When Master Sanzang walked into the dormitory, Empress Zheng Wanzhen led all the princes and princesses to say goodbye.

"Your Majesty, the concubine took all the sisters and children and left first." Li Jiancheng nodded, but stopped Li Chengdao and Li Chenglu.

"Zitong, you let Chengdao and Chenglu stay, I have something to discuss with the mage, Chengdao and Chenglu." After Empress Zheng Wanzhen and all the concubines, princes, and princesses stepped down, Li Jiancheng instructed Li Chengdao, King of Zhao, and Li Chenglu, King of Hengshan:

"Inherit the road, inherit the land!"

"Father! The son is here! ”

"Master Sanzang's Buddhism is profound, and I admire it very much, but in order to prevent criticism from hundreds of officials, I want you two to worship under the master, I don't know if the master looks at my two unsuccessful sons......"

"Ahh Your Majesty, this ...... How to bear this! "Master Sanzang was flattered - it was so shocking, although Master Sanzang was in Buddhism, but, for the folk rumors, Master Sanzang also heard of it, His Royal Highness King Zhao, His Majesty's eldest son, although not a descendant, but in the folk reputation is quite high, and now the people are everywhere to praise the visit to Jiangnan, in one fell swoop seized the Jiangnan enclosure case. caused a huge shock to the imperial court, and achieved a story of a happy marriage. Moreover, folk legend has it that His Royal Highness King Zhao is His Majesty's candidate for the crown prince. Also, His Royal Highness Li Chenglu, King of Hengshan, born to the queen's mother, is the son of today's saint, although among the people, the limelight of this prince is not as fierce as His Royal Highness King Zhao, but the emperor's thoughts, who can guess clearly, now, an eldest son, a sister-in-law have become their own disciples. It is also a kind of help for his status in Buddhism. Since Master Sanzang untied the 'iron chain' in his heart, the heart of fame and fortune grew like a weed, growing up like a wild grass, and he immediately sat down seriously, waiting for Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao, and Li Chenglu, the king of Hengshan, to bow to him. Li Chenglu, the king of Hengshan, didn't care, and immediately knelt in front of Master Sanzang, but Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao, hesitated. Stand there all the time. Li Jiancheng saw Li Chengdao's movements and coughed:

"Nibble!" Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao, found that he was a little out of shape, and immediately knelt in front of Master Sanzang, and respectfully saluted Master Sanzang:

"The teacher is on top, please bow to the students!"

"Ahh Hurry up, hurry up! Master Sanzang hurriedly pulled up the two royal highnesses.

"Master, now that my two sons have become disciples of the Master, I hope the Master will give my two sons the Dharma name." Master Sanzang pondered.

"Your Majesty, there is cause and effect in the world, and besides, in the next generation of poor monks, how about defending cause and effect in the name of debate?"

"Good! Good! Inheriting the Tao and inheriting the land, your Dharma name in the Buddha Gate in the future will be called the debate of cause and effect. When Master Sanzang left, Li Jiancheng asked Li Chengdao:

"Chengdao, I seem to be a little unhappy to see you first!" When Li Chengdao heard his father ask him like this, he felt that his father must be a little unhappy. There was some panic in my heart.

"Father, I ......" Li Chengdao did not have the right words to answer for the time being, Leng was on the spot, and Li Chenglu, the king of Hengshan, immediately helped Li Chengdao to relieve the siege:

"Father Qi Xuan, since the founding of Gaozu, respecting Lao Tzu as the ancestor, Taoism is already the state religion, as the prince of Li Tang, in the Buddhist family, I am afraid that the courtiers will be criticized." The more Li Chenglu spoke, the quieter his voice became, and he slowly stopped talking. Li Jiancheng looked at Li Chengdao:

"Acceptance! Do you have any scruples? Lee Seung-do shook his head, but Lee Seung-do's look betrayed him. Li Jiancheng said in his heart - Li Chengdao is still relatively speaking, a little worse than the climate. Li Jiancheng shook off the little doubt in his heart and said to Li Chengdao and Li Chenglu:

"You remember, religious beliefs and all divine rights are centered on the imperial power, and everything in the world is owned by the royal family and me!" Lee Seung-do and Lee Seung-lu replied to Lee Jiancheng:

"Father's teachings, sons and daughters remember!" Li Jiancheng did not pursue further.

"Chengdao, Chenglu, I have brought you here today, in addition to letting you apprentice, there are a few things I want to discuss with you."

"Father, please speak!" Li Jiancheng preached to Li Chengdao and Li Chenglu:

"Chengdao, Chenglu, do you know why your concubines and the side concubines who are going to be officially canonized by the imperial court are from families?" Lee Seung-do and Lee Seung-lu glanced at each other. They all saw the answer in each other's eyes. Since the period of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty, he canonized the son and nephew of the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun, the ten marquis and five great horses of the Wang family, Wang Mang usurped the throne. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many young emperors in power, and many queen mothers listened to the government, and the imperial power declined. Relatives, eunuchs, and warlords competed with each other for power and profit, which caused local powerful monopoly forces to form the foundation of gate valves. In the Wei and Jin dynasties, Cao Pi and Sima Yan continued to strengthen the Jiupin Zhongzheng system in order to consolidate their imperial power. After Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty entered the Central Plains, in order to consolidate the Central Plains and prevent the story of the former Qin from happening (the former Qin did not deal with the relationship between the various ethnic groups, so that the defeat of the Battle of Weishui), bet to promote the talents of the upper class of the northern clan, and grant official titles, coupled with the continuous change of dynasty in the north, from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and then to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but for hundreds of years, the family has not declined for hundreds of years, and there are constantly princes and princes, and even, every time the imperial power changes, Either there is a big family behind the push, or the new person in power, after taking the throne, he continues to add officials to the big family. This makes these people more and more influential. Coupled with the continuous marriages between the major families, they slowly improved their horizons, and even the emperor did not put it in his eyes, there was such a joke in the Southern Dynasty, the uncle of Liu Yu, the founding emperor of Liu Song in the Southern Dynasty, because Liu Yu became the emperor. Thinking of his original master, Langya Wang's children, Liu Yu persuaded him not to go, but Liu Yu's uncle disagreed, and when Liu Yu's uncle came to the door of Langya Wang's family, he directly said that Uncle Guo was visiting. However, after the head of the Langya Wang family read the name of the uncle of the country, he said to the porter:

"Why did this uncle tell the person at the door with the same name as one of my original grooms, and say that I was not available!" Liu Yu's uncle made a self-deprecation and was not interesting. After Liu Yu found out, he had nothing to do. This incident has become a joke all over the world, and it is also an eternal pain in the hearts of emperors of all dynasties. And that hasn't completely changed. Even Li Tang's founding hero has a high opinion of the family. Cheng Yanjin was widowed, and Li Jiancheng wanted to personally appoint a clan woman as Cheng Yanjin's new wife in order to win over and appease people's hearts, but Cheng Yanjin directly said that he had married the Qinghe Cui family. Li Jiancheng didn't say anything on the surface, but he didn't feel very comfortable in his heart. Wang Gui used to be the emperor's teacher, his son was an adult, not yet married, Li Jiancheng made a matchmaker, and assigned his adopted daughter, the orphan daughter of Yong King Li Xiaoji, Princess Nanping to Wang Gui's son, Princess Tang Chu married, not to meet her in-laws. After Princess Nanping married Wang Jue's son, Wang Jue said: "Now the emperor is Shengming, and his behavior follows the etiquette system. I accepted the princess's visit, not for my own glory, but to show the virtues of the court. He and his wife sat upright on top of him and let the princess bow. This matter spread to the people, and they all said that Wang Gui was demonstrating the virtues of the royal family, but in fact, Li Jiancheng knew in his heart that Wang Gui was dissatisfied with Li Jiancheng's weakening of the power and influence of the family. In order to express the resentment in his heart, Li Jiancheng walked into the National History Museum, hoping to find a book to read, and just saw the "Clan Chronicles" compiled by Li Jiancheng in the first year of Yongshuo, hoping to break the previous tradition of using the county surname as the difference in the family rank and consolidate the imperial power. However, when he saw the beginning of "Clan Chronicles", Li Jiancheng angrily threw "Clan Chronicles" on the ground. It turned out that the "Chronicles of the Clans" still listed Cui Mingan of the Shandong Shi clan as the first class. After Li Jiancheng saw it, he was very dissatisfied. Therefore, Li Jiancheng decided to revise the "Chronicles of the Clan" from the new. When Li Jiancheng said his intentions, his eyes looked at his two sons. Li Chengdao and Li Chenglu immediately puffed out their chests towards Li Jiancheng.

"Father, please instruct, the sons are willing to go to the soup for their father, and they will not give up! I just don't know how my father wants to modify it? Li Jiancheng pointed out:

"The Shandong Shi clan has been declining for generations, and they have no crown, and they rely on marriage to get rich, and they don't understand what is important in the world? The most important thing is that these people have no merit for me Li Tang to establish! Ranked first, I was not happy. Moreover, even Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others hoped to marry the Shandong family. Therefore, I decided that this new "Chronicles of the Clans" will take the royal family as the first rank, and in addition, the royal family will be the center, surrounded by meritorious heroes, and the court officials will be ranked. However, this is an offending thing, and it is not easy to do! Lee Seung-do and Lee Seung-lu glanced at each other. said to Li Jiancheng in unison:

"The sons are willing to share their father's worries." Li Jiancheng was very happy to see Li Chengdao and Li Chenglu's reactions - it's really a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers! However, there is another sentence that is right, father and son soldiers on the battlefield.

"Chengdao, Chenglu, you can do this, my father is very happy, but in this matter, one person is enough. Admit it, I decided that you should do it! You have to do it well! Don't let me down. Li Chengdao immediately accepted the order excitedly. Li Chenglu seemed to be a little disappointed, and Li Jiancheng patted Li Chenglu on the shoulder:

"Chenglu, don't be disappointed, there are many affairs in the imperial court, haven't you always wanted to write a book about our Li Tang mountains and rivers? In particular, the geographical details of the western regions of the desert. I have prepared for you, and Master Sanzang has left a book of "Journey to the West", which describes a lot of countries, geographical environments and folk customs of Master Sanzang all the way from Chang'an to Tianzhu. You sorted them out, and you also had the idea of setting up troops in Liaodong and Mobei. It's all sorted out into a book. ”

"Yes! Father! Thank you for your attention. In fact, Li Jiancheng asked Li Chengdao to repair the "Chronicles of the Clan" also has his own ideas, Li Chengdao's mother is a princess of the previous dynasty, so Li Chengdao has the blood of the emperors of the two dynasties. For those clans, it is a deterrent in itself. Although Li Chenglu's mother is the queen and is also a family, Zheng Yuanxiu is only a low-level official of the former Sui, and the Rongyang Zheng family has experienced too many blows, and the momentum does not have to be in the past. The most important thing is that many clans still have expectations for Lee Seung-do, hoping that Lee Seung-do can restore their privileges from the new. Li Jiancheng only used this way to frustrate the mind of the world, which was also another test for Li Chengdao.