Chapter 680: Prince, our surname is Li, the Taoist is our own
On the day of the new moon, it’s time for the Great Court Meeting again!
The civil and military officials, led by Prince Li Jiancheng and Shangshu Ling Li Shimin, danced in the dust in front of His Majesty Li Yuan in the Taiji Hall, and after paying homage in a formal manner, His Majesty Li Jiancheng, who looked pale and even had gray hair at the end, stepped out and stood in the middle of the hall with his hands.
He knelt on his knees and bowed before His Majesty Li Yuan, saying with a respectful expression.
"My child is ready to start something!"
"Hehe..."
Birds were puffing out green smoke from the incense burner on Lord Dan, and from behind the green smoke came the sound of His Majesty Li Yuan's deliberately suppressed yawn.
"If the prince has something to do, feel free to report it!"
"yes!"
Li Jiancheng respectfully agreed, then took out a letter from his sleeve and held it in both hands.
"My child is impeaching the King of Qin Li Shimin for his misbehavior. He sent troops to plunder the temples in Chang'an, arrested innocent monks at will, and robbed the people. The people have succeeded, deceived the superiors and concealed, harmed the public and enriched private interests, please investigate in detail!"
"Hehe..."
Li Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, yawned again, then stretched out his hand to point. The chamberlain on the side immediately stepped forward to take the document from Li Jiancheng's hand, turned around and handed it to Li Yuan respectfully.
Li Yuan reached out and took the document from the servant's hand, and said casually to Li Shimin who was standing on one side.
"Erlang, do you have anything to say about what Dalang said?"
"Yes! Aye Rongzhen..."
Li Shimin, who has become more and more energetic and energetic recently, and his face is getting younger and younger, came out from one side, bowed his head respectfully to Li Yuan, and answered seriously.
"Everything I did was done out of public motives. There was no plundering or plundering at all. As for deceiving superiors and concealing inferiors, and harming the public and enriching private interests, it is even more nonsense. Please keep a close eye on it, Aye!"
"Erlang, you are talking nonsense!"
Li Jiancheng raised his head, stared at Li Shimin coldly, and said in a low voice.
"You and your men have robbed and sealed at least thirty or forty monasteries in Chang'an. The seals on the doors are still there. How can I allow you to quibble?"
"I have no excuses..."
Faced with Li Jiancheng's accusation, Li Shimin immediately retorted.
"As for the sealed monasteries you mentioned, Gu admits that they are indeed true, but they are all accomplices who conspired with the monk Pu Ying who assassinated Gu!"
"Erlang, do you believe what you said?"
Li Jiancheng still stared at Li Shimin and said righteously.
"The temple is a place for Buddhist monks to cultivate. Where did the assassin come from? Moreover, the great monk Puying has already passed away. You are clearly framed."
"Originally I didn't want to talk about making this public, but since you, Dalang, have said it here, I have to say it!"
Li Shimin seemed to have been prepared for Li Jiancheng's words. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately took out a thick stack of documents from his arms, turned around and bowed to His Majesty Li Yuan, holding it high.
"Aye, after the investigation by the boy, the matter of monk Puying being enthroned is pure nonsense. He is not dead, but has been hiding in the Riyan Temple in Qinglongfang until the boy planned to arrest him.
, in the past few days, he has been hiding among various temples in Chang'an... This is the confession of his whereabouts by the monks of Riyan Temple and monks from other temples who have met Monk Puying."
Li Yuan yawned listlessly again and waved his hands.
After the chamberlain took the document from Li Shimin's hand, Li Shimin straightened up and said to Li Jiancheng.
"Dalang, I just want to ask you something. When Aye handed you the clues about Faya's rebellion, you said that Monk Puying and other suspects died one after another because they felt that they had said something wrong.
Then why is it that Monk Puying jumped out alive again and assassinated Cheng Yaojin and Gu, the Duke of Su, in public? Could it be that he has the ability to resurrect from the dead?"
"this……"
Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment, then asked.
"Then Erlang, you said that Cheng Yaojin and you were both assassinated by the great monk Pu Ying. Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course!"
Li Shimin reached out again and took out a stack of documents from his other sleeve.
"This is a confession from a monk of Riyan Temple who said he heard a conspiracy between monk Puying and monk Fatai, the abbot of the temple, to assassinate Gu's family members in Tiance Mansion. Moreover, the dagger used by Monk Puying to assassinate Gu was also used by Riyan.
It was found in the temple, and it can be said that there are complete human and material evidences.”
Seeing that the evidence prepared by King Qin Li Shimin was so comprehensive, even the Buddhist court officials present could not help but feel a little nervous.
With such abundant evidence, could it be that Monk Puying really committed the assassination?
Probably!
After all, everyone knows that Buddhism is close to the prince, and it is not impossible to assassinate King Qin's staff in order to help the prince rise to power. As for why King Qin was assassinated?
Everyone knows it through the grapevine...
In the white dragon fish suit, I bumped into the opponent's knife tip!
"you……"
Li Jiancheng looked at the stack of documents in Li Shimin's hand and gritted his teeth silently.
"These are all fake!"
"It's easy to find out whether the evidence is forged..."
As soon as Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Li Shimin pressed forward.
"After all, these monks who made confessions are still alive. Aye can send people to interrogate him at will. But you, Dalang, why didn't you read these confessions and didn't plan to interrogate witnesses, so you just said that these evidences were forged?
Woolen cloth?"
"..."
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Jiancheng was immediately speechless.
nonsense!
Lonely knows that neither Cheng Yaojin nor you, Li Shimin, were assassinated by some general, because the former was commissioned by a samurai, while the latter was probably made up by you, Li Erfeng.
But obviously these words cannot be said here!
"alright!"
At this moment, His Majesty Li Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, spoke loudly.
"You two, stop arguing!"
In fact, while Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were arguing, His Majesty Li Yuan was not idle. Instead, he took the opportunity to read the document that Li Jiancheng sent up, and then silently compared it with the list in the pile of documents that Li Shimin handed over.
After a while, I found that the gold and silver utensils lost in the temple, house certificates, land deeds and other properties that Dalang described basically matched the list that Erlang gave him.
Very good, it seems that Erlang didn't hide anything this time!
Um!
Erlang's work now is really more and more in line with my expectations.
"The fact that Pu Ying and Faya secretly colluded and planned to rebel was a reminder personally given to me by Emperor Gaoshangdao Jinque Xuanyuan, the great ancestor of the distant ancestors. The evidence is conclusive and cannot be doubted!"
As soon as His Majesty Li Yuan opened his mouth, he immediately set the tone for this matter.
"When I handed this prince to you, I originally expected you to get to the bottom of it. As a result, you delayed it for a long time, causing Pu Ying to fake his death and escape. Dalang, you did make an oversight in this matter!"
"yes!"
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, Li Jiancheng was a little surprised, but he still gritted his teeth and silently accepted it.
"My child knows his fault!"
"No one has any fault, so get up!"
Looking at his ten-year-old child, His Majesty Li Yuan waved his hand reluctantly, motioning for him to stand up.
"I know that you have also been deceived. You think that since these Buddhist monks shout about compassion, they must have good intentions. However, you don't know that these monks secretly harbor evil intentions and are first-class bad people.
If you, Da Lang, used thunderous means to wipe out the rebellious guys like Pu Ying and others, how could it be possible for Er Lang and Su Guo Gong Cheng Yao Jin to be assassinated now? This is a lesson..."
Speaking of this, His Majesty Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng and said seriously.
"Da Lang! In the future, you must not think that someone who has read Buddhist scriptures for a few days just like you is one of your own. After all, our surname is Li, and we are descendants of Emperor Xuanyuan of Gaoshangdao Jinque. Only those who believe in
The Taoist priests from our distant ancestors are our own people!"
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth silently, resisted the intention of retorting, lowered his head and answered.
"Yes! The child knows..."
His Majesty Li Yuan felt very relieved when he saw that his somewhat foolish child who believed in Buddhism did not talk to him this time, saying nonsense like the Buddha was a great sage.
"In short, the assassination of King Qin this time shows that the bad guys in Buddhism who want to rebel have not become timid because of Faya's fear of committing suicide. Therefore, King Qin will continue to investigate, and Pu Ying must be caught and investigated.
Find out how many people are colluding with him..."
"yes!"
Li Shimin clasped his hands and bowed to Li Yuan.
"My child obeys!"
After settling this matter, His Majesty Li Yuan handed the documents in his hand to the servant on the side, and then asked.
"Then let's leave this matter as it is for the time being. Do you have anything else to do, sir?"
"Report to the Saint!"
A middle-aged man with a handsome face wearing a purple robe walked out of the queue, bowed deeply to His Majesty Li Yuan in the center of the hall, and said loudly.
"Captain Prince Consort, Huo Guogong Chai Shao's victory in pacifying Tuyuhun has been inspected by the military department. The situation is true. Please give the saint a reward at his discretion!"
"oh!"
After hearing the news, His Majesty Li Yuan raised his eyebrows silently.
If Chen Shuda hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that he had such a son-in-law. After all, when he mentioned Sanniangzi's husband, the first thing that came to his mind was some handsome little Taoist priest in flowing white clothes.
"Send it up!"
After the chamberlain brought up the report on military exploits in the hands of Chen Shuda and the military exploits report written by Chai Shao himself, His Majesty Li Yuan read it hastily, and then pondered silently.
"That's all. It's just that it seems inappropriate to let Chai Shao return to Chang'an and go to the province. A talent like Sichang should be in charge. Let's do this..."
His Majesty Li Yuan knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair with his hand and continued.
"After Yang Wenqian's rebellion, Qingzhou is now lacking talents in one area. Otherwise, let Sichang go!"
"Qiu Aye!"
Before Chen Shuda could agree, Li Jiancheng stood up suddenly.
"Sichang has been on the war for too long. It is not appropriate for him and Pingyang to be together and away from each other for a long time, so I think he should be allowed to return to Chang'an first. As for the position of governor of Qingzhou, I think..."
"Prince, it's better not to think too much..."
Before Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Li Shimin stood up and stabbed him.
"Yang Wenqian, whom you recommended before, is still the best!"
After hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Jiancheng was furious, but for a while he had nothing to say.
"Erlang, you..."
Li Shimin ignored him and bowed his hands to Li Yuan.
"Haier agrees with Aye. Qingzhou and other places are facing the Turks, and they cannot be controlled by people like Sichang. As for what Dalang said about Sichang and Princess Pingyang getting together less and staying apart more, I think this is just a lie.
There is no need to transfer him back to Chang'an!"
"right!"
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan immediately nodded happily.
"What Erlang said is absolutely true, and I think so too, so this matter is settled!"
Seeing the scene of the two father and son getting along with each other, Li Jiancheng, who was standing aside, narrowed his eyes slightly, then lowered his head to cover up the uncontrollable fierceness in his eyes.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
In the previous chapter, when Wu Zetian became a monk, Mengxin mentioned Lingbao Temple and Chongsheng Palace.
Later, in the second year of Fengyi, the two temples were merged into one temple by Li Zhi, called Chongsheng Temple. From then on, this temple has been firmly ranked as the first temple in Chang'an, and even later became the new temple in the Tang Dynasty.
Jinshi's 'Cherry Banquet' was held here.
Of course, the big tree attracts the wind, and Chongsheng Temple was destroyed when Wuzong destroyed Buddhism!
Later, during the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, because a jade statue of Medicine Buddha was excavated at the site of Chongsheng Temple, King Zhu Gongxi of Qin rebuilt Chongsheng Temple and renamed it Dachongren Temple. According to records, it is large in scale, exquisite in architecture, and there are life-size statues in the temple.
There are more than 500 Arhat statues, which makes it once again surpass the famous temples such as Cien and Jianfu, which have the big and small wild goose pagodas, and become the number one temple in Xi'an!
Later, during the same period of the Qing Dynasty and Xian Dynasty, the Chongren Temple was once again destroyed by war!
By the way, the famous "China Stele of the Popularity of Nestorianism in the Qin Dynasty" which tells about the Christian Nestorian missionaries in China during the Tang Dynasty has been placed in the Dachongren Temple for a long time. If you are interested, you can check it out on your own.