In the imperial study, Zhu Ci drove out all the eunuchs and palace maids, leaving only him and Li Yan.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Zhu Ci was so cautious, Li Yan had to take it more seriously, and bowed his hand to Zhu Ci, waiting for Zhu Ci's instructions.

Zhu Ci staggered on the dragon chair and pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Aiqing thinks, how are the sects in the world? ”

"What does the emperor mean," Li Yan asked carefully.

"Taking Buddha as a theory, Aiqing can speak freely!" Zhu Ci said solemnly.

Li Yan's heart was shocked, he thought that the emperor was referring to ordinary small sects or evil cults that were demagogic and turbulent, but he didn't expect that the emperor would point directly at the Buddha as soon as he opened his mouth. You must know that Buddha is the largest sect in the Central Plains, and in the entire Ming Dynasty, there are tens of thousands of temples and nearly one million monks.

Thinking of the actions of suppressing temples several times in the history of the Central Plains, does the emperor want to take action against the temple?

Li Yan couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Your Majesty, the sect has a lot of actions to educate people's hearts and guide the people to be good, but in general, it will not affect the imperial court, and even have a lot of benefits to the imperial court!" Li Yan couldn't help but say good things for the temple, he was really worried that Zhu Ci would develop in that direction.

Zhu Ci saw Li Yan's misunderstanding, and smiled: "Aiqing thinks it's a misunderstanding, Aiqing doesn't have to think about it, I don't want to restrict the development of the sect, I just want Aiqing to say some of her views on the sect." ”

Li Yan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Zhu Ci was going to do what he said, since he said that it was not that kind of idea, it would not be that kind of thought.

Letting go of the worries in his heart, Li Yan was able to let go and speak freely.

"Back to the emperor, the minister believes that there are many sects, there are Buddhas, Taoists, and some other unknown sects in the world, in general, it is to educate believers in the name, and this has advantages and disadvantages, and the advantages are to guide the people to goodness, purify the soul, such as Buddha. Disadvantages will bewitch the people, make the people radical, do not know themselves, like the Huang Chao in the late Han Dynasty, in the name of the cult to confuse the people to serve themselves, and even call on the people to oppose the imperial court, preach evil consequences to the people, bring a lot of disasters to the people, and so on."

Li Yan made a remark, almost all the pros and cons of the sect, and also said that the sect can only make big mistakes within the unified jurisdiction of the imperial court, and can always guide the people to good.

"Aiqing is right, I also think that any sect should be under the supervision of the imperial court in order to always guide the people to goodness, is a good sect, the Buddha has done a good job in this regard, and it is also the reason why the Buddha has been firmly rooted in the Central Plains for nearly two thousand years." Zhu Ci nodded and said.

After another small talk, Zhu Cijiao finally began to say his purpose.

However, the largest sects in the Central Plains, except for Taoism, Buddhism and others were all introduced from outside the territory and took root in the Central Plains with some changes. There are many foreign sects, and there are many more sects besides Buddha. The Ming Dynasty will inevitably continue to expand its territory to the outside world in the future, and once some extraterritorial territories are incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, then the sects on it will also follow into the Ming Dynasty, at that time, various doctrines will continue, and there will be conflicts, which is still secondary, mainly if the Ming Dynasty does not have its own sect to educate the people of the Ming Dynasty, then in the future this area will inevitably be occupied by foreign sects, which I am extremely unwilling to see. ”

This sentence, Zhu Cihe's heart, Zhu Cihe's heart said, Zhu Cihe's desire to support a local sect in the Central Plains, so that the Ming Dynasty will not have no resistance to the foreign sects that penetrate in the future, and it is best that the local sects in the Central Plains can crush the foreign sects in all aspects such as doctrine.

There is a saying in later generations that if you don't occupy the position of thought, someone else will always occupy it for you.

"Is the emperor supporting Taoists?" Li Yan was quite sure.

Zhu Ci shook his head and said, "Yes, but it's not!" ”

This sentence was immediately said by Li Yan, what is called yes but no, Li Yan couldn't think of a reason, so he could only look at Zhu Cijiao and wait for Zhu Cijiao to explain.

Zhu Ciji said: "Taoism pays more attention to the rule of inaction, too much admiration of the way of heaven and nature, and lacks the doctrine of educating people's hearts, not to guide the people to good, if there is no improvement, can not bear that heavy responsibility." ”

Li Yan immediately understood and asked, "Then how does the emperor plan to improve?" ”

"I think that Confucianism and Taoism are a family!" Zhu Ci said.

Taoism is a traditional sect in the Central Plains, and it is impossible to know when it was born, but it is very clear that Taoism has been around for a long time. The Chinese nation is known as the state of etiquette and the state of civilization, to a large extent because of the Confucianism and education, what Taoism lacks is the doctrine of educating the people, and the etiquette, righteousness and shame of Confucianism are just in line, so it can be said that the combination of Confucianism is a match made in heaven.

Li Yan was shocked, Confucianism and Taoism are the family, if you say this, the emperor wants to merge Confucianism and Taoism!

At this moment, Li Yan's heart is like a monstrous wave, it is said that he has also grown up with several Confucian sages since he was a child, and he can be regarded as a member of Confucianism, or in other words, everyone who reads all over the world can be regarded as a member of Confucianism, and Taoism, in his impression, only Taoism, Li Yan couldn't figure out what the two had in common for a while.

Although he couldn't understand it, Li Yan could also see the benefits of this to the Ming Dynasty, although he was also a Confucian scholar, he would not oppose it, let alone feel that it was like a Confucius sage.

"The emperor is shengming, and the ministers support the emperor!" Li Yan said firmly.

has been assisting Zhu Cijiao for such a long time, Li Yan still knows Zhu Cijiao very well, and knows that Zhu Cijiao is not very sure and will not say such a thing, since he said it, there must be many opportunities for success.

However, Li Yan still had to say: "The minister doesn't know how the emperor plans to implement it, but the emperor, once it is opened, there will be many difficulties in this process, and the slightest mistake may cause opposition from Confucian scholars across the country, and I am afraid that there will be more incidents at that time." ”

"If this matter is led by the emperor, if it is successful, it will hit the prestige of the emperor, and it will be unfavorable to the emperor. Li Yan said very loyally.

Li Yan's loyal statement moved Zhu Ci's heart.

Zhu Ci staggered and said: "Aiqing is too worried, Aiqing can support me, which makes me extremely happy." However, Aiqing can rest assured, my strategy does not need anyone to come forward, and there is not much risk, whether it is Taoism or Confucianism, it will be in their hearts, and when the time comes, as long as the imperial court declares it in a paper, Taoism and Confucianism will merge. ”

Zhu Ci's confidence made Li Yan a little incredulous.

"The emperor is talented, what kind of strategy, can you tell Weichen now?" Li Yan asked with some itching.

Although Li Yan is conceited of his talents, but in the matter of merging Taoism and Confucianism, he can't think of what to do, and now that Zhu Ciji is so confident, his heart is very shaken, and he admires Zhu Ciji even more.

Zhu Ci smiled mysteriously and said, "I can't tell Aiqing completely yet, but I can reveal a thing or two, I will start with many ancient myths and legends circulating in the Central Plains." ”

Starting with ancient myths and legends?

Li Yan was confused, and still couldn't think of any reason.

Although I really want to know what Zhu Ciji's specific strategy is, since Zhu Ciji just said that he can't tell him yet, then it is inconvenient for him to ask more, everything will be natural, I believe that when the emperor feels that the time is up, he will tell him, and this time, he firmly believes that it will not be too long, he just needs to be ready.

Since the Buddha entered the Central Plains, nearly 2,000 years, Taoism has always been pressed by Buddhism in terms of fame and other aspects, but today, Li Yan can foresee that this will be a turning point for Taoism, and the rise of Taoism in the future is inevitable.

After Li Yan left, Zhu Ci recruited the money of the Publicity Department again.

Qian Bu Lack is Liu Zeqing's son-in-law, and he is also an important strategist under Liu Zeqing's command at the beginning, Zhu Ci broke through Li Zicheng from Beijing City to intercept the south, and when he arrived in Shandong, he destroyed Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and it was also at that time that Qian Bu was recruited.

In Zhu Ci's eyes, there is no shortage of money, this person has a certain amount of intelligence, but he is greedy for life and afraid of death, as long as he pinched his life, he will be 100% obedient and will not have any resistance.

In nine years, since the establishment of the Broadcasting Department, he was appointed as the director of the Broadcasting Department without a shortage of money, in charge of the distribution of Daming Daily, and wrote many articles in Daming Daily according to Zhu Cijiao's requirements, and to a certain extent, he was the spokesperson of Zhu Cijiao's will.

Although he is a little greedy for money, he never dares to think carefully in Daming Daily, even if someone takes a lot of money to bribe him to do something, the first thing he does is to accept the money, and then immediately hand over the money to Zhu Cijiao, of course, some minor bribes, it doesn't matter, he will still sneak into his pocket, at this point, in fact, Zhu Ciji knows, Daming Zhu Cijiao never said anything.

What Zhu Ciji needs at the moment is a person who can write articles, but at the same time has a tight mouth and is very obedient, and there is no shortage of money is undoubtedly very suitable.

Zhu Cijiao once said that he would start reforming Taoism from ancient mythology. In Zhu Cijiao's eyes, the so-called sects rely on being able to make people believe what they say, focusing on a letter word, the so-called belief in Buddhism and other beliefs outside the territory.

And how the sect is inherited and how it is believed depends on the scriptures. Whether it is the Buddha, the Halal, the Kidu, or any other sect, they all have their own scriptures, and with the scriptures, coupled with artificial preaching, they have the effect of edifying and convincing. In fact, Taoism also has its own Taoist scriptures, but the Taoist scriptures are mostly based on alchemy, nature and the like, which are too deficient in educating and attracting people.

Zhu Ci wanted to start reforming Taoism from ancient mythology, which was nominally equivalent to rewriting a Taoist scripture.

Of course, Zhu Ci didn't plan to get an omnipotent god out of the Taoist scriptures like most sects, he was interested in the letter word, and he wanted to get a book that could make people subconsciously believe what it said at a glance.

In this way, Zhu Ci thought of the flood and famine in later generations, and he wanted to start from this aspect to make the ancient myths of the East rise in the Ming Dynasty and let everyone believe it!

Only after everyone believes it, can you manipulate something in it and achieve certain purposes.

As for whether it can be believed after it finally comes out, Zhu Ciji is not worried at all, not only because he has confidence in the breadth and profundity of oriental mythology, but also in the wonderful plot of the flood in later generations.

"There is no shortage of money, from now on, I will come to the imperial study every morning, and for a period of time, I have something for you to do." Zhu Ci said calmly to Qian Youxi.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen obeys the order!" Qian Buqian was horrified, he couldn't think of anything that the emperor had taught him to do, and he wanted him to come to the imperial study every day, but this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get in close contact with the emperor every day, just like pie in the sky, as long as he behaved well, rewards and promotions and fortunes must be no problem.

The heart of no shortage of money instantly became hot.

"I don't know what the emperor wants to order? Even if Weichen is broken to pieces, he must do a good job for the emperor. There is no shortage of money, and he hurriedly asked.

Zhu Ciji did not answer immediately, but asked the chamberlain to bring the chair and put it on the left side of the imperial study.

On the seat there are four treasures of the study.

"Go sit there." Zhu Ci said lightly.

There is no shortage of money to be flattered, but since it was ordered by the emperor, he doesn't need to think about it.

When there is no shortage of money to sit down, Zhu Ci hesitated and said: "Actually, there is no big deal, I want to write something recently, you are the best at writing articles, I will tell some plots every day, after you bring it back, express it in a way that makes people believe and shock, I have to remember, without my instructions, you must not let anyone know about this, including your family, once something goes wrong in the process, I will not be soft on the family and exterminate the family, of course, if I do it well, I will also be rewarded!" ”

The more Zhu Ci said the back, the heavier the killing machine became!

There is no shortage of money, and his forehead is covered with cold sweat, which is related to his whole family, no, it is the life of the whole family! Sure enough, the things ordered by the emperor were not so easy to do, but Qian Buqian gritted his teeth and looked firm, but since the emperor found him, he believed in him, and he must have the ability to do this well, in order to be promoted and make a fortune, he had no way out.

"The minister will not disappoint the emperor!" Qian Buquan said firmly, then clenched the brush and got ready.

Zhu Ci stumbled and glanced at the money that had been prepared, and while reaching out to pick up a book for review, he slowly said:

"Hongmeng's first judgment, chaos has not been opened"

In the next period of time, there was no shortage of money to come to the imperial study every day, and Zhu Ci talked about the birth of Hongmeng Purple Qi and Heavenly Dao to the birth of Pangu and the opening of the world. Hongjun, Sanqing, Nuwa and other protagonists were born one after another, followed by the war of the three clans, the catastrophe of the dragon and phoenix, and then the rise of the lich, Nuwa created people, the saint was born, and after the defeat of the two lich clans, then the rise of the human race, the three emperors and five emperors, Dayu ruled the water, the war of the gods, the Spring and Autumn Warring States, Confucius was born, and the world was educated with courtesy, righteousness and shame and so on

In order to achieve his ultimate goal, Confucius made Zhu Cijiao say that he became a saint in Taoism, and everyone said that Confucius was a saint, and Zhu Cijiao really said that he was a saint, focusing on the importance of etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, and vaguely expounded that Confucianism is also the basic fact of Taoism.

The plot is wonderful, so that there is no shortage of money from the beginning of a little apprehension, gradually addicted to it, I am convinced, every day like a pilgrimage, very sincere according to the plot told by Zhu Ci, the book of the flood is compiled.

"Where my Ming Dynasty is located is Dongsheng Shenzhou, where there is the creation of heaven and earth, and it is the birthplace of civilization," Qian Buqian muttered in the writing.

"It turns out that Confucius and the sage came out in response to the luck of heaven, educating the world to understand etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, and improve civilization"

"Confucianism is also part of the Tao"