Chapter 174: Give Your Majesty Li Yuan a Beauty Plan
Just when Kong Qing was busy counting the spirits in the entire city of Chang'an, reorganizing households and people, and getting certificates, and the spirit circle in Chang'an City was in full swing, the Buddhist sects in the entire Jingzhao area had been destroyed by His Majesty Li Yuan and
Fu Yi's suggestion made people panic.
In the square of Yanxing Temple, the great monk Ji Zang was wearing a cassock, with his eyebrows lowered and his eyes lowered, standing calmly. Beside him was another old monk who was also wearing a cassock and had a kind face.
This old monk's surname was Du, or Du Shun. He was from the Du family in Jingzhao. In terms of seniority, he should be Du Ruhui's uncle.
He was fond of Buddhism when he was a boy. When he became a monk, he was greeted by earthly gods. A few years later, he achieved sotapanna. Then he made great progress and became an Arhat when he was in his forties.
One of the awesome monks.
In the original history, when chatting with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Monk Du Shun would be greatly praised by the other party and praised as having the emperor's heart. Then he would be called the emperor's heart master or the emperor's heart venerable.
Because Monk Jizang once served as the abbot of Jiaxiang Temple, he was also called Master Jiaxiang. Once the two of them stopped here, half of the four holy monks in a certain Shuanglong were gathered together!
Next to Monk Dushun stood two other monks who were also wearing cassocks and had solemn treasures. They were also waiting there with their eyes slightly closed.
In silence, an old monk with white beard and eyebrows stepped out of the void, stood in front of Ji Zang and Du Shun, and saluted them with his hands clasped together.
"Namo Miaoguang Bodhisattva! The old monk Zhixi has met several great monks..."
Several monks in the field opened their eyes at the same time and bowed slightly to the old monk in front of them.
"Jizang (Fashun, Dharma Sutra, Huiyuan) has met the great monk Zhixi!"
After the ceremony, Monk Zhixi took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Monk Fashun who was standing in the middle.
"This is a letter from Venerable Zhang An to initiate the monk. From now on, all matters concerning the Fahua Sect in Jingzhao will be taken over by the old monk."
Several great monks in the venue looked at each other and nodded at the same time. Then Monk Dushun reached out and took the letter.
"The Great Monk Ji Zang..."
After monk Zhixi handed over the letter, he turned to look at monk Jizang with a calm tone.
"Before the old monk came to Jingzhao, the great monk who initiated him specially told the old monk that, great monk Ji Zang, you were originally a member of the Three Treatises Sect, but you only came under the gate of my Tiantai to seek Dharma. Now you are reestablishing the Three Treatises.
Zong, I, Tiantai, are delighted and willing to fully support you.”
Although Monk Jizang knew that the decision made by the Initiation was due to the unfavorable current situation, and the Tiantai Fahua Sect's power in Jingzhao was no longer enough to prevent him from establishing a sect, he still made up his mind after receiving this promise from the Initiation Monk.
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Monk Jizang put his hands together, bowed deeply, and said with emotion.
"The great monk who initiated the initiation really shines with wisdom!"
On the other side, Monk Dushun also read the letter from the initiation monk and nodded.
"It is definitely the handwriting of the great monk who initiated the initiation!"
"That's good, Great Monk Zhixi, please!"
Monk Ji Zang stretched out his hand and invited several great monks present to follow him into the abbot's room of Yanxing Temple. Then he moved a cabinet casually, revealing a downward passage.
"Although the saint said that Lao Jun did it when the secret was leaked in the last meeting, you and I both know that this is just an excuse. The highest person in this world is no more than an earthly immortal, so the secret should have been eavesdropped, so this time the old monk boldly chose a
It’s an absolutely safe place, but it’s a little disrespectful to all the great monks.”
"No problem!"
Monk Dushun nodded and walked down first. The other great monks followed him and walked in. Monk Jizang entered last and moved the cabinet back when he went in.
The passage leads all the way to a secret room built with stone slabs about ten meters underground!
There was nothing in the secret room, except for a few futons on the floor.
Monk Jizang sat down on one of the futons first, and the other monks also sat down on the remaining futons in silence.
"Please allow the old monk to introduce the great monk Zhixi..."
After everyone was seated, Monk Jizang nodded to Monk Zhixi and gestured with his hand.
"This is the great monk Dharma Sutra of the Chengshi Sect, and the other is the great monk Huiyuan of the Kushe Sect. They are also great sages of the Chengshi Sect and the Kushe Sect in Jingzhao. Like the old monk, they both
He is one of the 'Top Ten Virtues'."
"oh!"
Zhixi nodded towards Dharma Scripture and Huiyuan.
"It turns out that these two people are among the 'Ten Great Virtues', disrespectful, disrespectful!"
This so-called "Ten Virtues" is the product of His Majesty Li Yuan's rule in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the use of monks to govern monks. Specifically, His Majesty Li Yuan selected ten eminent monks as monk officials to manage the rest of the monks.
These ten eminent monks are Sengxiu, Facan, Fajing, Jizang, Hongzun, Huiyuan, Fazui, Senghui, Mingmu, Tanqian, etc., and they belong to the north of Tiantai, Chengshi, Jushe, Huayan and so on.
Most of the Buddhist sects were born in Chang'an temples such as Da Chanding Temple and Daxing Shan Temple.
In other words, these monks are all nobles and big landowners in northern Buddhism!
Falla tried to squeeze in at first, but failed.
In the original history, these ten great virtues felt a bit unreliable after the Xuanwu Sect Incident, and then they encouraged Xiao Yu to give Li Shimin suggestions and let Li Shimin pay homage to the ten great virtues as an emperor to show his respect for Buddhism.
As a result, Li Er became furious and directly abolished the system of the Ten Great Virtues and took back the management rights of the monks to Chongxuan Department.
Now in this secret room, Du Shun of the Huayan Sect, Dharma Sutra of the Chengshi Sect, Huiyuan of the Kushe Sect, Zhixi of the Tiantai Sect, plus Ji Zang who just founded the Sanlun Sect, it can be said that all the people who are interested in the north are now
Representatives of the Buddhist sects of faith are already sitting here.
"Master monks, the matter is urgent!"
After introducing each other, Monk Jizang was the first to speak.
"According to what the old monk learned from the prince, the saint has been very moved by Fu Yi's proposal last time for me to return to secular life as a monk. Moreover, King Qin is now in charge of Jingzhao, so the saint no longer has to worry about the threat of uprising from believers..."
As he spoke, Monk Jizang turned his head and looked around at the monks present.
"Dear monks, if we don't do anything, Zhou Wu's disaster is just around the corner!"
"Yes, something must be done..."
Monk Du Shun twisted the rosary beads in his hand and said calmly, "The old monk has asked some relatives and friends from his secular days to write a letter explaining their interests and concerns to the current saint, and try to delay it."
"In addition to the court officials, we also need to make our own voices heard." Monk Fa Jing also said. "In this regard, Niezi thinks we can leave it to Monk Fa Lin to take the lead."
"Monk Faline?"
Monk Zhixi asked a little strangely, "Why is he still alive? Didn't you say he was allowed to sit down?"
"Monk Fa Lin insists and refuses..."
Monk Jizang explained.
"He said that the worst he could do was to die. It was his long-cherished wish to sacrifice one's life to spread the Dharma. He was disdainful of pretending to die and trying to survive. Moreover, the old monk felt that all the great monks who were discovered should not be allowed to pass away. The saint would inevitably be embarrassed and leave a trace behind.
Lin is also good!"
Monk Zhixi nodded, his face a little heavy. "Master Falin is truly worthy of being my Buddhist protector..."
"But whether it's the court officials who submit a letter, or whether we submit a letter ourselves..." Monk Huiyuan continued. "...it can't solve the problem. If today's saints insist on having their own way, what can we do?"
"So I still need to start from the outside."
Monk Zhixi said.
"The great monk who initiated the initiation has persuaded Zuo Youxian through some channels. Didn't the current saint say that Taishang is his ancestor? Then let him take a good look and see if Taishang's followers will rebel!"
"Does that mean that Jianghuai is going to change?"
The Dharma Sutra monk spoke up.
"If there are changes in Jiangzhou and other areas where Xiao Mian was originally located at this time, the whole of Jiangnan will change."
"The old monk sent a letter to Daoxin, asking him to think of a way in Jiangzhou to see if he could incite the rest of Dong Jingzhen's troops to revolt..."
Monk Jizang said in a helpless voice.
"...The result was nothing!"
"It's useless to count on Dao Xin..."
Monk Dharma Sutra curled his lips.
"Whether the monks and nuns are returning to secular life or the monastery fields are confiscated, his Taoist faith doesn't care. Nizi heard that he started to learn from the old gardening in Lushan. Even if the saint wants to destroy Buddhism, can he still not be given a few acres of land for him to plant?
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"Old monk, there is a candidate here..."
Monk Huiyuan said in a low voice.
"Zhang Minxiu, the right-hand man of Zhang Shan'an, the general manager of Hongzhou, is the protector of our Jushe sect. Therefore, the old monk also knows that Zhang Shan'an is very ambitious and often wants to stand on his own. Perhaps he can use this person to get Zhang Shan'an to follow Fu Gonger."
"Good, good!"
Monk Zhixi nodded.
"If Zhang Shan'an also followed Fu Gong'er to start an uprising, the situation in the Jianghuai region would suddenly change. It's a pity that Li Zitong failed to escape from Chang'an some time ago, otherwise great things would have happened in the Jianghuai region!"
"Not necessarily, Xu Yuanlang's side can no longer hold on..."
Monk Dushun said calmly.
"Within three months, this person will be defeated."
"The great monk has made arrangements for this initiation..."
Monk Zhixi said with a look of wisdom on his face.
"Monk Fashun, don't worry about it."
"There are also the Feng Xi family from Gaoliang in Lingnan, the Ning family from Qinzhou, and the Chen family from Longzhou..."
Monk Ji Zang twisted the rosary beads with his hands and said thoughtfully.
"They have lived in Lingnan for a long time, and even if they think about it, they can't really surrender. The old monk had a relationship with Chen Longshu of the Chen family. Now that Chen Longshu is attached to Ning Changzhen, the old monk thinks it should not be difficult to convince them to become independent."
"It's good. Although their self-reliance does not have much effect, it is not without small benefits. But in the final analysis, these are just to stop the boiling water and delay time..."
Monk Zhixi said slowly.
"If we want to completely resolve our Buddhist predicament, we have to pull out the fire in the end."
"How to draw out the firepower?"
The monk Dharma Sutra asked further.
"Is it really like Faya said, to change the emperor?"
"If the saint dies, the prince will definitely compete with the King of Qin for the throne. Everyone, King of Qin, has seen it..." Monk Du Shun shook his head. "It is still unclear who will be killed by then. The assassination is a bad idea and should not be done!"
"good!"
Monk Zhixi nodded seriously.
"Assassination is not allowed, but if you want someone to die, you don't have to assassinate."
"Master Zhixi, what can you do?"
Monk Huiyuan asked again.
"All the saints today know... that he has a lustful nature..."
Monk Zhixi said with a serious face.
"So we only need to use Xianggong Pei, Xiao Zhongcheng, etc. to send beautiful women into the palace under the pretext of letting him kill her. In this way, his body will definitely become depleted day by day. When the time comes, a little manipulation in the medicine will be enough to send him a dragon.
Yu Bintian, do you think the saint will pass the throne to the prince or the king of Qin before he dies?"
Is it actually a honey trap?
But thinking about the hobbies of today's saints, it seems that this idea is still feasible...
The remaining monks looked at each other and nodded silently.