Li Zhi had watched Li Hong's performance and was quite appreciative of the two strategies proposed in it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Sending doctors of Confucianism to educate the barbarians, and the children of Buddhism and Taoism to lead the barbarians to goodness, the two policies complement each other, and it is not really a good strategy to stabilize the frontier.

Li Zhi was overjoyed, and immediately summoned Li Hong to ask about the specific implementation of the two policies.

Li Hong sat on the sitting, with a look of shame on his face, and replied: "Father, these two strategies were not thought of by the sons, but by Brother Yu. Seeing that it was beneficial to the country and the people, the sons and daughters sorted out the opinions of Brother Yu into a book and played them to share the worries of the eldest father. ”

"It's what Si Hao thinks!" Li Zhi was a little surprised, Lenovo Siyang's mind was full of strange ideas since he was a child, breaking through the thinking range of ordinary people, and finding another way to put forward a countermeasure to the disadvantages of the times, and it was not surprising to think of these two strategies.

Even if Si Yang thought, Li Zhi ordered the eunuch to pass Li Yu into the palace.

Li Yu, who was wearing a fox coat and driving a hot pot in the palace, and eating with Xin'er and his daughters with relish was passed into the palace by a decree from the eunuch from Luoyang Palace, and the whole person was depressed.

For Li Yu, on this snowy day, the best life is to wrap himself tightly in a warm home and surround the concubines around the shabu-shabu, and then have a glass of mellow Hedong red wine.

"Si Yan, these two strategies are what you think, and as far as the specific measures are concerned, my father wants to hear your opinion."

Li Yu looked at the book presented on the case, and the eldest brother's handwriting was clear at a glance, knowing that this was the eldest brother who had written down the strategy he had told him yesterday to govern the Southern Barbarians and presented it to his eldest father for viewing. The content of the book is not all what he thinks, and the eldest brother has added some of his own opinions. For example, the best policy, to kill and stop rebellion, there is no trace in the book.

Originally, he wanted to improve it and then play it for his eldest father, but since the eldest brother had played it in the scriptures, Li Yu had to explain his suggestions according to what was written in the book.

"Father, these two strategies were inspired by the son-in-law's rebellion in Yongchang yesterday. The barbarians of the southwest live in the mountains and dense forests all the year round, they are brave and ruthless, their customs are barbaric and vulgar, they do not know the Chinese culture and etiquette, and they do not know what benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, loyalty and patriotism are. Because of the strength of the Tang Dynasty and the attachment of the clan, the imperial court set up a prefecture and county in its place, and appointed its tribal leaders to govern it as the state and county officials. In the hearts of the barbarians, for Datang, it is only a subordinate relationship, not a direct relationship. Therefore, the imperial court of the county was not strongly constrained, and it was in a remote place. Once the barbarian leaders do not want to be attached to the Tang Dynasty, they can easily raise a rebellion, causing trouble to the frontier, or falling to a strong enemy and aiding the abuse. ”

"Therefore, you propose to send a doctor of Confucianism to serve as the magistrate of Zhujian Prefecture, Shi and Sima, and other positions, to govern and educate the barbarians. Establish an official school in the area, teach with a doctor of classics, recruit the children of the barbarians and the powerful, and spread the Chinese civilization. ”

"That's exactly what the Father said." Li Yu said seriously: "Conquering the barbarians should be based on attacking the heart." The barbarian civilizations in the south are backward and life is difficult; Or yearn for the prosperity and wealth of the Tang Dynasty, gorgeous clothes, or fear the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty and attach it. Although the Tang Dynasty was attached, the imperial court only adopted the fetter system, and the barbarians were able to retain their own cultural customs, and never concentrated with the Tang Dynasty, so the barbarians rebelled and surrendered. In order to solve this difficulty, the imperial court should take advantage of the psychology of advocating and fearing the Tang Dynasty, and send doctors of Confucianism to the barbarians in the county to educate and turn barbarians into the ability of summer, and spread the Confucian ideas of loyalty and patriotism to the children of the barbarians. From the heart, the mentality of disintegrating the barbarian self-esteem and separating it from the Tang Dynasty. So that all the barbarians from the barbarian chieftains to the small people in the mountains and wilderness, whether they are dressed or dressed, or their inner identity, they are all converging with China. ”

"If you can do it, even if the barbarian chiefs are selfish and want to rebel, they can't coerce their people as they did in the past. It can also become a bridgehead to protect the Datang frontier and spontaneously and resolutely resist foreign enemies. ”

"Sending disciples of Buddhism and Taoism to the barbarian mission is intended to supplement the lack of religious beliefs of the barbarians in addition to the indoctrination of the Confucian doctors. The idea of Confucianism's Doctor of Confucianism turning barbarism into summer is not good, and Buddhism leads people to goodness, does not kill, escapes into the empty door, and the idea of karma in the afterlife can self-understand the aggressive nature of the barbarian and weaken his force......"

Li Yu's mouth hung over the river, and he talked about the advantages and specific measures for dealing with the two policies of controlling the barbarians. Li Zhi laughed in his heart and said nothing, but when he heard Li Yu talk about Buddhism, it has the ability to weaken a nation's armed forces, reduce its fighting spirit, and disintegrate the other party's spirit of actively forging ahead, causing it to languish. But when it was used as a weapon for Datang to deal with the barbaric and untamable Hu Barbarian ideology, Li Zhi's face with a smile gradually stiffened.

When Li Zhi was the king, he implemented a liberal and relaxed religious policy of integrating Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Although Taoism is vigorously exalted because the ancestor of Taoism, Laozi Li Er, is the ancestor of the Li family, there is no debasement of Buddhism, and many Buddhist monks are even more appreciative. During the period of government, he also ordered the world to ban Taoism's "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing" several times.

There are many believers in Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, there are more than 100 temples in Chang'an City alone, and there are only more than 20 or 30 Taoist temples.

The donation of their houses as temples after the death of the powerful and wealthy families in the two capitals is also one of the reasons for the large number of Buddhist temples.

Li Yu talked a lot about the weakening effect of Buddhism on a country and a nation, and Li Zhi's psychology was not at all uncomfortable.

The smile on Li Zhi's face faded, and he kept his face calm, and couldn't help but think: "What Si Yang said today is not to remind me that in order to make the country prosperous, we should vigorously suppress Buddhism?" ’

"Si Yan, you mentioned the benefits of sending many Buddhist disciples to the Jiannan Barbarian Prefecture to preach, which is beneficial to the country and the people. Then you also proposed to send Taoist disciples to the southern barbarian states, what are the advantages of the country? ”

"Taoism?" Li Yu thought for a while and replied with a smile: "Taoism is my native religion in China, and the ancestor Lao Tzu is the ancestor of my Li family. For the barbarians' sense of identity with China, it is also beneficial and harmless. ”

"Since Buddhism spread throughout the land of China, Buddhism and Taoism have always been in contention, and Taoism has always been in a weak position. The reason for this is that there are too few Taoist disciples and a lack of believers, so that people are not as good as the Buddhist sects with a large number of believers. Since we want to turn barbarism into summer, how can we only send Buddhist disciples and support the spread of Taoism? ”

After asking his eldest father in the palace, Li Yu left Luoyang Palace with a glittering look.

In front of the eldest father, he praised the disciples of Buddhism for sending them to the barbarian states to preach, which was actually a sentence of heart. It is intended to remind the Father that the prosperity of Buddhism is not good for the country and the people. The influence of Buddhism should be controlled by supporting the development of local Taoism, and the benefits of Taoist classics to the country and the people should be greatly praised, so as to highlight the vain and uselessness of Buddhist scriptures.

Looking back at the majestic Luoyang Palace, Li Yu sighed, hoping that his father could listen to his heartfelt words.

Throughout history, the countries of Buddhism have been in decline, the country has no unscrupulous ministers and famous generals, and the soldiers are weak and unable to fight. From the monarch to the common people, they are all drunk and dreaming of dying in the afterlife. In the face of pagan religion and foreign aggression, he only knew how to escape and prayed to the vain Buddha, and as a result, the country was ruined.

Since the Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions due to the Anshi Rebellion and lost a strong protective umbrella, the Western Regions Ten Thousand Miles of Buddha Kingdom was vulnerable to the eastward expansion of the Green Religion, and more than 300 years later, there was no half of the Buddha land in the Western Regions.

Even the Nalanda Temple, a holy place in Buddhism, was eventually destroyed by the Green Cultists, and the birthplace of India is even more difficult to find in the trace of Buddhism.