What kind of bad intentions can the little prince have?

The Daoist sect can be regarded as the kind that is more knowledgeable about current affairs, or in other words, they have actually been psychologically prepared for a long time. After all, Empress Wu's rise to the top position is already a certainty, and they don't have the ability to bring Empress Wu down, so they can only let it go.Of course, Empress Wu also wanted to let Buddhism replace the current leader position of Taoism, not to kill Taoism directly.Therefore, Taoism is naturally tolerable.

However, although Li Yue needs a suitable religion, today's Taoism is still somewhat unqualified for Li Yue.How should I put it, Taoism has always been too non-human.Taoist priests themselves are generally of high quality, most of them come from great families, and some are inherited from their families. Therefore, it is actually difficult for them to empathize with the lower-level people, because they cannot understand the life of the lower-level people, so naturally they cannot grasp their feelings. The pain point, in terms of preaching, it is no wonder that it can be compared to Buddhism.Buddhism is aimed at the people at the bottom, and never plays anything false. Anyway, you have suffered in this life, and you have done evil in your previous life. So in this life, you should do good deeds and accumulate more merits, so that you can become a master in your next life.This will give the people at the bottom an illusory hope. To put it bluntly, it is impossible for anyone to know who they will be in the next life. Buddhism is nothing more than drawing a big pie for you out of thin air, but some pie is better than nothing.

Like Sun Simiao, he walks around and treats the poor. He does not take money from the poor, but also pays some extra medicinal materials. But for many poor people, living is suffering. In fact, many times, living is not as good as died.

Therefore, even though Buddhism has been suppressed by officials since Li Tang was established, its influence among the people has not been affected much.

What Li Yue needs is a down-to-earth religion. If he wants to join Taoism, he has to let the Taoist sect change some of their previous teachings and the way of preaching.

It's a pity that Li Yue doesn't know any Taoists, which makes him a little numb.

But Yang Yao smiled and said, "What's the difficulty in finding a famous Taoist priest, not to mention Zhongnan Mountain, even near Luoyang!"

Li Yue asked, "Who is it?"

Yang Yao didn't mince words with Li Yue, and said: "There was originally a Taoist temple on Songshan Mountain, and the presiding officer was Zizhen Zhenren. His lay surname was Pan, and he was also from a family of officials. In [-], I accepted a disciple, Sima Chengzhen, we all called him Ziwei Daoist! This time, with the immortal Wang Yuanzhi becoming a fairy queen, Ziwei Daoist inherited the Taoism of the Shangqing School. In Songshan, if he is willing to speak up, then many things will be easier to handle!"

Hearing these names, Li Yue's eyes were really darkened. He was not interested in these things in his previous life, so he didn't know that these three were all masters of the Shangqing School, like Pan Shizheng, who directly straightened out the lineage of the new generation of immortals Sima Chengzhen is the so-called Zhengyi Immortal Master who became an immortal in the legend.

Yang Yao actually doesn't know these things very well, and this can actually reflect the situation of Taoism. Even high-level people, if they don't pay attention to these things often, seldom remember the names of these people. Not doing well!It is said that it is the first person, but Taoism actually values ​​it more. If you have never heard of it, then it means that you have lost the slightest celestial relationship!

"Then when are we going to visit that Ziwei real person?" Li Yue asked.

Yang Yao nodded and said, "That's because we have to choose a good day, and we have to find someone to send a copy of the greeting card to us first! In case the real Ziwei goes out for a wandering trip, we'll waste nothing!"

Empress Wu's scheduled enthronement date is Chongyang, Ninth Ninth, which is regarded as the solstice of Chunyang, and it was also deduced by a group of Buddhist monks to say what is the most suitable fate for Empress Wu.

Although Li Yue said that she arrived in Luoyang relatively early, it was only half a month before Empress Wu ascended the throne. During this period, Empress Wu might still summon a few times, whether it was in private or in public.After all, as the only surviving branch of the Li family, Li Yue has almost become a mascot, proving that Empress Wu is ready to stop and stop killing!

As the enthronement is approaching, the situation in Luoyang is tight internally and loose externally. Although it shows that the dynasty is about to change, it is nothing more than changing the soup without changing the medicine. Among other things, those people are still on the border, and the small countries that still exist around are all frightened. It is the countries of the Western Regions that were destroyed before. Their royal families were sent to the capital long ago, and they were regarded as being raised by the Tang Dynasty as pigs.

In addition, those who also need to come are the governors of the states, the governors of the prefectures and the governors of the frontiers. If they do not express their support at this time, they may be put on small shoes later.In this regard, Empress Wu, like Li Zhi, has a bad record, and the lessons learned from the past are still there. The ministers below really dare not make such mistakes again. Therefore, not only did they come back, they also prepared heavy gifts, and some even knew how to exploit Yes, I directly prepared some so-called auspiciousness, the common ones are Jiahe, and then there are white deer, Ganoderma lucidum, etc., which have to be offered later.

After confirming that Li Yue's future would not change, more people visited Li Yue.

Now there are quite a few people in Tang Dynasty begging for life at sea, among other things, in the past, some people went to sea to catch Kunlun slaves, and after a little domestication, they could sell them for a lot of money when they came back.For example, in today's market, the most expensive slaves are Kunlun slaves and Silla slaves.Before Ryukyu, everyone didn't pay much attention to it. For example, when Yang Guang sent people out to sea to search for immortals, he saw the Ryukyu Islands from a distance, but he didn't actually land on them.But now Ryukyu seems to have undergone a high degree of development, and it suddenly became a favorite in the eyes of these people.What's more, those who really make a living at sea naturally know how profitable sea trade is. However, the overseas market is very limited nowadays. Along the coastline or the migration route of whales, at most it is the two routes to Liaodong or Wa Kingdom, and it is difficult to guarantee safety no matter how far away.On the other hand, it is also because no civilization has really developed in relatively close places.In fact, Nanyang really developed after the Song Dynasty. At that time, a large number of people voluntarily immigrated for various reasons, bringing advanced production technology to overseas, and then it slowly developed.At the moment, the sea merchants don't think that those natives who are like savages can afford anything.

With the development of Ryukyu, this is a very good market. In particular, Li Yue is famous for turning stones into gold. Everyone is very optimistic about the future of Ryukyu. Therefore, some coastal states and counties are very interested in Ryukyu. , naturally hope to reach a good relationship with Li Yue.

Although a small country like Ryukyu, which is relatively scarce in resources, can be considered self-sufficient, if it wants to live a better life, it cannot do without maritime trade. Therefore, Li Yue naturally hopes to continue to form a good trade relationship with the Central Plains. For these Overtures from officials are not rejected.

In addition to those royal relatives who wanted to use the name of getting married, the whole family went overseas to avoid disaster and limelight, the threshold of Li Yue's palace was almost stepped down.

Under such circumstances, Li Yue didn't have time to visit Sima Chengzhen until Empress Wu was formally abdicated by Li Danchan to ascend the throne.

Empress Wu's enthronement ceremony was very grand. This famous character-making master in history directly changed her name to Wu Li.It can be said that in terms of the boldness of the name, it really surpassed most emperors.After all, since the Son of Heaven, the emperor has claimed to be the Son of Heaven, but when he comes to her, he is Zetian, and he has raised his status to be equal to or even slightly higher than the sky.As for the name of the country, it also changed from Tang to Zhou.

Li Yue didn't feel much awe because of this, anyway, he won't meet many times in the future, besides, Li Yue himself is not a person who is in awe of imperial power.In fact, after this era, Li Yue really found out that imperial power is not really supreme. Don't look at Li Zhi and Wu Zetian killing people at every turn, but they are not the kind of lunatics who don't consider the consequences and kill people directly. They are making up their minds Before, they would consider the consequences, so when the time is not up, they can only endure it no matter how upset they are.The reason why Wu Zetian was able to massacre the clan before is nothing more than that the old Li family was on guard against the clan. After the Xuanwumen change, the power of the clan has been weakened by a large number. They have all been compressed to a certain extent. Under such circumstances, how many storms can the clan make?So much so that they spent a lot of effort to rebel, and if it weren't for the support of some local aristocratic families behind them, it is estimated that they would have their heads chopped off and rewarded for their rewards just after they raised their troops!

After seeing through the so-called imperial power, even if Li Yue is the beneficiary, it is impossible to sanctify this thing and go through the process in a formulaic way. After attending the state banquet held by Ziwei Palace, Li Yue dragged his tired body back to the In his own palace, Yang Yao, who also looked tired, came back with him.No way, in the past, Yang Yao was considered a married woman, but now?The Empress Dowager has changed her career to become emperor, and Wu Zetian would never let Li Dan's concubine come forward to entertain the wives at home and abroad. Therefore, as a wives, she has to wear costumes to participate in the enthronement ceremony in another place. With a considerable amount of exercise, otherwise, with this level of tossing, I am afraid that I will faint several times on the spot.

They just entered the mansion here, and before they had time to drink some water to moisten their throats, someone came to report that a Taoist priest had come over when they had just left the house, and they had been waiting until now.