Back in the East Palace, Li Hong has been thinking about a problem, that is, how to establish the Tang Dynasty State Religion. >> Top > Dots" novel www.23wx. He felt that if he wanted to dominate the world, it was necessary to establish a unified religion. Because in some places, the rule of the state may be regulated, but the rule of religion can play a vital role, wasn't that the case in Europe before the Industrial Revolution?

Thinking of this problem, he came to the small courtyard where Sun Simiao lived and asked Sun Simiao about this issue, because he established the state religion, and naturally Taoism would be the mainstay.

Sun Simiao didn't have much idea about establishing Taoism as the state religion, but he was deeply in favor of Li Hong's unification of religion and not wanting religion to endanger the interests of the people, so he thought about it for a while, and then gave Li Hong a person's name and asked Li Hong to find this person, as long as this person was willing to assist him, there was no problem in establishing Taoism as the state religion of the Tang Dynasty. Li Hong was very strange at first that Sun Simiao would introduce him to who he knew, but it wasn't until Sun Simiao said the name of this person that he suddenly realized that this person was none other than Li Chunfeng.

Thinking of Li Chunfeng, Li Hong was happy, and blamed himself for his bad memory, how could he forget this lord, isn't this the lord a representative of Taoism in the Tang Dynasty?

Coming back from Sun Simiao, Li Hong was about to ask Yan Zhuang to invite Li Chunfeng to the East Palace, but he saw Yan Zhuang hurriedly walked into the study and handed Li Hong an invitation, which was not signed on the cover.

Are you going to the feast tonight? Li Hong was a little entangled in his heart, in fact, he had already promised Helan Minyue to go to her mansion for a banquet tonight. But after thinking about it, he felt that a woman like Helan Minyue was too cunning, and he went to the banquet tonight, what if he was framed by her?

With such consideration in his heart, Li Hong began to hesitate a little.

Yan Zhuang saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a little hesitant on the side and asked, "Your Highness, are you thinking about going or not?" ”

"Yan Zhuang, do you think you should go alone tonight, or not?" Li Hong asked with interest.

"The minister thinks it's okay to go, the relationship with Mrs. Wei is resolved as soon as possible, and there will be fewer incidents for His Royal Highness." Yan Zhuang said.

Li Hong thought about it and felt that Yan Zhuang's words were very right, so he said, "Okay, let's go to another banquet tonight." ”

After making a decision, Li Hong's heart was much happier, so he ordered Yan Zhuang to invite Li Chunfeng, wanting to discuss the establishment of a state religion with the other party, and he wanted to hear Li Chunfeng's opinion.

In fact, in Li Hong's thoughts, he still likes the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the pope of the state religion is the spiritual leader of the state religion of the Tang Dynasty. The pope of the state religion has administrative and judicial powers in the state religion. The pope represents the Taoist monarch, and the pope is elected by two-thirds of the heads of each academy, and at the same time, it must be appointed by the Tang Emperor to take effect, and the pope must be in office for life. Under the Pope, there is a court of governors, who lead the state monasteries in various places, and the court of heads is the advisory body of the pope.

With the rule that the emperor's appointment can only take effect, he believes that the successive popes will obey the orders of the Tang monarch.

Li Chunfeng came to the study and saw Li Hong, after Li Hong finished telling Li Chunfeng his thoughts, Li Chunfeng did not immediately agree to Li Hong, but fell into deep thought. After a long time, he asked, "Your Royal Highness, you're not just doing this to deal with Buddhism, are you?" ”

Li Chunfeng was the first to tell Li Hong about the reincarnation of Daojun and Liu Ju's only words, so he naturally knew what Li Hong's purpose was in establishing the state religion. However, after listening to Li Hong's account, he found that the prince's idea of forming a state religion was very large, just like establishing a country, which made him unsure of what the prince's purpose was in doing so.

"Li Qing, you must know that in the west of the Tang Dynasty, to the west of the Western Regions, there are many countries, and the people of these countries are still living in the fire of water and need to be rescued alone, and the national religion was created to give them faith and make them full of confidence in life." Li Hong said implicitly, not wanting to dominate the world like when talking to others.

"The minister understands what His Highness means." Li Chunfeng immediately understood what Li Hong meant, but he frowned and said, "It's just that it doesn't seem appropriate for the leader of the state religion to be called the pope, and the minister suggested that it is more appropriate to call the pope, what does His Royal Highness the crown prince think?" ”

"Indeed." Li Hong nodded slightly and said, there is already an emperor in the world, and it is indeed inappropriate for another pope to appear. Immediately, Li Hong said happily, "So, Li Qing is willing to help Gu?" ”

Li Chunfeng nodded slightly.

"Can Li Qing be the first ruler of this state religion?" Li Hong said, if you want to say that everything before was all polite words, then now that Li Hong says this, he is using the position of the sect monarch to buy Li Chunfeng. Because Li Chunfeng understands what he means, at least during the period when Li Chunfeng is the teacher, Li Chunfeng will act according to his will, which is what he expects, because in his eyes, the state religion is to serve the Tang Dynasty and serve the Tang Dynasty's domination of the world.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing this, I'm afraid Niangniang will object, right?" Li Chunfeng hesitated, he was still quite jealous of Empress Wu, otherwise Li Hong would not have turned a blind eye to him many times.

"Don't worry, the queen mother, Lone will let his father tell him." Li Hong said that the current Gaozong is no longer the previous Gaozong, because his body is much healthier than before, and Gaozong is also tighter in terms of power, and he has not completely delegated power to Empress Wu, so what he said will not be refuted by Empress Wu in most cases.

When Li Hong said this, Li Chunfeng hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. It's not that he doesn't know what the establishment of a state religion means for Taoism. It's not that he doesn't know what it means to be the first teacher. In the same way, he also knows that as long as Li Hong is here, his power as a sect may not be as great as the actual power of the state religion, but there are advantages and disadvantages.

When he finished discussing the matter of the state religion with Li Chunfeng, it was already late in the evening, and Li Hong was about to let Li Chunfeng think about the details after he returned, but Li Chunfeng suddenly asked, "Your Highness, if you want to establish a state religion, you have to spend a lot of money, are you prepared for this?" ”

"How much will it cost?" Li Hong asked in shock, as long as he mentioned money, he was very painful, because now he was too short of money.

"At least no less than three million copper coins." Li Chunfeng said, seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned, he explained, "The Taoist temple in the Tang Dynasty is not as rich as the temple, and if you want to revive the national religion, you have to repair the Taoist temple, select talents, cultivate talents, and set up a national education college, all of which cost money." ”

"It's a good idea to set up a national education college and train national religious disciples." Li Hong nodded slightly, if you want to systematize the state religion and establish a national education college, it is necessary to do it, and if you want to continue the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty, if you want to continue the myth of less than 10 million dynasties, you must stabilize the status of the state religion, so that the Tang Dynasty can stand tall, this is also a question that Li Hong has been thinking about, why can the dynasties of Western countries last for thousands of years, while the dynasties of China are always changing? After thinking about it, Li Hong felt that in addition to Shang Tang's anti-Xia establishment of the Zhou Dynasty and a rebellion, it was related to the fact that the Chinese people had no faith and who worshipped who was a god. Li Hong established the state religion, in addition to the need to fight for hegemony, another point is to continue the national Zhen of the Tang Dynasty through the state religion.

"Gu is also short of money now, I can only give you one million copper coins in the early stage, and the rest will have to be raised slowly later." Li Hong said that this is already the largest amount he can come up with. He now has three million copper coins left in his hand, and forty thousand taels of gold, because he wants to open a bank for gold, so naturally he can't spend it, so there are only three million copper coins left.

Seeing that the prince was worried about money, Li Chunfeng wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Hong knew that he had something to say, so he asked, "Li Qing, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't be too angry with each other." ”

"Your Royal Highness, since the first emperor established the Great Qin, the emperors of all dynasties like to build luxurious cemeteries, and like to put rare treasures into the tomb..."

Tomb robbery has existed since ancient times, and the official tomb robbery still appeared in Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms, when Cao Cao asked his subordinates to rob the tomb in order to raise military expenses, but later the trend of tomb robbery prevailed, because the cemetery burial goods of the emperors of the past dynasties were too rich...

If someone else said that he robbed the tomb, Li Hong would reprimand him and tell him to get out, but when Li Chunfeng said this, Li Hong had to think carefully. Because Li Hong knew that with the eyes of a feng shui master like Li Chunfeng, if he wanted to say that he had found a big tomb, the collection inside would definitely be so rich that the Tang treasury would be ashamed...

"Does Li Qing already have a good place?" Li Hong interrupted Li Chunfeng and asked.

"Yes." Li Chunfeng said bluntly, "When I was the tomb of Emperor Taizong, I traveled all over the world and occasionally explored the location of several ancient tombs. ”

"What's the surprise?" Li Hong asked.

"The tombs of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Guangwu Emperor and the wealthy Shi Chongzhi, can His Highness be interested in these two ancient tombs?" Li Chunfeng asked with a smile.

Yes, it's too special, Li Hong thought so in his heart, but he still said, "Li Qing will go back first, and I'll give you an answer after thinking about it for a few days." ”

"No!" Li Chunfeng received the order and strode away.

At this time, when it was time to go to the banquet at the mansion of Helan Minyue, the wife of Wei State, Yan Zhuang walked into the study and reported to Li Hong, Li Hong nodded slightly, and went to the Cheng'en Hall to change his clothes, and hurried out of the East Palace with Yan Zhuang to the Helan Minyue Mansion in Chang'an City...