In the prison of Tingwei Mansion, the Queen Mother said earnestly to Li Hui in the cage: "Li Sinong, the mourning family doesn't understand, why would a person of high moral character like you do something like you to damage his prestige?" ”

Li Hui: "The Queen Mother's words are wrong, justice is always only on the winner's side, Fa Xiao directly betrayed the Lord for glory, betrayed Liu Zhang to welcome Liu Bei into Sichuan, how could he have been accused by later generations?" ”

Queen Mother: "But you are already in the ninth king, and no one inside and outside the government and the opposition admires your morality, can you still achieve a higher status and fame by taking refuge in the thief?" ”

Li Hui was silent and did not answer.

The Queen Mother continued to ask: "Long before the Yu thief's rebellion, you went up to relieve the grain and disaster relief, in fact, you have long colluded with the Yu thief, so as to give the Yu thief an excuse for the rebellion, yes or no?" ”

Li Hui nodded in acknowledgement.

The Queen Mother grabbed the iron cage: "Later, you continued to collude with the thieves and provided the information of the imperial court to the rebels, causing the general of Zhengbei to be defeated again and again, yes or no?" ”

Li Hui nodded again and admitted: "But in hindsight, even if there is no old minister, General Hu will not be able to do anything in the end." ”

Queen Mother: "You also sent someone to pretend to be Qin Daniu to infiltrate the Governor's Mansion and kill Hu Xiude, wanting to provoke civil strife in Luoyang, yes or no?" ”

Li Hui: "That's right! ”

Queen Mother: "Why? The court treats you well, why do you want to plot against you? ”

Li Hui closed his eyes: "Don't waste your words in vain, the old minister won't say it, the old minister can only tell the queen mother, the old minister is definitely not doing this out of his own selfishness." ”

After that, no matter how the Queen Mother pressed and asked, Li Hui just kept silent. The Queen Mother finally had no choice but to leave, and when she left, she had no choice but to say to Zhou Zhengzhi: "I remember that he has done a lot of good things for the people during his official period, give him a good time, don't be too embarrassed by him." ”

Zhou Zhengzhi cautiously probed: "Although Li Hui's sin is unforgivable, his family does not know about it, can he not sin his family because of his past merits?" ”

The Queen Mother was in no mood to care about such trivial matters, and sighed: "Whatever you want." ”

The next morning, the ministers were surprised to find that the Queen Mother and Yuan Rui also appeared in the court. I can't help but wonder in my heart, since Yuan Yaona, the Queen Mother has no longer appeared in the court, and now she has to come back to make a major comeback.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother immediately announced Li Huitong's decision to betray the country and abandon the city on the same day, and the vacated positions of Dasi Nong and Luoyang Governor were filled by Hu Dun and Hu Jinshan, father and son, who fled back from the front line. The ministers were in an uproar, not only surprised by Li Hui's thief, but also secretly dissatisfied with the court's treatment of Hu Dun's father and son, who returned from defeat.

Hu Dun didn't know each other at this time: "The Empress Dowager, the defeat of the ministers is all due to Li Hui, please allow the ministers to lead the army to the battle again and make up for the merits!" ”

The Queen Mother looked disdainful: "Although it is understandable that you led the army to lose, but you look at the people Sun Rong, who was defeated by the thieves with a reckless recklessness, and a few days ago there was a good news that the rebels were captured in Yanmen County, and then look at what you did, even the mourning family is ashamed of you, do you think that if the mourning family lets you go on the expedition again, is there still a possibility of cooperation between you and Sun Rong?" ”

Hu Dun returned indignantly, with an unconvinced expression. If no one had secretly sabotaged it, he would have returned to Beijing with Yu Chenglie's head at this moment, instead of fleeing back in disgrace like now.

The Queen Mother motioned for the ministers to be quiet, and took a piece of music from the eunuch's hand: "Li Hui's career has been ascertained, and there is nothing to discuss." The next thing to discuss with the secretary is the most important thing, yesterday the king of Changle presented this chapter to the mourning family, and the mourning family could not decide for a while, so he took advantage of this morning to consult with the secretary of the court. King Changle, come and say it in person! ”

Yuan Rui took a step forward: "Do you still remember, what was the last official thing that Hu Xiude, the Governor of Luoyang, did before his death?" ”

Hu Shen replied cooperatively: "Of course I remember that Xiude was carrying out the order of the imperial court to levy Ding from the temple that day. ”

Yuan Rui: "Of course the general knows why the imperial court is doing this, right?" ”

Hu Shen: "Buddhism is powerful, and there are many monks and nuns, resulting in a shortage of soldiers. ”

Yuan Rui: "What the general said is right, the Buddha purifies all sentient beings, and the disciples of Buddhism should not go into battle to kill the enemy." Don't talk about killing, this king even thinks that it is not impossible to be as fishy as the monks of Nanliang. ”

The more the officials listened, the more confused they became, and they didn't know what this Yuan Rui wanted to say. Yuan Rui suddenly raised his voice: "However, there are nearly 100,000 monks in Luoyang, are they all enlightened people who are dedicated to Buddha?" I'm afraid not necessarily, this king knows such a monk, although this king likes him a lot, but he doesn't even know who is in the Daxiong Treasure Palace. There are countless 'false monks' like him. Although the reason for the master's ordination is unknown to the king, most of the 'fake monks' became monks because they did not have to serve in the military and pay taxes. ”

Hu Shen asked: "Then dare to ask His Royal Highness King Changle, how to deal with it?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Scholars want to enter the official still need to be determined by the authentic character, we can refer to this law in various places to set up a monk position, responsible for the management of monks, sand and the indiscriminate number of 'fake monks', in Luoyang to set up a monk, unified management of monks around the country. And what the imperial court has to do is to elect the high monks from all over the country to serve as monks, and at the same time distribute a certain number of degrees to the monks every year, only the monks who have obtained the degree of the plate are the monks recognized by the court, and the rest of the monks are no different from the people. ”

As soon as Yuan Rui's voice fell, it immediately attracted a voice of opposition, and the words of Dahonglu Wang Min represented the opinions of many people: "Monks and nuns are the spokesmen of the Buddha in the world, and King Changle's move seems to be blasphemous!" ”

Yuan Rui said: "Isn't it disrespectful to the Buddha to let Diao Min pretend to be monks and nuns?" ”

Zhou Zhengzhi also agreed at this time: "In fact, His Royal Highness King Changle has discussed this matter with the minister before, and the minister believes that this method is feasible, and the temple must not become a place for tricksters to evade responsibility!" ”

Yuan Rui continued: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, what is the hearts of the people? The human heart is fairness. Taishi Gong said that if a husband does not plow, he will suffer from hunger, and if a woman does not weave, he will suffer from the cold. Only when all the people in the world perform their duties and take what they need, will the people's hearts be stable and the world will be peaceful! If we continue to let this unhealthy trend go unchecked and let the 'fake monks' get it for nothing, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of all the people. ”

The two sang and harmonized, and gradually the vast majority of courtiers turned to Yuan Rui's ideas. In fact, as early as a few months ago, the Queen Mother wanted to attack the temples, but she had no way to do it at that time, so she had to give up under pressure. Now Yuan Rui's method can not only solve the immediate problem of soldiers, but also a good thing for Buddhism, so he decided to implement it accordingly. Of course, adhering to the principle of whoever proposes and implements, this matter naturally falls to Yuan Rui.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Yuan Ruijing went to Yongning Temple to find Jueyuan and wanted to recommend him to serve as a great monk. After Hu Xiude's incident, the monks of Yongning Temple called Yuan Rui a respectful one, just entered the temple gate, and there were Zhike monks from afar to greet them. Along the way, he asked for warmth, and after bringing it into the guest hall, he was busy bringing tea: "Your Highness came to the temple, I don't know what happened?" ”

Only then did Yuan Rui have a chance to speak: "Oh, this king has something to do with Master Jueyuan. ”

"Your Highness, you are here for a while, and the little monk will invite the master here." Saying that, the monk was going to call Master Jueyuan.

Yuan Rui hurriedly grabbed him: "Master Jueyuan is a generation of high monks, how can there be any reason for him to come to see this king, naturally this king should go to see him in person." Master Lao led the way. ”

When the monk heard this, he was full of praise: "Your Highness, you are in a high position, and you are so approachable, it is really rare!" After speaking, he took the tea poured for Yuan Rui and led Yuan Rui to the Jueyuan monk's room.

At this moment, Yuan Rui was thinking in his heart, if they knew that the purpose of my coming here was the same as that of Hu Xiude back then, and it was also to force them to return to the vulgar, I don't know if they would be so polite. No, absolutely not! I'm afraid that at least they will rush up and beat me up!

In the monk's room, Jueyuan was silent for a long time after listening to Yuan Rui's narration, Yuan Rui didn't know what to say for a while, and time seemed to stand still, and only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard. "To be honest, Lao Gao has also been thinking, in recent years, it seems that Buddhism has prospered, and treasures are everywhere, but there may not be more people who really have Buddha in their hearts than before. His Royal Highness's policy not only helped to reorganize Buddhism, but also avoided the occurrence of a situation in which Buddhism and the country competed for profit. It's just that if the lay monks are allowed to go into battle to take people's lives, wouldn't that cut off their hearts to the Buddha? Jueyuan expressed his concerns.

Yuan Rui: "This king has also considered this problem, if the masters are recruited to fight after they are still vulgar, the imperial court can arrange for them to serve as scouts, baggage soldiers, fire head soldiers and other auxiliary troops, and replace the original auxiliary troops with the materials that can be made, and it is not necessarily necessary to go into battle to kill the enemy, what does the master think?" ”

Jueyuan bowed slightly: "This is not a workaround." ”

Yuan Rui was overjoyed: "In this way, the master is willing to take the position of the chief monk?" ”

Jueyuan: "Your Highness is dedicated to the country, and the old man is willing to do his best, but this move is bound to offend many people, Your Highness ......"

Hearing that Jue Yuan was willing to agree to be the chief monk, Yuan Rui danced happily. And Jueyuan looked at him excitedly, and wanted to remind him to be careful in the future to prevent the villain from retaliating, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt that he had said it in vain, so he swallowed it back stiffly.

After Yuan Rui came out of the Jueyuan monk's room, the monk sent him all the way to the gate of the temple enthusiastically, and did not forget to invite Yuan Rui to come again next time. Yuan Rui can only cry and laugh, the next time you come again, you still have this attitude, then you really have to thank the Buddha for his blessing.