In the 21st year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, King Jie Ri, who dominated Northern India, suddenly died at the age of 58, and had no descendants. As soon as the news of King Jie Ri's death came out, Aronasun, the prime minister of the King Jie Ri dynasty usurped the throne and proclaimed himself the new king, but Aronasun's prestige was not enough to convince the public. The situation in the entire Northern India was extremely tense, and even felt like he was about to break out.

Speaking of King Jie Ri, he is indeed a great monarch, especially in terms of culture. He is tolerant of all religions. In addition, he is also a playwright, leaving behind three scripts that have been widely circulated in India.

However, King Jiri actually has huge flaws in his rule. For example, he did not establish a unified feudal dynasty, but a loose alliance based on force. Within the King Jiri dynasty, there are more than 30 kingdoms, and each kingdom has its own monarch, army and administrative system. These kingdoms only succumb to King Jiri's force and recognize the other's hegemony, but King Jiri cannot interfere too much in the internal affairs of each country.

For example, the Aronasun who usurped the throne was not only the prime minister of the Jaeji Dynasty, but also a king named Dinafu Kingdom within the Jaeji Dynasty. He had both soldiers and money, and the Jaeji King had no descendants, so Aronasun was so smooth when he usurped the throne.

If it were in the original history, this Aronasun was the unlucky new king who sent troops to attack Wang Xuance's delegation. He should have been defeated by Wang Xuance with more than 10,000 troops, and then he was defeated by Wang Xuance for 600 cities in a row. He was finally captured and was also offered to be captured by Wang Xuance in Chang'an. It was really frustrating to be a king for this.

However, in the current history, due to the influence of Li Yan, the Tang Dynasty focused more on Central Asia. In addition, Li Zhen and Li Yun focused on Tianzhu, so Li Shimin did not intend to establish any friendly relations with Tianzhu. Therefore, except for the previous few years, there were no missionary contacts with the Jie Japanese Dynasty in the past two years. Moreover, Wang Xuance is still a minister of Li Zhen and Li Yun, so it is even more impossible for him to join the missionary of the Tang Dynasty.

In theory, without Wang Xuance's intervention, Aronasun would have been successfully the new king of the Jieji Dynasty. But in fact, Aronasun is not the Jieji King, he is just a small king of the Kingdom of the Jieji Dynasty. There were more than 30 people with the same status as him. Now, these kings naturally felt dissatisfied when they saw Aronasun riding on their heads, and there was no external pressure. Therefore, some small countries within the Jieji Dynasty began to connect and fight Aronasun together.

When the situation in Northern India reached Li Zhen and Li Yun of Southern India, wars were already occurring in the entire Northern India. Not only was the new king Aronatus attacked by various kingdoms, but some kingdoms that had already had hatred also took the opportunity to start war. In just ten days, five kingdoms were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless due to war.

At this time, Li Yan was about to go back to Taiwan, and he had even boarded the boat that day, but he was pulled off the boat by Li Zhen and Li Yun who received the news, and then returned to the temple to hear detailed information. After the people who were exploring the news finished talking about the situation in Northern Tianzhu, the three brothers and Wang Xuance were silent, thinking about the impact of this incident on their future.

"Xuan Ce. What are your opinions?" Li Yan thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Wang Xuance.

After hearing this, Wang Xuance immediately bowed and said, "Your Highness, you can't say that you have high opinions, but my subordinates believe that chaos in Northern India has already begun. It is absolutely beneficial or harmless for us. What we need to do now is to unify the entire Southern India in the shortest time and train a strong army. The faster the process, the better, because I am worried that if the war in Northern India is too long, it will cause serious damage to the local population and economy, which will not be conducive to the development after the occupation. Second, if there is a hero who rises in the war like King Jie Ri and unify Northern India again, it will definitely be a big trouble for us!"

Hearing Wang Xuance's analysis, Li Yun also lit his eyes and said, "Yes, the chaos in Northern India has been settled. If it is a few years later, when our power expands to Central India, we can take this opportunity to take down Northern India in one fell swoop. However, now we are not completely unified in Southern India. We are simply willing but not strong enough. So the best way is to strengthen our own strength first, as Xuance said. Anyway, the war in Northern India will not end in a short time. When they are exhausted, we can just benefit."

However, Li Zhen said unwillingly: "Now the countries in Northern India are not ready. It is a good opportunity to unify Northern India in one fell swoop. Not to mention anything else, as long as I give me a cavalry of 20,000 people, I will be sure to pacify the countries in Northern India. So should we consider it and take this opportunity to take down Northern India?"

Hearing Li Zhen’s radical proposal, Li Yun immediately opposed: “Brother Eighth brother, don’t be chaotic again. We have just expanded our territory several times. Now most areas have not yet been managed. If we transfer the army to part of Northern India, let alone anything else, we will probably rebel in many places tomorrow!”

After hearing this, Wang Xuance thought about it carefully, and then said slowly: "Your Highness King Yue is right. If the countries in Northern India are not prepared, they can indeed use a surprise weapon to raid at lightning speed and destroy the countries in the shortest time."

Hearing what Wang Xuance said, Li Yun's face changed drastically. He was about to say something, but Wang Xuance then said: "But defeating the countries of Northern India is one thing, but real rule is another. With our current strength, it is a bit difficult to rule just a Southern India, so even if we can defeat the larger Northern India, we are unable to rule, and we have to risk the current rule unstable. Therefore, in the eyes of our ministers, it is really not worth the loss!"

Hearing that Wang Xuance also opposed his proposal, Li Zhen couldn't help but sigh. In fact, he also knew the biggest shortcoming of his proposal, but his personality made him unwilling to give up this opportunity, so he wanted to propose it to see if others had any remedies. However, now it seems that he is still too optimistic.

At this time, Wang Xuance suddenly realized that Li Yan had been watching them without saying anything, which made him feel moved and immediately said, "Your Highness, King Qi, I wonder what you think about this matter?"

Li Zhen and Li Yun only remembered that the Sixth Brother whom they had always admired was by their side. Maybe he could do anything, so they all looked at Li Yan with Xiyi's eyes.

Li Yan smiled confidently and said, "Actually, what the Seventh Brother and Xuan Ce are right. It took you so long to lay such a solid foundation in Southern Tianzhu. It can be said that this is your base camp. Only by operating this place well can you have the strength to expand outward in the future. Therefore, no matter how temptation the Northern Tianzhu is, you cannot take risks with the rule here!"

Li Yan paused for a moment, and then said, "But not being able to send troops into Northern India does not mean that you can do nothing. At least you still have a powerful weapon in your hands that can achieve great benefits for you in this turmoil."

"A weapon?" Li Zhen, Li Yun and Wang Xuance looked at each other. For a moment, they couldn't imagine what Li Yan's so-called weapon meant?

"Religion, that is, your new Brahmin, as long as it is placed in Northern India and take advantage of this war, it will grow at an astonishing speed. If it is supplemented with a little force, the effect will be even more astonishing!" Li Yan said firmly.

Although Li Zhen and the other two had already created the new Brahmanism, they obviously did not realize the power of religion. In fact, it was not their fault. After all, in the history of the Central Plains dynasty, the power of religion has been suppressed by imperial power, so although Li Zhen and Li Yun have become popes, when they encounter problems, the first thing they think of is secular power, rather than using the power of religion to solve it.

"This... can this work? The effect that can be achieved with only the power of religion is very limited, right?" Even Wang Xuance is a little unconfident, and Li Zhen and Li Yun are the same.

Only Li Yan said confidently: "Don't doubt the power of religion, especially in countries like India. The people here have a far greater piety towards religion than their loyalty to the country. Therefore, as long as your religion can develop in Northern India and conquer the local people ideologically, then when your strength reaches a certain level, you don't even have to send troops at all, Northern India will take the initiative to surrender!"

Li Yan's confidence also infected Li Zhen and the other two. Wang Xuance thought about it carefully and then said: "Since His Highness of Qi is so sure, we can give it a try. After all, it is just going to Northern India to preach, and there is no need to use too much power. It is only necessary to send a group of Brahmin nobles to go there. In addition, it also requires a certain amount of force to deterrent. It is best to occupy a stronghold on the coast of Northern India, but this requires the help of His Highness of Qi's navy!"

"Okay! That's it. I will lead the troops myself to see which one is stronger than that of us in Northern India?" Li Zhen also slapped the table at this time. He was still doubting the power of religion, but when he heard that he wanted to occupy a stronghold in the north, it was exactly what he wanted, so he immediately agreed.

When Li Yun saw that Li Zhen and Wang Xuance agreed to the proposal of Liu Ge, he naturally would not object. He immediately asked Li Yan about the things he should pay attention to when preaching. These Li Yan could combine the experience of developing believers all over the world in later generations to give Li Yun and the other two some opinions.
Chapter completed!