Chapter 3405
All you need to do is obey.
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"Whether it's the city of Kalmanta and the surrounding area, or the Wenga region, they are all deeply influenced by the Brahmanical system. The people live almost entirely according to the system and follow its rules, regardless of whether those rules are good or bad..." Lu Qi described the state of the place before they took over.
Zhang Ren had a deep understanding of this state, and sometimes he even felt a sense of fear.
As the actor playing a deity, Zhang Ren, who sometimes stands in the public eye and enjoys the adoration of the people, truly feels the consequences of his words and actions.
The kind of suicide where a single sentence kills the other person, without hesitation or struggle, only with calm and obedience, is truly chilling to witness.
In a sense, the issuance of such orders is indeed unlike that of a person, but the people who obey such orders are also unlike people.
Even the so-called assassins of the Central Plains aristocratic families did not inspire such terror or fear.
These two are completely different feelings.
The loyalists of the Central Plains aristocratic families also possessed a subjective will driven by complex emotions, such as the willingness to die for those who understood them and to repay the kindness shown to them.
Such a person with this subjective will is one in many.
The people here are completely different; they all seem like assassins, or even more ruthless.
How should I put it? An obedient puppet?
A puppet without feelings or thoughts, only capable of obeying orders!
One or two is fine, but if everyone is such a puppet, how many normal people wouldn't feel terrified?
Living not for oneself, not for others, but only for the words and commands of gods, is by no means a good thing.
As human beings, we should at least act like human beings.
“He looks exactly like a human, and there’s no difference in normal interactions, but his attitude when facing gods is just too bizarre…” Zhang Ren thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with a reasonable explanation.
"This is the Brahmanical system, a system built upon the divine." Lu Qi turned to look at Zhang Ren, explaining with a hint of seriousness in his voice.
The Brahmins within the Kushan Empire possessed greater power and cohesion than the historical Brahmins, and for the lowest classes of people, their faith became purer, while their thinking became more distorted.
Historically, Brahmins did not possess these divine powers, nor could they interpret oracles.
The Brahmins in the current system are indeed doing these things, and these things are effective, and the resulting impact is becoming increasingly terrifying.
The more believers there are, the more real the gods seem, and the greater the power they bestow. Feeling this power, their faith grows stronger, and this cycle continues indefinitely, eventually distorting them into what the Brahmins perceive as reality.
“What a sinful system…” Zhang Ren, who was not particularly friendly to the gods, had a rather pure purpose in this regard.
Introducing the gods and Buddhas of the Kushan Empire into the pantheon of the Han Empire, and then further understanding and deepening that understanding, is the reasonable process for a normal Han person to understand the Brahmanical system.
However, this process of understanding is inherently filled with subjective opinions and desires, ultimately leading to a biased, imperfect, and impure result. "The existing Brahmanical system has both advantages and disadvantages for us..." Lu Qi said with emotion, reflecting on his experiences over the past period.
On the downside, the local people are too rigid in their thinking, filled with ignorance and confusion, with low levels of knowledge and culture, slow learning speed, and low comprehension ability.
The advantage of this is that, without the involvement of the Brahmins in the destruction, the people are easier to govern, less likely to resist, and less likely to launch large-scale uprisings to disrupt public order.
However, if Brahmins are involved, the resistance and destruction in these places can become even more severe.
When people are willing to risk their lives and pay any price, the damage they can cause will be considerable.
If nothing else can stop it, and the Brahmins are willing, security will be an extremely serious problem unless they exterminate all the people in the area.
However, this system has a very unique feature: it involves believing in and obeying gods and Buddhas.
In the past, Brahmins explained the divine pronouncements of gods and Buddhas, essentially issuing commands on behalf of the deities, so everyone listened to the Brahmins.
But if a god or Buddha is established and issued divine decrees, then who will these people listen to?
As long as this deity has not been collectively distorted and defined by the Brahmins as false, or its authenticity has not been verified through divine trials, then this deity is a true deity.
Whom would the people, deeply influenced by the Brahmanical system, listen to when they hear the divine pronouncements from the true gods and Buddhas, or the words described by these Brahmins?
The answer is simple: listen to the gods and Buddhas.
After all, the Brahmin class was merely relaying messages for the gods and Buddhas. Since the gods and Buddhas had already descended, wouldn't it be enough to just listen to them?
With a little promotion and explanation, this process, which was not difficult to understand, spread to the ears of the people living under the Brahmanical class system, and in the process, persuaded them.
Once these people understood this simple logic, the entire Wenga region and the area surrounding Kalmanta City entered a different state.
"In a sense, these people are no less obedient to divine pronouncements than those in dream simulations. As long as the decree is issued in the name of God, they will carry it out, even if they don't understand the reason behind it..." Lu Qi described the current situation with a touch of emotion in his words.
Even in the Central Plains region, when the government has gained the approval of the people, it still needs to explain the important decisions repeatedly so that the people can understand the content and the advantages and disadvantages before implementing them.
But this place is different; here, as long as the order is given in the name of God, the relevant command will be executed.
Land that has not been cultivated on a large scale and multiple times, land that has not been carefully cultivated, even if it is harvested three times a year, will not produce particularly outrageous yields if you just throw in a handful of seeds and wait for the harvest.
But once Lucci confirmed their obedience, there was much he could do.
In any case, these people don't need to understand why they should do this; they just need to obey the commands of the gods and Buddhas. (End of Chapter)