"What, don't you invite the old man to come in and sit?" Yuan Shoucheng got down from the donkey cart, wearing a well-cut Ge sermon robe, his snow-white hair was meticulously combed, and a chic wooden hairpin was inserted diagonally into the bun, like a sharp sword pointed diagonally at the sky. The whole person stood in front of Li Kuan's mansion, the spring breeze gently lifted his clothes, looking fairy-like, there were not many wrinkles on his ruddy cheeks, and there were no age spots on the faces of ordinary old people, if it weren't for the snow-white hair that showed that he was very old, I am afraid that he would be like a middleman.

"The arrival of the National Teacher, welcome, it is really brilliant!" Li Kuan was holding his son in his arms, and he could only greet him, but Li Lizhi stepped forward to welcome the old Taoist in.

"Haha...... Princess Changle is very polite! Lao Dao turned sideways slightly, although he was also highly respected, but he still had to maintain a certain amount of courtesy in front of the royal family: "If His Royal Highness the King of Chu's mansion is just Pengshu, then what is Lao Dao's grass house?" Although he said this, he still stepped forward in a few steps and walked into Li Kuan's mansion. He came here for his own purpose, this white tiger has obviously grown sharp claws, and now you have to be careful when dealing with him.

"Second brother...... Hurry up! In the distance, Yuzhang and Gao Yang are urging again, this group of little girls is not patient at all, and they wish they could see the treasures hidden by the second brother one by one, and then everyone will divide them together. Especially the two who have already got a good thing last time, they are not conscious at all. Although the rest of the little girls didn't say it, the longing flashing in their eyes completely exposed what they were thinking. All of them are small bandits. All of them are here to fight the local tyrants and divide the land.

"The house-sister has no form, which makes the national teacher laugh!" Li Kuan was a little bright. If there were no outsiders, he would feel kind. But now in front of this old Taoist, everything seems a little sluggish, this old guy has a noble status, compared to them, he is not bad at all, and he is older, he is an elder. The performance of this group of little guys will make these already pretentious people look down on the royal family even more. This is not Li Kuan's speculation, but these Taoist monks really don't take the royal court too seriously, they pretend to be outsiders, and they are not bound by the imperial power. Therefore, the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism in Datang can be described as a cancer that is difficult to give up.

Outside Luoyang City, the Iron Tile Temple has been established, every summer, there will always be thunder bursts, as well as the White Horse Temple, Shaolin Temple, these temples have a lot of land, these people will not pay taxes, monks do not produce. They rented all the land to the people around them, and then relied on the people to plant the fields, and they picked up all the ready-made. These things are the clearest Li Er who is above the court. But there is no way. Because when Li Er was not the emperor, as a prince of the Tang Dynasty, he received the favor of Buddhism. Now what these monks are doing, he can't say anything. The same is true of Taoism relative to Buddhism. Occupy many famous mountains and rivers, and build Taoist temples on them. Then the land around these places was assumed to be theirs.

Therefore, over the years, Li Er has been secretly restraining the expansion of Buddhism and Taoism, stipulating that monks and Taoist priests need to be issued by the imperial court in order to be regarded as real outsiders, and have stipulated a lot of restrictions. But it's not good to do too much, everything has to be gradual, otherwise the two will rebound, which will make some waves in Datang, and this problem has always bothered Li Er. wants to ruthlessly remove these two tumors, but he is afraid of hurting his own vitality, but if he doesn't let it go, he can only gradually become terminally ill. Buddhism and Taoism are not engaged in production, and they are completely wasting state funds.

"Haha...... Her Royal Highness the princesses are innocent, where can they be regarded as formless? Yuan Shoucheng laughed and said, he actually took these very lightly, but both sides were afraid of each other's identity, but there were a lot more vulgar etiquette. And he also had to sigh that time is really the best weapon to change a person, the little kid who practiced boxing outside the city back then, dared to speak out and argue with himself directly, but now it has become polite.

"It's good that the national teacher doesn't mind, please!" Li Kuan walked into the door with his son in his arms, and then walked all the way to the depths of the mansion, the back house is generally not open to outsiders, unless it is a good family will let a man enter the inner house. But Yuan Shoucheng is obviously not within the scope of restrictions. This old morality is highly respected, is the head of the three major teachers of the Tang Dynasty, his character has always been noble and praised, even if it is Zhang Daoqin of the Southern Heavenly Master's Mansion, the Taoist master of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang admires it, this old Taoist priest has never married in his life, but he adopted his nephew Yuan Tiangang in the secular family to his name, and he can be regarded as a generation of Taoist masters.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this time I came to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and I have something to ask for!" Yuan Shoucheng entered Li Kuan's elegantly arranged courtyard, without superfluous wait-and-see, and bluntly stated the purpose of his trip.

"What's the matter with the National Teacher? As long as you are able to do it, you will obey it! Li Kuan replied, he couldn't just agree, because these old guys had their own plans for every move, even their eyelashes were empty, and there was no fault in being careful.

"In the near future, there will be a grand event held in Chang'an City, and I hope His Royal Highness the King of Chu can be there to watch it at that time!" Yuan Shoucheng said that the purpose of his trip was this matter, although it was just a trivial matter of inviting Li Kuan, it was enough to let Yuan Tiangang come, but this matter was really important, so he couldn't help but come in person, and if he didn't see Li Kuan agree, he really couldn't let go of his heart. Because this matter is related to the luck of the two families of Buddhism and Taoism in the next hundred years. How could they not feel that Li Er was now cutting down on the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, but although they said that they were outsiders, they still couldn't do without food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they couldn't live out of this world, if they were not careful, they would completely fall into disadvantage. Then the next hundred years will be pressed by the imperial power. This is also a secret reason why they accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, they had such a plan at the beginning, so they agreed, and they were looking for a glimmer of life, but who knew that all this was actually a bait that Li Er tied up and released them, and now the three most representative guys of their Buddhism and Taoism are all trapped in the court, and the temples and Taoist temples in all parts of the Tang Dynasty are all being hit by the power of the imperial court, and they are beyond the reach of the whip.

"What event? Unexpectedly, the National Teacher of Labor came to invite him in person! Li Kuan placed his son in a hammock in the garden, which was covered with large and cleanly processed banana leaves, and the slight cool breeze under the tree made it very comfortable to sleep on. The little guy's little hands were originally gently grasping Li Kuan's clothes, and the flesh on the small fingers was fleshy, and the small circles of flesh were like a small bracelet. Li Kuan gently broke her five tiny fingers, and then put her into the hammock, shaking slightly.

"This time, Buddhist monks from all over the Tang Dynasty and all over the Tao will gather in Chang'an to hold a grand water and land dojo, which is a rare event, and will gather all the Buddhist and Taoist masters of my Datang to pray for the Tang Dynasty!" Yuan Shoucheng said that this time they gathered here, in addition to holding a water and land dojo, they did not have the intention of compromising with the emperor, of course, whether there were other thoughts in this, Li Kuan did not know.

"Since it's to pray for the Tang Dynasty, why don't you invite more suitable people, but let this king go?" Li Kuan's voice was a little surprised, and he claimed to be this king, not me, obviously alerted, because there are three other people in Chang'an City who are more suitable now, that is, the Taishang Emperor Li Yuan, who is now working hard to create people in the Taiji Palace, the current emperor Li Er, and even His Royal Highness Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, are more suitable than him Li Kuan, why did this national teacher not invite them, but came to him.

"The Emperor Taishang has lived in the deep palace for a long time and does not want to move around, the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are busy with government affairs and have no time to separate, so I can only ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu to participate on his behalf, and the emperor is also clear about this matter, otherwise the old man will not come directly to the door like this!" Yuan Shoucheng had already prepared, and everything had been arranged.

"Really? But why did the king go? The grand meeting of Buddhism and Taoism, this king seems to be not familiar with you! Li Kuan said, but he was not idle, first calmed down his son, let her fall asleep obediently, and then asked his subordinates to bring a few large boxes, which were things he had prepared, of course, some things were not prepared, and could only be conjured out under the cover of the boxes. Talking to Yuan Shoucheng while doing things like this seems very rude. But Yuan Shoucheng didn't seem to take it to heart at all, and his face was still light. He knew that this was deliberately done by Li Kuan, the king of Chu, in order to make him feel emotionally turbulent, and even do irrational things, such as walking away directly. This is not the result he wants, so he maintains a very good self-cultivation, and if he wants to invite this prince, this is the end of it.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this is wrong, do you know that the rise and fall of the country is related to each of us, not to mention that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a prince and noble, and he should do his part!" Yuan Shoucheng did not give up at all.

"Of course, for the prosperity of the country, this king will do his best, but it is to kill the enemy on the battlefield, protect our people with the blood of the enemy, and defend our country with our lives! It's not that you recite a few verses on some land and water dojo, or sing praises of virtue, those are all false, and this king will not believe it at all! Li Kuan refused, he didn't want to make the two already worried guys even more suspicious because he agreed like this. His current position is very delicate, Li Er uses him to put pressure on Li Chengqian, but he is also on guard against him, for fear that some thoughts will rise in his heart. Li Chengqian was endlessly wary of him, and the eldest grandson Wuji regarded him as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. It's all because of the things he does from time to time. So this time when he came back, except for the first time when he entered the palace to greet Li Er, Empress Changsun and Li Yuan, he stayed at home, waiting for the thing he remembered in a trance to happen. (To be continued......)