Zhao Yan told Cao Ying about his decision to strengthen his control over various religions in the country, thinking that he could listen to her opinion on this matter, but he didn't expect Cao Ying to glance at him coquettishly after listening to it, and then gently threw out a sentence "It seems that the husband still hasn't adapted to his identity, why make simple things complicated", and then giggled and left, leaving Zhao Yan confused.

At the beginning, Zhao Yan was puzzled by Cao Ying's words, and couldn't understand what she meant when she said that she had complicated simple things, but later he combined Cao Ying's previous sentence, but he slowly tasted the meaning of her words.

In fact, Cao Ying's meaning is very simple, that is, Zhao Yan has too many concerns, and it doesn't look like a regent at all, like strengthening religious management, although it is important and has a great impact, but it also depends on who will do it?

Speaking of which, after the Great Song Dynasty experienced the failure of the law change, both the court and the people were greatly hit, coupled with the setbacks when attacking the Liao State before, which made many people think that the Great Song Dynasty was likely to be invaded by the Liao State again, and may even be in the situation of destroying the country, but when many people were desperate, Zhao Yan suddenly led the army of sailors to the north and saved the Great Song Dynasty from the crisis, which also made Zhao Yan's reputation unparalleled for a while, which was also the main reason why he did not hear opposition after he served as regent.

It can be said that Zhao Yan's prestige now is much higher than that of Wang Anshi before the law change, so if he decides to strengthen his control over various religions, then this decree is definitely more deterrent than Zhao Yan's personal issuance, even if the various religions are dissatisfied in their hearts, I am afraid they can only hold it in their hearts, and they dare not have any complaints at all.

Thinking about the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, Cao Ying's eyes were very vicious. I immediately saw his biggest shortcoming, that is, he didn't have the courage that an emperor should have, and he was too forward-looking in doing things, but Zhao Yan couldn't be blamed for this, after all, he was not an emperor in the first place, and secondly, his character was like this. He wants to do everything in everything, even if he can't satisfy everyone, at least he must satisfy most people, and it is this kind of character that leads to his lack of courage in some government affairs.

Zhao Yan is not a person who knows his mistakes and does not change, after understanding that he does not have to care too much about the reactions of various religions to this matter, he immediately felt like he had a lot less scruples, and his thoughts became clear all of a sudden, and he immediately went back to the study to write down these new ideas, but when he remembered that he had promised a few children to tell them stories in the evening this afternoon. But he found that it was already the middle of the night at this time, and several children had already gone to bed, which made Zhao Yan smile helplessly, it seemed that he was too busy, and he couldn't even do what he promised the children.

Early the next morning, Cao Tong wanted to go to several Taoist places such as Longhu Mountain and Maoshan Mountain, but was stopped by Zhao Yan, who rushed to Beijing, and then Zhao Yan summoned important Taoist figures to Beijing in the name of the imperial court. Although this may alarm these people in advance, Zhao Yan has already woken up after Cao Ying's reminder. The court is naturally a little domineering, and if it is too weak, it will not have the desired effect.

Half a month later, the high-level figures of the Daomen who were summoned also came to the capital one after another, and temporarily lived in the microcosm of the Gewu College outside the city, when the Gewu College was first established. Zhao Yan persuaded Cao Tong to donate Xianwei to him to make an academy, but Cao Tong soon rebuilt Xianwei not far from Gewu Academy, and the Taoist priests in the temple often went to the academy to audit, and some students of the college often went to the Taoist temple to communicate with the Taoist priests in the temple, which is also a major feature of the Gewu Academy.

Cao Tong is the microcosmic contemplator. Taking advantage of this time, he successively communicated with the important figures of the Daomen who rushed to the Daomen, and revealed that the imperial court should strengthen the control of various religions, of course, he did not forget to say some of the benefits listed by Zhao Yan, some people are resolutely opposed to this, and some people think that this is a good thing for the Daomen, but more people have an ambiguous attitude, and do not clearly express their support or opposition, among which Zhang Sizong of Longhu Mountain and Liu Mingkang of Maoshan Sect are old foxes, today this person opposes that person supports, Another day, it became this person who supported that person and opposed it, and as soon as Cao Tong asked their attitude, the two of them quarreled, and as a result, Cao Tong couldn't intervene at all, so naturally he couldn't ask anything.

In desperation, Cao Yan had to go to Zhao Yan to introduce what he had heard, of course, because most people did not express their position, especially Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang, so he failed to investigate the situation this time.

After Zhao Yan listened to Cao Yan's words, he also knew that he thought too simple about Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang, who were among the Daomen, they were able to stand out among hundreds of thousands of Daomen disciples, although some of them were because of their backgrounds, but most of them were ascended by their own efforts, so I am afraid that none of them are easy to fool, I am afraid that they have been mentally prepared before coming, and even discussed countermeasures in private, and now they can only come forward to meet each other in person.

So on a sunny afternoon, Zhao Yan took a carriage to the microcosm outside the city, first went to see Cao Tong, and then Cao Tong came forward and invited Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang to a pavilion in the back garden, and when the three of them came here, Zhao Yan had already cooked tea and waited for their arrival.

"Poor Dao has seen the regent!" Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang immediately stepped forward to salute when they saw Zhao Yan, although Cao Tong did not say in advance that it was Zhao Yan who wanted to see them, but when they saw Zhao Yan, they did not show a surprised expression on their faces, as if they had known that Zhao Yan would come to see them.

"Hehe, you two don't have to be polite, please take a seat!" Zhao Yan stood up with a smile and asked them to sit down, Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang are the two most powerful people in the Daomen, if they can be convinced, then the opinions of other people will not matter.

"Thank you, Regent!" Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang spoke together again, and then sat down separately with Cao Yan, and tasted the tea that Zhao Yan cooked for them, although the taste of the tea was not particularly good, the two of them still praised a few words politely.

After chatting a few words of gossip, Zhao Yan immediately went straight to the topic, and once again said that the imperial court was going to strengthen its control over the entire religion, hoping that they could cooperate with this matter, but after Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang listened to Zhao Yan's words, they didn't dare to pretend to be crazy and stupid like in front of Cao Yan, but they both showed silent expressions.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Zhao Yan spoke again at the moment: "Both of them are sensible people, this time because of the Manichaean rebellion, the people in the south have been displaced, so strengthening the control of various religions has become an inevitable trend, and no one can stop it, but this king has a deep friendship with the Daomen, so he is the first to inform you, firstly, to let you prepare in advance, and the imperial court can also give you any favorable conditions first, and secondly, let you set an example for the religions in the world, It can be regarded as the support of the imperial court for your Daomen over the years! ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, one hard and one soft, one public and one private, Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, when they knew that the imperial court was going to interfere in the management of various sects, they immediately felt that something was wrong, and they also thought that it must be related to the rebellion of Manichaeism, and now it was finally confirmed from Zhao Yan's mouth, which also made them scold Manichaeism in their hearts, but it was too late to scold now, if the imperial court's attitude towards this matter was not too tough, they might still put on a posture to oppose it, But listening to the tough tone in Zhao Yan's words, they were determined to meddle in the internal affairs of their religion, and they could only try to fight for some benefits for themselves.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang glanced at each other, and then Zhang Sizong took the lead in speaking: "Regent, our Longhu Mountain has always been the head of the imperial court, and we are also very angry about the rebellion of Manichaeism. ”

"Yes, we are the same in Maoshan, we will cooperate if we can, but I also hope that the court will understand our difficulties!" At this time, Liu Mingkang also spoke, but his later words were already hinting at Zhao Yan that if he wanted them to agree to this matter, it was impossible not to come up with the benefits that would make them happy.

Zhao Yan didn't understand the meaning of Liu Mingkang's words, and then saw him smile slightly and said: "This is natural, for Longhu Mountain and Maoshan Sect to be able to support the imperial court so much, the imperial court will definitely not make it difficult for you, and it should also be a good thing for you for the imperial court to rectify various religions, for example, the imperial court will divide religious personnel into various levels according to their abilities, and the division of this level naturally requires the establishment of a special organization, and only a small part of the court officials in this institution, and the rest are all personnel stationed by various religions. The proportions of these people are divided according to the influence of each religion, among which the Daomen is definitely one of the religions with the largest number of people, and with the strength of the Longhu Mountain and Maoshan Sects, they can definitely occupy more places. ”

Zhao Yan has already said it so bluntly, Zhang Sizong and Liu Mingkang would be too stupid if they still don't understand, I saw that the two of them were all eyes lit up when they heard this, although it is unheard of to divide religious personnel into ranks, but if there is really such an institution, and they can occupy a certain number of places in it, it also means that they can not only influence the Daomen, but also affect other religions, which is a big temptation for them. (To be continued......)