The locust plague in Guanzhong has passed!

The drought in Guanzhong has also been greatly alleviated!

In Chang'an City, the tense atmosphere was immediately relieved.

However, some people's moods have become even more nervous.

"Master Sun, Xuanzang has been opening an altar to preach Buddhist scriptures these days. Many people in Chang'an City have begun to believe in Buddhism. This is not a solution."

As the leader of Taoism in Chang'an City, Li Chunfeng immediately became anxious when he saw Xuanzang's glory during this period.

What are the people’s surnames? In Li Chunfeng’s view, either the east wind should be suppressed by the west wind or the west wind should be overwhelming by the east wind.

Before this, because Li Tang considered himself a descendant of Taoist Li Er, he was quite supportive of the development of Taoism.

Although the people of Chang'an City are very realistic, they believe in whatever they need.

Those who run escort agencies basically recognize Guan Er Ge, and ignore what kind of Buddhism or Taoism you are.

Even if you believe in Buddhism, you still have vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures at home today, and you may have visited a Taoist temple tomorrow.

Sun Simiao looked at this point much more calmly than Li Chunfeng.

"It is said that Xuanzang was famous in Chang'an City back then, and now he has gone through a lot of trouble to travel to India. After more than ten years, he is not only proficient in Sanskrit, but also has written many countries in the Western Regions. Now, he has brought the Buddhist teachings he learned along the way and the Buddhist scriptures he found back to Chang'an City, which can definitely give many very impactful views.

However, ordinary people may not be very interested in what he said. The things he has been making a lot of fun these days are nothing more than the monks from various temples in Chang'an City making trouble there."

Although Sun Simiao did not care much about the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, he still had some understanding of Xuanzang.

To be honest, Xuanzang is really a genius.

At least in terms of language, he is a genius.

It can basically take several months to handle the language of a country.

Going west from Liangzhou, he encountered various countries on the way, and then he turned a corner from Central Asia and headed towards India.

It can be said that Xuanzang is now a talented person who is proficient in more than a dozen foreign languages.

Of course, although the languages ​​between some countries in the Western Regions are not exactly the same, they also have certain similarities.

Besides, not every country has its own independent writing, so the value of Xuanzang's more than a dozen foreign languages ​​is not as high as that of the dozen foreign languages ​​in later generations.

For example, in Europe and the United States, an ordinary powerful person can speak English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Vineyard languages. It is not surprising, because these languages ​​have certain similarities.

But if you know Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and then English, Vietnamese, Korean and so on, that would be great.

"Doctor Sun, although that's what he said, Xuanzang brought back so many Buddhist scriptures from the Western Regions and India this time, and all the theoretical classics of Buddhism will definitely be greatly improved by then. Some areas with loopholes before will be filled. At that time, the Buddhists' ability to treat the people will definitely reach a new level.

Originally, our theoretical system is relatively loose, with various Buddhas and gods filled it, making people unable to find the key points.

If Xuanzang makes up for this shortcoming of Buddhism, we Taoism will be in trouble at that time. Taoist priests from various Taoist temples need to calm down and study Taoism, which also requires certain financial support.

By then, all the people will give their support to Buddhism, and the gap between us will become bigger and bigger."

Li Chunfeng is also a person who has a lot of affection for Taoism.

Although Taoism is not a strict organization that leads the Taoist temples of the country today, there is still a certain difference between the generations and reputations of different Taoist temples and different Taoists.

Like Li Chunfeng, he is basically a person with higher generations and reputation in Taoism.

If Buddhism flourishes and Taoism declines, the first thing that is to be affected is that the prestige of Li Chunfeng and others will be severely hit.

"You are too worried, why didn't the court limit the development of Buddhism? Do you think Your Majesty really did not impose any restrictions because Shaolin Temple helped the Tang Dynasty back then?

Taoism is now the national religion of the Tang Dynasty, but our Taoism is very loose and has no harm to the court, so the court basically lets the development.

However, if Buddhism develops too fast, and then a bunch of people will go to temples to be monks, what would you say the court do? Now, whether in Guanzhong or other places, the shortage of manpower has not been alleviated.

Especially for cotton plantations in Shuozhou and sugarcane plantations in Guangzhou, and Nanshan Construction, which builds cement roads in Zhenbeidao, everyone is very short of manpower.

If Buddhism does something that affects the development of the Tang Dynasty for its own development, let alone what Your Majesty will do, Your Highness, the King of Chu, will not be spared first."

Sun Simiao was more than twice as old as Li Chunfeng. From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, he saw many big scenes.

He read very thoroughly many things.

"In the long run, I agree with your point of view. But in a short period of time, after Xuanzang was so troubled, Buddhism is much more famous than Taoism."

Li Chunfeng was silent for a moment, which was considered to be agreeable to Sun Simiao's opinion.

However, he obviously still couldn't stand Xuanzang dancing so happily there.

"This is also very simple. Didn't Xuanzang go out for more than ten years and is very familiar with the Western Regions and India? He is also proficient in languages ​​of various countries, collected many books from various countries, and has a good relationship with many princes and nobles.

To be honest, Xuanzang is one of the people who know the Western Regions best now. Now the Tang Dynasty has almost conquered the grassland tribes in the north, and the barbarians in the south cannot cause any great storms in a short period of time.

Considering that most sections of the Silk Road are in the Western Regions, whether for the safety of the Tang Dynasty or the economic development of the Tang Dynasty, the court will definitely focus on the Western Regions.

You suggest to Your Majesty that your Majesty will issue an order, led by Xuanzang, to gather a group of people to record his travels to the west, so as to increase the understanding of the people of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.”

Sun Simiao threw out an idea lightly.

According to the writing speed of people these days, it would take at least two or three years for Xuanzang to complete a book called "Traveling to the West".

At that time, how could the people be interested in a monk who had returned to the Tang Dynasty for several years?

Xuanzang, who was busy writing articles all day, didn’t have so much time to teach lectures on scriptures there.

If he really had so much spare time, he could be used as a translator, translate the classics of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty into the texts of other countries, and let Confucius Institutes build several more in the Western Regions.

Maybe then, Buddhists can directly take the people from Guanshishan Academy to the Western Regions to promote the culture of the Tang Dynasty.

There is no way, the Western Regions in this era are quite different from those in later generations.

The influence of the great cannibal has not even arrived in Central Asia, let alone the Western Regions.

The entire country Xuanzang traveled westward was all the people who believed in Buddhism.

The difference is just how high everyone believes in it.

"This idea seems to be good. I will ask you to see Your Majesty later. This kind of thing that benefits the country and the people should be done by Xuanzang. Isn't he that great? Then it's time to make some contribution to the Tang Dynasty."

Li Chunfeng was overjoyed after listening to Sun Simiao's suggestion.

As long as Xuanzang is busy, Li Chunfeng will not worry about the threat the development of Buddhism will pose to Taoism.

...

Weishui Wharf.

The clerk of the Maritime Department became busy again.

The boxes of gold were moved to the dock and shone under the sunlight.

Fortunately, this is not the first time that Maritime has encountered a similar scene. It is quite experienced and knows how to deal with it.

In addition, Xi Junmai stood next to him with the escort from Shunfeng Escort Agency, so there is no need to worry that someone wants to take this opportunity to make trouble.

"Brother Deng, it's less than a year since Wang Youcai left Chang'an City and brought back so much gold. I heard that gold mines have been discovered in Australia, and there are gold mines in South America, so are there other places? If you can find additional gold mines this time, or find some unique animals and plants, and ask for debts now, it is basically a breeze."

Standing on the dock, Guo Yang began to cheer Deng Feng up.

It doesn't make much sense to remind others.

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Besides, Guo Yang himself has never gone out of the sea, so he doesn't understand the precautions for going out of the sea.

"Brother Guo, don't worry! This time I go to sea, at least one or two years, or at most three or five years, I will definitely come back. Although I may not be able to come back with a ship of gold at that time, there is absolutely no problem to ask for all the current debts."

Looking at the boxes after boxes of gold placed on the pier, Deng Feng's confidence began to become more abundant.

Although he didn't know how much of the gold in front of him was, it was at least worth several million stale coins.

Deng Feng should not set his goal so high, as long as he has 10% of the current Wang Youcai brought back, he will be grateful.

Even 10% of 10% is enough.

"Well, such a big thing happened in the contract trading shop today. Normally, it should spread in Chang'an City soon. This is actually very unfavorable for your trip. However, Wang Youcai's fleet is just back and has brought back such a huge amount of gold.

The impact of this matter is definitely more attractive to everyone's attention than what happens in the contract trading shop. So for you, it is equivalent to having more buffering time so that your creditors won't know your situation so quickly.

Of course, you can board the ship right now, even if they know it, it doesn’t make any sense.”

Guo Yang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Deng Feng's emotions seemed to have slowly recovered from the morning blow.

This person, spirit is a very important thing.

Whether you are a salted fish or a very energetic person can basically be seen from your spirit.

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?"Bang!"

"These locusts are so incompetent!"

In Changsun’s mansion, Changsun Chong threw the teacup in his hand to the ground in dissatisfaction.

He naturally saw the article in the "Datang Daily" early in the morning.
To be continued...