sweeping the world

Chapter 843 Ordinary to Abnormal

Zhu Xia has always been a pan-believing environment for beliefs, and he can believe in everything, but he can no longer believe in it in a blink of an eye.

The supreme ruler of the Central Plains Dynasty was titled "Son of Heaven" from the very beginning, implying the son of heaven, hunting on behalf of heaven, herdsman, etc.

Later, the Son of Heaven gradually got rid of God, and through the changes from generation to generation, the Son of Heaven was molded into gods, the most representative of which was having the power to confer gods, and even declaring a certain god as a false god Power, even able to block the gods.

Throughout the history of countries in the world, we will find that the supreme ruler of the Central Plains Dynasty has the authority to enshrine and kill gods. In quite a few countries, the supreme ruler is canonized by the gods, or needs to be recognized by the gods to sit firmly That ruler's throne.

Since Constantine I supported Christianity, Rome has experienced civil wars among three co-rulers, and the ceremony of Christianity's coronation of the ruler has been passed down.

When Constantius II became the only Augustus in Rome, he went through the coronation ceremony, which opened up the succession procedure that the Augustus of Rome must accept the coronation to be considered legal.

Later, this kind of trend is more prevalent in the whole of Europe. If the ruler of any nation or country has not gone through the ceremony of being crowned by the gods, it is the kind of grass head king, and it is necessary to be recognized by the gods. step.

“所以，大秦人根本就绕不开基1督1教。”蔡勉对罗马的研究一直都没有停止，肯定地说：“从君士坦丁一世扶持基1督1教的开始，大秦人注定就离不开基1督1教了。”

It must be said that although the current Christianity and modern Christianity have the same name, the core and teachings have changed repeatedly, but the actions and ideals remain the same.

From the moment Christianity was supported by the Roman rulers, they had the idea of ​​"liberating all mankind".Their liberation is not to rescue the suffering, but to make all human beings become the lamb of the "Lord" together, and to achieve world unity from the perspective of faith.

Spreading faith is much more ferocious than country expansion in many cases, and it can even be said to be more bloody.

Wars between countries are basically aimed at occupying each other's territory. If the land is occupied, the people on the land will not suffer if they don't make trouble; in the contest between religions and beliefs, the land is of course to be obtained. , Forced conversion is even more inevitable, and sacrifices are made at every turn when they are rejected. There are so many methods and tricks that are scary, and there is absolutely no mercy for heretics.

"Great Qin and Persia are engaged in a war of faith." Wang Meng traveled all the way from Persia Sassan to Rome. When people are in the Middle East, they often see bloody ruins or witness killings with their own eyes: "The war of faith is far more important than that of the country." The war is more bloody, at least the national war will leave children and women and children for the defeated.

Wang Meng is right, the war on religion is really too cruel nowadays, they have seen too many cemeteries in Iraq and Syria, the largest cemetery has more than 1 bones, and they know that it is because of different beliefs Killed men and women of all ages.

Nation and nation, country and country, the victor will not kill indiscriminately no matter how frantic he is. Compared with killing cleanly, he prefers to squeeze out surplus value, such as serving as a slave.

"Meng was fortunate to hear some words from the emperor." Wang Meng recalled carefully and said: "Monotheism is more aggressive than polytheism. Monotheism will not give up plundering beliefs. Their truth is to make beliefs consistent. In order to achieve This goal is willing to do anything."

What Liu Yan didn't say was that monotheistic believers are far more paranoid and crazy than polytheistic believers. If you compare the two sides of the believers, polytheistic believers are far milder than monotheistic believers.

Dou Ah is concerned: "Will they continue to provoke?"

That is an inevitable thing. What happens to Rome is not what Christianity cares about most at all. What Christianity cares about is launching a war of gods.

Whether the emperor of the Han Dynasty is a god, or a living god in the world, Christianity is destined to be hostile from the moment it knows it.

The reason is very simple, Christianity also had a living son of God at the beginning, but unfortunately it was not the god itself.Later, the Son of God returned to the embrace of the "Lord", leaving only the spokesperson of the "Lord" in the world.There is nothing more "unfair" than our gods being in heaven while the Han people's gods are on earth.

As far as Christianity is concerned, any other religion is an enemy. From the moment the Han Kingdom is known, especially since the emperor of the Han Kingdom is God, the Han Kingdom has naturally become the primary enemy.Then there is nothing more attractive to Christianity than accepting the emperor of Han as his subordinate, or overthrowing the emperor of Han to the ground.

No nonsense, since the Central Plains Dynasty entered the field of vision of the Europa people, what the rest of the Europa people think and think about the Central Plains Dynasty is one thing. Those monotheistic religions in Europa have only one proposition, and that is to let the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty become the " If they cannot become "our own people", they must be eliminated.This attitude has continued from the moment of birth, and has been so determined that it may last forever.

There is a historical fact, in the history of the neon country (also known as the foot pot chicken), after they were knocked into the country by black ships, the western religions immediately pounced on it, and they tried to destroy the belief system of the neon country. As far as the temptation is concerned, the Neon Kingdom wants to be in line with international standards, and they did achieve their goal for a while. The problem is that the Neon Kingdom found itself in a sinkhole and corrected it in time.

Of course, Europa's religion will not let go of "My Great Qing", that is, how can "My Great Qing" be the same as neon?On such a matter, "My Qing Dynasty" can be said to be stubborn to the end, because of the lack of force, many aspects of its actions have become museums of ignorance.In fact, if "My Great Qing Dynasty" is still the kingdom of heaven, it will be a different result.

Europa's invasion of the East from the perspective of religious beliefs had already begun in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the most successful one was to gain a firm foothold, that is, "Nestorianism".

"Nestorianism" is the Nestorian sect of Christianity, that is, the Eastern Assyrian Church.It was once accepted by the upper class on the side of the Central Plains, and it also developed many believers. Even when Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was in power, there was a grand meeting where five princes went to worship.

Li Longji's support of "Nestorianism" was not without rewards, but during this period "Nestorianism" carried out reforms, such as introducing sages from the Xia Dynasty, which was tantamount to breaking the boundaries of monotheism.Furthermore, during the "Anshi Rebellion", "Nestorianism" was on the side of the imperial court. In contrast, the once-prosperous Buddhism was lucky if it didn't mess around, and Taoism, which had been supported by the Li and Tang royal families, was pure spectators.

Of course, whether it is "Northodox" or which religion, whether it is life or death, prosperity or decline in a land like Zhuxia, etc., all depend on what the court thinks. The wave of "destroying Buddha" launched by Tang Wuzong Among them, it is mainly aimed at Buddhism. The problem is that all religions have suffered together, including "Nestorianism" which has been affected and devastated.

In today's times, the Han people do not have a dominant religion.If I have to say something, "Confucianism" was also severely damaged in the catastrophe.

One thing has not changed here among the Han people, that is, religious wars are not fun at all, no matter which religious religion kills us, if we dare to prevent us from worshiping our ancestors, most of us will dare to follow Ya fight.Seriously speaking, isn't this just defending one's own beliefs?
"We are all set on the goal of spreading the 'unique' order as the truth." The 'unique' said by Dua is to let all people belong to the rule of the emperor (lord): "The war will come sooner or later, and it cannot be avoided .”

Needless to say, as long as the Central Plains dynasty was in the expansion period, they all held the idea of ​​letting everyone bathe in the emperor's grace, insisting that only one piece to receive the emperor's favor is the truth in the world.

When there is a period of expansion, there is also a period of conservatism.The elites of the dynasty in the conservative period had simple ideas, and they were unwilling to distribute the favor of the emperor to more people. They didn't even think that those guys outside of China were human beings, and they only regarded them as animals that could walk on two legs.So why can you enjoy the grace from the emperor like us?
"The big man is not afraid of war, nor is he afraid of war." Wang Meng is now an angel and has enough qualifications to say this sentence.But he frowned, and continued: "The big man longs for war, but...now is not the time to start a war with the big Qin."

There are still a lot of messes in the Han country that have not been cleaned up. Even if those domestic messes are resolved, new problems in the Asan Continent and the Western Regions will follow.

"The center has a detailed plan, and it will take at least 20 years to digest Ah San after a battle." Wang Meng even felt that 20 years is too short, and he said on the other side: "Recovering the Western Regions, the next thing we will face is the Persian Sassanid battle. How to get along. Continuing to march westward will cool down the relationship with Persian Sassanid to a freezing point, and stopping the pace is not in the interests of the big man."

In fact, before they came, the idea of ​​Han was to deepen the relationship with Rome, so as to form a strategic situation in which Persian Sasanian would be sandwiched in the future.They believed that the Romans had the same attitude, that is, they underestimated the existence of Christianity.

The Han people want to play happily with Rome for a period of time, but they will not tolerate anything. Equal communication is already the biggest compromise.

The people who were ready set off for the arena, and nothing happened on the way.

Knowing that Wang Meng and others came to greet them personally, Julian took a special look at who Wang Meng brought over, mainly to find out if there were any fierce men who looked like warriors.

Helena also came out to welcome Julian. She specially put on a skirt made of Shu brocade. The richest and brightest colors were the most colorful on the spot, and she tried her best to express herself in every aspect of words and deeds.

After so many things happened, Helena actually didn't know it at all. She still had the dream of going to the Han Dynasty to become a concubine, which led to both enthusiasm and the intention of being a master in the reception of Wang Meng.

Wang Meng and the others immediately saw what Helena was doing, but the marriage hadn't been made public yet, so they didn't have any weird reaction, they just accepted an overly enthusiastic reception.

The Romans present at the scene quickly discovered the difference in Helena, and seeing that the Han people did not reject her, the gossip that had been circulating seemed to be confirmed. I don’t know how many people felt rejoiced.

All the way to the indoor hall, the person who greeted them was replaced by Constantius II. During the process, Helena led the Han people to the ceremony. After the two sides greeted each other, Wang Meng ordered someone to carry out a box.

Constantius II was looking forward to it, thinking that the Han people were going to give him a gift, but the gift turned out to be for Helena, who had never had a sense of existence.

At that moment, Helena's face turned livid, Julian let out a sigh of relief, Constantius II's face changed constantly, and Helena was completely dumbfounded. The expressions on the faces of the others and the thoughts in their minds Both are rich enough.

Next, Wang Meng ordered people to carry out several boxes, and all members of the royal family except Helena received gifts, especially Caesar (Galus) who was present.

This time, except for Helena who continued to have a livid face and stiff limbs, the rest of the recipients were all smiling and eagerly opened the box.

The box was not too small, but it was a pity that not everyone got the Shu brocade, but everyone had a set of porcelain and tea, and the rest were some works of art full of Zhuxia characteristics, such as bronzes and paintings.

Helena didn't want to open the box at first, but everyone who received the gift opened it, so she could only open it.

The moment the box was opened, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene. On the first layer of the box was a jewel-colored dress. The fabric was undoubtedly silk, but the problem was that the outer layer was covered with pearls and various colors of clothing. gem.

Wang Meng motioned Helena to take another look. The lower layers were all different styles of Shu brocade. If the price was priced at 50 gold coins, excluding the top dress, the value of the Shu brocade taken out would reach They bought 200 gold coins, and counting the other seemingly expensive gifts, it is convincing to say that the total value exceeds [-] million gold coins.

"What is this?" Constantius II wondered when he saw that there were ordinary clothes at the bottom of the box, not silk, let alone Sichuan brocade, and asked, "The bottom fabric of the clothes?"

It was a suit made of silk material. The main skirt was reddish red with black stripes and other accessories. It was indeed not gorgeous, but looked very simple on the contrary.

"Helena." Julian didn't care about the occasion, and Lian Sheng urged: "Immediately, immediately, immediately... find a place to change!"

(End of this chapter)