Speaking of the Xiao family's daughter-in-law, Lin Wanwan remembered another thing. She was quite strange.
A few days ago, for some unknown reason, Lu Shouyue gave her a lot of books and information about the great families of the Tang Dynasty, saying that Tang Shi had specially found them for her because she liked them.
It also taught her about the bloody battles between many clans and clans. It was a history of blood and tears at every turn. The battles were too fierce.
She didn't even know why Lu Shouyue suddenly became interested in the Tang clan and taught her such a lesson.
Then Lin Wanwan also found some information about the Lanling Xiao family among these materials, and took advantage of her spare time to read through it.
The Lanling Xiao family is known as "rising and declining with the Tang Dynasty", but it did not experience much bloodshed during the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that in the information provided by Lu Shouyue, in addition to the struggle for power between clans and clans, and between clans and the imperial power, there are also many secrets about the backs of clans.
For example, Lin Wanwan is more interested in Xiao Chong's lineage, and there are records of various house fights and conspiracies in wild history.
It feels like it’s hard to distinguish between true and false, and most likely it’s nonsense, just the imagination of a wealthy scholar from a poor family.
It's like later generations wrote that Empress Xiao married Li Shimin. It was all nonsense, just to satisfy their own inspection of beautiful women.
The other two daughters most likely sacrificed themselves for the family and became a monk for political purposes.
Lin Wanwan has now come to Datang to see with her own eyes that Empress Xiao, who is in her sixties, is not married to Li Shimin, who is in his thirties!
In this year, his youngest daughter suddenly became a monk. It is not difficult to guess that it was to take the blame for her father.
With Xiao Chong's talents, he will not be out there forever. Sooner or later, he will return to Chang'an City, the center of power.
The person who lectures on the Bible today is Brother Asan. He speaks Tang Mandarin smoothly and his accent is even softer than that of Lin Wanwan.
Although Li Shimin was not taboo on meat and vegetables and took possession of his brothers' wives, he admired Empress Xiao's name and respected her.
Xiao Yu's eldest daughter was only three years old when she became a monk. What did she know? Lin Wanwan had just mentioned it in one brushstroke when checking information.
The old man next to Lin Wanwan was wearing a purple brocade robe. He was at least a third-rank official.
At that time, many things will be out of your control.
After all, the gap between her and Xiao Chong was too big.
At this moment, the master on the stage suddenly stopped his lecture and looked at the absent-minded Lin Wanwan: "This female Tan Yue is the most Buddhist-like female Buddha I have ever seen in my life. I don't know how many times I have practiced Buddhism."
Now that I’ve done it, what are your thoughts?”
Based on the above analysis, based on the epitaphs of Xiao Yu's three daughters after their deaths, the second daughter may have become a monk voluntarily because of her extremely high understanding of Buddhism and high achievements in Zen. She was influenced by her family and became a monk.
Lin Wanwan was walking in Daxingshan Temple, thinking about Xiao Yu's three monastic daughters. The more she thought about it, the heavier her heart became. After all, Xiao Chong was the one who made her heart beat uncontrollably.
The rich were all in the temple, and the poor were crowding outside the temple.
"Why?"
The people who listened to the sutra were so mesmerized that they didn't know if they really understood it. Looking at it, one could clearly tell the different grades of the people present based on their clothes.
Xiao Yu also gave three daughters to the Buddha and became nuns. In the same royal temple where Wu Zetian became a monk, they were accompanied by the ancient green lantern Buddha throughout their lives!
Speaking of which, women in feudal society really had no human rights. The power of patriarchy and husband was greater than that of God, and their destiny was controlled by others.
Are you talking about me?
Lin Wanwan was confused by the looks cast by Monk Asan and the people around her. What's going on? Why did you mention me while you were preaching the sutra?
Looking at the various eyes around her, Lin Wanwan quickly put on a dignified posture and said slowly: "Master Miaozan, I don't understand Buddhism, but I just have Buddha in my heart. Bodhi has no tree, and a bright mirror is not a stand..."
After reading the information about the descendants of the Xiao family, Lin Wanwan always felt that men could still rely on the strength of the family and their own knowledge to make a career, but women were mostly led by fate.
Such a life would be impossible to achieve if it was tied to the Xiao family. The higher the official position, the harder it would be to live alone.
This was an extremely important year for the development of Buddhism in China. It indicated that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty despised Confucianism and valued Buddhism, and wanted to govern the country with Buddhism.
It is not only a bargaining chip to consolidate the position of Prince Yang Guang, but also a bet for the development of the Xiao family.
When Xiao Yu's eldest daughter was three years old, it happened to be half a year after Yang Guang was established as the crown prince. It was also the year when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty abolished the public schools in the world and sent people to build pagodas in thirty states across the world to store Buddha relics.
It was only after she listened for a while that she realized that she had no Buddhist understanding and started looking around.
Not to mention the biological children she may have in the future, she is not willing to let the little Qingyu she has raised for two years sacrifice her lifelong happiness for some family mission.
The results of this dismissal were more serious, because he was also deprived of the title of Song Guogong, demoted from Chang'an, and devolved to Shangzhou to govern.
She has no ambitions, she just wants to live a casual and relaxed life so that her family can live in peace and be a wealthy and wealthy person.
In any era, if a person enjoys the glory and generous life provided by his family, he must also bear the responsibility for the development of the family.
Lin Wanwan's mind was attracted, and she curiously entered the hall to listen to the lecture, squeezing next to an old man in purple robes.
Xiao Yu's little daughter was just born this year. According to historical records, she became a monk in the 20th year of Zhenguan.
There are already people with golden fingers, so why can’t they protect their children to live a safe and happy life?
This made her regret for rejecting Xiao Chong fade a little.
The Lanling Xiao family has been very fond of Buddhism since their ancestors became emperors, and they are still devout even to Xiao Yu's generation.
The eldest daughter's becoming a monk will help the family politically, but in turn it can also show that she sacrificed her life for the family.
But among the information Lu Shouyue gave her, there were several papers on this matter, which Lin Wanwan found quite credible.
Not to mention these unofficial historical records, but also in some serious materials, Lin Wanwan once again saw the sad side of the female members of the Xiao family.
As she was wandering around the temple unconsciously, Lin Wanwan came to the lecture venue unknowingly.
As Yang Guang's brother-in-law, Xiao Yu made his three-year-old daughter a monk this year, which obviously had a strong political purpose.
Later, because of his failure in the struggle with Fang Xuanling, Taizong dismissed him from the prime minister again.
That year happened to be the year when Xiao Yu had a conflict with Li Shimin. He said out of anger that he wanted to become a monk (he said this several times). Li Shimin directly agreed this time and said that you should become a monk. As a result, he
Regretted it.
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden gasp in the surroundings.
Lin Wanwan also reacted immediately. The state of these words was too high. It was almost like becoming a Buddha by seeing one's nature. She couldn't bear it.
But this sentence is so famous. Lin Wanwan, a person who doesn't understand Buddhism at all, can recite this poem skillfully. When being called on in front of everyone, she had nothing else to say, so she just blurted it out in order to cope with it.
Ah San and the other monks around him all stood up and said excitedly: "Female Tan Yue, you are destined to be my Buddha!"