Pawn Crossing the River

The reason why Daomen can claim to be civilized is not largely because of how civilized Daomen is, but mainly because of the foil of other people. Against the backdrop of robbers and villains, even an ordinary person will be as glorious as a sage and gentleman. tall.

It is precisely where there is black that there is white, and where there is evil there is good.

The reason why the Taoist sect did not engage in slave trade was because after overthrowing the Confucian sect and the Great Wei Dynasty, the Taoist sect began to fully advocate the concept of equality in order to eliminate the influence of the Confucian sect and oppose the Confucian order of superiority and inferiority. As a result, the Daxuan court also The abolition of the humble status system that had lasted for thousands of years directly led to the existence of the Jiaofangsi in name only and had to turn to the employment system. There are still servants in the Central Plains today, but these servants do not belong to lowly status. They can also take part in the imperial examinations and marry normally. The master's family cannot kill them at will, otherwise they will have to pay with their lives. This is actually the nature of employment.

There was a female Taoist priest surnamed Yu in the Taoist sect. She was very famous because of her good looks and good at greeting people. However, she was eventually executed by the Taoist sect for killing her maid.

If Daomen engages in the slave trade, it will violate its own concept of equality. Double standards will cause huge backlash, which is directly reflected in ideological confusion and division. And it will open a hole, and initially look for slaves from the outside. When the "source of goods" is insufficient and the profits are huge, the slave trade will eventually develop to one's own people, which will cause endless harm.

Furthermore, Daomen has to transport a large number of immigrants to Borneo every year to strengthen its control over Borneo. Daomen is still very short of people.

Therefore, Daomen firmly resists such behavior.

Because slaves cannot be kept, some people keep slaves in the name of "adopted sons" or "adopted daughters." They are children in name, but in fact they are slaves.

However, the Taoist sect is also strictly prohibited. As for the Li family, no one dares to say that the Li family's adoption of an adopted son is an act of slavery. After all, it has happened before that the adopted son became the head of the family. In this regard, it is the Li family's Implement the concept of equality most thoroughly.

It can only be said that people with different fates have different fates. For example, Qi Xuansu is actually Qiniang's adopted son, and he was adopted halfway, but his treatment is similar to that of his own son, which makes Zhang Yuelu feel helpless and headache, and makes Li Qingnu envious and jealous. Some adopted sons and daughters actually sound nice, but are actually slaves who have to sacrifice their lives for their adopted fathers.

After Maginot left, Li Tiangang reported the matter to Master Qingwei.

After Master Qingwei heard this, he pushed forward an official letter: "It is expected that Westerners will be restless. Take a look at this."

Li Tiangang picked up the official letter and scanned it quickly, his expression slightly changed: "Is this from Deputy Hall Master Qi?"

Master Qingwei nodded and said: "This time I used Qi Tianyuan correctly. He sent me a total of three secret letters. The first one was about the successful recruitment of Suzuka Gozen, and the second one was a detailed explanation of Tsuchigo How did the onmyoji of the clan mess up things? This is the third one. On the way to Suzuka Mountain, he accidentally discovered that a metropolitan of the Holy Court was secretly involved in the rebellion of the resistance faction, and promised to support the opposition faction. Provide all kinds of support.”

Li Tiangang said with a solemn expression: "Although this has been expected for a long time, I didn't expect that Westerners would be so bold and dare to go to the Ise area. I wonder what your opinion is?"

Master Qingwei said calmly: "Let them help, but let's see how much gold and silver they have to fill the bottomless pit of Fenglinzhou. We are only separated from Fenglinzhou by a small half of the East China Sea, and they are separated from Fenglinzhou But they are separated by more than half of Southeast Asia. I wonder who can afford it more? Moreover, the tactic of refueling has always been a taboo among military strategists. They think that using Japanese lives to consume us is to bleed us, but in the end, who will do it? Who will bleed is still unknown."

Li Tiangang immediately understood what Master Qingwei meant.

If the Taoist faction fights against the Taoist sect in a group, it will probably be five people fighting ten people, which can indeed cause losses to the Taoist sect. In this case, it is of practical significance for Westerners to support the Taoist sect, as they can continue to bleed the Taoist sect. But if the Fighting Dao Sect is completely defeated, the remaining stragglers will turn into ten people who come up to the Dao Sect one by one. They will not be able to cause any damage to the Dao Sect. Instead, they will become the Dao Sect and bleed blood for the Holy Court.

Furthermore, the Taoist sect will not blindly pay attention to civilization. After the forces of the Taoist sect are reduced to pieces, it will indeed be difficult for the Taoist sect to eliminate them, and it will cause a lot of waste, but

After reaching this point, there is no need for Daomen to take action personally, because Daomen also supports Prime Minister Toyotomi. In the past, Prime Minister Toyotomi has ruled Fenglinzhou for nearly two hundred years. It can be said that it is deeply rooted and has rich experience in suppressing rebellions. Even before the defeat of Ise, Prime Minister Toyotomi was on the offensive for a time, so it continued It will be up to Prime Minister Toyotomi to take charge of how to clear out the stragglers, and the Taoist sect can withdraw and declare the end of the war.

The game involved is naturally quite complicated, but the distance determines that the role that the Holy Court can play is quite limited and will not change due to any strategy.

Toyotomi Chiyo was walking on the streets of Yoshida Castle, wearing the clothes of a female Taoist priest. She was followed by two spiritual officers responsible for guarding her. Behind her were two samurai from the Prime Minister's Office and two Onmyoji from Onmyoliao.

Pedestrians gave way and looked at her with awe.

Toyotomi Chiyo has long been accustomed to this kind of awe. After all, she has another identity - the sister of the previous regent Guan Bai, and the princess of Toyotomi Prime Minister's Palace.

At this time, Toyotomi Chiyo was more sentimental. Her brother Toyotomi Hidetsugi died in Ise. She had prayed to the Tao Ancestor countless times, hoping that the heavenly soldiers of the Tao Sect would descend from the sky to avenge her brother. The Taoist ancestors and the Taoist sect did not disappoint her after all. The Taoist sect's heavenly soldiers really appeared, so she requested to follow the Taoist sect's army to Ise, and the Fenglinzhou Taoist Mansion agreed to her request.

It was only when Toyotomi Chiyo actually came to the devastated Ise that she realized how deeply the war had traumatized the world.

The men in black are responsible for garrisoning important locations, while the servants of the Prime Minister patrol back and forth on the streets. After seeing Toyotomi Chiyo, the leader Hatamoto always bows humbly and respectfully, because Toyotomi Chiyo possesses both Prime Minister and Hoolin. Zhou Daofu's dual identity makes him an undisputed big shot in the eyes of ordinary people.

At the end of the street is a shrine.

At this time, it has been taken over by the spiritual officials.

The main hall of the shrine was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

"Xu Kou, the head of the Yaoguang Department of Dao Sect Tiangang Hall, a fifth-grade Taoist priest, has been ordered to ask you questions. Please cooperate."

Xu Kou stood with his hands behind his back, his back to everyone, and looked at the shrine where he was enshrined.

He spoke the Mandarin of the Central Plains, and the interpreter of the Prime Minister's Office translated his words into the Mandarin of Fenglinzhou.

Surrounding Xu Kou were uniform black-armored spiritual officials, like black statues. A temporary desk was set up not far away. An ordinary Taoist priest sat behind the desk and was responsible for recording.

Xu Kou turned around, looked at the people at the shrine who were surrounded by the spiritual officials, and said, "I want to know where the Zhidao sect is hiding in Taji County. Don't say that you don't know. As a subordinate of Ise Shrine, Isn’t the shrine already a nest of snakes and rats with the rogue warriors?”

There was silence.

No one answered Xu Kou.

Xu Kou was not surprised by this result. He just said: "I knew you would be fined if you were toasted. Let me warn you one last time. The Taoist sect does not advocate the use of torture to extract confessions, but it is an exception during wartime. During wartime, all rules must be obtained in order to obtain confessions." Give way to victory and it is better for you to suffer a little than for us to suffer.”

The spirit officials made no move, and several ninjas from the Prime Minister's Mansion walked out quietly.

They are the Hattori clan, the royal ninjas of the Prime Minister, and torture is one of their many specialties.

Xu Kou did not intend to let people from the Taoist sect dirty his hands. He still left these dirty jobs to the professionals in Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office.

The two ninjas lifted up the palace minister who had lost the ability to resist and fixed it to a pillar in the hall with an iron chain. Then they took out various torture instruments and placed them on the ground one by one, mainly knives, needles, stabbings, and drugs.

After all, Xu Kou was from Qingluan Guard, so he was used to this. He didn't take a second look, but turned his attention to the rest of the people. He did have a record of beating people to death, but he didn't do it for fun. His fundamental purpose was to pry open the mouths of these people and get what he wanted.

Soon, Xu Kou's eyes fell on a little witch.

A barely warm smile appeared on Xu Kou's face and he asked, "What's your name?"

The little witch raised her head and met Xu Kou's gaze.

, his face turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, and he replied in a low voice: "Qian, Qianjing Dang."

Xu Kou said: "Asian Jingdang, my intuition tells me that you are a kind girl. You definitely don't want to see your friends and elders suffer misfortune, right?"

Asai nodded hesitantly.

Xu Kou pointed at the palace minister and continued: "As long as you tell me where the Taoists are hiding, I will let them go."

Asai Dang's lips moved slightly and he was about to speak. Gongji shouted loudly, which frightened Asai so much that he swallowed back the words that had reached his lips.

Xu Kou said calmly: "Stop his mouth."

A ninja immediately stuffed something like a hemp core into Gongji's mouth.

Xu Kou leaned forward slightly, smiled and said, "Okay, go on."

Asai Dang turned to look at the struggling Gong Si, speechless.

"Then I won't say it anymore. My patience is limited." Xu Kou straightened up and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door.

Xu Kou turned around and asked, "What's going on?"

A spiritual officer walked in quickly and whispered softly next to Xu Kou.

Xu Kou frowned slightly: "Let her come in."

After a while, Toyotomi Chiyo approached the main hall.

Xu Kou was impatient. A hint of displeasure flashed across his face at first, but he immediately forced out a polite smile: "Miss Toyotomi, what are you doing here?"

For the Taoist sect, Toyotomi Chiyo is of great symbolic significance, so his status is special, and Xu Kou should not be underestimated.

Toyotomi Chiyo looked around and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xu Kouyan replied concisely and concisely: "Ask a question."