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Chapter 723 Tang Dynasty (2)

As the ruler of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was qualified to know most of the secrets in the world. He was also aware of the affairs of the ancient human race. From the perspective of the human race, all the saints were enemies and threats to the human race. The human dynasty was one of the foundations of the human race, and Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, would naturally not sit crookedly and ignore the interests of the human race.

So, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Don't worry, father. I know everything about the great teachings of the saints."

Li Yuan nodded gently and did not ask any more questions. The Tang Dynasty's policy towards the great religion was painstakingly planned by Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng. With the wisdom of the two sons, Li Yuan could not find any fault with it.

The current policy of the Tang Dynasty is to make Taoism the state religion and support Xuanmen to fight against Buddhism!
Some of the teachings of Buddhism are completely contrary to the spiritual core of the human race. The knowledgeable people of the human race extremely hate the negative teachings of Buddhism. For this reason, when the human empires were fighting for hegemony, the Southern Continent also launched a large-scale anti-Buddhist campaign. Although, in the end, the human empires stopped the anti-Buddhist campaign because of the edict of Shouyang Mountain. However, most of the heroes of the human race have not disappeared their disgust for Buddhism. Buddhism does not engage in production and encourages people to accept adversity. This is simply heresy for the positive human race.

But what!
When the great catastrophe of heaven and earth comes, Buddhism will flourish. Even if human beings do not like Buddhism, they cannot go against the will of heaven.

However, God has his own will and man has his own humanity!

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin immediately contacted Taoism and made it the state religion of the Tang Dynasty! First, it was in the interests of the Tang Dynasty to use the power of Taoism to recover Dongsheng Shenzhou; second, Taoism was the most peaceful and least aggressive of the three religions of Xuanmen. The Tang Dynasty established Taoism as the state religion, and there was no need to worry that Taoism would affect the human authority of the Tang Dynasty; third, Taoism and Chan were one, and the Tang Dynasty was preparing to suppress Buddhism with the help of Xuanmen.

Although the teachings of Buddhism do not conform to the fundamental spirit of the human race, they are too deceptive to ordinary humans! Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng both knew that they must not allow Buddhism to spread recklessly in the Tang Dynasty. With the model of Buddhism gathering faith and incense, once Buddhism becomes big in the future, it will not only occupy the merits of human civilization, but also pose a great threat to the human rights of the human race.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty would not suppress Buddhism blatantly, so as not to give people a chance to criticize! But for the Tang Dynasty, it was enough for the government to flatter the powerful and trample the weak behind the scenes! In recent years, Buddhism has had a difficult time developing in the Southern Continent, and the Tang Dynasty was behind it. Of course, in addition to the Tang Dynasty's hidden hand, there was also the Xuanmen's strong suppression.

Buddhism wants the credit for educating the human race, and Taoism naturally wants it too!
The Tang Dynasty established Taoism as the state religion, which was an extremely rare opportunity for Taoism. Therefore, in recent years, Taoism has changed its previous inaction and indifference, and the various branches of Taoism have tried their best to suppress the Buddhist forces!

Li Yuan knew the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards the saintly sect. The reason why he had just reminded Li Shimin was because a great catastrophe was about to begin, and Li Yuan was also worried that the great catastrophe would backfire on the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Li Jiancheng continued, "Father, second brother, although Shouyang Mountain has an agreement with Buddhism, judging from Mr. Zhuge's attitude, he does not want the Tang Dynasty to be deeply involved in the great catastrophe of heaven and earth?"

Li Shimin took over the conversation and said, "Father, big brother, since Huoyun Cave has handed over the matter of this great calamity to the Tang Dynasty, but the Shouyang Mountain ancestral land does not allow the Tang Dynasty to go deeper into the great calamity, why is that?"

Li Shimin's words made Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan frown.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "Back then, the Great Zhou Dynasty went deep into the Conferred God Tribulation and relied on the luck of the Tribulation to be promoted to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Huoyun Cave entrusted the matter of the Great Tribulation to the Tang Dynasty, and it was obvious that they had certain expectations for the Tang Dynasty to be promoted to the Empire. But the Shouyang Mountain ancestral land prevented the Tang Dynasty from going deep into the Great Tribulation. Is there any secret behind this?" Li Jiancheng's words made Li Yuan, who was sitting in the main seat, change his face! At this time, Li Yuan suddenly remembered his trip to Huoyun Cave a few days ago, and the strangeness of Huoyun Cave!

Before the human empire hegemony, the Tang Empire was one of the famous great powers of the human race in Nanshanbuzhou. Therefore, Li Yuan has been to Huoyun Cave many times. However, the current Huoyun Cave is completely different from the Huoyun Cave that Li Yuan saw before. The current Huoyun Cave is loose on the outside but tight on the inside, as if it is secretly guarding against something?
Li Yuan was not very familiar with Huoyun Cave, so he did not think deeply about it at that time.

But now that the two contradictory edicts from Huoyun Cave and Shouyang Mountain have reached the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan can't help but think about it!
After calming down, Li Yuan said solemnly, "Jiancheng, Shimin, regarding the actions of the Tang Dynasty during the catastrophe, please consult Mr. Zhuge's opinion and follow his advice."

Li Yuan's words made Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng's faces change slightly. The three of them had been together for many years, and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were very familiar with Li Yuan's character. Normally, Li Yuan would never call them by their names so solemnly. Once Li Yuan had such an expression, it meant that there was definitely a secret behind it.

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng immediately nodded in agreement. With their wisdom, they naturally understood that if Li Yuan did not explain, it might be that the matter involved something serious, or Li Yuan himself was not clear.

However, no matter what the situation is, since even they are not qualified to know, it means that this is a major event involving the entire human race. Therefore, they must not act recklessly and destroy the plans of Shouyang Mountain and Huoyun Cave.

Although, if the Tang Dynasty did not go deep into the catastrophe, it would affect the Tang Dynasty's collection of luck and accumulation of foundation to be promoted to the empire. But if it involves the major events of the entire human race, what does it matter if the Tang Dynasty does not become an empire?

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng looked at each other. At this moment, they suddenly understood why the Five Emperors of Huoyun Cave jointly signed an edict to entrust the matter of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth to the Tang Dynasty.

Shouyang Mountain restricted the Tang Dynasty from going too far into the catastrophe, and sent Zhuge Liang to the Tang Dynasty to explain the situation secretly, which means that the human race has already made a decision on this matter.

The decree from Huoyun Cave was probably the compensation from the ancestral land of the human race to the Tang Dynasty for not going too deeply into the catastrophe of heaven and earth.

After all, the Tang Dynasty earned the opportunity to be promoted to an imperial dynasty after the struggle for hegemony with the Southern Continent Empire. If the Tang Dynasty could go deep into the great calamity of heaven and earth to seek luck, it could naturally emulate the Great Zhou Dynasty and have some hope of being promoted to an imperial dynasty. If not, the Tang Dynasty would respect the order of Shouyang Mountain and not go deep into the great calamity, and it would probably be difficult to have the opportunity to be promoted to an imperial dynasty.

Since the human race’s ancestral land has cut off the Tang Dynasty’s hope of ascending to an imperial dynasty during the great catastrophe of heaven and earth, it is natural that some compensation must be given to the Tang Dynasty!
It was the first time in human history that the Five Emperors jointly signed an edict to a dynasty. This was also the Five Emperors' implicit way of telling the Tang Dynasty that their contributions were remembered by the Five Emperors and by the human race!

Zhuge Liang came to the Tang Dynasty to take charge, in fact, to secretly supervise and remind the Tang Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)