Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

This question immediately stopped the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

They opened their mouths wide and wriggled their lips several times, but they couldn't make any sound.

Yes, why?

In the past, they only knew that devout believers must be very loyal to religion, otherwise what is "piety"?Since he is so devout, he must believe whatever religion says. All of this seems to be a matter of common sense.

It is precisely because of this that no one will think about the principle. It is like in the celestial dynasty of later generations, everyone knows the common sense of "one plus one equals two", but no one has thought carefully about why one plus one equals two. !

"To be so casually asked by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the court is silent. Sometimes I really feel that the civil and military officials are ashamed of the name of the gentleman in front of the King of Chu, and suddenly it seems that they don't understand anything. It's the same old man!"

Although Kong Yingda was also among the speechless members, he was even more emotional.

Fortunately, Li You's purpose was not to make things difficult for everyone, and he quickly gave the answer.

"In the end, there are only two reasons: either the living conditions are extremely bad, and they are completely desperate, so they urgently need a spiritual refuge; or the living conditions are safe, so their minds are very empty and in urgent need of a soul. sustenance and reliance.”

Li You's words made everyone in the hall ponder. Li Shimin also thoughtfully considered Li You's words. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became.

But what use are these principles for solving current problems?

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask: "His Royal Highness, the King of Chu, what you said makes us feel even more unable to reverse the current situation created by Buddhism! Isn't this destroying our own ambition and increasing the prestige of others?"

"No!" Li You smiled indifferently, "Since you can understand the principle, then you can solve it better!"

"If most of these two situations are used to make believers firm in their beliefs, that is to say, we only need to be able to find the same replacement method, and it is entirely possible to replace Buddhism in their hearts! "

Li You's remarks can be said to have completely alarmed everyone, and all the officials and officials were all stunned!

Replace the status of Buddhism in the hearts of believers, so as to resolve the current predicament...and this way of thinking! ?

They have never considered this level of approach before!

"So that's the case," Li Shimin also suddenly realized, "Is this why you just said that it is at the stage of religious war?"

"That's right!" Li You said with a smile, "We will vigorously support the introduction of religions other than Buddhism, and take advantage of the fluctuation of belief caused by the previous series of attacks on Buddhism by Erchen, and directly take advantage of the situation and take away a large number of believers, so as to complete the situation. The turnaround!"

"—This is a religious war!"

Li You's words made Li Shimin swallow his saliva uncontrollably. This shocking move is undoubtedly the most refreshing move at present, and it looks very feasible, and it may be the only reliable move at present. .

It's just that if you want to do this, a question arises... What kind of religion should we vigorously support to replace Buddhism?

Li Shimin hesitated.

"Your Majesty, my minister..."

Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang both looked overjoyed when they saw this. Isn't it a good time for Taoism?

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However, as soon as they wanted to speak, they were stopped by Li You with his eyes. The current development is moving forward step by step according to Li You's plan, and they must not be allowed to disturb Li You's plan.

After sensing Li You's warning gaze, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang could only hold back their words. After all, they were all worshiped by Li You, so they should be the main ones.

What's more, they calmed down after being impulsive, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

Presumably even if they really came forward and proposed to support Taoism just now, they would definitely be rejected by His Majesty?

Because Taoism is the second largest sect in the Tang Dynasty after all, if Li Shimin really has this intention, then he doesn't need to remind them deliberately at all, and he will directly think of Taoism.

However, Li Shimin doesn't even mention it now, which proves that he doesn't even want to support Taoism as a weapon against Buddhism!

In fact, Li Shimin now has his own considerations. Although Taoism is not as serious as Buddhism, there are also things such as Taoist temples occupying land, but the scale is not as large as Buddhism.

If that's the case, then Li Shimin certainly couldn't be foolish to support Taoism. He didn't want to make Taoism into a second Buddhism with his own hands just after defeating Buddhism! .

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What Li Shimin wanted was a religion that could truly be in the hands of the Tang Dynasty!

It is best to be a religion that can be directly controlled by the royal family!

So, who should be supported?

This is a real problem.

Li Shimin thought about it for a long time, and now even if the court wanted to open up a new religion, it was too late.

The development of religion cannot be successful overnight, it takes years of accumulation, and a new religion is too weak to fight against Buddhism, let alone replace it.

Therefore, the first condition that the supported religion must meet is that it has already developed to a level where its influence spreads all over the country.

But this also means that the religion is already very "eighty-eighty" huge!

To be truly under the complete control of the Tang Dynasty, and to develop on a huge scale, it is even more difficult to meet these two conditions at the same time!

"Looks like...isn't it okay after all?"

After pondering for a long time, Li Shimin sighed regretfully.

Although Li You's idea is good and novel enough, if he can't find a goal that can be implemented, it will be useless.

Sure enough, even the all-powerful Li You this time is probably powerless!

"Does the royal father look very distressed?"

At this moment, Li You suddenly smiled.