Chapter 6 - Minting New Coins (6)
In one of the Taoist Dharma rooms of Sanqingguan, two Taoist priests are praying sincerely in the Dharma room. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info The little Taoist pushed the door in:
"See the two uncles! Qi Qi two uncles, there is a distinguished guest outside the door asking to see! When the little Taoist priest saw the two praying in front of the portrait of the Sanqing patriarch, he despised it in his heartβhum! These two stubborn old stubbornness, everyone knows that now it is Taishang Laojun who is in power, and you are still here to pray for the Sanqing Patriarch, you really don't know how to lift! The little Taoist priest thought in his heart, but he didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect for the two Taoist priests, because these two Taoist priests came from a very large background, on the one hand, these two Taoist priests had a deep friendship with the Lord of the Three Qingguan, and the Lord did not accept disciples for a long time, but last year, he received two in a row. Harvest at the beginning of one year, harvest at the end of the year. On the other hand, one of the older Taoist priests is said to have been an official of the former Sui Dynasty, who knows which important ministers of the current dynasty have friendships, and the young Taoist priest seems to be quiet, in fact, the martial arts are strong, when he first came, there were people who did not know the depth, provoked the young Taoist, and as a result, he was beaten by the young Taoist with a bleeding mouth and broken front teeth. Afterwards, the doctor also said to him that if it weren't for the mercy of the young Taoist, I am afraid that the bones and muscles would be broken, so no one in the entire Taoist temple dared to despise these two Taoist priests, one big and one small. Even if there is contempt in my heart, I dare not show it on the surface. The elder Taoist priest opened his eyes.
"Mingkong! Do you know who it is? β
"Uncle Qiyu! According to the visitor, it is the old man of Uncle Shi! β
"Old man!" The young Taoist priest opened his eyes, staring at the little Taoist priest with blazing eyes, and the little Taoist priest felt a little chill in his heart when he was watched:
"How can you be an old man again! Did you persuade me and my senior brother to go to the court to serve in the name of the old man? Since Xie Yingdeng became a Taoist priest, many imperial courts have come to the palace in the name of incense practice, so that Xie Yingdeng's uncle and nephew can go out of the mountain to be officials, Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng's uncle and nephew are very annoying. The little Taoist priest hurriedly said:
"Two uncles! It should be an old man! Xie Hong looked at Xie Yingdeng, and sighed in his heart-Yingdeng! You are still too young, and although we are now a monk, you are still in the mortal world! Xie Hong said to the little Taoist:
"Since they are old people, let them in!" The little Taoist priest walked out with a sigh of relief. welcomed Zhang Jiling in.
"Ahh Two Daoist brothers! I was courteous under it. Xie Yingdeng closed his eyes and continued to pray, Xie Hong was very enthusiastic about Zhang Jiling.
"Ahh Brother Ji Ling! Long time no see! β
"Brother Xie Xian! Don't come unharmed! β
"Thank you Brother Xie Xian! It's still tough in the lower body! I just don't know ...... Brother Xie Xian came this time."
"Oh! Brother Xie Xian, nephew Xie Xian, you also know that now Guanzhong has just experienced a catastrophe, and I have heard about it below, along the way, I saw the suffering of the people in Guanzhong, and I was even more unclear, so I specially invited Brother Xie Xian and Xie Xian's nephew to go down the mountain together to pray for the victims. "In this era, Taoist priests also played the role of doctors. Many incurable diseases in the folk are cured by Taoist priests, and in the folk, Taoist priests' medical skills are sometimes more effective than doctors. After Xie Yingdeng heard Zhang Jiling's words, his face was expressionless, and his eyes were still closed. Xie Hong was afraid of being cold.
"Brother Zhang Xian, it's not that our uncle and nephew are unwilling, it's really that our uncle and nephew are in retreat and cultivating, I'm really embarrassed!"
"Lingtai, Lingguan!" When Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng heard this voice, they immediately stood up respectfully:
"Ahh Master! At the beginning, Xie Hong came from Jiangnan to this pass to study and seek officials, but he was repeatedly frustrated, and his heart was depressed. Originally, the head of the cultivator wanted to take Xie Hong into his door, but at that time, Xie Hong was still a little worried, and the desire to seek officials was not dead, so the head of the monk did not force it. Later, Xie Hong was concerned, and the chief of the Taoist monk personally presided over the ordination ceremony for Xie Hong, and later, Xie Yingdeng also came to the Sanqingguan of Zhongnan Mountain to become a monk, and he was also included in the monk's income, and, in the Sanqingguan, Xianxiu also gave Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng a lot of convenience and space - since the establishment of Li Tang, the Taoists promoted the status of Taishang Laojun to an extremely high level, and all Taoist temples put the Sanqing patriarch under the Taishang Laojun to worship, and the Taishang Laojun as the main sacrifice, and only Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng still follow the old reason, Continuing to worship and worship the patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty, on the one hand, shows respect for the patriarch, but actually shows non-cooperation with Li Tang. There are already Taoist priests in the Sanqing Temple who are dissatisfied with this, and secretly complain to the presiding monk of the Sanqing Temple:
"Host, the Lingguan and Lingtai are not for the Taishang Laojun, but they sacrifice to the Sanqing Patriarch, it is too dangerous, if this matter is known by the saint, I am afraid that our Sanqing Temple will be destroyed!"
"Hmmm! Otherwise, the Sanqing Patriarch is my Taoist patriarch, and the Lingtai and Lingguan will not forget their duties, so let the two of them go! "It is precisely because of the magnanimity of the Manifest Cultivator that Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng's uncle and nephew have great respect for the Manifest Cultivator and respect the words of the Manifest Cultivator as a holy decree. Monk Xian continued to Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng:
"Spiritual officials, spiritual platforms, cultivation is important, but our food, clothing, shelter and transportation all come from the people of the world, and we monks should not only have compassion in mind, but also think about the kindness of our parents like us!" After listening to the words of the elder cultivator, Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng immediately obeyed the order, followed Zhang Jiling down the mountain, and went to Chang'an to pray for the blessings of the victims, and to see a doctor for the victims by the way. And the cultivator looked at the backs of Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng, and said with a smile:
"Senior Brother Qihui, what you have entrusted you, junior brother has already done." Just a few days ago, Daoist Xian received a letter from Daoist Qihui, the national master of Louguan, which read:
"Senior Brother Xianxiu, according to reliable sources, Your Majesty is very appreciative of the Lingtu Lingguan Xie Yingdeng, but the Lingtu is very arrogant and unwilling to fight many times, and now Li Tang is very dependent on Taoism, but don't forget, now the saints are very interested in Buddhism and Taoism, and they don't support it, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to send close disciples into the officialdom and stay by Your Majesty's side, so as to influence Your Majesty, drive out the heresy of Buddhism from Middle Earth, and return me to the Central Plains Orthodox Church to return home." After reading the letter, Daoist Xian also agreed with Daoist Qihui's opinion very much, so he secretly agreed to facilitate this matter. It had been several months since the Turks had plundered Guanzhong and left. Through a series of governance and rectification, Guanzhong slowly recovered some vitality, mainly because in addition to the Guanlong clan, the clans in Jiangnan and Qilu in order to pat Li Jiancheng's sycophants, immediately after getting the news, they also began to give soup porridge and rice in the Guanzhong area, and the Guanlong clan also saw the pressure of the foreign clans, and immediately took out their family funds and set up a porridge shed to donate rice porridge. Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng's uncle and nephew also came to the porridge shed set up by the Zhang family in Guanzhong in Jiangnan to give medicine to the refugees who came to receive porridge and rice.
"Ahh Thank you, Chief! β
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! Saving lives and helping the wounded is our duty as a monk. Zhang Jiling is responsible for giving rice porridge to the victims, and Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng's uncle and nephew are responsible for treating the victims. When Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng were treating the victims, suddenly, the crowd surged:
"It's Your Majesty, Your Majesty is out on patrol! Let's go and see it! β
"Ahh Your Majesty, go! Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng smiled when they saw that the people were so excited:
"Yingden! It is a blessing for a monarch to be able to get such love from the people! Xie Yingden did not speak. Continue to see an old woman. At this time, the old woman's son rushed over:
"Mother, hurry, go to the Dharma field! Your Majesty is going to execute the criminals. Xie Yingdeng felt strange:
"This little brother, your mother's illness should not be excited!"
"Dao Chief, you don't know, this time the execution is a traitor who colluded with the Turks." When the old woman heard this, she immediately had a spirit:
"What, execute the traitor, quick, help me, I'm going, I'm going." The old woman was helped by his son to walk towards the dharma field, and the other people in the porridge shed also went with him, Zhang Jiling said to Xie Hong and Xie Yingdeng's uncle and nephew:
"Brother Xie Xian, nephew Xie Xian, let's go and have a look together!" After obtaining the consent of Xie Hong, Xie Shufang's uncle and nephew, Zhang Jiling, Xie Hong, Xie Shufang's uncle and nephew and other three people came to the crowded Dharma field together. After the supervising judge asked Li Jiancheng, he shouted loudly in the court:
"In the ninth year of my Tang Wude, the Turkic Lili Khan invaded Guanzhong, and investigated Niu Ergou, Wu Qianqiu, Dongzichang and others in Huayin County, colluded with the Turks for a long time, bullied the township, provided long-term smuggling of grain and materials for the Turks, and funded the Turks to invade our Central Plains. Your Majesty, Niu Ergou, Wu Qianqiu, Dong Zichang and others have already experienced the right body, please Your Majesty immediately issue an order to behead Niu Ergou, Wu Qianqiu, Dong Zichang and others to show the public, so as to shock the hearts of the people! The people around him heard it and shouted:
"Kill him, kill them!" Li Jiancheng looked at the sun in the sky and said to the judge:
"Is it noon now?"
"Your Majesty, it's noon." In ancient times, the execution of prisoners must be at noon, so that the yang energy is the heaviest, and there is no fear of ghosts and ghosts. Li Jiancheng drew out the law lot in front of him and was about to throw it out, and the executioner on the execution ground also looked at Li Jiancheng and was about to carry out the execution, when a death row prisoner kneeling on the execution ground suddenly cried, and Li Jiancheng felt strange:
"Hey! What are you crying about? β
"Your Majesty, the villain deserves it, and it is the villain's retribution to kill or chop it, but the villain is just crying for his mother and wants to see his mother again before he dies! Mother! The kid just wants to see you one last time! However, the child can't fulfill his wishes! The judge shouted to the weeping man:
"Bastard, you are innocent, and now you still want to see the old lady, hurry up and get on the road to peace of mind! Your Majesty, please order the execution as soon as possible! Li Jiancheng stopped the judge's words!
"I ask you? Do you really want to meet your wife? β
"Your Majesty, the sinners deserve it, but the sinners only want to see their old lady for the last time! She is more than eighty years old, and she just wants to see her one last time! Li Jiancheng asked the other condemned prisoners:
"Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" The other condemned prisoners glanced at each other:
"Your Majesty! I also want to go home to see my old father! β
"Your Majesty! The minister wants to see the youngest son in the family for the last time! Li Jiancheng thought for a moment:
"Filial piety in the world, licking the calf, I am gracious, I can remove the shackles and give you two days to ......"
"Your Majesty, by no means! These people are all court felons and should be executed immediately. β
"No need, I have fulfilled their filial piety in the world, licking the calf, two days later, I am still waiting for you here, if you don't come, destroy the nine clans!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness! β