Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

He clearly doesn't look like a rich family's beast.

Neither the brother nor sister could read.

That would obviously be even more normal.

"These are people who, like Fang La, rebelled hundreds or thousands of years ago, using superstition and deception."

Zhao Yuan briefly explained the situation of Zhang Jiao and others.

"Throughout history, religion has been used to incite rebellion,"

"Although at the beginning, it was easy to incite a large number of people to rebel,"

"But soon, these rebellious forces,"

"All sorts of problems will arise."

"what is the problem?"

Pang Wanchun frowned.

"The first issue is religion,"

Zhao Yuan said,

"Take the Ming Cult for example,"

"They have a variety of complicated Ming Cult rules and regulations."

"If you two siblings join the Ming Cult,"

Are you really willing to abide by these complicated religious rules?

"this....."

Pang Wanchun and Pang Qiuyan looked at each other.

Both siblings were used to their freedom.

But it's not so easy to be bound by rules.

"Take the Ming Cult as an example,"

Zhao Yuan said slowly,

"They haven't made a move yet,"

"Therefore, everything can be done in accordance with the rules of the Ming Cult."

"But in the future, when Fang La rises in rebellion,"

"They began to conquer cities and seize territories,"

"Then, how should we govern the occupied cities?"

"Is it to follow the Ming Cult's rules, or is it to follow the same methods as the imperial court?"

"If we act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ming Cult,"

"Are the people really all willing?"

"But if, like the imperial court, officials are used to govern,"

"The elders of the Ming Cult will certainly be dissatisfied."

"besides,"

Zhao Yuan continued,

"Now that there are fewer people, those leaders in the Ming Cult might still be genuinely loyal to the cult."

"But in the future, when the Ming Cult's power grows,"

"Can these people from impoverished backgrounds still be the same as they were at the beginning?"

"But which rebel in every dynasty wasn't like this?"

Pang Wanchun retorted,

"Although I haven't read many books, I still know,"

"Many emperors did not come from high birth,"

"What's the difference between them and the Ming Cult rebels?"

"The difference is huge."

Zhao Yuan sneered.

"Putting everything else aside, let me ask you something,"

"You all say that the Ming Cult has great power in Jiangnan,"

"The number of people who believe in them is in the millions."

"But how many of them are scholars?"

"this....."

The two siblings were stunned for a moment.

Then Pang Qiuyan spoke up.

"Scholars all believe in that kind of thing, so how could they possibly believe in this Ming Cult?"

"As far as I know,"

Pang Wanchun also said,

"There are indeed not many scholars in Jiangnan who believe in the Ming Cult..."

Chapter 1235 The Ming Cult's Siege

"This is why the Ming Cult's rebellion was destined to fail."

Zhao Yuan said slowly,

"It is impossible to govern a country by religion alone."

"There aren't enough scholars,"

"They simply cannot support the structure of a country."

"Humph, nonsense!"

Pang Qiuyan retorted indignantly,

"Those scholars are all weak and helpless, and they're all so timid and talkative,"

"They're not that important!"

"There isn't a single scholar on our Siming Mountain,"

"Isn't it still thriving?"

"How can your mountain stronghold compare to the nation's?"

Zhao Yuan chuckled.

"Besides, even without scholars,"

"But in your mountain stronghold, money, food, and supplies need to be managed, and personnel need to be counted and arranged,"

"Shouldn't all these tasks be done by people who are literate?"

"this....."

Pang Qiuyan was immediately left speechless by the question.

Although there are no scholars on Mount Siming

However, there were a few who could read and write.

And the kind of work Zhao Yuan mentioned,

These are basically the ones responsible for it.

"A man of the martial world, fighting and killing are acceptable,"

Zhao Yuan laughed.

"But managing counterfeit goods is a delicate task,"

"But they can't do it."

"Otherwise, why would a slightly larger village..."

"Will there always be a strategist?"

"But it doesn't necessarily have to be a scholar,"

Pang Qiuyan was still somewhat unconvinced.

"Aren't the people in our village pretty good too?"

"If they really did a good job,"

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said,

"There must be more than just that few people in your Siming Mountain area."

"The truly important and useful thing about scholars is their knowledge and insight."

"Although most scholars are muddle-headed,"

"But many of them are pillars of the nation."

"A nation governs its people, collects taxes, constructs water conservancy projects, and manages its population,"

"Which of these jobs would be possible without scholars?"

"Even in military campaigns, scholars are needed to calculate the consumption of provisions,"

"Otherwise, it would all depend on illiterate peasants,"

"At most, they can only manage one mountain stronghold,"

"How could he possibly govern a country?"

"But there are so many scholars in the Song Dynasty,"

Pang Qiuyan said indignantly,

"In the end, didn't we still end up like this, with the world in such a state?"

"That's because if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too."

Zhao Yuan sneered.

"There are certainly capable officials in the court now,"

"But Emperor Huizong of Tang only employed those who were sycophants and flatterers,"

“If truly capable scholars cannot hold power, then they can only let those treacherous officials ruin the country.”

Pang Qiuyan had nothing to say.

Pang Wanchun pondered for a while,

He nodded.

"Master Zhao is indeed insightful."

"If the master hadn't pointed these things out,"

"We ourselves probably couldn't have figured out these principles."

"So, Chief Pang, do you have a plan in mind for dealing with the Ming Cult?"

Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"To be honest, Master Zhao,"

Pang Wanchun smiled wryly.

"Actually, this trip to Minnesota..."