What made His Majesty unhappy was that he had made a prior agreement with Zhang Yang. This time, Zhang Yang guessed correctly. Monk Xuanzang was indeed unwilling to return to secular life. This was the reason why His Majesty was unhappy.
The monk Huikang stood there for a long time, then left with a sad look on his face.
At this moment in Dunhuang, Shazhou, Xuanzang looked at dozens of monks standing in front of the Buddha statue in the Dunhuang monastery.
He remembered what his old Tibetan friend said, and some of his understanding of Zhang Yang gradually became clearer.
The time in Tubo was the most relaxing and comfortable for him.
More and more Buddhist disciples in Shazhou came to visit Xuanzang, and many monks even wanted to become his disciples.
Next to Xuanzang was an old monk, who was the abbot of Shengguang Temple at that time.
Hearing that Shengguang Temple collapsed overnight, Xuanzang recited the Buddha's name with pain in his heart and whispered: "This matter must not be a warning from the sky, but the work of thieves."
"We have also sent people to investigate. This matter is too weird and there are no clues yet."
The speaker was the abbot of Shengguang Temple at that time.
Xuanzang whispered: "Did Bopo really meet Zhang Yang before he passed away?"
Speaking of Popo, he was Xuanzang's guide. This eminent monk from Tianzhu gave Xuanzang guidance, and Xuanzang left the country in the third year of Zhenguan to go to the Western Regions.
The abbot of Shengguang Temple looked pious, "He went to see the Buddha first, and he left some words before passing away."
Xuanzang closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, facing the desolate Shazhou and whispered: "What did Popo say?"
"Po Po said before his death that you are now the cause, and Zhang Yang is the effect. Things in this world are always mutually reinforcing. Zhang Yang is a very determined person. Xuanzang, you are also a determined person. Now Zhang Yang is in court.
Your position in the army is becoming more and more important, and your return, Xuanzang, must be full of difficulties."
"In this way, Popo's words during his lifetime have been fulfilled, Xuanzang." After a pause, the old monk continued: "The fact that he encountered such obstruction in entering the customs this time is enough to show Popo's good intentions. He would have known that this was the case.
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"So what if I had known this?" Xuanzang asked.
The old monk became quiet and said nothing.
Xuanzang was wearing a torn monk's robe. The wind made the thin monk's robe rustle. He closed his eyes and whispered: "Bopo has long been an outsider. He will not participate in mundane affairs, nor will he obstruct it."
The cause and effect of others should be like this, let the poor monk face this suffering by himself."
The old monk added: "Many people say that if Zhang Yang is in the Central Plains, it will be difficult for temples to flourish."
Xuanzang recited the Buddha's name again and began to recite scriptures with a calm expression. In the distance, there were many craftsmen painting pictures on the stone wall, which made many monks unconsciously stand in awe.
Xuanzang was very confused in his heart. He didn't understand many things, why Bopo insisted on meeting Zhang Yang before his death, and what exactly he said to Zhang Yang.
Monk Popo was like a teacher to Xuanzang. Just because of his advice, Xuanzang left the country and headed west to bring Buddhist scriptures to Tianzhu. This trip was full of difficulties and dangers, and he almost lost his life.
Xuanzang's different feelings for Popo made him unable to understand why Zhang Yang was so important. What was Zhang Yang going to do?
Why do so many monks regard this person as a life and death enemy?
Another letter came from the Central Plains, and His Majesty once again refused Xuanzang's entry.
Xuanzang simply stayed in Dunhuang and continued to compile scriptures.
In the Hexi Corridor, Di Zhisun looked at the military report in front of him and felt very happy.
Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, and Wang Xuance defeated the 300,000-strong army of the cannibals, repelled the cannibals, recaptured the royal capital of Persia, and took charge of the affairs of Persia.
This is the first battle between Datang and Dashi.
"Victory! Victory! The Tang Dynasty has won!" Di Zhisun happily handed this military report to Guanyi, and the people from Guanyi rushed to send this letter to Chang'an City.
Di Renjie is now nine years old. Seeing his father's happy expression, he asked curiously: "Dad, is there anything else written in this military newspaper?"
Di Zhisun smiled and stroked his beard and said: "I have read it, and there are only a few hundred words, all about the results of the war."
Di Renjie frowned and said: "Father, how can the 10,000 Anxi army plus 20,000 Gaochang people defeat the Great Cannibals? There are only 30,000 soldiers and horses against ten times the army. I am afraid there is another reason for this battle."
Di Zhisun knew that his son was very intelligent, so he smiled and said, "Renjie, you are good at guessing, but you must also know people's hearts and the current situation."
Di Renjie bowed and said, "What Dad means is that it doesn't matter how you win. As long as you win this battle, no one will ask how you won."
Dickerson nodded slightly.
Di Renjie added: "If we lose, many people will ask why we lost this battle."
Di Zhisun held the back of his son's head and said, "Things in this world are very complicated. Sometimes right and wrong are not so simple."
Seeing that he still had a puzzled look on his face, Dixon added: "There are some things that your father cannot teach you. When you grow up, you will have to face more things, so you will be able to master them without having to learn them."
Di Renjie nodded in frustration.
Di Zhisun will continue to preside over the mutual trade and construction of the Hexi Corridor. Jiayuguan is a grand and majestic gate. This city gate can be compared to Hangu Pass in Guanzhong. After three years of construction, it has begun to take shape.
The majestic pass makes people look up to it.
This is the pass that was built under Zhang Yang's advice, His Majesty's approval, and under the supervision of the Central Government.
A sense of pride arose spontaneously in Di Zhisun's heart. Looking at the world, except for the people from the Central Plains, who could build such a majestic pass?
This magnificent pass can be built in at most two years. By then, the Tang Dynasty will have a garrison station that can control the Hexi Corridor. It will completely control the Hexi Corridor. In this way, it will also control the throat of the Western Region. It can invade the Turks from the north and directly attack the Turks from the west.
Western Region.
The Persian war report entered the Longyou Road from the Hexi Corridor until it was sent to Chang'an City.
Li Shimin looked at the military report with a happy expression, "Okay! Good! Good!"
His Majesty said three words in a row, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were able to defeat 300,000 large food soldiers and horses. In the Manlu Hall, all the civil servants and generals felt incredible, what kind of achievement was this.
Looking at the generals in the DPRK, who would dare to speak out and use 30,000 troops to repel an army of 300,000?
Even when Cheng Yaojin said that one or two thousand soldiers could defeat Tubo, everyone regarded it as a joke.
But the current battle report makes people feel a little weird.
Li Shimin kept nodding, "Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance! I will reward them heavily when they return."
This was the most proud battle for the people of the Tang Dynasty since His Majesty became the Khan of Heaven. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses were able to defeat 300,000 people. What an achievement.
The great cannibal who was rumored to be unparalleled in the Western Regions finally fell into the hands of the Tang people.
This also made many small countries around the Tang Dynasty tremble with fear after hearing the news, and they quickly stepped up the construction of Tiankhan Avenue.
The Uighurs also began to be canonized honestly, preparing to do things according to the wishes of the Tang people, preparing to cross Lake Baikal in the winter and explore further north.
At the great court meeting in Tai Chi Hall that day, Li Shimin told the civil and military ministers about this matter.
Nowadays, there has always been a problem in the Wei Mansion, and that is the lack of succession among military generals. Very few of the younger generation in Chang'an City, that is, the second generation of military generals, have such a mantle.
Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and others all understood that these were no longer troubled times. Everyone had titles and hereditary inheritance.
There is no need for the children in the family to rush to the battlefield. It is indeed a good thing to have more young generals.
Although Pei Xingjian was a scholar who became an official in the imperial examination, it is even rarer to have both civil, military and military skills. I would not have thought that this person could be so effective in military strategy.
The discussion in the court went from loud to quiet, and then to silence.
Pei Xingjian is an official in the Ministry of Rites, but the position of Minister of Rites is still vacant. Since Zhang Yang moved to Lishan, this position has been missing in the imperial class.
Xu Jingzong, the current leader of the Ministry of Rites, said nothing in the court.
Qin Qiong stood up and reported to the squad: "Your Majesty, the general has only managed to repel the cannibals in this battle. It is rumored that the cannibals are arrogant and will definitely come back. We should send troops to help and appoint Pei Xingjian as the marching commander-in-chief of the Anxi Army."
Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate. Pei Xingjian is a civil servant and an official in the Ministry of Rites. How can he be appointed as an official in the Wei Mansion?"
As soon as the words came out, there was another quarrel in the court. Pei Xingjian was probably a civil servant. He was indeed a civil servant, and he was a genuine official through the imperial examination.
With such a young general, Li Shimin was certainly willing, but how could such a young leader be captured by Zhang Yang?
Pei Xingjian was just a small court official in the Ministry of Rites, and was later sent by Zhang Yang to serve as the Protector of the Western Regions.
Not to mention these, the talents shown by Pei Xingjian alone were enough to make people in the court jealous. He also formed the Anxi Army and led the group of stragglers from the Western Regions to repulse the Persian army of 300,000.
In this way, looking around the Central Plains, who would dare to disobey the Tang Dynasty.
Even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who is now sitting on the throne, is thinking about whether he should consider Zhang Yang's words carefully and send more people to fight and expand.
In front of them, a group of courtiers were quarreling over Pei Xingjian alone. When the military generals saw that he could lead troops in battle, they naturally wanted to join the Wei Mansion and become a military general in the future.
But Pei Xingjian entered the official position through the imperial examination, and his literary talent and strategy were equally good. Naturally, the civil servants would not let such a young man go, so how could they sit back and watch him enter the Wei Mansion.
In the Tai Chi Hall, quarreling continued. Li Shimin looked at everyone with a headache and said: "We will discuss this matter later and withdraw from the court."
The ministers saluted in unison. After His Majesty left, the civil officials headed by Changsun Wuji and the military general Cheng Yaojin and others started arguing again.
Several people from the Ministry of Rites left in a hurry.
Zhang Elephant walked on one side and frowned: "I didn't expect things to go so smoothly."
Xu Jingzong added: "Persia is a long way away. This is the battle report from last winter. I don't know when the next battle report will arrive."
The situation is indeed like this. Pei Xingjian and others have now occupied the capital of Persia. I don't know what their situation is at this moment. The journey is so long that it will take three or two months just for the military report to come.
Not to mention rushing for help, now they are going deep alone and can only rely on themselves for everything.
The imperial court is already beyond reach, and the only one who can maintain some contact with them now is the Anxi Protectorate.
Zhang Elephant asked again: "Do you want to send the news to Zhang Shangshu?"
Xu Jingzong explained: "I sent the news yesterday."
Zhang Dashu's expression was solemn, "If my father had not been seriously ill, I would like to go to the Anxi Protectorate to help Pei Xingjian, who is far away in Persia."
The three of them walked out of Chengtian Gate, and Zhang Xiangxiang said again: "Nanzhao recently sent news that there was a banditry. Dashu, you go and talk to Nanzhao's envoy."
"Here." Da Su hurriedly left.
Xu Jingzong glanced at Zhang Xiangxiang and said, "Brother Xiangxiang, don't worry, the Ministry of Rites is not short of manpower now. I'll send someone to send reinforcements to Pei Xingjian, maybe give him some food and food."
Zhang Xiangxiang was only worried about his two younger brothers and his father's illness. The situation in Goguryeo was becoming more and more serious, and he was even more worried about Da'an, which was far away in Liaodong.
Zhang Yang just glanced at the Persian war report on Mount Li and put it down knowingly.
Currently busy in his workshop, Zhang Yang stepped on the pedal, and the bearing began to rotate. As he continued to step on it, the bearing rotated faster and faster, and the flywheel on the bearing also rotated.
As the flywheel spins faster and faster, pedaling becomes more difficult.
This kind of pedal flywheel lathe is indeed recorded in history, but it is unclear when it appeared.
Zhang Yang held a small piece of iron, fixed it on a mold, and slowly lowered the mold. As the flywheel rubbed against the iron piece, some sparks would be splashed.
Each operation should not last more than three minutes, as the flywheel may crack due to overheating.
The center of the iron block was polished to create an arc, and the depth was tested with a vernier caliper. If it was not enough, I continued polishing with a flywheel.
It's just a small part used to polish the flintlock gun.
For a single part, a lathe was built.
The barrel of the gun is the biggest problem, and it is also the difficulty of manufacturing. The last flintlock gun made did not explode the barrel. The intense high temperature directly burned the barrel.
This time, the inside will be made of metal, which is at least safer.
After the flywheel stops rotating, it needs to be idle for a while.
Li Zhi ran over quickly, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law! Oh no, the emperor and the others said they are going to fight the cannibal."
Zhang Yang couldn't stop smiling bitterly. The troops outside Guan Guan reported in. The children were all very enthusiastic and asked: "This is Guanzhong, where did the big cannibal come from to beat them?"
Li Zhi added: "Sister Gaoyang, Qinghe and Sister Huang have already gone down the mountain."
Zhang Yang took off his cloth gloves and hurriedly walked out of the workshop. He went to the foot of the mountain and searched with several palace maids. Sure enough, he found two girls who were about to sneak out at the entrance of the village.
"Brother-in-law, we are going to fight the big cannibal!" Gao Yang said loudly.
Zhang Yang was holding one in one hand and Qinghe in the other, "Whoever dares to say such things again will never give you barbecue again."
"Brother-in-law! I'm going to fight." Gao Yang struggled and said again.
Zhang Yang glared with a stern face, and Gao Yang lowered his head in grievance.
After carrying the two little girls up the mountain and putting them down, Li Yue scolded them.
Zhang Yang washed his greasy work clothes, "You two go write a review, admit your mistakes, and stop thinking about going out to fight in the future."
"Here." Gao Yang and Qinghe left aggrievedly.
At such a young age, I don't even know what war is about. If you look closely at home, Xu Hui, Li Zhi, and Xiao Wu are more sensible.
The younger siblings are growing up day by day and becoming more and more noisy.