Chapter 324: Decay

The thought that if the Chen Dynasty disappeared one day, those temples outside the Jiankang Mansion would also become like this, made Lechang feel a little uncomfortable. In her heart, these temples were more of a symbol of the prosperity of the Southern Dynasty, and they were also a place of pilgrimage for the powerful people of the Southern Dynasty.

But seeing the dilapidated scene of this temple at this moment, Le Changfang felt that perhaps in the hearts of the nobles of the Southern Dynasty, these ethereal theories of reincarnation could not be taken too seriously.

In the face of the raging flames of war, the Buddha could not even bless his temple, let alone bless all living beings. What's more, Lechang also knows in his heart that the foundation of Buddhism lies in reincarnation and salvation, which is for the well-being of those who are suffering, but now those who trust the Buddha more are those who have a lot of money.

In their hearts, how many people really agree with the Buddhist statement that all beings are equal?

More importantly, who knows how much money and material resources were wasted in the process of building these temples? If all of this is translated into settling refugees, rectifying the rule of officials, and expanding the strength of the army, will Nan Chen be different from what it is now? At least Lechang knew very well that Nan Chen would become stronger.

It turned out that she was just a little girl who liked to indulge in poetry and books and immerse herself in her own world, but when she was inadvisably involved in this flood and involuntarily fell deeper and deeper, Lechang was surprised to find that this dynasty, which she had thought was a barrier for many years, was actually so vulnerable.

And the father who should firmly control the world in the palm of his hand, the figure has also changed from the tall and burly when Lechang was young to the current drooping old man, but after this figure, whether it is the cowardly Chen Shubao or the obedient Chen Shuling, how can he have the qualifications and this open-mindedness to sit in the position of a hegemon?

The four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasty, these temples are like maggots on tarsal bones, constantly sucking the essence and power of this huge dynasty; And that's just a few of the countless maggots and tumors. Lechang is not naïve to think that what he sees is everything.

In just 20 years, the entire Dachen has become decaying, and there is no such thing as a country that has just been established and is still working hard should be. Fraud at the top will only cause the country to collapse quickly in just a few generations.

When the soldiers and people below are simply living and fighting for the sake of living, will they be loyal to this Dachen again?

Looking at Li Xinchen and even many Southern Chen soldiers with disdain for Chen Shubao, looking at Chen Shuling who did not hesitate to use any means in order to kill Chen Shubao County, Lechang only felt like a numb heart, at this time she wanted to hide in her study, and would rather curl up in a corner and smell the fragrance of books that she was familiar with in a daze, rather than tremble in this red dust and wind and rain.

"What do you think?" Li Xinchen stretched out his hand to push open the door that had been sealed for an unknown amount of time, and looked curiously at Lechang, who was standing on the steps overgrown with wild grass, stunned.

Although one side of the wall has collapsed a little half, although the plaque with the words "Daxiong Treasure Palace" has fallen into the wild grass next to it, and the four words on it that used to be golden have long lost their original grandeur, but at least this is the core of the entire temple, and it is also the strongest place to build, and it can also give the survivors who travel through the two mountains and forests a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"It's a little gray, but it's much better than the cave before." Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and waved the dust flying in the sky, and the branches of a big tree had hung down along the hole in the roof, covering half of the Buddha's body, and the vines also hung down along the branches, all the way to the offering table, forming a strange scene.

And just as Li Xinchen was about to continue walking, he suddenly realized that Lechang behind him seemed to be a little depressed, and couldn't help frowning: "What's wrong?" ”

Le Chang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head: "No······ It's nothing. ”

Li Xinchen was silent for a moment, only bowing slightly. This girl is a rare smart woman in the Nanchen royal family, otherwise it would not be possible to be so valued and loved by Chen Xuan. It's just that it stands to reason that Lechang should not be involved in this court dispute.

After all, it is not the Tang Dynasty that has given women a lot of rights and desires to fight for freedom, and there have been female politicians like Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping and other female politicians who are familiar to later generations or succeed or fail, but have left a strong mark in history.

Therefore, as a golden branch and jade leaf, what Lechang should do is to read some poems and books every day, talk and laugh with his sisters, and wait for the day when he gets married, so that he can live a peaceful life and enjoy the glory and wealth of the royal family.

In fact, it was Li Xinchen who used Chen Shujian and Chen Shucheng brothers to do a little trick to make them form an illusion, coupled with the cooperation of Donggong Fu Wei and others, and finally dragged Lechang into this rolling tide.

Lechang can personally feel the cruelty of the struggle of the imperial court, and he can also see the decay of the imperial court and the unwillingness of the soldiers below, but he has no way to really come up with any countermeasures to change, and even Chen Ji does not listen to her persuasion, this kind of pain and helplessness, when it comes to the culprit, it is not Li Xinchen.

However, Li Xinchen did not want to explain the ins and outs of this to her in detail, his ambition did not hide the meaning of Lechang at this time, and he did not hide the meaning of Xiao Shilian, Xiao Maha, Pei Zilie and others soon after, and Li Xinchen believed that this was definitely not just his ambition.

Three hundred years of turmoil is a long and suffocating one.

There are too many people who want to end all this, and what Li Xinchen has to do is to lead the rolling tide in the direction it should go.

Li Xinchen never thought of Nanchen as a new, combative, and self-motivated dynasty. The fighting spirit and enthusiasm of the country's upper-level rulers were actually exhausted in the Jingzhou chaos nine years ago, whether it was Wu Mingche or Xu Ling, they cared more about their own interests after all.

As for Xiao Maha, perhaps Wu Mingche realized that the fighting spirit of Nanchen's army was getting less and less, so Xiao Maha was needed to lead this army to achieve more victories.

However, Li Xinchen never naively thought that one or two victories could reverse all this, and as he thought in his heart, the struggle for power between Chen Shuling and the East Palace was still in full swing, and this time even the crown prince guard, who was the main force of the East Palace's guards, drew his sword against each other.

And Chen Shubao's attack naturally means that there will be more waves above the Nanchen government and the opposition, and who is the enemy of the Nanchen army at that time, is it the Northern Zhou, or the former own people?

Fundamentally speaking, Nanchen is only a continuation of the Southern Dynasty after all, perhaps in the eyes of many people, this is just a dynasty that has just been established for more than 20 years, but all the thinking and systems of this dynasty are still following the system that has not changed in the past 300 years of the Southern Dynasty.