Chapter 325 The heart of one person is the heart of thousands of people
Solitary Palace.
On the table in front of a large clay Buddha that has been in disrepair for a long time, there is a candle standing on a wax wick, shaking.
The swaying candle flame caused the two unmoving figures in the hall, an old man and a young man, to sway left and right.
Ouyang Rong remained motionless, his long sleeves drooping and his eyes drooping.
When people in the Buddhist sect encounter this, they can sigh and say Amitabha.
And he is a Confucian scholar, so naturally he cannot do it.
But silence itself is a statement.
Master Shandao raised his slender white eyebrows slightly, and couldn't help but glance at the silent young man in front of him:
"The imperial edict will arrive in two days. The Ming government should think about how to respond appropriately and hurt the people as little as possible."
The old monk sounded a little guilty, chanted the Buddha's name again, and exhorted:
"The matter of building the Sifang Buddha statues and the Songde Tianshu was clearly decided by His Majesty when I was in Luoyang Palace.
"It's not like the Ming government doesn't know His Majesty's thoughts as a saint. What's more, the imperial edict has been issued and all parts of the world have been mobilized one after another. It's hard to turn back the bow.
"If the Ming Dynasty wants to blame, let's blame Lao Na. But when His Majesty asked where the Donglin Giant Buddha would be located, he proposed Xunyang City in Jiangzhou...
"I have gained a little from this trip to Luoyang. On behalf of Donglin Temple, I am willing to donate all of it to build a Buddha, so as to relieve some of the pressure on the Ming Dynasty."
Ouyang Rong suddenly raised his head:
"I'm confused about the next thing. Why does Your Majesty, who is so well-behaved, waste so much national power on building this center of praise and the four great Buddhas?"
Master Shandao pondered for a moment:
"When I was in Luoyang, I didn't know much about the movements of the government and the public, but your majesty decided to build Tianshu and Buddha statues. It seems that after the kings of Wei and Liang united with envoys from all countries to write a letter praising the Great Zhou Dynasty, during that time, she also frequently summoned Shangyang Palace
The Yin Yang family Qi practitioner."
He tried: "Maybe it was the idea of the two princes of the Wei family? Those Qi practitioners also instigated it?"
Ouyang Rong didn't even raise his eyelids, he shook his head slightly, and after being quiet for a while, he asked:
"Has Your Majesty ever asked you about anything weird?"
"His Majesty mostly asked Lao Na about Zen Buddhism and strange things... Huh." He seemed to think of something and said thoughtfully, "It seems that he asked about some slightly weird things."
"for example?"
"One day, His Majesty summoned the old man in the palace at night and asked him how the great Zhou Dynasty's national destiny could last forever and prosper forever."
Ouyang Rong asked gently: "How did the master answer?"
"Old monk naturally advises your majesty to implement benevolent policies widely, the people will return to their hearts, and the world will be virtuous, and the Zhou Dynasty will naturally continue to be unified."
"Is this what Your Majesty wants to hear? Will you be satisfied with this?"
"I don't know." Master Shandao shook his head, hesitated for a moment, looked around the Loneliness Hall, then looked at the kind-faced Buddha, and confided:
"His Majesty seemed to have nodded and asked me a strange question."
"what is the problem?"
"A small, trivial thing.
"Your Majesty asked, when His Royal Highness King Xunyang prayed day and night at the Donglin Pagoda, was it your Majesty alone, or was it the memorial tablet of the late emperor along with her?"
"How the Master answered."
"Of course I'm telling you the truth, there are tablets for both saints."
Master Shandao raised his palms and said softly:
"His Majesty also asked how King Xunyang wrote the titles of His Majesty and the late emperor. In the title, he mentioned Dazhou several times and Daqian several times."
When it came to the last few words, the abbot of Donglin Temple's pronunciation became a little longer.
Ouyang Rong asked calmly: "Master, do you think this is a trivial matter?"
Master Shandao sighed: "Of course not."
Ouyang Rong looked at the old monk with white eyebrows and asked, "Master, what's your answer?"
The eminent monk from the Southern Kingdom, who was titled "Great Wisdom", slightly lowered his eyelids:
"I told you the truth, and the Ming Dynasty specifically emphasized the regulations before praying."
At this point, he faced north and his voice became more serious, as if imitating the palace question that day:
"His Royal Highness King Xunyang prayed for his parents as children at the Donglin Pagoda, not as a subject for the emperor. Naturally, the tablet did not have any emperor's title engraved on it, and..."
Ouyang Rong turned his ears and closed his eyes: "And what?"
"Furthermore, the late emperor entrusted His Royal Highness King Xunyang to His Majesty long ago. For His Highness, he is naturally the biggest orphan in the world. He must try his best to support her, obey his advice, pray for her blessings and fall ill, which also shows her pure filial piety."
After Ouyang Rong listened, he was silent for a while and couldn't help but look deeply at Master Shandao.
"Thank you, Master, for clarifying my doubts. I have something else to do, so I will say goodbye for now."
He shook his sleeves, took a step back, and gave a big salute.
"What is Mingfu doing? There is no need to be polite." Master Shandao immediately avoided it.
Ouyang Rong shook his head and insisted on finishing the ceremony. He suddenly turned around and left the hall.
Before walking out of the door, there was a sigh left behind:
"As expected of the eminent monk Mahamati."
…
Quiet night.
In Xunyang Prince's Mansion, Juxian Garden, in a study room with dancing candlelight.
The atmosphere was equally silent.
There were several figures sitting or standing, silent and motionless.
"Creak" sound,
The study door was pushed open, and Shi Shiran, Li Bao'er, who was dressed in a homely plain-colored ruqi, walked in and closed the door again.
She was the last to arrive and looked back.
Ouyang Rong, Xie Lingjiang.
Li Xian, Li Dalang, Wei Mei.
The five people had already arrived, and now they all turned their attention to her.
Feeling the strange atmosphere, Li Guoer's eyes passed over Ouyang Rong as if he were ignoring him, he lowered his eyes and raised his hands, and asked everyone:
"I'm late?"
Ouyang Rong shook his head: "No, please sit down, Your Highness."
Li Guo'er still didn't look at the person who responded to her, walked over and sat down next to Xie Lingjiang.
Ouyang Rong withdrew his gaze.
After chatting secretly with Master Shandao in the evening, Ouyang Rong quietly followed the carriage of Zhen Shuyuan and his junior sister back to the Huaiye Lane mansion.
Late at night, he rushed back to Prince Xunyang's Mansion together with his junior sister who stayed overnight.
Tonight is special, there is something important.
He looked around and said softly: "Everyone is here, let's start early."
Before Ouyang Rong could talk about Master Shandao, Li Xian had already spoken first:
"Tan Lang, Guo Yu is here again this afternoon."
A certain thin face with a goatee suddenly appeared in Ouyang Rong's mind. He nodded and asked, "What did the Prime Minister's Mansion say?"
Li Xian said in a serious tone:
"Guo Yu replaced the Prime Minister's Mansion and brought important news from the court and palace. The Queen Mother is going to build a Songde Tianshu and four Buddha statues..."
He recounted a piece of news that Ouyang Rong had already known.
Wei Mei frowned: "How can you repair this thing so easily?"
Li Xian sighed: "Eighth brother said that now the Wei family has finished solving the rebellion in Yingzhou and has begun to free up energy to cause harm to the court.
"The construction of the center of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Buddha statues in all directions is the so-called national policy of the kings of Wei and Liang who took advantage of the grand occasion of the coming of all nations during the Yuanzheng period to call on foreign envoys to sing praises and praise the virtues together.
"It was said that he wanted to commemorate the merits of the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. On the Tianshu Pillar, the words of praise offered by envoys from all countries and the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty were engraved... The queen mother Long Yan was very happy, and the eighth brother and Chang Le could not object to this matter in public."
Xie Lingjiang's pretty face looked a little unhappy:
"It's not convenient for my children to say, but what about the courtiers? It's a matter of the country. How can they be single? Isn't there anyone who has stated the pros and cons and opposed this matter?"
"There were some who objected, but they were all suppressed by the Queen Mother. During the Yuanzheng holiday, even the objections in the political hall were suppressed by the Queen Mother one by one. It seemed difficult to stop it.
"Eighth brother and the princes also felt that the wind was going in the wrong direction. The queen mother's attitude was a bit tough and she did not dare to speak."
After a pause, Li Xian said nervously:
"The four Buddha statues that the Queen Mother wants to build are the giant Buddhas of her four favorite Buddhist sects, including the newly favored Lotus Pure Land Sect.
"So among the four Buddha statues, there will be a Donglin Buddha. It is very likely to be located in our Xunyang City, and the Jiangzhou government will be responsible for supervising its construction."
"It's not possible, it's confirmed that the decree to build the Donglin Buddha is on the way and will arrive soon."
Ouyang Rong, who had been silent all this time, interrupted.
Li Xian and others were slightly stunned.
Seeing their looks, Ouyang Rong said softly: "Master Shandao has already told me."
Li Dalang couldn't help but ask: "Tan Lang, why is grandma's attitude so tough this time?"
Ouyang Rong glanced at him and nodded:
"Your Majesty is naturally not as simple as just building the center and the Buddha statue."
After sighing for a moment, he told everything that Master Shandao had revealed in the palace tonight.
Li Xian, Li Dalang and others were frightened the whole time.
"There is still this kind of thing...Why did the queen suddenly ask about this?"
Li Xian couldn't help but stand up and wander around, with a worried look on his face.
Ouyang Rong said calmly: "Isn't your Majesty's intention still obvious?"
Wei Mei frowned: "What does Tan Lang mean?"
Ouyang Rong's face was calm and his words were not surprising:
"The two kings of the Wei family and the counselors of Shangyang Palace could not influence His Majesty's decision-making. On the contrary, they acted in a swarm. They must have understood some of His Majesty's thoughts at close range and got a clear signal, so they followed some hidden sacred heart.
, play freely and profit from chaos.
"Chaos is the ladder of ascent."
He raised an index finger:
"For the two kings of the Wei family, the palace people and their ministers, a stable order is only beneficial to the Korean and Chinese defenders.
“Because the civil servants are naturally conservative, but they are also the best at using rules and slowly growing in size.
"And our Majesty is wary of the backlash from the two evil dogs of the Wei family and the imperial ministers, and is also disgusted by the alliance between the North Korean and Chinese civil servants.
"The so-called imperial art is just balancing the scale.
"Now, it is obvious that the balance has tilted towards one side, and Your Majesty needs to loosen the tight leash."
Ouyang Rong said slowly.
The logical and understated conversation made Xie Lingjiang, Li Xian, Li Dalang and others look sideways, frown, or nod slowly, as if they were savoring the aftertaste.
Li Bao'er, who had always looked at his nose and nose, couldn't help but make an exception and glanced at Ouyang Rong. There was a jade hand holding his sleeve below.
Li Xian worked hard to digest it for a while, then cast an admiring look at the weak crown counselor and thought:
"So what Tanlang is saying is that the construction of the Great Zhou De Song Center and the Four Directions Buddha Statues was the mother's will, and the instigation of the Wei family and the Shangyang Palace watchers was just an excuse to take the blame for the mother?"
Ouyang Rong nodded.
Li Dalang looked puzzled: "But how does this relate to the fact that Your Majesty went to Master Shandao to inquire about the details of my father's original prayer?"
Ouyang Rong glanced at the anxious Li Xian and uttered four words:
"Depose Qian and praise Zhou."
Everyone was stunned.
Li Xian's body trembled uncontrollably. The last time he heard someone emphasize these four words to him was when his mother had just deposed the emperor and appointed cruel female officials.
Ouyang Rong said calmly: "Uncle, is he still loyal to the old Da Qian, or is he loyal to the current Da Zhou?"
Li Xian stuttered a bit and replied: "I can accept everything."
"You have to choose one."
Li Xian shrinks.
Ouyang Rong warmly reminded: "Is my uncle the deposed emperor who wants to do great things, or is he the emperor's heir to the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Li Xian was dejected: "I know what to do..."
Ouyang Rong nodded gently and looked out the window at the silent night:
"Another round of standing in line and expressing loyalty has begun, and it's going to be lively again."
Li Xian: "Tan Lang, what should we do next?"
Ouyang Rong looked calm and said: "Uncle, be prepared, the imperial decree will arrive soon."
"Isn't it the Jiangzhou Hall that supervised the construction of the Donglin Buddha? Isn't it also related to this king?"
"Uncle, do you really think that Your Majesty is the New Love Lotus Sect, and because of the words of Master Shandao, he placed a Donglin Buddha in Xunyang City?"
"Could it be..."
Ouyang Rong nodded and chuckled:
"My uncle couldn't run away. Not only did he have to participate, but he also had to show extra effort. He had to take the lead in writing a letter to express his support for the Great Zhou Songde Center and the Buddha statues in all directions.
"Because... this is the only way to become the legitimate heir of the Great Zhou Dynasty. You must have a certificate of nomination."
"My king has a surname of Li, will he be criticized by everyone in the world?"
Ouyang Rong nodded seriously: "It's okay to criticize the surname Li. Next time, I will submit a letter and ask your majesty to give me the surname Wei like the Prime Minister did. Then the surname Wei will not be criticized."
After saying that, he chuckled and said: "If you can't run away, just accept the order."
Li Dalang suddenly spoke: "Besides the pros and cons of Prince Xunyang's Mansion, what is Tan Lang's attitude towards this matter?"
Ouyang Rong shook his head and said nothing.
He walked out of the room and strode away without looking back: "Is my attitude important? Is our attitude important? What a one-man heart."
Just as Xie Lingjiang, Li Xian and others watched Ouyang Rong off with worried expressions, they were chewing on his words again and again.
Li Guo'er turned her head and silently stared at Ouyang Rong's back.
She suddenly felt a strange sense of relief, a sense of relief that she shouldn't have had.
"So there are times when you are helpless and unhappy..." Little Princess Meihuazhuang muttered to the north: "Is this my grandmother... She wants all the men in the world to bow their heads, so he has to be good too."
A strange thought suddenly came to her mind:
"It's not difficult for grandma to go up to the nine heavens and hold the moon..."
The next day.
A Luoyang imperial edict was rushed for 800 miles, and Juechen rushed into Xunyang City, passed by the Jiangzhou Hall, and arrived at the gate of Xunyang Prince's Mansion.
The main door of Prince Xunyang's Mansion opened, and Li Xian walked out in a brand new uniform and was greeted by the street.
Accompanied by Ouyang Rong, Wang Lengran and other Jiangzhou officials as witnesses, the messenger in yellow screamed the order.
Two items.
First, King Xunyang was granted the title of Jiangnan Superintendent, and he took the lead in supervising the construction of the Donglin Buddha on the banks of the Xunyang River.
The governor of Jiangzhou and the governor of Jiangzhou served as the left and right supervisors respectively to assist in the construction of the Buddha.
Secondly, in order to prevent it from affecting the people's livelihood, Her Majesty the Queen specially donated 20,000 yuan of cosmetics and powder money, and repeatedly ordered not to harm the people.
The sun was dazzling above his head, so Li Xian closed his eyes and lowered his head to receive the order.
The envoy in yellow chuckled and said congratulations in a high-pitched voice before walking away.
At the same time, not only Jiangzhou received the imperial edict to build a Buddha.
There are also three important state capitals in the world, Yangzhou and Taiyuan, which have promised to receive the imperial edict to establish Buddha.
Among the four Buddha statues, three are located in the rich south, and only one is located in Taiyuan Prefecture in the north.
However, there are two capitals, the most prosperous and prosperous Guan Nei, but there is not even one.
Discussions started, and an imperial edict was issued from the capital of gods, advertising to the world:
Construction of the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty has begun, and the copper from all over the world will be gathered to build it.
In addition to statues of state capitals, governors of all states in the world have the obligation to raise a "praise of virtue copper" as an important criterion for the political performance exam at the end of autumn.
One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the discussion among scholars was boiling.
For a time, memorials from all over the world, from all states and counties, poured into the capital like snowflakes.
Among them are memorials written by a certain weak official.