Back to the early Tang Dynasty as a fairy Chapter 959: Your Majesty might as well cancel the Ten Great Virtues and merge the Chongxuan Department into the Taishi Bureau
Chapter 959: Your Majesty might as well cancel the Ten Great Virtues and merge the Chongxuan Department into the Taishi Bureau
When Changsun Wuji, who had become a servant of Shangshu Shefang Moududuan and Zhongshu Shengmen, was summoned by the chamberlain, he hurried from the office in the outer imperial city to the Zhaode Hall of the inner palace. At first sight, he
I saw a Li Shimin with a face as deep as water.
At this time, the sharp-eyed Fang Xuanling glanced around slightly, and found that the wine glasses placed on the table in front of Li Shimin were not the gold cups he loved so much before, but another one, although equally exquisite.
But the style of the cup is somewhat unfamiliar.
Fang Xuanling silently exchanged words with Du Ruhui, and then the two of them nodded slightly at the same time, feeling at ease.
It seems that this time His Highness... No, His Majesty seems to be very angry!
"See the Saint!"
Although they had some guesses in their minds, Fang Du and others still pretended not to know anything, danced in the dust in front of Li Shimin, and bowed politely.
"I wonder if your Majesty can give you any advice when he summons someone?"
"I saw an extremely ridiculous watch today..."
After seeing his right-hand men arriving, Li Shimin, who was still angry, forced himself to twitch the corners of his mouth towards Fang Du and the others as a greeting.
"So I would like to invite some of the Qing family members to come over and take a look!"
"yes!"
After hearing what Li Shimin said, the three people present immediately agreed respectfully.
"Your Majesty, please give me the seal. I will look at it carefully..."
"Here!"
Before Fang Du and others had finished speaking, they saw Li Shimin with a livid face raising his hand and pointing towards a table displayed beside them.
"It's just under that basket, please pick it up yourself!"
"..."
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Fang, Du, Changsun and the three of them had already secretly exchanged glances.
It's nothing to drop a watch stamp when you're angry, but after dropping it, not only did you not pick it up, but you also refused to ask the chamberlain to help pick it up... This is enough to show how angry His Majesty Li Shimin is now.
Strange, what is written in that watch stamp?
With doubts, Fang Xuanling bent down and picked up a watch stamp from under the coin that Li Shimin pointed to. His eyes just glanced at the top of the watch, and his brows wrinkled slightly.
'It's actually the seal of the Chongxuan Department... Could it be that those monks proposed to Your Majesty to postpone the abolition of the monks and nuns qualification examination again, and they wrote in a more violent way, so Long Yan was furious?'
But after reading the next two sentences, Fang Xuanling became even more confused.
Because this seal has nothing to do with the qualification examination for monks and nuns, but is the seal for the candidates for the new "Ten Great Virtues" submitted to His Majesty Li Shimin by the Chongxuan Office.
'Strange, didn't His Majesty take a step back and allow the Chongxuan Office to decide the candidates on their own regarding the Ten Great Virtues? Why is Your Majesty still so angry? Is there anything inappropriate about the selection?'
Then, Fang Xuanling silently read the names and annotations of the ten monks.
‘There’s no problem, then what’s wrong with Your Majesty...’
When he thought of this, Fang Xuanling's eyes finally fell on the back columns of the watch, and the expression on his face froze instantly.
"Your Majesty should wear a crown at the canonization ceremony of the Ten Great Virtues, and lead the ministers to worship the Ten Great Virtues to show respect for Buddhism... No, are these monks crazy?"
"What?"
After hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji on the side were also shocked.
Let His Majesty Li Shimin wear the most formal crown and lead the court ministers to worship the ten virtues... Did these monks make a mistake? Did they think that the pilgrim was Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan?
"hehe!"
As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Li Shimin, who was sitting in the main seat, already sneered.
"These monks are not crazy. If you look back at Fang Qing's family, they said, 'You can't wash away the consequences of the bad government in the monks and nuns exam unless you do this.' Listen, it doesn't matter that my monks and nuns qualification exam actually turned into a bad government.
These monks still want me to publicly admit it in front of all the people in the world... I think I should just be the next one to sin!"
"That's unreasonable!"
Changsun Wuji immediately jumped out and said in a stern voice.
"Your Majesty, this group of monks is extremely disrespectful and should be investigated seriously to see if they have any treasonous intentions... In addition, I propose that the qualification examination for monks and nuns be immediately launched in the area south of the Yellow River, so that those groups can
Monks, look at the determination of the imperial court!"
"Um!"
After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin nodded slightly, with a look of emotion on his face.
"What the auxiliary machine said is reasonable, and I also think..."
"Your Majesty, no!"
Seeing that His Majesty Li Shimin seemed to be planning to agree to Changsun Wuji's proposal, Du Ruhui stood up immediately.
"There are many believers in Buddhism in the south. If you use just one of them, it could cause a civil uprising... Your Majesty, we are now preparing for war with all our strength. We are preparing to launch the guards northward after the spring planting, and cooperate with the Turkic gods Burden Ningli and Tulik
Khan attacked Jieli Khan and solved the Turkic problem in one fell swoop. If there are changes in the south, it will inevitably affect the steps of the Northern Expedition!"
"What Keming said is absolutely true!"
After hearing what Du Ruhui said, Fang Xuanling also stood up to express her support.
"Things have priorities. At this time, the northern expedition to the Turks and resolving the border troubles once and for all is the top priority for everyone in the court. It is also the first great undertaking of His Majesty since he ascended the throne. As for the crazy words of these monks... I think there is no need to go to war!"
"What you two said is certainly true, but if these monks who dare to ask saints to worship the ten virtues are not punished, I am afraid the world will think that Your Majesty is weak and can be bullied."
Changsun Wuji on the other side still stubbornly insisted on his opinion.
"So Your Majesty must give these monks a stern lesson so that the majesty of the dynasty can be maintained."
"Lessons are necessary, but it is not necessary to directly start killing the monks in the south!"
Fang Xuanling touched his beard with his hand and said thoughtfully.
"In my opinion, since this matter is caused by the Ten Great Virtues, your Majesty might as well cancel the Ten Great Virtues directly, so as to give those monks a blow without causing too much reaction from them..."
"Is that all?"
After hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Li Shimin immediately frowned with dissatisfaction.
"Fang Qing, the punishment you mentioned is too light..."
"It's fine if you want it to be heavier!"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he heard Du Ruhui reply from the other side.
"Your Majesty can downgrade the Chongxuan Bureau and merge it into the Taishi Bureau. In other words, from now on, all monks, nuns and Taoist priests will be under the jurisdiction of the Taishi Bureau. How about that?"
"good!"
As soon as Du Ruhui finished speaking, Fang Xuanling on the side was already stroking her hands and praising him.
"What Keming said is true... Originally, the Chongxuan Bureau was created by the previous dynasty to elevate the status of the monks, so it was compared with the Taishi Bureau. In fact, the monks, nuns, and Taoists were all outsiders, so it was handed over to a
It is only right that the departments come under unified jurisdiction!”
"hehe!"
Hearing Fang Moudu's wicked idea, Li Shimin also smiled slightly on his face.
"Let the Taoist priests take charge of the monks... Hmm! Yes, Keming, your idea is very good, but I think it is too light. Now I can't wait to let these monks know what will happen if they dare to offend me, the real dragon emperor.
A miserable end!"
"saint!"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw Du Ruhui bowing again and speaking sincerely.
"Sun Tzu said, "The Lord must not be angry and raise an army, nor be angry and lead to war; move when it is convenient for the benefit, stop when it is not... Now the imperial court is making every effort to prepare for the Northern Expedition. If we rush southward at this time,
It’s not beneficial!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Fang Xuanling on the side also bowed and said seriously.
"The rebellion between Jieli and Tuli in the Turks is a rare opportunity. If we don't take the opportunity to defeat it, it will be too late after Jieli defeats Tuli or Tuli defeats Jieli and unifies the Turks... Your Majesty, those monks
If you don’t deal with them this year, it will be the same next year, but the Turks’ war opportunities are fleeting!”
"……All right!"
After hearing that Fang Mou and Du Jue had this idea, Li Shimin, who had not developed the habit of being arbitrary yet, finally nodded and made a concession.
"Since both my dear friends have this intention, then I can't disobey you, so let's do this... I wrote a decree in Zhongshu Province to cancel the Ten Great Virtues, and at the same time downgrade the Chongxuan Bureau and merge it into the Taishi Bureau.
, under the unified jurisdiction of Qingwei!"
…
A monster with a body that looked like a tiger but with wings crossed over the sea of clouds. The strong wind brought by its huge wings passed through the sea of clouds and drew a wave in the white sea of clouds.
The same ripples.
"Huh!"
While flying somewhere in the sea of clouds, the winged tiger's eyes immediately fell on a place in the sea of clouds that looked the same as anywhere else.
"Why does something seem weird... open!"
The next moment, I saw the thick front paws of this winged tiger moving horizontally, and a wisp of strong wind was like a sharp blade, flying towards the place that seemed suspicious to it.
puff!
After a soft sound, the suspicious white cloud was chopped into four or five pieces by the strong wind brought by the winged tiger's claws. Then the winged tiger tilted its head and took a closer look.
"It doesn't seem to be anything. Is your suspicion wrong? Forget it...don't care, continue patrolling!"
With that said, the winged tiger flapped the wings on its back and flew away lightly like a big bird!
Just after the figure of the winged tiger left here, the figure of a rich and handsome old monk also appeared from the sea of clouds. He looked at the huge cloud city not far in front of him, and also
There was a mechanical puppet patrolling back and forth on the top of the city, frowning slightly.
"No wonder Yinniang said before that the Yunzhong City where the current Taishi Ling Qingweizi is is heavily guarded... The old monk is not very good at stealth, how can he enter this city?"