Chapter 578: Journey to the West or Journey to the East
If Yunyao did not intervene, a hundred years later, Datang would open the first city shipping department in Lingnan and begin to manage and collect taxes on shipping. However, in fact, shipping has already appeared, and Sun Wukong was also the first batch of people to eat crabs, rowing a raft out to sea to find Bodhi Ancestor to learn art, at that time it was still the Spring and Autumn Period.
Therefore, shipping really has a long history, if you count the immortals who went to sea to find the fairy mountain, it can be traced back to the ancient floods.
In short, in fact, going to sea is not unfamiliar to the people of the Central Plains, and several fixed seaports have been basically determined for thousands of years, all the way south.
At this time, Yun Yao began to think crankily again, if he developed shipping and arrived in Tianzhu directly through the Maritime Silk Road, then ten years later, if Tang Seng did not choose to travel west, but chose to go to sea, the Western Church would not be very embarrassed?
It is really possible, if Yun Yao really develops a big ship and explores the route to Tianzhu, then Tang Seng may really choose to take the waterway at that time.
The demon clan on the way to learn the scriptures should complain that Yun Yao caused them to have no Tang monk meat to eat.
Yun Yao was just about to start drawing the drawings of the big ship when he thought of what would happen ten years later, and suddenly hesitated. Ten years is enough time for Yun Yao to help Datang complete the development of maritime trade, enough to go back and forth to Tianzhu several times. In these years, the waterway is still faster than the land route, if Tang Seng really chooses the waterway, it will not be "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", but "The Legend of the Tang Haiyi".
The barbarians on the sea, referred to as Haiyi.
At that time, Tang Seng will settle down in the barbarian city-states on the coastline, trade and supply, record the supply points and ports of the maritime trade route, record different customs and customs, and it is estimated that he will not meet a few monsters, because it is not in the city-state, or on the ship, and the sea is still the territory of the dragon king, and there are no monsters.
In short, the situation will definitely be completely different, but with such a huge change, the Western Sect may really take Yun Yao directly. After all, this hand is too lacking in morality, it can be said that it directly broke all the arrangements, the ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties of the Western Sect are all in the west, if Tang Seng avoids it, finds another way, avoids all the hidden weapons and chooses to go to sea, the arrangements of the Western Sect will be in vain.
"So there should be a plan at all times, and you can't hang yourself from a tree." Yun Yao said that there are two saints in the Western Sect, and a backup plan should be prepared, and the possibility of Tang Seng taking the sea route must be considered.
However, the Western sages would not have thought that Yun Yao would do things at this critical time, if there was no Yun Yao, it would have to be a few hundred years before they could lead to Tianzhu, and they would have to wait for Zheng He's treasure ship to appear before there was a direct route to Tianzhu. There is no need to worry about Tang Seng taking the waterway at all, because he knows that he can't walk, and it is not easy to walk.
But if Yunyao builds a big ship and opens a route, there will be a new possibility. Moreover, Tang Seng went to learn scriptures on behalf of Li Shimin, Li Shimin could completely plan Tang Seng's route, he said that if you take the land route, you will take the land route, and if you take the water route, you will take the water route, which is completely in the control of the emperor.
Yun Yao laughed, it was so funny, she seemed to have seen the distressed expression of the Western Sect monk.
Western saints have also discovered the changes in the way of heaven, and the process of the great revival of the Western religion is also ninety-nine eighty-one difficult, and now there is another difficulty. pinched her fingers and found that she was still the god of flowers, and she actually wanted to open up shipping in Datang and make big ships? Sure enough, she is a troublemaker, can't she be allowed to complete it, if this is completed, Tang Seng chooses to go by sea and land, won't their arrangements be all over?
What to do?
"She has a relationship with the Interception Sect, so it is better to ask the Tongtian Sect Master to come forward." The sage said that they couldn't go directly to Yun Yao. Unless they are determined to subdue Yun Yao, they still have to give Heavenly Court face. Yun Yao is a criminal official of Heavenly Court, he is being punished in the mortal world, and he still belongs to the management of Heavenly Court, so it is not easy to find it directly. But it's not appropriate to intercede with Heavenly Court, and Heavenly Court may want to open his mouth again. So after thinking about it, it is more appropriate to go to the Tongtian Sect Master, first, Heavenly Court can't say anything, second, Yunyao should be obedient, and third, the Tongtian Sect Master is still in confinement, and he shouldn't put forward excessive conditions when he makes a deal.
So after thinking about it, it was the best plan to stop this matter through the Tongtian Sect Master.
Even a saint doesn't want to tell the truth, why was the Tongtian Sect Master beaten by the group in the first place? Isn't it because the Tongtian Sect Master is truthful, if he cooperated with the gods at the beginning, there would be no future things at all.
So the best solution is not to give the saints the opportunity to beat up the Western religion. Once a saint does something that makes other saints criticize him, he will easily be beaten by the group. After all, the saints are the real competitors, and they must be suppressed if they can be suppressed.
The Tongtian Sect Master is now in a state of suppression, locked up and confined, and the sect has also dispersed, although he is a saint, he is alone, whining and mourning.
"Okay, just go and apologize to the Tongtian Sect Master, presumably in the master's retreat for thousands of years, his temper should also be restrained a lot, so that he won't frown at the first sight." If you think it's okay, it's really appropriate to find the Tongtian Sect Master to solve this matter.
So the two saints disappeared in situ in tacit understanding, and in the blink of an eye, they were already outside the sky, standing behind Tongtian.
The Tongtian Sect Master faced the galaxy and was thinking about it.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you." Rulai was the first to speak.
The Tongtian Sect Master remained motionless, sat cross-legged with his back to the two of them, and said leisurely: "I already know your intentions, but Yun Yao is not a disciple of the sect, and I can't do anything about it." ”
Hehe, both of them can feel the secret joy of the Tongtian Sect Master, he is secretly having fun now. It must be that he wants the Western Sect to open conditions, the two glanced at each other, thinking that they could open a condition, but if the Tongtian Sect Master is still unwilling, then it is inevitable that he will have to find Master Hongjun to make a decision.
However, if you want to find the master, you will prove that they are incompetent, since they are incompetent, how can the abbot prosper? So looking for a master is the last choice, let's talk about the conditions first.
"Although he is not a disciple of the Interception Sect, he has the inheritance of the Interception Sect and has a relationship with the Interception Sect. If Taoist friends can help each other, the Western Sect will definitely remember a favor. The usher saint took over the conversation and said calmly.
The three of them didn't seem to be talking about conditions, but like chattering.
"Forget about human affection, my current embarrassed appearance is just a monkey in the twilight." The Tongtian Sect Master said.
Cunning guy, if you know that this is a condition for yourself. At that time, Zhuangzi ridiculed the four and the three because of the heart, and said that everyone had no overall view because of their intentions, and they were all seven, but the monkeys were happy because of the four and the three, and the human race was as stupid as these monkeys.
But now the Tongtian Sect Master means not to talk to him about human favors, he has decided that he will have four and three at dusk, just like a monkey, he will have four first, otherwise there is nothing to say.
In fact, when there are many resources, there is no difference between three and four and four and three, it is indeed seven a day. But in the precarious Warring States Period, no one knows if there is a meal after eating this meal, so the four and the three are definitely stronger than the three and the four, after all, what you get is your own, and you can make sure that you can live until the evening before you think about the others.
Therefore, although Zhuangzi's truth is correct, in the bad situation of precariousness, the monkey is a kind of survival wisdom, because if there are four in the morning, maybe everyone can still live until the evening, and if there are three in the morning, there may be no night.