Xun Yu groaned: "I didn't understand it before, but now I understand!" Your Majesty's plan is really wonderful! ”

"Oh?"

Xun Yu said with a smile: "Originally, I was still resistant to Your Majesty going to the White Horse Temple, and I was worried that Your Majesty would believe in this way.

According to the king's words, the king of a country should not believe in any doctrine, and the rule of law and Confucianism advocated by His Majesty at present are very suitable for governing the world. If you believe in other sects, you will inevitably go astray in terms of statecraft! ”

"Not bad!" Liu Chan nodded thoughtfully, Xun Yu's words were not bad at all, looking at the emperors of all dynasties, believers in Buddhism and believers abounded. Therefore, there are many people who have lost the country.

The most famous of these is Xiao Yan, the Liang Emperor of the Southern Dynasty.

This Xiao Yan is the founder of the Southern Liang, he was very wise in the early period of his reign, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the male lord, the Southern Liang is in his hands, the national strength is thriving, and there is a faint tendency to dominate the world.

But in his later years, he believed in Buddhism, became a monk four times, and the courtiers spent hundreds of millions of dollars in order to redeem it. At the beginning, the monks were not vegetarians, and the precepts of vegetarianism were prescribed by Xiao Yan.

And because Xiao Yan believed in Buddhism, built temples in various places, occupied a lot of land, and the people became monks, and consumed a lot of labor, which eventually led to the weakening of the national strength, and after the rebellion of Hou Jing, the Southern Liang completely went into decline.

The 480 temples of the Southern Dynasty in Du Mu's poems are the Southern Liang of the Xiao Yan period.

In addition, when Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty made this poem, the Tang Emperor at that time also believed in Buddhism, and the national power was declining.

Xun Yu continued: "When I studied and traveled in Luoyang, I also came to the White Horse Temple, and I still know a little about its Buddhist teachings.

As far as the world says, those who believe in Buddhism need to become monks and escape from the world, but once this religion spreads, temples are built in various places, and people believe in religion and become monks, it will occupy a lot of land and lose countless laborers.

If it has an unscrupulous enclosure for self-government, it will be even more harmful, and in the long run, the national strength will decline day by day, and the country will not be far from perishing.

However, His Majesty sent the monks of the White Horse Temple to preach on the grassland, but it was a great plan, the grassland Hu people are easy to kill, they have grown up on horses since childhood, and their riding and archery skills are invincible.

If a large number of temples can be built in the grassland to allow the Hu people to become monks, it can weaken the strength of the Hu people and weaken their combat effectiveness. It can also educate the Hu people and guide them to goodness.

However, its missionary land can only be limited to the grassland, and cannot cross the Great Wall. In addition, in the future, the temples in various places should also be managed by our Han Dynasty, otherwise if the monks have the intention of rebellion, the Hu people in the north will definitely respond to every call. ”

"Master Xun is right, that's what I think!" Liu Chan nodded and smiled, sure enough, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure.

In fact, this method was not actually thought up by Liu Chan himself, the Qing Dynasty used this method to deal with the Hu people in the north, there is a saying called a lama temple, which is worth 100,000 soldiers, and Liu Chan just borrowed it.

And Xun Yu can directly think of this strategy just from the conversation between Liu Chan and Tan Di, which is really powerful.

Xun Yu stroked his beard and muttered, "It would be better if a few precepts could be added to its precepts that weaken the combat effectiveness of the Hu people." ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "The reason why the Hu people are physically strong is because of eating meat, if you add a monk to the precepts must be vegetarian, what does Master Xun think?" ”

"This method is very good, this method is very good!" Xun Yu clapped his palms and smiled: "Now Xianbei is under the control of His Majesty, in addition to being vegetarian, His Majesty can also stipulate that each household in Xianbei must have a young and strong man to become a monk, so that in a few years, the Hu people on the grassland will no longer pose a threat to my Han!"

Not only that, but the Qianghu in the west can also send monks to preach......"

The Han Dynasty is strong and prosperous at the moment, and he is not afraid of any foreign race around him, but there will be a day when the national strength will weaken, Liu Chan is still young at the moment, and he can guarantee that he will become a wise and martial emperor in the future.

But after the fourth generation, it is beyond the reach of the whip.

Since the Han Dynasty cannot be strong forever, it is also a way to continue the national Glory of the Han Dynasty by weakening the surrounding enemies forever.

Listening to Xun Yu's words, Liu Chan shook his head with a smile and said, "I agree with what Xun Yu said before, but if Buddhism is allowed to preach to all the foreign races around the Han Dynasty and weaken it, I dare not agree. ”

"Oh?" Xun Yu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, a little puzzled.

This is a way to continue the Han Dynasty, if there is no strong enemy around the Han Dynasty, then the Han Dynasty's Kingdom Zuo will continue to continue, but I don't know why Liu Chan disagrees.

Liu Chan explained with a smile: "Master Xun, I heard that in the distant western grasslands, there is a beast named Lion, whose ferocity even surpasses that of a tiger. The lion can be said to be the number one beast of prey in the grassland. ”

Xun Yu didn't speak, and listened to Liu Chan quietly.

Liu Chan continued: "And the second-ranked beast is a dog called Spotted Huena. ”

"Dogs?" Xun Yu's mouth opened wide and he wondered, "Isn't there a more powerful beast between the lion and the dog?" Doesn't that make sense? ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Of course, bison, elephants, and leopards are far more powerful than spotted hyenas, but spotted hyenas are sent out in packs, just like wolves, so they rank second." But that's not the point! ”

Liu Chan paused and said: "It is as strong as a lion, and hunting is not a hundred shots, so a large part of the lion's food is plundered from the mouth of the spotted hyena."

But the lion never hunts the spotted hyena, and is even forced to fight the spotted hyena to bite it to death, and it won't eat it, do you know why? ”

Xun Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then his eyes flashed, and he suddenly realized: "I understand, because a large part of the lion's food is plundered from the mouth of the spotted hyena. If they hunt spotted hyenas, or even eat them all, the lion will lose a major source of food.

Therefore, the lion needs to keep the spotted hyena in order to maintain a continuous supply of food. ”

Liu Chan nodded and said, "Yes, the lion's hunting choice is first to capture it by himself, and if he can't catch it, he will follow."

The spotted hyena snatches in its mouth, and if it is in danger of starvation, it will be the last to catch the spotted hyena.

If they hunt spotted hyenas in the first place, the lion will lose a major source of food. ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "I understand, Your Majesty means that if you weaken all the alien races around the Great Han, you will not be able to escape the end of destruction."

Yes, I take it for granted, throughout the ages, which dynasty can last forever? ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "A country, if there is no threat from the outside, in fact, it is more difficult to exist, the monarch will be too comfortable and greedy for pleasure, the people will revolt, the family will rebel, and it will accelerate the demise of the country."

And if there is a strong clan rising farther away, for my Han, there is a danger of extinction.

It is only because the northern grasslands are too big, once one tribe is strong, for the Han Dynasty, the northern states will be in the midst of war, so I choose to weaken them by preaching.

In other realms, even if the alien race is strong, it is only a small fight, so I will not weaken them, and I will keep them, so that the Han will always have a strong army, and the monarch will not become greedy for pleasure because of the loss of external threats.

As for whether the Han can be stable for a long time, I have never thought about this question, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, even if I have exhausted the organs, thought of various threats, and made prevention, there will be other accidents in the future that will cause the destruction of the Han.

is as strong as Qin Shi Huang, who had made a great wish for the Qin State to continue for eternity during his lifetime, how could he have thought that after his death, the Qin State would die after his death? is as capable as Li Si, and he must not have expected to die at the hands of eunuchs in the end.

I only want my generation to have a clear conscience and make all the people happy. ”

"Your Majesty is right!" Xun Yu nodded, looked at Liu Chan and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has finally grown up, and there is nothing to teach Your Majesty anymore." ”