Jinyang.
Liu Taozi rode Black Wind, followed by many knights behind him, heading north along the official road.
Zu Jue was beside him, looking back at Jinyang City in the distance from time to time.
"Lord, if such a big thing is left to Yao Xiong, don't we need to keep an eye on it?"
Liu Taozi didn't look back, just looked at the road ahead.
"I don't know anyone else when Grandpa's nursery rhyme came out, but Yao Xiong seemed to be very anxious. He wanted to prove his talent and prove that he was not just pretending."
"Since he didn't set a random target, sent people to investigate many times, and went to the river himself, then let him do it."
"We have more important things to do in Pingcheng."
Zu Jue narrowed his eyes, "Actually, he doesn't need to care so much, nursery rhymes are just nursery rhymes."
"However, since the lord agrees with his idea, let him do it."
"Wei Xiaokuan is not easy to deal with."
"Yes, Wei Xiaokuan has never been easy to deal with."
"Not only him, Yu Wenyong is also difficult to deal with."
Zu Jue laughed and said, "Yu Wenyong wanted to unite the Chen and Turks in the past, and then established a puppet Qi in Henan, and the four parties would attack together."
"In a hurry, the Turks could not get past Hu Luguang, and the Chen people were unable to fight anymore. They stole the two Huai rivers, and Duan Shao even attacked his reinforcements. He occupied Henan. Yu Wenyong is not sure what his Qi will look like at this moment."
Liu Taozi said calmly: "At least he can come up with a complete strategy and actively implement it."
"I think he won't take this too seriously and will adjust his strategy in time and continue to think of ways to defeat us."
Zu Jue glanced at Liu Taozi in surprise.
"My lord attaches great importance to this boy."
"Among the four enemies around, this person is the most difficult to deal with."
Zu Jue didn't talk about Puppet Zhou anymore, he asked: "Now that I'm back in Pingcheng, it's time to start working on joining the king's title."
"Well, it doesn't have to be too troublesome. The simpler, the better."
"Should Xingtai also be moved?"
"To Yecheng?"
"Or Jinyang."
Liu Taozi shook her head, "It's not necessary. As I said, the Zhou people are the biggest enemies. The government should still be in Pingcheng, and the focus should still be on those Zhou people."
"good."
"I will arrange the rest."
"Um."
The cavalry slowly disappeared on the official road.
Chang'an.
The palace was extremely lively.
The weather is still cold and the wind is raging.
But in front of the main hall, there were densely packed people standing there.
There were soldiers stationed on all sides of them. These soldiers were fully armed and looked at their hair ornaments. They were all Han Chinese.
Since Yu Wenyong changed the military system and turned the generals into the emperor's servants, the Zhou emperor had the power to give direct orders to the grassroots troops, skipping the generals and officers in the middle.
Yu Wenyong selected a large number of unpopular elites, gradually replaced the original imperial army with them, and completely controlled the entire palace and Chang'an.
He appeared in the military camp many times, directly faced the soldiers at the grassroots level, and gave them many rewards and rewards.
This greatly increased Yu Wenyong's prestige in the army, and sergeants everywhere regarded themselves as the emperor's servants. Many generals who opened the government were very dissatisfied with this, but they had nothing to do.
But there are too many things Yu Wenyong wants to do.
Military matters alone account for the main part of his daily workload.
He also worked like crazy, just like Chen Qian, the first emperor of Chen Guoxian, who worked from morning to night, only regretting that he had too little time every day and never enough.
In the middle of the area surrounded by soldiers was a simple high platform.
On all sides of the high platform, there were many ministers, generals, doctors, celebrities, etc. sitting.
Sitting on the left were a group of Taoist priests. These people had stern faces, raised their heads, and stared at the people opposite with displeasure.
On the right side of the high platform, there are many monks sitting. These people are smiling and nodding amiably to the people around them.
From the attitudes of the officials and generals on both sides, we can see who has the advantage at the moment.
The people on the edge of the high platform were talking and talking noisily.
Yu Wenxian sat in the middle of the officials opposite and looked around.
At this moment, there were no heroes left around him.
Alone.
It's not just him, most of the other officials are like this.
After the emperor came to power, he repeatedly strengthened the power of the king, changing the history that the army only belonged to the generals, and the talents only belonged to their masters. He not only brought the soldiers over, but also surrounded the various clans, generals, and Zhuguo in the past. Those young heroes were also absorbed by him, appointed and promoted, and demanded a complete change in their behavior of being only loyal to their superiors and not to the emperor.
Yu Wenliang, who was sitting next to him, looked around and asked puzzledly: "What exactly does your Majesty want to do?"
"I could understand everything he did in the past, but why do you have to be on top of these people now?"
Yu Wenxian looked around, and then whispered: "Destroy the Buddha."
Yu Wenliang couldn't help laughing, "How is this possible?"
"Your Majesty, do you want to imitate Liu Taozi?"
"How many believers are there in the Great Zhou Dynasty? From top to bottom, they probably account for 70 to 80 percent of them, right?"
"Everyone from the ministers and generals here to the common people and soldiers believes in it. How can you do it even though Your Majesty has only been in power for so long?"
Yu Wenxian pondered for a moment, "It's hard to say."
"Um??"
Yu Wenliang looked at him in astonishment, "Do you really think you can do it?"
"Your Majesty is smart. He has just ascended the throne and has already won the loyalty of many people. However, there are many people in the court who still do not understand. Your Majesty is waiting for an opportunity. Just wait and see."
As Yu Wenxian was speaking, the sound of rapid footsteps came from the distance.
Everyone around the high platform immediately stopped talking.
The scene suddenly became extremely quiet.
Soon, Yu Wenyong came down the steps, with many soldiers behind him.
Everyone stood up in a hurry and knelt down to greet him.
Yu Wenyong forced out a smile, asked everyone to stand up, and then sat on a high platform in the north, from where he could overlook everyone present.
After he sat on it, a dignified-looking man hurried over and bowed to Yuwen Yong.
Yu Wenyong nodded slightly.
"Zhen Qing, you should record this debate carefully. I love Taoism and I really don't want to miss such a wonderful debate. Do you remember it?"
This man is Zhen Luan, a senior official from Sili, who comes from a wealthy family, the Zhen family in Zhongshan.
Zhen Luan was considered a top celebrity in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the most powerful mathematician, and the most powerful calendarist. He wrote the best books at the time, and he was known as a great talent.
Zhen Luan lowered his head and said yes.
Yu Wenyong waved his hand, signaling the start of the debate between the two.
This was a debate conference convened by Yu Wenyong. It was said to be a debate on the order of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. In fact, it was just a debate between Taoist priests and monks.
Yu Wenyong's face looked slightly solemn.
The debate officially begins.
A Taoist priest quickly walked onto the high platform and saluted everyone, while a monk also walked up from the opposite side.
The two of them were of similar age. They bowed to each other again, then sat down and began to debate.
The Taoist priest called him Zhang Bin. Zhang Bin had a long beard and a rosy face, and he really looked like an immortal.
The monk sitting opposite him, called Zhixuan, was wearing rather simple and patchwork clothes. I don't know if he was just pretending or if he was just like that.
After both parties sat down, Zhang Bin began to describe his arguments.
Of course Zhang Bin believed that Tao should be ranked first. He used the origin of Tao as an example. He believed that Tao came from Lao Zhuang and its meaning encompassed the world. Both Confucianism and Buddhism came from Tao. Tao is everything and everything is Tao.
He quoted from scriptures and spoke clearly and logically.
From the source to the meaning, it is explained clearly.
After he finished speaking, monk Zhixuan began his own rebuttal.
"What you just said were all lies. You just told some unfounded things and used personal conjecture to interpret the teachings."
Zhixuan said seriously: "I think there is no difference between Buddhism and Taoism. The moral principles of the three religions are actually to persuade people to do good in order to make the world peaceful. However, Taoism really has no achievements in this aspect. The original
Taoist priest
They bewitched the king and made him chase the unrealistic dream of immortality, and despised the government, causing turmoil. Then the Taoist priests began to confuse the public with their evil words, causing many rebellions. By the end of the Jin Dynasty, Taoist priests were refining elixirs, and all scholars were fond of metaphysics!"
"They talk all day long about the false and unrealistic things you just said. They don't talk about the present at all. They surrender, go into the mountains and forests to live in seclusion, and hide from the world. They are good at making prophecies. They are all unreasonable, ignorant, and have no achievements!"
"In the past hundred years or so, Buddhism has absorbed hundreds of schools of thought, read through the classics, and many talents have emerged. However, you just stick to your own laurels and borrow the opinions of Confucianism and Buddhism to argue with Confucianism and Buddhism."
"If you ask me, there are only two religions at present, Confucianism and Buddhism. Taoism comes from Confucianism and is learned from Buddhism. It cannot be called one religion alone."
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Zhixuan spoke faster and faster, almost blaming the hundreds of years of turmoil on the other party.
Zhang Bin was furious and immediately retorted, "The Buddhists have stolen so many Confucian and Taoist classics, how come we ended up stealing them?"
"If I were to speak, there should be only Taoism and Confucianism. You and Buddhism are just foreign guests, Hu"
Zhixuan narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Bin expectantly, waiting for the other party to say the next words. Zhang Bin woke up in time and changed his words: "Nonsense!"
If this involves a barbarian, something big will happen.
Although Zhou's Sinicization process in all aspects was higher than that of Qi, after all, the emperor was Xianbei, and so were the generals and many ministers.
The last minister said that his emperor and nobles were all foreigners, and the graves of the entire clan had turned into forests.
Zhixuan focused on this and kept chasing Zhang Bin, deliberately guiding him in this direction.
Zhang Bin was sweating profusely, but he couldn't lose, and he couldn't say anything.
Zhou used a very strange way of Sinicization, which is called Xianbei Sinicization.
There are not enough Xianbei people in the country, and the Han people have risen, but we want to ensure that the country still belongs to the Xianbei people, what should we do?
Eh!
A man named Su Chuo suddenly raised his finger and had an idea.
As long as we let the Han people in the country become Xianbei people, wouldn't it be good?
As a result, the Puppet Zhou Dynasty began to give Han people crazy names like Xianbei. Yang Jian was named Pu Liurujian, and Li Yuan was named Daye Yuan.
As long as the Han people are renamed, and the systems and decrees are renamed, then we are no longer Sinicizing, we are Xianbei!
The Pseudo-Zhou Dynasty followed such a strange path of Xianbeiization. The longer the Xianbeiization lasted, the less Xianbei became. At the end of the Xianbeiization, Xianbei words could no longer be used as military orders, and the Xianbei people would not understand them.
However, these are topics that cannot be discussed openly and should not be cited in debates.
The more Zhang Bin spoke, the harder it became. In the end, he was left speechless. Zhixuan seized on his pain point and attacked him wildly, "In these years, Tao has always reprimanded us for being outsiders and for being Hus."
It has been pointed out that many rebellions were launched in this name. Is where it comes from so important to you? Wouldn't it be good if it can benefit the world? So what if they are from outside? The people used are not from outside. Do you still think that
We are also outsiders and don’t belong to the Zhou Dynasty?"
Yu Wenyong sat in the upper position, his face dark.
Seeing that Zhang Bin was unable to refute, he suddenly spoke.
"Is your Shi family very clean?!"
Zhixuan was stunned and looked at the emperor behind him in confusion.
Not only him, but the officials and generals also looked at the emperor, all a little confused.
Yu Wenyong said angrily: "To stabilize the world? You have never rebelled? In the previous dynasty, you were not the ones who were executed for rebellion?!"
"Today, they are seizing farmland, distributing interest, and forcing people into slavery. In this great Zhou Dynasty, there are millions of monks and nuns occupying countless areas. They do not pay taxes and eat meat and drink blood. It is really unreasonable!!"
"How dare you say that others are wrong?!"
Zhixuan immediately stood up and looked at Yu Wenyong, his face was solemn, "Since it is a debate, how can your Majesty protect your shortcomings?"
"If His Majesty personally participates, is it still a debate?"
Yu Wenyong stood up directly and left angrily.
Walking towards the main hall, Yu Wenyong's expression became worse and worse.
When he walked into the main hall, the soldiers did not dare to speak, but lowered their heads, feeling the emperor's soaring anger.
Yu Wenyong took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.
He slowly sat on the upper seat, with many documents placed on both sides.
Gao Jong walked up quickly and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too anxious. These things are not that easy to deal with. Taoist priests are no match for monks. We still need a suitable opportunity. Your Majesty is too impatient today and should not have leaked your information so quickly."
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Yu Wenyong looked at Gao Jiong aside, and the anger on his face dissipated a lot.
"You're absolutely right."
"I was too reckless today."
"Things are not going well these days."
"The envoy sent to Duan Shao failed to see him or even enter the city, and was almost killed."
After Duan Shao's betrayal, Yu Wenyong sent an envoy again, hoping that both parties could put aside their prejudices and deal with Liu Taozi together.
But Duan Shao, a stubborn donkey, had no intention of joining forces with the Zhou people. The Zhou people, Liu Taozi, and Chen people were all his enemies, and he would never bow his head.
This gave Yu Wenyong a huge headache.
With Duan Shao's attitude, if he goes to attack Liu Taozi in the future, will he attack him?
If he goes to attack Duan Shao himself, will Liu Taozi take action?
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Gao Yan looked at the somewhat irritable Yu Wenyong and said in a low voice: "Speaking of this matter, I do have an idea."
"oh?"
"What's the idea?"
"We should never have gone to Duan Shao from the beginning. Your Majesty, what do you think of Dugu Yongye?"
Hearing Gao Yan's inquiry, Yu Wenyong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Dugu Yongye is very ambitious. However, this person, like Duan Shao, has fought with us before. I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"His Majesty."
Gao Jiao chuckled, took out a few documents from his arms and put them aside.
"These are the documents recently obtained by the Internal Affairs Bureau. I will briefly sort them out."
"After Dugu Yongye accepted Duan Shao and others, he began to intervene in the appointment and removal of people. He would serve as his confidants in the prefectures and counties he submitted to. If the person was appointed by Duan Shao, he would come up with various methods.
To deal with it, or even let the other party die violently, and then replace it with one of our own."
"Duan Shao is now leading Dugu Yongye's soldiers to fight, and he has left Baibao to Dugu Yongye."
"Duan Shao should know what Dugu Yongye is thinking. He wants to conquer these elite men under Dugu Yongye's command, and then attack and kill them."
Yu Wenyong frowned, "Dugu Yongye has been in Jinyong City for many years, and everyone is his people. How can Duan Shao subdue them?"
"Duan Shao can win battles. The more battles he wins, the faster these people will change their minds."
"Duan Shao's prestige is already very high, and if he fights against the Southerners, I think the probability of victory is also very high. If Dugu Yongye continues to let him stay on the front line, I'm afraid the sergeants will gradually start to waver."
"Even if he doesn't follow Duan Shao to kill Dugu Yongye, as long as he wavers and cannot take action in time, Duan Shao can kill Dugu Yongye."
Yu Wenyong said thoughtfully, "What do you mean?"
"Duan Shao is our great enemy. He can indeed deal with Liu Taozi, but he will never give us convenience. On the other hand, he can win over Dugu Yongye. If we can help him get rid of Duan Shao, we will be safe.
Henan is slowly dividing its interests and temptations, and he will definitely become a sharp knife in our hands. Perhaps one day, the entire south of the river can be conquered without attacking."
Yu Wenyong clenched his fists and began to think deeply.
Gao Jiong said again: "Your Majesty can do more about this matter."
"Don't think about it. I'll leave this matter to you. You can find a way to contact Dugu Yongye, show your kindness to him, and inform Duan Shao of the situation there. Whatever you need, you can tell me, and I will do my best.
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Gao Qiao was a little moved and hurriedly bowed his head and thanked him.
Yu Wenyong gave him a few more instructions before sending him off.
Just as Gao Jiong left, Yu Wenyong began to deal with the documents in his hands.
But before I took a few glances, I heard noises coming from outside.
Yu Wenyong was furious and hurriedly sent someone to inquire.
The guard came back soon to report.
"It's Mr. Lu who wants to see the Queen Mother."
Yu Wenyong was furious, "Go and bring me that Zhu Zi!!"
After a while, two guards pulled an eight or nine-year-old baby into the hall.
This child is Yu Wenyong’s eldest son, Yu Wenyun.
Yu Wenyun looked at his father in fear and hurriedly knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.
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"Tang Gong": Fu Zihou had three merits in the Tang Dynasty: founding the country, supporting the establishment, and serving the people!
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