Fang Jun feels that he is a good person. He can help the old lady cross the road and give up his seat to the old man, but he does not feel that he can be a loyal minister...
Being a loyal minister is not that easy.
The reason why he fought hard to get beaten up and remonstrated with His Majesty Li Er not to use the national treasury for the construction of Daci'en Temple was because he actually had selfish motives.
"Your Majesty, since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, all the sage monarchs have been restrained and tolerant and had the world in mind, while the tyrannical emperors who have subjugated their country have been greedy and vain and do not know how to restrain themselves. There is often only a thin line between the holy master and the foolish king, and that is the love for the world.
The common people's view is that they regard the common people as their children, or they regard the subjects as slaves... Those who regard the common people as their children will naturally have compassion and cannot bear to harm all living beings for their own selfish desires; those who regard the subjects as slaves will inevitably impose harsh policies and drive
The people are like pigs and dogs... At present, the Tang Dynasty is booming, the people are rich and the treasury is abundant. It is time to vigorously build water conservancy, roads, cities, promote agriculture, medicine and other great undertakings that are beneficial to the people's livelihood. This is a century-old plan, how can it be just because of a temple?
Spending huge sums of money and emptying the national treasury? What’s more, with the Eastern Expedition imminent, His Majesty mobilized troops to build the Great Ci’en Temple. Although it shows His Majesty’s longing for Queen Wende, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army, which is extremely unwise.”
When he opened his mouth, Fang Jun spoke righteously and solemnly.
Why did Wei Zheng dare to ignore the king's majestic and merciless admonitions in front of His Majesty Li Er, but His Majesty Li Er was so angry that he vomited blood and was helpless?
That's because although Wei Zheng is tough, he takes the moral high ground in everything he does.
You can defeat Wei Zheng if you want, but at the same time it means that you stand on the opposite side of morality and justice, and become a villain. How can His Majesty Li Er, who cherishes feathers, be willing to do this?
So he would rather be hurt internally by Wei Zheng than fall out with Wei Zheng...
The profession of emperor is difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult. As long as you can control your inner selfish desires, you are almost always a good emperor. Of course, people like Chongzhen who worked hard to rule the country eventually led to the destruction of the Shenzhou continent and the Ming Dynasty.
Jun, this is the only case in the history, but even if the Ming Dynasty was ruined in his hands, few people have poured dirty water on his head for hundreds of years, so he can only sigh that it will save his life.
Did Fang Jun really come to remonstrate for such a noble reason?
of course not……
He was afraid that His Majesty Li Er would float away now.
Building a temple is nothing. Even if it is extravagant and spectacular and costs a lot of money, the people will say nothing, because in this era of both Buddhism and Taoism, this is considered a serious matter.
It doesn’t matter how much it costs to do business, people are still very tolerant...
But the problem is that because the business of "Dong Datang Company" is getting wider and wider, and the profits are getting bigger and bigger, His Majesty Li Er's internal funds are already very abundant. Under such circumstances, the emperor is still unwilling to use the money from the internal funds.
It was used to build the Daci'en Temple, but it was used for the purpose of the national treasury. What does this mean?
This shows that His Majesty Li Er has his own plans for the internal money. What plans can he have?
It's just like ordinary people, when you have money, you can make more efforts and change flowers...
This is what Fang Jun doesn't want to see.
It stands to reason that the emperor can spend the money he wants to spend as he pleases. Who can control it? Song Huizong probably thought the same way. I just like stones. As an emperor, I collect rare stones from all over the world and put them in the yard for viewing. What does it mean?
What happened? But as the saying goes, Cai Jing favored the emperor and came up with a "Flower and Stone Guide", which was regarded as digging half of the foundation of the Song Dynasty.
In fact, Huizong of the Song Dynasty was so confused that he didn't necessarily understand what Cai Jing and others did in private. But who calls you the emperor? If you don't take the blame, who will?
He was afraid that His Majesty Li Er would learn to be willful when he had money, and his extravagant spending would cause complaints. Civil servants and historians might not dare to challenge His Majesty Li Er, but they would definitely use Fang Jun, who is obsessed with making money for His Majesty Li Er. " The "dog leg" talks about things. If he hadn't created a "Eastern Datang Company" to make so much money for the emperor, the emperor could not be bad even if he wanted to be bad...
Don’t think that His Majesty Li Er, who is boasted as a wise king, will not do those stupid things. This man is extremely confident and arrogant. He thinks that he is the best in the world, and there is nothing that is not under his control. Just look at his history After the failure of the Eastern Expedition, a monk from Tianzhu was made in the palace to refine elixirs and seek immortality. You will know that all the problems that emperors are prone to make, in fact, he has...
Once that time comes, remonstrances will be useless. Even if Fang Jun dies, he is not Wei Zheng, and the emperor will not be afraid of him.
The only safe way is to find a way to spend all the money in the emperor's internal funds now.
How can you play when you have no money?
Even if you want to play, you can't come up with any tricks...
While holding his neck and pretending to be a loyal minister risking his life to remonstrate, he winked at Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Li Chunfeng and others.
Li Chengqian understood Fang Jun's look in his eyes asking for help, and he almost blamed Fang Jun to death. You are really capable of admonishing in front of your father, but why don't you insist on not asking for help?
But after all, he was very respectful to Fang Jun, so Li Chengqian had no choice but to say bravely: "Father, I think Fang Erlang's words are very reasonable. This temple was built by my son to pray for his mother. If we use our own money, , doesn’t it show more sincerity? I think the Buddha would also understand that my father loves the world and cannot bear to increase taxes.”
As soon as these words came out, Fang Jun looked slightly sideways.
His Highness is quite smart, and he actually knows how to save the country in a roundabout way...
Li Chunfeng also said: "What His Royal Highness the Prince said is true. As the saying goes, good things will be rewarded and evil will be repaid with retribution. The father and son of the Tian family are sincere and work hard and save money and food to build the Great Ci'en Temple. They will surely move God and comfort Wen De." The Queen’s spirit is in heaven.”
Fang Jun secretly rejoiced, indeed they are all smart people. Queen Wende is the destiny of His Majesty Li Er. As long as Queen Wende is brought out, there will be no disadvantage.
Suddenly I felt something was missing, and when I secretly looked back, I was instantly furious!
The prince and Li Chunfeng both interceded with him, but Li Ke stood obediently behind them without saying a word... Li Laosan was indeed treacherous!
Although His Majesty Li Er was furious, but now that the prince was interceding with Fang Jun and Li Chunfeng brought out Queen Wende, he could only give up and glared at Fang Jun and angrily said: "You said that this temple built with stone is stronger and more durable. Well? In that case, you will assist King Wu to build this temple and complete it within two years. If it cannot be completed by then, I will only ask you two!"
The emperor responded quickly. Since he paid for it himself, he built it with stones. Compared with the transportation of various precious woods and the complicated carving and decoration, the cost of using stones was obviously lower.
Just save a little if you can...
Fang Jun had no choice but to promise: "I will accept the decree."
Behind him, Li Ke was full of depression: "My son, I obey the order."
I cursed in my heart, what does it have to do with me? I didn’t say a word, but I got myself involved...
Is the entire temple built of stone?
Not to mention the cost, just the transportation problem of the stone will kill you. Although Guanzhong is mountainous, there are not many mountains for mining stone. Even if it is mined, the amount of stone used in the scale of Daci'en Temple will be huge.
It has been said for two years, but it may not be possible to transport all the required stones to Chang'an within five years...
His Majesty Li Er waved his hands bitterly, ignored everyone, turned around and walked out of the wooden tower.
He just walked to the door, looked back at Li Chengqian and Li Ke and said, "You two come with me." After a pause, he glared at Fang Jun again: "Follow me too!"
After saying that, walk out the door.
Fang Jun looked confused, but seeing that the prince and the king of Wu were all going together, he probably wouldn't punish him anymore, so he quickly followed them out.
Wulu Temple was built in the former Sui Dynasty, and it was very popular for a period of time. However, it has gradually declined since the end of the Sui Dynasty. In fact, the temples in Chang'an City, except Ximing Temple, are in some decline. Pilgrims are increasingly looking forward to seeing the end of the world.
The magnificent Buddhist temples on Nanshan Mountain, nestled among the green pines and cypresses, looked down upon the narrow and cramped small temples in the city...
The towering trees swayed in the autumn wind, and fallen leaves floated down from time to time with their veins broken, covering the scattered green brick floor. There were very few monks in the temple, only an old and rickety old monk wearing a shabby monk's robe.
Holding a broom, I swept it one at a time, taking my time...
When passing by the old monk, the old monk's posture remained unchanged and he seemed to be indifferent to the external objects around him.
Fang Jun clicked his tongue in amazement, thinking that this old monk was either deaf or a hidden boss like the "Sweeping Monk" of Shaolin Temple...
Not long after walking, an exquisite Zen temple appeared in front of us.