"First of all, the prince must promise the poor monks that no matter what happens in the future, he will not send troops to the Buddhist temples in various parts of the Jiangnan to suppress the monks and nuns in the temples." Zhiqi looked at Yang Guang and said slowly.

Yang Guangyin thought that according to Pei Yun's investigation, there were still a large number of traitors in various Buddhist temples, on behalf of the original landlords to forcibly collect money and grain from the local people, and was about to open his mouth to explain the truth to Zhiqi, but he heard Zhiqi already say: "The prince wants to use the power of Buddhism to quell the riots in various places, and treat the very few lawbreakers who live in Buddhism and do evil, and the poor monks also hope to hand them over to the Buddhist temples to clean up the doors themselves, and then the government will punish them." ”

"The master is thoughtful, and Xiao Wang is only obedient to the teacher's orders."

"The second condition is that the prince needs to ensure that all the existing Buddhist monasteries in Jiangnan can receive sufficient money and food supply, so as to avoid the livelihood worries of monks and nuns. I wonder if the prince can do it? ”

Inspired by Gu Shi, Yang Guang was determined to worship Buddhism, with the help of Buddhism's own strength to resolve the crisis in front of him, and since gathering the hearts of the people in Jiangnan for a long time, he has also seriously considered how to effectively guarantee the supply of Buddhist temples in various places after the implementation of the uniform field system in various parts of Jiangnan, and has a preliminary idea in his heart. Fields are granted for cultivation and harvesting, so that Jiangnan monks and nuns can support themselves and be self-reliant. ”

"Self-reliant and self-reliant...... Hmm, the prince's method is good. Zhiqi blurted out praise.

The two were talking among the abbots about how to resolve the turmoil in the Buddhist temples in the south of the Yangtze River and solve the offering of the Buddhist temples in various places for a long time, when they suddenly saw Li Hun, who was on duty outside the door, come in to report that Pei Yun and Duan Da led the hussar battalion to catch up with Tiantai Mountain.

"Spread the words of this king, order Chongzhi and Duan Da to stay on the mountain, and the rest of the people and horses will immediately withdraw from the mountain." Yang Guang got the report and instructed Li Hun with displeasure on his face.

After Zhi Qi waited for Li Hun to take the order and leave, he seemed to remember something, so he asked Yang Guang: "In addition to the above two conditions, the poor monk still has a reluctant request, hoping that the prince can fulfill it." ”

"Since the master has promised to accept Xiao Wang as a disciple, there is no need to be so polite in front of Xiao Wang, but please command." Yang Guang replied on the donkey on the slope.

"The poor monk has a senior brother, and his Dharma name is Dujing. Senior Brother Dujing had accepted two unscrupulous apprentices in his early years, one of them was named Xiao Rushui, as far as the poor monk knew, this Xiao Rushui was currently being strictly ordered by the imperial court to arrest, and not long ago, Senior Brother Dujing said goodbye and suddenly went down the mountain. The poor monk was afraid that Senior Brother Dujing would be instigated and instigated by Xiao Rushui and do anything to oppose the imperial court, so he implored the prince to send someone to find Senior Brother Dujing as soon as possible and persuade him to return to Tiantai Temple to retreat and not to participate in secular disputes again. ”

Yang Guang had heard Li Jing say that Xiao Rushui's master was also a monk on Tiantai Mountain, at this time, although Zhi Qian did not say it explicitly, but the meaning of the words was quite begging for himself to save Dujing's life, although he was reluctant in his heart, but he had an idea, and asked Zhi Jing rhetorically: "Xiao Wang has heard Li Jing say that this Dujing master was entrusted by someone to kidnap Li Jing and the other three people and hide near Tiantai Mountain for a month, if he goes down the mountain this time, as the master expected, he is bewitched by his disciple Xiao Rushui, even if Xiao Wang sends someone to find him, And how can we persuade him to return to Tiantai Mountain? ”

Zhi Qian sighed on his back and replied, "If Senior Brother Dujing's personality and temperament are concerned, he will not easily do wrong things. But after the prince finds his whereabouts, he can send someone to inform the poor monk in time, and then the poor monk will try to persuade him to return to Tiantai Mountain. ”

Yang Guang secretly guessed that Zhijing's words were enough to show that he was not sure enough to persuade Dujing to return to Tiantai Mountain, so he continued to ask: "In the master's expectation, where will Master Dujing go?" ”

"A few days ago, according to Senior Brother Dujing, Senior Brother Duyu, who has always been good with Senior Brother Dujing, said to the poor monk that Senior Brother Dujing seems to be still angry about the escape of General Li Jing under the prince's command, and it is inferred that he may have gone down the mountain to Li Jing this time."

"This matter will be handed over to Xiao Wang, once the whereabouts of Master Dujing are discovered, Xiao Wang will send someone to inform the master as soon as possible." Yang Guang agreed to the matter verbally, but he was thinking in his heart: Is it possible that Xiao Rushui's master returned to Chang'an with Li Jing, and it is even possible to track him all the way to the outside of the gate.

Seeing that Yang Guang happily agreed to several conditions he proposed, Zhi Qi had nothing to say, so he took the initiative to hold an apprenticeship ceremony for Yang Guang three days later, officially accept Yang Guang as an apprentice, and took a legal name for Yang Guang on the spot, calling him the chief holder.

Yang Guang got Zhiqi's personal promise, he was overjoyed, and stayed in Tiantai Temple with Li Hun, Zhou Luoyu, Pei Yun and others who accompanied him that night, and waited for three days to formally worship Zhiqi as a teacher, and then held a thousand monks meeting in Tiantai Mountain, and resolved the rebellion of Buddhist temples in various parts of the Yangtze River.

That night, Pei Yun took the initiative to see Yang Guang, although he did not dare to complain directly about Yang Guang's private practice, but asked Yang Guang a question that was enough to arouse his attention: "Didn't the prince think that this trip to eastern Zhejiang went too smoothly along the way?" ”

Yang Guang looked at Pei Yun and asked, "What Chong Zhi means is that the remnants of the 'Wild Goose' led by Xiao Rushui and Zhang Zhongjian knew that this king was going to come to Tiantai Mountain to meet Master Zhiqi, but why didn't they send someone to assassinate this king halfway?" ”

"Exactly." Pei Yun nodded and replied, "Although the lower officials and Zhang Changshi found out that after the prince left from Guangling in advance, they immediately sent an order to the state and county offices along the way to strictly protect the safety of the prince and his party, but according to the previous 'wild goose's nest' had issued an assassination order against the prince, Xiao Rushui and Zhang Zhongjian should not have let go of this great opportunity, saying that they would also send people to attack and assassinate the prince, but according to what the prince just said, since Guangling set off until today, there has not even been a small thief along the way, isn't this too abnormal?" ”

Yang Guang paced back and forth in the room, thinking about the question raised by Pei Yun for a long time, and then guessed and said: "After Xiao Rushui robbed 100,000 ransoms near Jiangling, he has been under the strict orders of the imperial court, and he is tired of running for his life, and Zhang Zhongjian's last appearance was in Xuzhou, Jiangbei. ”