Li Ke's "not proficient" made the three people here a little confused. What you just said are actually very accurate. But you told me that you are not proficient? And since Li Ke said that he had never met Yuan Tiangang before, he would definitely not lie about these things.
"Your Highness, are you joking?" Yuan Tiangang was a little confused about whether to laugh or cry.
Li Chunfeng also looked at Li Ke with some curiosity, while Sun Simiao's face was thoughtful.
"Daozhang Yuan, let me ask a question." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Your Highness, please speak."
"When it comes to physiognomy, is it really just about looking at a person's face and appearance to determine a person's health, lifespan, future and other information, without any other information to support it?!" Li Ke asked with a smile! asked a question.
Li Ke asked in one sentence, and the expressions on the faces of the three people were different.
Li Chunfeng was a little stunned, then thoughtful, Yuan Tiangang was stunned for a moment, and then looked a little strange, and Sun Simiao had a very peaceful smile on his face.
As for the face-to-face meeting given by Yuan Tiangang to Wu Zetian. Li Ke didn't ask because he didn't believe it at all. Even if Wu Zetian was a woman, Yuan Tiangang would not be such an idiot. It would be enough to say that he is the common ruler of the world.
Although this incident seems to be recorded in the "New Book of Tang", don't forget that Wu Zetian was an emperor, and as a woman, if she wanted to be an emperor, she had to be recognized in some ways and find evidence for herself. To influence the people of the world, religion is a choice.
Neither the Wu family nor Yuan Tiangang were important figures, and there would be no historians in their families at all. The reason why the historians could be recorded in history must have been said by Wu Zetian or the Wu family later, and by that time Yuan Tiangang had already passed away and Yuan Tiangang had already died. There is nothing incomprehensible about the reputation that has been publicized and recorded by historians.
"Why did Your Highness say this?" Yuan Tiangang looked at Li Ke in surprise and asked.
"I have never read Taoist books on physiognomy. Can Taoist Yuan be trusted?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"I believe it." Yuan Tiangang nodded.
"As for why I say this, in fact, most things in the world can be seen through the appearance and essence. The simplest point is that the invention of physiognomy is definitely not to let the Taoist priests reveal the secrets. In fact, it is straightforward. One point is that Taoism, as a sect, needs believers, and the easiest thing to attract believers is to maintain a sense of mystery."
"Physiognomy can also be a means of attracting believers. Of course this is my guess." Li Ke said with a smile.
Although what Li Ke said was speculation, when he said this, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were already stunned, while Sun Simiao suddenly laughed happily "Hahaha".
Taoist priest Sun laughed heartily a few times, then looked at Yuan Tiangang and asked with a smile: "Fellow Taoist Yuan, why don't you show His Highness his face?"
Yuan Tiangang paused for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "I really can't watch this."
"Haha, Your Highness, have you seen it? When there are things that cannot be done, you will often say that you can't see it. The excuse is either too expensive to say or a secret that cannot be leaked. You can always find it. Hahahaha." Sun Simiao smiled happily.
Li Ke was also a little helpless. Lao Sun's laughter really illustrates a problem. That is, people like Sun Simiao have their own persistence in their hearts, and they have been able to do one thing for decades, and they are still very young. Old people, unless what you do is approved by him, this kind of person is the most difficult to convince.
Any words are useless, because the other party has already lived a clear enough life and has enough life experience to make up for all words.
The reason why some of Li Ke's words are effective for people like Yuan Tiangang, who are not too young and are still outsiders, is because Yuan Tiangang is also in the game. He is not the kind of expert who really wants nothing. To put it bluntly, , he is not the kind of person who is stubborn without desires, so he will definitely be affected.
Sun Simiao's laughter made both Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng a little embarrassed. Although Sun Simiao was a Taoist priest and they came to pay their respects, Sun Simiao's status as a Taoist priest... was actually not that pure.
Again, Taoism needs to use Sun Simiao's identity of saving people in the world to attract believers, while Sun Simiao needs his identity as a Taoist priest to help him cure diseases and save people with the help of Taoist temples all over the world.
Therefore, Lao Sun's identity is not pure, but Lao Sun lives a transparent life. He doesn't mind others using his identity, as long as it can help him save the world.
"How are you two? Is His Highness the King of Qin far beyond your expectations?" Sun Simiao asked with a warm smile on his face, looking at the two of them with a smile.
"Indeed. In fact, what His Highness said is that in addition to the study of physiognomy, there is also the study of speech, which even includes how to observe the world and use some known information to establish an advantage for oneself." Yuan Tiangang sighed and spoke frankly.
In fact, Yuan Tiangang is also a human being. He knows very well that Li Ke can say such things down to the essence of the matter, which means that those words of evasion to ordinary people will definitely not work for Li Ke. Since it does not work, it is better to tell the truth.
Taoist priests like him and Li Chunfeng must have a high status in Taoism, and they also shoulder the responsibility of promoting Taoism.
"It's understandable. After all, if you hadn't been born, Buddhism would have been born, and it would have had a great influence on Taoism." Li Ke smiled.
Since ancient times, at home and abroad, the purpose of religion may have been pure at first, but later on, it will never be pure again.
The disputes between Buddhism and Taoism, the Crusades, etc., look past the embellishment of history and look at the facts, and there are bloody truths behind them.
It’s still the same eight words: prosperity and suffering for the people. Death and suffering for the people.
Belief is sustenance, there is no problem, but you can’t beat someone who manipulates belief!
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were speechless again, and His Highness... revealed the essence of the matter again.
"Hahaha, don't worry about the two Taoist priests. In fact, I have a good sense of Taoism. Because of the different concepts, Taoism is actually far less harmful than Buddhism." Li Ke said with a smile.
"This..." Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng looked at each other. There were some things that Yuan Tiangang didn't say. Why did he come to serve in the Tang Dynasty court and use some means to promote himself because of Li Chunfeng? They Taoists discovered that Buddhism has the potential to flourish, and once Buddhism flourishes, it will inevitably squeeze the living space of Taoism.
There is no room in the world for two prosperous sects.
Especially when they heard that Xuanzang, a Buddhist, even went to the Western Regions alone to obtain the so-called Buddhist scriptures, Yuan Tiangang appeared on a mission and showed off his physiognomy and other strange things in various places. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, he was summoned by Li Shimin.
It would be okay if Xuanzang could not come back. If he came back from the Western Regions and had more than ten years of experience, as long as there was a little publicity, it would have a great impact on the people.
In fact, there are already an extremely large number of temples in Chang'an City.
"However, theoretically speaking, as a ruler, I do not want any sect to prosper absolutely. As a ruler, I cannot believe in any sect. I will tell my father about this." Li Ke said with a smile. road.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were silent.
"Don't mind, you two, because you are not involved in production. Just like the reason why I say you are less harmful is because a lot of knowledge passed down by Taoism is useful, but Buddhism is of no use. If Buddhism flourishes, temples all over the world will As more and more people become monks, more and more people will become monks. As time goes by, more and more land will belong to temples, and it may even happen that ordinary people will farm land for temples."
"Because the land given to the temple cannot be cultivated by the temple's own monks alone, so it can only be rented out to the people."
"As time goes by, everyone wants to be a monk, but who wants to be a commoner? How can the country prosper and how can the national power be enhanced? But some of your Taoist knowledge is different. Your observation of celestial phenomena is useful. You can predict some meteorological information, which is helpful. Yu discovers some natural disasters in advance and allows the court to prevent them in advance."
"So, I need your knowledge." Li Ke stated his key points.
