Luo Su walked without hesitation.

Just like the clouds in the sky, fluttering and casual, the wind in the forest passes through the hall, but does not leave the slightest trace.

"Ancestor, don't you make some achievements for the world?

What is the purpose of walking on the road like this? ”

It's not just Luo Jingcheng who is asking, even Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye used to be a little incomprehensible.

For everyone, it is the right way to devote as much limited time as possible to the almost complicated and infinite affairs of the world, to leave a name in the history books, and then to become famous all over the world.

Luo Su stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, looking at the waves crashing on the shore, looking up at the cliffs and dangerous peaks, and his voice couldn't help but echo in the mountains.

"What kind of deeds do you make?

Clarifying the rule of officials for the Sui Dynasty?

Suppress the gate valve?

Re-clearing the land?

Create a clear politics like Kang Zhao?

Recreate the Han Dynasty's Gaohui Wenwu prosperous era? ”

His voice was full of indifference, and he had said when he came into the world that it was not what he wanted to do, or rather, it was not the most important thing for him, but something that he did casually.

Just as for Luo, he didn't just let Luo's return, and then get some officials, and when he returned to the Han Dynasty, he wanted Luo's to return to the peak state of the Zhou Dynasty.

He thinks very differently from the rest of Lowe.

Because he's not human!

……

Starting from Liangzhou and going all the way to the west, the style has been very different from that of the Central Plains.

The Sui Dynasty was indeed a unified country.

Since the establishment of the tributary system in the Zhou Dynasty, even after entering the first empire of the Qin and Han dynasties, this tributary system, including internal and external services, has been inherited.

The prefectures and counties of the Sui Dynasty included the scope from Liangzhou.

In the northwest of the Sui Dynasty, there were two large states, one of which was the Western Yan Kingdom, which was established by the Murong royal family migrating here after the collapse of the Murong Yan Kingdom, occupying part of the land of the original Liangzhou, as well as a part of the plateau.

The Western Yan State was a buffer between the Sui Dynasty and the Western Turks, and it was also a buffer between the Sui Dynasty and those tribes of the Qiang people, after submitting to the Sui Dynasty, the Western Yan State blocked a lot of trouble for the Sui Dynasty, and of course, the Western Yan State itself caused a lot of trouble to the Sui Dynasty.

Although the Murong clan was from Eastern Xia, its prestige in the northwest was ridiculously high, especially the rebellion of Murong Chui Sanping Liangzhou, which was simply revered like a god.

When Luo Su walks, he does not make a cursory observation, but finds things that ordinary people cannot observe from the details.

For example, in the prosperous commerce that led from Liangzhou to the Western Yan Kingdom, he came to a conclusion - "There will be a great power on the plateau!" ”

Luo's family has a natural keen talent for business, and as soon as Luo Su said this, Luo Xuanjing, who was already extremely talented, immediately reacted and said, "Old ancestor, do you mean that the population of the plateau has increased?" ”

Luo Su nodded and said, "That's right, the climate in the world has warmed up over the years, and I know that many places that are not suitable for living will become suitable for survival.

But judging from the explosion and prosperity of commerce, it is very likely that millions of people will survive on that once barren plateau. ”

The corners of Luo Xuanye's mouth twitched slightly: "The situation of the Sui Dynasty is really not good, there is Liaodong Kingdom in the northeast, and it is a large country with millions of people.

There is the Western Yan Kingdom in the northwest, and the Murong clan tree has deep roots and is not easy to attack.

The Western Yan Kingdom is the country of Zhuxia, and it is still obedient, and the Hu and Han countries of Liaodong are mixed, and the changes are unknown, which is a hidden danger of the Sui Dynasty.

Now there may be a large empire in the southwest, and it is still a country where the Zhuxia civilization has not spread.

The Sui Dynasty still has a long way to go if it wants to become the well-deserved leader of Zhuxia. ”

Luo Su carefully felt the changes in his body, and said with a slight solemnity: "The most important thing is that it is too high here, and when the cavalry from the north reaches the south, it will usually give birth to epidemics.

There are countless cases of defeat caused by the failure to adapt to the water and soil, and this plateau is almost like a curse, are you two still in good health? ”

Luo Xuanye clenched his fists slightly, and said solemnly: "At least the strength of Sancheng has been weakened, and the hands and feet are obviously sore, if an ordinary soldier comes here, the impact may be greater, if you want to fight in this kind of place, you need the top elite soldiers." ”

Luo Xuanjing's little face was even paler, and Luo Su shook his head when he heard what Luo Xuanye said: "Ah Ye, you are wrong, this kind of abnormal reaction is not something that can be carried by a good body, and even sometimes the body is too good, but it will cause a heavier burden." ”

Luo Xuanjing gasped slightly and asked, "Old Ancestor, can the Temple Army fight here?" ”

Luo Xuanye's eyes lit up, and the information of the Temple Army quickly flashed in Luo Su's mind, and a smile appeared on his face, "Ah Jing, you are right, the Temple Army should be able to survive here, and it seems that it is even better to go to the Western Regions to take a good look." ”

To rebuild the temple army, we must first recover the Western Regions, select the source of troops from the Western Regions, and then need a lot of foundation, and finally the problem is back to the foundation, the shortage of foundation, this is simply Luo's current lifeline.

……

Now the most powerful country in the Western Regions is the Western Turks, basically the traditional eastern part of the Western Regions, except for a small part in the hands of the Western Yan State, most of them are in the hands of the Western Turks.

The royal court of the Western Turks was set up in the lower reaches of the Ili River, at the foot of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, where the grassland is fertile and suitable for farming, and it is 6,000 miles away from Chang'an, 7,000 miles away from the DTZ royal court, and 10,000 miles away from Winterfell.

No Central Plains army could go on an expedition here and defeat the powerful Western Turks, so the Sui Dynasty had always fought against DTZ and had never thought about the Western Turks at all.

There is another reason why the Western Turks chose this place as the royal court, that is, this is where the Wushuang City of the Holy Land of the Western Regions is located, of course, this place has long been no longer called this name, and it is now called the "Divine Landing City", which is the source of faith in the Western Regions.

……

When Luosu entered the territory of the Western Regions, and even before he reached the Western Turkic State, the style was already very different from that of the Central Plains, which was full of all kinds of traditional Cypriot people, as well as all kinds of people who had migrated over the past two hundred years, such as the Uighurs, but even those who were obviously Han Chinese were different from the Central Plains.

Almost all of them wear something similar to Buddha beads, but they are definitely not the kind of Buddha beads of Central Plains Buddhism, because they are clearly written in words "Emperor Suwang, long live peace", and this kind of words are filled with almost every bead.

Luo Su has not experienced the process of Luo's gradual mythology, he sees everything as novel, but Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye feel that it is difficult to evaluate, and the two of them have some traditional Central Plains perspectives.

"In the years since the Central Plains withdrew, what happened in the Western Regions after the collapse of the Zhao State?"

This is a question that fills Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanjing's minds, and the current Western Regions is very different from when Luo left at the beginning.

……

Luo Su and the three of them walked all the way, inquired all the way, and probably knew what was going on.

Luo's last concubine left in the Western Regions was Luo Jialan, who succeeded him as the high priest of the temple, and then married Zhao Yingluo, and established the state of Zhao after the destruction of Hu.

Luo Jialan crowned Zhao Yingluo and became the first monarch in the Western Regions to be called the emperor, and also the first woman to be called the emperor in the history of Zhuxia.

Their son inherited the throne of the Zhao State, the clan Zhao, and the daughter inherited the position of the High Priest of the Temple, and the Zhao State officially entered the dual monarchy, a monarch of faith and a monarch of politics.

This system was destined to cause chaos, and when this system had been in operation for 70 years, there was a political crisis in Zhao State.

At a time when this political crisis arose, there was also a clash of ideas about the temple, with conservatives arguing that the temple should stand alone, as it had done for centuries, in order to maintain the purity of the Suwang faith.

However, the radicals believe that the temple should take the initiative to seize the ruling power of the Western Regions and become an uncrowned king above the monarch, so as to be able to defend the faith of King Su, so as not to be completely occupied by the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism, and King Su only exists as a tablet.

Zhao Guo collapsed in internal and external troubles.

The Western Regions once again became a small scattered country due to geography, and in the process, the conflict at the temple gradually subsided, and the conservatives were defeated by the radicals.

After all, radical teachings always attract more believers, especially the glory of King Su.

……

After Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanjing learned about this, they were a little dumbfounded, although Luo has been promoting the deification of King Su, but this apotheosis is biased towards philosophy, which is also in line with the habit of the Central Plains people who have been struggling since ancient times.

But the Su King of the Western Regions has really become a god.

The difference is probably that the Su King of the Central Plains does not need to be believed, it is a conceptual god, just like the people will casually say God, they will also say on various occasions that King Su blesses, and King Su is above.

The Su King of the Western Regions has become a concrete existence, and even the image has changed, the previous image of the Su King, whether it is the image of a civil minister or a military minister, is a standard nobleman, and some of them also have a crown on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but they can be seen to be human.

The image of King Su of the Western Regions that Luo Su and the others saw was not like this, it was an extremely majestic image, extremely tall, and it was the appearance of a god in people's imagination.

"This ......"

Even Luo Xuanye couldn't hold back, some were speechless, and Luo Xuanjing said directly: "How can you ......?"

Luo Su listened to these with interest, and after seeing the performance of Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanjing, he said with a smile: "Aren't mythological characters and legendary characters since ancient times like this?

The people would always pass on the word of mouth to give the gods the divine power they wanted, so one by one the gods with infinite power appeared.

As long as you don't deliberately scandalize, what about a little change?

Just like the deification of King Su, isn't it also the descendants of later generations who are good at advocating, King Su has never said a word about this. ”

Luo Su's words calmed the two of them, and Luo Su said with a little emotion: "Before, on the grassland, during the Winter Turks, we saw some monks, you should still remember." ”

Luo Xuanjing said in a playful voice: "Remember, Ancestor, you are very interested in those monks, and you also asked about their teachings, and the great monk still wants to preach to you." ”

Luo Su nodded and said, "Yes, at that time, I just thought that they were really different from the monks in the Central Plains, but now it seems that it is no wonder that this is the case, it turns out that it is because of the Western Regions."

The Buddhism here has been greatly transformed into a kind of Buddhism with considerable combat effectiveness, of course, the biggest change may be Taoism, this kind of Taoism that does not have the unity of heaven and man at all, and Taoism is natural, is it still Taoism? ”

For Luo Su's question, Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye naturally couldn't answer, when they diverted to Dunhuang before, they saw countless Buddha caves, and after going all the way into the Western Regions, they found two characteristics that were very different from the Central Plains.

In the Central Plains, Taoism Sanqing is mostly clay sculpture, smeared with bright colors on the outside of the clay sculpture, most of the Buddhist gods are shaped with a golden body, in order to appear majestic, but this is not the case in the Western Regions, whether it is Buddhism, or Taoist gods, the golden body and bright colors, all complete.

Usually there are countless murals in the hall, the flying immortals are vertical and horizontal, the light shines, highlighting a majestic and sacred, the three of them go all the way to the west, in the Western Turkic country, they don't feel that this is the Western Turkic country at all, and there are similar Buddhist temples and Taoist temples and Taoist temples everywhere.

Luo Xuanjing asked Luo Su with some doubts: "Ancestor, why do these Western Turks and Winter Turks come from the same origin, and they were even the same country a few decades ago, but the difference is so big?"

We have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles, and we don't see the slightest Turkicization, even the hats and clothes worn by the Turks, you can't see them here at all, why is this? ”

Luo Suluo sighed slightly: "This problem is very complicated, if you say it briefly, there are mainly several reasons.

The Turks themselves had a very low degree of civilization, not only in terms of language and writing, but also in terms of the organization of civilization.

From Bang Zhou, our civilization in Zhuxia has made great strides forward, and until now for more than 1,500 years, we are the well-deserved core of civilization in this land, and our civilization continues to expand to the surrounding areas.

Those surrounding tribes either actively or passively accept our civilization, especially for the rulers, the demand for the Zhuxia civilization is extremely high.

From the bottom of their hearts, they are full of admiration for us, and even those powerful tribes still look up to us.

They don't care whether their civilization dies or not, which cannot be called a civilization at all, and this is the premise of everything.

When the Western Turks entered the Western Regions and wanted to maintain their rule, they had to cooperate with the nobles of the Western Regions, and they could never rule stably by force alone.

Facing the fertile Western Regions, facing this land praised by the Su King, abandoning the so-called Immortal Heaven and choosing to merge with the beliefs of the Western Regions, this is an easy choice to make.

The rule of the Western Turks in the Western Regions is relatively stable, and I think that not only is it completely integrated into the Western Regions, but it must also have accepted the coronation of the temple. ”

For what Luo Su said earlier, Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye are quite understandable, when Zhuxia was pioneering, it was also integrated into the local area, such as Wu Guo's original tattoo, such as Qi State's obedience to many local rules in Dongyi, and for example, Zhao State had a period of reform, Hu Fu cavalry shooting, this is to attract Hu people to join, the most classic is Chu State, and the local integration has also created a unique Chu State myth and culture.

Zhuxia, which has the support of a strong civilization, is still like this, and it seems very reasonable that the Western Turks chose to take refuge in King Su in order to stabilize their dominance.

But......

Luo Xuanjing said with some hesitation: "Will the temple really crown the Hu people like the Western Turks who have not been made into Zhuxia?" ”

Luo Su said lightly: "Why not?"

This Suwang Temple in the Western Regions is very unusual.

In the Western Regions, where it is accessible in all directions, I have seen too many things, and I have only been in the Western Regions for a long time, and I already have countless ideas.

The temple has been in the Western Regions for so long, and the mind has long been unaware of what it has become.

Especially in the current temple, there is no real temple army, and there is no Luo's presiding, isn't it normal for it to deteriorate?

Besides, even if the temple crowned the Western Turks, the result was really good, and I think the high-level of the Western Turks have not been sinicized, but they have been Zhuxia.

In a few decades, these Turkic people will only know King Su, not the Immortal Heaven, speak elegant languages, read scriptures, and worship King Su, what is the difference between these people from the Western Regions who have been in the summer for hundreds of years? ”

Zhuxia and sinicization,It can't be completely equated.,If it's simply sinicization,In fact, even Luo's hasn't done it.,After all, Luo's still has a lot of habits left over from ancient times.。

The culture here in the Western Regions is even more different from that of the Central Plains, and it can be said that it is a different direction of Zhuxia.

Luo Xuanye asked in a cold voice, "Ancestor, what if these Turkic people are unwilling to change?" After all, they have swords in their hands, and who can force them to change? Relying solely on the coronation of the temple? ”

Luo Su laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "Ah Ye, who told you that the sword in the hands of the Turks is sharper?

After only a short time in the Western Regions, I knew that the temple had a strong appeal and could even launch a holy war, but the reason why it was not launched was only because of the cooperation with the Turks.

Otherwise, the Western Regions will be a river of blood, no one is willing to fight, and there must be a cooperative relationship between the temple and the Turkic royal court, and the temple will achieve its own goals through the Turkic royal court.

I guess it's the temple that wants to integrate the beliefs of the Western Regions and wipe out all those chaotic beliefs, but what is the situation, you still need to go to the city of God to see. ”

Divine Presence was one of the destinations of the trio this time.

"Ancestor, do you want to meet with the upper echelons of the temple?"

Luo Su muttered: "The temple is different from the Jiangnan Luo clan, as the joint ruler of the Western Regions, the entanglement of interests must be extremely deep.

If the temple high priest is unreliable, we will not see it, and if the temple high priest can be trusted, we will consider seeing it again.

The safest way is to work together inside and outside, the key is the temple army, if the Central Plains Dynasty cooperates with the oppression of the Western Regions, in this case, and then exert force from the inside of the Western Regions Temple, it will be able to smoothly and smoothly receive the entire temple.

It seems like a pretty large system, and if we were to rebuild it, it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive. ”

The temple is, of course, quite a large system, and in order to gain power, the temple is far more organized than before.

In front of Luo Su and the three of them was the specific situation of the temple, which was all public, but it was clearer in the city of God's presence.

The supreme ruler of the temple is the high priest, and this position is in the hands of the three major families, which are the three children of Luo Jialan's daughter, and have the blood of the Luo family.

The position of high priest was chosen among these three families.

The most powerful under the High Priest is the commander of the Temple Army, and the current Temple Army is naturally not the omnipotent Temple Army, but an army similar to the Praetorian Guard.

Below is the High Priest of Roselle, who is the deputy of the High Priest of the Temple.

Below them are the five priests, each responsible for a part of the Western Regions, these eight people are the highest level of the temple, and most of the temple affairs are decided by them.

This system already has the meaning of a political system, and the current nature of the temple can also be seen from it.

After Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye looked at it, they sighed with emotion, "The temple has changed so much, I dare not recognize each other, this is ......"

Luo Su sighed with emotion: "What the conservatives feared at the beginning really came true, the belief of Suwang Temple is no longer pure, not only in terms of doctrine has absorbed a lot of Taoist Buddha's thoughts, but also changed the original style in action.

But the radicals probably did not expect that the belief of Suwang, which was determined to be pioneered, would be so greatly affected.

People cannot exist in isolation from the world, as long as there is communication, there must be change, even if it is the Luo clan blessed by the ancestors, it is still so, let alone a temple that is far away from the family for 200 years?

Is this also what Su Wang's ancestor meant?

After I came into the world, I actually sent such a temple to me. ”

Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye felt that they seemed to hear a trace of excitement and happiness from the words of their ancestors, and at the same time they thought that they must have heard it wrong, and looked up at Luo Su, and saw that Luo Su really had a smile on his face.

It seems that he is very satisfied with the current situation of the Suwang Temple!

Luo Xuanjing asked, "Ancestor, you seem to be very happy?" ”

Luo Su raised the paper in his hand and said, "When I was about to make a big move, shouldn't I be happy that a knife that would become extremely sharp after a little sharpening appeared in front of me?"

Ah Jing, Ah Ye, I feel that you seem to have a deep misunderstanding of me.

I'm curious, what kind of person am I in history, in your hearts? ”

The two didn't expect Luo Su to suddenly ask this question, and they didn't have time to think about what Luo Su said earlier.

Luo Xuanjing said directly: "You are the defender of King Su's ancestor Zhou Li, you are the protector of Bang Zhou, you are the incarnation of the ancient sages, whether it is ability or morality, you are the best choice." ”

Luo Xuanye answered: "You are a model of loyalty, the embodiment of benevolence and righteousness. ”

Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanjing have endless beautiful words, but even these beautiful words can't say what happens in their hearts, the first minister after King Su is the ancestor Wengong.

Luo Su listened to these words, but only smiled lightly.

He looked at Qingtian with his hands in his hands, and said with a flat expression: "Do you remember that I am the first head of the family who is not the eldest son of the family to succeed to the throne.

I defend the law of etiquette because it is good for the world, I protect Bang Zhou, because Bang Zhou is good for the family, I am loyal, benevolent, and have noble character, because I am the son of King Su.

But I've never been constrained by that, I'm the ultimate pragmatist.

I was ready to reform the Zhou ritual system in a big way during the Bang Zhou period, because I had already seen the shortcomings of those systems, the shortcomings of hundreds of years later.

But in the end I found out that it was impossible.

So I immediately changed my mind and strengthened my defense of it, which is called changing according to the situation.

In the Han Dynasty, the Luo clan insisted on the primogeniture system because the Han Dynasty needed this to be stable.

But I don't think the new dynasty needs it, because the new dynasty doesn't need stability, because I don't need a stable, lifeless empire that can only keep involuting.

That's why I said that the primogeniture system should be abolished.

Etiquette?

Weekly rites?

Propriety?

None of this is on my mind, and if it doesn't work for me, then it's time to get over. ”

These rather domineering words shocked the two again, the more they came into contact with this old ancestor, the more they felt that Duke Wen was able to achieve those achievements, and it had nothing to do with luck, it was completely because Duke Wen's personal ability was too rebellious.

Luo Xuanjing said in shock: "But ancestor, there is an ancient saying in the clan that rules protect us, and when we trample on the rules, we are in danger."

This......

Can this really change dramatically? ”

Luo Su looked at the two of them and laughed loudly: "Do you remember what I said to you when I was in Luoyang?"

The change of rules does not allow you to destroy it directly, unless you have the ability to represent a new force, such as those scholars replacing Dr. Qing.

If not, then develop it and let it go the other way, this is the right reform!

I've been saying one thing all along.

I didn't come here to create another prosperous era like the Han Dynasty, what I wanted to do was to break everything before and break free from the empire of the Qin and Han dynasties.

So I'm not in a hurry to get in, I'm not in a hurry to change the ills of the Sui Dynasty.

I have traveled far and wide, setting my sights on the infinity.

I have some insights in the grassland, and I have made great gains in the Western Regions, which will be turned into my food.

I already had a preliminary blueprint in my head, and I already had a rough idea of what I should do.

What is needed now is to continue to fill in this blueprint of mine, not only Zhuxia will change with my thoughts, but also with my thoughts. ”

Luo Su's voice was high and resolute.

He was the tallest man in Lowe, and his words were the will for Lowe.

He was the only one who could save Lowe's gradual decline.

And he's now found a way!

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From the collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the culture within Zhuxia ushered in a vigorous development and integration, and the religious forces ushered in a golden period, especially in the Western Regions, where the religious atmosphere was already strong, various ideas sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but the top of all religious ideas was the pearl of Suwang Temple.

Until Luo's return to the Western Regions, no one knew that in the years to come, it would have a resounding name, called "Xuanmen". - "A Brief History of Xuanmen"

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