The system takes me through the world

Chapter 166 Reaction of the Parties
"Damn it!" Tang Emperor Li Yuan picked up a vase and slammed it on the ground.

With a "bang", it fell to pieces.

"I, Li Tang, treated Buddhism so favorably. Not only did I set up the top ten virtues to govern monks and nuns, the Gangji Religious Group, but also set up an open meeting for them to build Taoist temples. Each time I donated hundreds of thousands of gold and silver. Such a generous treatment is no worse than that of Emperor Wu of Liang. .”

"How could this group of monks be so shameless, just because of Ye Ke Tufo, they would abandon me, Datang, in fear! Go to Ye Xia! It's really shameless!"

This was in the Chang'an Imperial Palace. Tang Emperor Li Yuan was sitting in the Tai Chi Palace with an extremely angry expression on his face.

Under his seat, Pei Ji, Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu and other important officials stood in a row, as well as Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Shentong and other Li family children.

No wonder Li Yuan was furious, because this series of news really annoyed him.

The virtuous and eminent monks of the Buddhist lineage suddenly left Guanzhong, went east to Luoyang, and began to spread everywhere that Ye Ke was the reincarnation of "Worriless King".

In vain, the Li Clan treated Buddhism well. Since he entered Chang'an, his preferential treatment to Buddhism can be said to be incomparable.

The Buddhist sect also gave him momentum at the beginning, saying that he is the master of wisdom and benevolence, and he should rule the world.

At the same time, he also promoted his second son Li Shimin from childhood to adulthood.

The cooperation between Li Family and Buddhism is in full swing.

But all this came to an abrupt end after Ye Ke defeated the Turks.

Before that, Ye Ke was not valued by the Buddhist sect at all. Even though he occupied the land of Hebei and managed Hebei to be extremely prosperous, the Buddhist sect did not look at him seriously.

Ye Ke marched into Luoyang, and the Buddhist leader Cihang Jingzhai even sent Shi Feixuan to persuade him to withdraw from the battle of Luoyang.

As a result, such contempt was dealt a devastating blow. Ye Ke, in a rage, led an army to pacify the Jingnian Zen School and snatched the Heshibi.

In fact, from Li Yuan's point of view, it doesn't really matter who owns He's Bi, but Ye Ke actually took the gold and silver treasures from Jingnian Temple, which is worth millions of taels of silver. .

You know, it has been a year since the Li family occupied Guanzhong, and there is only so much wealth in the treasury.

Then Ye Ke fought against 20 Turks with an army of tens of thousands, flanking back and forth, and finally killed Wu Zun Bixuan, and beheaded Khan Chuluo, and wiped out [-] elite Turks in the first battle.

At the same time, it also completely destroyed the belief in Buddhism.

The group of bald donkeys decided to leave Chang'an immediately and go to Luoyang. While hyping Ye Ke as the reincarnation of "Worriless King", they also told Ye Ke about Li Tang's secret.

This is a complete betrayal!

Superior treatment, heart-to-heart confiding, is it not as powerful as a butcher's knife?

How could this not make Li Yuan angry?
He looked at his subordinate ministers, as well as his nephews, and said, "Buddhism doesn't respect credibility, it's despicable and shameless, abandon me, Tang, and go to the butcher Ye Ke, what good advice do you have?"

Feng Deyi, the servant of internal history, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, Buddhists are all ungrateful and ungrateful people. Emperor Wu of Liang was so kind to them back then. As a result of Hou Jing's chaos, they had no plan to save the savior, but they were ambitious. Meddling indiscriminately in the political situation of the court, such a despicable and shameless guy should be discarded."

"I believe that Taoism is one lineage, which pays attention to tranquility and inaction, and Taoists cultivate their morality and health, and do not compete with the world. The court should vigorously promote Taoism, and it is the best policy to use Taoism to restrain Buddhism!"

This was really timely, and Prince Li Jiancheng couldn't help giving this important official of the East Palace a compliment.

Pei Ji also said: "What Feng Shilang said is very true, and I agree with it very much. Taoism sits in Zhongnan Mountain, and there are many believers. The people also agree with the teachings of Taoism. There are rich and powerful families in the world, and there are also people who practice Taoism. I think that your majesty should respect Taoism. .”

Li Yuan nodded and asked, "Since we want to support Taoism, which faction should we respect?"

"I think I should support Lou Guandao."

Lou Guan Dao is a branch of Dao Sect.Of course they claim to be orthodox.

The strength of Taoist sects has also grown rapidly over the years, and Louguan Taoism is the fastest growing branch among them.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wu Wenyong exterminated the Buddha, but in order to express his fair position, even the Daoist sect suffered a lot. However, the Daoist sect was only scratched a little, not the bones. On the contrary, the establishment of the Taoist concept made the Daoist sect even more oppressed. On one side of Buddhism, because almost all of the Taoist temples are Taoist priests.Wang Yan, Yan Da and others even got official positions in the court.Therefore, Louguan Dao became more and more prosperous.

Now that the Buddhist sect has turned to Ye Ke, Li Tang naturally wants to support the Taoist sect and suppress it.

After discussing the religious issue, Li Yuan said: "Now that Dou Jiande has led Xia's army of [-], they have surrounded Taiyuan. Yuanji has repeatedly sent out memorials for help. It seems that it is in danger! I have already lost Pingyang, and I can no longer lose King Qi."

Li Shentong said: "Your Majesty, I believe that Dou Jiande's troops surrounded Taiyuan, and his generals Zhang Gongjin and Su Dingfang are all tiger generals. It is a plan to encircle and attack Taiyuan. It is true that our army will send troops to rescue, but we should send heavy troops, otherwise it will be very easy. They were defeated by the Xia army one by one."

"Your Majesty does not think that I am incompetent, so I sent my ministers to recruit ambassadors for Shandong Road. I am willing to lead elite troops to rescue Taiyuan."

Li Yuan was overjoyed and said, "Good!"

Then he arranged for Li Shentong to lead the army and ordered him to set off in the near future to help Taiyuan.

After discussing matters in Taiyuan, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin, "Now that Xue Ju and Li Gui are gone, you are sitting in Tongguan, can you find any omissions in Xia's defense?"

Li Shimin said: "Father, the Hangu Pass is tightly guarded. The general of the Xia army who is in charge of guarding is Ye Xia's former leader of Jinyiwei, and now the general of Zhenguo Xu Shiji. This man has a very high military strategy. Our army tried to attack several times. , all returned in vain, but it is not easy to open the gap!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, especially when Ye Ke defeated the Turks and destroyed Wagang, the morale of the Xia army was greatly boosted, which is very bad for our battle plan!" Feng Deyi said.

"Your Majesty, although Tongguan is in our hands right now, Xia Jun has strengthened his defenses at Hangu Pass. This shows that Ye Ke wants to lock us in the pass!"

Li Yuan nodded and sighed: "Ye Ke values ​​military merits, and Hangu Pass is not easy to fight."

A cold light flashed in Pei Ji's eyes, and he said: "Your Majesty, since we want to support Lou Guan Dao, why don't we invite people from the Taoist sect to persuade Xu Shiji, our army will take advantage of the situation to attack this pass, maybe we can win in one battle."

Li Yuan's face was pale, he frowned and said helplessly: "At such a critical moment, as a general, how could Xu Shijie take risks lightly?"

"Your Majesty, let's give it a try!"

Pei Ji didn't take it seriously, and said with a light smile: "If we don't try it, how can we know that it can't be done?"

Li Yuan was stunned when he heard the words, and when he saw Li Shimin nodded slightly, he immediately reacted and agreed: "Then give it a try. I will leave this matter to Mr. Pei!"

"The minister will definitely live up to the entrustment!"

Pei Ji made an oath on his face: "I heard that there are many talents in Louguan Dao, and there are many masters. The Hangu Pass and his party just happened to make them completely break with Xia Jun and Buddhism."

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Luoyang, Beishi Caishikou.

A group of crying men, women and children, although their clothes were made of silk and satin, were all messy and disheveled, with despairing faces, waiting for the verdict and death to come.

In the center of Caishikou, there is a huge execution platform. There are a dozen or so executioners standing on the platform. These executioners are all tall and bare-chested, with a standard image of butchers. Each of them stands tall and holds a machete in his hand. , shimmering in the sun, it is breathtaking.

"Mr. Zheng, please!"

At this time, a tall executioner, like an iron tower, could stand on his fists and run a horse on his arms. He strode up to this group of crying men, women and children, and said to a refined middle-aged man with no expression on his face.

"Hmph, Ye Ke is going against the grain, and sooner or later he will suffer retribution!"

The middle-aged man was haggard, his usually neatly trimmed beard was in a mess, his eyes were bloodshot, he suddenly stood up, his face was gloomy, he looked back at his parents, wife and children at home, his eyes were full of panic, he followed the executioner striding towards the execution platform, leaving behind only The next one was crying and crying.

"The Zheng family in Xingyang enslaved the people, colluded with Wagang and Li Tang, and should be executed!"

The prison officer's cold and merciless voice sounded, and when the word "cut" fell, the executioner's eyes flashed with a ghost-headed machete in his hand, and a head with a ferocious and unwilling face flew far away, and the spray of blood was shocking.

Among the crowd, a monk clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name: "It's good, it's good, King Xia loves the people like a son and treats all living beings kindly, but Zheng's communication with the rebels is really a demon entering the body! King Xia's removal of harm for the people can be called a bodhisattva heart!"

When the people around heard this, they suddenly realized that this was the case!
Even the great virtuous monks said that the Zheng family was attacked by evil spirits and should be ransacked and exterminated. That must be true.

On this day, the execution ground was surrounded by Luoyang residents with three floors inside and three floors outside. They watched helplessly that the big figures in Luoyang who used to be high above were pushed onto the execution platform like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Falling into a cold corpse.

Not only the culprit who colluded with Li Tang was directly beheaded, but even their parents, wives and children were not spared. King Xia strictly ordered: Kill without mercy!

Ruthless?Not harsh at all.

The master who didn't see the White Horse Temple said that they were possessed by evil spirits in their hearts and did evil things, so they were beheaded by King Xia. As long as they died, the evil spirits would follow them into hell and fall into reincarnation.

In a restaurant not far away, Ye Ke's face was calm,
"Your Majesty is wise, using eminent monks to resolve the doubts of the people, is it really brilliant?"

Shang Shu Zuo Pu shot Ling Jing behind him and praised him insincerely.

Ye Ke said slowly: "These aristocratic families think they have five surnames and seven kings, and they refuse to accept Wang Hua, do they think I am soft?"

He sneered and said, "Now that I have a steel knife in one hand and Buddhist scriptures in the other, no matter who is my enemy, what awaits him is not only his life and family, but also his reputation! Even if he goes to hell, he will never be able to stand up again!"

Ling Jing remained silent.

He was born in a poor family, so naturally he can't understand the various practices of the aristocratic family.

It's just that Ye Ke's steel knife was too cruel, and he just couldn't bear it.

But since King Xia said it so clearly, why should he talk too much as a courtier.

Don't you look at that Wei Zheng who loves to speak up, and he doesn't say a word at the moment, do you still watch it with gusto?
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