The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Li Shimin's condition is getting worse day by day, and the ministers are all watching.Some people are worried about his body, while others are waiting to see the joke.

But no matter what kind of person it is, he would never have imagined that he would use this method to solve the problem.

Then not only the trouble was solved, Li Shimin also won the unanimous praise of Confucianism, and his status has been catching up with the ancient holy emperor.

We must know that China's ethical and moral system was established by Confucianism, and the governance of the country is also based on Confucianism.

Even though the Tang Dynasty respected Taoism, even if Buddhism was huge, it still overwhelmed Confucianism.

But the rituals and laws of the entire country were established by Confucianism, and the officials are basically scholars of Confucian origin. This is a fact.

And once Confucianism starts to flatter someone, it means that the entire bureaucratic system starts to lean towards someone. This time they chose to flatter Li Shimin.

Aiwujiwu, regarding Li Shimin's various reforms, they have changed from watching Li Shimin's reforms with cold eyes to supporting them.

In fact, Confucian scholars are the most supportive of the reform. This is not difficult to understand, just look at the main content of the reform.

Enfeoffment belongs to the system of the Three Dynasties Period, which is ancient.

Learning politics is to educate and cultivate good governance, which is in line with Confucius' thought that there is no distinction between teaching and learning.Moreover, the main teaching materials used in the academic and political system are Confucianism, which will help them regain the status robbed by Taoism and Buddhism.

There is no need to mention the imperial examinations. Only Confucian scholars who implement the imperial examinations can compete with the gentry and dignitaries for the opportunity to be an official.

As for the incompatibility between the expansion advocated by the Tang Dynasty and the benevolence and righteousness advocated by Confucianism... there is no such thing.

Before the rise of Confucianism, Confucianism was also martial, otherwise how could the Han Dynasty, which respected Confucianism, be so powerful.

Benevolence and righteousness are taught to one's own people, but to the enemy should be taught by riding and shooting.

It's just that the Tang Dynasty respected Taoism politically, but actually believed in Buddhism. There was no special courtesy to Confucianism, and Confucian scholars naturally didn't have any special feelings for the emperor.

Regarding the reform of the imperial court, most of them are on the sidelines. They have the feeling that you beat you, and it has nothing to do with me.

But now that Li Shimin delegated power to the prince, he directly touched the point of Confucianism and made them collectively climax.

Under the leadership of Confucianism headed by Kong Yingda, Confucianism finally began to make its own voice.

Started to praise Li Shimin, and also supported and advocated the new law. For a while, the progress of the construction of the academic administration and the imperial examination system accelerated again.

Originally, there was a shortage of teachers in many places, but now all of them have been resolved, and some teachers are even appointed by well-known local scholars.

Correspondingly, Li Shimin's position has become more stable.

"But it also means that Confucianism is finally unwilling to be lonely, and has begun to fight for its own interests in this great era." Chen Jingke said.

Wu Shu, Tian Shiwen and Li Chunfeng on the side all nodded silently.

Tian Shiwen and Li Chunfeng came to reconcile.

Of course, they won't directly say that we have tricked you, I am sorry, and now I will apologize to you, please forgive us and so on.

This is impossible.

They didn't cause this crisis, they just took advantage of it.

You are stupid enough not to see through the crisis, and you can't blame others.As long as you are smarter and more careful, the latter things will not happen.

But as an ally, it's really a bit unethical for them to do so. In addition, Zixiao Temple is always the leader of Taoism, so they have to come to show it.

So the two came and took the initiative to express that Zixiao Temple had worked hard, and the next thing was left to them.They will mobilize the power of their own sect to attack Buddhism.

Chen Jingke naturally wouldn't say anything, and the matter was settled.

At least on the surface.

Then we talked about Confucianism's praise of the emperor, and Chen Jingke gave the above judgment.

The three of them naturally agreed with this judgment, so they remained silent.

After a while, Li Chunfeng said: "Confucianism has joined the battle, and the situation is about to become chaotic again."

Tian Shiwen said disapprovingly: "Buddhism is our great enemy. We don't need to pay attention to Confucianism. We only need to suppress Buddhism according to the plan."

Li Chunfeng said worriedly: "I'm afraid that Confucianism and Buddhism will join forces to resist my Taoism."

Tian Shiwen frowned and said: "Confucianism is my Chinese lineage after all, so it shouldn't be allied with Buddhism, right?"

Wu Shu said: "Why not? If Taoism annexes Buddhism, coupled with the support of the royal family, my position as the number one school of Taoism in the world will be unshakable."

"Since Confucianism has joined the war, it is inevitable that they do not want to see such a situation. It is not surprising that they have formed an alliance with Buddhism."

Li Chunfeng then said: "Maybe Confucianism will not object to Lao Tzu's theory of transforming Hu, and dare not object, but that's all."

"If we want to continue to put pressure on Buddhism and annex their influence, Confucianism will probably take action. When the two families join hands, we will not be able to please."

Tian Shiwen also frowned and said nothing, this possibility is very high.

Seeing that the atmosphere had cooled down again, Chen Jingke asked back: "Why wait for Confucianism to form an alliance? We can also find Confucianism to form an alliance."

Everyone froze for a moment, they didn't expect him to make such an opinion.

But Li Chunfeng shook his head and said: "It's difficult, we are too strong, the Confucianists will be afraid. And we have gained the current advantage with great difficulty. If we give the benefits to the Confucianists for free, many people will object."

Chen Jingke said mercilessly: "Greedy."

Li Chunfeng smiled wryly and said: "It is indeed greedy, but if we are not greedy, why would we be sitting here?"

Tian Shiwen kept silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wu Shu naturally supported this man unconditionally, said: "If we were greedy at Zixiao Temple, we wouldn't be sitting and talking like this now."

Li Chunfeng was also stunned and had nothing to say.

Indeed, with Zixiaoguan's status, if you are more ambitious, you can integrate those small sects first, and then go back to deal with them, these big factions, and become the leader of real power.

At that time, everyone's identity will no longer be an ally, but a master.

A little bit of revenge, Wu Shu felt very at ease, and asked Chen Jingke: "Your real man, you said that you want to cooperate with Confucianism, but you don't know how to cooperate?"

Chen Jingke pondered for a while and said, "Confucianism belongs to the world, and Taoism belongs to faith."

Li Chunfeng immediately said: "No, the power of the world is the most powerful. If we give up these things, we will be subject to Confucianism in the future."

Tian Shiwen finally expressed his opinion: "This method is no different from holding a sharp knife upside down, it is absolutely impossible..."

But he changed the subject and said again: "However, I agree with what the real person said about forming an alliance with Confucianism, but the conditions have been changed."

Chen Jingke said happily: "Oh, what do you think?"

Tian Shiwen said: "First, we don't annex Buddhism, we just need to allow Buddhism to recognize Lao Tzu's transformation of Hu. Second, together with Confucianism, we revise and interpret Buddhist scriptures to make them completely Huaxia."

"At that time, Buddhism will still exist, and it will still compete with our Taoism in terms of beliefs, but this kind of competition belongs to the internal disputes of Chinese culture... just like the North-South dispute in my Taoism."

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Taoism was also divided into two parts due to the division of the regime between the North and the South.One is Northern Taoism and the other is Southern Taoism.

Both sides have produced capable people and carried out a series of reforms, which can be said to have their own characteristics and strengths.

After the unification of the country, there was also a long period of friction between the North and the South Taoism.However, regardless of the northern and southern Taoism, the foundation of thought is actually the righteous one.

So even if there is a dispute, it is not very intense.

After decades of fusion, the two sides absorbed each other's strengths and returned to the same again. There is no distinction between North and South, only different sects.

Everyone also understood what Tian Shiwen meant. It wasn't that he gave up on annexing Buddhism, but that he extended the timeline.

First determine that the Buddha is the Tao, and then slowly carry out ideological exchange and integration, and finally integrate into one.

Although this plan was too idealistic, none of the people opposed it, mainly because they couldn't think of a better way, so they could only try it.

So Li Chunfeng expressed his opinion after thinking for a while: "Buddhism is strong, it is really difficult to annex them at once, and gradually eating away at them may be the best way."

Chen Jingke also said: "Yes, I agree with Guanzhu Tian's idea, so let's try this method. Anyone who wants to contact Confucianists and ask their opinions."

Tian Shiwen looked at Li Chunfeng.

Li Chunfeng took the initiative: "There is no leader in Confucianism, but Confucian scholars are the direct descendants of Confucius, and they have a very important discourse power in Confucianism. I can talk to him."

Chen Jingke said: "Okay, I will leave this matter to you, and get the opinion of Bachelor Kong as soon as possible."

The matter to be discussed is almost over, and the two bid farewell.

Chen Jingke sent them to the door. Before parting, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Li Daochang, does the Taishi Bureau have detailed drawings of the armillary sphere?"

Li Chunfeng nodded and said: "There are indeed blueprints, which were collected by the former Fu Taishiling."

Chen Jingke said: "I don't know if you can show me the blueprint, it will be of great use to me."

Li Chunfeng said embarrassingly: "The matter is so important that I need to report to the sage first."

After all, ancient astronomy and astrology belong to the science of prophecy, and ordinary people are not allowed to learn it.

Chen Jingke said: "Forget it, I will ask His Majesty for a note when I am free, and you can go back and copy a copy of the drawing and prepare it."

Li Chunfeng was naturally so happy, and said: "Okay, I'll let someone prepare it when I go back."

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After they all left, Wu Shu asked puzzledly, "What do you want the blueprint of the armillary sphere for?"

Chen Jingke pretended to be mysterious and said: "Create a treasure, and you will know it when the time comes, and you are guaranteed to make a lot of money."

Wu Shu said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you make money or not, we are not short of money. I am more curious about the baby you mentioned."

Chen Jingke said: "Then you just wait and see, I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

The two returned to the room during the conversation, and Wu Shu said seriously: "I don't believe you can't see the consequences of letting Confucianism control the world, but why did you propose this cooperation method?"

This method is indeed feasible in religious countries, but for thousands of years in China, secularism is greater than religion, and this method will not work at all.

Unless China can be turned into a religious country, but this is not much easier than unifying the earth, so don't even think about it.

Chen Jingke asked back: "Can't it be that I think it's wrong?"

Wu Shu shook his head and said, "It's impossible for you not to think of such a simple reason, there must be other reasons."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "Sister Wu, who knows me, does have other reasons."

Wu Shu asked: "Tell me quickly, what makes you so confident that you are not afraid of Confucianism becoming bigger."

Chen Jingke did not answer directly, but asked: "Evaluate it, even if according to my method, Confucianism has obtained the right to govern the secular world, how long will it take for them to fully control the secular world?"

Wu Shu pondered for a while and said, "It's difficult. Apart from Taoism and Legalism, Military Strategies and other schools, it is too difficult for Confucianism to completely control the world."

"Unless they can make a breakthrough in thought, and then crush the legalists and military strategists in terms of overall strength, it is impossible to completely control the secular world."

"But even so, they will have a huge advantage. It will not be difficult for them to overtake my Taoism after a long time."

Chen Jingke said: "You are right, but I will not give Confucianism this time."

Wu Shu asked in surprise, "Are you going to break the contract and attack Confucianism?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "No, I don't need it at all. I just need to develop Gephysics and promote Chinese civilization."

Wu Shu was a little puzzled and said, "Is Gewu Xue really so important?"

Chen Jingke said affirmatively: "It's more important than you imagined. There will only be Chinese civilization in the future, and the knowledge of Chinese civilization will be divided into liberal arts and science..."

"Liberal arts refers to Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, law, military, etc., and science refers to various subjects included in Gewuxue..."

"Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism... will become no longer important. Those who study literature will be familiar with the thoughts of a hundred schools of thought, and draw nutrients from them to form their own complete thoughts."

"So it's okay to give up the secular world to Confucianism. Before they really control the secular world, the world will change again."

Wu Shu asked in disbelief: "Will these really come true?"

Chen Jingke said resolutely: "It will definitely come true, and it won't be too long, we can see it in our lifetime."

Infected by his self-confidence, Wu Shu couldn't help but said: "I will do my best to help you, so that this day will come sooner."

Chen Jingke stepped forward to hold her hand and said, "I knew you would help me."

Then he said: "Many people suspect that I came to Datang with a mission. Although no one gave me any mission, I gave myself a goal."

Wu Shu continued, "Let Chinese civilization dominate the entire world?"

Chen Jingke paused for a moment, then laughed dumbly and said: "This is just incidental, the real goal is to bring scientific thinking methods to Datang."

Wu Shu asked suspiciously: "Scientific way of thinking? What is this?"

Chen Jingke thought for a while and said: "If you can't explain it in a few words, you will understand in the future. You just need to know that Gewuxue is one of the important manifestations of scientific thinking methods. If you develop Gewuxue well, science will come."

Wu Shu still seemed to understand, but she didn't break the casserole to ask the end, but said: "Although I don't understand it very well, it doesn't matter, I can help you with suggestions on what you want to do."