A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 286: All heretics must die

The son does not talk strangely and forcefully.

I wonder if there were gods and ghosts in this Water Margin world during the reign of Emperor Zhou, and how Confucius dealt with them at that time.

Pretending not to see?

Not considered?

But now Li Gui is convinced that the current Confucianism and the church are incompatible, just like two different religions colliding together.

Sure enough, Confucianism is a kind of faith!

Scholars of later generations will always artificially separate Confucianism and Confucianism, classifying good things into the category of Confucianism and bad things into the category of Confucianism.

But in fact, can this thing really be distinguished?

I'm afraid that most Confucian scholars have both Confucian style and Confucian rules, but there is only a slight difference.

Scientific argumentation pays attention to counterexamples.

Can anyone cite an example in history where someone only had a Confucian spirit but no Confucian constraints?

Or vice versa!

After understanding this truth, Li Gui understood that he might be able to recruit those military generals, but he couldn't recruit any of those famous Confucian officials!

All infidels must die!

Of course, it is not necessarily necessary to kill them all directly, and it is simply impossible to kill them all directly.

However, through murder, through destruction of doctrines, official guidance, and other methods, a doctrine can be eliminated through the passage of time.

For example, can those theories that were once glorious during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period still exist in the world?

The means are all ready-made, just follow the template of how Confucianism rose in the past.

After Li Gui returned to Liangshan, he immediately issued an order to encourage civilians to supervise each other and report those who still believed in the "Yan Temple". As long as it was verified to be true, the local government would immediately give corresponding gold and silver rewards to the whistleblower, and for The identity of the whistleblower remains confidential.

Those who are reported will not receive any direct punishment, but they must be whipped in public and destroy Buddhist and Taoist statues, offerings and other sacrificial items, and their family members are not allowed to be officials.

If those believers insist on not abandoning their faith, then they are devout believers and must not be left behind but must be killed!

If the person being reported refuses to change despite repeated admonitions and is reported for the second time and it is confirmed, his descendants will not be allowed to serve as officials within three generations. If there is a third time, it will be treated as a devout believer.

When the Zhenjun Sect was originally promoted in Liangshan, although the methods of clearing away Buddhism and Taoism within the territory were fierce, they did not kill many people. They only forcibly demolished those temples and temples, leaving only one renovated Zhenjun temple in various places for people to worship.

Those who were willing to stay in Buddhism and Taoism were all converted into priests of the Zhenjun Sect. They did not care about the problem of redundancy. Anyway, all they spent were incense and offerings. There was no need for the yamen to dig into their pockets. Those who could not survive would naturally find their own way out.

And those who were unwilling to stay, some left Liangshan to live in other areas, and more actually returned to secular life and integrated into the folk.

Some of these people received allotments of land in Liangshan and settled down to become farmers.

But there are still many people who secretly do things like preaching and alms to make ends meet.

However, in the past, Liangshan did not take these scattered monks seriously, and the cost of law enforcement was too high, so they were left to fend for themselves.

When the White Lotus Sect rebelled, Liangshan conducted a large-scale sweep and had already eliminated many of the last category of people. However, law enforcement in ancient times was more difficult and difficult to implement, and it was impossible to clean them out at all.

This time Liangshan implemented the method of "all people report". Once the policy was tightened, these monks and Taoists hidden in rural areas were completely out of luck.

People are very realistic. To put it bluntly, if you have breasts, you are a mother. Who would offend the court for the sake of monkhood?

Yanzhou, Laiwu, Dingtao Town.

On the long street, a group of people were hurriedly going to get someone.

"just in front!"

"Not just me, many people have seen Han Dalang worshiping Buddha at home!"

"Three sticks of incense every day, morning, noon and evening, never leave once!"

A man walked quickly in front to guide the way, followed by more than a dozen local militiamen who looked like government officials.

Now Liangshan has deep control over various places, including small villages.

However, in order to facilitate management, after the land distribution was completed, Liangshan once carried out a large-scale activity of "merging villages into townships and merging townships into towns".

At the cost of being exempted from grain taxes and labor for one more year, Liangshan merged the people in several nearby villages together and lived in a unified place.

Nowadays, in Liangshan, many underpopulated states have lost their small villages, and the smallest administrative units have become towns.

Liangshan set up mayors in each town, and stationed injured and retired frontline soldiers as militiamen, rotating regularly.

They are said to be militiamen, but in fact they are almost equivalent to the police at the police station. They are responsible for local security and have replaced the previous duties such as security.

Of course, this has also put a certain amount of pressure on Liangshan's finances, but with the newly issued banknotes as a base, it won't be a big problem.

Now that Liangshan has issued an order, the government service system that has reached the grassroots level has begun to show its power.

Today, the mayor of the town just asked the mayor to inform the townspeople about the news, and he received reports from dozens of people that day.

After excluding the duplicate information, the mayor arranged the information in a first-come, first-served order and ordered the militia leader Wu Zheng to lead a team to verify and enforce the law respectively.

After crossing a few streets, we arrived at an alley. The man pointed to the innermost courtyard and whispered:

"That's it!"

Wu Zheng nodded and gestured:

"You don't have to show up."

"I will lead my team in to verify it. If it is true, I will take him back."

"You can just go back to the Yamen and wait for the reward."

The man hesitated for a moment, not worried at all that the duck he had obtained would fly away, and insisted:

"I can guarantee that this news is absolutely true, and I am willing to go in with Dutou to check it out."

How could Wu Zheng not understand his little thoughts, and knowing that he was worried that he would be bribed by Han Dalang inside, and be accomplices, he didn't say anything, just waved his hand, motioning for everyone to follow, and strode towards the courtyard first.

The small courtyard is not big. There is a chicken coop on one side of the entrance. There are two old hens in it, which makes the space of the courtyard even smaller.

The yard was kept relatively clean, but the smell of chicken manure in the air was particularly unpleasant.

There is only one earthen house in the courtyard, made of yellow mud and mixed with straw. A man is standing there with his feet on the window lattice.

Hearing the knock on the door, the man turned his head and saw people coming to the door. He turned around and subconsciously clasped his hands together to salute, but then he held back, crossed his hands instead, and asked politely:

"What's the purpose of Wu Dutou coming here?"

This town is so big, who doesn’t know everyone in the town?

But Wu Zheng just didn't know him.

Wu Zheng looked him up and down and asked:

"Han Dalang, the head of the village previously informed me that there is no need to offer sacrifices to the obscene temple at home. Can I inform you here?"

After hearing this, Han Dalang's expression changed, he glanced at the man hiding behind Wu Zheng, and shouted in disappointment:

"Li Er, you fell and injured your leg that day, and I prescribed the herbal medicine for you, and you actually sold it to me!"

Li Er's face turned green and red. He turned around from behind in embarrassment, crossed his hands and saluted, and said angrily:

"Brother Han, what did you say?"

"What do you mean my little brother betrayed you?"

"The mayor has already said that as long as you destroy those Buddhist things in public, and only worship the True Lord like us from now on, nothing will happen."

"I didn't beat you, scold you, or fine you any money, so why did I sell you?"

"Although we have some friendship, there are too many people who know that you worship Buddha secretly. Even if I don't say it, there is no guarantee that others will."

"Instead of giving someone else an advantage, it's better to let my younger brother do this."

"After receiving the silver reward, I immediately prepared a generous gift to apologize."

Looking at Li Er with a playful smile in front of him, Han Dalang sighed.

"That's it!"

"If you sow good causes, you will get good results; if you sow evil causes, you will get bad results. I shouldn't have saved you in the first place, little monk!"

"This is like a young monk who doesn't know people well, but can't blame others."

"Hey!" Wu Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Are you admitting to secretly offering sacrifices to the obscene temple?"

"Hmph!" Han Dalang snorted coldly and said, "What kind of obscenity temple?"

"Since Buddhism spread to the east, our Buddha has a history of thousands of years and has been respected by emperors of all dynasties. This is an orthodox inheritance. How can we talk about it as a temple for obscenity?"

"Your true exorcist is the temple of obscenity!"

"Insolent!" Wu Zheng was furious, "The master of my village can fly, set fire, and is invulnerable. I have seen it with my own eyes. He must be a god from heaven who has descended to earth!"

"There are so many Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in your family, but they have never been able to bless you even once!"

"If you can, call them down and let me take a look!"

Han Dalang was so angry that he was trembling all over. He pointed at Wu Zheng and cursed:

"I, the Buddha, have great wisdom and spread the Dharma to save all sentient beings from suffering. How can I be compared to the thieves who use magical powers to attract foolish men and women?"

Wu Zheng burst out laughing after hearing this.

"In the Book of the Holy Lord of Exorcists, it is clearly stated at the beginning that all masters who cannot use magical powers are charlatans!"

"The White Lotus Sect rebelled before, and the village sent people to call us back. They explained some charlatanism in detail to prevent us from being deceived!"

"Since you said that magical powers are small ways, come on, come on, come up with a small way for me to see!"

Seeing that Han Dalang was at a loss and couldn't use his magical power, Wu Zheng became even more proud.

"You have nothing to say?"

"Since you have nothing to say, then come with us!"

He waved his hand, and the government officials behind him immediately rushed into the earthen house behind Han Dalang and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets.

Han Dalang wanted to stop him, but he was picked up by two people on the left and right, dragged aside and tied up.

Not long after, the government officials dug out a pile of Buddha statues, incense candles, wooden fish, rosary beads and other objects, put them in baskets, and took them away with the people.

Li Er happily followed everyone towards the Yamen.

The next day, everyone in the town received a notice, asking everyone to gather in the square in front of the Yamen to watch the Yamen uniformly dispose of the items from the cult's obscene temple. It was a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly, and a crowd of people rushed to the square.

I saw a high platform set up in the middle of the square, and a pile of firewood was placed next to it, which had not yet been lit.

When the small square was almost full of people, the mayor led a group of people out of the government office.

He took the lead on the high platform, while Wu Zheng led his team to suppress the dozen or so confirmed illegal persons and followed behind them, kneeling down and lining up behind the mayor.

In front of each of these people, a basket was placed, filled with various Buddhist and Taoist-related items.

The mayor stood on the high platform, looked around, and said loudly:

"Since the beginning of the imperial court, there has never been a case where grain tax was not levied, and there has never been a case where labor was not levied!"

"But when the True Exorcist Lord comes, this kind of thing will come true!"

"This is not something that monks, Taoists and liars can do!"

"The monks will only tell you that if you stay cold and hungry, you will be able to be reborn into a good family in your next life if you accumulate merit!"

"But you will have to continue to suffer in this life!"

"The Taoist priests will only use some ghost-like talismans, saying they can ward off evil spirits, and then defraud you of all your money!"

"But you still get sick when you should!"

"But the Exorcist Lord is different!"

“Divide the land as you say!”

“If we say we won’t collect food, we won’t collect food!”

“If you say no labor is required, then no labor is required!”

"This is something you have experienced personally, and it couldn't be more true!"

"This is something that only a true god like the Exorcist Lord can do!"

"Since we already have real gods, why bother worshiping those wood carvings and clay sculptures?"

After hearing this, everyone in the audience couldn't help but talk and began to whisper among themselves.

Seeing a commotion in the audience, the mayor warned with a sullen face:

"Everyone must remember how we got the good times we have now, and don't make Zhenjun or his elders angry!"

"Otherwise, if the True Lord imposes punishment and starts to collect grain taxes and levy labor again, it will be too late for you to regret it!"

After everyone listened, they immediately became silent.

But Han Dalang, who was tied up on the stage, burst out laughing and shouted sarcastically:

"Is this the teachings of the True King of Exorcists?"

"Using grain taxes and labor to buy or blackmail people is indeed the style of the Liangshan bandits!"

"A thief is a thief, even if he puts on a divine robe, he still has the bones of a thief!"

"This way of preaching is evil!"

The mayor standing in front turned pale and turned around to glare. Wu Zheng hurriedly rushed forward, pushed Han Dalang down and blocked his mouth.

The mayor took a deep breath, turned around with a smile and continued:

"The true king is kind and gives people a chance to reform!"

"As long as these evil god believers throw the sacrifices in front of them into the fire and burn them, everything will be forgotten!"

"But if someone is stubborn and refuses to repent, then he will be killed without mercy!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the government servant next to him stepped forward, poured oil on the pile of wood, and lit a fire.

The mayor asked people to untie the ropes of several people on the stage and asked them to "submit their names."

Faced with the dilemma of life and death, most of the people on the stage chose to follow their hearts and honestly threw the items in the basket in front of them into the fire one after another, and burned their old selves in the fire.

Only Han Dalang was a devout Buddhist believer who would rather die than change his ways.

After the ropes around his body were untied, he did not resist. He just sat cross-legged on the ground, took out rosary beads and wooden fish from the basket, closed his eyes and chanted sutras to save himself, and just waited to die.

The mayor wished he had a thorn in his side, so he immediately sneered and shouted:

"Monk, are you seeking death?"

Han Dalang didn't say anything, didn't even raise his head, and calmly replied:

"The body is nothing more than a stinky skin. It doesn't matter if I give it up now."

The mayor was also a man who had retired from fighting on the battlefield. He hated such sanctimonious things the most. He immediately frowned and waved his hand:

"Throw all his rags into the fire and burn them, then drag this bald donkey out and show him his punishment!"

All the officials came up and threw everything in the basket into the fire. When Han Dalang saw it, he became furious, got up and threw himself at the Buddha statue in the fire, shouting:

"You don't need to wait for me to take action. I will go to heaven and be happy!"

The fire was burning brightly, and as soon as he entered it, he was immediately enveloped in blazing flames.

Han Dalang hugged the Buddha statue, sat cross-legged in the fire, and murmured:

"Burn my broken body in a raging fire. How joyful is life, how painful is death. To eliminate evil for good, it is only because of the light. Joy and sorrow all return to the dust. Have mercy on me, the world, there are many sorrows. Have mercy on me, the world, there are many sorrows... …”

This eminent monk's demeanor really shocked many people. For a moment, the whole place was silent. They all stood there blankly, quietly watching Han Dalang burning there and listening carefully to his last verses.

But it only took a moment, and Han Dalang suddenly started shaking violently, his voice also changed the tone, he could only hold on, and the muscles on his face were twitching and twisting.

Suddenly, Han Dalang stood up suddenly and took steps to jump out of the fire. However, his body was seriously injured and he fell into the fire in a flash.

"Save me... no, kill me..." Han Dalang's piercing voice came out from the fire, and his jaw suddenly dropped in shock.

In this world, many people think they are brave, think they are pious, and think they can do anything for their beliefs, including dying for them.

But actually, this is very difficult.

Han Dalang had the awareness to die for the Buddha in his heart, but awareness is enlightenment and cannot be directly transformed into will.

If he chooses to be beheaded in public, then he will definitely die calmly without even frowning.

The scar on my head is as big as a bowl, it just hurts a little bit, what's so big about it?

But not being afraid of death doesn’t mean you can endure painful torture!

Han Dalang seriously overestimated his ability to endure pain, and also seriously overestimated his belief in Buddha.

Facts have proved that he can die for the Buddha, but he can't be burned to death for the Buddha!

To be able to persist in the pain of burning flames and remain motionless and silent until you are burned to death is not something that ordinary faith can do!

People who can do this kind of thing should have a fruition status on Lingshan Mountain!

Han Dalang drove high and low, and this performance of pulling his hips before he died completely destroyed the atmosphere of a worldly master he had created before. It also turned him, a Buddhist believer, into a clown and was ridiculed by everyone in the audience. .

"Damn it!"

"If it doesn't work, just say no, and try to act like a hero who's not afraid of death. What's the result?"

"Pee!"

Li Er spit on the ground viciously, and the panic on his face completely disappeared.

If Han Dalang really dies as an eminent monk, it will be difficult for him as a betrayer to gain a foothold here. This is the best outcome now.

Han Dalang was rolling in the fire. Seeing that no one was willing to come in to save him, he suddenly lost every inch between life and death. As if his mouth was not controlled by his brain, he began to curse viciously.

"You sinners who slander the Buddha, your karma will haunt you forever!"

“The severe drought of the past two years is proof!”

"No crops will grow in your fields!"

"Your wells are dry!"

"Your food reserves will be eaten up by locusts!"

"You will all starve to death!"

"After your death, you will surely fall into the eighteenth level of hell, and you will not be reincarnated forever!"

With such a scolding, he immediately lost all his remaining popularity.

There were some people who originally had pity for Han Dalang in their hearts, but now their expressions have completely changed, and even those with a bad temper scolded him back on the spot.

"You damn bald donkey, let's burn him to death in there with your Buddha!"

"We have the blessing of the True Exorcist Lord, and our life is very easy. We don't need you to worry about it!"

"If I had known you were so vicious, I should have dragged you out and beat you to death with sticks when you first arrived!"

The two sides exchanged curses for a few times, and the sound inside the flame gradually weakened, leaving only the sound of "beep, beep, beep" when the firewood burned.

The mayor stood up and finished.

"Okay, fellow villagers, now you have seen the true face behind these Buddhist ways!"

"In the future, please always pay attention to whether there are people around you who still believe in these obscene temples."

"If there is, you must report it to the Yamen in time!"

"Once it is verified to be true, there will definitely be a reward from the Yamen!"

After hearing about the reward, the people in the audience suddenly became eager again.

Those who were familiar with the people on stage and knew that they secretly believed in Buddhism, but did not report it due to reasons such as love, now regretted it and deeply regretted not taking action earlier.

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