back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 890
Back in the Chuigong Hall, before he had time to warm up the dragon chair, Lu Chengqi saw a servant rushing in.

"Report to Your Majesty, Xu Jingchun, Director of the Supervisory Department, asks for an audience!"

Lu Chengqi had already seen Xu Jingchun swaying up and down in Li Chao, so there must be something that happened.The monarch and his ministers have been living together for more than ten years, and Lu Chengqi has long known Xu Jingchun's habits.This person can't hide anything, even if he is an intelligence chief.

"Let him in!"

Lu Chengqi felt a little dizzy, couldn't help closing his eyes, and pressed his hands on his temples.Carrying out tedious work year after year, day after day, is even greater than the workload of those white-collar workers in later generations, which is not something ordinary people can bear.

"Could it be that the emperors in ancient times were not keen to expand their territories because they thought there were too many things to do?" Lu Chengqi had thought this way more than once. Other than that, he couldn't think of any reason to explain that an emperor was so concerned about the land. and the people did not pursue.

However, Lu Chengqi has no such worries at all. As long as the cabinet mechanism is functioning normally, let alone the current territory, even if it doubles in size, Lu Chengqi is confident that he can govern well.The big deal is to expand the cabinet, plus the assistant prime minister of the central ministers who are in charge of political affairs, left and right servants, etc., what is the problem of governing the country?
During this period, Lu Chengqi worked a little harder, but the cabinet was reshuffled, and the work hadn't started yet.

However, Lu Chengqi believed that with the abilities of those cabinet ministers, it would not be a problem to get started with these tasks, and even after a period of time, his burden would be much easier.The free time is enough for him to plan how to stir up the relationship between the Liao Kingdom and the surrounding small countries.

A powerful Liao country is definitely not in the interests of Dashun.

There is a saying, "How can you allow others to snore and sleep beside the couch"?When two powerful countries border each other, war is bound to happen.

Lu Chengqi was thinking endlessly with his eyes closed, when a voice suddenly came: "I see Your Majesty!"

Slowly opened his eyes, withdrew his hands from his temples, and asked lightly: "Xu Qing, please see me, is there something wrong again?"

Xu Jingchun showed an expression that the emperor is really clever, and said: "Your Majesty, the Supervision Department spies and found traces of Mingjiao!"

"Mingjiao?"

Lu Chengqi has also watched "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", of course he knows what Mingjiao represents, a special rebel organization!
"Mingjiao was introduced to Middle-earth from Persia. Middle-earth is called Mingjiao, and Persia is also called Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism. The previous dynasty has already designated it as a cult. I never thought that there are so many people who still believe in this cult... ..." Xu Jingchun said a little angrily and puzzled.

Lu Chengqi felt nothing. Most of the people in the world are fools and fools. How many people really have their own opinions?Don't say now, even in later generations, aren't there some old men and women who have been cheated of pension funds by unscrupulous health care products?With the explosion of information in later generations, scammers have a place to live, let alone now.

In the same way, these cults are all deceiving people to believe in religion, or showing martial arts, or performing "miracle" scams, promising to believe in xx and gain eternal life.

After deceiving people in, these ambitious people began to plot evil.

Perhaps in the official history, the Mingjiao did make great contributions to the Han people driving out the Tartars, but now it is the Han people's country, and they also want to rebel. As the emperor, how can Lu Chengqi tolerate them?

"Has the supervisory department found their lair?"

Lu Chengqi casually said, this year is not a time of famine, it is a time of famine, with the Changping warehouse and the Grand Canal, plus the sea, the unimpeded official roads, food, clothing and quilts can be transported, and there is no fear of rebellion ?Besides, most of the people's hearts are towards the imperial court, what kind of storm can be caused by a mere Mingjiao!

He firmly believed that as long as the New Deal was adhered to, the common people knew the benefits of the imperial court, so why would they risk beheading to rebel?That's nothing to do when you're full!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the spies' report, they have mixed into the Mingjiao for a while, and they are only pawns, and they have never been exposed to the core secrets. But they found out about the Manichaeism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Mingjiao in Fujian, and the 'Er Huizi' in Huainan, "Four Fruits" in Jiangdong area, "Vajra Chan" in Jiangxi area, "Jie Di Zhai" in Jinghu area, White Lotus Sect in Ludi, Fire Worship Sect in Luliang Mountain... are all other names of Mingjiao!"

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "Didn't you already know this? The so-called 'red lotus root and white lotus are a family', these are the remnants of the previous dynasty's rebellion, I have heard about it for a long time. Xu Qing can rest assured that as long as there is no trouble in the court, these people, Can't make any big waves!"

Xu Jingchun didn't dare to refute, and even claimed it was.

"I really want to know, what are their teachings?" Lu Chengqi had read "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", and once really thought that the teachings of the Ming Cult were "to drive out the Tartars", but obviously, the Ming Cult at this time did not "keep up with the times" Enter".

Xu Jingchun hurriedly said: "Manichaeism's teachings are mostly written in Persian script. After being recorded by secret agents, the ministers once used them for translation. The general idea is: at the beginning of the world, there was light and darkness. Two kingdoms coexist, light occupies the north, east, and west, and darkness occupies the south. In the kingdom of light, light, goodness, peace, order, and cleanliness. The ruler of the kingdom of light is called Chawan in Persia, which means eternity. In Dashun, it is called Mingfu and Damingzun. The dark kingdom is full of fireworks, suffocation, hurricanes, sludge, and poisonous water. It is ruled by the dark demon king and lived in five types of demons, indulging in lust and quarrels all day long. Light After several battles with the darkness, the Dark Lord made the devil give birth to human ancestors. Because human beings are the descendants of the Dark Demon, Da Mingzun sent an envoy of light to save human souls with light elements."

Lu Chengqi listened with gusto: "This is really strange. The teachings of Manichaeism are generally good, but they do things too harshly, which completely violates the teachings. The so-called light and darkness are just two sides of human nature, that is, good and evil. Punish evil Promoting the good is the right way. They are good, punishing the good and promoting the evil, how can there be no reason to be invincible?"

Xu Jingchun quickly said: "Your Majesty is indeed a scholar of heaven and man!"

"Stop flattering!" Lu Chengqi scolded with a smile, and after thinking for a while, he said slowly: "The Ming Cult believed in the victory of light over darkness, and it was wrong from the very beginning. Without darkness, how can there be light? Come to good? Good and evil are nothing but interdependence, the pros and cons of human nature. Just imagine, a newborn baby, how can there be good and evil?"

Xu Jingchun didn't understand what Lu Chengqi said, but he was actually criticizing Mencius's theory of "human nature is inherently good" and Xunzi's theory of "human nature is inherently evil", thinking that a newborn person is just a blank sheet of paper, you teach him to be evil, he is evil, teach him to be good It is good.

"...There is no distinction between good and evil, and the whole world will be even more chaotic." Lu Chengqi's eyes shone with wisdom, "Whether good or evil, light and darkness are just natural things. I don't know if you are a foreign monk. The principle of 'Tao follows nature'!"

(End of this chapter)