"Export monks and Taoists to Europe?" Zhao Yan couldn't help laughing when he looked at the contents of Zhao Jia's letter. He didn't expect that his son would think of such a way to solve the Catholic rule over Europe. However, this is a fundamental solution. As long as these two religions can gain a firm foothold in Europe, it will not be a big problem to grow.

"Uncle San, my brother's method is really interesting. It's interesting to let those monks who claim to be indifferent to the world fight with European priests!" Zhao Xu also laughed and said with a loud laugh. Although he was the emperor, he was also a young man. When he thought of the monks and Taoists going to Europe to compete for territory with local priests, he couldn't help laughing.

"But this is a good idea. Religion is also a kind of culture. Our Song Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world and is in a strong position in all aspects. In this way, Buddhism and Taoism are easier to export to the outside world. Jia'er is a good idea!" Zhao Yan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhao Xu describe religious export as a fight.

"Well, this is easy to deal with. Both Buddhism and Taoism are desperately trying to expand their influence. Every time we occupy a piece of land, they will fight to establish Taoist temples and Buddhist temples on it. For example, some time ago, we attacked the Western Regions, which originally belonged to the sphere of influence of Buddhism. Although Buddhism there is different from Buddhism in the Central Plains, it is also Buddhism after all. In this way, Buddhism has been more smoothly expanded there, but Taoism is a little troublesome. For this reason, several influential Taoists have complained to the court. Now, with such a huge missionary land as Europe and a common enemy, they will definitely be willing to cooperate with the outside world.?W Book·1ka?n" Zhao Xu smiled again at this time. The Song Dynasty also had a special regulatory agency for religious affairs, which also taught and grew the last time the Manichi rebellion brought to the Song Dynasty.

"Okay, then the court will come to the matter, and let both Buddhist and Taoist families send some people to Europe. After three months, another fleet will go to Europe, and they can go with the fleet at that time!" Zhao Yan nodded immediately.

"No problem, just let the news go out. Those monks and Taoist priests will definitely rush to go, but you should be careful when you ask your elder brother to be careful. Don't just put a vassalam down, and then build a Buddhist or Taoist cemetery in the future." Zhao Xu said at the end, he specially reminded him. Although Buddhism and Taoism are to help Zhao Jia, they also need to be prepared. After all, religion may cause trouble if you are not careful, especially in Europe, there is an example of the vassalam.

"Well, I will remind your elder brother in the letter. In addition, your elder brother said that he will also build a port in Europe, which can replenish fuel and fresh water. In addition, the port we built on the west side of Africa, the steamboat can directly reach Europe, so all the ships to Europe next time can be changed to steamboats.w?c?" Zhao Yan said with a smile again at this time. A look of excitement flashed in his eyes. After the steamboat was put into use, the communication between the Song Dynasty and Europe will be more convenient. Maybe he will also go to Europe for a walk in the future.

"That's great! Unfortunately..." Zhao Xu was very happy when he heard this, but then he became a little depressed, because he thought that even if it only took one day to travel from the Song Dynasty to Europe, he would not want to go there to have a trip.

Seeing the change of expression on Zhao Xu's face, Zhao Yan could also feel his mood. He sighed in his heart, then stepped forward and patted Zhao Xu on the shoulder. But he didn't say anything, because he knew that no matter what he said, he could not comfort Zhao Xu's injured heart, unless he could let Zhao Xu leave the palace immediately, but unfortunately this was impossible. Because the thing he had prepared secretly would take some time to wait.

After a series of external expansion and continuous development of the domestic economy, the Song Dynasty's prestige is also extremely high, and its control over all aspects of the country has also increased greatly. Therefore, when the Song Dynasty's court summoned the people of the Buddhist and Dao Bing sects together and announced to them that the court allowed them to go to Europe to preach. Both religions also responded very positively and chose candidates to go to Europe in just one month. These people not only have profound Buddhist teachings, but also have rich experience in preaching. They can be said to be the backbone of the two religions. Now, in order to support the court's actions in Europe, both religions have also devoted their efforts.

Soon, the monks and Taoists who were preparing went out to Europe together, and there were also many supplies and personnel with them. Among them, most of these personnel and materials were organized by merchants, because the business groups they sent to Europe had sent back messages, which gave them some understanding of European business. Now is the best time for them to occupy European business. If it was a little later, European business would probably be divided up by others and they would not even be able to drink some soup.

Just as this huge fleet left the Song Dynasty, the Guhe army that fought in the Western Regions finally returned to the court with victorious troops. Some of the meritorious people also went to Beijing with Guhe to be granted titles, and of course some prisoners of war were also escorted back to Beijing. The most important of them was naturally Yelu Chun.

Yelu Chun surrendered voluntarily this time, and he surrendered with his whole family because he really didn't want his family to hide with him anymore. However, when he surrendered, there were not many troops under his command, because most of the troops left with Yelu Dashi. These people were loyal to the Liao Kingdom, and many people were unwilling to stay with Yelu Chun and wait for death, so most of them chose to fight with Yelu Dashi.

Zhao Yan didn't know that Yelu Dashi had led his army away before. He thought that Yelu Chun had surrendered, and Yelu Dashi must have been among the prisoners of war, but it was not until Guhe and others were about to arrive in the capital that he accidentally learned about this matter, which made him worry again.

Because Zhao Yan knew that Yelu Dashi was not simple, in the original history, he had established a huge Western Liao in Central Asia, not only defeating the coalition forces of Central Asian countries, but also driving the forces of the Sailju Empire out of Central Asia. He even planned to attack the Jin Kingdom and regain the lost land of the Liao Kingdom. Unfortunately, due to a horse plague, too many war horses died of illness, which interrupted his eastern expedition. Otherwise, he might be able to defeat the Jin Kingdom and rebuild the Great Liao Kingdom.

However, it is too late to worry about Yelu Dashi now, and even if he knew it for a long time, it is impossible for Guhe's army to pursue the west again because of Yelu Dashi, because further west is already the sphere of influence of the Seerzhu people. Although the Song Dynasty is powerful, it has expanded too quickly and has reached its limit. It is really not advisable to be enemies of a powerful country like Seerzhu in a short period of time. (To be continued.)

ps: Spring is here, but people are prone to getting sick. Lao Yu and his son are both caught. Now his son is burned. I have a fever with a stomachache and I have almost stayed in the toilet all afternoon. Now my limbs are weak and my brain is dizzy. This chapter is a little short, but Lao Yu really can't stand it. After taking the medicine, he has to go to bed. I feel like I am almost fainting.
Chapter completed!