and not what they don't believe, rather than deeply believing in it.
No doubt, for the poor, it is nothing to kowtow a few times, and for the rich, it is nothing to spend a few dollars.
But people on the Han continent are different. Especially the Aztecs and Toltecs near the Valley of Mexico have deep faith in the gods they worship. The person in charge of sacrifices has the highest status in the tribe, and the person who leads the warriors in battle
It's nothing.
If the mainland of Hanzhou is right next to the Ming Dynasty, such as Japan, he can ask Yunxi to continue to migrate people here to settle down. The number of Han people will gradually exceed that of the local people, and they can be educated in traditional Chinese ways. Over time,
The passage of time will eventually civilize them all, just like some barbarians in Sichuan and Huguang areas. Although they are still tribes, the entire tribe has been completely Chineseized from top to bottom. The tribe leaders are more familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics than the Han scholars.
He was more loyal to the imperial court than the Han people.
But the Hanzhou continent is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. In a long time, the number of local barbarians and savages will be hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of times that of the Han people! It is simply too late to educate them in traditional Chinese ways.
Just in case, as Zhao Junyong said, before most people could be successfully civilized, the Aztecs and Toltecs secretly learned from the Ming Dynasty's advanced technology and military system to attack him.
Yin Fan, he will definitely fail. The best ending is to flee back to Yi'an City in despair, and the worst ending is to be completely annihilated in the Valley of Mexico.
Therefore, in order to educate the local people as soon as possible, he could only adopt flexible methods and accept Zhao Junyong's insights to relieve his worries.
After coming back to his senses, Zhu Zhen and Zhao Junyong began a serious discussion about the strategy he just mentioned. "It is not easy for King Shang to accept this." Zhu Zhen said: "The areas around Luojincheng and Jinchuan where he is located are full of barbarians.
On the contrary, unlike the Aztecs and Toltecs here who generally believe in gods, they are easier to educate; and there are not many people there, so it is not like I need to educate them as soon as possible."
"Furthermore, King Shang is a true Taoist and may not like you. He has some disrespectful views on the Three Purities. So I think it will not be easy for King Shang to fully accept your strategy. At most, he will only accept part of it."
"Your Highness, as long as King Shang can show off, that's all." Zhao Junyong said, "His Royal Highness, King Shang, can just show off. You don't have to be very serious."
"That should be okay. Write him a personal letter." Zhu Zhen said.
They discussed for a while and initially decided on a sequence of things. At this time, Zhu Zhen looked at the clock and saw that it was already the beginning of the afternoon, so he said to Zhao Junyong: "Junyong, let's stop talking about this first, and the rest will be done tomorrow."
Talking about."
"Jun Yong," he added, "this matter is very important. I will leave it to you. You must not betray my trust."
"I will live up to His Highness's trust!" Zhao Jun said loudly. (To be continued)
