"Yes! The villain will go back and ask now!" Wang Pu bowed before exiting the door.
"Wang Canjun, this poor monk finally understands why you taught so many Analects of Confucius and Book of Songs to these young people."
As soon as Wang Pu walked out of the door, Huicong sighed, his expression gloomy.
"We Tang people have a saying: Those who know loyalty and filial piety rarely break their family!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "I am doing this for the benefit of these young people!"
"Hmph!" Huicong snorted coldly: "But they are not from Tang Dynasty, they are from Baekje!"
"They are not Tang people yet, but you can't say for sure in the future!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "He Bayong and Yuan Aolie's ancestors were from Xianbei; Shen Faseng and Gu Cihang were from Jiangnan, more than a hundred years ago. , He Bayong and Yuan Aolie were called Shen Faseng and Gu Cihang Daoyi, Shen Faseng and Gu Cihang were called He Bayong and Yuan Aolie Suolu. What Tang people and Sui people were there at that time? Now they are all in your eyes If you are from the Tang Dynasty, is there any difference?"
"What Wang Canjun said is wrong. Although the ancestors of your subordinates are divided into north and south, they were all Han people before. Just like a big family, they were divided for some reason and then merged into one family. Naturally, there is no big difference. .How can we, Baekje, be of the same family as you Tang people?" As soon as Huicong said these words, he realized something was wrong. He wanted to change his words, but it was too late.
"Master Huicong's words are wrong. Before the Fuyu people founded the country here, the Han Dynasty had already had Fangjun for hundreds of years. Not to mention how many of the kings of Baekje in the past generations had never paid tribute to the Southern Dynasty? Obtained official positions? Many of the people in Ji are still the remnants of Daifang County, how are they different from He Bayong and others?"
After hearing Wang Wenzuo's words, Huicong suddenly became speechless. It turned out that Baekje was also called Nan Buyeo, and its ancestors were the same Buyeo people as Goguryeo. Long before the Buyeo people entered the Korean Peninsula, the Han Dynasty had already established four counties in Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula. After the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Yuan, the prefect of Liaodong, separatized Liaodong. His son Gongsun Kang divided the southern part of Lelang County into Daifang County, established rule over the southern half of Korea, and used Daifang County as a base to conquer the local The indigenous people even intervened in Japan, which was still in a clan-tribal state, and intervened in the war between the Yamatai Kingdom and the Gonu Kingdom.
In 238 AD, Sima Yi led his troops to eliminate the Gongsun family, razed Xiangping, the then ruling center of the Gongsun family, and moved the people back to the Central Plains. In the following decades, Wei's governors in Liaodong changed frequently, and the Central Empire's influence on the Korean Peninsula The rule of the Han Dynasty suddenly weakened, but more than ten years later, emerging forces such as Goguryeo and Southern Buyeo emerged in the homelands of Liaodong and Korea. The remaining Han forces such as Daifang County and Lelang County also fell into isolation, but they maintained it at least until the beginning of the fourth century AD, and were later annexed by Baekje and Goguryeo. It can be said that Goguryeo and Baekje were both built on the ruins of the four Han counties.
Even so, after the founding of the Republic of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, they continued to pay tribute to the Southern and Northern Dynasties and received official titles. From this perspective, Baekje, Silla, and the former Liang, Nanyan, and Hou Dynasties during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties The only difference between Qin's separatist regimes is that the territories of Former Liang, Nanyan, and Later Qin were within the territory of today's China, while Baekje and Silla were outside the territory of today's China.
But the problem is that the boundaries of modern China did not exist in ancient times, and there was no inviolable independent sovereign state. All countries, regardless of size, have equal sovereignty. On the contrary, for East Asians in the seventh century AD, the suzerainty of the central empire was self-evident, and the boundaries between border counties and vassal states were blurred. The only way to prevent the central empire from turning vassal states into counties was to There is a comparison of strength between the two sides, not a moral law. Even intellectuals like Hui Cong could only use the brutality of the Tang army as a slogan of resistance, but could not mobilize the people to resist by using the method that they are Tang people and we are Baekje people. .
"Master Hui Cong!" Wang Wenzuo patted Hui Cong on the shoulder: "I also know that you will not forget the violence of the Tang army before, but not all Tang people are violent. There are also generous and kind people among the Tang army. Besides, your country has been in these hundreds of years. Come, fight endlessly with the three kingdoms of Goguryeo and Silla, don't you still do a lot of cruelty? If you can help the counties of Tang, quell the war, and practice civilized governance, wouldn't it be beautiful?"
"Wang Canjun, the poor monk can trust your actions! If you were to govern Baekje, the poor monk would naturally do his best. But after all, you are just a soldier. After all, you are from the Tang Dynasty, and you will return to the Tang Dynasty sooner or later. Then If a greedy and cruel official comes, I'm afraid the people will be miserable and flee into the mountains and forests. At that time, I'm afraid there will be another loss of life."
"You are right. It is indeed possible, and the possibility is not small. After all, there are not many good people among the officials, and even fewer will be sent to frontier places like Baekje. Da Most of the officials sent here will definitely try to get as much money as possible to bribe their superiors and return to the capital as soon as possible!"
"Wang Shenjun, you actually think so?" Huicong was surprised. He didn't expect Wang Wenzuo to admit frankly that there were not many good people among the officials in the Tang Dynasty.
"Officials are like wolves and common people are like lambs. This is how it is in the world. How can the Tang Dynasty be an exception?" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "If I don't even admit this kind of thing, then you and I will have nothing to talk about!"
"Alas!" Huicong sighed: "Yes, in fact, it is the same in Baekje. Don't look at those nobles who often come to Dinglin Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings and give alms and do good deeds. But when they leave the temple, they are still the same as before, as if they have changed the words in the Buddhist scriptures. All the teachings have been forgotten!"
When Wang Wenzuo heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "You monk are talking nonsense again! If those nobles are not like jackals and exploiting the people, where will the money, food and cloth be given to you? If there is no money and silk given by the nobles, Grain and rice, you ascetics have starved to death a long time ago. You have enjoyed the grain, rice, cloth and silk of the nobles in vain, but you blame them for forgetting the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures. It is really strange!"
"How can Wang Shenjun say that!" Huicong was a little angry: "Ascetics practice Buddhism, protect the country, and protect the people. They have great merits. It is only natural to enjoy some food and rice as alms. How can you say that you enjoy it in vain?"
"You said that Buddhism can protect the country and protect the people. Before Buddhism was introduced to Baekje, Baekje was doing well. The King of Baekje built so many temples and gave away so much grain, rice, cloth, and silk for you to enjoy. It is not bad. It’s pious, but is Baekje’s country peaceful and its people safe?”
"This, this -" Huicong was stunned. He wanted to refute, but found that he had nothing to say. The other party's words were like a sharp steel needle, piercing the gorgeous curtain, revealing the ugly face of the truth. After a while, , just then asked: "Then, why do you want to help the poor monks rebuild Dinglin Temple?"
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