Chapter 2103 Flower War (11)

After Nick woke up, he found a piece of paper in the bedroom with a strange mark printed on it. It was a lotus flower with hieroglyphs engraved on it. The following text is written:

  The Central Plains have a large population, the Celestial Dynasty is prosperous,

   Many places bowed their heads to the Central Plains nation and paid tribute to the Central Plains nation.

   The Manchus took advantage of opportunities and occupied the Central Plains. This revenge was not repaid, and they were ashamed of their ancestors.

   Recruit troops to buy horses and rise up.

   Organize an army, take up arms, and exterminate the Manchus!

After reading this text, Nick immediately had a hunch in his heart that if such a piece of paper was left in his hand, even for a few minutes, it might lead to death, but he was waiting around, and the doors and windows were closed. Where did this piece of paper come from?

  Nick hurriedly put away the paper, put on his clothes, and planned to go to the priest, but he was not there. Only after asking the servant did he know that he had gone to Macau.

   Immediately after, he wanted to go to the Admiral, but when he was about to leave the hospital, he met Juren, so Nick took Juren to his room.

   "Do you know this?" Painter Nick dipped his finger in water and drew a lotus flower.

   "Of course, the lotus flower." Juren said as usual, "This is the sacred flower of Buddhism, but now it has become a symbol of rebellion."

"Why?"

   "Remember Heshen and Zhongtang?" Juren shouted loudly.

   "I remember, you both took the imperial examinations in the same year."

   Juren explained the whole story with a look of contempt.

  According to the "Qing Regulations", the practice of privately worshipping the gods and the North Star at night is blasphemy and offending the gods.

   As for monks and Taoists, if they follow the royal sacrificial rituals when burning incense or paying homage, they will be severely punished and even be expelled from Buddhism and Taoism.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not prohibit freedom of belief, it did prohibit sects from gathering and forming associations, because in the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, that is, the second year after Heshen began to flourish, the Wang Lun Uprising broke out in Shandong, which was caused by the heretical theology Bailian Qingshui sect.

This heresy is different from the Christian heresy. Due to the numerous factions, the deities they believe in are extremely complex. There are the Jade Emperor in Heaven, the Yama in Hell, and the sages in the world. The most worshipped is Maitreya Buddha, which was actually a Buddhist in the beginning. branch.

The Soul Calling case made some intellectual elites disappointed with the Manchu Qing government, but it was not serious enough to bet on Wang Lun. However, it can be seen from this uprising that the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners failed to survive at least two battles. To be able to defeat the insurgent army, you need some militia to participate in the defense.

   In the process of suppressing Wang Lun’s uprising, Ashar, who used to be the governor of Henan, led two firearms battalions, and he once hunted down the monk Haiyin in the case of calling the soul.

  The various sects of the White Lotus Sect were influenced by the anti-Qing and Fu Ming ideology, but they had no actual connection with the Timber Brotherhood. They treat each other as brothers, and when they join, they swear to always help each other and love each other. Their believers sometimes unite for business purposes, and even use overseas institutions of the Timber Brothers Association, such as Batavia, Singapore, Malacca and other branches to do business, the most common way is to establish a complete system to fight against the decree and to retaliate against those who caused outrage.

  The Qing government will not allow these mysterious alliances to develop freely, so there is such a law that is strict on the surface, but allows everyone to believe freely.

   "You should read less of these books," said Bonaparte listlessly.

   "I know, this is an abridged version, written by someone with ulterior motives." Georgiana said, "Can you find the person who wrote the book?"

   He looked at her with weird eyes.

   "I just wanted to know what story the priest told Nick!" she said anxiously.

   He shook his head, rolled over, and lay on her side on her lap.

  Georgianna continued to read while holding the book.

The Qing government forbade any sect to create a terrible alliance within the empire. As for the isolated personal concept, no one cared. This is completely different from the literal prison in the early Qing Dynasty. Especially after Emperor Jiaqing came to power, he changed the Qianlong dynasty's literal prison policy. To rehabilitate is to seek to destroy all forms of fanaticism, especially religious fanaticism.

   "I thought you were reading a love story," said Bonaparte indifferently.

   "I think so too." Georgina said in pain, "Don't be like the University of Rouen again."

"what?"

   "I thought universities had lawns and beautiful buildings. Guess what I saw at Rouen University? Graves and skeletons! There is also a yard where the dead of the Black Death are buried. I ate in the restaurant next to it."

   He sneered.

   "I just want to read a normal love story," she wailed.

   "How about we write one?"

   "Like you wrote about Chrissen and Eugenie?" she teased.

   Immediately after the book was removed from her hand, he half sat up, gave her a kiss, and overwhelmed her.

   She looked at his blue eyes, they were not as clean as a spring like Miss Wanning in the book, but they reminded her of the lakes formed by melting snow in the Alps, which are cold even in summer.

   "What are you thinking?" he asked.

   "Have you heard Plato say that the navy makes people morally corrupt."

   "You made it up." He answered firmly.

   "No, you can ask those scholars." She cupped his cheek. "Now, get up, my lion."

   He lay beside her "Without control of the sea, where do you think I can go?"

   She couldn't answer the question.

   "Do you know what I do with new books that I'm not interested in?" he asked.

   "I don't know. Burned?" she asked jokingly.

   "At least they have fuel value." He looked at the "ceiling" and said "What else did Nick Polo write?"

  Georgianna immediately picked up the book he threw under the bed and began to read it again.

  The dignitaries in the world live a comfortable and comfortable life, and they want to enjoy such a life forever. The fairyland and immortality preached by Taoism confuse them, and they abandon the primitive religious belief in shamanism.

   Ghosts, return, people die as ghosts, souls return to heaven. Taoism believes that if you make mistakes in your life, then your soul will be transformed and you will not be able to become immortals. The Admiral stayed in Guangzhou for three years, and he did not achieve much, that is, he did not actively suppress pirates, and he did not fish the people, but the people in the city of Guangzhou liked him very much. In the past, civil and military officials tried their best to figure out what gifts to give to He Zhongtang, but the admiral not only refused to give them, but also wrote to He Shen, saying that doing so would be a waste of money and harm the peace.

Zhongtang likes to eat bananas. This kind of fruit is very easy to rot, so it is usually expedited from Guangzhou to Beijing. Yang Yuhuan loves to eat lychees. In Shaanxi, the degree of labor and wealth is far less than that of Hezhongtang.

   "What fruit do you like to eat?" Bonaparte asked jokingly.

  Georgianna gave him a sideways glance, then looked at the book in her hand.

  You say that the Admiral of the Navy is a fainted officer, he seems to be very sober, you say he is sober, he seems to be very confused, is such a person reliable?

  Nick has the same problem, what should he do now?

   (end of this chapter)