Chapter 815 (1/2)
The writing of Tubo was strangled in the cradle by Li Hong. In the more than ten years of Li Hong's rule, the Han script became the only one. If we continue to push westward, we would force the collateral branches of five surnames and seven outlooks to take root in Anxi. Taking Confucian culture as the main body, it disseminated the essence of Central Plains culture and the essence of safeguarding imperial power.
In this way, even if it is a hundred years later, the Central Plains will be surrounded by wars and fierce competitions. But in the same root and the same kind of culture, is not it more radiation and broader than the track in history? Isn't it more cohesive and centripetal?
Tradition is used to break. Our traditional culture is rooted in the Central Plains, but we never want to go out and have a look. We regard ourselves as the center of the world in a wishful way. However, the great Confucianists do not know that anything will be eliminated in the face of the development of the times without innovation.
Li Zhe stood up with pride. Under the daze of his ministers and between Li Zhi's and Wu Mei's expressions of amazement, he said to Kong Zhiyue and Yan Weizhen again: ”you only saw that Prince Dashi came to my Tang Dynasty to pay homage, and you thought that no one in Tang Dynasty could match me, and that our culture is the orthodox world! But have you ever thought why Dashi is so powerful! Why are they strong? What do they support their strength? What will support their political power and what will make their regime stable? The main points of Buddhist scriptures were accepted and integrated by our Tang Dynasty, which made the Tang Dynasty become a pure land of foreign Buddhist scriptures, and made monks from the western regions become dignified envoys of the Tang Dynasty. But why can Dashi insist on its own culture and make the essence of Buddhist scriptures unable to penetrate into their traditional culture? Have we ever learned from it? Do you understand all this? ”
In the face of Li Zhe's series of reasons, Kong Zhiyue and Yan Weizhen began to look at a bit at a loss. Today, when they attended the royal banquet, they intended to start with Kong Zhiyue's eloquence in front of his majesty and the queen, and then extended Yan Weizhen to the stage.
Thus, the Hongwen hall, which was gradually away from the tradition and was close to the Chongwen Hall of the East Palace, could be handed over to Yan Weizhen by his majesty from Su Jing.
But I don't want to. Their purpose has not yet been implemented, and they have not communicated with the officials here and discussed about the hongwenguan. First of all, they have to face the questions and questions from the royal princes.
Li Zhe looked at Kong Zhiyue and Yan Weizhen, whose expression was at a loss and with a trace of deep anger, suddenly pulled out the horizontal knife from the bodyguard's waist at the gate of Hanyuan hall. Then he held the sword high and went to them. When the officials thought that Li Zhe was trying to be rude, but Wu Mei secretly stopped him, Li Zhe said solemnly: ”since you don't know why, then Let me tell you why
”Why, because the cannibals, with their swords in their right hand and a scripture in their left hand, have conquered many countries you have never heard of in the East and West! With the sword in their right hand, let the people of those countries submit to their strong force, and then use the Scriptures in their left hand to make the people of those countries believe that this is the only code that can make them full of strength, faith and spiritual sustenance, save them in the midst of fire and water, and give them food, clothing and well-being It is said that they were conquered by the sword in the right hand, rather than they were conquered by the code in the hand of cannibalism! Thus, the code became their only belief and their totem!
Now, do you know why the emperor sent all the branches of the five surnames and seven Wang to Anxi? Now you should know that the emperor brother is struggling and thankless when you lie on the meritorious books of your ancestors. He teaches your theories to the people at the border of the Tang Dynasty for you. You don't know how grateful you are. Do you really benefit the people of Tang Dynasty by doing so? ”
Li Zhe's words not only let everyone in Hanyuan hall begin to reexamine Li Hong's behavior, but also Li Zhi and Wu Mei have a new understanding of Li Hong's restless stay in Chang'an City and always want to run out to lead troops to fight.
With the disappearance of Li Zhe's voice in Hanyuan hall, the whole hall is silent. Kong Zhiyue and Yan Weizhen look at each other with complicated expressions. What Li Zhe said, even if it was a strong argument, could not be refuted by their knowledge that they had never walked out of the Central Plains.
”Take it up.” Just as the crowd was still silent in what Li Zhe had just said, Li Dan, king of Yin, suddenly called out to his eunuch at the door.
Then, all eyes moved to the door of Hanyuan hall. Li Dan's two eunuchs were carefully carrying things in their hands.