Daoist Qingyun accepted Yang Yi's invitation and temporarily stayed at Yang's house. This made Ma Hanqing anxious, and those who came to Yang's house to "cry and grab the land" wanted to take the master back to his house, and Yang Yi cleaned him up, which was honest.

However, every day as soon as he dispersed, he would definitely go straight to the Yang family, and at night he would rather lose Mulan, the newlywed wife, to stay alone in the empty room at home, and he would stay at the Yang family, serving tea and water for the chief of Qingyun Road, and waiting for him meticulously.

This kind of spirit of respecting teachers and respecting the Tao is extremely rare in later generations, and Yang Yi saw it in his eyes and was quite emotional.

Qingyun Taoist goes out every day to visit the Huiling Temple, Shangqing Palace, these Beijing Avenue Temple, he has a very high reputation in Taoism, and his status is respected, no less than those royal Taoist temples in Beijing.

Even Master Xuanyi, the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple, also came to discuss Zen with him. Perhaps the birth of Manichaeism and the support of Empress Dowager Liu made Buddhism feel the pressure.

On this day, the court was closed, Zhang Dian heard that after the Qingyun Dao Chang entered Beijing, he also specially rushed to Yang's house to visit, Zhang Dian lived in Hangzhou Dongxiao Palace for a year, and Qingyun Dao Chang formed a deep friendship, so people entered Beijing, naturally inevitably came to visit.

The green trees are thick and the summer days are long, the buildings are reflected in the pond, the crystal curtains move in the breeze, and the roses are full of incense. On the wind pavilion of the Yang family, Yang Yi, Zhang Dan, and Qingyun Dao Chang each sat cross-legged on the bamboo cuss behind the small ones.

Zhang Yang and the others both changed into a regular uniform. In detail, round-necked regular clothes are more popular nowadays, but Zhang Yang and the two have one thing in common, they both feel that the round-neck regular clothes are more restrained, and the hand-over regular clothes are more relaxed and comfortable, in this regard, the preferences of the two are very similar.

Qin Cao knelt on the cushion next to the pavilion, raised the small stove, and carefully adjusted the tea soup.

Her demeanor is tranquil, her wrists are light, the cups are flowing, the breeze is blowing the streamers around her waist, and the graceful and elegant demeanor reflects a pomegranate tree outside the pavilion, which is beautiful.

Zhang Dian stroked his long beard and said: "After a few years, the old man's demeanor is still the same, which is really gratifying." It's just that this time when he entered Beijing, why did the Taoist give up his old husband and become a friend? The Taoist is a master of the world, so he should not be afraid of the cold room. ”

"Amitayus longevity, Zhang Dian Gong is worried about the world, there are thousands of opportunities in the day, he forgets to sleep and eat, he has to be idle for a while, and the poor and idle people dare to come to disturb each other."

Yang Yi stretched his sleeves and laughed: "Dao Chief, according to what you say, then there is nothing to do, a cockfighting and dog wanderer!" ”

As soon as these words came out, his spirit was as strong as Zhangdun's eyelids couldn't help jumping.

Not to mention Qingyun Dao Chief, his words were just a sign of humility to Zhang Dan, and he didn't want Yang Yi, a "bad star", to pick a bone in his eggs, and make a profit that made people's hearts twitch.

Zhang Dian immediately laughed loudly, and in a trance, he couldn't help but think of the days when the three of them were unrestrained and chatting and laughing in Dongxiao Palace. At that time, Yang Yi was still white, and he was just a degraded person who was like a prisoner.

And the boat that swept a line of clear waves in the smoke and rain of the south of the Yangtze River, who would have thought that it would carry all the ups and downs of the Great Song Dynasty over the years!

After Qingyun Dao Chang was slightly embarrassed, he quickly returned to his peaceful state, in front of these two ruthless people, you are not very nervous, only the part of being entertained.

"Yang Jushi people are like their name, they act like no trace, elegant, if they are also like Zhang Xianggong buried in the desk, every day is full of opportunities, but I am afraid that it will backfire, it is difficult to show my strengths, Yang Jushi is idle, but it is extraordinary."

"Hahaha, Zhang Xianggong heard it, right? I really didn't expect it, the old Taoist patted his ass, this is called the sky, extraordinary! ”

Zhang Dian glanced at him, took a sip of the tea soup sent by Qin Cao, and then said slowly: "As the Taoist chief said, your heart still needs to be sharpened, Su Xiang is nearly eighty years old, and the old man is also dying, today's Great Song Dynasty, such as the long river surging, can not withstand major twists and turns, in the future, it is necessary to work together with the Yuan Chang and others, in order to ensure that the river is straight to the sea, let it not be slack!" ”

"Lao Ji is in the woods, aiming for thousands of miles, the martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong; Why does Zhang Xianggong have to sigh so meaninglessly, but he must weigh his body. Your Majesty is still young, and Zhang Xianggong is the mainstay of my Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty is now indispensable to Zhang Xianggong. ”

As soon as the topic turned to the government, he soon talked about the sect, and Yang Yi revealed the meaning that day, that day was that the imperial court supported the development of Buddhism and Taoism, and Qingyun Daoist was very concerned about this, which was related to the rise and fall of Taoism, and once a cooperative relationship was formed with the imperial court, it was very beneficial to Taoism.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, although there has been no large-scale extermination of Buddha and Taoism, the past can be learned, and the bloody lessons in history have made people's hearts beat so far.

During the reign of Renzong Tiansheng, the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, who hung the curtain, drove away a large number of Taoists and demolished a large number of Taoist temples, almost setting off a big wave of extermination.

Hearing this intention from Yang Yi's mouth, in view of Yang Yi's energy, Qingyun Daoist did not dare to ignore it, these days he has frequently contacted the masters of the various avenues in Beijing, and the topic of discussion is this matter.

Speaking of this, Zhang Dian also thought deeply, and said after a long time: "Ren Zhi means to let the two Buddhas and Taoists start to run the Western Regions first?" ”

"Yes!"

Today's Zhang Yang and his wife are enough to influence the direction of the Great Song Dynasty's government and politics, how could Qingyun Daoist let go of such an opportunity, and then interjected: "The Taoist master does nothing, guides people to accumulate virtue and do good, cultivates the mind, and does not interfere in politics." However, the Heavenly Religion is very different, it has always been that there is no distinction between church and state, and it has a strong exclusivity. Tianfang Sect was originally founded in Da Shi, and because of its unity of politics and religion, with the support of force, it has now expanded to Yumen Pass, and has the potential to invade the Central Plains in the east. ”

Daoist Qingyun's words are, of course, to win the support of the imperial court for the development of Taoism, but it is by no means alarmist.

It is true that the Celestial Sect has a strong exclusivity, but what is even more worrying is its theocratic nature, and this exclusivity, once supported by force, is a disaster for other sects.

Like the Black Khanate, whose power has now expanded to the east of Khotan, it turned out to be Buddhism. Bughra Khan seized power in the Black Khanate by force from his Buddhist uncle, establishing the rule of the Abbasid dynasty, establishing religious courts, religious leaders enjoying an important position in the country's political life, and a growing ranks of religious scholars.

His son Arslan Khan Musa? Abdu? After the Crimea succeeded to the throne, with the help of Sufi clerics, they achieved the celestial indoctrination of the Khanate. In the first year of Song Taizu Jianlong, he declared Tianfangjiao as the state religion and forced 200,000 people to join the religion.

During the reign of Musa, he continued to vigorously promote the rule of the heavenly law, and established religious courts, mosques, madhouses, and mazas throughout the dynasty. After more than 20 years of conquest, the king of Khotan was killed in the fourth year of Xianping (1001) of Zhenzong and realized the conquest of Khotan and Yarkand.

Afterwards Khan Hassan? Root? Suleiman (1074~1102) continued the tradition of Islam with the title of "Protector of Justice and Religion" and worshipped the Abbasids as authentic.

As a descendant, Yang Yi was even more jealous of the Heavenly Fang Sect, and his followers were too fanatical, and they were easily used by people with intentions to set off bloody incidents. And now it practices theocracy, and it can be said that the spread of doctrine is equivalent to a political and military invasion.

Yang Yi didn't want to comment on the Heavenly Fang Sect too much, but he definitely didn't want to see it spread to the Central Plains.

If you can use jihad to support doctrinal propagation, why can't I? That's what Yang Yi thought.

If you want to rule the Western Regions, you can't just use political and military means, and you must eliminate the influence of the Heavenly Fang Sect in this region to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Western Regions.

He said to Zhang Dian in a deep voice: "The Western Regions are my Han and Tang Dynasty ancestors, the Great Song Dynasty will have to take it back sooner or later, and the recovery of the Western Regions is no longer a problem militarily, but if the influence of the Heavenly Sect on the Western Regions is not eliminated, the people will not be able to have a sense of identity with the Great Song Dynasty, and then it will be a rebellion, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and then I am afraid that the imperial court will be exhausted, and it is by no means an overnight effort to eliminate the influence of the Heavenly Sect, so it must be laid out in advance and slowly penetrated." ”

Yang Yi and Zhang Dan, as high-level figures in the middle of the court, of course, could not have talked about the Western Regions before. For a long time, the living space of the Great Song Dynasty was small, and there was not even a horse-producing land before, which can be said to be the pain in the heart of the Great Song Dynasty.

A pioneering prime minister like Zhang Dun naturally hoped to make up for this shortcoming, and tried his best to expand the living space of the Great Song Dynasty. And Yang Yi did not mean to give up the Western Regions, and he and Zhang Dian and others had discussed the recovery of the Western Regions many times.

Zhang Dian replied slowly: "As the two of you said, the Heavenly Sect has a strong exclusivity, and now once the religious infiltration begins, I am afraid that it will inevitably lead to military conflicts, and this matter must be worried!" ”

Zhang Dan's concerns can be understood, the established strategic plan of the Great Song Dynasty is to solve the north first, and now the Liao State and the Chang Jurisdiction are in the midst of a fierce war, and the Liao State may collapse at any time, and then the Great Song Dynasty will have to go all out to solve the northern problem.

Therefore, most of the ministers of the DPRK and China do not agree to take care of both sides, just as Yang Yi said, it may not be difficult to defeat the Western Regions, but the road is far away, how to govern is a big problem, if it is unable to govern, it is better to maintain the status quo.

Yang Yi thought for a while and said: "Zhang Xianggong, when the Black Khan King Musa launched a twenty-year-long "holy war" against the Buddhist state of Khotan, and forced all the followers of other sects to convert to Tianfangjiao, its strong exclusivity, how could the surrounding tribes who believed in Buddhism, Nestorianism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and shamanism not be taboo, but most of these tribes were weak and powerless to resist. ”

Zhang Dian looked at Yang Yi with a dignified gaze: "Let it be ...... to say"

"Yes, there is a cloud in "The Mean": Therefore, the gentleman governs people, and he governs others in his own way. Zhang Xianggong, although we are traitors and traitors, why not occasionally practice the way of a gentleman? ”

Qingyun Dao Chief, who had not intervened beside him, heard this, and couldn't help but show a faint smile, Zhang Dian was listed as the "three traitors" by the old party, and Yang Yi has always regarded himself as a traitor, this combination is really .......

(To be continued)