After Xu Zhong, the minister of Honglu Temple, was dismissed, Li Hao took over and was responsible for state affairs with other countries.
"The Xixia special envoy left Xingqing City ten days ago and is expected to arrive in the capital in three days."
After Li Hao finished speaking, the empress nodded slightly and said, "You, Honglu Temple, are responsible for state affairs. Just handle it as usual."
The ministers in the DPRK didn't think it was a big deal. Although the three countries were enemies of each other, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty had not gone to war for many years, so their relations were fine. It was normal for them to send an envoy here.
Li Hao paid homage: "The special envoy sent this time is Master Mojie, a close disciple of the Xixia Imperial Master. He said that he wants to debate Buddhism with me, the Great Zhou, and also wants to compete with General Long in martial arts."
After speaking, Li Hao presented Mojie's personal letter to the empress.
Yingfeng received the letter and handed it to the Empress to read.
The ministers in the court were talking a lot. They had heard about Mojie. It was said that he was a very talented monk. He was about the same age as Long Chen and was in the realm of Emperor Wu.
"This is not a state visit. It's clearly here to explore the truth."
Li Yizheng, a veteran cabinet minister, said coldly.
Bai Anning, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, agreed and said: "In my opinion, we are here to explore the reality of General Long."
Wu Wenjing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, said: "I think Xixia is afraid. Jing Tianlie ran to Xixia and must have said that General Long is brave and invincible, so they sent people over to take a look."
Although this may sound like flattery, it is true.
The empress had known about this for a long time, but she pretended to be difficult and asked: "Xi Xia advocates Buddhism, and I, the Zhou Dynasty, advocate Taoism. Mojie wants to debate Buddhism with us. What do you think?"
All the ministers in the hall looked at each other, and they had no choice.
They usually don't read Buddhist scriptures, and even if they read them, they won't come forward here because the empress advocates Taoism.
Li Yizheng said: "I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle. We don't understand Buddhism. How can we debate Buddhism with him? Isn't this like asking a monk to borrow a comb?"
Baili Bing, the Minister of Civil Service, said with a smile: "What Mr. Ge said is very good."
The other ministers laughed as well.
Emperor Xingwan thought for a while and said: "Queen Mother, I have an idea. He is a monk and wants to debate Buddhism with us. So I proposed to debate Taoism with him to see if he dares to accept it."
Li Yizheng praised: "The second princess is smart and has ingenious plans. This is called avoiding reality and making false claims. We don't want to debate Buddhism. We will debate Taoism and see what he does."
Other ministers also felt that this strategy was the best. Mojie wanted to debate Buddhism, while Zhou Dynasty wanted to debate Taoism.
Di Luoxi also felt that this strategy was clever and praised: "Second sister is really smart."
Everyone praised Emperor Xingwan's clever plan. The empress looked at Long Chen and asked, "General Long, what do you think?"
Emperor Xingwan and the ministers looked at Long Chen.
"The second princess's plan is clever and feasible, but Wei Chen is confident that he has read several Buddhist scriptures and wants to fight him."
Everyone looked at Long Chen with strange expressions.
Emperor Xingwan frowned and asked, "Why are you reading Buddhist scriptures when you have nothing to do?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle. Xixia founded the country based on Buddhism. Reading Buddhist scriptures can better guess what Xixia is thinking."
All the ministers laughed endlessly.
It is true to know oneself and the enemy, and it is okay to read Buddhist scriptures, but debating Buddhism with the Buddhist genius Mojie is really arrogant.
Emperor Xingwan sneered and said: "General Long is really an all-rounder. He can recite poems, fight on the battlefield, and interrogate and investigate cases. I didn't expect him to be so proficient in Buddhism. He even dared to argue with the talented disciple of Monk Kongji. My princess
admire!"
Because of Li Tianze's incident, Di Xingwan had some opinions on Long Chen, and his words were somewhat mocking.
The empress asked Long Chen: "I am also worried about this. As a disciple of Monk Kongji, Mojie is definitely not in vain. Are you sure?"
Long Chen secretly laughed in his heart: Your Majesty is good at acting, you still don’t know if I am sure of it or not? That day I was sure of both.
"Wei Chen is confident!"
Long Chen said confidently.
The ministers in the court were all surprised that Long Chen was so confident.
"Okay, you and Mr. Li will be responsible for Mojie's visit, Honglu Temple will be responsible for the reception, and Long Cheng'en will be responsible for debating Buddhism. As for the martial arts competition... should you also do it?"
The empress looked at Long Chen and asked.
"Mojie's target for this competition should also be Wei Chen, so Wei Chen obliged and accepted both."
When Mojie talked about a martial arts competition, he must be competing with Long Chen, and it was impossible to compete with anyone else.
The empress smiled and said: "Okay, this matter is settled."
"Is there anything else?"
After all the ministers had finished speaking, the empress stood up and left the court.
When Long Chen walked out, Di Luoxi asked: "Can you do it? This Mojie is not easy to deal with."
Long Chen laughed in a low voice: "The princess doesn't know if I can do it or not?"
Di Luoxi frowned and cursed in a low voice: "I'm telling you business, why are you so cool!"
Long Chen chuckled and said, "Don't worry, princess, I have my own plan."
Seeing that Long Chen was prepared, Di Luoxi said nothing and rode horseback to Commander Long's Mansion with Long Chen.
....
Xixia Palace.
It's spring, but Xingqing City is still a bit cold and the wind is blowing sand and dust everywhere.
Shi Le and Monk Kong Ji were sitting in the room playing chess.
"Li Chengdao stopped."
Shi Le dropped his voice, unable to hide the disappointment in his tone.
Monk Kongji smiled and said: "This Long Chengen is acting strangely. Who would have thought that he would actually use Wanjin Tower to kill people from Nanliang."
Shi Le sighed: "Even Wanjin Tower can't kill him. It's really difficult to deal with. The growing national power of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is also a threat to us."
There are 200,000 Long family troops stationed at Yufo Pass. Shi Le personally spied on them and felt that their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Red Flame Army.
Especially the words "Long Family Army" made Shi Le feel nervous.
During the battle at Bailang Mountain, the Xixia and barbarian tribes mobilized in full force, and Nanliang also sent masters to secretly help, and only then could the 100,000 Long family army be wiped out.
Now another Long family army appeared, twice as many in number. Shi Le often dreamed at night that Long Ye was resurrected and led the Long family army to attack Xingqing City.
Monk Kongji nodded slightly and said: "The poor monk sent Mojie as a special envoy just to see how Long Chengen is doing."
"The last time we fought at Jade Buddha Pass, the poor monk almost suffered a loss, but at that time Long Chengen was in a crazy state and couldn't test whether it was true or false."
"Let Mojie go and see if there are any signs of poison in Long Chengen's Yang Jie this time."
According to previous reports, Long Chen only has three years to live, so his health should be starting to get worse now.
Shi Le nodded and said: "We'll wait until Mojie comes back. Jing Tianlie is still training his troops. I plan to let them go to Yanmen Pass and put pressure from the north."
Monk Kongji agreed: "The world will want to maintain the current situation. It is difficult for us to take action. The Jade Buddha Pass is difficult to break. Let the barbarians take action."
"Singtian Lie is an internal conflict in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and has nothing to do with us. As for the barbarians, no one can control them. What they want to do has nothing to do with us in Xixia."
Shi Le nodded in agreement.
....
The capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Li Hao, the minister of Honglu Temple, led a group of people to Shili Pavilion in the west of the city. He saw a group of people coming from the west from a distance.
"Sir, he seems to be the special envoy of Xixia."
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