Although Li Xiu usually cares about the affairs of the court, he is not a real official after all, and he does not live in Chang'an City, so he does not know much about some things in the court, unless this matter is related to his vital interests, otherwise he may not know as much as a peddler and pawn in Chang'an City. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For example, this time Li Shimin did not allow Xuanzang to go out of the customs, so as to go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, which in Li Xiu's opinion was originally just a matter of Li Shimin's words, but Li Shimin and these people thought about it more, Li Xiu didn't understand at first, until Li Shimin patiently explained, he understood.

In order to stabilize their rule, the ruler can say that he will do everything, and religion is one of the means that the ruler likes to use the most, but everything has a degree, when the ruler uses religion, he must also prevent religion from being too powerful, otherwise it may pose a threat to the rule of the dynasty, which is also the reason why there have been emperors who have destroyed Buddha many times in history.

The Li Tang Dynasty was also faced with this situation, the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty caused the people to live in poverty, and whenever there was a war, it was the easiest time for religion to develop, especially Buddhism took this opportunity to develop believers on a large scale, and at the same time annexed land, and even issued usury in the name of the Buddha, and did a lot of illegal and disorderly things.

Seeing the harm of the growth of Buddhism, Li Yuan decided to support Taoism, on the one hand, he found a famous ancestor for himself, and on the other hand, he could also use Taoism to fight Buddhism, but Taoism was relatively scattered and did not form a unified force, and the time since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty was too short, and the previous support for Taoism was relatively small, which also made Taoism still in the struggle with Buddhism for the time being.

However, Central Plains Buddhism itself also has its own weaknesses, such as because of the different doctrines, resulting in the formation of different schools within the Central Plains Buddhism, if divided by region, it can be roughly divided into Central Plains Buddhism and Southern Buddhism, and the Central Plains is located in the north, so it is also called Northern Buddhism, the Buddhist doctrines of the North and South schools are different, and they are also fighting with each other, and the sect is also restless, which also leads to the dispersion of Buddhism, and there is no way to take Taoism for the time being, and it is not a fatal threat to the imperial court.

For the split within Buddhism, whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, they are naturally happy to see it happen, but now the young Xuanzang outside the Liangyi Hall has made a great wish, and he actually wants to go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, so as to integrate and unify the Buddhism of the north and south, although his hope of success is very slim, but it is also a potential threat to the rule of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin will be so resolute that he will not agree to give Xuanzang the documents for customs clearance.

"I see! No wonder ......" After listening to Li Shimin's explanation, Li Xiu finally showed a sudden expression and said, but when he said the word "no wonder", he suddenly thought that the latter words were not suitable for others to hear, so he immediately closed his mouth.

"What's the wonder?" However, Li Xiu's words attracted Li Shimin's attention, and he began to ask questions immediately.

"It's nothing, I mean, no wonder His Highness would not agree to let Xuanzang go to learn the scriptures!" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Really?" Li Shimin glanced at Li Xiu suspiciously and said, although Li Xiu's explanation didn't seem to have any flaws, but he always felt that Li Xiu had something to say later, which was definitely not what he meant, but Li Xiu didn't say it, and he couldn't ask again.

"Your Highness, the old minister and the concubine actually came to visit Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty's health is better?" At this moment, Pei Lin suddenly interrupted the conversation between Li Shimin and Li Xiu, after all, it was not early now, and they were going to visit Li Yuan.

Hearing Pei Lian's words, Li Shimin's attention was finally diverted from Li Xiu, and he chatted with Pei Lin about Li Yuan's condition at the moment, which also made Li Xiu next to him breathe a sigh of relief, what he wanted to say just now was actually "No wonder Xuanzang was forced to return to the vulgar by Li Shimin's father and son after he came back", of course, this sentence must not be heard by anyone.

Speaking of the story of Tang Seng learning scriptures, later generations are almost familiar with it, but it is very well known that after Xuanzang came back from Tianzhu to learn scriptures, although he was valued by Li Shimin, he was persuaded by Li Shimin several times to return to the vulgar, and even allowed high-ranking officials, and finally almost forced Xuanzang to return to the vulgar, and also refused Xuanzang's request to return to the Shaolin Temple near his hometown several times, and could only stay in Chang'an to translate the scriptures, but unfortunately Li Shimin died soon, otherwise Xuanzang's fate is really hard to say.

However, even if Li Shimin died, Li Zhi, who succeeded to the throne, did not let Xuanzang go, and asked him to return to the world several times, but Xuanzang was dedicated to Buddhism and did not bow to the imperial power, and he also received the support of Buddhism at that time, plus Li Zhi himself was also a good talker, and finally Xuanzang finally succeeded in translating the scriptures, which also laid a solid foundation for the later Buddhism in the Wuzhou period.

Li Xiu had seen the historical records of Xuanzang before, for Li Shimin's father and son to force Xuanzang to return to the world, he thought that the father and son were cherishing talents, but now it seems that this is simply their way to prevent the unification of Buddhist teachings, but unfortunately in the end they still failed to stop, and Buddhism unified the theory, since then in history, except for a few short periods, Taoism has almost been suppressed by Buddhism.

"What do you think, it's time to go!" At this moment, Li Xiu suddenly felt that someone was pulling his sleeve and looked up to see that it was Pei Lian, and Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji were also watching, because Li Shimin had agreed to them to visit Li Yuan just now, but Li Xiu stood there motionless like a wooden stake, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

"Hehe, Weichen retires!" Li Xiu smiled embarrassedly at this time, saluted Li Shimin and left the hall with Pei Lian, and when they walked out of the hall gate, they saw Xuanzang still kneeling there with his head down, as if he hadn't moved since just now.

Li Xiu didn't know just now, but now he knew that the young monk in front of him was the famous Xuanzang, which made him quite curious, so he asked Pei Lian to wait for him, and then stepped forward to Xuanzang and squatted down, and saluted: "Dare to ask, but Master Xuanzang?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Xuanzang opened his eyes and raised his head, and when he saw the young man in front of him, Xuanzang's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise, and then he replied: "Don't dare to be the master, the little monk is Xuanzang!" ”

"Hehe, the master is polite, in Xia Li Xiu, it is also a pleasure to meet the master today!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, Xuanzang is still very young, he looks like he is not a few years older than him, although he is a monk, but his appearance is quite handsome, especially his eyes, when Li Xiu looked at him, he felt that this person's eyes seemed to contain endless compassion, even Li Xiu felt a shock in his heart, this may be the real monk!

"It turned out to be a concubine, the little monk had heard of the name of the concubine a long time ago, but I didn't expect to be able to meet the concubine today!" Xuanzang also showed a surprised expression again when he heard Li Xiu's name, and then saluted Li Xiu peacefully, although he was kneeling now, he did not have the slightest sense of humility, but was more like two equal people communicating.

"Haha~, it's not enough to worry about a thin name!" Seeing that even a monk like Xuanzang had heard of him, this made Li Xiu laugh happily, and then thought about it and persuaded, "Master Xuanzang, I have already met the prince just now, and with my understanding of the prince, I'm afraid he will never agree to your request, so I think you should go back now!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Xuanzang didn't show any disappointment on his face, but said calmly: "Amitabha, when the little monk saw the prince just now, he already knew that he would not agree to the little monk's request, but even so, the little monk still has to give it a try, if he doesn't even have this bit of perseverance and determination, then why go all the way to Tianzhu to learn scriptures?" ”

"Huh? This ......" Li Xiu was also speechless when he heard this, he believed that Xuanzang was telling the truth, but he knew that Li Shimin would not agree, but he still chose to kneel here, maybe it was stupid in the eyes of others, but for Xuanzang, this was the first test in his westward journey, if he retreated in the first test, then what qualifications did he have to meet the later tests?

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but show an expression of admiration, Li Shimin said that Xuanzang's scriptures may accelerate the unification of Buddhism, but in Xuanzang's view, the so-called scriptures are more like his own tempering and practice, only through this tempering, can his state of mind be more complete, so as to reach a higher realm in practice, this realm Li Xiu can not understand, but it does not prevent him from admiring Xuanzang.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but bow solemnly to Xuanzang, and then spoke again: "Since this is the case, then I won't bother below, but if the master has time in the future, I hope you can go to my house for a trip, maybe I can put forward some of my own opinions on your learning from the scriptures, or help!" ”

"Thank you, colt!" When Xuanzang heard this, he still bowed and thanked Li Xiu neither humbly nor arrogantly. And Li Xiu nodded after hearing it, then stood up and ordered the guards to send Xuanzang a bowl of tea, and Xuanzang also drank it all unceremoniously, and Li Xiu turned around and left.

After Li Shimin's explanation just now, Li Xiu naturally knew that Xuanzang's study of the scriptures might lead to great Buddhism, which would have an impact on the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but he remembered a sentence in later generations, that is, "there are always more ways than difficulties".

In other words, if you want to solve the threat of religion, you don't necessarily have to support Taoism to balance, if Taoism sits big, it may also threaten the rule of the imperial court, Li Xiu has some ideas about this, but now is not the time to tell Li Shimin, as for whether Xuanzang can learn from the scriptures and come back, in Li Xiu's opinion, it will not affect the overall situation at all. (To be continued.) )