Chapter 37: My Children (Part 1)
"Okay, good fight! Fight well! Even fifth-rank officials dare to blackmail, and it is not unfair to be beaten to death!" That night, in the imperial study room on the east side of Zichen Hall, Emperor Yingtian Shenlong Li Xian put down the secret memorial and applauded.
Zheng Kejun, deputy general manager of the Baiqi Division who came to send secret reports, lowered his head, looked at his nose and his nose, and did not dare to make any sound. However, Gao Yanfu, the general of the sect, did not be so afraid of doing things. He smiled and whispered to the side, "Master, this move is very happy, but it is ultimately unfair. As a fifth-rank young supervisor of the court, he should not do it himself even if the other party deserves a beating..."
"What do you know? If others do it, how can you do it yourself?" The Dragon Emperor of Yingtian Li Xian glanced at Gao Yanfu and shook his head to interrupt, "If I change my place with him, I will also slap this big mouth in person!"
"I am stupid and dared to ask the emperor to solve his doubts!" Gao Yanfu wanted this effect. He immediately bent down and asked for advice humbly.
"Can you feel the same when someone else tries to draw, and you do it yourself?" Li Xian's heart suddenly felt satisfied. He rolled his eyelids and explained with a shaking head, "And the servants beat him, and he was scolding him. While fighting with him, he scolded him, and his momentum was very different. Listen to this..."
Xin grabbed the secret letter, and pointed to the words on it, imitating the voice of the young man, angrily shouted: "Zhang is a fifth-rank official in the court. If you even take away your family, where will the court be decent?"
Then, he lowered his voice again and nodded with a smile, "Only by doing it yourself can you express your momentum vividly. If you let the servants beat you, it will be like scratching your head!"
"The Lord's words make the old slave suddenly enlightened!" Gao Yanfu pretended to be like a lie and put his head forward, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then bowed with conscience.
"And this sentence, this world is the world of the priests after all, not you bald thieves!" Li Xian was still unsatisfied and gently tapped the secret fold with his fingers. "If the bald thieves were pressed to the ground by the servants at that time, it would seem that Zhang Qing was bullying others with power. Zhang Qing beat himself, beating and scolding, but he expressed his feelings directly. It was so satisfying, really happy!"
"I understand!" Gao Yanfu put his body over again and smiled and agreed, "It's true. There is also this sentence, the matters in the world belong to the court, and the affairs of ghosts and gods belong to the gods and Buddhas. No matter what sutra you recite or what teaching you believe in, don't even think about stretching your hand too long!"
"Well, these thieves are bald, and they are indeed stretched out too long!" Li Xian slapped the table with his hand and sighed loudly. "I just had a lot of things in the past few years and didn't have time to deal with them. Haha, if this continues, they really think that the Tang Dynasty has become a Buddhist country on earth!"
This time, Gao Yanfu did not dare to take the initiative. He took advantage of the action of helping Li Xian pour tea and avoided the side.
Knowing that this person has always been cautious in his actions and is unwilling to lose his reputation as a trusted eunuch, Li Xian smiled and shook his head, not forcing this person to agree.
Then, he grabbed the memorial again, stared at the above sentences, and repeatedly savored it.
"Your Majesty, drink some hot tea. Gao Yanfu put the tea cup in a corner of the imperial desk and reminded him carefully. Then, he retreated his body to the shadow of the candlelight and remained still.
He had already said enough today. He was worthy of the little guy's "senior" and the small silver hotpot. Besides, it was easy to be noticed by Emperor Shenlong. He was just trying to promote and suppress it first, and it was not good to him and the little guy.
Emperor Yingtian Shenlong Li Xian did not expect that Gao Yanfu, who had been known for his cautiousness all his life, had become "for no reason" to be selfish when he was old. He picked up the teacup and drank a few sips of strong tea, and then continued to stare at the secret folds with his eyes, without moving his eyes for a long time.
Did Zhang Qian beat the monk, did he maintain the dignity of the court? There is still something controversial. However, the two words "The world is the saints and the thieves are not the bald ones of you", and the words "the affairs of the world belong to the court, and the affairs of ghosts and gods belong to the gods and Buddhas" really came to his heart.
Logically, the Guanlong Li family, who called themselves descendants of Laozi and Li Er, should have an absolute dominant position in the Tang Dynasty. However, this is not the case.
When his mother, "Empress Zetian", was young, her interest in Buddhism was far higher than that in Taoism. After seizing the throne, in order to attack the prestige of the Li family among the people, she spared no effort to support Buddhism. Not only did she donate hundreds of thousands of property donated to the temple in the name of personal "fresh money". She even used the money from the treasury to continue to build half of the Mogao Grottoes! (Note: This is a historical fact.)
After those monks took the money from the Tang Dynasty treasury, they just recited scriptures and worshiped Buddha. They lend money to seek profit, bought land for the people, and even openly bribed local officials to open the door to convenience for their cheating and deception.
As a result, not only did the people become chaotic, but many of the behaviors of local governments were greatly influenced by local "eminent monks". The monks even directly influenced the trial results of the case.
Although his mother, "Empress Zetian," repented in the last two years of his reign and began to deal with some "eminent monks" who did too well, after he ascended the throne for the second time, he tried his best to show his cold attitude towards Buddhism, but it was a little late. The effect of coldness was not good, but his own wife and daughters also liked to recite scriptures and worship Buddha in order to seek blessings in the next life.
Therefore, after receiving a secret report from the Baiqisi today, it is not surprising that the monk was so bold that he actually blackmailed a current fifth-rank official?
Moreover, he could conjecture with great confidence that there must be a top powerful man behind the monk. Relying on the support of the powerful man, the monk is probably more arrogant than today, so he took the initiative to provoke Zhang Qian, a young man in the officialdom.
He was not surprised by Zhang Qian's reaction. He was only twenty-two years old and was in the fifth rank of official position. It would be strange if he didn't have a little arrogance in his heart! For no reason, he was bullied by a monk to drive away the family. It was natural that the reaction was fierce.
What Li Xian was strange about was that Zhang Qian said these words when he beat the monk!
It seems that it is specifically for him, the emperor, to listen to it, or it seems to be specifically targeting the current drawbacks of the Tang Dynasty.
"This world is the saint's world after all, not you bald thieves!"
"The affairs of the world belong to the court, and the affairs of ghosts and gods belong to the gods and Buddhas. No matter what sutra you recite or what teaching you believe in, don't think you can stretch your hands too long!"
These two sentences are really exciting!
It is also applicable to the thief bald ones to be Taoist priests, ministers, manra, and even great scholars!
Nowadays, there are more than Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty, including Taoist temples, Cross temples, Flame temples, Crescent Moon temples..., and there are many, and there are probably no less than forty types of temples that add up their respective branches.
If each type of person interferes in the affairs of the court like Buddhism, whose Tang Dynasty is this?!
When Li Xian thought that he or his children and grandchildren might become puppets of a certain sect, he felt chilling. His eyes on the secret folds became brighter.
Chapter completed!