After Becoming a Taoist

   Chapter 697 Taizong's Second Question

  Li Shimin looked at the map and finally found Fuzhou.

   After Jiangyou opened the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, it became a major province of imperial examinations, and the culture flourished. Not only the culture is thriving, but the business is also booming. There are Xu Jing Temple all over the country, which is the gathering place of Jiangxi merchants and scholars. Later, Xu Jing Temple became the Longevity Palace.

  Li Shimin checked it for a while, and thought for a while.

   I think it would be good if Li Dandao really wanted to be an official in the imperial court, and Li Shimin valued Sun Simiao more.

  He came up by killing his brother and was easily criticized by the gentry all over the world, so he needed some very famous people to run with him in both directions.

   immediately said: "Can you persuade your master to enter the court as an official?"

  Li Dandao said, "My teacher has already compiled an extraordinary medical scripture, which can be dedicated to Your Majesty, published in the world, and can save millions of lives."

When Li Shimin heard this, he felt that the deal could be done, so he agreed: "Then seal Magu Mountain in your Xuanzhen Dao as the ancestral court of the dojo, and give another 500 gold, a pair of Ruyi, and 500 acres of Yongye Tian, ​​then The doctor of the five-rank gift of the Zi Dynasty can also be hereditary in the past."

   "We will let the Zhongshu Province draw up the draft." Li Shimin seemed very generous.

  Li Dandao felt that the emperor could handle it, so he said: "If you choose a year, it is better to use the Chinese characters in the Book of Changes."

   Li Shimin felt that it was reasonable. Since he has already recognized Laojun as his ancestor, there is nothing wrong with taking the era name in the Book of Changes.

Li Dandao immediately said: "Great is the Qianyuan, the beginning of all materials, and it is the master of the sky. The clouds and the rain provide the goods, and the goods are shaped. When the Ming Dynasty ends, the six people are formed, and the six dragons are used to control the sky. The main road changes, each is correct Life, to protect Taihe, be Lizhen. The first to come out of the common things, Xianning of all countries."

   "Yuan Henry Zhen." Li Shimin read: "It's not bad."

   thought for a moment and said, "How about Zhenguan?"

  Zheng Guan means to show people the right way.

   Li Shimin got the country wrong, but he wanted to show people the right way, in order to get the image of Henry Zhen in the Yuan Dynasty, and the scenery of Xianning in all countries.

  Li Dandao naturally agrees with both hands. If the era name is changed so that he doesn't know it, he will be stupid.

  Accordingly, Li Shimin died suddenly in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, and it may be the 24th year of Zhenguan in the future.

  What if you pass this threshold? Li Dandao thought so in his heart.

   Li Shimin asked again: "If you want to be an official, I'm afraid you can't start from the third rank official, but only from the seventh rank."

   is the highest meritorious person, who is on the 12th rank of Zhuguo. To be an official, he must start from the fifth rank. Li Shimin can start from the seventh rank of Li Dan Road, which is already a face.

   This is not a casual official. This honorary official status is a real job.

   But Sun Zhenren can get the fifth grade.

   Cui Yu was the county magistrate before, but he continued to act locally.

   Li Shimin asked, "What kind of official do you want to be?"

  Li Dan said, "Medical officer."

  Li Shimin agreed immediately.

  Li Dan said, "Your Majesty is indeed a worthy man."

   Li Shimin had never eaten anything cooked by Li Dandao, otherwise he would definitely want to turn Li Dandao to the imperial kitchen.

  Li Dandao did not intend to let Li Shimin directly improve the status of Taoism and suppress Buddhism.

   Fighting is useless.

  Waiting for Daomen disciples to find ore veins, improve metal smelting technology, forge firearms...and then develop physics, chemistry, medicine...

   And Buddhism is there to cultivate the golden body, occupy fertile land, and lend usury...

  Li Shimin naturally knows what works and what doesn't.

   In the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was not only tested for Confucianism, but also for Taoism.

   When it's time to cultivate some Taoist officials...

   Li Dandao can naturally rest assured that even if Buddhism is prosperous, it will not lose too much if Li Dandao's tricks are used to get it down.

  Li Dandao recommended another big man to Li Shimin who could revise the calendar. Liu Zhuo, who taught the Book of Changes in the Taixue (Li Dandao had listened to his I Ching earlier at the Taixue).

   Li Shimin also listened to it and said that he would be assessed.

   But Li Shimin, like other emperors, also asked Li Dandao some questions.

   "Is there really an elixir of immortality?"

Li Dandao replied directly: "It is true, but Your Majesty should not put his mind on this. The emperor's mind is on the Sheji. If he learns from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, like Qin Shihuang, and seeks immortals to refine medicine, then he is not a true virtuous monarch. "

   When Li Shimin heard this, he really had an immortality medicine. Immediately interested: "Why do they say no?"

"Because the immortality medicine is almost useless to the emperor." Li Dandao said, "Unless Your Majesty is willing to practice, and then the corpse is freed from the body, it can only be taken by the emperor, but it is impossible to cultivate to the realm of corpse disintegration. , because the Dragon Tiger Xuan Qi rejects all Qi."

   "Didn't the Yellow Emperor ascend?" Li Shimin asked.

   "That was before the Shang Dynasty." Li Dandao said, "There were also many emperors in the Shang Dynasty who could practice."

   "The Zhou Dynasty will not work." Li Dan said flickeringly: "Starting the Zhou Dynasty, the human dynasty can only manage people, not the gods, nor the earth, but only people and ghosts."

   Li Shimin no longer asked this question. He didn't know that Li Dandao would not be able to refine the medicine in the future, otherwise he would definitely order one from Li Dandao.

After    asked the question of immortality, Li Shimin asked if he could do it on the battlefield to annihilate the enemy.

  These two questions, although they sound naive, are what the emperors of all dynasties wanted to know.

  Li Dan shook his head: "No."

   "Why?"

   "Because immortals are precious." Li Dandao said.

   "Then why are you able to kill Li Jiancheng? Even King Qi?" Li Shimin was extremely afraid of this.

  Li Dandao asked, "Your Majesty, did Pindao curse him to death?"

   "That's not true. Li Jiancheng was shot by me, and Li Yuanji was shot by Yuchi Jingde."

  Li Dandao nodded: "Because his destiny has been cut, the poor way is just to continue suppressing his destiny."

   "Your Majesty knows why the Emperor Taishang, Crown Prince, and King Qi's destiny will be cut?"

   "Because he was punished by God?" Li Shimin also didn't quite believe this sentence.

   But for some reason, he read this sentence and shot Li Jiancheng, which was very smooth.

  Li Dandao nodded: "The Emperor Taishang took the former Sui alchemist An Jiatuo for his own use, and wanted to refine the elixir of immortality. The prince also participated in it, not only the prince, but perhaps many aristocratic families."

   "Does Your Majesty know about the Longevity Pill?" Li Dan asked again.

  Li Shimin nodded: "It's a popular medicine among families."

   "Children's heart and soul." Li Dan said with a sigh: "Your Majesty should know."

   Li Shimin knew, but he was just pretending to be confused.

   "If you are punished by the sky, you will be punished by the people." Li Dandao opened his mouth and said, "Why are there only fifteen years left in the three hundred years of the former Sui Dynasty?"

   "Because it was also punished by heaven, or by the people."

   "The people want it to die, so the sky wants it to die."

   "The emperor is the same, so is the prince."

   Li Shimin really understood. Because this is dragon slaying. The founding king must learn. Although Li Shimin was not the founding emperor, he was the first hero. This principle has been understood since the Wagangzhai Uprising.

   (end of this chapter)