Tang's dining table

Chapter 1260 The Beauty of Falling Autumn Leaves

For Yun Chu and his gang, the cannon is just a bait. After throwing it out, no matter who bites the bait, they will eventually be harvested by Li Zhi, the fisherman.

What Yun Chu wants is time, time when he can still keep his word. He wants to do as many things as he can and wants to do at this stage.

After all, human life is limited. Being able to do what you want to do in a limited life and die without regrets is the most wonderful way for any person in power with lofty ideals to die.

Victory is just around the corner, and Yun Chu doesn't want to give up halfway.

After getting up in the morning, Yun Chu looked at the pigeons flying around the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and felt a little lonely.

Although the old friends who used to get along with each other day and night now live in Luoyang, a city not far away, they seem to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. At this moment, even letters cannot be written more.

Once a force becomes huge, it must be divided, otherwise, like the monopoly enterprises in later generations, it will definitely be punished by the state. This truth is not only understood by Yunchu, but also by Wenrou and Di Renjie. However, their way of understanding this matter is different from Yunchu. There are too many such examples in history books that can be used for reference.

Chang'an is a huge dye vat for officials and people of the Tang Dynasty. As long as they come to Chang'an, they will definitely be wrapped up in the various atmospheres and cultures of Chang'an, and finally become the flavor of Chang'an after being pickled in the pickle vat of Chang'an.

It is hard to say how authentic the flavor of Chang'an is. This is a city that allows diversity to exist, and allows good people, bad people, honest officials, and corrupt officials to coexist.

However, their way of doing things will change drastically, and they may even become people who put interests first. In Chang'an, anything that is conducive to economic development and improving people's living standards can be done.

It is only because of the supremacy of interests that people will rack their brains to figure out new ways to move forward for the sake of interests.

Sustainable development is very important.

Yun Luan appeared in front of his father in high spirits. After saluting, he was ready to go to the second workshop to study his microscope.

"Have many people gone to the second workshop these days?"

Yun Luan said, "Five days ago, Taiping took the waist badge and took Prince Yong to see the cannon. Three days ago, the Wu brothers took the waist badge to see the cannon. Yesterday, several North Gate scholars from Luoyang also went to see the cannon. It is estimated that more people will enter the second workshop to see the cannon today."

Yun Chu pondered for a moment and said, "No one went to see the telescope, microscope, musket, and those steam-connected devices?"

Yun Luan smiled and said, "Those people only look at the cannon and have no interest in anything else."

Yun Chu sighed and said, "Look, how ridiculous these people are. They are in a treasure mountain but only look at the crudest stones and birds. Do they even ignore the airship that can fly?"

Yun Luan said "On the day when Prince Yong went, the airship workshop specially flew up an airship. Taiping was curious, but Prince Yong said it was just a Kongming lantern from Jinchangfang, nothing special."

Yun Chu said: "When the wind blows from Liaodong every year, it only takes six days from Liaodong to Chang'an. When the west wind blows every year, it only takes four days from the plateau to Chang'an. The same is true when the north wind blows and the south wind blows. This is the use of airships in the natural wind period. Once the airship has power, the vast territory of our Tang Dynasty will no longer be an obstacle to our rule. The vast territory will only become our wealth.

Everything in the second workshop is of great significance to the development of the Tang Dynasty... Alas, these self-righteous people..."

Yun Chu sighed and let Yun Luan go on duty.

He was also very busy today. The debate at Louguantai finally came to an end. It was a foregone conclusion that the Buddhist and Taoist sects would officially set up their mountain gates in Chang'an.

This time, the Buddhist sect made a big bet on Chang'an. On the basis of the original 61 temples, it was prepared to build another 50 temples around Chang'an.

The Taoist sect also attaches great importance to Chang'an. They are determined to move many Taoist temples out of the deep mountains and old forests, and are preparing to set up a Taoist headquarters in Chang'an with Zhang Tianshi's clan as the sect.

Others, such as Islam, Nestorianism, Manichaeism, and Zoroastrianism, also seem to be actively preparing to expand temples and expand their influence.

Yun Chu welcomes these sects to settle in Chang'an.

Anyway, when Chang'an becomes a religious arena, it means that Chang'an, that is, the Tang Dynasty, has a natural attention to the birthplaces of these religions, or in other words, has a natural jurisdiction.

In the Tang Dynasty, divine right is already a universal cognition. In other places, it is generally divine right, or the unity of politics and religion. As long as the Tang Dynasty is strong enough, it can be considered that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is the most powerful god in the world.

The Tang Dynasty court has already taken action on this point. Li Zhi, the former emperor, has become the current emperor, and Wu Mei, the queen, has also become the queen. These are some preparations made by the Tang Dynasty officials to rule religion.

In the 9th year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan reign, the Nestorian Bishop A Luoben came to Chang'an and was treated well by Emperor Taizong. He was allowed to preach and a temple was built for him. This was probably a consideration.

Now, the Tang Dynasty is much stronger than during the Zhenguan reign and is more open to religion. As long as it is not a cult, it can be settled in certain cities, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou.

The more prosperous the city, the richer and more civilized the people are, the clearer their thinking will be, and they will know clearly what they want. In this case, the more difficult it is to spread religion.

When people believe in religion, they basically will not devote themselves wholeheartedly. They are restrained and selective, such as who has the best vegetarian food and who gives more eggs.

If religion goes to the countryside, it will be a disaster... Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, the only religions that can really flourish everywhere are Buddhism and Taoism, and the rest are limited to local development.

Yun Chu hopes that all religions that enter Chang'an must be under the absolute jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty government, and preach or accept believers within the scope permitted by the Tang Dynasty law.

In the long run, Yun Chu believes that after Chang'an loses its status as a political center, it can still use religion to strengthen its position in the Tang Dynasty.

The religious center status is a thick defensive armor for Chang'an. If one day, the emperor is ready to take back the entire Chang'an, then the first thing to do is to eliminate the thriving religion, so that Chang'an can leave enough time to react.

When the religious leaders entered Chang'an, although Yun Chu was the governor of Chang'an, he had little say in this matter, or in other words, Yun Chu did not want to show that he welcomed religion to Chang'an.

Therefore, in the team welcoming the religious leaders, Yun Chu stood in the second row, and the first row was the officials of the Li royal family and the Chongsheng Office, a special department of the Ministry of Rites of the court that supervised religion.

The Wu brothers stood behind Yun Chu honestly, and they were somewhat jealous when they saw the Li royal family represented by Yong Wangxian and Princess Taiping actively interacting with the religious leaders.

The Queen worships Buddhism!

Unfortunately, Yun Chu was unwilling to show enthusiasm, and the brothers had no choice.

Yun Jin did not stand on the side of the Chang'an officials. On the contrary, he stood behind the religious leaders with Wen Huan and Li Chengxiu, performing the disciple ceremony, and did not have any intersection with Yong Wangxian, Princess Taiping and their group. In other words, those religious leaders did not put them on the table as core members.

Wu Chengsi looked at the silent Yun Chu, and then at the marginalized Yun Jin, Wen Huan, Li Chengxiu and others, and couldn't help but take a step back. It was this step that made them seem less close to the officials in Chang'an.

The relationship between Buddhism and Taoism, which the Yun family used as the basis, had a tendency to collapse in this debate at Louguantai.

First of all, although Master Xuanzang was still the leader of Buddhism, he no longer cared about worldly affairs, and devoted himself to practicing in Da Ci'en Temple, enjoying writing Buddhist classics.

Then, Sun Zhenren was no longer an indispensable figure in Taoism. Since Sun Zhenren was obsessed with medical skills, Taoism failed to get real help from Zhenren in the past 20 years, so that the originally powerful Taoism was greatly reduced in strength after many great virtues and true immortals returned to the true nature. If it weren't for Sun Zhenren's high reputation, these people even hoped to expel Sun Zhenren from Taoism.

The Wu brothers saw a lot of truths that they couldn't see on weekdays just from a grand welcoming ceremony. These real situations, the Wu brothers did not intend to tell the queen.

It's not that they have any opinions about the queen, but Yun Chu is too cunning. Although the Wu brothers think that what they saw is the truth, they have no intention of being the queen's vanguard before Yun Chu's head falls to the ground or is truly defeated.

When the religious leaders moved into their respective temples, Yun Chu left Wannian County Court accompanied by his only guard Yin Erhu. Although he still looked high and cold, Wu Chengsi felt that the footsteps of the black horse under Yun Chu's crotch were very heavy today.

When a general rides a horse, he is integrated with the warhorse. Although the warhorse is carrying the general, the general will definitely cooperate with the warhorse's movements to save horsepower and try to reduce the physical consumption of the warhorse.

This is an instinct for the generals. Yun Chu, as a leader among the generals, did not intend to cooperate with the warhorse's actions today. The whole person is like a walking corpse, letting the warhorse carry him home.

Wu Chengsi, who returned to the official residence, poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip. Then he heard Wu Sansi whisper, "The Yun family has already shown signs of failure."

Wu Chengsi shook his head and said, "It's too early. Yun Chu is still favored by the emperor. His Majesty still favors him. The prince also values ​​the Yun family very much. Chang'an is now thriving and has not shown any signs of failure. It's too early to say that the Yun family has begun to decline."

Wu Sansi said, "A rat hole has appeared on the embankment, and a rock has collapsed on the cliff. Even if the lamp burns the iron chain, the dog licks the face mountain, and the chicken pecks the rice hill, the damage has already appeared."

Wu Chengsi nodded and said: "That makes sense, but this is limited to us brothers and cannot be spread outside."

Wu Sansi said: "If we can get the jurisdiction of the second workshop from Yunchu... what do you think, brother?"

Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Yunchu has always been stubborn and arrogant. Now he is starting to go downhill. We brothers must follow you closely and be loyal to you at this moment."

Wu Sansi said: "King Yong is wise, and peace may become the biggest obstacle for us brothers."

Wu Chengsi took advantage of the tea gradually cooling down, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp and said: "Let's keep the loneliness first."

Wu Sansi agreed deeply.