Chapter 245: The War on Salt (7)
Muhammad Azibn and Caliph Morikud received Li Yuan's order to go to Tsowenb to buy green salt, and Muhammad Azubn and Caliph Morikud felt in their heartsββ' I didn't think I could be a minister of the Qin Mission', in order to show his importance to them, Li Jiancheng personally sent them, on the street leading to the west gate of Chang'an, the people of Chang'an ran to both sides of the street to watch, Chang'an spread the praise of this Li Jiancheng to get the guidance of Taishang Laojun, the astringent green salt into delicious snow salt, and Taishang Laojun personally pointed out, creating a delicious snow sugar thing, now Li Jiancheng is no different from the gods:
"Look! That's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of my dynasty, you see! How young and handsome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is! If only I could marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. A young in the crowd looked like a and a companion next to her looked disdainful:
"Forget it! As for you, you don't look at what you look like, you haven't grown up yet, your chest is not as big as mine, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I'm here. β
"Huh! What do you know? If you marry His Royal Highness the Prince, I am worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be suffocated by you! β
"You talk nonsense!" As he spoke, there was a battle of words, and then he started to move. A few old scholars and scholars dressed up next to them ignored the girls' discussions.
"You have to remember, if you want to be noble in front of people, you must work hard, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as a royal noble, everything should be the first, and his Wentao political strategy, well-known in the court and the public, "Huaxia", "Lime" and other hand-me-down works are all of the highest quality, and the most important character of His Royal Highness the Prince is not close to women, except for the two princes Zheng Niangniang and the former princess Yang Niangniang, who has never accepted the side concubine, you should study hard as a child of the family, you must know that the higher the status, the greater the responsibility. The pink boudoir is a hero's mound. Don't waste your youth. β
"Yes! Teachers teach, students remember! The military general in charge of maintaining law and order also said to his men:
"You remember to labor and management, we warriors, we must take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as a model, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pacified the Turks together with Yu Qingze, the former general of the Sui Dynasty at that time, when he was young, you must be the same as His Royal Highness the Prince. He has made great achievements on the battlefield, and he deserves the title of athlete. Did you hear that? β
"Yes! Checkmate! I'll do it! "Monks, nuns, Taoist priests, and Taoist aunts saw Li Jiancheng.
"Amitabha! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was favored by the Buddha and exerted supreme magic power for the benefit of the world. β
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was taught by the Holy Emperor of my ancestor to make snow salt and snow sugar, what does it have to do with your Buddhism? β
"Amitabha! The world's cultivation is one, besides, Buddhism is boundless, at the beginning, your two Venerables of Wutai Mountain, Manjushri and Fuxian, have not become the two Bodhisattvas of Manjushri and Fuxian under my Buddha seat, and the eighteen predecessors of your religion, have not also become the eighteen ancient Buddhas in my Buddhism? There is also the Cihang Taoist of your religion, and the people of your religion have also become the Guanyin Bodhisattva of our religion (Guanyin Bodhisattva was simplified to Guanyin Bodhisattva because after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne as Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid secrecy, he changed it to Guanyin. And the original Taoist Cihang Taoist was a man, to Buddhism became a woman, there are also records that there is such a story in the original Buddhist scriptures, Buddhism such as the Buddha's predecessor Brahma was originally a heavenly rakshasa, born violent, after Guanyin Bodhisattva turned into a female and Brahma married, and then created all things in the world. According to the historical religious Xue family research, this Buddhist scripture is the original worship of the Taoist disciples of Cihang when they just became monks, the story made up with resentment, but there are also historians who discuss that it is precisely because the foreign Buddhist culture is integrated into the teachings of Taoism in the Central Plains that the Chinese Buddhist culture is not as erosive as the Indian and Tibetan Buddhist culture, forming a unique Buddhist culture in the Central Plains, human skin as a sacrifice), this is not because I teach the boundless Dharma, so that the sages of your sect took refuge in my Buddha. As he spoke, the monk's face was full of satisfaction and pride:
"What nonsense! If it weren't for your use of trickery to win over us, how could there be any story of Manjushri, Puxian Bodhisattva and the Eight Ancient Buddhas. It's clearly looking for a fight! In order to support Buddhism, the Hu rulers launched a debate on Buddhism and Taoism in one of the birthplaces of Taoism, Wutai Mountain, and as a result, neither of the first Buddhist and Taoist disciples could not convince each other, and then the Hu rulers came up with a solution, that is, let the disciples of Buddhism and Taoism take out their own scriptures and burn them for profit, and those who do not burn will win. According to the agreement, thousands of Taoist priests and Taoists in Wutai Mountain were all ordained as monks and nuns, all Taoist temples were changed into monasteries and nunnery, and the enshrined Manjushri Taoist, Fuxian Taoist, and Cihang Taoist became Manjushri Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and eighteen Taoist sages became eighteen ancient Buddhas, and the bones of eighteen Taoist sages after cremation also became relics in the mouth of Buddhists. The first Taoist disciples who participated in the debate, as well as the hosts of various Taoist temples on Wutai Mountain, were unwilling to accept the shaving, and all of them set themselves on fire and died. This incident is a great shame for the Taoists, and it is also the scar that the Taoist disciples are most reluctant to mention, and with the passage of time, this incident has made the Taoists feel that it is a hoax. As soon as the monk said this, the Taoist disciples were already furious. Directly greeted the monks and nuns beside him with his fists and feet. The scene began to be chaotic, but Li Jiancheng and the others couldn't hear it far away. When he arrived at Simon, Li Jiancheng said to Muhammad al-Azubn and Caliph Morikud with a glass of wine on the island:
"Two, there is a saying in our original generation, which is called sending you a thousand miles, and there will be a farewell, and the palace will be sent here today. With this glass of wine, it is practiced for the two of them. Take care! I wish you both success in this trip! In addition, if you encounter danger, salt does not matter, the important thing is that the person is okay. "Muhammad Aziben and Caliph Morikud didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to care so much about themselves, and they expressed their loyalty in front of Li Jiancheng again - Mohammed Aziben and Caliph Molikud also served a glass of wine:
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the two of us have sworn that we will be your servants in this life, and we will never violate the salt, thank you for your favor. We're leaving, take care, Your Highness the Prince! As Muhammad Aziben and Caliph Morikud were gone, Li Jiancheng also turned back.
After Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji returned to the Qin palace from Yulin, the eldest grandson Wuji arranged for the people who stayed in Chang'an to report to Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji what had happened in Chang'an these days:
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Lord Changsun, in accordance with your orders, closely monitor everything in Chang'an City, and now all kinds of people in Chang'an City are all praising His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Prince's prestige is in full swing...... Li Shimin waved his hand:
"There is no need to say anything about this, the king just wants to know how many ministers and clans are assisting in the king's donation plan. Also, how much money has been raised so far? β
"Yes! His Royal Highness the King of Qin, up to now, there have been a total of 23 people who have sent money to the Qin Palace, and the total amount of money received is 43,768 taels of silver, 430 taels of gold, and 50,000 taels of copper coins of various colors. With that, he stopped.
"What? Nope. Li Shimin angrily snatched the account book and looked at it, in addition to the eldest grandson Shunde sent 300 taels of gold, the king of Hejian sent 100 gold cars and 10,000 taels of silver. Liu Hongji, Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan, Duan Zhixuan, and Sheng Yanshi did not send 20,000 taels of silver, and the others only sent a few hundred taels, and the highest was only 800 taels. Li Shimin angrily threw the account book to the ground:
"Humph! A few hundred taels! These bastards! It's called Hanako! The eldest grandson Wuji stepped forward and persuaded:
"Your Highness! You must not be angry, be careful of getting angry, these people can't complain about them, most of them are side sons of the family, and they can't inherit any family business. Being able to send it over can be regarded as giving face. β
"Humph! The virtue of this group of princes and families is not known to the king, but he is afraid of blatantly rejecting the king, and when the time comes, he will find them to settle accounts with them after he succeeds in winning the heir, but he is afraid that he will give too much, and my prince brother is not easy to explain. Auxiliary machine, this king has been thinking about a question these days, if this king wants to succeed in winning the heir, only in the future can recruit more poor children and people from reckless backgrounds in the rivers and lakes is the most reliable. β
"Your Highness is very right."
Muhammad al-Zibin and Caliph Morikud traveled all the way through the territory of the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks, Tuyuhun, to the shore of Lake Tsowenb:
"Ahh Welcome to guests from afar. β
"Sanjay's name is Daddy Gasang, and here we go again. Don't you remember us? β
"Ahh I remember, your name is Muhammad Azpur Benmath, and your name is Caliph Morikud. Welcome, welcome! Let's get inside the tent! After inviting the caliphs Morikud and Muhammad al-Azubn into the tent, Muhammad al-Azubn and the caliph al-Molikhud explained their intentions:
"Sanjie Tuo's name is Daddy Gasang, we came here to buy green salt at the behest of the Tang Emperor."
"Ahh It doesn't matter what the emperor is, as long as the price is right, we will give as much as you want. "Caliph Morikud and Muhammad Pur Bunder negotiated a deal, turned back and walked towards Chang'an, along the way, the checkpoints along the way from Tsowenb to the Turks went very smoothly, no one checked and seized, Muhammad Azpur and Caliph Mori Kud were very happy because of the smooth sale of this deal:
"Caliph Morikud, my friend, Allah willing, our trip went well! A few days away is the land of Datang. When the time comes, I will go to the Qin Yuanlou, the largest Qinglou in Chang'an, to get drunk, sleep for three days and three nights, and have a good time. β
"I said Mohammed Azi, don't take it too lightly, you must know that there is Shihu Ridge in front, and after Shihu Ridge is Li Tang's territory."
"Forget it! My friend, you are so careful, it seems that I will prescribe you a meat dish when I arrive in Chang'an, so that you can also taste the delicious taste of the Central Plains. Muhammad Azi mocked the caliph Morikud with a sinister smile.
"Forget it! My friend, Allah has warned us that if it is not for the procreation of offspring, everything else is sin! β
"Oh! I forgot, you caliph Morikud is a puritan! May Allah forgive me for my sins. Just when Muhammad Aziben was facing Allah with false affection, next to the side slope of the Lion Tiger Ridge, a group of people were hiding there waiting for them, and on the hillside, a sentry saw the camel caravan of Muhammad Aziben and Caliph Morikud, and whistled directly:
"Shh
"Everyone get ready, cover your face, the Great Khan has an order, except for the two people from the Western Regions in the portrait, the rest of the people will be killed for me, be sharp." Plumes of smoke and dust rolled up on the grass because of the horses' hooves.
"There are horse bandits, everyone be on guard!" Muhammad Aziben cried out in astonishment:
"Oh my God! O Allah! The devil is coming, save us! β