Chapter 50 3. The name of false gods

On the eve of the storm, the world is no longer peaceful.People everywhere are declaring that Maitreya Buddha was born, King Ming was born, and so on, and use this to launch uprisings.At that time, a kind of vague and plural religion was widely spread.You can say it is the Ming religion, you can also say it is the White Lotus religion, you can even say it is the Maitreya religion or something.Among them, there are not only the two sects of light and darkness derived from Manichaeism, but also various teachings of Pure Land Buddhism. Anyway, it preaches whatever the people like to hear. It often preaches that Maitreya Buddha and King Ming came to the world to eliminate evil.

In both the south and the north, there are people who are using this kind of religious superstition to prepare for the change of the dynasty. At that time, it was Peng Yingyu who was active in the south. This is a mysterious figure. Historical records about his life experience and whereabouts are very vague. It is also unique in history, so that some people wonder whether there has ever been such a meteor that pierced the sky in history.It is said that he is from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi (some say that he is from Liuyang, Hunan, and Wanzai, Jiangxi). He entered Cihua Temple as a monk at the age of ten, and healed people with Nanquan spring water at the age of fifteen. It is said that the curative effect is remarkable, and the local people are like gods.So he used this to spread the White Lotus Sect secretly in the name of practicing medicine, and there were many disciples.

In 1338 A.D., the fourth year from Yuan Shun Emperor to Yuan Dynasty, he and his apprentice Zhou Ziwang rebelled in Yuanzhou. Zhou Ziwang called himself "King of Zhou" and changed his year name. More than 5,000 people gathered.All the disciples wrote the word "Buddha" on their vests, which is said to prevent them from being injured.However, Maitreya Buddha is an Indian, and he can't understand Chinese characters very well, so these "Buddha" characters are written in vain, and they have no practical effect.The Yuan soldiers from the local area came to suppress them, and these untrained peasant soldiers scattered in fright when they saw that the opponent's knives could actually kill people.Monk Peng escaped by chance and hid in Huaixi to continue preaching. Zhou Ziwang's family was killed, including himself, his old mother, and two sons born from heaven and earth. This seems to be a massacre.However, according to the novelist Jin Daxia, Zhou Ziwang’s daughter, Zhou Zhiruo, was rescued by his subordinates and became the head of the Emei Sect when she grew up. Believe it or not.

Boyan, the prime minister who was in power in the first year of Zhizheng, didn't like Han people very much. He once said to Emperor Shun: "Your Majesty has a prince, stop teaching and reading Han people's books!" The way of birth caused a lot of scolding.Now he became more and more unhappy because of the repeated uprisings of the Han people in the third and fourth years of Zhiyuan.In addition, the old man also suggested that the imperial court should kill all Han Chinese named Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao, thinking that this would greatly weaken the Han people, so they would not be able to rebel.He didn't even think about it, Zhang Hongfan who destroyed the Song Dynasty, Liu Bingzhong who built the two capitals, and Li Dehui who healed the Southwest, were all among the five surnames!This statement naturally ends without a disease.

Mr. Boyan's mind is full of ethnic conflicts, so it makes sense.Legend has it that he raised a Western witch and asked her to calculate his fortune for the coming year. The witch said that he should die at the hands of southerners—so of course Boyan didn’t show any kindness to Hans and southerners, and even banned Hans and southerners from holding There are weapons.This is also the name of a false god. However, it was Han Shantong from the north who really made a big fuss. The Han family came from Luancheng, Zhaozhou, and had been the leader of the White Lotus Sect for several generations. Because the religion was too powerful, it attracted the attention of the government and was exiled to live in Yongnian County, Guangping Prefecture.In Han Shantong's generation, they keep pace with the times and actively promote "Maitreya Buddha is born" and "King Ming is born", saying that the world is about to be chaotic.

In the eleventh year of Zhizheng, when Jia Lu was appointed by the imperial court to go south to the Central Plains and conscript the people to repair the Yellow River, Han Shantong's strength was already very strong, and he was preparing to take this opportunity to revolt.