In the past, all of Li Chen's decisions and even the entire policy ideas and programs were extremely appealing to Zhou Ping'an. He felt that Li Chen was the son of destiny sent down by God to assist him.
So he was willing to do everything he could to help Li Chen.
But now, Zhou Ping'an felt that Li Chen must be crazy.
Looking at him like this, one could tell that he wanted to take revenge on Buddhism because the woman in white was seriously injured.
What is Li Chen's identity? He is the crown prince of the Qin Empire.
Emperor Daxing is still awake, and he is the only person in power of this ancient empire.
When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses.
Li Chen is not the real emperor yet, but he can already kill millions of people.
In Zhou Pingan's opinion, this is really not the impulse that a wise monarch should have.
Only then did Zhou Ping'an realize that beneath Li Chen's seemingly calm surface, there was an extremely crazy and crazy heart.
If Li Chen is provoked, he can really make anyone pay an extremely heavy price.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Pingan continued: "Your Highness, how easy is it to destroy the Buddha? Not to mention the current internal and external troubles at home, the presence of big owl in the court, and the majority of local people who listen to the court but don't listen to the propaganda.
King Ning and King Wen are a source of endless trouble, not to mention the cavalry of the Liao army right in front of us."
"This alone is enough to make people anxious. If His Highness insists on destroying the Buddha, will the people accept it? People who believe in Buddhism are ignorant. Most good men and women would rather live frugally and support a Buddha statue to pray for peace and prosperity. This is not politics, but
It is a faith that is more deeply rooted in people’s hearts than politics.”
"The vast majority of the people don't care who the prince is or who the emperor is, but they care about which temple the Buddha can appear in. If the imperial court orders the Buddha to be destroyed, how can the people not resist?"
"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people lose their deer. The whole world will chase them together. This is derived from the saying "Chasing deer in the Central Plains. How could your Highness not know that?"
Zhou Ping'an's tone became more and more urgent. He even said to Li Chen with a stiff neck: "I don't care about these, but Tibet is the place where Buddhism rules. The authority of the lama is greater than that of the governor, and all the people are
Followers of the Red Lama, Tubo has a vast territory, once Buddhism is destroyed in the Central Plains, how can Tubo not fight back?"
"The country is in turmoil, how can Your Highness build another powerful enemy by your side?"
After Zhou Pingan said what he said, what he saw was Li Chen's eyes that were cold to the bone.
Seeing this look, Zhou Pingan's heart sank to the bottom.
He knew that he had not touched Li Chen.
Sure enough, Li Chen spoke slowly and said: "I have already considered these before you came, but it is precisely because I have considered them clearly that I have become more determined to destroy the Buddha."
"Why did the imperial court continue to suppress Buddha for more than three hundred years?"
"Because of what you just said, Buddhism has long become a serious problem for the imperial court."
"Now that you are so opposed to me destroying the Buddha, we can see how much resistance there will be in the court and in the market. Where does your opposition and the resistance come from? It comes from the various reasons you said.
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"So, have you discovered that Buddhism has already quietly completed its efforts to coerce the people's hearts and threaten the imperial court?"
Li Chen raised his index finger and said indifferently: "No matter how strong the resistance is, I will do this thing, and I will do it vigorously and vigorously. I want everyone in the world to know that if I hurt one of my people, I will destroy his whole family.
This is not a bloodthirsty act, but to establish prestige for me and the imperial court. I want the world to know that no one can threaten the imperial court."
