Chapter Eighty-Nine: Revisiting Qingping Temple

During this time, Li Shimin was actually very idle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Maybe for a normal person, being idle is a good thing. But for Li Shimin, this is already an obvious signal, and that position is getting farther and farther away from him. Li Xuandao just took a few books and looked through them every day, even if the day's official affairs were handled, the rest of the time was mostly used to teach Luo Yan some things in officialdom.

If this was put in the past few years, when some things were not very clear, Li Xuandao would be busy all day without touching the ground. How can it be like now. When Li Xuandao talked to Luo Yan, he also had a sad face. Those of them who are staff members have finally met a master of their own choice, but now they hope to get smaller and smaller, can they not worry.

The clarity of the situation has to start with what Yang Wen did a few years ago.

Yang Wengan, as the confidant of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, was a private equity warrior in the East Palace when he was the governor of Gyeongju. To put it bluntly, it is to raise a few subordinates for Li Jiancheng.

Whether it is the crown prince or Li Shimin, in fact, there is a certain number of guards according to the system. Perhaps Li Jiancheng felt that Li Shimin had many generals under him, and it would be very difficult to fight in the future if he didn't get more people, so he instructed his subordinates to raise private soldiers. The so-called private soldiers naturally exceeded the number of personal guards.

It just so happened that although Yang Wengan was a governor, he did not have such a right to raise soldiers. After being denounced, he was immediately forced to rebel. Although there is no direct evidence that it has anything to do with Li Jiancheng, it is enough to be suspicious of this kind of thing. The crown prince Li Jiancheng was placed under house arrest.

Li Shimin originally thought that hope was coming. In the end, it was still empty joy, Li Jiancheng begged for guilt, and Li Yuan immediately let him go.

As soon as this incident came out, the direction of the wind in the court suddenly changed greatly. Clear-eyed people know that Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince is stable, and there can be no more variables.

No, the Qin Wangfu slowly began to be crowded.

However, with a group of strategists under his command and the support of many generals, Li Shimin did not give up continuing to work with Li Jiancheng. After all, if you can make a Yang Wengan, will you make another Li Wengan? Li Shimin also had to use luck to fight with Li Jiancheng. At this time, the talents under his hands are all there, and they have not forced him to the last step.

Luo Yan will not pay more attention to Li Shimin's situation, and it is more important to learn from Li Xuandao at the moment. These days, Luo Yan has been adhering to this principle of saying less and seeing more, remembering Li Xuandao's every word and deed in his mind, and then going back to ponder slowly. If you don't understand something, you will ask Lu Deming for advice.

Since then, Luo Yan has a deep understanding of Chang'an's officialdom, and at the same time has a deeper understanding of some officialdom rules. At this moment, the fear of officialdom in the past no longer exists.

It was the first month of the following year. In Luo Yan's mind, this extremely extraordinary year, nine years of martial arts.

Because there are not many official affairs in the Qin Palace, Luo Yan has also grown a lot in the past few months, and with Li Xuandao's support, many times the documents exchanged in the Qin Palace's Mansion are basically thrown to Luo Yan to deal with. At this moment, he was directly in contact with the official affairs of the Qin Palace, and Luo Yan also made great progress.

In the first month, Fu Yi finally gave Li Yuan a dismissal. Although Fu Yi was only targeting Buddhism at the beginning, who knew that things would get bigger and bigger later, and even Taoism would be calculated. No matter how noisy the court was, it had nothing to do with Luo Yan anyway, but when he mentioned this matter, Luo Yan suddenly remembered that in the past four months, a few little Taoist priests who had originally said that they were going to visit Qingpingguan actually forgot about it.

After saying goodbye to Li Xuandao, Luo Yan bought a few sets of bedding and leather clothes stuffed with kapok according to the figures of several people in his impression, and brought some snacks that children like. Only then did he hire a carriage and rush to Qingpingguan.

After all, it was early spring, and there were few people who came to Qingpingguan, and there was thick snow on both sides of the mountain road. Although the road on the mountain was swept away, a thin layer of snow blown up by the wind on the road indicated that there were no pilgrims visiting the mountain at all.

called the coachman to help, and Luo Yan only brought some things up the mountain. The rest can only see the two brothers and sisters, and let them move together.

Fortunately, the mountain road was made of steps, otherwise the mountain would have fallen down if you were not careful. Even so, Luo Yan and the coachman also climbed up cautiously, and when they arrived at the door of Qingpingguan, Luo Yan felt that a long time had passed. Taking a breath, he knocked on the door of Qingpingguan.

"The Lord of the Void View is here, I am Luo Yan, and I have come to pay a visit." Although his throat was a little uncomfortable choked by the cold wind, Luo Yan still shouted loudly. Who knows if these people are in the house, they don't shout loudly, just the sound of slamming the door, although the mountains are silent, but they may not be able to be heard.

This point is especially obvious in Luo Yan's memory. He's been here for three years, and he's done it more than once.

Fortunately, Luo Yan was lucky, and just after shouting a few times, a little Taoist priest came and opened the door. Seeing Luo Yan, the little Taoist priest's frozen red face burst with joy: "Brother Luo Yan, it's you." At that moment, he took the things in Luo Yan's hand, and took Luo Yan and the coachman to the view.

Because the Taoist temple was too small, there were only a few rooms, and the weather was cold, so the little Taoist priest took them directly to the place where Xuzhi lived. The master and apprentice are burning firewood here to keep warm, so that this contemplation can also show a little posture when dealing with pilgrims. On weekdays, there is not much difference between him and Xuji and a few disciples.

Seeing Luo Yan, whether it was a void or a few little Taoist priests, they were all very excited. After Luo Yan entered the house, several people stood up and looked at Luo Yan.

There was no much greeting, and there were still many things at the bottom of the mountain that had not been brought up, and the coachman hurried back. If this animal is left outside and does not exercise, it will freeze and spoil, not to mention that it is still a horse of considerable value.

At the moment, he called the Xuzhi brothers, and several little Taoist priests also followed enthusiastically, and the group went down the mountain to start moving things. After agreeing with the coachman to go back, Luo Yan went up the mountain.

At that time, the coachman would naturally drive the carriage over and wait for Luo Yan. Basically, you don't have to worry about the driver's dishonesty, doing this business, credit is the biggest reputation. What's more, Luo Yan gave a lot of money. Counting the original thirty yuan, Luo Yan also gave an extra five yuan in reward, which made the coachman grateful for a while.

Back on the mountain, after distributing the prepared snacks to a few little Taoist priests, Luo Yan began to chat with the two Xuzhi brothers.

Because the controversy between the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism is getting bigger and bigger these days, and there are many rumors among the people, therefore, Xuzhi also knows that the next days will be more difficult, so as soon as he sat down at this time, he began to ask Luo Yan: "Do laymen know about the recent Shatai Buddha Dao?" "It's about the future lives of several people, and I have to ask about it.

Regarding this matter, Luo Yan knew the result early on, so he could only answer truthfully: "I know about this matter, and I am here today for this matter." ”

At this time, even a few little Taoist priests came to Luo Yan and Xuzhi's side, wanting to hear what Luo Yan had to say. After all, the only person who can find someone to contact officialdom at this time is Luo Yan, although I don't know if Luo Yan understands the articles in it, but it's always good to ask something.

"Although most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty now disagree with Fu Taishiling's recital," Luo Yan said this, and several Taoist priests breathed a sigh of relief, so they couldn't bear to interrupt the good mood of a few people, but the long pain was better than the short pain, and they could only continue to say: "But in my opinion, I am afraid that today's saints will finally agree to this recital." ”

Luo Yan's answer dealt a heavy blow to several people, and Xuji was an anxious man, and immediately asked: "What do you ask, didn't you say that most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were against this matter?" ”

"The civil and military opposition of the Manchu Dynasty does not mean that the saint will agree. On the contrary, the longer this kind of thing is discussed, the more it shows that the sage is inclined to Fu Taishiling. Otherwise, it would be good to veto it directly, why let everyone shout for so many days. Luo Yan explained.

"You also know, not to mention other state capitals, that is, in Chang'an, how many temples and Taoist temples of all sizes around here have popped up in the past few years? In addition, outsiders did not have to pay taxes, and some treacherous people evaded taxes on the grounds of donating land to temples, making it even more difficult to collect taxes. The sage saw these problems very clearly, so in the end, he could only be ruthless. Luo Yan told these people the reasons he could think of. Xuzhi showed a lost look at the moment, and Xuji was even more crazy and muttered about the impossible.

However, Luo Yan didn't come specifically this time to bring bad news.

"In any case, when the time comes to cut the Buddha's path, we will always examine your practice. I'm not worried about the way of the Void Meditation Lord, even these kids, I'm very relieved, we have taught a few of them together in the past three years, and they are definitely outstanding among their peers. It's just that the Void Pole Dao Master is a little difficult to say, so he can only take advantage of the fact that he has not yet made a final conclusion and practice well. No matter how bad it is, there are still things that I left to the viewer at the beginning, and when the time comes, I think it will also come in handy. Luo Yan said to Xuzhi.

"In this way, I think it will be a lot better if I am prepared." Hypocrisy knows that what Luo Yan said is the final result nine times out of ten, and it can only be so. After that, he turned his head to Xuji and said, "There is nothing going on in the meditation these days anyway, so I will practice behind closed doors and prepare for this result." Senior brother, leave the general affairs in the future to me to deal with, and you can take a few little guys to practice. ”

Xuji nodded yes.

In this way, even if a few people had an idea, although they were still a little panicked, they still had a chance to prepare, so they didn't mention these things anymore and chatted with Luo Yan about other things.