Linji Temple is located in Linji Village, southeast of Linji City, and Yang Er and his party drove over less than half an hour.

From a distance, a golden nine-story tower protrudes from a verdant grove, with a towering spire, which is the famous Chengling Pagoda today. The entire Zen courtyard is surrounded by green forests and cypresses, and only a puff of green smoke can be seen in the bushes. If you listen closely, you can faintly hear the sound of bells ringing from the temple. When you get closer, you can clearly see a small stone arch bridge, the quiet water under the bridge flows from east to west, this small river is the famous Hutuo River in history. Yang Er has seen the appearance of the name of this river in "Yang Jiajiang" and "The Complete Biography of Yue", and he is no stranger to this river, but he didn't expect to see it with his own eyes and realize that this river is actually not very wide. Judging from the direction of the river, Yang Er felt that this would also flow into the Yongji Canal, perhaps after the Yongji Canal was penetrated, after hundreds of years until the Song Dynasty, the river became wider and became a waterway.

As soon as the car fights on the bridge, you can see a straight stone path leading to the main gate of the temple, and even on the bridge, you can faintly see the "Linji Temple" on the plaque above the main gate. As we got closer, a clearing suddenly appeared on the side of the stone path, and it was obvious that this was where the benefactors who had money to enter the incense parked.

Yang Er was no exception, and ordered the coachman to park the chariot here, and the accompanying guards also dismounted here and tied the horses to the horse stakes here. Yang Er only took Luo Cheng, Zhong Jian and the three daughters into the temple together, while the other guards waited outside under the leadership of Luo Shixin.

The gate building of the Linji Zen Monastery is not luxurious, in Yang Er's eyes, the gate of this famous Zen Monastery can even be said to be simple and simple, a dark red arch about three meters wide and no more than five meters high is closed, and there is a sound of Buddhist children chanting scriptures and wooden fish beating, without a trace of human noise.

After patting the door knocker, Yang Er and his entourage walked into the Daxiong Hall in the Zen monastery under the leadership of a small novice, Yang Er and others donated 10,000 silver incense money, and first worshiped the Bodhisattva enshrined in the room, and Yang Er also silently made a wish in his heart when worshipping. After getting up, accompanied by the elder of the first prison of the Zen monastery, he visited the entire Zen courtyard, and the elder of the prison who accompanied him gave a brief explanation everywhere he went. A group of people slowly came to the foot of this majestic Chengling Pagoda behind the side of the Zen Temple, in addition to sighing at the majesty of the pagoda, there is also a wide stone tablet standing in front of the tower door, the stone tablet is densely engraved with words. Yang Er was curious, so he stepped forward to take a look, and there were four big characters on the right side of the stele from top to bottom, "Linji Zongdian", and then there were rows of words written from top to bottom that Yang Er couldn't figure out the meaning. But after searching his memory, Yang Er immediately understood that this was the full text of the "Rinzai Sect" classic that had long been lost in later generations. Chinese Buddhism is divided into five major sects, this Linji Temple was built in the second year of Emperor Xinghe of Xiaojing in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Rinzai sect is the oldest sect of Chinese Buddhism, and Japanese Buddhism originated from this sect. It's a pity that this stone tablet that records the canon was destroyed in the war prematurely, and even the pagoda in front of me will be destroyed in a few hundred years, and what has been preserved for future generations to see is only the Chengling Pagoda rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, and the scale is far less than the current one.

Yang Er couldn't help but sigh a little, and then bowed deeply with his worship of the Rinzai sect.

"Please go with this seat to see Elder Xuanyi, the abbot of this hospital, please!"

"Please."

The group followed the elder of the prison to a very quiet meditation room, and when they entered the room, they saw an old man with a silver beard and white eyebrows, a ruddy face, and a pale yellow monk's robe holding Buddhist beads in his hand and sitting with his eyes closed.

"Elder Abbot, Lord Yang is here." The elder of the prison walked up to the abbot and the old monk Xuanyi, who was participating in meditation, leaned over and whispered.

"Oh!" When Elder Xuanyi heard this, his eyes immediately opened, and he looked at Yang Er and his party who were standing at the door.

"Please sit down and serve tea." Xuan Yi said to Yang Er and the others with kind eyebrows behind him.

"Thank you, Elder Xuanyi!" Yang Er sat on the guest chair in the meditation room, Wang Dai also sat in the first place, and Abeyi stood next to Wang Dai. Chuchen, Zhong Jian and Luo Cheng did not enter the room, but waited outside the meditation room.

A small novice brought a few cups of tea, put them on the table, and then left. Elder Xuanyi sat on Yang Er's side and politely picked up the teacup and invited Yang Er's wife to drink.

Yang Er symbolically took the tea and kissed for a while, then put down the teacup and said: "This king inspected Yongji Canal and passed by Linji City, and he heard the name of Guibao Temple early, and he came to pay homage today, and it is the honor of this king to be seen by the abbot elders!" ”

"The Yang donor is polite, and the small temple can be visited by the donor, which is the fate of the temple."

"Elder, the juniors are here to understand something, but I want some guidance."

"Huh!" Elder Xuanyi didn't speak, just stroked the silver hair under his chin with his hand and smiled slightly.

As the prince, the younger generation advocated digging the Yongji Canal, and wanted to communicate the north and south of Jizhou, so that the people of Jizhou could enjoy the convenience of the north and south, so as to promote the circulation of goods and cultural exchanges, which is a fortunate thing for the benefit of the country and the people. However, because it involved the occupation of a lot of land, it hurt the interests of the famous scholars, so that the group rebelled. For this reason, the younger generation asks the elders how to achieve both? Ask the elders for advice. ”

"Huh! In fact, the donor has already made up his mind for a long time, so why bother to ask again? Lao Wei is 89 years old this year, has experienced a chaotic world, and has seen too many tragedies in the world. In the final analysis, the word "fairness" was obtained, and the old man gave these two words to the benefactor, whether it was to open a canal or manage state affairs, and he only needed to take these two words as a standard in his heart to be worthy of his heart. ”

"The younger generation has been taught!" Yang Er listened, got up and saluted.

"The donor is not a mortal mortal in the first place, since he has already seen everything in front of him, I believe that the donor will have a great deal, and the old man is willing to pray for the donor here." With that, Elder Xuanyi also stood up and saluted with one palm.

"Thank you, Elder! Since it is inconvenient for the younger generations to bother, don't pass by, if you are destined for the younger generations, you should come to visit again. After Yang Er finished speaking, he gave another salute and turned around and walked out.

After walking more than ten steps, Yang Er turned back again, only to see Elder Xuanyi standing outside the door of the meditation room looking at him, silently reciting the scriptures in his mouth.

Yang Er also nodded slightly in the direction where Xuanyi was standing, turned around and walked towards the outside of the temple, and there was a clear sound of the bell in his ears.

On the return car, Yang Er closed his eyes and sat quietly, reminiscing about Elder Xuanyi's meaningful words in his heart. Everything he is doing now is only in accordance with the principle of "development and strength", and he is changing this feudal and dark world with great difficulty with his own efforts, and he is far from considering the word "fairness" in his thinking. At a time when the power of the noble class is huge, the word "fairness" is so extravagant! But Elder Xuanyi inadvertently reminded himself that he had been ignoring it all along, and he didn't even recognize it clearly. Everything I have done is actually a kind of change, a kind of reform that gradually affects the feudal central dynasty from the locality, and a change that is implemented with practical actions! In the ancient Chinese reforms that I mastered, there had never been a single success, and often in the end, the initiators of the reform ended up extremely miserable. And he is unconsciously leading the Great Sui Dynasty to the reform of the law, but he has not paid attention to the resistance forces that exist in the reform of the law, and he has completely ignored this aspect.

Thinking of this, Yang Er shuddered unconsciously in his heart. Then he further thought that he kept tossing outside, and he had solved the invasion of foreign tribes for his father twice, which can be described as an outstanding achievement, and his abilities in all aspects were obvious to all, and he crushed his brother Yang Yong, but his father never showed the intention of re-establishing the prince in front of him from beginning to end, why is this? Even in front of the main ministers of the court, this idea was never revealed, and Yang Yong was still firmly defended as the crown prince. Is it because the desire to fight for power that you have shown is not strong?

Yang Er fell into contemplation on this question in the rocking car, and sat there like a monk who had entered meditation.

"Brother, brother---" Chuchen called softly.

"Husband, husband, wake up, ---wake up," Wang Dai shouted while pulling Yang Er's arm.

The second daughter saw that Yang Er, who had been unable to wake up and close his eyes and meditate, her face was full of anxiety, I don't know what happened to Yang Er now, it was like this when she came out of Linji Temple, could it be that the devil was stunned?

Just when the three girls in the car were panicked, Yang Er breathed a sigh of relief, slowly opened his eyes, and said with a pale face: "Is there water?" Preferably Cestbon. ”

"Husband, what's wrong with you? Why don't you wake up? Cestbon? What Cestbon? Wang Dai said with surprise and joy, and at the same time looked puzzled.

"Oh! It's water, tea. Give me some to my husband. Yang Er hurriedly cheered up and explained. I thought that it was good that I didn't say that I wanted "Nongfu Spring" in a daze.

Abeyi hurriedly handed the water bag to Wang Dai, and Wang Dai tore open the mouth of the bag and sent the water bag to Yang Er's mouth.

A stream of sweet spring water flows from the mouth into the abdomen, and a cool breath runs through the whole body, so pleasant! It seems to be more than a hundred times stronger than the divine water of the later generations. Yang Er slowly regained his expression, but he secretly made a very ruthless determination in his heart.

Elder Xuanyi pointed out the word "fairness", it is impossible to achieve it by relying on the current status of the King of Jin, that is, according to the current development model, everything seems to be going well, but in fact, it is already in crisis. If you have never been treated fairly in politics, no matter how good you are, it may be too late if this phenomenon does not change. The bell he heard the moment he left the Rinzai Temple was the alarm bell that Elder Xuanyi sounded for himself, if he couldn't understand it, he would repeat the old path of the Dharma changer, the dead road, even if he was a prince.

Luoyang City.

Different from Yang Er's relaxed and comfortable inspection of Yongji Canal in Jizhou, a conspiracy drama is being staged in Wang Shichong's palace in Luoyang City.

After receiving the letter from the Huimeng, all the kings arrived on time, and they were closing the door in the palace to negotiate at this time.

It's just that this closed-door conference is a little strange because of the uninvited arrival of a new force, or this force is not on the table in front of the kings, but because of Wang Shichong's face, although the kings are dissatisfied, it is inconvenient to break it.

Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng are here!

They represent the hidden forces of the Green Forest Road, and represent the newly established Lu State to come to Luoyang to unite Wang Shichong. Because of their anti-Jin and anti-Sui banners, which were consistent with the purpose of this meeting, Wang Shichong tacitly agreed to participate in the meeting, although this caused Tang Long, who attended the meeting on behalf of Jinan Wang Tangbi, to be extremely dissatisfied. This is also destined to be a gathering of kings will be a conference of intrigue.

"Everyone, be quiet, and after this king finishes speaking, it will not be too late for you to discuss again." Wang Shichong sat on the main seat and said loudly as the host.

With Wang Shichong's words, all the kings and their representatives in the audience stopped arguing and quietly waited for Wang Shichong to continue.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today under the cover of the annual Peony Chamber of Commerce in this palace, all the princes are invited to gather in this palace, mainly to discuss the joint boycott of the opening of a new canal by Yang Guang, the king of Jin. I'm sure you've already heard about it. At present, Yang Guang's Yongji Canal has turned Jizhou upside down, and Wang Tangbi of Jinan must have the deepest experience there. Originally, Yang Guang wanted to repair the channel to my Luoyang City nearby, but was sternly rejected by this king. Why did this king not hesitate to offend Yang Guang? Because the current imperial court did not officially dig a new canal to Luoyang, this was done privately by Yang Guang, so it was opposed by the king. However, the Yongji Canal is about to be completed, and at the latest in early summer, Yang Guang's forces will go south to dig the Tongji Canal. This is a new canal that has been confirmed to be approved by the imperial court, and the edict of opening the canal will surely be issued to you soon. If we wait until then, it will be too late for you and me to think of countermeasures. I think that the starting point of the Tongji New Canal is Liyang Banzhukou, and the end point is Shanyang City of Jianghuai Dugong, and all the way has to pass through the boundaries of all the people here, and the cover is not avoidable. If you don't want the turmoil caused by the opening of the canal in Jizhou to be staged in the realm of you and me, we must unite to deal with Yang Guang, who advocates the opening of the canal. In this regard, all the princes should discuss it! Anyway, come up with a way, if you sit and watch Yang Guang cut his forces into your territory on the grounds of opening a new canal, then everyone will not want to live a good life. After Wang Shichong finished speaking, he took a sip of the tea on the table, and then looked at everyone coldly.

"Humph! This king will put the words here first, if Yang Guang's army enters my Xiangzhou, it will force this king to rebel. At that time, the kings must not listen to the orders of the court to attack me. Xiangzhou Bai Yuwang stood up and shouted, with a fierce face.

"White Imperial King, you only have a few soldiers under you! Do you dare to rebel too? The hundreds of thousands of troops under Tang Bi were occupied by Yang Guang again, and they were deprived of food and clothing, and they never dared to rebel, not to mention your small Xiangzhou Mansion! Shen Faxing, the king of Ruyang in Yuzhou, who had always been on good terms with Xiangzhou, pouted and sneered.

Before Gao Tansheng could refute, he aroused the dissatisfaction of Tang Long, the representative of Tangbi in Jinan, and shouted angrily: "King Ruyang only saw that my king did not rebel, didn't he see the battle between my king and Yang Guangjin's army in winter?" A reckless army of 50,000 besieged Liyang City for half a month, killing nearly 10,000 defenders of Liyang. I, General Chu De, the general of Jinan, also crossed the north to capture the two cities of Yang Guang in a row, killing thousands of elites of the Jin army, all kinds of achievements are here, how can you underestimate them? ”

"Huh! Why should Brother Shen despise others, don't you know that there are no eggs under the nest? I'll wait until the Luoyang gathering to discuss the joint external affairs, don't you and I fight in this nest first. Liu Wuzhou, the king of Dingyang in Bozhou, who was quite deep in the city, persuaded softly.

"Huh! Brother Liu Wang's words are reasonable, I, Meng Haigong, raised my hands to support us and other kings to join hands with one heart and one heart to the outside world, and it is the top priority to prevent the Jin King's forces from going south at the moment! ”