Chapter 191 Choice
The world is in a state of turmoil.
The entire Sui Dynasty was in the midst of war.

Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin of the Li faction, Li Mi, the Duke of Pushan of the Wagang Army, and Yu Wenhuaji of the Yuwen faction in Jiangdu were all constantly radiating their sphere of influence to the surrounding areas.

Luoyang is actually not quiet during this period.

In the past six months, there have been horse-drawn carriages carrying boxes of goods leaving Luoyang.

Ordinary people are just confused and have no idea what these things are.

in fact,

The contents of these boxes are gold, silver, food and other supplies.

They are all things sent to Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and the holy sects.

Yang You and many ministers spared no effort to please the people from these four major factions.

The original name of this Demonic Sect is actually the Holy Sect.

The Shengmen was an alliance formed by other schools of thought in order to protect themselves after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty listened to Dong Zhongshu's advice of "abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone."

Many of the behavioral concepts of these various schools of thought are very different from Confucianism, so they are greatly misunderstood by the world.

At that time, the Mohist school was the most active and its behavior was the most flamboyant.

Mozi, the founder of Mohism, practiced hard, put forward the idea of ​​"universal love and non-aggression", opposed extravagance and waste, and advocated the development of production.

He founded the Mohist Guild and served as its first leader in the hope of having a force outside the country to stop unjust wars in the world. Unfortunately, his successors were all brainless warriors who were not afraid of death.

Among the saints, the disciples of Mohism are the least fearless of death, have the most fierce counterattacks, and are the most hated.

The reason why the Holy Sect is called the Demon Sect is that, on the one hand, it is called the evil sect by the so-called righteous people, and on the other hand, it is because the words "Mo" and "Mo" are derived from rumors.

As time goes by.

I've stayed in the gutter for too long and people have called me a member of the Demon Sect for too long.

They themselves gradually came to believe that they were the evil spirits.

Among the later disciples of the sects, few inherited the ideas of the various schools of thought.

I just learned their martial arts.

It was forcibly downgraded from a religion to a martial arts sect.

After Yang You and his men presented the gifts, the four sects changed their attitude and immediately sent a group of people to join them.

This group of people are all literate, and will be absolutely useful in handling grassroots government affairs. Yang You and others are very happy.

Don't think that grassroots government officials are of no value.

In fact, such people are very rare in this era.

Because this is a world controlled by aristocratic families, it is difficult for ordinary people to have the opportunity to read and write.

What Emperor Yang of Sui had done before actually seriously disgusted the aristocratic families.

What did Yang Guang do?
The Jinshi examination was a direct way of undermining their monopoly on power and extinguishing their desire for their descendants to all be officials.

Then the three expeditions to Goguryeo directly consumed the talent of their world.

Originally there was no choice but to fight to the death with Yang Guang.

Later, eighteen rebel kings jumped out to rebel. The aristocratic families did not have a team because they looked down on these peasants.

But it's different now.

The Li and Yuwen families, who were also aristocratic families, also rebelled.

The four major families can be said to be the ceiling of the aristocratic families.

With the emergence of the Li and Yuwen clans, they naturally would not waste time on Yang Guang's broken ship.

After Wang Ming issued the order to abandon local power and gather in Luoyang.

In fact, only some of the people came, and the others rebelled.

Yang Guang's subordinates were divided into three factions: Wang Shichong, Dugu clan, and Wang Ming, who had the least number of people.

However, due to the terrifying personal strength of Siming Mountain, Wang Shichong did not dare to reveal his ulterior motives.

However, there was a serious loss of capable officials at the lower levels, and the group of people sent by the four gates was just right to fill the vacancies.

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Luoyang, the Eastern Capital,

In the imperial study of the palace.

Wang Ming sat cross-legged with his five palms facing the sky, his right index finger pointing to the sky, his left index finger pointing to the ground, two faint white air spurted out of his nostrils, and the exhaled white air wrapped around Wang Ming's head, lingering and becoming thicker and thicker, gradually becoming a ball of white mist, covering his entire face...

This is the practice of [I Am the Only One in the Eight Desolations and Six Directions].

A long time has passed, and in these few months Wang Ming has figured it out.

It is not reliable to create your own martial arts.

Time-consuming.

Most of those who created their own martial arts also saw their own heritage come to an end.

Unable to find a new inheritance, he had no choice but to create his own achievements.

In addition, creating achievements is actually risky. If you are not careful, you may go astray.

So Wang Ming decided to practice the ready-made martial arts.

But after choosing among all the martial arts, I decided to use Taoist martial arts.

Taoist martial arts have the least impact on people.

There are too few powerful Confucian martial arts passed down.

The Buddhist martial arts have a strong influence on one's thinking, so Wang Ming dare not touch it.

In addition, the Buddhist teachings were not in line with Wang Ming’s personality.

Wang Ming’s goal is to seek immortality and freedom.

It just fits in with Taoism.

As for Taoist Kung Fu, Wang Ming has a ready-made one here—the Xiaoyao School of Martial Arts.

During this period of time, Wang Ming studied the martial arts he possessed diligently.

Wang Ming actually didn't stay in the "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils World" for a long time, just a few short months.

In that world, Wang Ming was always under the threat of being killed at any time, and he had never studied the martial arts in his hands thoroughly.

During this period of research, Wang Ming discovered.

[The Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Am the Only One] has three major effects:

1. Assisting cultivation. This martial art is extremely powerful, and it absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth several times more powerfully than other martial arts. The absorbed true energy is diverted and transported to different places.

Send the true qi with attributes to the five internal organs respectively.

It was sent to the lower dantian without any attributes, and was directly assimilated into the Beiming true qi by the true meaning of "tolerance leads to greatness" of [Beiming Divine Art].

2. Immortality. Wang Ming doesn’t know whether he can really achieve immortality, but longevity is definitely a certainty.

This is also an important factor that Wang Ming cannot give up.

There are quite a few powerful martial arts in "The World of The Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty", but this is why Wang Ming is reluctant to change them.

3. Increase the output power. Ordinary moves can have unparalleled power.

After acquiring this martial art, Wang Ming actually doesn't like to absorb other people's skills.

Absorbing other people's true qi is naturally faster than cultivating it on your own, but that will affect your own ability to achieve eternal youth and longevity.

Therefore, the absorbed true energy must be purified once using the [Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill].

Then, you need to practice the [Northern Sea Divine Art] for a small period of time to completely eliminate the hidden danger.

But after all this operation, it is still faster and easier to fix it yourself.

In fact, the main purpose of [Northern Sea Divine Art] is not to absorb other people's skills.

The thing about absorbing other people's power was just a trick done by Li Qiushui to trick people.

[Bei Ming Divine Art] was originally a martial art created to help practitioners build an indestructible and enormous Dantian.

Later, Wuyazi and Wu Xingyun worked together to integrate the [Shen Zhao Jing] into this martial art, making it even more magical.

Wang Ming now mainly uses this martial art as a means of healing.

[Vajra Indestructible Divine Art] This martial art has accompanied Wang Ming in countless worlds. After practicing it to the ninth level in the previous world, he knew the characteristics of this martial art.

This skill actually also takes the approach of body training, but it is not the traditional way of body training.

This is a martial art that uses Qi to train the body.

It was also because Wang Ming had limited knowledge before and it would be strange if he was not slow in using this martial art to cultivate his true Qi.

This martial art is not used to cultivate true Qi, but to purify and refine true Qi.

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Guande Hall,
The place where the emperor of Sui Dynasty met with officials.

Crown Prince Yang You sat on the dragon throne, listening to the discussions of the ministers below.

Yu Shiji smiled and said, "Your Highness, after we presented our gifts, the Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian saints really stopped fooling us and showed their sincerity."

Other officials also nodded in agreement.

Yang You was also somewhat satisfied. In his education, he was not afraid of people being greedy, but was afraid of people not being greedy.

People who want nothing are the hardest to deal with.

These people who want nothing usually have a greater desire and goal.

These goals often make it difficult for them to be emperors.

Some of these desires are to leave a good reputation for generations to come (such as Wei Zheng's direct remonstrance), while others are for rebellion.

Pei Yun immediately agreed with Yu Shiji and said, "Your Highness, why don't we strike while the iron is hot and bring these four families over completely."

Yang You's interest was piqued when he heard this, and he immediately asked, "How do you pull it over?"

Pei Yun smiled and said, "I have asked the envoys who have returned recently. I have learned from them what the four sects are thinking. Although the four sects have not said it explicitly, I think if their wishes are met, they will definitely help us wholeheartedly."

Yang You's eyes flashed with brilliance, which obviously aroused his heartstrings. Although Yang You was not very old, his martial arts skills were very advanced. He practiced the ancestral [True Dragon Qi] very hard and was now also a congenital master. The eyes of masters in this world would have a brilliance flashing.

Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and the holy sects have desires, which means they can be exploited and controlled.

If you really have no desires, then what's the difference between that and lying down?
Then it cannot be utilized and controlled.

When did the emperor start to fear the greed of his subjects?

So what if you are greedy?
In the end, they really have to give it up, their property goes to the state treasury, and they are just workers until they die. (For example, Heshen, a corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty.)
Yang You looked at Pei Yuan seriously and asked, "What do they want?"

Pei Yun immediately said in a deep voice: "The Buddhist and Taoist sects have expressed that they want to be established as the state religion, and they also want more land and temples."

Yang You was a little hesitant when he heard this, because these two things were somewhat conflicting.

Pei Yun continued in a deep voice, "The Confucian School wants to build more academies. In the future, officials selected by the court must study in their academies. The Holy School wants to lift the decree to abolish the Hundred Schools of Thought, so that the descendants of the various schools of thought can also be selected as officials. At the same time, they also asked for some land to build a school palace."

Yang You frowned at this moment. This was not going to be easy! Because the interests of Confucianism and the Saint Sect conflicted.

After that, all the officials discussed for half an hour without reaching any conclusion, so Yang You dismissed the court.

But Yang You left Dugu Sheng and Dugu Feng behind, and Pei Yun and Yu Shiji began to discuss.

Yang You said to the four people expressionlessly: "What do you think at this time?"

Dugu Feng said with a gloomy face: "The ambitions of these four sects are really terrifying. It seems that they are aiming for great things!"

After Dugu Feng's words, everyone's faces became even gloomier and they became even more silent.

Yang You was angry, but the others didn't dare to speak because the topic was too sensitive.

Yang You didn't care much about the ideas of Buddhism and Taoism. He just wanted to give them more land and temples. After all, they were people who lived outside the world and were not involved in power.

But the Confucian and Demonic sects are clearly trying to get their hands on the imperial power!

Yu Shiji rolled his eyes, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face. He broke the silence and said, "Your Highness, it's okay if we agree to their request."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to his face.

Pei Yun, who was standing next to him, secretly pulled Yu Shiji back and told him not to talk nonsense.

But Yu Shiji didn't care at all, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter if Buddhism and Taoism give them what they want. It doesn't matter if we give Confucianism and Sages either. What matters to us now is to get through the difficulties at hand. When these are over, we will make them spit out whatever they swallowed."

Yang You suddenly understood when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Yes! After the world is unified again, I will have the final say, right?"

Dugu Feng said in a deep voice: "The goals of Buddhism and Taoism conflict, and the interests of Confucianism and Sainthood conflict. It seems that we can only choose any two of them."

For a moment, everyone in the hall fell silent again.

Pei Yun said after a moment of silence: "Our dynasty has made a lot of efforts in establishing Buddhism, so you can consider it."

Dugu Sheng snorted unhappily, "The Buddhist sect has bad intentions and has kept the Heshi Bi privately and refused to give it to Your Majesty. It is better to choose the Taoist sect."

As soon as these words came out, Yang You's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Yu Shiji also said: "In the future, officials must study in Confucian academies before they can serve as officials. It is easy to undermine them..."

Yu Shiji did not say the rest of the words, but everyone understood what he meant.

Dugu Feng also said in a deep voice: "The Saint Sect is also troublesome. If we relax the restrictions and allow them to preach, it will easily lead to rebellion. The Mohist School has its own set of laws. It will be difficult to deal with it at that time!"

Every time these four people opened their mouths, Yang You, who was listening, became more gloomy.

At first he didn't feel the danger of these four doors, but now he understands it completely.

He was a little hesitant to make a decision and wanted to go to the Emperor to ask for advice.

but,

he can not.

Yang You looked for Wang Ming, but was unfortunately blocked outside the palace gate and ignored him.

So at this time Yang You could only make his own decision.

Just when Yang You was at a loss, Yu Shiji suddenly said, "We don't need to worry, this is easy."

Yang You turned his gaze directly to Yu Shiji and gave him a look that urged him to speak quickly.

Yu Shiji didn't hesitate and said slowly: "What do you want to choose? Just agree to all of them."

After these words were spoken, everyone felt that this guy was joking.

(End of this chapter)