Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1131
The environment of the plateau is different from that of Mongolia. It can even be said to be worlds apart.

Except during the Tang Dynasty, when Tubo rose to prominence for more than two hundred years, the rest of the time it was basically in a situation of being beaten.

The plateau climate and carnivorous habits make the Zang people generally short-lived, so the abundant gold, silver, cattle and horses have to be transported to the interior in exchange for tea.

In terms of resources, even for the most important food crops, the yield per acre is only about [-] kilograms, which is only half of that in the mainland.

In such a relatively harsh environment, religion flourished.

After all, the lower the living standard, the more superstitious ideas there are.

With the help of the Khoshot Khanate, the Gelug Sect established a mainstream position in religion and once again unified the vast plateau with its ideas.

As a result, the already secular plateau entered a state of integration of religion and government.

Countries such as Bhutan and Sikkim at the foot of the Himalayas have different sects, but they are still Buddhists after all.

"Nobles and temples are the main economic entities of the plateau. They own [-]% of the land and must be dealt with properly!"

Zhu Yixi fell into deep thought.

As the great man said, it is necessary to understand friends and enemies.

Nobles and temples, one of these two must be solved in order to stabilize the rule of the court.

Compared with the conservatism of the temple, the nobles are always full of political ambitions. For example, the Diba steward of Dalai was even honored as the regent.

"Eliminate the large and medium-sized nobles, leaving the small nobles, and finally divide the land and shape the landlord class."

Although the feudal landlord system was relatively backward, it was still stronger than serfdom.

He felt pity for the serfs who suffered widespread and widespread cruelty.

Serfs, who accounted for [-]% of the population of the entire plateau, owned less than [-]% of the land. This was a deformed social form and was unpopular.

"I don't need this compromise thing now. Xizang, with a population of one million, can easily be manipulated by Xikang."

With a plan in mind, Zhu Yixi naturally wrote like a god.

Regarding the management of the plateau, people from a high position have poured ink:
In politics, first of all, it is not necessary to mention the establishment of prefectures and counties. This is the proper meaning.

It governs Lhasa Prefecture, Shannan Prefecture, Shigatse Prefecture, Ali Prefecture, Ladakh Prefecture, and Nagqu Prefecture in Zangbei. The six prefectures are located in Lhasa Prefecture.

At the same time, in the religious circles, we promote the policy of equality among all factions and do not allow attacks on each other.

This is to make it easier for small countries such as Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal to accept rule.

In the Gelug sect, the dominant Dalai regime was divided, and Shigatse was classified as Houzang and belonged to Banchan's residence.

In other words, all temples west and south of Shigatse are under the jurisdiction of Ban Chan.

Dalai Lama's residence is Lhasa, and the temples to the south and east of Lhasa are all under the management of Dalai Lama.

Finally, he attacked the large and medium-sized nobles, confiscated their property, and divided the land among serfs or meritorious soldiers.

The minor nobles remained and became members of the ruling class.

"On the vast plateau, two hundred acres of farmland for each serf household is the most suitable, and everyone can become a landlord."

Zhu Yixi thought of the wealth owned by the temple. It was an extremely huge asset, but he did not dare to move it easily.

He even dared to levy taxes only on future landlords, and the temple property could not be touched lightly.

"We have to build schools and popularize Chinese characters and Chinese language so that the landlords can be knowledgeable and educated, so that secular politics can be maintained!"

As he wrote this, he was thinking that the most important thing now was to destroy Zang Wen, so he had to send people to copy scriptures to avoid missing any scriptures.

We even have to imitate the Eastern Church and establish a hierarchy of lamas, and there must be a distinction between high and low lamas. After all, there are Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas in the West.

While thinking about it, it can be said that there are a lot of things.

The prince is afraid that he will have to stay in the southwest for one more year.

The father and son flew pigeons to pass letters, and they had a great time chatting. Unfortunately, many pigeons were exhausted to death...

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Until this time, the Liao Kingdom.

Jia Daihua led his troops to leave, leaving all the nobles, big and small, ready to make a move.

But Liao King Zhu Cunhuan was not a vegetarian. He may not be very good at leading troops in war, but he was not lacking in political skills.

As long as you dare to take the lead, you can capture every one of them without missing a beat, ransack their homes and send them to the execution ground. It's a one-stop service.

In order to stabilize his rule, the King of Liao imitated the Jinyiwei and established the Xiuyiwei and Xichang. Both internally and externally established a strict monitoring system.

The King of Liao already knew about the slightest disturbance.

On this day, the sun was high in the sky, and the scorching sun on the grassland was still fierce. As Friday falls, this is the day of gathering for Muslims. Everyone gathered in major temples to worship and pray.

Devout believers gathered in small groups and headed towards the temple seriously. Dozens of temples in Yujing City were overcrowded.

And at this serious moment, suddenly a large number of men and women gathered in a certain mosque, and everyone prayed for the Lord together, which was extremely solemn.

This immediately caused dissatisfaction among a large number of believers.

"Women should stay at home!"

"They shouldn't be praying in the halls with men!"

"This is blasphemy against the Lord!"

The believers were filled with indignation and started shouting.

A good prayer ceremony suddenly turned into chaos.

The women panicked and huddled in the corner, which only aroused the excitement of the good guys.

In this regard, Ahaide stepped forward without hesitation.

Wearing traditional robes, a white headscarf, and holding a Koran in his hand, he is a classic image of an imam.

This caused everyone to focus their attention and start to calm down.

Ahad stared at everyone without fear, with a serious face: "My Muslims, please tell me, is there anything in the Koran that prohibits women from entering the hall to pray?"

"No……"

"But this is a custom, a custom that has been going on for hundreds of years, that's what the imams say!"

Ahaide smiled slightly: "This has always been the case, is it right?"

"There is nothing in the Quran, so why should you protest?"

"Don't believe in those crooked teachings. They are all superfluous and artificially tampered with. The truth is all in the Quran. We must believe in the words of the prophet, not the priests or imams, who have distorted the facts..."

As he spoke, he raised the book and loudly proclaimed: "The words of the prophets are all in the book!"

"We must abide by everything the Qur'an stipulates; but there is no need to abide by what is not in the Qur'an. Those are all distorted words of later generations..." These words were a huge shock to many believers.

Take the Qur'an as the basis, otherwise all the remarks of other factions are simply outrageous and make people think they are reasonable.

After all, the Quran is the only scripture, isn’t it the truth?
Those things commented on by later generations are naturally false.

The impact of their thoughts immediately divided the Muslims into two groups, and they began to quarrel fiercely.

On the sidelines, the King of Liao also personally witnessed and planned this scene.

What he held in his hands was a copy of the Quran.

It is a thread-bound version, about two inches long, with 30 words.

It is completely the result of Chinese character translation, and then after some deletions, removing those that are inappropriate and unsightly, it basically became this Chinese version.

He flipped through the book and said with a smile: "The Koran does not require women not to go to the hall to pray, nor does it require women to wear black robes. All of these are superfluous products of later generations."

"For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, when it evolved into later generations, there were the Gongyang Sect, the Zuo Shi Sect, and the Guliang Sect, and this Qur'an is no different."

As he spoke, he stared at the excited believers with bright eyes, a strange color flowing in his eyes:
"As far as I know, so-called religious wars broke out in Europe. In order to overthrow Rome, the Protestants preached that God is in the Bible, not the priests!"

"If I want to overthrow the priests and establish my own rule now, then I can only imitate them. "The Prophet is in the Quran," which is very good!"

(The Arab world has become increasingly ignorant in later generations, but in fact the Quran is extremely enlightened. For example, it even states that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work.

But I can’t stand some people’s annotations and misinterpretations. What’s the benefit? )

The King of Liao's mind went to Beijing. At that time, Wei Kuangguo and other missionaries were attending classes and preaching about European countries and religious wars.

Although they always talk about the justice of Rome, the Chinese are accustomed to thinking with a political mind and have no fear of faith.

This Quran-based trend of thought, in addition to drawing lessons from Protestantism, actually also incorporates the methods of competition between various factions during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Confucianism must refer to three dynasties, while Taoism says that the Yellow Emperor, the older the dynasty, the more nominal advantages it has.

In the Peace Sect, it goes without saying that the Qur’an is a classic. With so many teachings, who has the prophet’s classics that are effective?

"Your Highness, the biggest reason why those imams are able to fool believers and instigate them to act chaotically is that they have a monopoly on the interpretation of the Quran."

On the side, the Vice Minister of Liao Kingdom smiled and explained:
"The believers are not very well-read and literate, and everything they do comes from the words of the imams. They think that what the imams say is what God thinks and what the prophets say, so they all follow it blindly."

"Only publish the Quran in large quantities so that everyone can read and teach them to take the Quran as the foundation."

"Naturally, the imams' right to speak has disappeared, and believers are more obedient and fearful of the government. Those old nobles who want to collude with them to rebel have no basis."

"It's easier said than done!"

The King of Liao sighed: "The most important thing now is to popularize writing. Chinese characters are too difficult, and they are almost the same as those Qurans written in Arabic."

"But it's off to a good start."

Seeing Ahaide in the distance preaching the doctrine in a leisurely and effortless manner, he couldn't help but nod.

Getting a good start is the most important thing for Liao.

"Your Highness, in fact, with such an impact, the short-term effects are also obvious." The secondary prime minister laughed softly:
"The priests are probably in a hurry to deal with these heretics."

"Of course there is no time to cause trouble!"

The King of Liao chuckled, waved his hand and said: "Religion is inseparable from money. With so many Qurans, don't we need to print them?"

"Go and send another 5000 silver dollars to Ahaide. I want him to make it more intense. The pampered high priests will not be able to sleep peacefully!"

As expected, the statement "the prophet is in the Quran" immediately caused an uproar in Yujing City.

The priests immediately asked the government to suppress them and brutally suppressed these heretics in order to relieve their hatred.

But Yujing City ignored it and even prevented several attacks on Ahaide and protected its safety.

Now, the priests are sitting on the wax.

Unable to suppress him and unable to sit idly by, he had no choice but to turn to the King of Liao for help.

However, the King of Liao ignored him repeatedly, and only when he was so anxious did he decide to meet him.

The person who came was none other than Ayatollah Azamu from Yujing City.

The so-called Ayatollah is one of the Shiite religious orders, which means a symbol of Allah, such as former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

The Liao Kingdom was adjacent to Persia, so it was natural that the Shiye sect came here.

Their religious ranks, from lowest to highest, are Mullahs, Ulama, Mujtahids, Ayatollahs, and Grand Ayatollahs.

As for the imam, he is the lowest religious scholar and is not in the religious hierarchy. He is called "Shikat Islam", which means the trust of Islam.

"Dear Shah, may the true blessing bless you!"

"The same bless you, Ayatollah!"

The so-called Shah means king in Persian, and the reason why he is not a sultan or emir is naturally the stubbornness of the Persians.

Although it was conquered by the Arabs, it had its own national pride, so in terms of sect, it chose the minority Shiite sect.

Although it is gradually being integrated into Arabia, everyone in Persia feels that they are different from the bottom of their hearts.

After all, the Persian Empire is famous in history. For example, if the Han people were conquered by the Mongolian Yuan, the shame is indescribable.

“I wonder what the Ayatollah wants to see me for?”

King Liao calmed down, smiled, and felt very relaxed.

"Your Highness!" Azamu raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Now in Yujing City, a group of heretics are spreading unscrupulous heresies. This is not only fooling believers, but also blaspheming the prophet, Allah!"

As he spoke, he raised his head excitedly, his gray-white beard trembling, his eyes wide open, and the anger from his heart could not be suppressed no matter what.

"I understand!" King Liao nodded: "It's just that the religion belongs to the religion, and the king belongs to the king. This makes me a little embarrassed!"

"After all, they may be right, or the clerics may be wrong, but the Quran is not false."

At this time, Azamu noticed that the Quran in the hand of King Liao was completely different from Persian. It was written in Chinese characters.

"Your Highness!" Azamu was wary at this time.

"Actually, it's not impossible, but I have a request!"

The King of Liao grinned and showed his fangs: "I will divide the country into seven dioceses, and each diocese will be divided into a number of small dioceses."

"Imam, you can appoint and remove low-level priests such as Mullahs and Ulama by yourself, but the three major religious orders, Mujtahid, Ayatollah, and Grand Ayatollah, must be appointed or dismissed by me, or agree."

"This is my condition, it's very simple!"

Azamu was so shocked that his pupils narrowed.

He couldn't believe that His Highness the King of Liao had such ambition and wanted the king to teach.

As a messenger of God, how could he be manipulated by the King of Liao?
(End of this chapter)