Sure enough, the wine that had been specially processed by the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord made everyone intoxicated. Needless to say, Lu Li, who regarded wine as his life, was just short of dancing. Even those who weren't addicted to alcohol, like Tiger King and Yang Hong, were cheering.
In the banquet that followed, I tried my best to show off my knowledge of modern wine, sex, and delicacies. I estimated that the ten famous wines of China in the future might all be brought out. I also talked about the eight major cuisines of China and compared them to the moves I had seen in the porno. Actually, I didn't remember much. I only brought out a small part of what I remembered. Even so, it still shocked the three Taoist priests and Imperial Preceptor. They simply felt that they had met too late. Even the honest king of Che Chi Country felt his blood boil after hearing my porno moves. He only hoped that he could experiment with them as soon as possible.
In the end, when the banquet ended, the three fellows insisted on inviting me to their residence to rest and ask me for guidance. Naturally, I was more than happy to do so. After a slight decline, I could only go and disturb them.
That night, I followed the three Taoist masters to their residence to rest. To my surprise, the residences of these three fellows were unusually simple. They were probably at the standard of ordinary people's houses. They didn't even have a single servant. The three fellows personally served tea and poured water.
Big Tiger King saw my surprise and explained,"Brother Tang Emperor, although we are Imperial Preceptor, we know that not disturbing the people is the foundation of the country.”
I came back to my senses and cupped my hands." The three state preceptors hold high positions, but they are so honest. I admire them."”I was puzzled. Didn't Central TV say that these three guys were so bad that they had sores on their heads and pus on their feet? Why wasn't that the case at all? Not to mention anything else, just based on the standard of their residence, they were first-class officials in this ancient era.
What surprised me even more was that after everyone sat down, they didn't talk to me about wine, food, and women. The Old Tiger King asked me first," May I ask, Brother Tang Emperor, what is the Great Tang's current state religion?”
I don't know about this, but as far as I know, Buddhism was almost the national religion in ancient China. The Tang Dynasty was probably no exception. "Buddhism," I answered.
"Brother Tang Emperor, why did the Tang Empire establish Buddhism as the state religion?" Lu Li asked. Why not establish Taoism? Does Tang Emperor's younger brother know?"
I was stumped by this question. That's right, why did the Celestial Empire use a foreign religion as its national religion? And the Chinese Taoism was thrown aside. Thinking back carefully, in the 21st century where I came from, although the Chinese government called for religious freedom, Buddhism was still the mainstream.
In the past, I only opposed foreign religions purely from the perspective of the Chinese. I feel very uncomfortable that the great Great Heaven is actually letting A'san's religion become the overlord. This is also the fundamental reason why I firmly stand on the side of Grand Supreme Elder! So I never thought about why Buddhism became the mainstream religion in China. Now that the three Daoists had brought it up, I couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In my opinion, the fundamental doctrine of Buddhism is to persuade people to be good and to stand aloof from worldly affairs. It's good to persuade people to be good, but basically, the emperors who flatter Buddhism are all pretending to be good. To put it bluntly, staying aloof from worldly affairs was to submit to adversity and teach the people to bow their heads in the face of oppression. This might be the true purpose of the rulers. In order to facilitate the exploitation of the people, the rulers vigorously suppressed local religions and promoted Buddhism, thus protecting the interests of the rulers. The tragic thing was that during the Opium War and the period of Liberation, when China was oppressed by foreign and Japanese devils, how many of them rose up to resist? Most of them were submissive. Wasn't this the result of Buddhism's long-term deception? I once heard an old saying,"Buddha in troubled times, the way to govern the world." This might be the true view of the people towards religion.
Yang Hong saw that I didn't speak for a long time and thought that it wasn't convenient for me to answer." Brother Tang Emperor, may I ask if you like Taoism or Buddhism?”
What religion do I like? Haha, I like Buddhism the most because there is a great advantage to it. No matter what kind of evil things you have done, you just have to go to the church and say, Lord! I'm guilty…Then, nothing happened. Perhaps the foreigners bullied people all over the world because of their religion. If I had to believe in a religion, I would choose the Christian religion. Also, islam is not bad. You can marry four wives, but you can't eat pork. Of course, I can't say this out loud, or these three Taoist extremists will definitely kill me.
At this time, I also roughly understood the purpose of the three Taoist masters inviting me to their residence. They probably wanted to persuade me to persuade the godbrother of the dead Tang Sanzang to establish Taoism as the national religion of the Tang Dynasty. You don't want to talk about wine, food, and beauty with me. At this moment, I suddenly thought of a way that might be able to save my disciples.
"Imperial Advisors, stop asking. I know what you mean. To be honest with the three Imperial Preceptor, although my Imperial Brother has temporarily established Buddhism as the national religion, it is only for the stability of the country. My mission to the various countries of the Western Regions is called a friendly visit, but it is actually to investigate the situation of the Orthodoxy of the various countries of the Western Regions for Imperial Brother, so that Imperial Brother can decide whether to establish a sect as the Orthodoxy as a reference.”I spoke without thinking. I wanted to pique the appetite of the three Taoist Extremists.
As expected, the three Taoist extremists were overjoyed. They looked at each other and the eldest tiger king said,"How was the Tang Emperor's brother's journey? Which sect should the Great Tang establish as the Orthodoxy?”
"Along the way, I saw countless monks abusing the people, oppressing them and causing unrest in the country. This was most obvious in Che Chiguo. Whether it's for the country or the people, even if I have to risk my life, I will never allow Buddhism to become the national religion of the Great Tang! "It's just that…" I looked like I wanted to say something but hesitated.
"But what? Please speak clearly, Tang Emperor's younger brother." The three Taoist extremists were ecstatic and asked in unison.
"Sigh…!" I sighed heavily." Unfortunately, my words carry little weight. The monk's influence in the various countries of the Western Regions is too great. I'm afraid I can't persuade my Imperial Brother."”
"Tang Emperor's younger brother, you are the Tang Emperor's younger brother.”
"Brother Tang Emperor, if you have any difficulties? Feel free to ask. As Daoists, we should contribute to the spread of Daoism in the Great Tang.”
"Brother Tang Emperor, if anyone dares to stop you, I will kill him for you! Also, do you have any enemies? I'm not boasting about my martial arts and spells, but slaughtering their entire family is no problem!”
The three Taoist Extremists kept talking about how they wanted to help me.
I saw that the time had come." I have an immature idea. I wonder if it will work? If possible, Imperial Brother will definitely agree with my opinion.”
"Please tell us, Brother Tang Emperor. We can certainly do it if we put our heads together.”
Looking at the sincere eyes of these three Taoist extremists, my conscience hurt for the first time. They were all good people. Strange, I don't have this organ in my body!
However, for the sake of those unfilial disciples, I kicked away the conscience that suddenly appeared. "My plan is to capture a few monks who have committed all kinds of evil and bring them to my royal brother as proof. It would be best if they are high-ranking figures of Buddhism. They will prove how shameless monks are and how foolish it is to establish Buddhism as the national religion. But I don't have the strength to even tie up a chicken, so how can I catch a Buddhist figure with enough weight?”
The impatient Yang Hong immediately said,"That's easy. We have a few of them, and they're the good fortune girls and good fortune boys of the old virgin Guanyin…”
"Third Brother!" the eldest tiger king shouted.”
Yang Hong immediately understood and shut his mouth.
"Brother Tang Emperor, please rest today. We'll discuss your proposal another day."”
Phew, I finally didn't waste my effort. The money-grubbing beauty Xiaolong and Red Boy are indeed in Che Chi Country. Then my unfilial disciples must be locked up here. I thought to myself.
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Although there was no blackout today, he had something to do at night, so he could only play this much. Send it up first to avoid being called a tj!
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