Chapter 370 Cultural Victory
The plan to revive spiritual energy was more complete and perfect than Lu Sen had imagined.
Not only did the Tianji Sect return, Mount Li reopened its gates, and even Buddhism and Taoism stood out.
They came to Hangzhou at the same time, expressed their gratitude to Lu Sen, and unanimously agreed that the System Sect was the leader of the righteous path.
Even the Buddhist sect gave Lu Sen a big gift, dozens of internal skills and even six Buddhist secret treasures.
The true treasure of Buddhism, the method of practice.
There is no other way. If they don't express their opinions about all the "misunderstandings" between the Buddhist sect and Lu Sen, what if the system gate bans their spiritual energy?
Only those who have regained spiritual energy or absorbed spiritual energy know how attractive this energy is to mortals.
It was precisely the revival of spiritual energy that caused a great stir in the surrounding area.
This time the imperial court sent people to inquire because the Kingdom of Goryeo wanted to surrender as a whole country.
The Goryeo Kingdom also knew about the revival of spiritual energy.
They have always had envoys staying in the capital, so of course they will report this matter back to their country.
But there is a problem... they are not within the range of spiritual energy.
Even if you bought the secret manual of the mental method, what’s the point of practicing it if you don’t have spiritual energy?
Therefore, the Goryeo Kingdom, which had always longed for the Song Dynasty, decided to submit to it.
They had only one request: the coverage of spiritual energy must reach Goryeo.
Or allow the Koreans to enter the country and build houses and cultivate the land in the Central Plains.
Moreover, the King of Goryeo was going to live in a county near Hangzhou and serve as a prince with little leisure.
This made the court ecstatic.
Expanding territory without raising military forces is a happy thing for any emperor and all the ministers of the court.
Especially those who connect and handle this matter will be able to leave their names in history.
Under normal circumstances, they would have directly merged Goryeo into their country, but there was a problem: the spiritual energy needed to cover the territory of Goryeo.
They couldn't make the decision on this matter, so they sent someone to inquire.
After listening to Bilian's story, Lu Sen laughed and said, "He is just a small barbarian country. He can obtain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth just by surrendering. Such a precious thing can be obtained by surrendering the whole country. What are the people of the Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Zongchu stood in front of Lu Sen and smiled awkwardly.
"Is it Goryeo that is taking advantage, or is it Song that is taking advantage?"
The news soon reached the imperial court.
After hearing this, the young emperor and the ministers temporarily gave up the idea of annexing Goryeo.
But the Kingdom of Goryeo did not agree with this. They sent envoys to Hangzhou City. More than a dozen people knelt down at the foot of the mountain, crying out that they were pitiful and wronged.
Lu Sen was too lazy to pay attention to them and let them kneel down.
As for this matter, the people of Hangzhou actually have different opinions.
For example, Yihonglou was in an uproar over this matter at this time.
A chivalrous man holding a young lady said, "Master Lu's move is a little inappropriate. Although Goryeo is a small country in the northeast, it has always yearned for the splendor of our Song Dynasty. Just let him join. It would be great to get an extra piece of land."
Someone nearby retorted: "This precedent cannot be set. If the small country of Goryeo can easily transform from a barbarian to a Chinese nation, then the Baiyue will also have something to say. I just want to trade with you but you won't allow me to do so. I want to enter Gui County but you come to fight me. What hatred or resentment do you have? Then the Huihe people also come to join in the fun. What do you think, should we accept these barbarians or not?"
"Don't scholars often say..." This chivalrous man holding a young lady obviously has no culture: "If Di enters China, he will be Chinese."
"That's hard to say." A scholar nearby said with a smile: "Anlushan in the former Tang Dynasty is an example. If the barbarians want to truly become Song people, it will be impossible without several generations."
"But everything depends on human efforts." A man who looked like a wealthy businessman couldn't help but interjected, "In this way, the borders of our Song Dynasty have indeed expanded."
"It's no use if you can't defend it. "
"With Master Lu here, how can we not defend it!"
When everyone was discussing, someone next to them suddenly said, "In fact... if Master Lu agrees to let Goryeo join our Song Dynasty, it won't be a difficult thing, but in fact, it's us ordinary people who will suffer."
The room became quiet.
One of the Rangers clasped his fists and asked, "Brother, what do you mean?"
"I know a friend who is a retainer of Master Lu. He knows something about this matter." This is a handsome man. He said, "The spiritual energy of the heaven and earth is actually limited. We, the people of the Song Dynasty, can enjoy the spiritual energy because Master Lu took it out of his mouth and gave it to us. There are 100 million people in the Song Dynasty, which is already a lot. If more barbarians come to snatch food from our mouths, are you willing?"
Is there a limit to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?
This was the first time they had heard of this, and they were immediately excited.
This is a major matter concerning oneself or one's descendants. How can one make a decision casually?
The news immediately spread throughout Hangzhou city.
After hearing this, the people all started to curse the Koreans, saying that they were trying to snatch the opportunity from their own people.
Then the crowd gathered together, ran to the foot of the mountain, tied up the kneeling Goryeo envoys, threw them onto the boat, sent them north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and directly returned to the vicinity of Datong Prefecture.
After that, the whole Song Dynasty knew about it.
There were many people from both the Buddhist and Taoist sects who fanned the flames.
They have a large number of people, and are also the two largest consumers of spiritual energy during cultivation.
In fact, they have already felt that when practicing in a place with many fellow practitioners at the same time, the amount of spiritual energy they absorb will be significantly less.
The Song Dynasty already has enough people, what if a large number of barbarians come to steal the spiritual energy?
Then what are we repairing?
So, with the joint efforts of the two factions, many strange statements began to spread throughout the Song Dynasty.
For example: The more Chinese people you are, the purer your bloodline is, and the better the effect of your practice. For those with foreign blood, you will get half the result with twice the effort.
Or: The spiritual energy comes from Hangzhou City. When practicing facing Hangzhou City, the effect will be better.
In addition, there are many methods on how to identify purebred "Song people".
The most trusted method among the people is the "head whorl identification method".
It is said that Han men usually have a single whorl on their heads, and those with double whorls are most likely barbarians, or their ancestors have barbarian blood.
Then those who rotate to the left in the single spiral are the descendants of Yan and Huang, and those who rotate to the right are the descendants of Chi You.
Similar rumors spread throughout the Song Dynasty.
After the Goryeo envoys were thrown back to the vicinity of Datong Prefecture, it was no longer possible for them to enter Hangzhou City.
In the current Hangzhou city, the people patrol on their own initiative. If they find any barbarians trying to cause trouble at the system gate, they will take the initiative to stop them, beat them up first, and then send people and ships to throw them to the north.
It was under such circumstances that the court once again sent Zhao Zongchu to find out the situation.
"Brother-in-law, the Goryeo envoy is indeed pitiful." Zhao Zongchu felt uncomfortable standing in front of Lu Sen. He really didn't want to take this job, but there was nothing he could do. This was the instruction from his father, the Prince of Runan: "The Goryeo King is quite sensible. He is full of passion and only wants to naturalize in our Song Dynasty. Give him a chance."
Lu Sen smiled and said, "Is this what Bao Zheng said, or what Master Pang said?"
Zhao Zongchu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother-in-law is indeed a prophet. They both mean the same thing."
"It's fine to let Goryeo naturalize, but their sincerity is still not enough, so let's wait and see."
