Don't be a prince

Li Shimin smiled: "I am very kind, and naturally I will not let you six be scolded to death. I am just stating a conclusion. In fact, it is still useful for you to persuade the people to be good. Therefore, I will not follow you. To pay taxes, I don’t need to take back your current temple property. However, there are two things that you must do!”

Huiming and Yuan Tiangang both looked at the emperor.Although the emperor said he was "kind", they also knew that if the emperor offered a bargaining chip that he would not collect taxes or take back the temple property, the next request would not be too easy.

Standing up, Li Shimin said: "First, the laws of the Tang Dynasty apply to monks and Taoists, and all the terms. Second, whenever there is a war on the border or disasters among the people, both Taoism and Buddhism must support the court. This is also for your own face. You don’t want to post gold, do you?”

Everyone sighed, they knew that they had no choice but to accept the emperor's two proposals.

After looking at each other, the six of them nodded as if they had broken through ten thousand obstacles.

With a slight smile, Li Shimin pushed the chair behind him aside, and returned to his throne with his hands behind his back.

Persecution should not be excessive, at least for now, it is already a big step forward in success.Regardless of whether it is a war or a disaster, Buddhism and Taoism can help the court save a fortune by paying money, which is equivalent to paying taxes in disguise.

As for Taoism and Buddhism gaining the favor of the people because of this, it's nothing.At least, it is impossible to completely exterminate Buddhism and Taoism, only to restrict them.

in addition....

After returning to the throne, Li Shimin said: "Don't feel unacceptable, I said it, I am still very kind. From now on, I will slowly release the two kinds of certificates."

Hearing this sentence, both Huiming and Yuan Tiangang were overjoyed.

The two kinds of certificates mentioned by the emperor here include the two identities of those who opened temples and those who practiced.Since the year of Wude, both kinds of certificates have been handed out pitifully. Many old monks and Taoists prayed for a shorter life, because in this way, they can give their share of certificates to disciples who have no status. .

Chapter 487 The Terrible Background

In the past, when encountering events worthy of celebration such as the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, or when someone in the royal family was seriously ill, the emperor would symbolically issue some ultimatums, called blessings.However, in the past two years, none has been issued.

The problem of population aging in both schools is really serious.In the long run, big problems are bound to arise.It is Dudi that causes the aging population of monks and Taoists, and they are also aware of the importance of Dudi control to the imperial court.Now that the emperor said that he was going to issue a degree certificate, he undoubtedly loosened the rope that was tightly tied around the neck of Buddhism and Taoism.

Huiming was pleasantly surprised: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by the amount you want to distribute?"

Yuan Tiangang also asked urgently: "Your Majesty, do you mean to release it only for a while, or for a long time?"

Li Shimin on the throne raised his mouth slightly and said: "This depends on whether it is the Central Plains or the grassland. Don't be too happy. I will not relax too much in the management of the Central Plains. Correspondingly, for the grassland, I can let go a lot, especially if you want to go abroad to preach, I can not only give you the ultimatum, but also give you the customs clearance documents and provide you with asylum. What do you think?"

"Grassland and outside the pass."

Although I really want to say that there is no foundation in the grasslands and outside the pass, and there are many difficulties in opening a window to build a business, but several people also understand that this is already the emperor's biggest concession.

Yes, better than nothing....

Although Li Chengqian was very curious about what happened in Tai Chi Hall, he didn't go to see it.

Sun Simiao was in a bad mood, and it was hard for him to leave people behind to watch the excitement.

Although he didn't say anything, both Sun Simiao and Li Chengqian regarded each other as friends.Friends, when you are in a bad mood, you just want to get together to share the reduction.But when sharing happiness with each other, the happiness will be doubled instead.

Xuanzang was fine, he experienced the process of traveling to the west to seek the Dharma, and endured enough sufferings to sublimate his state of mind.Li Chengqian has always felt that it is not those scriptures that make Xuanzang the name of the holy monk, but this journey.

In the Chongjiao Hall, Li Chengqian and Sun Simiao eat crabs together, and Xuanzang is eating vegetarian food on the other side of the screen.

"People, it's easy to be dragged down by reputation. That's why I, as an old man, wanted to travel around the world, and rarely stayed in one place for a long time. After staying in one place for a long time, I was hindered by my reputation. When there are many good people, it is easy to be praised by others. If you praise for a long time, you will change from a human to a god.

Just like the Yaowang Temple built by Yuan Tiangang, many of the people who went to visit were sick at home.It's just that many of them, in fact, cannot be saved by poverty.If you know this, you don't know how disappointed those people will be.

Your Royal Highness, what you said at the beginning is very reasonable.Standing tall, although taller than everyone else, but when falling down, it is just as miserable. "

After speaking, Sun Simiao took apart a crab claw and put the meat in his mouth to suck without dipping the sauce.

Autumn was the time to eat female crabs. Li Chengqian dug a spoonful of crab paste into his mouth, and immediately groaned.

On the other side of the screen, Xuanzang’s voice came: “Daozhang Sun, you’ve made a fortune. If you’re alive, wouldn’t it be too tiring to prove yourself to others all day long? Just do what you want to do. Now, so what if some diseases cannot be cured? Compared with the people you cured, those are only a minority.

Yuan Daochang and others do have the idea of ​​praising you, passively improving yourself is really not good.However, even if you fall to the bottom, can't you see who really wants to help you, and who is standing on the sidelines, isn't it?As long as you keep your heart and don't be confused by the five colors, you have nothing to fear. "

Li Chengqian nodded, touched Sun Simiao's shoulder and said: "Listen, this is the truth that the eminent monk Xuanzang told you. Of course, you should listen to this truth, or you should not listen to it, because Master Xuanzang No, I couldn't avoid being confused by the five colors, and ran to the other side of the screen, afraid to watch us eat crabs?"

On the other side of the screen, Xuanzang's voice sounded: "You can say whatever you want, but, Your Highness, since they have an audience with His Majesty today, perhaps what the poor monk promised you back then may not be able to be done."

Li Chengqian said: "It doesn't matter. I didn't expect to be taken over by my father because of Lushang. You and Sun Daochang fled before the battle, which is already the greatest help to Gu."

"So good."

...

After a long meal of crabs, the three left the Chongjiao Hall.

Since Yiqiu Palace received Changle and others, it has been set up by Li Chengqian as a guest room.

After bringing over Sun Simiao's half-written summary and finding a few Buddhist scriptures for Xuanzang, the two of them didn't have to worry about it.

Outside of Nanzhou and Yizhou, there are still some places where Lupus does not exist.Sun Simiao hurriedly sorted out the medical records, bound them into a book, and released them to the world.After Xuanzang finished translating the scriptures, he had some inspiration for Buddhism and was about to start his own sect. Now what he needed was quiet thinking.

Both of them regarded the Eastern Palace as their safe haven, and they lived there for several months, and they didn't leave until the end of the twelfth lunar month.

As the twelfth lunar month comes, the most tormenting thing is naturally the overtime work at the end of the year.However, because Shang Shusheng had two more Shang Shuchengs, it was a lot easier.

22 On this day, the last job of Shangshu Province was over, and Yang Shidao and Du Ruhui were once again appointed as Shangshu Province's guards, and the three people bid farewell.This year, the harvests in all parts of Datang are very good, and Nanzhou and Yizhou are also safe and sound.Coupled with the fact that this year is not very cold, it can be regarded as a stable year.

Coming out of Shangshu Province, Li Chengqian didn't go back directly to the East Palace, but went out of the palace and turned a corner to Taipingfang.

This year, the emperor called the feudal lords from all over the country back to Chang'an, and it seemed that he was going to beat and beat them so that the backyard would not catch fire when the war started.However, in Li Chengqian's view, only Li Yuan's cheap sons need to be beaten, and Li Ke and others don't need to worry at all.

It's rare for the brothers to get together, so naturally they have to find a place to have a good time.If you can't go to Pingkangfang, if there is a meeting in the East Palace, it will easily attract criticism.Therefore, after various negotiations, the location was decided on Li Zhi's territory.

Li Zhi's Prince Jin Mansion is the second only to Li Tai's residence in Taipingfang. Regardless of the decoration, even the big pond in the backyard can provide a lot of fun.

Entering the back garden, he saw Li Zhi and others playing ice skates on the ice of the pond. When he first learned about this kind of game, he was immediately fascinated by it. He even abandoned all the back garden and built this A wide pond.

Li Zhi, Li You and Li Min were the only ones playing on the ice, while Li Ke dug an ice hole on the bank and tried fishing.

As usual, Li Tai was the laziest one, sitting near the fire on the shore roasting chicken legs, turning a blind eye to his brothers playing on the ice.

These are the only ones who arrived today. Li Zhen and the others didn't call because they were not very familiar with them.

Sitting next to Li Tai, the two brothers looked at each other and nodded to each other, which meant that the ceremony was over.

Patting Li Tai on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said: "Since my brother came back to Chang'an, you seldom come back. Even if you come back, you walk around in front of the empress and then run away. Tell me, you have been messing around again recently. What?"

Seeing that the chicken legs were almost roasted, Li Tai put the chicken legs on a plate, cut them into pieces, and said while cutting: "The wooden train experiment was successful, but when I was about to make a steel train, I encountered a big trouble." This big guy is really too heavy. With the power of the current steam engine, although it can be moved, the speed is as slow as crawling.

That's it, I always fry the boiler. After the first bombing seriously injured two craftsmen, I didn't even dare to add people to it.This is true for a locomotive, not to mention the carriages in the back to pull goods. "

Seeing Li Tai's frowning expression, Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I told you not to rush, but you just didn't listen. It's good to suffer, so that you know the truth that quick success and quick gain are not feasible. You have already researched a bottleneck in the steam engine. If you want to To break this bottleneck, the sealing materials are the same, and there is also the progress of steel technology. Scientific research, never a single one can take off. Only when a hundred flowers bloom, can the garden be full of fragrance. You, it is time to rest and pay attention What about other projects?"

Li Tai said helplessly: "It's really not going to work. It looks like I have to rest. During this time, I didn't even have a good time with my son."

Li Chengqian almost swallowed a mouthful of chicken leg meat, and after a heart-piercing cough, he said in surprise: "Aren't you just a girl? When did you have more sons? Could it be the concubine's birth?"

Li Tai said helplessly: "Those concubines and concubines are the only two who are pregnant with children, and they are all girls. The son who gave birth to the son was Yan Shi, who was born during the time when you went to Nanzhou Yizhou, because I didn't send you a letter for fear of disturbing you."

"its not right...."

Li Chengqian counted with his fingers, and then immediately closed his mouth.

Born during that time, it means that this bastard didn't follow the rules at all.

Li Tai smiled, without any embarrassment at all: "You just know, don't spread it. This is the benefit of me fading out of Chang'an's sight. Now no one pays attention to what Wei Wang is doing, what Wei Wang did. Know what I do The only ones who have done bad things are the father, the queen, the queen, and others, and they haven’t spread the word yet. After two years, the child will be older, at worst, it’s just a matter of making a fake birthday.”

Li Chengqian said speechlessly: "Anyway, be careful. By the way, when your nephew is one year old, you can directly ask the housekeeper to withdraw money from the East Palace treasury. Take care of it, and treat it as a gift from my uncle."

Li Tai, who was short of money, naturally agreed.

Before the chicken legs were finished, suddenly there was an exclamation from the ice.

It was Li Ke who called out. He was holding the fishing rod with both hands. Even though the fishing rod was on his back, he was still dragged backwards on the ice.

This is a big fish hooked!

The brothers all exclaimed and stepped forward to help.

The combined strength of the six people finally managed to resist the huge force below, and they pulled it up little by little. After a while, a big fish that seemed to weigh more than [-] kilograms was pulled ashore.

Seeing the appearance of the fish, Li Zhi exclaimed suddenly: "It's over, third brother, why did you drag the dragon fish up?"

Li Ke asked in surprise, "Arowana?"

Li Zhi pointed to the beard of the fish and said, "Didn't you notice that this fish has whiskers? According to folklore, the carp became like this after it failed to leap over the dragon's gate. Put it back, you bastard." The appetite is good, almost all the original koi in my pond have been eaten by it."

"Bullshit."

Just when Li Ke was about to believe it, Li Chengqian said: "What kind of dragon fish? When I was in Lingnan, I didn't know how much I ate the fish called dragon fish. A lot of fish are a little weird, just It was given the name of dragon fish.

This fish should be called catfish, big tonic.Although it grows so big, the meat quality may not be very good, but it is still delicious.Li Zhi, go, ask your cook to bring this guy, we can't finish a meal with such a big fish.Just right, my brother will teach you how to stew fish. "

After driving Li Zhi away, Li Chengqian and Tianhou asked for a horizontal knife, and without hesitation, they stabbed the catfish in the gills, killing the fish and bleeding.

After taking off the hook, Li Chengqian was puzzled when he saw the small fish bait hanging on it.

Catfish also hibernate.However, if it is disturbed by small fish in front of it during hibernation, it probably doesn't mind supplementing nutrition.

Li You hesitated and said, "It's really delicious."

Li Chengqian turned around and said: "Eat, carp is served on the tables of roadside restaurants now, why can't catfish be eaten? As long as it is non-toxic and edible, just eat it. Why are there so many poor people? It’s called a dragon son, but you have a long shell on your back, or does Li Yin know how to breathe smoke?”

Li Yin curled his lips, pointed to Li Tai and said, "Let me see, Fourth Brother looks like a glutton. Look, his saliva is dripping out."

Li Tai quickly wiped his saliva and said, "During the past few months, my brother didn't eat well and didn't sleep soundly. You all lost your face when you didn't see me. Since this fish is a great tonic, you have to taste it."

Seeing that Li Ke had something to say, Li Chengqian pulled out the horizontal knife, pointed at the fish and said to Li Tai: "If you want to eat, do it, take the fish to the kitchen, Li Yin and Li You, you two go pick vegetables, Don't pretend to be subordinates, today we brothers will cook by ourselves."

After dismissing all three of them, Li Chengqian put his arms around Li Ke's shoulders and said with a smile, "Just say what you have to say. Although we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, we shouldn't be so estranged!"

Seeing that Brother Huang drove away all the guards around him, Li Ke said, "Brother Huang, the Qi family also gave birth to a son..."

Li Chengqian said speechlessly: "If you give birth to a son, give birth to a son. What can't be said? Could it be that you were caught? This is not a trivial matter. If you make trouble, your fief will be cut."

Li Ke shook his head, but nodded again. After repeating this twice, he gritted his teeth and said: "The matter of the child, Chang Shi didn't touch the court, but just let me think about it behind closed doors, and repent to the Supreme Emperor. This matter has been settled, I think What I'm telling you is that when I was in the fiefdom, I was approached by members of the Wang family."

"People from the Wang family?"

Li Chengqian thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that they told you to rebel?"

Li Ke shook his head: "No, they just asked me if I support you as emperor, nothing else."

"Do you support me as emperor?"

Li Chengqian suddenly couldn't figure it out, no, the Wang family is sick, right?Who is not good to ask Lao Tzu?What's the matter, could it be that the bad thing was done halfway, and suddenly the conscience found out?That's not right, what are these people doing?

Looking into Li Ke's eyes, Li Chengqian asked, "Are you sure it's someone from the Wang family who asked you?"

Li Ke nodded: "That's right, because the person who asked me is the son of the governor of Xuanzhou, Wang Jing, the governor of Xuanzhou, is a direct line of the Wang family."

After pinching his chin and thinking for a while, Li Chengqian still couldn't figure out what the question meant.

The Wang family's brains were kicked by the donkey, and they would not go to Wuzhong to ask Li Ke such a question in their spare time.This kind of sensitive question is often asked out of ulterior motives.Coupled with the matter of iron ore, there is almost no need to continue to be "suspected", and it can be confirmed that the Wang family is going to make trouble.

While thinking about it, Li Yin ran over and told Li Chengqian that the fish blood was almost drained, and none of them would open their stomachs.

Seeing Li Yin, Li Chengqian asked without hesitation: "Li Yin, when you were in the fief, did anyone secretly ask you some inexplicable questions?"

Li Yin was startled, his hands pinched his sleeves almost subconsciously, and his eyes immediately drifted to Li Ke.

Seeing the elder brother nodding, Li Yin nodded: "Yes, Wang Jingming, governor of Rongzhou, when he passed by my palace as a guest, he once asked me at the banquet whether I think you are better or Jin Wang Li Zhi is better."

Li Ke asked, "How did you answer?"

Li Yin shrugged and said: "Although I was drunk at the time, I still realized that his question was not simple, so I didn't say anything, and stuck my head into the dish."

Pretend to be drunk and escape, no doubt, this is also a good way.

After Li Yin finished answering, Li Chengqian walked towards the front yard without hesitation, ready to ask Li You.If this is the case, perhaps, the vassal kings from all over the world may have been questioned by them over and over again.

Naturally, the Wang family wouldn't be idle to do a big questionnaire survey. What they did was no different from a rebellion.It's just, why are they asking such weird questions?

In the kitchen, Li Zhi and Li You were gesturing on the fish with a kitchen knife.

Seeing Li You, Li Chengqian asked without hesitation: "Li You, tell brother the truth, did the Wang family send someone to ask you some strange questions?"

The kitchen knife in Li You's hand fell directly onto the chopping board. After being shocked, he still replied honestly: "Yes, Wang Pu, the governor of Shanzhou, once visited my younger brother and asked him who he thinks is the best among the princes, and he also asked me who is the best among the princes." The younger brother is convinced of you or not. At that time, the younger brother directly reprimanded him, asking him to settle down a bit, and don’t make troubles for nothing. Brother Huang, the younger brother must be convinced by you. Was that person sent by you? of?"

Li Chengqian shook his head. Although Wang Pu is not directly affiliated with the Wang family, he must be closely related to the Wang family.

The three people, the governor of the three states, and the current background of the Wang family are still terrifying.Qizhou, Wuzhong, and Shu land, in different directions, are close to the frontier, but there are still three members of the Wang family, which is simply terrifying.

Chapter 488 So Ruthless

The family's ability to control the court can be seen from their endless stream of direct and collateral officials.

After all, the emergence of the academy still cannot completely solve the aristocratic family's monopoly on talents.After all, even the emperor couldn't completely get rid of the rule of shade.