As soon as he and Qian Xiangzu finished discussing the matter about the southwest, Xu Han ran in quickly and reported that the Mongolian envoy Qiu had asked to see him outside the mansion.

Ye Qing's heart moved inexplicably, glanced at Qian Xiangzu, who was going to leave, and motioned for him to gradually move together, maybe he would be able to know the next westward expansion plan of the Mongols.

Compared with when they first met many years ago, Qiu Chuji now looks much older, and his beard has turned slightly white, but his cyan robe is clean and tidy, which gives people a feeling of being a master outside the world.

"Daoist Qiu didn't say a word at the Hening Gate today, I didn't expect that not long after Ye returned home, Daoist Qiu immediately followed." Ye Qing looked at Qiu Chuji and saluted.

Qiu Chuji's expression looked like there was some hidden worry, a preoccupied look, squeezed out a somewhat bitter smile, and did not care about Qian Xiangzu in the same hall, in his opinion, since he personally visited the mansion, and Ye Qing still had irrelevant people by his side, it was enough to show that this person could definitely be called Ye Qing's henchman.

Therefore, he did not shy away from Qian Xiangzu, who was silent on the side, and said, "Doesn't King Yan want to know why Poor Dao came to the door?" ”

Although Ye Qing's words were as usual, he was thinking quickly in his mind, what was the purpose of Qiu Chuji's coming this time? But no matter how he figured it out, he still couldn't be sure, and Qiu Chuji took the initiative to find his purpose this time.

"Ye is stupid, and he can't guess the purpose of Daoist Qiu's visit." Ye Qing planned to respond to all changes with no change, and said with a smile.

Qiu Chuji smiled silently, looked at Ye Qing quietly, as if organizing words in his heart, and only said after a while: "Poor Dao this time...... I came here to start the Quanzhen Sect in Lin'an, I don't know what King Yan thinks? ”

Ye Qing still looked as usual, while Qian Xiangzu next to him had a hint of surprise on his face, even a faint hint of surprise.

The imperial court had invited Qiu Chuji and others to come to Lin'an, but in the end they were politely rejected by Qiu Chuji and others, and now Qiu Chuji took the initiative to come to the door and wanted to start the Quanzhen Sect in Lin'an, in Qian Xiangzu's view, this is completely regarded as an excellent opportunity for Ye Qing to improve relations with the imperial court.

"Why?" Ye Qing asked lightly, his tone was not only not surprised, but with a hint of vigilance.

Qian Xiangzu looked at Ye Qing with a calm expression in some surprise, while Qiu Chuji still maintained his immortal wind and bones as a worldly master, but he could still feel a trace of worry between his eyebrows.

"Quanzhen has always used magic to explain the Tao, uphold the right and dispel evil, and take it as the world's own responsibility. And only by removing emotions and desires, seeing the Tao clearly, and making the heart quiet, can we return to the truth and become immortals. Becoming a monk and living in a home, strictly observing the precepts, and suffering for oneself and benefiting others are my true ....... Qiu Chuji's eyes flickered, and he began to speak with a slight sigh.

Just before he finished speaking, Ye Qing's originally relaxed expression became slightly solemn, and after interrupting Qiu's words, he said seriously: "Taoist Zongyi Ye is not interested, Ye just wants to know, what is the reason why Daoist Qiu suddenly wants to come to Lin'an to preach?" As far as Ye knows, Qiu Daochang is now a national teacher in Mongolia, so why do he have to work hard at such an advanced age? ”

"There is a road in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many poor roads and one person ......." Qiu Chuji looked at Ye Qing's serious expression, and felt a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.

He is not afraid of indiscriminate killing of innocent and vicious people, and he is not afraid of a humble gentleman who is as gentle as jade, but he is very jealous of powerful ministers like Ye Qing who do not respect ghosts and gods and do not believe in Buddhism.

"I want to know the real reason, not whether there is another one more temple and temple in Lin'an." Ye Qing's eyes became very deep, and he looked at Qiu Chuji and continued: "Also, if Daoist Qiu just wants to preach and preach, he can directly contact the imperial court, so why come to Ye? Daoist Qiu, since he came, Ye thought there was no need to hide it, right? ”

Ye Qing said as he thought quickly, what was the reason why Qiu Chuji suddenly put down his body and changed his mind and was willing to come to the Song Court to preach and preach?

Emperor Gaozong invited him back then, but he refused, and the Emperor of Jin also gave him generous gifts, and even did not hesitate to build a Taoist temple and shape a golden body for him in Yanjing, but in the end, Qiu Chuji chose the Mongols, but now, Qiu Chuji suddenly changed his position, which is obviously not that he suddenly felt that the people of the Southern Song Dynasty were suffering, so he wanted to save the people from fire and water.

Qiu Chuji closed his lips tightly, his expression looked cloudy, and his eyes would look at Qian Xiangzu who was silent on the side from time to time, and it could be seen that Qiu Chuji was struggling in his heart at this moment.

"The poor road is for ...... For the sake of the future of the Quanzhen Sect, I hope that King Yan can open up a ....... Qiu Chuji's body instantly lost the momentum of a fairy wind bone, and the whole person suddenly became no more

Otherworldly, if it weren't for a Taoist robe, I'm afraid he would be just an ordinary person at this moment.

Ye Qing interrupted Qiu's words again, and said in a deep voice with a hint of oppression: "The Mongols are going to attack Tibet!" ”

Qiu Chuji was shocked for a moment, raised his head and looked at Ye Qing with some horror: "You...... How do you know? ”

Looking at Qiu Chuji's shocked expression, Ye Qing finally relaxed his whole body, and Qian Xiangzu next to him looked even more incredible, just now he was discussing with Ye Qing whether the Mongols would attack the Tibetan separatist dynasty, but he didn't expect it to be fulfilled immediately in the next moment.

"I don't know, isn't this what Daoist Qiu told me?" Ye Qing looked relaxed at the moment, slowly leaned back in the chair, reached out to pick up the tea next to him, and leisurely looked at Qiu Chuji, who still looked incredulous.

The records of historical books are obviously not fair and just, nor will all interests and conflicts be recorded, especially about the contradictions and conflicts of interests between the Buddha and the Tao.

People may only see from the historical books the exploits of Qiu Chuji and the entire Quanzhen Sect in stopping killing in one word during the Mongol period, but obviously, the historical books will not record the conflict of interests between the Quanzhen Sect and Tibetan Buddhism.

Qiu Chuji wants to make the Quanzhen Sect carry forward and become the largest religion in the world, and even become able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the dynasty and have the same influence as a dynasty, but obviously, he and the Quanzhen Sect itself do not have such strength, so that the Mongols can entrust them with important tasks, even if he is now the national teacher of Mongolia, but how many devout believers of the Quanzhen Sect are there in Mongolia?

The answer obviously made Qiu Chuji blush and embarrassed, and he followed Temujin for many years, although he had been committed to hoping that with the help of the expansion of the Mongols, the Quanzhen Religion could become the most influential first religion in the world, but in the end, when the Mongols attacked Tibet, they chose to abandon the Quanzhen Religion and instead threw themselves into the arms of Buddhism, becoming a devout follower of Buddhism.

This is undoubtedly a catastrophe for the Quanzhen Sect and Qiu Chuji, spending decades of hard work on the Mongols, but in the end it is a wedding dress for others.

"You...... What else does King Yan know? Qiu Chuji's expression was extremely solemn at this moment, and he looked at Ye Qing and asked hurriedly.

Ye Qing is relaxed face, whether it is the Quanzhen Sect or Qiu Chuji, or the so-called Quanzhen Seven Sons, they may occupy a certain position in the history of the Chinese nation, but because their influence on the people of the world is really limited, so in the vast history, compared with the influence of Tibetan Buddhism, the Central Plains Buddha and Taoism have almost no advantages.

And this is an important reason why before the Mongols, almost no one could include Tibet in their territory.

After Qiu Chuji returned to Lin'an, he couldn't wait to take the initiative to find him, Ye Qing was almost sure that now Temujin was not only planning to attack Tubo, obviously, now he had substantial contact with Tubo, and even found a problem, so that Qiu Chuji at this time felt the threat and pressure from Buddhism.

The Mongols have no traditional beliefs, and even the totems of the steppe and the customs of thousands of years are still unable to form an effective system.

And when the Mongol horsemen set foot on the land of Tibet, he would suddenly find that everything here was very different from the customs of other lands they had conquered over the years.

The subjugation of the rulers does not mean that the owners of the land will become their Mongols, but it is found that above or next to the heads of these rulers, there is a Buddhist monk who has great influence and dominance over the people.

And want to completely conquer this land, so that the people here become the people of the Mongols, and let the Mongols become the rulers of this land...... It is almost impossible to rely on your own force.

Naturally, when the Buddhist monks were powerless to resist in the face of the Mongols' iron heel and did not want to suffer the lives of the people and the suffering, the way they could think of was to convert the Mongols to Buddhism and recognize Buddhism, so as to rule the people with the help of the hands of the Buddhist monks.

For the Mongols, this was indeed a way to get the best of both worlds, but for the previous rulers of the Central Plains, it was obvious that this would affect the majesty of his Son of Heaven, and even put the pope and the emperor on an equal footing, which was obviously unacceptable to the rulers of the Central Plains.

Although it will not form such a shackle as the divine right of the monarch, the rights and majesty of the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains should obviously override everything, and it is precisely because of such factors that the Central Plains, whether it is a Buddha or a Taoist, if you want to survive in the Central Plains, you must look at the royal face and act.

Naturally, such factors will also extend to Confucianism as well

It is precisely because of the existence of the hundred schools of thought that the people of the Central Plains can ignore the existence of Buddha and Tao, and are not easy to be swayed by Buddha and Tao, so that Buddha and Tao reach the height of sharing power with the imperial power.

It is precisely because of the influence of Tibetan Buddhism that the Mongols had to rely on the influence of Buddhist monks to help them rule the people and wealth of this land together when they conquered this plateau.

In addition, now the Song court has not been in a state of waiting for the death of the country as they speculated back then, but over the years, after Ye Qing entrenched himself in the north, he has gradually returned to the mighty momentum that the Song court has never had, not only recovering all the lost territory, but also holding the sixteen states of Yanyun tightly in his hands, forcing the Jin country to the northeast corner and stealing his life.

Therefore, at this time, Qiu Chuji, in order to carry forward the Quanzhen Sect, it is not surprising that he turned around and showed favor to Song Ting and Ye Qing.

Although Ye Qing's analysis only involved the skin, it was enough to make Qiu Chuji's mouth open wide in shock on the spot, he didn't expect that Ye Qing would deduce the current situation of the Mongols just from the fact that he was looking for him.

Qian Xiangzu looked at Ye Qing with some admiration, and then suddenly got up, hurriedly said hello to Ye Qing, and left in a hurry.

According to the analysis he just had with Ye Qing, coupled with the corroboration of Qiu Chuji's now, Qian Xiangzu obviously no longer thought that Ye Qing's speculation was groundless, so at the moment, the most important thing was to start the army of Guangxi South Road, Kuizhou Road, and Chengdu Mansion.

Qian Xiangzu's departure made Qiu Chuji a little easier, after all, there was something to ask for, if there was a third party by his side, it would still be a little embarrassing for him.

Now that he and Ye Qing were left in the hall, Qiu Chuji obviously no longer had any scruples, looked at Ye Qing and said sincerely: "The truth is indeed not far from what King Yan speculated, Ba Si Pa is indeed more trusted by the Mongols, and Poor Dao is indeed a little difficult to move forward in the Great Mongolia ...... now." ”

"I'm afraid Daoist Qiu didn't tell the truth again, right? The ambition of the head of the hill...... I'm afraid I want your religion to be above Temujin, right? Otherwise, even if Temujin and other Mongols believe in Buddhism, they should not abandon you. There was a smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, and it was so gloomy and dazzling in Qiu Chuji's eyes at this moment.

And Ye Qing's words, like sharp knives, tore through his disguise again and again, as well as the only remaining Dao bone in his heart, making his worldly side more and more exposed in front of Ye Qing.

In fact, it is precisely so, whether it is historical facts or today's reality, the Quanzhen Religion has indeed been sought after by the Mongols for a period of time, but when the Quanzhen Religion wanted to go one step further and wanted to share power and equality with the Great Khan, it was questioned by the Mongols and was eventually abandoned.

"Perhaps Daoist Qiu thought that by virtue of the Dao heart alone, he could override worldly power. Obviously, this is the wishful thinking of Daoist Qiu, and the divine right of the monarch will obviously not be realized in all dynasties and generations of my Huaxia, and it will never let you get your wish. The majesty of the Son of Heaven is the foundation of the country, and whether it is Buddha or Tao, whether it is to save people or save sentient beings, it is natural to figure out who is the master and who is subordinate, and if Daoist Qiu wants to preach and preach in Lin'an, then he must also abide by this point. If Daoist Qiu had higher ambitions, and also hoped that the Quanzhen Sect could become the state religion, or if it was on an equal footing with the imperial power, then Ye would never sit idly by. Ye Qing's implication was obviously that he was willing to give Qiu a chance to give them a way to live, but the condition was obviously that they were far away from the world's rights.

Qiu Chuji looked at Ye Qing quietly, there was no joy or sorrow in his expression for a while, Ye Qing dug out the deepest ambition in his heart, and barely left any face for him or even the entire Quanzhen Sect.

And now, for Qiu Chuji, he has almost no room for bargaining, the reason why he bypassed the Song court and chose Ye Qing is precisely because Qiu Chuji knows very well that if the conflict between the Quanzhen Sect and the Mongols continues to expand, then the only person who can protect their Quanzhen Sect and give them shelter is Ye Qing and not the Song Court.

is the so-called taking precautions, which is why this time, one of the reasons why he followed the envoy to the Song court, naturally he also knew very well that on the wedding day of the emperor of the Song court next month, Ye Qing, who was the king of Yan, would inevitably return to Lin'an.

(PS: My system almost collapsed in the past few days, and I now have to go back to the book again.) There have been a lot of changes in thinking before and after the epidemic, and suddenly I don't see things like I used to, so when this book is written, it suddenly doesn't work, so I have been running in and rebuilding the system in my own heart during this time. ）