0159 Emperor Li Baoyu
Wu Zetian was also very satisfied with this grandson who was able to offer the Buddha at such a critical moment.
She already had a good impression of the young king, and now she is full of love, so during the period of waiting for the monks of Weiguo Temple to enter the palace, she did not snub this grandson, but sat down very rarely and chatted with Li Tong about some gossip.
Although the topic was relaxed, Li Tong answered very cautiously. To be honest, he is not very happy to have this kind of communication with his grandmother, it is not a normal relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, Wu Zetian is sensitive and suspicious, even if it is an extremely relaxed question, Li Tong has to think carefully when answering, but he feels that it is too tiring to maintain this kind of human harmony.
According to Li Tong's thoughts, I did you a great favor this time, you hurry up and add me to the knighthood, and then hurry up and go yourself, and you don't have to think about sending care to orphans and warming this kind of human face, I can explain myself.
But he also understands that it doesn't matter what he thinks, the so-called thunder, rain and dew, are all Jun'en, his grandmother used to ignore him, and now he cares passionately, and he can only bear it honestly.
In fact, putting aside the embarrassing background of the current situation and their respective identities, Li Tong feels that Wu Zetian is also a very attractive person, chatting about the sky has a wide range of topics and delicate human feelings, chatting with such a person, there is no need to worry about the lack of topics and coldness, even if it is an ordinary trivial matter, it can make people feel interesting.
For example, a topic just talked about, from the Sanskrit harmony used in his earlier expanded "Vientiane" song, to Chen Siwang Cao Zhi, and even the stories of the characters of the Six Dynasties, with quick thinking and clear organization, sometimes Li Tong even feels that he can't keep up with his grandmother's topic ideas.
In this regard, Li Tong also had to sigh, his grandmother's personal quality is really strong, there is such an outstanding parent in the family, if he can restrain his desire for power a little, but choose to teach his children and grandchildren, it is definitely a blessing for the family, and all the children and grandchildren who have the quality of the middle can produce talents.
At least Li Tong was chatting with his grandmother for a while, and he felt that his horizons had broadened a lot, and he had a more thorough understanding of some issues, and he also expressed his heartfelt emotion instead of patting on the back, "His Majesty the Emperor is highly knowledgeable, and the minister is fortunate to be able to listen to the hadith at the seat, and he sees his own shallowness even more, and his mind cannot chase one or two, and he feels that his knowledge in previous years is barren......"
Wu Zetian laughed after hearing this: "Those who can benefit others may not be knowledgeable." At your age, you are already lacking in the accumulation of years, and you are more knowledgeable than the elders, isn't that self-inflicted? The level of human material does not depend on the amount of knowledge, but on the knowledge of righteousness. Ten thousand volumes of rotten rumors, it is better to know a little truth. The crane hair is an old Confucian, and he also has to open his mouth to beg for food. When the young deer are formed, they need to scream and call for milk. It can be seen that although all things are transformed in different shapes, in addition to their own pretentiousness, there is also a law from the same ......"
For this kind of metaphysical and ideological topic, Li Tong did not dare to answer easily, but just listened respectfully.
No matter how he has no bottom line, he is embarrassed to open his mouth directly and say that licking a good grandmother is my true knowledge of the patriarchy, and other than that, it is a little inappropriate to answer. Even if I nodded and agreed, I was highly consistent with my grandmother's values, all forms were pretentious, and if you grasp the door of life, you can use them as playthings. Wu ZenaΓ―ve really wants to ask, do you think so too? I was dumbfounded.
So this kind of chat is really tiring, Li Tong just talks less and listens more, taking advantage of Wu Zetian's happy mood and not defenseless, to spy on his grandmother's true state of mind, so that he can deal with it more accurately in the future.
Although it was an urgent order of the Emperor of the Gods, it was necessary to cross the entire Divine Capital City to and from the Wei State Temple, and when the monks of the Wei State Temple arrived, more than an hour had passed.
The monks of Weiguo Temple entered the temple and brought the Sanskrit treasure rain scripture collected in the temple. Wu Zetian showed the rubbing, and ordered to read the Buddhist scriptures immediately, and sure enough, in the first volume of the scriptures, he found many matches in the meaning of the words. The monks translated the Sanskrit text of the relevant passages into the hall, and the content was indeed similar to that on the rubbing.
This is also a matter of course, no matter how much Li Tong does not understand Buddhism, of course he will not make a mistake in this kind of subsection if he wants to do this kind of thing, and the content of the sutra he fabricated is originally operated in accordance with this Buddhist scripture.
As for what the Sanskrit version of the Baoyu Sutra related to the text of the Sutra translates into, it doesn't matter, if you can't translate the content that meets your heart, what is the use of the state raising your group of monks?
It has to be said here that the so-called compilation of Buddhist scriptures is originally a process of addition, deletion and tampering. Buddhism spread to the east, since the Wei and Jin dynasties continue to develop and grow, especially in the northern and southern dynasties of the great turmoil, both north and south have the deeds of the emperor and Buddha.
From another point of view, this is because the two Han scriptures have been inherited to this stage, and there is not much room for further development, and the right to interpret the scriptures has basically formed a monopoly, and the so-called gate valve is to some extent a study valve.
Buddhism, as a kind of theory, was first carried forward by the monarchs of the Hu regime, and accumulated a considerable mass base. In the subsequent rise and fall of the royal industry, many emperors keenly discovered that the use of Shamen could effectively avoid many ideological restrictions, and it was inevitable to use them to varying degrees.
This trade-off, to put it in layman's terms, is to open up a new battlefield, bring in traditional knowledge and elites, and then defeat you. A group of masters who have worked hard to practice their fists and feet punched Nanshan and kicked Beihai, but they raised their hands and shot you down.
Now that Li Tong has not only pointed out the source of the scriptures, but also provided a simplified translation, this group of monks are willing to compile such political speculation as "The Great Cloud Sutra Yishu", which can be imagined to be lacking in discipline, even if the scriptures originally did not have such content, they have to get it out! That's the advantage of having the right to interpret in your own hands.
"Since there is this Mahayana Buddha's saying, why don't you and other monks join the offering early?"
Wu Zetian saw these exhibits on display, and after a moment of joy, he was furious again, and pointed at those monks of Weiguo Temple, and his demeanor was already full of unkindness.
It is necessary to know that the "Buddha Says the Treasure Rain Sutra" points much more clearly than the "Great Cloud Sutra Yishu", and the Great Cloud Sutra is only a few sentences in the commentary that Wu Zetian is the Pure Light Heavenly Maiden, when Wang Nanyan Fu Tizhou, but the scripture itself does not have such a detailed record, it can be said that the Sutra is undocumented and far-fetched.
However, the scriptures of the "Buddha Says the Treasure Rain Sutra" itself clearly record that this Pure Light Heavenly Maiden will be incarnated as the emperor of the Maha Kingdom in the northeast of Nanzhan Prefecture after the Buddha Nirvana has been in Nirvana for 500 years.
After hearing this, Fa Ming and other monks were also very excited to cry without tears, because the Buddhist scriptures in the Weiguo Temple itself were full of sweat, even the most knowledgeable monks did not dare to say that they had read all the classics through and memorized them by heart, and the Baoyu Sutra itself was not a large classic, and before today, most of them had not even heard of this scripture.
Seeing that these monks were so anxious that they were speechless, and their brains were sweating outward, Li Tong was also secretly happy. He had long seen that this group of monks was not pleasing to the eye, and the asking price was too dark, and he would have to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single exchange. In order to turn out this Baoyu Sutra in those Buddhist scriptures, he went back and forth several times, and more than 100,000 yuan was sent in.
However, now is not the time to take the opportunity to beat this group of monks, after all, his craftsmanship is still too rough, and he will continue to let these monks continue to improve. And more importantly, he wants to use the current incident to completely kill Qiu Shenqi.
So he stepped forward and said, "This negligence is not the responsibility of the mages. Recently, the minister went back and forth to Wei Guo Temple, flipped through the scriptures, and saw that many scriptures only existed in name and were lost in the volume. Therefore, ask the temple to know the guest, only to know that the temple is also more difficult, Wei Guo Temple is a famous temple in the sea, Shamen resort, the law is rich and even more Xijing Dacien Temple, there are many Duyi Quanmen borrowed the scriptures and did not return for a long time, and did not dare to rashly come to the door to ask, because of the accumulation of this disadvantage. The minister felt this, and a few days ago he dared to write a book and say things......"
Hearing Li Tong say this, Wu Zetian immediately connected the past. After all, this grandson is cautious in his words, and the number of times he has written and said things is not much, and she has read the relevant chapters in the recent period before, so she naturally has an impression of this.
"This "Treasure Rain Sutra" is just within the return sequence, and the ministers can only chase out this scripture, otherwise even if they occasionally get the scriptures, they are afraid that they will be difficult to prove in solitary traces, and they dare not take the liberty to offer suspicious traces to favor them."
Wu Zetian first praised the King of Hedong for being cautious, and then couldn't help but reprimand a few sentences for the sloppy and careless work of these monks, so that the Buddhist scriptures that are beneficial to the state and society were borrowed for a long time and not returned, and then he asked sharply, "Which one in the capital does not repay the scriptures?" Quickly submit an excerpt! The Great Virtue Dharma Collection is for the sake of purifying sentient beings, collecting private rooms, messing with the law and making mistakes, and not to be spared! β
Finally speaking of this, Li Tong no longer concealed his purpose, so he bowed down again and said, "The masters are busy compiling the Great Sutra, I am afraid they don't know such trivial matters in the temple. The minister has been tied to this for a long time, and he has been waiting for the scriptures outside the scripture hall, and he has a slight impression of asking for a day by day. On the day of the scriptures, and there are two families to return the scriptures, the temple sends the son, the good man Qiu Sicheng and the letter woman ......"
"It's these two? Only these two? β
Wu Zetian lowered his eyes and looked at his grandson kneeling in front of him, Li Tong felt his gaze, so he also raised his head, trying to be calm while his gaze wandered slightly.
After a moment of silence, Wu Zetian opened his mouth and laughed, "Very good, my good grandson, can pick up the missing and fill the gaps, not inferior to Chaoyingliu, can be fortunate to choose the truth, you can know that the blessing is profound." The court door has these one or two, who is not happy? Shou Yi is not enough to be of standard quality, and today I will give you my real name, so that I can show you the wisdom of the world. β
Li Tong openly bargained with his grandmother, and he was also apprehensive, but when he heard that his grandmother was going to change his name, he was first relieved, and then pulled it up again, so his new name is Li Menyi or Li Ermei?
Fortunately, Wu Zetian didn't let his grandson worry for too long, and immediately wrote the word "Baoyu", and then wrote an order to Li Tong, "Quickly hold this edict into Luantai, and use the order immediately!" β
Li Tong, who had just been renamed Li Baoyu, didn't have time to complain about his new name, and when he looked down at the content of the edict, his face changed suddenly, and he kowtowed heavily on the ground and choked up, "Minister, minister, thank you, Your Majesty, take care of this lonely child, the emperor is kind to me, and the ministers and ministers are brothers, it is difficult, difficult to ......."
"Ha, it's been a long time, and Ken is called a grandfather? My grandson should have such a style. The story is long and difficult to tell. The emperor's grandson is close to his ancestors, how can my grandmother not love my Baoyu good grandson? Go, don't leave you with regrets. β
Wu Zetian waved his hand, his face was amiable, Rao is Li Tong knew what this grandmother was, and he couldn't help but feel a little grateful at this time.
The content of the edict is very simple, it is to order the prince to lead the palace Zuolang to immediately arrest Li Guangshun and arrest the criminal Qiu Sicheng who smuggled the Buddhist scriptures, dare to resist arrest, and kill him on the spot!
The most difficult thing for people to face is their own embarrassment. Li Tong thought a lot, but he still didn't expect his grandmother to be able to do this, so that their brother could have the opportunity to settle this grievance with his own hands.
Of course, this is also what Li Tong himself exchanged. He entered the Treasure Rain Sutra, no matter how he talked to his grandmother after the revolution, it can be said that he bet with his life, Wu Zetian is not successful, he will become a benevolent.
Such an edict should also be a step for Wu Zetian to give himself. If their brother picks it up, then sweep away the old haze in his heart, if he doesn't take it...... Fools don't take it!