Chapter 4 The High Platform
Jingyun has been in the third year, and at that moment, a comet with a long tail crossed the sky, which was definitely an earth-shattering event. It's like a groundbreaking lightsaber from the gods, cutting a scar across the sky.
Although, that night there was no spectacular scene that the whole world looked up to watch, because it happened in the middle of the night; There was no immediate uproar in the world, in fact, both inside and outside the government and the opposition seemed relatively calm. However, some major events are like the extinction of the dinosaurs, which have a profound and heavy impact, but it should be a slow and long-term process, which will not shock the world immediately, but will make people realize it later.
The influence of the comet has slowly begun, and the advice of Si Tiantai officials to the emperor has spread. The first people to pay attention to it are, of course, Li Longji and his disciples. The official surnamed Jia is attached to Princess Taiping, Li Longji naturally knows it, and there are two things about Najianyì: Lijun and Abolition of the Prince. But just as some words are used, the good and bad in "so-and-so has a good bad" refers to the meaning of evil, and Jia Yingfu's Jian yì is obviously the latter, and the emperor is completely a foil.
Because of the contradiction in the distribution of power, there is also suspicion between father and son, and Li Longji's inner panic can be imagined.
At this moment, Wang Ju, the official of the East Palace, visited him and told the news given by "Zhang Daxia". Li Longji was very puzzled when he heard this, and couldn't help but say, "Did the Xue family really go to Youzhou?" β
Wang Ju said: "Someone has seen it with their own eyes, and I have found all the witnesses, and it is absolutely impossible to fake it." β
Princess Taiping is preparing for a palace rebellion? Xue Chongxun went to Youzhou to find Brother Fen, and the omen reflected should be like this...... However, Li Longji couldn't figure it out even more: Xingshì has always been very good to Taiping, why did she want to tinker with this thing?
Li Longji looked at Wang Ju and said, "You know about the disaster star, right?" β
Wang Ju nodded: "Everyone is talking about this in private, how can they not know?" Although when Xue Chongxun went to Youzhou, the celestial phenomena had not yet happened, but they did have bad intentions, and His Highness must not guard against it! β
Li Longji said worriedly: "If my father deposes my crown prince in order to avoid disasters from heaven, can Taiping still take the risk of doing those irrelevant things?" β
Wang Ju said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is concerned about chaos, but I thought that you would not be abolished as the crown prince today." β
"Oh?" Li Longji hurriedly said, "Let's hear it." β
Wang Ju said: "The peace is great, but it is because of the connivance of today, but today will not shake His Royal Highness's status as the crown prince, otherwise the court will fall into turmoil again." In contrast, Imami didn't want the world to be in turmoil, so how could he suddenly do something as big as abolishing the crown prince because of the calamity...... In other words, what great things have you done since you ascended the throne? β
The last sentence won Li Longji's heart, Li Dan's parents have passed away, the following confidant Mo Ruozi, his father's temperament Li Longji understands it, as Wang Ju said, his father Li Dan is a little timid and afraid.
Perhaps because of Wang Ju's encouragement, Li Longji felt that his self-confidence was gradually returning: the destiny of heaven is mine, and since God wants to hand over the heavy responsibility to me, it will naturally not let me finish it so quickly!
Li Longji muttered again: "Then what did Taiping want to do when he sent someone to contact Li Shouli?" β
Wang Ju said in a low voice: "I guess it's just in case, they are also afraid of His Highness, after all, you are the rightful person." What we have to do is to be vigilant, once there is an opportunity, Your Highness must take the opportunity to make a decisive decision and decisively get rid of these people, otherwise there will be endless hidden dangers. β
"The most important thing now is to see how my father will deal with the celestial phenomena......" Li Longji raised his head and looked into the distance.
β¦β¦ Indeed, since Li Dan ascended the throne, there has never been such a decision as now, and many people are expecting him to make a decision. Li Longji is looking forward to it, and Taiping is also looking forward to it. After all, he is the Son of Heaven sitting on the throne, and Li Dan is undoubtedly the most powerful to do anything big, but he is always so indecisive.
Li Dan was bored and went to the Sanqing Palace. The Taoist priests of the Sanqing Palace believe in Taoism, which is in the Daming Palace, which shows that the status is transcendent. Because Taoism is the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, although it has not reached the integration of politics and religion, most of the emperors of the past dynasties believed in Taoism and believed that there was a Lingxiao Temple in the sky. Li Dan was a true believer in Taoism, and many of his ideas were influenced by Taoist classics.
The Taoist priests were indifferent by nature, and they were not shocked when they saw the emperor coming, and they each made alchemy after seeing the ceremony, and only the Taoist master Sima Chengzhen spoke with the emperor.
This Taoist priest surnamed Sima has eaten a lot of pills, and he has also eaten hard pebbles, and he heard that he is about to ascend to immortal, and Li Dan is also very respectful.
Li Dan asked casually: "What should Taoist self-cultivation pay attention to?" β
Sima said indifferently: "Loss after loss, so that there is nothing to do." β
Li Dan agreed very much after hearing this, nodded and asked, "Then is there a connection between governing the country and self-cultivation?" β
"Governing the country and personal practice is a principle, as long as you get rid of selfish distractions and conform to the natural state of everything." Sima Chengzhen opened his mouth and said.
Li Dan was overjoyed, and nodded frequently: "I also deeply believe that some national policies, although they are aimed at serving the people, may do things that disturb the people, but instead make the people suffer, which is really the opposite of the opposite." It is better to follow the will of heaven and live with the people, which is the case with the peaceful rule of the world. β
Sima Chengzhen saluted and said: "Your Majesty is also worthy of being a generation of Ming Jun." The world is very fortunate, and the people are very fortunate. β
The two talked very happily, Li Dan asked about the cultivation method again, Sima Chengzhen explained one by one, and said that he could ascend to heaven in the flesh, and he would live forever in the immortal realm, and he would enjoy eternal freedom, and his own time in the world was short, as long as he broke through the last boundary, he could ascend in the flesh.
Li Dan couldn't help asking, "You said that if I have attained the Tao, can I also live forever?" β
Sima Chengzhen pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty is the father of all the people, you don't have to deliberately cultivate, as long as you are the Son of Heaven and bring peace to the people, you can ascend to heaven after a hundred years and become one of the stars in the world...... Your Majesty can be seen at night, and the stars in the sky, some of which are the spiritual seats of the previous emperors. β
Li Dan glanced outside the door, it was still daytime, naturally there were no stars, so he said: "The Sanqing Hall is built on a high platform, the closest to the sky, I will come and sit again at night, you help me see where the ancestors' spiritual seat is, I want to talk to the ancestors." β
Sima Chengzhen pinched his fingers and nodded, "I know." β
Li Dan raised his head and sighed, if the ancestors could really speak, what kind of instructions would they give themselves? What is the best way to do it...... People are right, but can they really completely get rid of selfish distractions, seven emotions and six desires? G