Xuan Xuanzi knew that the emperor was not interested in these ethereal avenues, so he continued to serve tea to Zhao Zhen and said: "Taoism pays attention to non-action and pure cultivation, and returns to the basics, but the world can't do this, and of course Your Majesty doesn't like it either." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "That's right, they all went to Wuwei Qing to cultivate, who paid taxes to the Great Song Dynasty, who handled political affairs for me, and who went to protect the family and defend the country?" If you have anything to say, just say it, don't use this tea as a pretense. ”

Xuan Xuanzi was exposed by Zhao Zhen, and he did not blush but complimented: "Your Majesty is watching the fire, and the minister will play it truthfully, and the minister intends to let my Taoist disciples plant tea widely, and ask the court to issue a business brand......"

Zhao Zhen understood what Xuan Xuanzi meant, he wanted to have one more way to make money, after all, there are many disciples of the Daomen, and they must also have a way to live, and planting tea and making tea are also very close to their identity.

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Yes, I have approved your Daomen to operate tea, but you have to restrain the disciples of the Daomen, I don't want to see those lending immortal money and deceitful Daomen tricks, otherwise the tax will be raised!" ”

Xuan Xuanzi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't know, those Taoists who walk the streets and alleys, and walk the villages and counties are almost all fake, and the real Taoist priests are either cultivating in the mountains or doing things in the Daomen, so why bother to go to the world to roll?" ”

Zhao Zhen said strangely: "Didn't the imperial court issue a new degree to your Daomen?" Why are there so many people who are indiscriminate? ”

Xuan Xuanzi was embarrassed this time, and said helplessly: "There are more than 10,000 disciples in the world, even if there is a degree, it will take time, and the official family has abolished the original degree, so that many people pretend to be people from my Taoist sect who only need a Taoist robe to do things...... It's hard to tell if it's true or not. ”

Zhao Zhen was speechless for a while, the chaos of the Daomen was actually his own problem?!

This is the result of the improper connection between the court and religion, Zhao Zhen has always looked at these problems too simply, in his opinion, as long as religion is classified under the system of the imperial court, everything will be at ease.

Who knows that in the past two years, folk immortal money and all kinds of pretending to be gods and ghosts have emerged in an endless stream, and the officials have been miserable one after another, but they can only deal with these people after they are discovered, not to mention the low efficiency, and they can't prevent it from happening, this time Zhao Zhen just seized the opportunity to talk to Xuan Xuanzi.

touched his chin and showed a warm smile, but in the eyes of Xuan Xuanzi, it was more terrifying than a ghost, and the official must have thought of something to pay attention to, and he must have been unfriendly to himself......

Sure enough, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and said: "Oh, so it is because your Daomen is huge and bloated and difficult to manage, I have a good way, the household registration of your Daomen is exclusively managed by the Household Department, and since the court has taken over, it can give special financial expenses to help you manage the Daomen." ”

Xuan Xuanzi's body stiffened, although he didn't know why the official family would give him free white food to eat, but from his understanding of the official family, there must be some traps in it, others don't know, he was miserable by the official family.

Although the change of the Daomen applauded others, it was shocking in the eyes of Xuan Xuanzi, and the Daomen of the world have become tools to promote imperial power, and even the study of the Dao Law by the disciples of the Daomen has been included in the assessment, which is a very heavy blow to the Daomen.

The only advantage is that the land tax paid by Daomen is very small, so Xuan Xuanzi came up with the idea of planting tea and making tea, otherwise why wouldn't Daomen make more money than planting tea?

sighed helplessly, who let him Xuanxuanzi get on the thief ship of the official family, but if the consequences are not even worse, then Lou Shoujian of Buddhism is the best example, not only Buddhism is sluggish in the Great Song Dynasty, but even Buddhist disciples must be monks who have passed the imperial court assessment, otherwise they will all be cut off from monkhood.

Xuan Xuanzi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is sympathetic to my Daomen, and Xuan Xuanzi should obey the holy decree." ”

Looking at Xuan Xuanzi's sad appearance, Zhao Zhen felt a little unbearable, but he deeply knew that religion can only be regarded as a help when it is well restrained, otherwise it will be like a wild horse that is difficult to control.

In fact, the classification of all Taoist priests in the world under the management of the household department can not only control the number of Taoist priests, but also manage and restrain them.

Taoism advocates nature, has elements of dialectics and atheistic tendencies, advocates quiet inaction, and opposes struggle; Advocate the Tao of nature, all-encompassing, natural inaction, and harmony with nature.

Ironically, those immortals of Taoism are all sealed by their fathers, and the original Taoists do not worship immortals, they pursue a more lofty and mysterious avenue......

Both Confucianism and Taoism are pursued from the perspective of reality rather than non-reality, from the perspective of humanity rather than ghosts and gods.

In Zhao Zhen's opinion, the most fundamental thing in Daddy's heart to ask for immortals is to pursue that ethereal immortality!

Zhao Zhen suddenly came up with a good idea, turned his head and said to Xuan Xuanzi, who was thinking hard about what trap the official family had set for him: "Doesn't your Daoist sect also advocate Huang Lao's learning?" I think you should focus on development! ”

Xuan Xuanzi glanced at Zhao Zhen strangely, and the young emperor in front of him: "Your Majesty is talking about the old Huang Taoist of the Han Dynasty?!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "That's right, it's Huang Lao Daoist, I think they are the ones who can really get a glimpse of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and they also discovered gunpowder, right?" ”

Xuan Xuanzi nodded slightly and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, gunpowder is indeed the first to be discovered by my Daomen, and Huang Lao's learning is mostly to manage those strange skills and the art of governing the country in the court. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Huang Laozhi's study was created by the emperor and Lao Tzu, based on Taoist thought and adopted the characteristics of Yin and Yang, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohist, etc., absorbing the strengths of others, and still Yang and Rigid, which is very useful to today's Great Song Dynasty." ”

The emperor's words made Xuan Xuanzi close his mouth in surprise, when did the official family respect Taoism so much?

How did he know that what Zhao Zhen valued was actually the foundation of Huang Lao's learning, and Huang Lao's learning, with technological invention and political thought as the two major themes, was the most needed Taoist door in the Great Song Dynasty!

Huang Lao Taoism is based on the metaphysical ontology of "Tao", combined with metaphysical health, square skills, mathematics, art of war, strategy, etc., with a strong purpose, operability, in Zhao Zhen's eyes this is instrumental Taoism, of course, it is in line with the development of today's Great Song Dynasty!

Even the officials value Huang Lao's learning, Xuan Xuanzi is of course happy, this is one of the Daomen after all, as long as Huang Lao's school is run well, the official family will definitely pay attention to the Daomen!

"What Your Majesty said is really the governance of the world, and the ministers should keep it in mind, let my Taoist disciples study hard, and use Huang Lao's learning to help the great Song Dynasty prosper!"

Zhao Zhen nodded with a smile and said, "Dashan, I hope that you will learn and promote Huang Lao's learning, so as to change the Great Song Dynasty's current neglect of strange skills and tricks, do you know what I mean?" ”

Of course, Xuan Xuanzi knew in his heart that the official family just wanted to improve the status of craftsmen? The previous means of improving them in the imperial examination were basically a failure, and many courtiers did not buy it, and now they want to let the Daomen promote Huang Lao's learning, in the final analysis, His Majesty is more concerned about those strange tricks and tricks.

Of course, Xuan Xuanzi would not object to the matter of killing two birds with one stone, and bowed to Zhao Zhen and said: "The minister understands, and he will definitely live up to the official prestige!" ”

Zhao Zhen's understanding of the Tao is still relatively poor, and he will soon not be able to find the north under Xuan Xuanzi's flickering, but he can clearly guard Mingtai, no matter how Xuan Xuanzi preaches the alchemy of Huang Laozhi's learning, Zhao Zhen will retort with a smile: "You should keep the elixir refined from this stone and eat it yourself!" ”

For a while, Xuan Xuanzi felt that he was wasting his saliva, and the basis of sitting and talking about the Tao was what both sides agreed to talk about, and the official family in front of him obviously did not approve of the alchemy of the Daomen......