As early as when Shu, Chu and Yue ruled the south, a Putuo Mountain appeared above the South China Sea, with Guanyin Bodhisattva on top.
After unification, officials from all levels of Minnan County, without knowing when, brought local gentry and wealthy families to worship the Buddhas.
They began to pay attention to bloodline and surnames, and divided surnames into levels. Even officials of the former Minnan County proposed that the old emperor try out the caste system.
The system and belief are not important. What is important is that the old emperor and the two saints keenly sensed that Buddhism was trying to interfere in the Central Plains government.
As a result, Minnan County was flooded with blood, the news was suppressed, and the entire administrative unit was abolished.
But the foreign monks were good at chanting, and the spread of faith could not be stopped. Even Buddhist temples appeared on Mount Hengshan.
The Hengshan Rebellion was also due to the fact that it was difficult to make further progress among the Taoist gods, so they wanted to improve their strength and status by changing their sects and spreading their faith, but they failed under the absolute power suppression of the Taoist Saint.
If even God is like this, what about humans?
"Han An, you only saw that I allowed Buddhism to spread, but you didn't think of the most crucial step in my plan..."
Confucius said quietly.
"Have you ever thought about the Buddhist, Taoist, or even witch gods..."
"They want to obtain the throne of the gods above the heavens, want to become legitimate gods, and want to spread their ideas and beliefs. Therefore, they must obtain the approval of the human race to be enthroned..."
"Then is God still a God?"
"It seems like we humans are worshipping the gods... but in reality, if we stop worshipping them, they will become evil gods..."
Kong Hanan frowned.
The idea is good, but there are still key issues that have not been resolved.
"But how can you guarantee that those gods won't bully the weak?"
There is an old saying that goes, "A scholar's rebellion will fail in three years."
What this means is that scholars can only talk big but have no power.
The "three" here is not a numeral, but means "many".
The same principle applies now.
Confucius’ idea is understandable, but without military force, why should gods and Buddhas obey the orders of a mortal court?
Confucius laughed.
"Because the head of heaven, the head of gods and Buddhas, the Jade Emperor..."
"He is the God that we Confucians hold up."
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