Wuwang finished giving his earnest assurances. After all, the matter had to be settled before he could be grateful.
He immediately followed up with a question:
"How do you intend to handle this, Fellow Daoist Li? And which fellow Daoist have you invited?"
With Yun Li's example before him, it was best to be cautious in everything now.
Although the current situation felt as though it had already hit rock bottom, what if it could get even worse?
"I invited a Great Confucian." Li Yingling looked at Wuwang with disdain. "Given the current situation, forcibly suppressing either side would be a bad idea. Only by getting both sides to make concessions and mediating between them can we settle this matter completely."
Wuwang listened and felt that it sounded somewhat reliable, so he pressed:
"Please elaborate, Fellow Daoist."
Li Yingling quite naturally led Chen Baiqing over to some nearby chairs and sat down before continuing:
"Naturally, through new policies. New policies implemented from top to bottom, new policies everyone can see, and new policies that make both sides feel they have gained an advantage."
"These new policies are called University. In short, they mean making all the knowledge monopolized by the aristocratic clans available to those below. The aristocratic clans will need to contribute to this in exchange for being spared a reckoning for now."
"As for your Hinayana Buddhist followers, they will need to spread ideas. Naturally, not your Buddhist Sect's ideas."
"Instead, make them think: even if they topple the aristocratic clans now, will there not be new aristocratic clans in the future?"
"At the same time, spread the word that even if they overthrow the aristocratic clans and some among them become aristocratic clans themselves, how can they know they will not be overthrown in turn?"
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