In the twenty-first year of the Tang Dynasty, the king of the ring of the sun who dominated the Northern Tianzhu died suddenly at the age of 58, and left no heirs. As soon as the news of the death of the King of the Ring Sun came out, the prime minister of the Ring Sun Dynasty, Alonashun, usurped the throne and proclaimed himself the new king, but the prestige of Alonashun was not enough to convince the public, and the situation in the entire Northern Tianzhu was extremely tense, and there was even a sense of imminence.

Speaking of the King of the Sun, he was indeed a great monarch, especially in terms of culture, he was tolerant of all religions, and he was also a playwright, leaving behind three plays that were widely circulated in India.

However, in terms of rule, the king of the ring of the sun actually has huge flaws, for example, he did not establish a unified feudal dynasty, but a loose alliance that relies on force to unite together, in the interior of the ring of the sun dynasty, there are more than 30 kingdoms, and each kingdom has its own monarch, army and administrative system, these kingdoms are only subjugated to the force of the king of the sun, recognize the hegemony of the other party, but the king of the sun can not interfere too much in the internal affairs of various countries.

For example, the usurper Alonashun, he is not only the prime minister of the Jieri Dynasty, but also the king of the Kingdom of Dinafudi within the Jieri Dynasty, with soldiers and money in his hands, and the king of the Jieri has no heirs, so Alona Shun will be so smooth when he usurps the throne.

If it is placed in the original history, this Alonashun is the unlucky new king who sent troops to attack Wang Xuance's mission, he should have been defeated by Wang Xuance with more than 10,000 troops, and then Wang Xuance broke 600 cities in a row, and was finally captured, and was also captured by Wang Xuance in Chang'an. When a king deserves this, he is really aggrieved.

But in the present history. Because of Li Su's influence, Datang focused more on Central Asia. In addition, Li Zhen and Li Yun set their sights on Tianzhu again, so Li Shimin did not plan to establish any friendly relations with Tianzhu, so except for the previous few years, there was no mission with the Jieri Dynasty in the past two years. Moreover, Wang Xuance is still a courtier of Li Zhen and Li Yun, and it is impossible for him to join the Tang Dynasty's mission.

It is said that without Wang Xuance's intervention, Alonashun should have become the new king of the Ring of the Sun Dynasty very smoothly, but in fact, Alo Nashun is not the King of the Ring of the Sun, he is just a small king of the kingdom under the Ring of the Sun Dynasty. In the past, there were more than 30 people with the same status as him, but now these kings were naturally dissatisfied when they saw Alona Shun riding on their heads, and there was no external pressure, so some small countries within the Ring Sun Dynasty began to connect together to crusade against Alonashun.

When the situation in Northern Tianzhu reached the ears of Li Zhen and Li Yun in Southern Tianzhu, the entire Northern Tianzhu was already in turmoil, not only the new king Alonashun was attacked by various kingdoms, but some kingdoms that had original grudges also took the opportunity to go to war. In just ten days, five kingdoms were destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless by the war.

At this time, Li Su was preparing to go back to Taiwan, and he was even on the boat that day. But they were pulled off the boat by Li Zhen and Li Yun, who received the news, and then returned to the temple to listen to the detailed information, and waited until the people who heard the news finished telling the situation in Beitianzhu. The three brothers, as well as Wang Xuance, were all silent, thinking about the impact of this incident on them in the future.

"Xuan Ce. What do you think" Li Yu thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Wang Xuance.

After hearing this, Wang Xuance immediately bowed down and said, "Your Highness." Gao Jian can't talk about it, but His Majesty thinks that the chaos in North Tianzhu has risen, for us, it is absolutely beneficial and harmless, and what we need to do now is to unify the entire South Tianzhu in the shortest possible time, and train a strong army, the faster the process, the better, because I am worried that if the war in North Tianzhu is too long, it will cause serious damage to the local population and economy, which is not conducive to the development after the occupation. Second, if there is a male lord who rises in the war like the King of the Ring of the Sun and unifies Northern Tianzhu again, it will definitely be a big trouble for us! ”

Hearing Wang Xuance's analysis, Li Yun's eyes also lit up and said: "Yes, the chaos in Northern Tianzhu has been decided, if it is a few years later, when our power expands to Zhongtianzhu, we can take this opportunity to take North Tianzhu in one fell swoop, but now we have not even completely unified Southern Tianzhu, and we are simply more than willing to do it, so the best way is to build up our strength first, anyway, the war in Northern Tianzhu will not end in a short time, and when they are exhausted, We just happen to be able to make a profit. ”

However, Li Zhen said a little unwillingly: "Now the countries of Northern Tianzhu are not ready, it is a good opportunity to unify Northern Tianzhu in one fell swoop, not to mention anything else, as long as I am given a cavalry of 20,000 people, I will be sure to pacify the countries of Northern Tianzhu, so let's consider taking this opportunity to take down Northern Tianzhu?" ”

Hearing Li Zhen's radical proposal, Li Yun immediately objected: "Eighth brother, don't make any more mistakes, we have just expanded our territory several times, and now most of the areas have not yet been governed, if the army is transferred to a part of Beitianzhu, not to mention anything else, it is estimated that there will be many rebellions tomorrow!" ”

After hearing this, Wang Xuance thought about it carefully, and then said in a slow tone: "His Royal Highness King Yue is indeed right about one thing, if the countries of Northern Tianzhu are not prepared, they can indeed use a surprise army to raid at lightning speed and destroy the countries in the shortest possible time. ”

Hearing what Wang Xuance said, Li Yun's face immediately changed greatly, and he just wanted to say something more, but he saw Wang Xuance then said: "But it is one thing to defeat the countries of Northern Tianzhu, but it is another thing to really rule there, with our current strength, it is a little difficult to just rule a Southern Tianzhu, so even if we can defeat the larger Northern Tianzhu, we are not able to rule, and we have to risk making the current rule unstable, so from the perspective of our subordinates, it is really a little more than worth the loss!" ”

Hearing that Wang Xuance also opposed his proposal, Li Zhen couldn't help but sigh, in fact, he also knew the biggest shortcoming of his proposal, but his character made him unwilling to give up this opportunity, so he wanted to bring it up and see if others had a remedy, but now it seems that he is still too optimistic.

At this time, Wang Xuance suddenly found that Li Xuan had been watching them without speaking, which made his heart move, and he immediately spoke: "His Royal Highness King Qi, I don't know what you think about this matter?" ”

Li Zhen and Li Yun only remembered at this time that the sixth brother they had always admired was by their side, maybe he could do something, so they all looked at Li Su with Xiyi's eyes.

And I saw Li Su smile confidently: "Actually, the seventh brother and Xuan Ce are right, it took you so long to lay such a solid foundation in Nantianzhu, it can be said that this is your base camp, only if you run this place well, you will have the strength to expand outward in the future, so no matter how great the temptation of Bei Tianzhu is, you can't take the risk of ruling here!" ”

Li Su paused slightly when he said this, and then said: "But if you can't send troops into Beitianzhu, it doesn't mean that you can't do anything, at least you still have a sharp weapon in your hands, which can achieve huge benefits for you in this turmoil." ”

"Sharp weapons?" Li Zhen, Li Yun, and Wang Xuance looked at each other, and for a while they couldn't think of what Li Su's so-called sharp weapon meant?

"Religion, that is, your new Brahmanism, as long as you put it in Beitianzhu, take advantage of this war, then it will grow at an astonishing rate, and if it is supplemented by a little force, the effect will be even more amazing!" Li Su was categorical.

Although Li Zhen and the others had already brought out the Neo-Brahmanism, they were clearly not aware of the power of religion. In fact, this is not to blame them, after all, in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, the power of religion has always been suppressed by the imperial power, so although Li Zhen and Li Yun have become popes, when they encounter problems, the first thing that comes to mind is secular power, rather than using the power of religion to solve it.

"This ...... Can this be done, I am afraid that the effect that can be achieved by using the power of religion alone is very limited, right? "Even if he is as shrewd as Wang Xuance, he is also a little unconfident, and Li Zhen and Li Yun are the same.

Only Li Su was still full of confidence and said: "Don't doubt the power of religion, especially in a country like Tianzhu, the people's devotion to religion is far greater than their loyalty to the country, so as long as your religion can develop in Beitianzhu and conquer the local people ideologically, then when your strength reaches a certain level, you don't even need to send troops at all, and Beitianzhu will take the initiative to join you!" ”

Li Xuan's self-confidence also infected Li Zhen and the three, among whom Wang Xuance thought about it carefully, and then said: "Since His Royal Highness the King of Qi is so sure, then we can give it a try, after all, it is just to go to Beitianzhu to preach, and there is no need to use too much strength at all, only need to send a group of Brahmin nobles to go, and a certain amount of military deterrence is also needed, it is best to occupy a stronghold along the coast of Beitianzhu, but this requires the help of His Royal Highness the King of Qi's navy!" ”

"Good! That's it, when the time comes, I will personally lead the troops to see which of the Northern Tianzhu troops is stronger and weaker than ours? Li Zhen was also skeptical about the power of religion, but when he heard that he was going to occupy a stronghold in the north, he was exactly what he wanted, so he immediately agreed.

Li Yun saw that Li Zhen and Wang Xuance had agreed to the proposal of the sixth brother, so he naturally would not object, and immediately asked Li Yu for advice on what should be paid attention to when preaching.

Originally, because of the drastic changes in North Tianzhu, Li Su planned to stay in Tianzhu for a while, but at this time, Datang suddenly came with a bad news, although this bad news had already been expected by Li Su, but when the news came, he still felt extremely sad. (To be continued......)