Chapter 589: Buddhism and Taoism compete, Wushuang wants to go east
The imperial court's decree naturally went all the way from Luoyang to the Western Regions, and the order to support the king would certainly spread to all states and counties.
Luoyang is thousands of miles away from the nearest country in the Western Regions, and the journey is full of dangers. The only thing to be thankful for is that there are no Taiping Daoists in Liangzhou and Sili.
From Yumen Pass and Yangguan Pass in Dunhuang County to the east are the countries in the Western Regions.
To the people of today, the Western Regions are to the Han Dynasty as the State of Chu is to the Zhou Dynasty. Deep down in their hearts, they acknowledge that the Western Regions are part of the Chinese nation, but they express contempt for them in words, and some even go so far as to call them the Western Barbarians.
Even the princes who came to Luoyang to pay tribute were ridiculed by the powerful people in Luoyang. This is a clear example.
Wushuang Hou was born into the Luo family. Because he had the help of his brothers in the Central Plains, he did not experience these things, but his influence in the Central Plains was still low.
However, among the four Hexi counties that are closely close to the Western Regions, its influence is relatively high.
The biggest difference between the countries in the Western Regions and the Central Plains is that Taoism and Buddhism are extremely prosperous in the Western Regions.
Suwang Shanghuang is the highest belief, but it is not a religion.
Taoism and Buddhism are true religions and are very suitable for spreading. The two sects plagiarized each other's classics.
Buddhism is best at absorbing local culture and then localizing it, and Taoism is the most suitable for the people of the Central Plains.
The worldview that is missing from Taoism is directly taken from Buddhism and modified. After all, in terms of religion, Buddhism was rolled out from the poisonous pile of Asan. There are countless worlds at every turn. Just look at the numbers and you will know. In terms of bragging alone, it is really no match.
After Buddhism was introduced to Ji Zhao, he was constantly upgraded. Every time the two religions improved their worldview, Ji Zhao was upgraded once. He had already reached a level of creating something out of nothing in the two religions. The founders of the two religions were all incarnations. Because of the argument about who was the real incarnation, people were about to fight their brains out.
To be honest, this way of bragging shocked the Luo family.
For more than a thousand years, the Luo family had never thought about this aspect. Their promotion of Su Wang's divinity was all left to chance. It took a lot of effort to explain the human body and the celestial body.
But Asan has a whole set of theories to explain this aspect.
I can only say that Asan's way of thinking is really different. He has really come up with something new when it comes to religion. The pragmatic Zhuxia people cannot compare with him.
In fact, I also wanted to complain when Buddhism and Taoism were just beginning to spread. If it weren't for the fact that the belief in Su Wang was deeply rooted in the Western Regions and many other places, no one would be willing to find a father for themselves.
Fortunately, both religions are polytheistic, so they can always be resolved.
At first, the Luo family tried to stop it, but later they found that there seemed to be an inexplicable aura shrouding the land of the Western Regions. Living in this land would naturally make people closer to religion, just like living in Zhaocheng would gradually be affected.
Only Luo's children were not affected, so they were allowed to develop.
After a hundred years of development, Taoist temples and monasteries have been built on this vast land, and an area of thousands of miles has been transformed into a thousand-mile Buddhist and Taoist land.
The current Central Plains Taoism is not what many people think it is. Love whoever you want, but don’t disturb my state of cultivation.
It can be seen from Zhang Jue that the goal of Taoism in the Central Plains is to establish a Taoist country on earth, overthrow the existing regime, and achieve the unity of politics and religion. This is true for both the Taiping Dao and the Five Pecks of Rice Dao.
Buddhism is nothing but a trick in front of Taoism.
Taoism in the Western Regions naturally did the same thing at the beginning, but it was too radical.
The goal of Buddhism is to gain the belief of all the leaders of the countries, so Taoism was beaten half way down in the early stage. Later, it changed its strategy and gave up on establishing the Taoist country, and only then did it gain a firm foothold.
The Luo family's attitude towards the existence of religion is laissez-faire. After all, the Luo family has experienced the cruel human sacrifice religion of the ancient Shang Dynasty.
In Luo's view, both Buddhism and Taoism are docile little lambs, especially Buddhism, which is very sensible at first glance and was the first to pioneer the path of praising the King of Vegetarians.
Why.
That's very sensible.
Taoism is indeed more dangerous than Buddhism. After all, he has always wanted to establish a Taoist country, which is a bit inconsistent with Luo's ideas. After all, if he wanted to establish a theocracy, Luo would have established it as early as the Bang Zhou period.
But there is only one true god in the world, Su Wang, and he sleeps all day long. It is impossible for him to always watch over the human world and solve problems. So the existence of Tao Kingdom is unnecessary, and it is enough to be a spiritual comfort.
In Wushuang Country, monks and Taoists can be seen everywhere, as well as many believers. Some have obvious Han faces, some have obvious Western faces, and there are also a large number of mixed-race faces. Some people wear Taoist robes but carry prayer beads, which is quite confusing. However, this is the mainstream of the Western Region today, that is, integration.
Temples and Taoist temples are built in the vast land. The Taoists and monks in the temples and Taoist temples are all busy. After all, in addition to chanting scriptures every day, they also have to farm or herd.
Although they are Taoists and monks, they still have to pay the taxes they are due. If they don't farm or graze well, they will be in big trouble when they can't pay the taxes.
It's not just the case in Wushuang Country. In fact, it's the same in most countries. Only famous monks and Taoist priests can be exempt from these things. Those people are actually equivalent to the powerful and the ruling class. In this era, it is normal to have privileges.
The Luo family has ruled here for two hundred years.
It started from the time of Emperor Xiaowu of the early Han Dynasty until today, and the entire country is still thriving. This is one of the advantages of a small country, as it is not as easy to decline as a huge dynasty.
The Liu family had two princes here, both of whom were supposed to be feudal kings, but the Western Regions were too special, with relatively high requirements for bloodline. The emperors of the Central Plains kept changing, like a passing visit, and the process was delayed.
By the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu was no longer qualified to replace these two princes.
However, these two Liu clan states are not stable now, and the internal conflicts are very serious.
The royal family members were killing each other and constantly fighting for the throne. Marquis Wushuang didn't know which one to help, because there was no innocent person. According to the moral standards of the Luo family, everyone deserved to die.
Wushuang Marquis Mansion.
This place is crowded with people almost every day. Distinguished guests from various countries come here to exchange ideas, merchants from the Wushuang Marquisate come here to visit, and it is the political center of the Wushuang Marquisate. The owner of this place can influence the entire Western Regions.
Although there are people who rebel almost every year, this is how the world is. There are always people who suddenly lose their brains and think they are good enough. If everyone were smart, wise and rational, the world would not have so many unpredictable things.
In the study, Luo Kong, the contemporary unparalleled marquis, was constantly stroking an imperial edict from the Central Plains in his hand. It was an imperial decree from the court to support the king.
His expression was very conflicted, and after a long while, he sighed and said, "Go see mother."
(End of this chapter)
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