'So, when Batu conquered the West, the Eastern Cross religion had not spread in Oros? It is also possible that it had begun to spread, but it was not as overbearing as most people who believed in it. Those who did not believe in it had to die or get out.
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"When you and your ancestors came from the west to the east, didn't people with yellow hair like you believe in Christianity?" Yunxi asked.
Tiecheng felt very strange about Yunxi's questions. He was still young when they followed Naha to surrender more than ten years ago, but his father had been received by Zhu Yuanzhang. According to his father, all Zhu Yuanzhang asked at that time were very strange.
Ordinary questions, not these weird questions.
However, he did not dare not answer the emperor's question. He lowered his head and said: "Among the thousands of households under my charge, there are indeed people who believe in the religion marked by this cross, and there are also people who believe in the Tianfang religion. However, according to the rumors in my family for generations
, no one who came to the Ming Dynasty with my ancestors believed this."
'It seems that Christianity had not spread in Oros at that time, and there were not many people who believed in it. However, tens of thousands of soldiers and dozens of thousands of households, they actually summoned one person who neither believed in Christianity nor Tianfang religion.
Is this good luck?' Yunxi thought.
Yunxi then asked a lot about the Semu people who were resettled near Wuchang, and Tiecheng answered them one by one. From this, Yunxi learned that there were four to five million Semu people near Wuchang, 90% of whom believed in the Tianfang Sect. According to
The news he got from talking to thousands of other families was that most of these people's ancestors were from Persia or Dashi, and a few were from India.
In addition, there are a very small number who came from Hezhong, the Western Regions and other places on their own. Back then, the Mongols massacred them in Hezhong, the Western Regions and other places, leaving only more than one million locals. These people originally ran to the west and south.
, Later, an unknown person came to the Central Plains once, and found out that he had become a second-class person in the Central Plains, with a higher status than the Han people. He went back and told his friends. After that, those who were brave began to come to the Eastern Central Plains to work as a high-class person.
As for the various regulations of the Tianfang Sect, Yunxi felt that it was a bit unreliable to listen to an Oros man who believed in Buddhism. Even if he heard it, he didn't listen very carefully. Tiecheng should have noticed his thoughts and quickly skipped this part.
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The remaining Semu people are basically followers of the Cross religion. According to Tie Cheng, their ancestors came from many places, including Caucasians, Ukrainians, Oros, Poles, etc.
These people were all snatched away by Batu and his descendants. After all, the west of the Ural Mountains is too far away from the Central Plains. Even if you read Marco Polo's travel diary and traveled thousands of miles, three out of ten can reach the Central Plains safely.
Not bad. Not to mention that Marco Polo was a Venetian or a Genoese. Anyway, he was an Italian who did not exist in this era. With the speed of news dissemination at this time, it would take more than a hundred years for "Marco Polo's Travels" to reach Oros.
It's impossible for ordinary people to know.
The rest are those who do not believe in any religion or believe in Buddhism. Such people are very few. According to Tiecheng, they are all in his Qianhu household, and there are only more than a hundred people. The rest, even if their ancestors did not believe in it, are now
Everyone believed it.
In addition, Yunxi also learned that most of the Han women who married Semu people in accordance with Zhu Yuanzhang's decree were of low origin, and they were basically bought by them - this era is different from that of later generations, and Han people have no desire to worship foreigners.
Marrying a lustful person was a very shameful thing and would be despised by all the neighbors and ostracized by the tribe. Zhu Yuanzhang also prohibited them from marrying each other. They could only buy it, and they had to buy it at a high price.
Of course, it is definitely not buying in name. Zhu Yuanzhang actually implemented a discriminatory strategy against the Mongols and Semu people. It was not until Zhu Di was in power that they were treated the same as the Han people. Yunxi did not pay much attention to them over the years and continued the Hongwu Dynasty.
Strategy, they have a bigger problem in buying slaves, so they give very high dowry money, which is called marrying but actually buying them.
Because these women were bought, their status in the family was not high, and the children they gave birth to were also considered Semu people, so the children followed their fathers and believed in the Tianfang or Cross religions.
Similarly, the average Han family is not willing to marry a woman with lustful eyes, even if a rich family takes a concubine. However, although the lusty people do not have the right to freely marry their daughters to the same clan, they have the right not to give their daughters to wealthy families as concubines, so they marry women with lustful eyes.
These people are the poorest among the Han people. Because their families are poor, these people often approach the family of their father-in-law who is willing to support them. In addition, the Han people do not care much about religion, so they often believe in Tianfang or Cross religion. Although it is only superficial for the time being.
You may not believe it, but after a few generations you will become a true believer.
However, this situation became much better after Yunxi strictly prohibited religions other than Buddhism and Taoism in the country, and paid salaries and salaries to local officials in the local monks, Taoism and records department.
Yunxi learned a lot about the Semu people from Tiecheng, which gradually took shape in his mind on how to deal with them.
But Yunxi became more and more curious about one thing, and finally asked Tie Chengdao: "Tie Qianhu, although you are a Semu person, you are neither a Tianfang believer nor a Cross believer. How come you know so many things related to them?"
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"Your Majesty, it is precisely because I am neither a Tianfang believer nor a Cross believer that I can do this. People from these two religions want me to join their religion, so they tell me everything I ask, so I can know so many things.
." Tie Cheng said.
"I see."
Later, Tie Cheng felt that the emperor had nothing to say to him and wanted to resign; but Yun Hei said, "Follow me to the palace. I have something else to tell you."
"Ah!" Tie Cheng never dreamed that he would be asked to go to the palace instead of being stopped by the emperor for questioning?
"Thank you for your grace." But he immediately reacted and said happily. No matter what the emperor wanted him to do, it should not be harmful to him. He could also see what the palace looked like, which was a good thing.
Yunxi said a few more words to the guard Li Bo, and then quickly took him back to the palace.
When Yunxi walked into the Qianqing Palace, the auxiliary officials and ministers present subconsciously looked up, and then saw a very surprising scene: Behind His Majesty was a man with yellow hair, blue eyes, a high nose and deep eyes!
It is not that there are no officials with lustful eyes in the Ming Dynasty, but the number is very small, and they all have black or brown hair. The gap with the Han people is relatively small. They have never seen such lustful people.
However, Yunxi didn't pay attention to their expressions at all, and said to Wang Xi first: "Go to the Propaganda Department in person to announce that Luo Guanzhong is here to see me. No, Luo Guanzhong is old, so let's ask Si Cheng Wu Yuchao to come here."
"In addition, you can send a guard to Jinyiwei to suppress Fusi and send a message to Qin Song."
Wang Xi accepted the order and came down.
Yunxi said to Jin Shan: "Stop what you are doing and come up with some imperial edicts for me."
Jin Shan immediately put down the folder in his hand, took out about five blank pieces of silk from Yunxi's table, and picked up his pen to wait for Yunxi's words.
"The Emperor Chengyun issued an edict saying that from now on, the decree on sex and eye marriages in the first year of Hongwu will be suspended. The decree on marriages among Mongolians will not change. I hereby express my gratitude."
"The Emperor Chengyun issued an edict saying that from tomorrow onwards in the capital and from the date of arrival in other places, it is strictly forbidden for Han women to marry into the homes of semu people. Those who have been engaged but have not yet been married will not be allowed to marry if the engagement is terminated. Violators, regardless of whether they are Han or semu, will be punished with a rod.
At the age of eighty, he became a slave in the officialdom, so I appreciate this."
"The Emperor of Heaven has issued an edict saying that starting from tomorrow in the capital and from the date of arrival in other places, no matter Han, Mongolian, or Semu, it is strictly prohibited to slaughter cattle without permission. Anyone who violates this will be punished with an eighty-year-long cane and will be sent to an official position as a slave. I admire this."
"The edict of Emperor Chengyun of Feng Tian reiterates the order of the late emperor in the 14th year of Hongwu: Semu must wear pigskin boots and is not allowed to ride. If you walk on the middle path, civilians are allowed to be beaten to death. I admire this."
"The Emperor of Heaven carries out the edict: Although Semu is not a Chinese race, but he is born between heaven and earth, and he knows etiquette and justice, and is willing to be a subject, he is no different from being raised by Chinese people. In order to prevent the Han people from misunderstanding, Semu will be naturalized in China.
, specially issued a yellow household registration certificate, no need to be restricted by color and eyes, I admire this."
When drafting this imperial edict, Yunxi said to Tiecheng: "I have just asked the guards around me to order the ship you are on to stop temporarily and not go to Guangxi."
"From now on, you and all your thousands of households who believe in neither Tianfang Sect nor Cross Religion are no longer Semu people. You are Han people. I will immediately order people to make yellow household registration certificates and issue them to you.
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"All of you and your family members have also moved to the capital and no longer live in Wuchang. For hereditary official positions, I will arrange equivalent official positions in the capital to replace them."
"Now write down the names of all the generals and soldiers in your Qianhu household who do not believe in the Tianfang Sect or the Cross Religion. I will have them drawn out and immediately order the generals in Huguang Dusi to transfer their names according to the list you wrote.
All the family members moved to the capital and were allocated land and houses to live in the capital."
"I thank your Majesty for your grace!" Tie Cheng immediately knelt down and said excitedly. The area near the capital is the most prosperous place in the world, much better than places like Wuchang; and I heard that the guards in the capital have salaries, and the local government can
Only the guards of the feudal king had salaries, and they had no salaries before.
As for those who were not assigned to the capital, although I knew they were going to be unlucky from the imperial edict just dictated by His Majesty, what does this have to do with him? He is a Buddhist, and he listens to those people and him "hum buzzing" every day
I have long been tired of those who say the gospel of the Lord or the greatness of Allah! It’s great to be able to get rid of them.
Yunxi immediately asked the young eunuch next to him to hand him a pen and some paper. A man from the middle school room cleared a table for Tiecheng to sit on the table and write the list.
Then Yunxi looked at Jin Shan again, and saw that Jin Shan put aside several memorials he had drafted before, and took out several blank imperial edicts from his desk, waiting for his next words.
