Chapter 375 Travels to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 375 Travels to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty
"Think about it, if one day the faith that you have always regarded as your spiritual pillar collapsed, how devastated you would be?
Will there even be hatred because of it?”
"You understand what I say, right?"
"Um."
Li Chengqian nodded.
What Su Chen means is that Buddhism is too sacred and spotless in the hearts of Tianzhu people. Once they are stained, the previous settings of Buddhism will collapse, and once those devout believers discover their faults, they will not be able to accept it.
, the previous respect will also be reversed!
Now, Li Chengqian had vaguely guessed part of Su Chen's thoughts.
Without waiting for him to ask, Su Chen had already said it.
"There are no perfect things in this world, let alone people."
"Although those monks in Tianzhu appear to be glamorous on the surface, eating fast, chanting Buddha's name, and observing the precepts, but who knows what they are like behind the scenes?"
"Even if there really are so-called eminent monks who have no faults, it is impossible for hundreds of thousands of monks to make no mistakes!"
"Once their evil deeds in the darkness are exposed, they will be despised by the people of the entire Tianzhu Kingdom, and even be killed!"
What Su Chen said was not alarmist, but actually true!
According to the historical knowledge in his memory, scandals should have leaked out in Buddhism in Tianzhu in the past few years. If the king of Tianzhu had not sent people to quell the turmoil in order to consolidate politics, I am afraid that the entire Buddhism in Tianzhu would have been annihilated.
in the long river of history.
After this incident, the people of Tianzhu's belief in Buddhism was not what it used to be.
These are things clearly recorded in "Travel Notes of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". As long as Su Chen can seize the opportunity this time and add fuel to their fire, it will be a wonder that Tianzhu Buddhism can still survive in the world!
When the old belief collapses, a new belief is needed to make up for it.
And Su Chen's control plan is to attract the attention of this new faith.
As long as he sends people to Tianzhu to spread a new Buddhist doctrine that meets their requirements, what is the authentic Buddhist concept? The previous ones were all misinterpreted and wrong theories. Will they not accept it?
In Su Chen's view, spreading teachings is too simple.
If they don't hear, then fight!
Still not obedient?
Keep fighting!
Beat until you obey!
Li Chengqian nodded repeatedly, his face full of admiration, and said: "Teacher, are you planning to seize the stain on Tianzhu Buddhism, and then use public opinion to cause them to collapse in the hearts of the people of Tianzhu, and then replace it with Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty?
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"Yes."
Su Chen nodded and replied.
Li Chengqian continued to ask: "Then what should we do to make public opinion reach the goal we want? We can't wait forever, right?"
Su Chen put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "This is not a difficult task. When the time comes, I will arrange people to promote all of this to happen. Will they be confused?
It’s impossible, okay!”
Hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded slightly.
He didn't have too many doubts about Su Chen. Since he said so, he must be fully confident.
With Su Chen's ability, he could kill even the Eastern and Western Turks, Goguryeo, Tubo and other countries at will. Would it take more effort to deal with a Tianzhu country?
"Teacher, if there is any need for me then, I will definitely not shirk it!"
Li Chengqian said respectfully.
"Um."
Su Chen nodded with satisfaction and said: "We will talk about the future later. Your main task at the moment is to concentrate on learning the art of war. You must shine in next year's war!"
"As for other things, I will arrange them for you."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian was very surprised.
Tianzhu has so much ability and deserves to be treated like this by the teacher!
In Li Chengqian's view, in front of the Tang Dynasty cavalry equipped with Su Kai, no matter how powerful the soldiers of Tianzhu were, they would only end up being ravaged and there would be no challenge at all.
It was such a war that would almost crush the game, and the teacher actually planned to take action himself!
Even if Su Chen was worried that he would make a mistake in his first battle, there was no need to be so solemn, right?
With the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty cavalry and the assistance of other military generals, unless Li Chengqian is not smart enough to do something out of line with his IQ, will this war still be suspenseful?
Seeing that Su Chen actually planned to personally arrange the Tianzhu Kingdom, Li Chengqian's original contempt for the Tianzhu Kingdom disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Something that Su Chen takes seriously is definitely a big deal and must not be taken lightly!
So, Li Chengqian asked somewhat solemnly: "Teacher, why do you attach so much importance to Tianzhu?
Could it be that they have some power unknown to us that can compete with us?"
Hearing this, Su Chen took a bite of snacks and was not in a hurry to explain.
He knew that Li Chengqian must have thought a lot and was wondering why he personally took action against Tianzhu.
"You're overthinking. I'm just bored. I just wanted to play with them myself."
Su Chen smiled with an inexplicable meaning.
"Um."
Li Chengqian nodded and did not continue to ask.
Since Su Chen didn't plan to tell him explicitly, he wouldn't ask any more questions, because he knew that Su Chen wouldn't cheat him, and everything Su Chen did must be beneficial to Datang.
After continuing to chat with Su Chen for a while, Li Chengqian took Niu Xiuxiu to say goodbye to Su Chen and got on the carriage back to Chang'an City.
After seeing people off from Sujiazhuang, Su Chen came to his study.
"Let me look for it. It seems like it was put there last time."
After rummaging in the study for a while, Su Chen found a booklet he had written before among a large number of books. This was the history of the Tang Dynasty that he had recently compiled.
Su Chen discovered that since his identity was exposed, his pace of life had become faster and faster.
Sometimes when he gets busy, he forgets some things.
As the saying goes, a good memory is worse than a bad writing. In order to prevent himself from forgetting some important things, Su Chen specially wrote such a booklet to record some of the original historical events of the Tang Dynasty and his own thoughts.
After browsing a few times, Su Chen found a certain record he had made.
"History of the Tang Dynasty - In the 13th year of Zhenguan, the prototype of Xuanzang, the monk Chen Yi left Yumen Pass in the west, and traveled more than 50,000 miles, including the Tubo Empire, various small foreign countries in the Western Regions, and arrived in Tianzhu to exchange Buddhist teachings, which lasted more than ten years
, he has cultivated the essence of Tianzhu Buddhism, and is unparalleled in the limelight, surpassing all the eminent monks in Tianzhu, and becoming famous among the five schools of Tianzhu!"
"After returning to the Tang Dynasty, he ordered his disciples to translate more than a thousand volumes of Buddhist classics from Tianzhu, and compile the "Datang Western Regions", which recorded the humanities, geography, and customs of hundreds of countries he had seen... The book has a total of twelve volumes.
