Chapter 885: The Truth Revealed
In the end, Li Shimin not only ordered Dali Temple to summon Ming Xuan for interrogation, but also asked Xiao Yu and others to go back to the house to reflect, after all, they were important ministers of the imperial court, but they were bewitched by a monk to oppose the decision-making of the imperial court, which made Li Shimin also have a feeling that the imperial power was violated, and it is estimated that after the interrogation is clear, Xiao Yu and his gang will definitely be punished more heavily.
For Datang, Li Shimin's will is the will of the whole country, so with his order, Dali Temple also immediately took action, and secretly had the full cooperation of Fei Nusi, which also made Dali Temple have no scruples, and followed the clue of Ming Xuan, and quickly found out other people involved in this matter.
Speaking of the Tang Dynasty, there is no human rights in this period, such as Dali Temple caught a prisoner, but it will not be like the later generations are not allowed to do it, in fact, the various yamen of the Tang Dynasty are almost all based on punishment when interrogating prisoners, even if it is an iron man, he can't resist the means in the yamen, of course, under the harsh punishment, it is easy to cause unjust, false and wrongful cases, but few people pay attention to this problem.
Although Ming Xuan is a famous monk in Chang'an, he is also a mortal, so after entering Dali Temple, he quickly revealed the truth behind this matter, in fact, it is not right to say that he is the mastermind behind the framing of Li Xiu, because this matter was not done by him alone, but by an alliance of dozens of monks in Chang'an.
According to the confession, with the establishment of the Monk Daolu Division, Buddhism has also been extremely seriously hit, especially the issuance of degrees, so that the monks do not have one out of ten, and the entire Chang'an Buddhism has almost been devastated, and many temples have been reluctantly closed because of lack of manpower.
In this case, Buddhism is naturally unwilling to be tied down, so under the running of several senior monks such as Ming Xuan, some monks secretly formed an alliance, hoping to think of a way to protect themselves, and even be able to fight back, so that the imperial court can abolish the monk and Taoist Division.
However, after discussing these people for a few days, they didn't think of any good way, so they could only absorb more Buddhist disciples and expand the strength of their own side, and at this time, Hui Ming, who had had a conflict with Li Xiu, also heard about this alliance, so he personally ran to ask to join, and also told his conflict with Li Xiu to show his determination.
It just so happened that Hui Ming met with Ming Ming that day, and after hearing that Hui Ming had gone to find Li Xiu and was driven away by the other party, his mind suddenly flashed, and he thought of a way to frame Li Xiu, which caused public discussion, and then put pressure on the court through public opinion.
After thinking of the above method, Ming Jian also quickly gathered the other people in the alliance to discuss, although this method requires the sacrifice of Hui Ming, but it may change the status quo of Buddhism, so it also quickly got the support of other people, and under the discussion of everyone, a perfect plan was quickly formulated.
Originally, Ming wanted to persuade Hui Ming to take the initiative to dedicate himself to death, which would save him a lot of trouble, but he didn't expect that Hui Ming was not a person who sacrificed his life at all, and he was even more unwilling to sacrifice his life, but in the end, Hui Ming had to secretly poison him, and after poisoning Hui Ming, he dragged him to Li Xiu's door to burn his body, and then immediately discovered the power of the entire alliance to spread rumors.
Most of the monks who were able to join the alliance were well-known monks in Chang'an, and each of them had a lot of followers, so it was very convenient to spread rumors, and the fact that these rumors did not come from one place made it difficult to trace the source of the rumors.
Later, with the spread of rumors, the public opinion of the people was slowly mobilized by them, and then Ming Yi used his status as a senior monk to frequently contact Xiao Yu and others, or explicitly or implicitly encouraged them to write to the court, so there was a scene where Xiao Yu and others participated in Li Xiu and asked to abolish the monk and Taoist Division.
Obviously, their entire plan does not seem complicated, but it requires the mobilization of a large number of manpower and material resources, and even needs to rely on the connections between them and the Tang nobles, it can be said that apart from their Buddhism, there is really no force that can promote the progress of this plan, but unfortunately they made a bad move, so that Li Xiu found out that Hui Ming was burned after death, and as a result, the whole game was lost.
Of course, if Li Xiu hadn't discovered the cause of Hui Ming's death, Ming's plan might not have succeeded, but then Li Xiu was afraid that he would have to start a battle with Xiao Yu and others, and even if he won, Li Shimin would have temporarily taken a step back in order to calm public opinion, and temporarily postponed the blow to Buddhism, so that Buddhism had a chance to breathe, and Mingji, the real masterminds behind the scenes, could get away with it.
All the monks who participated in this alliance were quickly arrested, and the evil deeds they did were also announced, and the result caused a heated discussion in public opinion, after all, it was rumored that Li Xiu forced Hui Ming to death, but he didn't expect Hui Ming to be murdered to death by a group of monks, and then framed Li Xiu, it can be said that the incident was reversed all of a sudden, and this bizarre thing naturally immediately became the biggest topic of public opinion, of course, no one blamed Li Xiu this time.
According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, Ming Jian and several monks who participated in the killing of Huiming are estimated to be unable to escape death, and other monks are also involved in framing the ministers of the court and interfering in the great crime of court affairs, it is estimated that even if they do not die, they will be severely punished, even if they are monks, it is useless, for them, it is already an extrajudicial grace to be able to save a small life.
"Li Xiu, are you satisfied with the punishment of these monks?" In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin handed over a resolution to Li Xiu, and only after he read it did he ask, this resolution is the result of his final decision on the disposal of those monks after discussing with Dali Temple and the Criminal Department.
I saw that after Li Xiu finished reading this disposition of those monks in the Ming Dynasty, he showed a thoughtful expression for a while, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, is the treatment of these monks a little too heavy, they will not talk about it, and I am afraid that few of the monks who are in the army will survive in the end." ”
"These monks are so bold that they not only designed to frame you, but also wanted to interfere in the government, which is really a heinous crime, and I even want to behead everyone after the autumn, but I am worried that they have a lot of followers, and if they are all killed, I am afraid it will have a bad impact, so I spared their lives!" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said coldly, interfering in the government is to challenge his majesty, so this matter is also extremely bad in his opinion.
"Your Majesty, the minister has an idea, not to win a good name for His Majesty, but also to bring more benefits to Datang!" Li Xiu suddenly smiled mysteriously at this time.