Vol 2 Chapter 2424: I want to conquer hundreds of families
Chapter 2424 I want to conquer hundreds of families
Chapter 2420: I want to conquer hundreds of families
Following Mohism and Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism also followed.
Taoist leader Zhuang Zhou publicly announced that he would expel Zhang Sanfeng from Taoism.
Zhang Sanfeng now has a big tree at his back, so naturally he will not let Zhuang Zhou bully him. Not long after, he publicly announced that Zhuang Zhou had abandoned the Taoist "purity and inaction", so he called on all Taoists in the world to abolish Zhuang Zhou and give Taoism a clear sky.
Zhang Sanfeng did the same thing as Meng Ke, but the situation he faced was much better than Meng Ke.
As soon as the news came out, most of the Taoist sects in the north followed suit and expressed their intention to establish Zhang Sanfeng as the new leader.
Zhen Dao, Tai Dao, Shaoyang Sect, Zhengyang Sect, Chunyang Sect, etc. all supported Zhang Sanfeng as the new leader.
At the same time, Zhongnan Mountain, Quanzhen Sect.
Wang Chongyang, Zhou Botong, the Seven Masters of Quanzhen and others all looked solemn at this time, and the reason was naturally the internal disputes within Taoism.
Zhang Sanfeng established a new Taoism, completely drawing a clear line with the original Taoism. This also forced the Taoist sects in Daqin to take sides.
The gate of Quanzhen Sect is in Zhongnan Mountain, and Zhongnan Mountain is located in Yongzhou.
Although Yongzhou was not occupied by the Qin Dynasty, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Tang State could not protect Yongzhou.
Quanzhen Sect is already a sect under the rule of Da Qin. If it does not keep pace with Da Qin, it will naturally be impossible to reap good fruits.
At this time, Wang Chongyang was undergoing a fierce ideological struggle in his heart.
He is a descendant of the Yuqing lineage, and has opposed the Great Qin many times. He thought he would be liquidated by the Great Qin, but after the Qin army entered Guanzhong, they did not cause any trouble for him.
Obviously, Da Qin was giving him a chance, and if he did not side with Zhang Sanfeng this time, it would be tantamount to completely rejecting Da Qin's good intentions. Not only would he die, but the Quanzhen Sect would also be wiped out.
But Wang Chongyang was a disciple of the Yuqing lineage, which made it really difficult for him to make up his mind.
Looking at Wang Chongyang with an uncertain face, Zhou Botong hesitated for a long time and then said: "Brother, make the decision you think is right."
Wang Chongyang's body was shaken, and after taking a long breath, he said bitterly: "Let me announce that I, the Quanzhen Sect, support Taoist Sanfeng as the new leader of our Taoist sect."
Between the sect and survival, Wang Chongyang chose the latter after all. He was not afraid of death, but he could not bring down the Quanzhen Sect's hundreds of disciples.
Halfway up Zhongnan Mountain, Bu Jingyun glanced at the Dao Palace on the top of the mountain and asked with a sneer: "Junior Brother Feng, what do you think Wang Chongyang will choose?"
Nie Feng was silent for a while and then said, "Master Chongyang, he has no choice."
“Wang Chongyang has opposed the Qin Dynasty many times and participated in the murder of Liu Bian. If he still doesn’t know what to do this time, there is no need for the Quanzhen Sect to exist.” Bu Jingyun sneered.
Soon, the spies came to report.
After learning the news, Bu Jingyun said with an indifferent expression: "Retreat, Wang Chongyang bowed his head."
Having said that, he went down the mountain without looking back, while three hundred swordsmen in black followed closely behind, following Bu Jingyun down the mountain.
If Wang Chongyang made the wrong choice this time, Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng would lead these three hundred swordsmen and raze the Quanzhen Sect to the ground for the crime of "treason."
Quanzhen Sect is just one of the Taoist sects that was forced to take sides this time. Sects such as Huashan Sect, Longmen Sect, Suishan Sect, Yushan Sect, etc. were also forced to take sides with Zhang Sanfeng under the power of Qin Dynasty.
On the other side, Maoshan Sect.
The Shangqing Taoist is here, quietly listening to Ge Hong, the head of Maoshan, talking about the recent great changes in Taoism.
After hearing this, the Shangqing Taoist sighed and said: "The Emperor of Qin has not yet unified the world, and has not sent out a single soldier. He has divided hundreds of schools of thought with just one worship hall. This method is really clever."
The Taoist priests of the Shangqing Dynasty could already imagine that after the Qin Dynasty unified the world, hundreds of families would be crushed to death by Ying Hao.
Ying Hao's methods are so powerful. He hasn't even unified the world yet. With just one worship hall, he has already tormented hundreds of families to death.
If after the unification of Ying Hao, the power and prestige will be even greater, then the hundreds of families will not let him knead it.
Although the Shangqing Taoists knew this, they had no intention of stopping it. Instead, they hoped to create a king who could conquer hundreds of families.
After all, if the country is strong, the sect must be weak. But once the sect becomes strong and the country becomes weak, the world will be in chaos.
Shangqing Taoists still hope that the world will be stable.
After hesitating for a long time, Ge Hong said: "Master, the split in Taoism is inevitable, but the disciples have objections to the choice of the new leader. Zhang Sanfeng is Zhang Jiao's younger brother and is not the best candidate for the leader."
Who is Zhang Sanfeng? Before becoming a monk, he was Zhang Jiao's second brother, the local general Zhang Bao, and one of the main initiators of the Yellow Turban Uprising.
Due to the summoning system, except for Zhang Jiao, the other two Zhang brothers are still alive and well, and each one is more active than the last.
Zhang Jiao was a disciple of the Yin Yang family, Zhang Liang was a disciple of the Confucian school, and Zhang Sanfeng was a disciple of the Taoist school.
Zhang Sanfeng’s status and status are sufficient, but his experience is flawed. If he is made the new leader of Taoism, it will naturally cause some controversy.
Taoist Taoist Shangqing was well aware of this, but he had no choice but to give Zhang Sanfeng the support of Ying Hao.
Nowadays, unlike in the past, Taoists do not have the final say on who should be the leader of Taoism. The person who can make the decision is actually Ying Hao.
Whoever Ying Hao wants to be the leader can sit in this position, otherwise how could Zhang Sanfeng have so many supporters.
“Da Qin supports Zhang Sanfeng, so he is the best candidate.” Taoist Shangqing said with a smile.
"But Master, Da Qin will support Zhang Sanfeng, because Da Qin has no more suitable candidate, but it is different now. With you, Master, and my Shangqing lineage, there are many people who can replace Zhang Sanfeng. Isn't Senior Brother Gongming better than Zhang Sanfeng?" Is it appropriate?" Ge Hong said.
How could a Taoist like Master Shangqing not understand the meaning of his disciple’s words? He was the leader who wanted to intercept Hu Zhang Sanfeng.
"Gongming has returned to the royal family of the Song Dynasty and cannot become the new leader."
There was something strange in Taoist Shangqing's eyes. He knew very well what Zhao Gongming, his disciple, had done, and he was also indescribably disappointed in his heart.
“O Gongming, what should I do as my teacher?”
Ge Hong forgot that Zhao Gongming was already from the Song Dynasty. After being reminded by the Shangqing, he immediately understood, but he said: "Even if Senior Brother Gongming is not good, there are other candidates. How can the position of leader be given to others?
Master, if you mention it, Emperor Qin will definitely give you some face. "
Taoist Shangqing closed his eyes and thought about it, but in the end he shook his head and refused.
His disciples all have good qualifications, but except for Zhao Gongming and the eldest disciple who joined Buddhism, no one is really suitable to be the leader.
After all, being a leader does not just mean being strong. He also needs to have strong enough management skills and be able to move around among various forces. Not just anyone can be the leader.
Once the wrong person is chosen, if the leader is forced to abdicate like the Mohist family, it will really be a disaster.
After much deliberation, Taoist Shangqing felt that Zhang Sanfeng was more suitable, and he did not want to waste the favor between him and Ying Hao on the leader's issue.
After all, Emperor Qin’s debt of gratitude was not just as simple as the position of leader.
“Ge Hong, it would be great if you were a great master.” Shangqing Taoist sighed.
Ge Hong's face turned red and he smiled bitterly and said, "My disciple has embarrassed the master."
Shortly afterwards, the Maoshan Sect also publicly announced its support for Zhang Sanfeng as the leader of Taoism, and its head Ge Hong joined the enshrinement hall.
As soon as the news came out, hundreds of families were shocked. The Maoshan sect is a sect of the Shangqing lineage. The attitude it expresses means that the Shangqing lineage also supports Zhang Sanfeng. This weight is much heavier than that of ordinary sects such as Huashan.
With the Maoshan faction openly supporting Zhang Sanfeng, Taoism also split into two factions: the Way of Heaven and the Way of Humanity.
The escapist sect headed by Zhang Sanfeng is called the Tiandao sect, while the group led by Zhuang Zhou is called the humane sect. .
Luoyang.
“The Maoshan faction has also expressed its support. It seems that the Shangqing faction does not want to compete for the leadership. Is there no suitable candidate?”
Ying Hao murmured to himself. He actually hoped that Shangqing would ask for something from him, so that he could repay Shangqing's favor.
To him, there was no big difference whether the position of Taoist leader was given to Zhang Sanfeng or to the Shangqing lineage. On the contrary, Shangqing's favor value was greater, but Shangqing did not give him this opportunity.
“Mo, Confucianism, and Taoism have all separated, and I don’t know which one will be next?”
Ying Hao muttered to himself.
He originally thought that after the enshrinement hall was established, only powerful men from the Qin country would join, but he never expected that it would have such a big impact and that hundreds of schools of thought would be divided one after another.
In this regard, we can only say that even Ying Hao himself still underestimated him and the deterrent power of Da Qin.
"This is just the first step. Sooner or later, I will completely conquer all the schools of thought."
Ying Hao spoke to himself confidently. Baijia's frightened reaction made him realize that Baijia was not as powerful as he thought, so he is now confident in his future plans.
Hai Baijia did not keep Ying Hao waiting for long, and soon revealed the fourth splinter sect, which was Buddhism.
The leader of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, under pressure from the Shu and Sui countries, announced the expulsion of Bodhidharma and Xuanzang, the two great masters, from Buddhism.
Immediately afterwards, Bodhidharma and Xuanzang jointly announced the establishment of Eastern Buddhism, completely drawing a clear line with the original Mahayana Buddhism.
More than 300 temples in Daqin, including the White Horse Temple, Shaolin Temple, Puzhao Temple, Dabaoen Temple, Donglin Temple, Foguang Temple, and Qingliang Temple, immediately publicly aligned themselves with Eastern Buddhism.
Da Qin is the only country that has ever carried out the extermination of Buddhism. The Buddhist forces within the territory suffered heavy losses and were already frightened by the attack. They did not dare to rebel against Da Qin at all.
It is precisely because of this that these Buddhist temples are so aware of current affairs.
Since then, among the hundreds of schools of thought, the four major schools of thought - Mohism, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism - have completely split apart, leaving only the peasants struggling to support themselves.
As for the peasant family, with the comfort of Shennong, they did not move toward division.
However, due to pressure from the Shu Kingdom, the peasant family still kicked Zheng Xuan out of the peasant family. This was an explanation to Liu Yu and many peasant disciples.
After Da Qin learned the news, he immediately offered to help Zheng Xuan establish a new farmhouse. After all, Zheng Xuan was the previous leader and he was fully qualified to establish a new farmhouse, but Zheng Xuan rejected it.
Zheng Xuan is different from Jing Tianming, Bodhidharma and others. Although his prestige is high, he is too old and does not want to continue struggling like this. Moreover, he also believes in the ability of the current leader Shennong.
The situation faced by Shennong was very similar to that of Jing Tianming. He was also swayed by the public opinion of the farmers, but Shennong's prestige and control over the farmers were much stronger than Jing Tianming's.
Zheng Xuan believed that Shennong would lead the peasant family out of the quagmire, so he was kicked out of the peasant family willingly and joined the Daqin Enshrinement Hall as an individual.
“Mr. Zheng Xuan, Shennong will definitely live up to your expectations.”
Shennong said in a deep voice, his face full of determination.
“If the leader needs help, he can contact Tian Yan at any time.”
Tian Yan cupped his fists and saluted, and said seriously: "Although Tian Yan serves Da Qin, he is a farmer's disciple after all. He will do his best wherever he can."
Shen Nong looked at Tian Yan indifferently. This former female genius from a peasant family was actually a spy of the Great Qin Dynasty. Otherwise, with her intelligence and qualifications, she might not be able to be trained as the next leader.
There is even some entanglement between this woman and Emperor Qin. Perhaps this can be used as an entry point to ease the relationship between Da Qin and the peasant family.
At this thought, Shennong's eyes when he looked at Tian Yan became softer, and he said calmly: "Tian Yan, are you willing to accept me as your teacher?"
"What?"
Tian Yan was suddenly shocked. He had no idea that her identity as an undercover agent would be exposed. Shennong not only refused to cause trouble to her, but also accepted her as his disciple.
“The disciple is willing.”
Tian Yan knelt down and performed the apprenticeship ceremony honestly, while Shennong said: "As my master, I want to tell my sworn brother Fuxi that I may need his help when necessary."
“Yes, leader.”
After seeing Tian Yan leave, Shennong also returned to Liuxian Tomb, where there was still a big trouble waiting for him.
Previously, the top management of the farm had passed the "Yandi Jue" and decided to execute Zheng Xuan, the incoming leader, but Shennong let Zheng Xuan go, so he still needed to solve this problem.
In the center of Liuxian Tomb, Xu Xing and other seven elders, as well as senior officials such as Tian Guang, Zhu Jia, Tian Meng, Tian Hu, Situ Wanli, Tian Zhong, Tian Mi, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, have been waiting here for Shennong for a long time.
Xu Xing saw Shennong returning empty-handed, and everyone present knew that Shennong might have let Zheng Xuan go.
After all, Zheng Xuan was only a half-step grand master, and his vitality was exhausted. How could he be the opponent of the great master Shennong?
“Shen Nong, do you know your sin?”
Xu Xing and other seven elders said in unison, their voices like thunder, resounding throughout the valley.
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Luoyang, outside the worship hall.
“Who is coming?”
“Mo Jia, Jing Tianming.”
“What? A Mohist giant?”
"I am no longer a great figure in the Mohist family. Go and report it quickly. Jing Tianming will come to the enshrinement hall to report."
“Ah, yes, yes, please wait.”
The guards quickly reported it. After all, Jing Tianming was not an ordinary person. Even if he was not a Mohist tycoon, he was still a tycoon in office. His status was no less than that of the Grand Master. It was said that His Majesty the Emperor admired Jing Tianming's machine skills very much.
“Jing Tianming?”
Just as everyone in the Yin Yang family was about to leave, they bumped into Jing Tianming and his party at the door.
Jing Tianming's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Ji Ru among the crowd, and he quickly stepped forward to say hello: "Yue'er, long time no see."
Ji Ru looked at Jing Tianming. Although there were waves in her calm eyes, she still said calmly: "Tianming, you are still the same."
Ruoxi, who was following behind Ji Ru, was so excited when she saw this scene. She didn't expect to see the dawn so soon. Now only Shaoyu and Shi Lan are missing, Qin Shi's four children are all here.
(End of this chapter)