Chapter 22: Buddhism and Taoism compete with each other, and Wushuang wants to go east
The will of the imperial court naturally went all the way from Luoyang to the Western Regions, and the will of King Qin was bound to spread throughout the states and counties.
Luoyang is thousands of miles away from the nearest country in the Western Regions, and there are dangers along the way, and the only thing to be thankful for is that there are no Taiping Taoists in Liangzhou and Sili.
From the Yumen Pass and Yangguan of Dunhuang County to the east, there are the countries of the Western Regions.
For today's people in the world, the Western Regions are to the Han Dynasty, just like the Chu State is to Bang Zhou, from the deepest part of their hearts, they admit that the Western Regions are a member of Zhuxia, but they are full of contempt, and they even call it Xiyi excessively.
Even the princes and kings who came to Luoyang to participate in the tribute were ridiculed by the Luoyang magnates, which can be seen.
Wushuang Hou was born in the Luo family, because he had the help of his brothers in the Central Plains, he had not experienced these things, but his influence in the Central Plains was still low.
However, among the four counties of Hexi, which are close to the Western Regions, the influence is relatively high.
The biggest difference between the countries of the Western Regions and the Central Plains is that Taoism and Buddhism are extremely prosperous in the Western Regions.
Emperor Su is the supreme faith, but it is not considered a religion.
While Taoism and Buddhism are true religions and are well suited to propagation, these two sects copy the scriptures from each other.
Buddhism is the best at absorbing local culture and localizing it, and Taoism is the most suitable for the Central Plains.
The missing worldview of Taoism is directly taken from Buddhism to modify, after all, in the area of religion, Buddhism is rolled out of the Gu pile of Ah San, and there are countless worlds at every turn, just look at the number of words, and bragging alone is really not an opponent.
After Ji Zhao was introduced to Buddhism, he continued to experience upgrading, and every time these two religions improved their world view, Ji Zhao was upgraded once, and it was already a level out of nothing in the two religions, and the patriarchs of the two religions were incarnations, because of the argument about who is the real incarnation, the dog's brain was about to be played.
To be honest, this bragging method shocked Luo's.
For more than a thousand years, Luo has never thought about this aspect, and the promotion of Suwang's divinity is all casual, and it took a lot of effort to explain the human body and the heavenly god body at the beginning.
But Ah San has a whole set of theories to explain this aspect.
It can only be said that Ah San's brain circuits are really different, and they are really playing with flowers in terms of religion, and Zhu Xia's pragmatism still can't be compared.
In fact, Buddhism and Taoism also wanted to complain when they first preached, if it weren't for the fact that Su Wang's belief was deeply rooted in the Western Regions and many places, no one would want to find a father for himself.
Fortunately, both religions are polytheistic religions, and they can always come back.
At first, Luo's tried to block it, but later found that there seemed to be an inexplicable aura shrouded in the land of the Western Regions, and living in this land would naturally be closer to religion, just like living in Zhaocheng would gradually be affected.
Only Luo's son can not be affected, so he let it develop.
After a hundred years of development, in this vast land, Taoist temples have been erected, temples have been built, and thousands of miles of land have been transformed into thousands of miles of Buddha country and Taoist land.
The current Central Plains Taoism is not the kind that many people remember, who do you love, don't delay my state of cultivating immortals.
It can be seen from Zhang Jiao that the goal of Taoism in the Central Plains is to establish an earthly Taoist state, overthrow the existing regime, and realize the integration of politics and religion, whether it is Taiping Dao or Wudou Midao.
Buddhism is all a trick in front of Taoism.
Taoism in the Western Regions was naturally the same at first, but it was too radical.
The goal of Buddhism is to make the lords of the kingdom believe in it, so Taoism was beaten half-naked in the early stage, and later changed its strategy and gave up the establishment of the Taoist state, which only then did it gain a firm foothold.
Luo's attitude towards the existence of religion is laissez-faire, after all, Luo's has experienced the cruel human sacrifice religion of the ancient Yin Shang.
Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, in Luo's view, they are docile little sheep, especially Buddhism, who is very sensible at a glance, and first created the road of touting King Su.
Ay.
That's the way to go.
Taoism is indeed more dangerous than Buddhism, after all, it has been thinking about establishing a Taoist state, which is a bit inconsistent with Luo's idea, after all, if you want to establish a theocratic state, Luo's was established as early as the Bang Zhou.
But there is only one true god in the world, King Su, and King Su sleeps all day long, it is impossible to stare at the world all the time to solve difficulties, and the existence of the Dao Kingdom is very unnecessary, and it is enough to use it as spiritual comfort.
In the Wushuang Kingdom, you can see monks and Taoist priests everywhere, as well as many believers, there are obvious Han faces, there are obvious faces of the Western Regions, and there are a large number of mixed-race faces, some people wear Taoist robes, but they carry rosaries, which is quite confusing, but this is the mainstream of the Western Regions today, that is, fusion.
In the vast land, temples and Taoist temples were built, and the Taoist priests and monks in the temples and Taoist temples were busy, after all, in addition to chanting sutras every day, they also had to farm or graze.
Although they are Taoist priests and monks, they still have to pay no tax at all, and if they don't farm or graze well, they can't pay taxes when the time comes, then the problem will be big.
It's not just the Mushuang Kingdom, but in most countries, in fact, this is the case, only those famous monks and Taoist masters can exempt themselves from these things, those people are actually equivalent to the powerful, they are the ruling class, and in this era, it is normal to have privileges.
Rock's rule has been here for two hundred years.
Since the time of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, the whole country is still thriving, which is an advantage of a small country, and it is not as easy to decay as a huge dynasty.
The Liu family has two princes and kings here, both of which should have been feudal, but the Western Regions are too special, and the requirements for bloodline are relatively high.
In the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu was no longer qualified to change these two princes and kings.
However, these two Liu vassal states are not stable now, and the internal strife is very serious.
The royal family killed each other and constantly fought for the throne, and the Wushuang Marquis didn't know which one to help, because no innocent person, according to Luo's moral standards, deserved to die.
Wushuang Hou's Mansion.
Almost every day, it is crowded with dignitaries from various countries, merchants from the Peerless Princes, and the political center of the Peerless Princes, where the owner can influence the entire Western Regions.
Although basically every year there are people who rebel, but this world is like this, there are always people who have their brains pumped and feel that they can do it again, if everyone is smart, wise, and rational, this world will not be so unpredictable.
In the study, the contemporary peerless Hou Luokong is constantly rubbing a holy decree from the Central Plains, which is the edict of King Qin of the imperial court.
His expression was very entangled, and after a long time, he sighed slightly and said, "Go see your mother." ”
(End of chapter)