Fa Lin waited at Zixiao until it was almost dark before leaving. Master Sun Simiao and his disciples walked him all the way to the gate.
Returning to the hospital, Sun Simiao asked: "How?"
Chen Jingke said with admiration: "Master Fa Lin is indeed a master of Taoism. I can't even compare to him."
Sun Simiao said happily: "If you can realize your own shortcomings, today's experience will not be in vain."
Then he asked: "What I learned today is the knowledge from your hometown?"
Chen Jingke had known for a long time that there would be such a question, so he did not hide it and said: "Yes, it's a pity that I only learned a little bit."
Sun Simiao was not disappointed, but said: "Fortunately, you only learned the basics, otherwise how would it be different from Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty?"
Chen Jingke thought for a while and understood what he meant. The disputes between the three religions in the Tang Dynasty at this time, coupled with the various new ideas brought about by the integration of multiple ethnic groups, were already chaotic enough. Adding a brand new ideological system would only make it more chaotic.
What Datang needed more than a new ideological system was to sort out the relationship between the three religions and make them a complementary whole.
If you want to sort out the relationship between the three religions, you need to make a breakthrough in knowledge and allow one family to accommodate the other two.
In the previous life, until the emergence of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan, Confucianism absorbed the strengths of Buddhism and Taoism to form New Confucianism, laying the foundation for the merger of the three religions.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that the sorting out was truly completed, and a situation was formed with Confucianism as the leader and Buddhism and Taoism as the supplement. This situation lasted until the fall of the feudal dynasty.
Then comprehensive westernization began.
But before Chen Jingke traveled through time, he heard some rumors. The country seemed to be preparing to use China's own culture to interpret Western literature, and the first thing to interpret was economic treatises.
It's just that before he traveled through time, he was an ordinary citizen, and the information he could get was limited, and he didn't know whether it was true or false.
Back to business.
If Chen Jingke came here with a complete set of ready-made theoretical systems, it would be a troublesome matter.
People all have inertia of thinking. If they understand this theoretical system too deeply, it will be difficult for them to think outside the constraints of the system.
If you only know a few superficial things, you can learn the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism without interference, and then use these superficial ideas as a reference to break the situation.
This is why Sun Simiao thought it was a good thing that he only learned the basics.
Sun Simiao said solemnly: "From today on, you will temporarily put aside your worldly affairs and study Taoism with me. You should also dabble in Buddhism and Confucianism."
Chen Jingke immediately felt the deep malice and struggled desperately: "Do we also want to learn from Buddhism?"
Sun Simiao said matter-of-factly: "Don't you want to try to merge the three religions? You don't know how to merge them?"
Chen Jingke wanted to say, I was just bragging, why did you take it seriously? But seeing Sun Simiao's serious look, he couldn't say this.
Besides, he really wanted to do something for this era, otherwise he would have traveled through time in vain.
Then he wailed in his heart, "I have to study hard after time traveling, why am I so miserable? My colleagues, I'm sorry, I have embarrassed our group of time travellers."
The master and apprentice discussed for a while to determine the path to take, and then brought the topic back to the present.
Sun Simiao said: "You should know the purpose of those princes outside, right?"
Chen Jingke nodded and said: "I know, but I never thought they would spend such a big sum of money. They are majestic princes, and our master and apprentice are just white bodies. Is it worth it?"
Sun Simiao said: "You think so, but you still don't really understand what the identity of the empress's nephew and the freedom to enter and leave the palace mean."
"His Majesty says that Jiuding Qiangang is arbitrary. Being able to give him direct advice is the greatest power. This is the basis for their friendship with you."
Chen Jingke showed a thoughtful expression. In fact, the problem is not complicated. When the imperial power crushes everything, whoever can exert influence on the emperor will have power.
Sometimes his words may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
He is still young, and it is too early to talk about exerting influence on the emperor. But the queen's nephew and his free access to the palace already make him qualified in this regard.
Sun Simiao said again: "I'm afraid Qin Langjun wants more."
Chen Jingke was very clear about this: "I hope to please Master through me and let you take action to save Duke Yi."
Sun Simiao nodded and said: "Yes, the problem is that I can't do anything about his condition. Can you do anything?"
Chen Jingke looked around subconsciously and said: "There is a way, but it is more dangerous. I don't dare to use it unless it is a last resort."
Sun Simiao said in surprise: "Oh, what can I do? Tell me quickly and let me hear it."
Chen Jingke said: "Blood transfusion is to find someone with the same blood type as him and give a part of his blood to him."
Sun Simiao frowned and said, "How to determine blood type?"
Chen Jingke said: "Mix the blood of two people and seal it in a transparent container and observe whether coagulation occurs."
"If coagulation occurs, it means that the blood types are different. If coagulation does not occur, it means that the blood of the two people will not repel each other, and there is a high probability that they are of the same blood type."
This is the knowledge he learned from his travel companions in his previous life, and they jokingly call it useless knowledge. Because there are very few people who don't know their own blood type, this knowledge is indeed difficult to use.
But it is always better to be prepared in case someone is unconscious and needs a blood transfusion.
Unexpectedly, this useless knowledge is actually used now.
But blood transfusion is not that simple. In addition to blood type, we also need to pay attention to infection and so on. In short, he would not dare to do it unless it was a last resort.
Sun Simiao was very curious about this method, or he was curious about all medical skills. The method may be very dangerous, but when there is really no other way, dangerous methods are also solutions.
Learning is not a temporary thing, at least we have to wait until Zixiaoguan is on the right track.
Except for Fa Lin's incident, there were no other twists and turns today, so it was considered a near miss.
Chen Jingke specially hosted a banquet for several people from Qin Yandao, thanked them for their help, and invited them to come over often and walk around more when they were free.
This result was exactly what they wanted, so they agreed in a hurry.
Then Cheng Huailiang gave Chen Jingke a warning: "Since Zixiao Temple accepts pilgrims, it will inevitably encounter some troubles in the future. It will be much better if the Imperial Army and the Yamen take care of it."
"If the Forbidden Army doesn't have private contact, you can ignore it, but you can establish a good relationship with the policemen in Wannian County. With their care, the third-rate people in Chang'an City will not dare to cause trouble here."
Chen Jingke naturally knew this truth and said: "Thank you, Brother Cheng, for reminding me, I almost forgot about it. Brother Yang, go and invite the police officers from Wannian County to have a rest, and prepare some gifts for them."