"The kingdom of the Far West, which had created generations of wise men such as Socrates and Plato, was divided into two, and the Kingdom of the West quickly perished and divided into a number of small states, and the countries were constantly fighting with each other, and Christianity took this opportunity to grow and develop, and almost all the people of the West Pole were Christians, even the king."

"Christianity has its own pope, the establishment of a special papal state, and the establishment of countless churches between the countries, requiring the people to give everything to God in order to go to heaven after death, whenever a king ascends the throne, must be baptized by the pope, once a powerful king does not obey the pope, the pope order, other countries will gather a coalition of armies, until it is defeated."

Every time Morton said a word, Li Shimin's face became gloomy, if he let the divine power override the imperial power, then he would never be able to accept it.

"And the big food is a more special form, the integration of politics and religion, it is called the caliphate by the religious leader, it is not only a religious leader, but also a political leader, the soldiers under its name all believe in the first religion, extremely loyal and fanatical and not afraid of death, and now it is constantly encroaching on Persia, Weichen can guarantee that Persia will not be able to withstand the attack of these berserkers, and within twenty years Persia will definitely die, and the pyramid country is also adjacent to the big food, I am afraid it will not be able to escape, the big food will become the most powerful enemy of my Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and it is extremely dangerous."

"Politics and religion are one, and believers are soldiers!" Li Shimin took a deep breath, he was no stranger to this model, many uprisings in the Chinese Dynasty were in the name of religion, among which Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army uprising was one of them, the only difference was that Zhang Jiao was defeated.

Merton took a deep breath again and said, "And the most popular place of Buddhism in Tianzhu is more worthy of reference and deep thought. ”

Li Shimin suddenly sat upright, if it was the country of the East and the West, and Dashi was still a little far away from Datang, and Tianzhu, who also believed in Buddhism and was adjacent to it, he had to pay attention to it.

"As early as Qin Shi Huang unified China, in Tianzhu also appeared in the era of great unification, the Peacock Dynasty, its land and population compared with the Great Qin, but since the fall of the Peacock Dynasty, now eight hundred years have passed, Tianzhu is still a small country, the war continues, once there is a strong external invasion, Tianzhu will be a plate of scattered sand, at the mercy of others."

"There are many small countries!" Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned, you must know that after the destruction of Qin, China has experienced generation after generation of dynastic changes, even if he is divided in the world, no matter which emperor he is, he dreams of unifying the world, and Tianzhu has not been unified for 800 years, which is simply incredible in his opinion.

Didn't Tianzhu have an emperor with great ambitions? Obviously, it is impossible, and I am afraid that among them, the role of Buddhism in prohibiting killing, compassion, and opposing war cannot be underestimated.

"That is to say, in this world, where civilization originated, the divine power has shrouded three-quarters, and only my country, Huaxia, has survived." Merton smiled wryly.

Li Shimin's face at the moment is particularly solemn, for a long time, the world has always believed that Huaxia is the center of the world, and other places are barbarian places, but since the rise of the Mo family, one by one from the country of the extreme west, the extraterritorial learning has constantly changed the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and everyone realized that in addition to the Chinese civilization, there are three ancient countries in this world that are not inferior to the Chinese civilization, and there are more brilliant rising stars Roman and Greek civilization.

However, the news from Merton's mouth is more and more bad news, and these civilized countries have all been shrouded in divine power.

It was not until this moment that Li Shimin truly realized the cruelty of the struggle between divine power and royal power, and the reason why the two martial arts were able to succeed in destroying the Buddha was because the monks and nuns only accounted for one-tenth of the population of the society, while the secular people accounted for the majority, coupled with the influence of the great unification and the culture of the hundred schools of thought.

However, if, if there is no Erwu to destroy the Buddha, and the Buddhism family has developed smoothly from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that its scale will be several times that of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the consequences will make Li Shimin shudder.

For Merton's words, Li Shimin did not doubt that Merton can be said to be the person who knows the Western Regions best, except for the secret works of Mozi that the sages of the Mo family once traveled all over the country of the extreme west and wrote in his mouth, in the past two years, there has been a steady stream of Hu merchants to provide countless information for the Mo family, and it is not difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly flashed and said, "I heard that you highly respect the exotic Mo family, I want to know how the Mo family in the East and West is doing now?" ”

A trace of sadness flashed on Merton's face and said: "The Mo family advocates truth and solves unsolved mysteries, which is absolutely not allowed in the country of the West Pole, if we are in the country of the East Pole and the West, even if Your Majesty comes forward to protect Wei Chen, Wei Chen will not escape being burned at the stake." ”

"Burn at the stake!" Li Shimin's mouth grew in disbelief.

Morton nodded and said: "When the sages of the Mo family traveled to the Western Regions, he once met a sage of the Mo family, named Copernicus, who believed that the earth we are in is not the center of the universe, but the sun is the center of the universe. ”

Li Shimin was stunned and said: "I don't even dare to announce the doctrine." ”

"I, the Tang Dynasty, don't convict by words, but Copernicus doesn't even dare to publish his doctrine, but what is the situation of the Mo family?" Merton Road.

"Will you be burned at the stake just for saying the wrong thing?" Li Shimin smacked his tongue.

Merton nodded: "Later, his disciple Bruno believed in the theory of the center of the sun, lobbied countries to promote his own ideas, and was finally tied to the stake by the Holy See and burned alive. ”

"It's really burned at the stake!" Li Shimin was shocked.

It was not until this time that Li Shimin knew why even he couldn't protect Merton, who cracked the tengu eclipse sun, boarded a hot air balloon to lift off the clouds, and peeked at the moon with a telescope, I am afraid that none of them will escape death.

Li Shimin couldn't help but regret: "Is it worth it? For a doctrine that does not know whether it is true or false. ”

"Worth it, of course it's worth it! The most precious thing in this world is the truth, and the existence of the Mohists is to solve the unsolved mysteries and find the truth in this world. Merton said firmly.

Only then did Li Shimin remember that there was a child of the Mo family in front of him, and he couldn't help but glance at Mo Dun with complicated eyes.

"In fact, not only the Mo family, from the latest news, the last pope has burned down the largest library in Rome, and the school must teach theology, which is simply the same as burning books."

Li Shimin couldn't help but glance at Morton sympathetically, during the Qin Dynasty, books were burned and Confucianism was burned, but in a foreign country, books were burned and ink was burned, no, it was book burning and ink burning!

"In addition, the woman of the Great Eclipse must cover her face with a black veil every day, and only her eyes can be exposed, and her face can only be seen by her husband."

Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned, thinking of his harem, the more and more bold dress, he didn't have anything, even if it was the most beautiful Zheng Chonghua in his harem, he never had the idea of letting his veil cover his face.

"In Tianzhu, people are divided into four types, and all kinds of sex cannot intermarry, and the children of the Mo family like Weichen are also divided into the fourth type of the lowliest craftsman, where can they marry a princess of the second rank." Merton said aggrieved.

Li Shimin glared at Merton with hatred when he heard this, and suddenly had the idea that he was very much in favor of the caste system, so that Merton would not dare to dare to attack the idea of his precious princess.

"Wait, the princess is only the second rank, so who is the first rank?" Li Shimin frowned.

"Monks, of course." Merton replied.

Suddenly, Li Shimin no longer had the idea of implementing the caste system, how could he tolerate that he had a greater power on his head.

"This is the information that the Mo family has about all the civilized countries in the world, and I ask Your Majesty to choose." Merton finished speaking, and remained silent again.

Suddenly, the whole palace fell into a death-like silence, and after a long time, Li Shimin sighed: "Now the Buddhist family is not suffering from the Tang Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to destroy the Buddha, so take your strategy to save the Buddha!"

"Your Majesty is wise! In this way, the best of both worlds is beneficial to both Buddhism and Datang. Morton breathed a heavy sigh of relief and said, in this way, without drastic means, it can eliminate the trouble of Buddhism.

"Tomorrow, you will go to the Gangji Temple on behalf of me with full powers to discuss the affairs of the Buddhist family on behalf of the imperial court." Li Shimin suddenly changed his words.

"Me!"

Merton's eyes widened when he heard this, and he pointed to himself in disbelief.

"Why, aren't you talking about saving Buddha in the court, now is the opportunity, besides, you have helped the Taoist family solve the internal trouble, why not help the Buddhist family again?" Li Shimin forced Merton to say.

"Weichen takes the order!"

Merton opened his mouth wide, nodded helplessly, he found that Li Shimin was always a little unwilling if he didn't pit him, although his strategy to save Buddhism was feasible, it definitely violated a lot of interests of Buddhism, this time he completely offended the Buddhists.