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Chapter 876: Xuanzang lectures on Dharma, the people of the world are so sad!

The vast sea of ​​sand rises with the wind and presses the world. Stone pillars stand in great numbers, like sharp swords piercing the sky, and camel bells ring melodiously.

There are grottoes everywhere on the cliffs tens to hundreds of meters high. In the grottoes, there are gods and gods surrounded by gods with snake bodies and human heads, goddesses scattering flowers, goddesses flying into the sky, necklaces, lotus flowers, and more. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with solemn treasures and Dharma protectors.

Xuanzang stood in the largest grotto, looking up at the tallest Buddha here.

This Buddha statue is six feet tall, which is a very extraordinary number in Buddhism.

The Buddhist architecture is extremely majestic. Standing under the Buddha statue, no matter which angle you look at it, you can feel that the Buddha statue is looking down on you.

The Buddha statue is painted in bright colors.

In Buddhism, this is said to be the human body of the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Lord, the source of all Buddhas, between birth and death.

This is the art of sculpture!
Therefore, this Buddha statue is always in the center wherever it is placed, just like the King of Su, the Great Heavenly Lord, is in Taoism.

Ji Lingjun is a great Bodhisattva, King Zhaosheng is one of the Buddhas, and many gods introduced from the Central Plains are Dharma Protectors.

All the way to the west, the sound of chanting continued to sound.

Xuanzang did not let the brave warriors and others come forward. He came forward alone, his tongue was shining like a lotus flower, and then he started to reason with these strong men.

In the past thirty years, he has been guiding himself towards domestic affairs talents, focusing on down-to-earth work, so his cunning words are on the low side.

Most of the spiritual soldiers in the Luo clan are following Luo Su. The spiritual soldiers brought by Xuanzang have not yet been activated and are still hidden in Xuanzang's body in the form of statues.

The armor was placed on the vehicle, probably as cargo.

But this is not a big problem. Mythology is something that is passed down orally, and the image of God is constantly changing.

Facing the murderous strongman who came to rob him, Xuanzang just wanted to laugh, OK, now is the time to verify the effect of what he has learned.

On the way to the Western Regions, Xuanzang consciously began to exercise his talents in religion.

After hundreds of years of development, Taoism and Buddhism have their own systems.

Complete eradication is no less than digging out the flesh and draining the blood.

Looking at these magnificent buildings at this moment, Xuanzang gave up the most radical method.

The costume Xuanzang wore was not a monk's robe, nor a Taoist robe, but a combination of these, plus many styles of sacrificial attire, combined with patterns.

As for how to do it, there are different methods.

His talents were realized very quickly, especially the ability of cunning speech, which exceeded the 90 mark in just a few months.

Identical clothing can reinforce an identity.

The people Xuanzang took away were all those who would establish careers in the Western Regions in the future. They were all people from the clan who were talented in scriptures and other aspects.

It is easy to conquer the Western Region, and it is easy to bring the Western Region under its rule, but it is absolutely impossible to destroy the Western Region.

Command: 73; Force: 84; Military Strategy: 78.

Buddhism and Taoism are no longer just religions, but have been integrated into the culture and blood, and are an inseparable part of the west of Liangzhou.

Now that we have to engage in religious activities, debating the Bible is one of the most important things.

How far has it developed now?

Luo Shi would not come up with the extreme idea that heretics are more hateful than heretics.

Under the cover of the vast yellow sand, there are strong men of all kinds roaring towards them.

In Xuanzang's opinion, compared with the real King Su, this Buddha statue cannot be said to have no connection, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.

He is only in his thirties and has not yet reached the peak of his life. After entering the Western Region, his attributes have reached -

Except for Wen Gong, no one in this world has ever seen the real King Su.

Because spiritual soldiers don't matter, but brave warriors have families. Traveling thousands of miles westward and doing such important things, even if they are the fastest, they will not see their families for at least ten years.

If you want to directly destroy it, you can only launch a religious war.

In this case, he could only take the path of multiple clones. Xuanzang took one last look at the statue of the Supreme Lord Su Wang.

After Xuanzang entered the Western Regions, he quickly showed his talent as the leader of the Luo clan's religion appointed by Luo Su.

狡言：88→90；学术：93→94；魅力：95→96。】

Besides, there's no need to go to that point.

The reason why Xuanzang came here was to see one of his biggest opponents next.

Although Wen Gong didn't say it clearly, he knew that the goal of going to the Western Region was very simple, that is, to be the leader of the Ten Thousand Fa Sect, the one above all others, and to single-handedly defeat everyone else.

Even the central dynasty at its peak was bound to fail and be dragged down by wars.

Dare warriors are normal humans, and of course they will not wear armor when marching normally.

At Xuanzang's insistence, he took only fifty brave warriors and ten spiritual soldiers to the west.

In the Western Regions, the status of monks is not low, but in fact they are the ones who die the most, because monks like to travel, and strong men do not care about these beliefs. Monks are often intercepted and killed on the road.

[Luo Xuanzang (former name: Luo Xuanzao):
Struggle for power: 82; Governance: 83; Ruler: 84.

In the vast land of the Western Region, there are many strong men, which is true to the saying that under the true Buddha, there are demons.

Xuanzang was obviously regarded as a traveling monk.

"You bastards, why don't you kneel down quickly and listen to the Holy Word."

His roar was like thunder, like a liger in the jungle, shocking the mind. At this moment, he seemed to have returned to Winter City!
The strong men knelt down in front of him.

It was a person crying bitterly and repenting to the extreme for the mistakes he had committed.

He said, "I am willing to follow the teachings of the Master, recite the Xuanmen Scriptures, abandon evil and do good, and change my mind from now on. I am willing to be a lackey under the Master."

Xuanzang held a wooden scepter in his hand, hit these people on the back hard, and shouted: "The crime of karma will disappear from now on!"

The scepter in Xuanzang's hand was made of solid wood, and he was powerful and heavy. This blow would immediately rupture his liver and gallbladder. Even a strong man could not withstand this blow.

He was killed almost immediately and on the spot.

"The sin is too serious!"

With a kind expression on his face, Xuanzang looked at some strong men who were killed under his staff. The rest of the people followed Xuanzang in chanting scriptures.

Some people survived and kowtowed.

Xuanzang felt that it was quite unsatisfactory. He was completely unilateral in his output. These people did not understand the truth very well: "You people don't understand any great principles. You are just ordinary living beings."

What Xuanzang wanted to meet now were those who could fight with him. He stepped on the open-air car and continued to go west under the sunshine.

Behind him came the sound of kowtows and chanting sutras.

"The Emperor's calendar lasts for 128,000 kalpas, and each kalpa lasts for 128,000 years. Each kalpa lasts for countless years. The Emperor was born from heaven. This is what is called the Emperor, the Queen, and Heaven."

“When the Emperor opens his eyes, there will be the sun and moon, when he breathes out, there will be wind and clouds, when he makes his voice, there will be thunder, when his divine body moves, the mountains and rivers will appear, when he thinks, he will create Xiwa, and when he thinks, he will give birth to Taiyi.”

The so-called scriptures only solve a few problems of believers.

How did this world come about?

What is God’s position in this process?

What power does God have, that is, why do believers have faith?

Looking at world myths, there are always creation myths, and then there are myths between gods and their vocations.

The final question to be resolved is, what kind of pantheon is this and how do believers get close to God?

In this regard, there is a reason why the Buddhist Society was born in Tianzhu. That land is relatively developed in mathematics, has many natural disasters, and has a special geography and culture. It can really boast.

And if you can brag, you are quite awesome at creating myths.

Therefore, Buddhism can invent so many big numbers, and there are so many worlds in Buddhism. It is normal for Ganges sand to appear in Buddhism.

But Luo Shi is different. He is just making up stories. Who is afraid of whom? There is a true god in my family!

Although this true god is actually a family god who only cares about the family and not the outside world, outsiders don't know it. Moreover, the current Su Wang is not just a family god, and his power is really incredible.

A person who has been dead for more than a thousand years can actually be reborn into the world. This is the horror of Su Wang Patriarch.

As a religious master, Xuanzang had no problem writing a creation scripture, but this scripture could not be returned to the Central Plains, otherwise it would be difficult to handle.

After all, these things are all fake!

It must be fake, right?

Xuanzang himself was a little unsure. It seemed that Su Wang Patriarch was really too strong.

Taoism and Buddhism emphasize detachment.

Needless to say, Taoism thinks about becoming an immortal every day. Buddhism is actually the same. He wants to become a Buddha, but Xuanzang himself knows very well that it is impossible.

The Luo family cannot become a true god, and it is even less possible for others. Therefore, in the end, Taoism and Buddhism can only say that sincerity will lead to spiritual success, or play in the afterlife or the bliss of death.

But the problem is, there is definitely no such thing as the afterlife.

As for the bliss of the afterlife, whether it is Taoism’s Eastern Great Emperor’s Palace or Buddhism’s Western Paradise, these things are all fake. The only possible bliss in this world is that of King Su.

The appearance of Wen Gong proves that there really is a world that can accommodate the dead, but Xuanzang is not sure whether he can enter it.

But at least it is much better than the pure deception of Taoism and Buddhism.

What he has to do now is to knock everyone else down and then recruit them, so that the last and ultimate belief in the entire Western Region falls with him.

He named his sect Xuanmen.

When the name came to his mind, he thought it must be fate.

……

Xuanzang's westward journey was suppressed. In Chang'an City, under Li Yuanji's instigation, Li Jiancheng suppressed Li Shimin more and more seriously.

A very outrageous thing happened during this period, that is, Li Yuanji wanted to kill Li Shimin directly.

And when Li Shimin accompanied Li Yuan to the Prince's East Palace, Li Yuanji arranged for an axe-hand to hack Li Shimin to death.

After Li Jiancheng knew about this, he knew Li Yuanji's temper. Li Yuanji was really capable of doing this kind of thing.

Li Jiancheng quickly stopped Li Yuanji and said, "My father is in the palace. If you kill King Qin so openly, aren't you seeking death?"

Li Yuanji said angrily: "If it wasn't for my eldest brother, why would I kill King Qin?"

Li Yuanji's hatred for Li Shimin was too deep, although Li Jiancheng didn't know where this hatred came from. What Li Jiancheng thought was even more outrageous was that Wei Zheng actually agreed to this matter. He also directly told Li Jiancheng to ask Li Jiancheng to take action against King Qin as soon as possible. As long as King Qin dies, the palace of King Qin will be in disarray.

Although the generals of the Qin Palace have high merits, their official positions are not high.

The reason why the Prince of Qin's Mansion is so powerful now is because of the prestige of Prince Qin, which makes the emperor a little jealous.

But the imperial army is ultimately in the hands of the emperor. If the King of Qin is alive, he can still compete with the emperor with his huge military exploits and prestige.

If the King of Qin dies, the army will immediately turn its neutral stance towards the emperor, and the Prince of Qin's Mansion will have no choice but to wait for death. The most important thing is that the Prince of Qin's Mansion actually has no heir.

Li Chengqian, the eldest son of King Qin, is still too young.

It is completely impossible to inherit any political legacy of Li Shimin.

This made Li Jiancheng hesitate, but he still refused this thing, which sounded very abnormal.

This made Wei Zheng feel very sorry. He had advised Li Jiancheng several times to kill Li Shimin without hesitation.

But Li Jiancheng has always been hesitant and did not follow Wei Zheng's advice. He was thinking differently from Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng saw the huge threat posed by King Qin, and then this threat was difficult to solve.

Just as Wei Zheng advised Li Jiancheng a month ago, "Your Highness, whether it is weakened or otherwise, as long as King Qin does not die, the matter will not be over.

Because King Qin stood there with power. This power came from his achievements, and this power came from the people's hearts.

This kind of power is what is called a shout-out!
This power can only be destroyed by himself, not by us.

As long as the King of Qin does not die, once he escapes to Shandong, wherever he goes, the governors and county magistrates will attach themselves to him, and a letter from him may cause the army to rebel.

Your Highness, don’t you know what kind of opponent you are facing?

Kill King Qin, and the future throne of emperor will be yours! "

Li Jiancheng thought what Wei Zheng said was reasonable, but he retorted: "Gu is the prince, and Gu is the right one. In this world, only princes have always criticized the prince. How can the prince be afraid and criticize the prince?"
Wouldn't that be a loss of morality? At that time, I'm afraid I won't give King Qin a chance.

As long as I don't make mistakes, I will be alone in the world. What can King Qin do?

What the gentleman said is a bit too mysterious. King Qin is indeed famous, but if he is really that powerful, how can he be at a disadvantage now? "

Wei Zheng jumped anxiously after hearing this. If he had known this, he might as well have gone to the King of Qin directly. He would definitely have advised the King of Qin to strike first and kill both the prince and the King of Chu.

He somewhat regretted helping the prince to become more powerful, which caused the prince to have a slight contempt and neglect towards the King of Qin.

Li Shimin's current situation is indeed not good. His Shaanxi Province base camp is in Luoyang, Shandong Province.

But he is in Chang'an now.

There were two thousand guards in the East Palace, and Li Jiancheng kept recruiting warriors. When Li Yuan found out about this, he just reprimanded Li Jiancheng, but Li Jiancheng continued to do so.

There are also desperadoes in Li Yuanji's house. The two of them add up to more than 3,000 people. With such a huge force in Chang'an City, it is already quite terrifying.

There are only 800 warriors in the Prince of Qin's Palace. Once a fight breaks out, this will not be the same level of fighting power at all. The guards of the East Palace are also elite, and they are worthy of being the guards of the Prince of Qin's Palace.

Li Yuan also kept suppressing Li Shimin. During the fight between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, he kept pulling the strings, causing Li Shimin to feel very uncomfortable.

If the Turks hadn't invaded the Tang Dynasty midway and Li Yuan had to let Li Shimin lead the attack, Li Shimin would have almost been unable to withstand it.

The Turks, the mortal enemies of the Tang Empire, became Li Shimin's savior. This is really a joke.

Li Shimin endured these things silently. He had been waiting for an opportunity.

Finally he found the most suitable opportunity. In order to prevent the crown prince and the King of Qin from having another dispute, Li Yuan took Li Shimin away with him when he went to spend the summer vacation, leaving Li Jiancheng to stay in Chang'an. Li Shimin took this opportunity to tell Li Yuan: "Father, the Emperor." , the prince colluded with foreign vassals to rebel!"

At the same time, people were sent to tell Li Jiancheng that the King of Qin had reported him for treason, and the emperor had sent people to arrest him. If Li Jiancheng panicked, he might actually rebel. If that was the case, Li Shimin would laugh out loud.

Even if Li Jiancheng did not rebel, it would not be a big problem. Li Shimin still had back-ups, namely the foreign vassals who colluded with Li Jiancheng. Li Shimin knew that this general was used by Li Jiancheng to deal with him. Li Jiancheng had many such foreign aids.

Especially in Hebei, many of Li Jiancheng's people are there.

But this is good, so that when the general Yang Wenqian rebels, he can put the shit basin on Li Jiancheng's head.

This chain of links sounds very simple, but it requires a lot of arrangements. Li Shimin doesn't know how much effort it took to achieve all of this.

The candlelight flickered in the hall, and everyone else in the hall was trembling and did not dare to make a sound. Li Yuan's old face was full of pain and confusion, but he was holding the letter about Li Jiancheng presented by Li Shimin in his hand, what should he say? ?

He did not expect that the prince would rebel, "King Qin, you immediately send someone to investigate this matter, no, bring the prince here, I want to question him personally.

If he really participated in the rebellion, King Qin, I really want to make you the prince this time. "

Li Yuan felt that it was difficult to breathe. Li Shimin slowly exited the palace with a sad look on his face. His face was expressionless as he thought about the past.

The abolition of the crown prince's position this time is probably the end of it. Kill Yuanji, exile the eldest brother, and let this dispute end.

Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to Li Jiancheng.

In his opinion, as long as his father recognized him, the mere prince was nothing. He had absolute confidence that all the prince's old subordinates would defect to him.

Just like the heroes he recruited during the Tang Dynasty's unification of the world.

Most of these people were not his people before, but now they are loyal to him.

Li Yuan sat deeply on the cushion in the palace. He was angry at the prince Jiancheng. He believed that he had been extremely benevolent and righteous to Li Jiancheng, and he had not abolished the title of prince until now.

Why did the prince rebel?
Suddenly an idea popped up in his mind. Could it be that the prince was not thinking about rebellion at all?
Prince Li Jiancheng was brought to the palace in confusion. He knew what happened almost instantly. On the one hand, he was curious about why the King of Qin knew about his collusion with the generals. On the other hand, he had endless fear in his heart.

"Father, my son was wronged. I never thought of rebellion!"

Li Jiancheng knew that there was nothing to say now. He just kowtowed again and again. There were bright blood stains on the ground. His forehead was full of blood with dust on it. He kowtowed again and again with a will to die. , declaring to the emperor that he had absolutely no rebellion.

Li Yuan soon softened his heart. He opened his mouth and said: "King Qin, maybe there is some misunderstanding in the news. The Crown Prince still knows that he is kind, kind and filial, and it is impossible for him to rebel."

Soon the news came from the border that Yang Wenqian had actually raised his troops to rebel. Li Jiancheng felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. He didn't understand why. Was Yang Wenqian crazy?
But in any case, Li Yuan, who had just believed in the prince, became furious again and put Li Jiancheng under house arrest in the palace. He turned to Li Shimin and said: "King Qin, it is up to you to lead the troops to quell Yang Wenqian's rebellion. When you come back this time, I will confer you the title of Prince.

Jiancheng is immoral and is no longer suitable to be the prince of the Tang Dynasty. I will seal him to Shu or Jiangnan. From now on, I will let him be a rich king. "

Li Yuan's voice was a little sad.

Li Shimin suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and agreed to this. As long as he could become the crown prince normally, these would not be a problem.

When Li Shimin informed the Prince of Qin's palace about this, Luo Xuanye said: "Prince of Qin, just let me go to pacify Yang Wenqian. You should stay in Chang'an."

Luo Xuanye had an intuition, because Li Yuan didn't use the prince to sway Li Shimin once. In Luo Xuanye's place, Li Yuan's words had no credibility.

Finally, Li Shimin embarked on the road to pacify Yang Wenqian.

As soon as he left, Concubine Zhang Yin and Pei Ji began to plead with Prince Jiancheng.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is the official in the East Palace, why would he rebel? Besides, he is kind, kind and filial, so how could he rebel against Your Majesty?"

If these words could not sway Li Yuan, then what Pei Ji said next was simply the killer.

He directly opened up the issue that Li Yuan had been trying to cover up, "Your Majesty, I thought that the fight between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin is now known to everyone.

Your Majesty, you have always been on the side of the prince. In the fifth year of Wude, if it had not been for the Turkic invasion, the King of Qin might have been an idler now.

At that time, you also said that the King of Qin was 'taking Turks hostage to threaten you'. I still remember these words.

In this case, you are the prince's biggest supporter. Without you, the prince might no longer be the opponent of King Qin.

What's the benefit of the prince's rebellion?

This is quite unreasonable!

At that time, Your Majesty and the King of Qin were in the palace outside Chang'an. Could Yang Wenqian really be able to invade Chang'an?
Even if Yang Wenqian marched straight in, deliberately and unintentionally, could he really catch His Majesty and King Qin?
Even if we could capture Chang'an City, what would be the use?
As long as His Majesty and King Qin are here, how can this Tang Dynasty not be Chang'an?

The prince's rebellion will never succeed.

Even if the prince's rebellion captures the city of Chang'an, it will have no effect at all. He has no possibility of dealing with you, so why does the prince want to rebel?
I dare to say something, even if the prince takes action, it will be against the King of Qin. How can he take action against your majesty?
Your Majesty, please think twice!
There are many doubts about the prince's rebellion. Don't become a pawn of someone with evil intentions, lest you fall into a treacherous plot! "

Treacherous plots naturally come from treacherous ministers.

I didn’t know who the traitor was before, but now the traitor has jumped out on his own!

One is King Qin, and the other is King Qin’s best friend, Luo Xuanye, Duke of Zhou!

Pei Ji's analysis was so reasonable that Li Yuan had no choice but to believe it, and he became even more angry. In order to become the prince, King Qin framed the prince, which showed that he did not take him as the emperor seriously.

Pei Ji was too familiar with Li Yuan. As soon as he saw Li Yuan's expression, he knew that Li Yuan had listened. Li Jiancheng was fine this time, and he had foiled another conspiracy of the King of Qin.

Neither Li Yuan nor Pei Ji realized one thing, that is, the so-called "battle between the two houses" between the crown prince and the King of Qin was actually a struggle between Li Shimin and Li Yuan. Once Li Jiancheng lost Li Yuan's help, he would be in trouble in a short time. Within a short period of time, he was defeated by Li Shimin.

Yang Wenqian's rebellion was like a joke. If the world hadn't been settled now, and Li Yuan was worried that the people's hearts that had not yet been dealt with would fluctuate again because of Yang Wenqian, there would be no need for Li Shimin to play.

Li Shimin led the army and there was no fighting at all. After seeing King Qin arrive, Yang Wengan's sergeants immediately chopped off Yang Wengan's head and sent it over.

After putting down this rebellion like a parade, Li Shimin once again proved his prestige in the army, and returned to Chang'an with great interest to claim his own position as prince.

But he was disappointed.

Li Yuan seemed to have completely forgotten about this matter. Not only did he not give Li Shimin the crown prince position, he even scolded Li Shimin for not knowing the way of filial piety and actually reporting on his brother, and he did something incorrect.

Yang Wenqian's rebellion had nothing to do with the prince.

Of course Li Shimin was dissatisfied. He knelt down in front of the palace and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please order the justice department to check whether the prince is related to Yang Wenqian's rebellion."

These words made Li Yuan's expression even more ugly. It was impossible for him to publicize this matter. Li Shimin was openly confronting himself.

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin deeply, snorted coldly and left.

Li Shimin walked out of the palace and looked at the palace, which was clearly daytime but dark like a wild beast. He suddenly let out a low roar.

How can the emperor's golden words be deposed so easily? Why is he still unwilling to give me the position of prince until now?

Is a mere heir apparent so important?

Obviously everything can have a good outcome, but I just don't want to. Your Majesty, Father, what are you thinking about?

Is it really what Wen Gong said?

Are you worried that if I become the prince, you will lose your power?
Could it be that we, father and son, are really so estranged because of power?

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In the second year of Wude, Emperor Taizong was about to attack Liu Wuzhou. Emperor Gaozu said, "My son has the appearance of a prince."

In the fourth year of Wude's reign, Emperor Taizong wanted to go east. Emperor Gaozu encouraged him, saying: "If we take the Central Plains, we will not be rewarded for our merits. We can match it with the reserve position."

In the sixth year of Wude, the Turks invaded. Emperor Gaozu said: "If you retreat from the Turks, you should have the Eastern Palace."

In the seventh year of Wude, Emperor Taizong was in Pingwenqian. Gaozu said: "Come back and set up the throne in the east palace."

Emperor Gaozu had no faith, Emperor Taizong was deeply saddened. ——"Tongjian·Tang Ji"

(End of this chapter)