Chapter 660: The Mouthful and the Errand
The imperial court wanted to search the Buddhist temple, but there was basically no opposition from the court and the central government, because the Buddhists were relatively isolated and had no contact with the imperial court. But if you want to destroy the Tao, there will be opposition from top to bottom.
Liu Yue knew that the Shun Dynasty had been inseparable from Taoism since the founding of the country, and the emperors of previous dynasties also attached great importance to the Taoist people. In the final analysis, the national teacher Wu You is also a cultivator, but the Tao he cultivates is not orthodox Taoism, but his own new alternative path.
As soon as Liu Yugang said that he was going to thoroughly search the Taoist temple and arrest the Taoist priest, Han Sheng immediately said that he should be cautious about this matter. Han Sheng was very clear about the influence of Taoism on the imperial court, and he was afraid that Liu Yu would offend someone in the court because of this.
"This time it's just a search of the Taoist temple, and it's not really a forbidden way. Brother Han, you're too worried. ”
Liu Yu asked Li Mi to hurry up and arrange this matter, taking advantage of the chaos, those Sanqing disciples disguised in the Buddhist temple might quickly transfer their strongholds, and this Taoist temple is a good place. Whether it is cultivating Buddhism or cultivating the Tao, in the eyes of the secular people they are detached from the world, since then they have little to do with the earth, and because of this, the cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism belongs to the "closed-door cultivation", rarely contact with outsiders, that ordinary people naturally do not know what is in the backyard of the Taoist Buddhist temple and Taoist temple, burning incense is to burn the stone statue, not to the person, the real cultivator and the Buddha do not care about the incense money, most of them hide in the depths of the temple and the Taoist temple, it is difficult for outsiders to see.
In the past, the reason why Liu Yu didn't expect that the people of the Three Qingjiao would hide in Buddhist temples or Taoist temples was because these two types of people were too inconspicuous. They are untouched, and it's hard to imagine that these people would be involved in power struggles. This time, Liu Yu went down with a knife, trying to drain the blood of the Three Puritans, that is, he searched the Taoist temple and found nothing, and he decided to do so.
Near noon, where Chang'an City was on fire, the fire was basically under control. In the afternoon, the fire was extinguished, and the entire Chang'an City also entered the time to tidy up the fire after the fire and clean up the mood. At this time, martial law was still in place in the city. But martial law has stopped the homeless and displaced people. Fortunately, the imperial court had already prepared a place in advance to accommodate these victims.
It was against this background that Li Mi hurriedly took the people from the Yamen of the Six Defense Divisions and began to search the Taoist temples in the city. For the people in Chang'an City, this is a wave of unsettled waves. The imperial court has already caused chaos in Chang'an City by investigating a Buddhist temple. If you check the Taoist temple again. Isn't that going to be a big mess in the world?
Liu Yu was discussing some details of the post-disaster reconstruction with Han Sheng, Sui Yu, and the people from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and the captain of the guard, Lian Husheng, hurriedly came to Liu Yu, saying that there were groups of people gathering outside the palace gate. It looks like I'm going to come here and make trouble.
Liu Yu frowned, now that martial law is not in the city, who is making trouble? Don't you know the order of Doug to kill?
"It's a Taixue student, and a university student......"
Lian Husheng said this, Liu Yue thought, it's those guys again, it seems that the last time they didn't teach them enough, it's a good scar and forget the pain, and now they actually ran out to question the decision of the imperial court.
"How many?" Liu Yu asked.
"More than 400 people, and some officials, they first denounced the imperial court to ban the road, and then there is a threat to storm the palace, we have sent a group of guards, and we have taken down a few of them who took the lead in making trouble, and ...... Without the general's order, we first temporarily closed the south gate of the palace. ”
"It's just a matter of closing the palace door, it's not a big deal." Liu Yu looked at Han Sheng, Han Sheng looked embarrassed at this time, these Taixue and university students are all "pillars of the country", but this time they didn't know each other and came out to make trouble, which made Han Sheng realize that these people are likely to be retaliated against by Liu Yu in the future.
"Disperse the crowd, no matter what method is used, don't cause deaths or injuries, just arrest them one by one, watch them and don't let them out. I don't want to hear any more about the imminent deterioration of this matter, it's up to you. After Liu Yu finished giving instructions to Lian Husheng, he turned his head to look at Han Sheng and said, "Where did you say just now?" ”
Lian Husheng saw that Liu Yu left a problem, so he ignored him, and expected that he would have to do it "on his own", and the restrictions given by Liu Yu were only to avoid causing deaths and injuries, in this case, he felt a little embarrassed. He saw the recklessness and agitation of the Taixue and university students, and it was difficult to subdue them without the use of force.
Lian Husheng wanted to bring up these things, but when he saw that Liu Yu and those ministers continued to discuss the reconstruction after the fire, he couldn't interrupt and withdrew from the Yaqian Hall alone. When he got outside, he was a little worried, and a person hurriedly came over with a notebook, and Lian Husheng recognized this person, Liao Mingsheng, who had some holidays with him.
Liao Mingsheng has been working under Liu Yu since he was working under Liu Yu, and he has risen through the ranks very quickly, and now he is the imperial envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate, and is responsible for investigating who is connected with the Three Qingjiao in the Three Qingjiao. This time, Liao Mingsheng came over, and what he sent was a list that had been verified, and when he saw Lian Husheng coming over, he sneered, and he was angry about Lian Husheng's "rudeness" to him in Dongning Mansion.
Even Hu Sheng looked down on Liao Mingsheng who relied on his knot, and the two passed by, without greeting each other, but Lian Husheng walked a few steps forward, and suddenly heard Liao Mingsheng shouting at him behind him: "General Lian, please stay." ”
Although Lian Hu was not only a captain of the first guard in the Imperial Forest Army before his death, but after many battles, he had become a general, but it was a pity that he did not have the opportunity to lead the troops to kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, even so Liu Yu did not treat him badly. Lian Husheng felt unfamiliar with the title of "General Lian", because few people would call him that, and almost everyone called him "Lian Guard".
"Liao Du Yushi, is there something?" Lian Husheng turned around, glanced at Lian Husheng, and asked.
Liao Mingsheng heard Lian Husheng's attitude, and said with a smile: "It seems that General Lian doesn't feel that he is in trouble, ha!" ”
Lian Husheng was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean?" ”
Liao Mingsheng said: "When I entered the palace before, I saw a group of students congested at the entrance of the palace, and I am afraid that they are already banging on the door at this time." If this group of people broke into the palace, General Lian thought the prince would let you go? ”
Lian Husheng sneered disdainfully, Liao Mingsheng said as if he had left his post without permission, but in fact, he went to the Yaqian Hall to report the matter to Liu Yu. Lian Husheng was about to ignore Liao Mingsheng and hurriedly go back to the south gate of the palace to deal with the matter, but Liao Mingsheng suddenly said intentionally or unintentionally: "If I were you, I would definitely kill a few people, kill chickens and monkeys, and the rest of the people would not dare to make a mistake." Alas! It seems that there are too many things today, and it will be even more lively in the evening. ”
The speaker may not have the intention, but the listener has the heart.
Lian Yusheng felt that Liao Mingsheng's words were meant to him, that he had to kill a few people to stand up to suppress those troublesome students. In fact, even Husheng agrees with this, but ...... He thought of a lot of "buts", and after summing it up, he also felt that if this group of students rushed into the palace, even if Liu Yu wanted to protect him, he would definitely not spare him afterwards.
Liao Mingsheng's seemingly unintentional reminder made Lian Husheng suddenly think through, only in this way can he complete Liu Yu's explanation beautifully. For a while, some Lian Husheng, who was eager to make meritorious contributions to prove his ability, fell into the "trap" set by Liao Mingsheng and plunged into it.
In front of the palace, those students were surging to attack the palace gate. The last time this group of students came to make trouble, Liu Yu transferred a lot of people to surround them, which made this group of students feel empty-hearted, and at that time, the university had just been established, and the students of Taixue were all children of official eunuchs, and they were constrained by the family behind them, so they didn't make trouble, but were "pitted" by Liu Yu for a sum of money.
But now the situation is different, since the imperial court opened the university, accept the children of poor families to enroll, but also accept the children of businessmen to "donate" to enroll, so that the students in the university have different times, there are ordinary people, there are also rich and powerful officials of the second generation of the rich second generation, these people gather together, a day or two without making trouble, but this has been almost a year, today I finally seized an opportunity, I heard that the court is going to ban the road, they total, this is the best time to "make a name for yourself", so they flocked to find the court theory.
In this matter, these students themselves have no malicious intentions, and no one has instigated them, but the methods they use are a bit radical. When Lian Husheng arrived at the gate of the palace, he realized that these students were too difficult to control, so he was ruthless and ordered to forcibly disperse these Taixue and University students who had come to make trouble.
For a time, the gate of the palace was very lively, these students were obstructed by the officers and soldiers, and they were swords against each other, but there was no cowardice, this time the leaders of these students were not the children of the official family, but a group of ordinary poor children of "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", the fire in Chang'an City, also had a certain impact on their families, they also hoped that through such a way, for the people and the "righteous way" at the same time, for their own fame.
Subsequently, there was a small-scale riot at the gate of the palace, and then, in a fit of anger, Lian Husheng remembered Liao Mingsheng's rhetoric, and taught this group of students a lesson in the way of "killing chickens and monkeys", so he ordered to kill two student representatives who took the lead in making trouble on the spot, and tied up several leaders who had been captured before to cover them up and hang them on the palace gate to show the public.
Lian Husheng thought very simply, if you want to do things well, you must have certain means, he has been with Liu Yu for a long time, and Liu Yu's position is known for his ruthlessness. This time he was ruthless, in his mind, although Liu Yu would be blamed when he turned back, he would generally appreciate his daring to take responsibility.
But he ignored the fact that Liu Yue's ruthless targets were all politicians or enemies on the battlefield, and his targets were students who came to petition with sympathy from the entire Dashun Dynasty.
Although Lian Husheng scared the students away, there were still many students who were desperately fighting with the officers and soldiers. Lian Husheng felt that this group of students was fighting hard with him, so he ordered the city gate to be confined, and no matter how much trouble the students had, he would not come out to pay attention.
Soon, the news spread to the Yaqian Palace, and also spread throughout Chang'an City. Liu Yu's first reaction when he heard the news was that he was looking for death by himself. (To be continued......)