Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Ha~ It's so delicious." Li Zhen took a long breath after finishing the scallion mixed with stinky tofu, completely ignoring that Wang Tingchu and the others next to him could not bear the stink, and they rolled up their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses.

"It's a pity, there is no chili, so I can't eat spicy stinky tofu." Thinking of chili, Li Zhen felt a little sad again. Although the chili seeds had been obtained by herself, they were only so small, and now they are cultivating the seeds.Although the peppers mainly eat their skins and will not harm the seeds, the first batch has not yet fully matured, and Li Zhen does not dare to 'kill' the peppers right now.

"Your Highness, please rinse your mouth." Seeing that Li Zhen had finished eating stinky tofu, Xiao Anzi handed over a glass of water with a wink—you must rinse your mouth after eating stinky tofu. This is the experience summed up by countless Chinese people with "blood and tears". Li Zhen had to go to see Li Shimin, so she had to wash her mouth.

Who knew that Li Zhen gave him a sideways glance: "Who told you to take water? If I'm just doing this to rinse my mouth, why bother to eat stinky tofu?"

"..." Everyone was speechless: what you said, you eat stinky tofu in order to embarrass your majesty, but what you said is too open and aboveboard, right?Even if you really think so, you can't just say that, Wang Tingchu is still watching, is it really okay for you to let him hear it?

Li Zhencai didn't care what they thought, Shi Shiran came to Shengji Hall: "I have seen my father, I don't know why my father called my son here?"

The reason why Li Shimin called Li Zhen was not to inquire about crimes, but he was puzzled by Li Zhen's easy acceptance of Master Xuangong's request. According to his thinking, even if he agreed to give up the relic, he would have to let the Buddhist sect bleed a little, but Li Shimin Zhen's behavior made him very puzzled, so he planned to call him over to ask in detail.In the end, before asking, Li Shimin was immediately stunned when Li Zhen spoke. Unlike Li Zhen, Li Shimin belongs to the kind of person who hates stinky tofu. It is to make him smell it, and he will be so smoked that he will spit it out.

However, his dislike is not because he thinks stinky tofu is not tasty, but purely psychological. When he saw stinky tofu for the first time, something bad happened, which caused him a psychological shadow. When he made stinky tofu once, he knew that his son had the legendary white bird's tooth-changing technique. He happened to have a rare free time that day, so he came to Yue Wang's mansion in disguise to taste new delicacies.

However, when he entered Yuewang Mansion, he smelled an extremely smelly smell, which almost made him vomit, and when he learned that the so-called delicious food was the source of the smell, and saw the place with his own eyes. Fang Lulu's stinky tofu was put into Li Zhen's mouth, and after Li Zhen showed a look of enjoyment, Li Shimin really vomited... He vomited in a daze, he was in a daze, he didn't even know how he got back to the palace that day .

From then on, Li Shimin had a psychological shadow on stinky tofu, and even at that time he didn't dare to see the color similar to stinky tofu, otherwise his whole body would at least have goose bumps, and if it was serious, he would be completely weak. , will definitely fall down—even during that period of time, he did not allow Li Zhen to go to court, because he was afraid that when he saw Li Zhen, he would think of stinky tofu...

Chapter 1052

Chapter 4 and nine

At this time, Li Shimin smelled the familiar smell again, and he remembered the fear of being dominated by stinky tofu, and suddenly his whole body became ill. He covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and waved the other hand repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay. I have nothing to do with you, so go out quickly."

But Li Zhen had already made sufficient preparations, how could he easily do what he wanted?

Seeing this, he deliberately said in a solemn voice: "No, father, you let the son come here, and now you have to let the son go without saying a word. Isn't this too childish? Come and go when you call, father What do you think of my son? My son is a dignified prince after all. Even if you are the father, you can't play tricks like this? You don't want to lose face? What's more, father, you claim to be a famous emperor through the ages, how can you? Doing such a child's play? Father, think about it, if today's incident is spread, how will the world treat father?"

"That's it..." Li Shimin thought about it, and it was true, but he didn't want Li Zhen to be in front of him. Fortunately, he thought quickly, and soon thought of a reason: "I recruited you for something, but It's not to blame you, but to call you here to praise you - you did a good job outside today, and I am very pleased that Master Xuan Gong's commendation should stabilize some people in the Buddhist sect.

I have already received the news that Buddhism is making a big move to come to Lingnan this time, and it seems that they don't plan to stop until they get the Buddha treasure.But with you, Zhen'er, I won't come forward this time. I will leave it to you to solve it. If you need anyone or something to cooperate with you, you can just dispatch it. In short, I only have one request, and that is that Buddhism can't take over the court. A little cheap, and at the same time, this matter must be over before the celebration banquet begins.Do you understand? "

Hearing this, Li Zhen smiled lightly and said: "That should be the case. What are those monks? No matter how high they are in the Buddhist sect, how can they be worthy of your father's reception? Even dealing with them is considered a compliment. Father Don't worry, the emperor, I will leave this matter to my son-in-law. Please rest assured, my father, my son-in-law already has a comprehensive plan to ensure that Buddhism will not be able to go around this time... Hahaha...ha~ha~ha~"

"Okay, don't say it, why don't you get out if you have made up your mind? The hall is full of stink... My God, what are you eating?" Li Shimin said in a bad mood, this bastard was going too far , you can laugh as long as you laugh, what are you doing with the breath later?Are you looking at my face specifically, huh?Are you kidding me on purpose?

"Okay, okay, son, get out now." Li Zhen smiled, turned and left, and praised her wit in her heart. If there was no offensive of stinky tofu, Li Shimin would definitely be able to pull herself to talk for more than an hour. What is it like now? like this?With just a few words, he blasted himself out.

Li Zhen went to the Printing Bureau after being expelled from the Holy Palace, called the principal aside and gave such orders, and left the Printing Bureau with the embarrassing face of the principal, and played happily for a day—— Li Shimin will leave soon, and if he doesn't take the opportunity to play for a few days, once they leave, all the affairs in Lingnan will fall on his head again.

It's just that Li Zhen's play is very strange. At this time, the news that Li Zhen promised to return the Buddhist treasure has been actively spread by the Buddhist sect. I feel that Buddhism came to surround the palace and forced the court to hand over the Buddhist treasures, so the court should be very unhappy, especially Li Zhen, who presided over the matter, should have a stinky face, but now it seems that it is not like that at all—— However, in the eyes of some people, Li Zhen's actions at this time are clearly slapping a swollen face to pretend to be fat.

That night, in a small dilapidated temple in the barren hills outside Lingnan City, more than a dozen people dressed as monks were gathering here. Not ordinary.

In fact, this is indeed the case. These monks are the abbots of major temples in the Buddhist world in Lingnan, and each of them is a distinguished guest who can be regarded as a guest by the local dignitaries. It can be said that these dozen monks have already represented Lingnan at this time. Ninety percent of the power of the Buddhist world is gone.

The head of the many monks is a middle-aged monk, with a square face, thick eyebrows, a high nose and a wide mouth. You don’t need to look at anything else, just by looking at his face, you can tell that he is not from the south. The contemporary Shaolin abbot, he can appear here at this time not because he knew the existence of the Buddha Tooth Relic in advance, nor because he was fast enough, but because of a coincidence.

The reason for such a coincidence is purely catching up - he is a monk of Shaolin Tanzi generation, and he and Tanzong are brothers and sisters, and their relationship is extraordinary.Tanzong died in Lingnan because of the Yindao incident. The murderer did not know who he was, Yinyin disappeared, and the court officials could not give a reasonable explanation, so Tan Cheng left with some confidantes Temple, came to Lingnan to investigate the cause of Tanzong's death and the whereabouts of Yinyin.

It's a pity that although he served as the abbot in the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism, his status is enough to command the Zen Buddhism in the world, but even though he mobilized Lingnan Buddhist circles to find the cause of Tanzong's death, after such a long time, there is still no clue. Feeling ashamed to go back - although he did not swear when he came out of the temple this time, the entire northern Buddhist community has already known his purpose this time. Looking at his jokes, how can he go back at this time?How can I have the face to go back?

Just when he was hesitating, news of the Buddha tooth relic came from the temple where he lived, which made Tan Cheng overjoyed—although he did not find any clues about Tan Zong being killed, but if he could represent Shaolin to welcome back the Buddha tooth, not only would he not If you lose face, it will give Shaolin a lot of face.

Even better, he is the only Buddhist leader in Lingnan at this time. Although the rest of the people have got the news, how far is the north from Lingnan?Even if they rushed, it would be at least half a month later, and the emperor had already returned to Chang'an by then.

Therefore, Tan Lima, who felt that the opportunity was not lost, went to Yuntian Temple, the largest temple closest to Yuezhou City, and personally asked Master Xuan Gong to come out of the mountain, blocking the imperial court's back road, and then urgently mobilized Lingnan Buddhist forces, planning to give the imperial court a visit Forcing the palace——When the time comes, not only the tooth relic of the Buddha tooth will be ours, but also the golden lion of Zhenguo will be ours. It is even heard that the imperial court has obtained a lot of gold in Tianzhu?It just so happens that the Buddha statue in the Daxiong Hall is a bit old, and it would be nice to replace it with a golden Buddha...

Chapter 1053 Final Chapter

Chapter 4, Chapter [-], Volume [-], Final Chapter

"Everyone, I just got the news that Master Xuan Gong has sat down on the square outside Wuzhuang Temple." After everyone gathered, Tan Cheng announced the news first.

"Amitabha." All the abbots chanted the Buddha's name together. Not only the people respect this old mage, but he also has great prestige in the Lingnan Buddhist circle. Even the entire Buddhism, his seniority is quite high. High.If the entire Buddhist monks were ranked in the same generation, Master Xuan Gong should be the Buddhist elder second only to Monk Huizhao (Monk Huizhao was born in 526 AD and is now more than 120 years old). Tan Cheng had to call Master when he saw him.

Therefore, upon hearing the news of his death, many monks sincerely grieved for him, and at the same time recited scriptures to see the old master off.

"Another piece of news is that, thanks to Master Xuan Gong's unremitting efforts, the court finally agreed to return the Buddha's tooth relic." After reading the "Mantra of Rebirth", Tan Cheng announced the second news, but he was shameless enough to actually Using the word 'return', it is clear that the tooth of the Buddha has nothing to do with them...

"Good, good." Many abbots immediately smiled. What are they gathering here for?Isn't it just for the Buddha Tooth Relic?Now that the imperial court has promised to return it, that would be perfect. As for which temple is the remaining Buddha tooth enshrined in?That's what's inside Buddhism.

Tan Cheng continued: "It's just that although Master Xuan Gong has convinced the court, the tooth of the Buddha is a treasure after all. There is no guarantee that the court is dealing with the old master. They may not regret it afterwards, so what I mean is that we will gather together tomorrow. Let's put pressure on the imperial court together, let them see the power of our Buddhism."

"Amitabha, it should be so."

Everyone understands Tan Cheng's thoughts, but... this is the relic of the Buddha, who cares if you are the ancestor of the Zen sect?With the tooth of the Buddha, we are the masters of Buddhism. Who wouldn't want such a treasure?

That's right, regarding the Buddha Tooth Relic, it's not just Tan Cheng who wants to get it, in fact, everyone present has the same idea, so don't look at their harmony on the surface, with Tan as the leader, in fact, they all have their own little things behind their backs. The abacus, I want to put it—— I really answered that sentence, smiling on the surface, and poking behind my back.

However, when the various temples were thinking about it, the door of the ruined temple was suddenly knocked open, and a young novice rushed in: "Abbot, it's not good, that villain Li Zhen has posted notices all over the city of Yuezhou." .”

"What do you mean?" Everyone knew that the little novice who rushed in was called Mingxing, a disciple of Faxing Temple, and the abbot he was talking about was naturally his master, who was the contemporary abbot of Faxing Temple, Zen Master Guixin.

But Tan Cheng said casually: "The notice should be announced? Could it be that the court announced the return of the Buddha's tooth relic? What's all the fuss about?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tan Chengcheng yelled inwardly that it was not good. He looked up, and sure enough, everyone in the meeting had idiot-like expressions on their faces. How did he get the position of abbot of Shaolin?Do you speak and act without thinking?

This Mingxing was Guixin's confidant disciple, and it made him so anxious. Obviously, something unexpected happened. If it was just a notice announcing the return of the relic, how could Mingxing be so reckless?I'm afraid he will be happy when he comes in, and he is unwilling to be as eager as he is now.

"What's going on? What's written in the notice?" Seeing his disciple's eagerness, Gui Xin's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately had a bad premonition, and asked hastily.

"I can't explain this at the moment, but my disciples have released a lot of notices, abbot, you can read it yourself." Ming Xing took out a stack of notices from his arms and distributed them to everyone present.

"What? This...how dare they...poof!" After watching halfway, Tan Chengcheng couldn't bear the stimulation, shouted, and suddenly spewed out a mouthful of blood, the notice in his hand fell, and he fainted.

The notice fell, revealing a part of the content above: The imperial court plans to build a Xuangong Temple specially to enshrine the relics of the Buddha's tooth, and invite Kumara, an eminent Buddhist monk from India, as the abbot to guard the tooth of the Buddha...

If this matter is seen in the eyes of outsiders, Tan Cheng's reaction is a bit too extreme. Although the Buddha's tooth did not fall into his hands, it eventually fell into the hands of Buddhism. Buddhism in the world is a family. Is Buddha Tooth stimulated by this?

But in the eyes of Buddhist disciples, the court's move was too insidious - Li Zhen's guess was right, Tianzhu was occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and Buddhism was divided into two factions about this matter.

One side is supportive. People who hold this point of view believe that the imperial court’s move is equivalent to connecting the communication routes between Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty and Buddhism in Tianzhu. In the future, the exchanges between the two sides will no longer have to take so many wrong roads like Master Xuanzang. , the communication between the two sides will be more convenient. With the support of Tianzhu Buddhist classics, Tang Buddhism will definitely increase in momentum, and it will be more convenient to deal with Taoism in the future.

But the other party didn't think so. They felt that Datang included Tianzhu into its territory. Although it did increase the momentum of Buddhism in a certain way, since Buddhist classics will flow into Datang, Tianzhu Buddhism will naturally Entering the Tang Dynasty—Originally, the Tang Dynasty was a symbol of Buddhism and Taoism. The two sides have already occupied the believer market. There is only one way to go further, and that is to suppress the other party's power and rob the other party's believers.And that's exactly what the two sides did. Even in order to snatch the incense, the dog brains of both sides came out.

But now the two sides are having a great time fighting, and suddenly a food snatcher pops up from the side. Although in a way, they and their surnames are Buddha, which can be regarded as a blood relationship, but that's all .It seems that the two parties are somewhat related, but in fact, this relationship has been out of five servers, almost like strangers.

Now you actually want to use this identity to join the food grabbing team, can Datang Buddhism be willing?That must be impossible. Originally, the food was limited, and there was not enough for two people. Now you have one more person. Of course, Tang Buddhism will not be willing, especially if the same sex repels each other. Although both are Buddhists, in fact The philosophy is completely different. Is it strange that Tang Buddhism can welcome them?

On the contrary, Taoism may be happy to see its success, because Buddhism in Tianzhu is also Buddhism, even if they come in to grab food, they will compete with Buddhism at the beginning, which will greatly weaken the power of Buddhism, thus preparing for the spread of Taoism.

In Buddhism, people who hold this attitude account for the vast majority. After all, this question is so simple that anyone who is not a fool can see it clearly.Therefore, although Buddhism appears to be calm on the surface, it is secretly prepared to prevent the invasion of Tianzhu Buddhism - we welcome your scriptures to be introduced into the Tang Dynasty, but if you want to enter the Tang Dynasty to preach, I'm sorry, you should wash up and sleep Bar.

For the next period of time, try their best to resist the invasion of Tianzhu Buddhism. This is the consensus of Tang Buddhism. For this reason, they can even temporarily give up the struggle with Taoism.However, what no one expected was that the imperial court actually stabbed them in the back. Although the imperial court only built a Xuangong Temple for Tianzhu Buddhism, as long as there is a temple, it is tantamount to laying the groundwork for Tianzhu Buddhism to enter the Tang Dynasty. A solid beach position provides the best springboard for the invasion of Tianzhu Buddhism, and as long as Tianzhu Buddhism can hold Xuangong Temple and slowly infiltrate, it will eventually spread its influence to the Great Tang one day.

Can Tianzhu Buddhism keep Xuangong Temple?