"Exporting monks and Taoists to Europe?" When Zhao Yan looked at the content of Zhao Jia's letter, he couldn't help but smile dumbly, he didn't expect his son to think of such a way to solve the rule of Catholicism in Europe, but this is a fundamental solution, as long as these two religions can gain a firm foothold in Europe, then it is not a big problem to develop and grow.

"Third uncle, this method of the eldest brother is really interesting, it is interesting to let those monks who claim to be indisputable and the priests of Europe fight, think about it!" Zhao Xu also laughed at this time and said, although he is the emperor, he is also a young man, and he can't help but want to laugh when he thinks of those monks and Taoists going to Europe to compete for territory with those local priests.

"But this is a good way, religion is also a kind of culture, our Great Song Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, and it is also in a strong position in all aspects, so that Buddhism and Taoism are also easier to export, Jia'er This is a good way!" When Zhao Yan heard Zhao Xu describe the export of religion as a fight, he couldn't help but laugh at the moment.

"Well, this is also easy to do, Buddhism and Taoism are desperately trying to expand their influence, every time we occupy a piece of land, they will compete to build Taoist temples and Buddhist temples on it, for example, some time ago we attacked the Western Regions, which originally belonged to the sphere of influence of Buddhism, although Buddhism there is different from Buddhism in the Central Plains, but after all, it is also Buddhism, so that the expansion of Buddhism there is much smoother, but Taoism is a little troublesome, for which several influential Taoist priests also complained to the imperial court about this matter, now it's okay, With such a huge missionary field as Europe, and a common enemy, they would certainly be willing to cooperate with the outside world. Zhao Xu smiled again at this time and said, For religious affairs. The Great Song also had a special regulatory body, which was also the lesson and growth that the last Manichaean rebellion brought to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Okay, then this matter is still up to the imperial court, let the two Buddhist and Taoist families send some people to Europe, and wait until three months later, there will be another fleet to Europe. Then they can go with the fleet! Zhao Yan also nodded at the moment.

"No problem, as long as the news is released, those monks and Taoist priests will definitely rush to go, but third uncle, you tell the eldest brother to be careful, don't just get a Holy See down, and then support a Buddhist court or Taoist court in the future." When Zhao Xu said the end, he also specially reminded that although Buddhism was to help Zhao Jia, he also needed to be guarded. After all, religion can cause chaos if you are not careful, especially since there is already an example of the Holy See in Europe.

"Well, I will give your eldest brother a reminder in the letter, and your eldest brother said that he will also build a port on the European side, which can allow steamships to replenish fuel and fresh water, plus the port we built on the west side of Africa, steamships can go directly to Europe, so the ships that are going to Europe next time can all be changed to steamships." Zhao Yan said with a smile again at this time. There was also a look of excitement in his eyes, after the steamship was put into use. The communication between the Great Song Dynasty and Europe will be more convenient, and maybe he will also go to Europe in the future.

"That's great! It's a pity ......" Zhao Xu was also very happy when he heard this, but then he became a little depressed, because he thought that even if it was only a day's journey from the Great Song Dynasty to Europe, he didn't want to go there to play.

Seeing the change in the expression on Zhao Xu's face, Zhao Yan could also understand his mood. sighed secretly in his heart at the moment, and then stepped forward and patted Zhao Xu on the shoulder, but he didn't say anything, because he knew that no matter what he said at this time, he couldn't comfort Zhao Xu's injured heart, unless he could let Zhao Xu out of the palace immediately. Unfortunately, this is also impossible, because it will take some time for him to prepare for the things he is secretly preparing.

After a series of foreign expansion, as well as the continuous development of the domestic economy, the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty is also extremely high, and the control over all aspects of the country is also greatly increased, so when the Great Song Dynasty gathered the people of the Buddhist and Taoist sects together, and announced to them that the imperial court allowed them to go to Europe to preach, the two major religions also responded very positively, and in just one month they picked the candidates to go to Europe, these people not only have profound Buddhism and Taoism, but also have rich missionary experience, which can be said to be the backbone of the two religionsNow, in order to support the actions of the imperial court in Europe, the two religions are also doing their best.

Soon, these monks and Taoists who were preparing set off for Europe together, and there were also a lot of materials and personnel with them, and most of these people and materials were spontaneously organized by some businessmen, because the business group they had sent to Europe had sent back the news, so that they also had some understanding of European commerce, and now was the best time for them to occupy European commerce, if it was a little later, I am afraid that European commerce would be divided up by others, and they would not even be able to drink some soup.

At the same time that this huge fleet left the Great Song Dynasty, the Guhe army that conquered the Western Regions finally returned to the dynasty victoriously, and some of the meritorious people also entered Beijing with Guhe to be sealed, and of course some prisoners of war were also escorted back to Beijing, the most important of which was naturally Yeluchun.

Yeluchun took the initiative to surrender this time, and he also surrendered with his whole family, because he really didn't want his family to follow him to hide in Tibet, but when he surrendered, there were not many troops under his command, because most of the troops left with Yelu Dashi, these people are diehards of Liao, and many people are unwilling to stay and wait for death with Yeluchun, so most of them chose to fight with Yelu Dashi.

Zhao Yan didn't know about Yelu Dashi leading the army to leave before, he thought that Yelu Chun had surrendered, and Yelu Dashi must be among the prisoners of war, but it wasn't until Guhe and the others were about to arrive in the capital that he inadvertently knew about it, which made him worry again.

Because Zhao Yan knew that Yelu Dashi was not a simple person, in the original history, he had established a huge Western Liao in Central Asia, which not only defeated the coalition forces of Central Asian countries, but also drove the forces of the Serju Empire out of Central Asia. He even prepared to attack the Jin State and regain the lost land of the Liao State, but unfortunately due to a horse plague, the war horse died of too many diseases, which interrupted his Eastern Crusade, otherwise he might have really defeated the Jin State and rebuilt the Great Liao.

However, now he is worried that it is too late for Yelu Dashi, and even if he knew it a long time ago, it is impossible for Guhe's army to pursue westward again because of a Yelu Dashi, because further west is already the sphere of influence of the Serzhu people, although the Great Song Dynasty is powerful, the speed of expansion is too fast, and now it has reached the limit, and it is really not suitable to be an enemy of such a powerful country as Serzhu in a short period of time. (To be continued.) )

PS: Spring is coming, but people are also prone to illness, the old fish and the son have been recruited, now the son has a fever, I have a fever plus diarrhea, almost all afternoon in the toilet, now the limbs are weak and the brain is dizzy, this chapter is a little shorter, but the old fish really can't stand it, I have to go to sleep after taking the medicine, I feel like I'm about to faint.