Zhou Gongjin drank late with Li Han and others that night, and wanted to sleep lazily the next morning, but just after the hour, Xuanzang came to the barracks to block the door.

Zhou Gongjin had to wash his face with cold water to stimulate his nerves, and then invited Xuanzang in, Xuanzang is a senior monk and a master, and Yang Xiong and others are friends with each other, Zhou Gongjin still dare not slack off.

When Xuanzang saw Zhou Gongjin, he first said: "Zhou Shuai, I'm sorry to disturb you, but there is something that Lao Gao must confirm." ”

Zhou Gongjin replied with a smile: "The thing that the master said is known to the handsome, but that thing was sent to Chang'an last night, and it is better for the master to discuss it with His Majesty." ”

"Alas, Zhou Shuai doesn't seem to like my Buddhist family, my Buddhist family has sacrificed many Taoist monks for more than 100 years to cross to the east, and now I finally see hope, but there are many twists and turns, is it possible or fate?" Xuanzang sighed.

Although Zhou Gongjin doesn't like Buddhism, he still respects Xuanzang very much, this is a real good person, Xuanzang walked all over the Tang Dynasty with a pair of feet when he was young, and gave his clothes to the poor who were frozen on the road, and gave his shoes to beggars, and he would treat people who were sick for free, and even dared to go alone to fight with the bear blind man in the deep mountains and old forests for one or two medicinal herbs, which are obvious to all, and even His Majesty cannot deny Xuanzang's personality.

But since becoming the abbot, Xuanzang has changed, on the one hand, he still works hard to do good deeds, and he takes the monks to eat pickles and drink gruel to live, but when it comes to Buddhist tax matters, Xuanzang has become more than baht, and the perfection of these two personalities has been reflected in Xuanzang.

Zhou Gongjin didn't have anything to do about it, this was His Majesty's order: as soon as the fleet going to Fusang returned, it would immediately send the charts to the capital.

Zhou Gongjin shook his head and said: "Master Xuanzang, Ben Shuai admires you, but Ben Shuai is His Majesty's courtier, and you are also from the Tang Dynasty, so we all have to listen to Your Majesty in Datang, you had better go back to Beijing to see Your Majesty now, maybe Your Majesty will give you a good answer." ”

"Thank you Zhou Shuai, Lao Qu went to Beijing this time to try his best to get the chart back, this matter is related to the century-old plan of the Buddhist family, and there can be no sloppiness." After speaking, Xuanzang left in high spirits.

Zhou Gongjin looked at Xuanzang's departing back, sighed and went back to his room to catch up on sleep......

In Shangshutai, what Li Jun was holding in his hand was the nautical chart that went to Fusang, Li Jun looked at it carefully, and then combined it with his geographical knowledge of later generations, and found that this nautical chart was almost the same as the map of later generations.

In this way, Li Jun also put his mind at ease, and sent a letter from Zhou Gongjin along with the chart, which had two interesting things, one was that there were many silver mines here in Fusang, which Li Jun had known for a long time, but he didn't expect his fleet to be so lucky, and he could dig up silver at any place he docked; The second thing is that Fusang sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and it has been determined that the ancestor of Emperor Fuso is Xu Fu, and Li Jun is also very happy to solve this big historical problem.

As for sending Tang envoys? Li Jun decided to learn a lesson, and he must not let Fusang learn everything, especially in science and technology, military things, Li Jun has already found a good teacher for the Tang envoy, that is, Lu Ru Yu, the famous mouth cannon boss Wang Qi.

Li Jun gave Zhou Gongjin another order: let the Northeast Navy Division escort the Tang envoy and three silver ships into Beijing, and arrange for fifty warships to be stationed in Fusang.

Then Li Jun put this matter aside, but unfortunately after less than half a month, an uninvited guest came to the door, the gate of the palace was guarded by the Royal Forest Army, but an old monk claimed to single-handedly challenge the whole army of the Royal Forest Army, and the angry Royal Forest Army commander Ji Meng screamed, if it wasn't for this old bald donkey called Xuanzang, Ji Meng would have dismantled him into eight pieces.

When Li Jun saw Xuanzang, he found that Xuanzang's beard was all white, and Xuanzang's beard was white on the outside and black on the inside, and he always looked like a liar.

Li Jun played with a piece of jade pendant and asked, "Master, I don't know what the matter is to find me?" ”

"Why does Your Majesty knowingly ask? Lao Wei asked His Majesty to give the chart to Lao Gao, no matter what the price was, my Buddhist family recognized it. Xuanzang replied hard.

Li Jun suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, the master wants a sea chart? ”

Xuanzang nodded firmly.

Li Jun asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”

Xuanzang smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, why do you dislike the Buddhist family so much? ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "The master's words are wrong, I don't dislike the Buddhists, I don't like everything that is not under my control, the Buddhists don't talk about the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, the father and the son, the disloyalty to the king, and the unfilial piety to the father; Wandering around and eating, not engaged in production; Shaving the hair is easy to wear, and escaping servitude is one; exploiting the people and cutting off the country's reserves; Talking about demons and evil laws, intimidating fools, and defrauding money. There are few people who are knowledgeable, and they do not know the root cause and believe their deceit. It is to chase past sins and seek future happiness. Then they make people foolish and seek merit in vain. This is two; Not afraid of the ban and breaking the law. He was sentenced to prison, and he also worshipped the Buddha in prison and recited Buddhist scriptures in an attempt to exonerate him. Human life and death depend on nature; The punishment is decided by the monarch. Buddhists, on the other hand, falsely claim that the rich and the poor are dominated by the Buddha. This is the power of stealing people's masters, the power of doing it without permission, and this is three. ”

"But the Buddhists have already started to pay taxes? Your Majesty can't change your opinion of Buddhism? Xuanzang said with a pale face.

Li Jun shook his head and said: "It's not enough, it's far from enough, your Buddhists pay the same taxes as ordinary people, this is not fair, since you are known as poor monks, then why are Buddha statues made of gold dust?" There are also a lot of Buddhist scum who dare to collude with officials, encroach on land and property, and persecute the people, but such people cannot be cured by law, and they are often sent to prison on the same day, and they are recited in the prison for a day, and then released the next day. ”

Li Jun's words made Xuanzang's cold sweat come down, and Xuanzang hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you are looking down on the big with less, and there are real monks in the Buddhist family, they relieve the suffering of the people and run for the people to eat, why do your majesty turn a blind eye to these people?" ”

"Okay, I'll tell you a story again, this story was given to me by the emperor's grandfather, there was an emperor in the past, who loved Buddhism and favored monks, in order to show his devotion to the Buddha, the emperor was willing to become a monk, every time the emperor became a monk, the ministers had to take the money to redeem it, so he became a monk twice, until the third time, the ministers and the people couldn't bear it anymore, so they no longer redeemed the emperor, the emperor became a stinky fish that no one wanted, do you know which monks did what?" Li Jun asked with a smile.

Xuanzang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, if the old man is here, he will definitely send the emperor back to the palace." ”

"The master is really a good calculation, as long as the emperor is sent back to the palace, so that your Buddhists can ask for money endlessly." Li Jun laughed.

Hearing this, Xuanzang's old face was a little unbearable, and his face turned red.

Li Jun ignored Xuanzang and snorted coldly and continued: "Those monks felt that this emperor was useless, and they actually starved the emperor to death, master, that dream was made when I first ascended the throne when I was sixteen years old, so I hid when I saw the monk during that time. ”

"Your Majesty, the old man dares to say that there will be no such disloyal and unfilial people in the Buddhist family now." Xuanzang argued.

"Huh, no? Big joke, what's going on with the demon monk case? What's going on with Zhao Yan's horse? Zhao Yan offended your Buddhist family, and was crippled by the life of your Buddhist family, and my humerus minister was ruined by your Buddhist family in this way, are you still conscious of this? ”

"Impossible, Your Majesty, Lord Zhao's affairs are definitely not the work of our Buddhism." Xuanzang hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Li Jun threw a confession to Xuanzang from the table and said, "Take a good look, your proud disciple has admitted it." ”

After Xuanzang finished reading it, he knelt on the ground with a pale face and said: "Your Majesty, Lao Qu is guilty, no matter what conditions Your Majesty proposes this time, Lao Qu will agree, as long as Your Majesty can send the chart to Buddhism." ”

"Two conditions, the first is that from now on, if there is a matter of shaving, it must be agreed by the imperial court, and the imperial court will set up monks and officials to manage the temples in a unified manner; Second, the tax of your Buddhism is too small, how about doubling the tax from now on? ”

"The old man obeys." After saying this, Xuanzang seemed to be ten years old.