The Great Solemn Temple was built in the third year of Sui Renshou (603 years), which was established by Emperor Wen of Sui for Queen Dugu Xian, and was originally named "Zen Temple". Emperor Wen of Sui advocated Buddhism, and his queen Dugu came from the Xianbei clan, and Emperor Wen respected him very much and let her participate in court politics, which was called "two sages" in the palace. Empress Dugu died in the second year of Renshou (602), and the following year she posthumously recommended Yin Fu and built a temple.

The Great Solemn Temple is located in the southwest corner of Chang'an City. The temple is large-scale, occupying the eastern half of Yongyangfang, and later the eastern half of Pingfang, which is adjacent to the north of Yongyangfang, was also assigned to the temple, with a total area of 60 hectares. Yu Wenkai, who presided over the construction of Daxing City, "has Kunming Pond in the west of the capital, and the terrain is slight, and it is played in this wooden floating map." Three hundred and thirty feet, one hundred and twenty steps around. ”

In the third year of the Sui Dynasty (607), Emperor Yang established the temple for Emperor Wen and called the Great Zending Temple, which occupied the western half of Yongyangfang and the Heping Fang. The scale of the temple is exactly the same as that of the Zen Temple in the east, and there are also wooden floating maps, and the height is comparable to it. In the first year of the early Tang Dynasty (618), because Emperor Wen of Sui had legislated the name of the law, called "Zongzhi", and called Queen Dugu "solemn", so the two temples were renamed "Dazong Temple" and "Da Zhuangzhuang Temple".

Today, Li Hong is the first time to come to the Great Solemn Temple, and he was shocked by the momentum of the Grand Solemn Temple with its large scale and brilliant architecture.

How much does it cost to build such a temple, and how much time does it take to build such a large and splendid temple? Buddhism has always said that it is not greedy, there is no **, there is no vulgar thoughts, and the Buddhist temple can be built so magnificently, how much does it cost?

Li Hong couldn't help but sneer in his heart, with the scale of the Great Solemn Temple, it is estimated that the silver money stored in the treasury of the temple is also amazing!

However, he didn't have the idea of arguing with the family of the Great Solemn Temple, because with the current status of the Great Solemn Temple, he could not move, even if Gaozong wanted to move the Great Solemn Temple, he had to have full evidence.

Just when Li Hong was thinking about it, a large number of senior monks, such as the presiding monk of the Nine Rings of the Great Solemn Temple, and the monk of the Nine Tribulations, walked quickly in front of him and bowed to him.

"No need to be polite, I came to the Great Solemn Temple today to let the Jiujie host fulfill his promise." Li Hong said lightly. He had said to the dog and the tiger before that he would send a group of monks with advanced Buddhism to Fusang, but now the monks of the Nine Tribulations colluded with Liu Ju traitors, and the Buddhist leader Dacien Temple contacted the monks of the Nine Tribulations, which had to force Li Hong to send his own plan in advance.

When the monks heard Li Hong say this, their faces became ugly.

After all, the disciples who had worked so hard to cultivate in their own monastery were given away like this, and they were also sent to Fusang, which was difficult for anyone to accept.

"What? Could it be that the host of the Nine Rings wants to lose his words? Li Hong asked coldly, his eyes were full of murderous intentions, if the Jiujie monk repented, he wouldn't mind killing a few people here, he couldn't do it if he wanted to seal the Great Solemn Temple, but there was no problem if he wanted to kill a few people here.

Of course, Li Hong still has a lot of respect in his heart for the nine precepts of the Great Solemn Temple, but respect is respect, what should be done Li Hong will still do, this is a matter of principle.

"This, Your Highness, you are too worried. If the monks don't speak, how can they not believe in their words? The monk of Jiujie hurriedly said, "Your Highness comes out of the Great Solemn Temple, or please go to the apse to rest, drink a cup of tea, and then we will punish the monk who knows the guest, what do you think?" ”

Zhike monks are people who are specially responsible for receiving guests in the temple.

"No, let's start now." Li Hong said that his time was limited, he didn't want to stay here for too long, and besides, he didn't adapt to the environment here, and the Buddha's qi was too heavy, which had a great impact on his Taoist luck.

"You-" Seeing Li Hong's tough attitude, the Nine Tribulations Monk was about to speak, but was stopped by the Nine Rings Monk with his eyes.

Li Hong saw that if there was no monk of the Nine Commandments, the monks of the Nine Tribulations would dare to contradict him in front of so many people, he was very angry in his heart, but he did not show it on his face, since the monk of the Nine Tribulations was so ignorant, he was not willing to waste time on this person anymore, he would not be in Yu Linwei's edict, with Zhou Xing's ability, he would not let the Nine Tribulations speak.

"Your Highness's time is precious, just now the old man was not thoughtful, and I ask Your Highness to atone for your sins." The monk of the Nine Precepts said humbly, "Your Highness, please go to the precept hall in the backyard hall, and the precept hall of our Da Zhuangyan Temple will deal with the guest monks and give a satisfactory explanation to His Highness." ”

Li Hong nodded slightly, and followed the monk of the Nine Rings to the precept hall of the Great Solemn Temple.

The precept hall was already full of the high-rise of the Great Solemn Temple, and everyone saluted Li Hong together, Li Hong returned the salute slightly, and he was invited to the main seat by the monk of the Nine Rings. When Li Hong sat down, he saw several monks escorting a haggard monk forty miles away into the precept hall.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, he is the monk of the temple, all the reception tasks of the temple are under his management, and he also personally admitted that he hid Liu Ju's traitors in the Great Solemn Temple." The Jiujie monk said, seeing that Li Hong was silent, he moved his gaze to Fang Neng and shouted loudly, "Fang Neng, don't you tell Your Highness how you hid the traitor." ”

was shouted by the Jiujie monk, only then did he wake up, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and told Li Hong about the process of hiding the traitor.

"No need, let's carry it out!" Li Hong said lightly. He is not a fool, how can he not see that this is the Great Solemn Temple acting, and he is looking for a scapegoat. However, he had already made an agreement with the Great Solemn Temple before, and now he will no longer pursue this matter. Besides, he already knew who the Great Solemn Temple really hid Liu Ju's traitors, so he didn't bother to listen to the show of the Great Solemn Temple anymore.

"Fang Neng, hiding traitors privately..."The nine-precept monk glanced at the first seat of the precept hall, and the first seat of the precept hall began to pronounce the verdict of Fang Neng's crime, Li Hong didn't bother to listen to what they were saying, but thought about his own affairs in his heart, and only after half a ring, he heard that the first seat of the precept hall sentenced Fang Neng to death, and only then did he not defend himself, he did not cry, and was escorted down by two monks.

"Is Your Highness satisfied with this disposition?" The nine-ring monk asked.

"Okay." Li Hong said lightly, "Let's start choosing monks now." ”

"All the 2,000 monks of this temple are waiting in the square of the front hall, and I also ask His Royal Highness to go to the front hall with the old man." The nine-ring monk got up and said.

Li Hong nodded, and followed the Jiujie monk to the front hall.

On the square of the front hall, 2,000 monks sit on the ground and silently recite Buddhist scriptures, and the scene is very grand.

When Li Hong arrived at the square of the front hall, the monk of the Nine Rings said, "All the 2,000 monks of this temple are here, and I ask Your Highness to select them." ”

In fact, there are more than 2,000 monks in the Great Solemn Temple, and the total number of people in the whole temple has reached 3,000, just because Datang does not have a special organization to manage Buddhism and Taoism, so how many monks there are in the Great Solemn Temple, only the Great Solemn Temple itself has the final say.

Li Hong is very concerned about this, because if he wants to preach Buddhism in Fusang, he can't do it without great perseverance, so as not to be attacked by the wine and meat of the Fusang people, and there are too many senior sisters, and he doesn't dare to send them to Fusang if he knows too much, for fear that they will spread the useful knowledge of the Tang Dynasty to the Fusang people.

Therefore, Li Hong's condition was simple, that is, the monks sent to Fusang were illiterate and very proficient in Buddhism. So that there were only 1,300 people left for him to choose from. Of these 1,300 people, only 800 are left in grades between 30 and 50. In addition, Li Hong still had many requirements for this, and it took three full hours to finally select the five hundred people in front of him.

In addition to being proficient in Buddhism, these 500 people are also very determined, but more importantly, they have no contention, they don't have too many distractions, and they can't do anything but be proficient in Buddhism.

This is in line with the requirements that Li Hong gave to the monks of the Fuso people.

"Dogs, sheep and tigers." Li Hong suddenly shouted.

"The minister is here." Suddenly, in the middle of the crowd, the dog and the tiger shouted, walked quickly in front of Li Hong, and said respectfully, "I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking for?" ”

He had just been summoned to the Great Solemn Temple by Li Hong.

"Gu selected 500 monks for you Fusang today to promote the Dharma, but before we said that there were 300 people, you can choose 300 people from these 500 people." Li Hong said.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Dog Yang Hu said excitedly.

"By the way, the personnel this time are all from the Great Solemn Temple, don't treat them badly." Li Hong said, "When you go to Fusang, give them the best treatment, otherwise don't blame you for being alone." ”

"This Weichen knows, please rest assured Your Highness." Dog Yanghu nodded hurriedly, and when he saw Li Hong's signal, he was impatient to choose someone.

"Your Highness, is it really good for you to do this?" Just after the dog, sheep and tiger left happily, the Jiujie monk spoke, before he thought that Li Hong was taking revenge on their Great Solemn Temple to do this, but through today's selection, he knew that the prince in front of him did this, in fact, there was another deep meaning.

"The Fuso people kill too heavily and have too strong murderous intentions, and only Buddhism can dissolve their desire for blood." Li Hong said lightly, "Lone is doing this, not only to help them, but also to help Datang." ”

"How does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that the Fusang people are too murderous and too heavy to kill?" The nine-ring monk asked.

"The spread of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty has reached the extreme, and now Fusang is very reverent in Buddhism, doesn't the host of the Nine Precepts want to spread and promote Buddhism in Fusang?" Li Hong asked rhetorically, "Besides, compared with the current Tang Dynasty, in fact, Fusang needs more Buddhist baptism. ”

Seeing that the Jiujie monk didn't speak, Li Hong continued, "If the Jiujie host agrees with Lone, then choose another host for them according to the conditions of Lone's selection just now, this group of people must have someone to take care of them when they go to Fusang." ”

After saying that, he strode away from the Great Solemn Temple.