Chapter 615 Telling Stories to Li Shimin (Transition)
When it comes to sworn sworn ties to an emperor, the best person to choose is of course Liu Bei. He really treats his sworn brothers as brothers.
The other emperors all smiled on the surface but stabbed them in the back.
The Li Shimin in front of me is even more extraordinary. He dares to kill even his biological brothers, let alone sworn brothers?
However, Feng Zhou's sworn sworn relationship with him was just for the sake of national affairs.
However, Li Shimin had an imperial demeanor after all. He paid attention as soon as his eyes turned, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. He laughed and said: "What Genghis Khan said is very much in line with my wishes. Being able to become a brother with you is also a good talk. I don't know."
Genghis Khan is more expensive this year?
"Eight out of twenty this year." Feng Zhou said.
Li Shimin chuckled, "I am forty-one years old this year, and I am thirteen years older than you."
"In this way, Genghis Khan is not as good as Tian Khan. My elder brother is superior, so it is polite to seal the boat."
Feng Zhou stood up and gave Li Shimin a hand-holding salute.
Li Shimin sighed slightly and quickly stood up to help him.
Although Feng Zhou worshiped him as his brother, deep down in his heart, he probably didn't have much respect for him.
Think about it, he is the emperor of a great country and has destroyed countless countries. Even if he is the Khan of Heaven, the other party may not be convinced.
He worships himself as his brother, so he must have some intention.
It doesn't matter, just use it as you see it.
Sure enough, Feng Zhou smiled and said: "Feng Zhou has prepared a gift, please accept it, brother."
"Oh, and there is a gift, what is it?"
Feng Zhou asked Li Shimin to return to the table, dug around where he had just been sitting, and took out a yellow package. When he opened it, there was a large picture scroll. Li Shimin was slightly startled.
When Feng Zhou opened the scroll, he saw several large characters written on it: "Landscape Map of the Northern Silk Road."
"This is, this is the map of the Western Regions!" Li Shimin said excitedly.
"Yes, these are the cities, population, distribution of special products of Tuyuhun, Baoxiang, Crow, Chechi, and Xiliang. The mountains and rivers, geography, characteristics of the monarchs and ministers, and the form of the country are all marked in detail. With my brother's great talent and strategy, I only need a few
In a few years, we can wipe out all the countries, stabilize the northwest, and achieve the supreme glory of the Khan of Heaven." Feng Zhou said, and gave the map to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was extremely excited.
This is giving up the merit of destroying the country and the cause of opening up the territory.
"My dear brother is so generous, my brother doesn't know what to give to his brother." Li Shimin said thoughtfully.
Feng Zhou smiled lightly: "I won't hide it from my brother, I do have something to ask of you."
Li Shimin's heart tightened and he said to himself: "It's really here!"
But he said: "My dear brother, please tell me if you have something to say."
Feng Zhou said: "Before that, I have a story I want to tell my brother."
Li Shimin sat down slowly, pretending to be listening attentively.
"When China was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a small country in the far west called the Kingdom of Macedonia. After the old king died, the new king Alexander succeeded to the throne. He was ambitious and used his talents and strategies to unify all of Greece in only eleven years.
territory, then swept across the Middle East, occupied the entire territory of Egypt without spending a single soldier, wiped out the Persian Empire, and marched to the Tianzhu River Basin, covering an area of tens of thousands of miles, and established an unprecedentedly powerful Alexander Empire. Its military might was unprecedented.
Not yet."
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel excited after hearing this, and said: "He is really a great hero. I wish I could have been born a thousand years earlier and fight with him."
Feng Zhou continued: "But it is a pity that he died suddenly due to illness at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind orphans and widows. Before he had time to arrange an heir, his country was divided by three major generals."
"What a pity!" Li Shimin sighed.
The shadow of Qin Shi Huang could not help but sweep through his mind.
It seems that these two people have something in common.
Feng Zhou continued: "According to later generations, the reason why Alexander's empire was divided was that, in addition to failing to choose a successor, a very important reason was that there were too few main ethnic groups, without outstanding leaders, and they were simply unable to suppress the vast territory."
"Brother Xian means..." When Li Shimin heard this, he naturally understood what Feng Zhou meant.
"The Ming Dynasty expanded its land for thousands of miles and destroyed countless countries. Although I have cultivated a large number of talents from the Zhuzi Kingdom as the basis of my rule, there is no ethnic group in our country that occupies an absolute number, and none has a profound history, let alone Buddhism and Dushen.
Religious culture that competes with monotheistic religions, rather than the country’s demise a hundred years later, it is better to introduce the body of a great nation at this time.”
Feng Zhou nodded and said: "My brother Taoyuan and I are sworn brothers. The Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are integrated into each other. In a hundred years, they may be able to merge into one country. In order to achieve this, I want to give my brother Confucian scholars, musicians, and doctors.
There are ten thousand farmers and craftsmen, and the Ming Dynasty will establish them as nobles. As long as it continues to develop for a hundred years, these ten thousand people will surely grow to five hundred thousand people, or even more. By that time, the Ming Dynasty will be China, and China will occupy it.
Daming. What do you think, brother?"
"hiss……"
Li Shimin took a breath of cold air.
I just heard that the Hu people were bent on isolating the Han people and solidifying their own customs, but I didn't expect that there was a hero who actively sought to be Han Chinese.
Moreover, this mentality of seeking Chineseization was even more urgent and radical than that of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty!
Faced with this feat of spreading Chinese culture to foreign lands and promoting the country's prestige thousands of miles away, Li Shimin definitely agreed.
If this kind of thing comes to pass, hundreds or thousands of years later, as long as China still exists, Li Shimin's illustrious reputation will be spread.
He quickly said: "Brother has such an ambition, I admire him very much, and I will try my best to help him and live up to his ambition."
"Well, thank you very much, brother!" Feng Zhou laughed loudly: "Brother, don't worry, as long as I am here, the northwest of the Tang Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai and as peaceful as Chang'an City. But I have one more thing to do."
"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked.
"I heard that there are two great sages under my brother, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, who are good at deduction. If they are invited here, they will definitely find that my brother has been plotted against him, and there are attempts to bring him back to life."
"What? This is happening, who dares to plot against me?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and his imperial aura suddenly became overwhelming.
The six people in the distance and Cheng Yaojin were suddenly frightened and on the verge of collapse.
But Feng Zhou didn't take it seriously.
He smiled and said: "With my brother's talent and strategy, no one in this world can defeat you, but what if the person who plots against you is not a human being?"
"Not a human?" Li Shimin was stunned.
"Yes, my brother is unaware of something, but my brother is familiar with the art of deduction. When I came to Chang'an this time, I discovered that a great Buddhist master had entered the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an's dragon energy was about to hit bottom, so I came here in person to let him know.
Tang and Ming are one."
Li Shimin suddenly realized.
This guy will do whatever it takes to become Chinese.
However, he was more concerned about the sentence "Chang'an Dragon Qi is on the verge of hitting bottom" and hurriedly asked for more details.
Feng Zhou did not pretend to be bluffing, and said directly: "After arriving in Chang'an, I found that the heavens are in chaos at this time, and something is going to happen!"
"I wonder which Buddhist master it is?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
Of course Feng Zhou will not tell who is coming, because this may change the plot.
Taiqing's wish is for him to follow the trend, change the general trend, and get rid of the constraints of heaven.
Feng Zhou naturally focused on the general trend.
If you want to change the general trend, you should try not to affect the key points, otherwise it will definitely affect the future direction and make you unable to see the progress of the general trend clearly.
So he continued: "How can it be that there are three thousand great sages in Buddhism who know all their abilities, but he can hide his whereabouts in front of me? At least he is above the Golden Immortal. I think he is not an Arhat, but a Bodhisattva."
"Buddhist Bodhisattva?"
Li Shimin took a breath of cold air.
The ascetics are vast and the Dharma is prosperous.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, grew up in Samana, so he naturally made great efforts to promote Buddhism.
Li Shimin is naturally no stranger to Buddhism.
Those who can achieve the status of Bodhisattva are only one level lower than the status of Buddha, and are located in the second level of Buddhism!
As for the four great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism, Guanyin, Manjusri, Samantabhadra and Ksitigarbha, their status and strength are only lower than those of the three great Buddhas. They are absolutely powerful at the top of Buddhism!
Li Shimin felt uneasy about whether this great Buddhist master of the Bodhisattva level came to the Tang Dynasty. Whether it was a blessing or a curse, what he could do.
Feng Zhou said: "Don't worry, brother, no matter what tricks he plays, it will not harm the fate of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, danger will be turned into safety. Even if something unexpected happens, I will travel with you to the underworld and discipline the ten kings of hell and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
Be respectful to Your Majesty and return safely."
Will you travel with me to the underworld?
Crazy you.
I don’t know who my last name is.
Li Shimin felt doubtful in his heart and couldn't help but look at Feng Zhou.
Feng Zhou laughed. He naturally understood what Li Shimin was thinking, but he refused to say more. He just said: "Everything will go well. Brother, you just need to wait patiently. Something strange will happen within a few days. Brother, just follow the trend and there is no need to worry."
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Li Shimin left with a confused look on his face.
He was completely confused by Feng Zhou's strange words and thought he was talking crazy.
"Is this sworn brother that I swore to be a madman, like my third brother, King Zhao?"