Chapter 15: The Beginning of the Afternoon (7)
After Li Ye left, Xiao's mother looked at Xiao Jinniang, who was a little proud, and asked with concern.
"Mencius Yun: Therefore, the heavens will descend to the great task of people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and benefit what they can't, after a serious illness, I didn't expect that your small body actually carried the fate of the entire Chang'an and even the entire Tang Dynasty, you have to do it well, and you must not live up to the hard work of your uncle Shouwang"
Xiao Jinniang's eyes became resolute and decisive.
"That's natural, Jin'er won't let A-Niang and Uncle down, but Jin'er has one thing that she always keeps in mind and doesn't know whether to ask or not"
"Tell me anything!" Xiao Mu asked.
Xiao Jinniang thought for a while, hesitated to say it, and finally said it, otherwise she would suffocate to death with her character in her heart.
"Why did A-Niang never say her identity as a princess, and why did she marry A-Lang, and what contradiction did she have with the saint's uncle?"
Listening to Xiao Jinniang's doubts, Xiao's mother sighed.
"I wanted to hide a few more things, and I'll tell you after a hundred years, since you asked, then I had to tell you everything"
Xiao's mother sat on the Hu bed, her eyes looking out the window.
"That was a long, long time ago, my original name was Li Li Lingxuan, the tenth daughter of Yizong, and I was named Princess Jinhua by my father in the year of my father......
Xiantong fourteen years, the main hall
"At the beginning of my year, I occasionally felt a cold, long-term treatment did not heal, I thought that my life was not long, when I was dying, I heard the Buddhist classic "Diamond Sutra" suddenly felt refreshed, and healed, I was very fond of Buddhism when I was young, and now there is such a creation, I will definitely welcome the Buddha bones into Beijing to pray for the people, pray for the world"
As soon as the words fell, the ministers discussed the matter one after another, most of them were praises, and only one person opposed it in front of the saints and hundreds of officials, and this person was Xiao Guijun, a member of the military department who was still a member of the Jiupin at that time.
"Chen said: Buddha to the Buddha, Yi Di one of the Faer, since the Later Han Dynasty into China, the ancient times have not tasted, the Han Ming Emperor, there was Buddhism, the Ming Emperor reigned, only 18 years ear. After that, the chaos and death followed, and the fortune did not last long.
When Gaozu first received Sui Chan, he discussed and eliminated it. At that time, the ministers were not far away, and they could not know the way of the ancestors, the ancient and modern appropriate, and deduce the sage to save the evils, and the matter was stopped, and the ministers often hated, and the ministers often thought that the will of the ancestors would be carried out in the hands of His Majesty.
Now I heard that the sage ordered the monks to welcome the Buddha's bones in the Famen Temple, the royal building to view, into the big inside, and ordered the temples to welcome the offerings. Although the minister is stupid, he must know that His Majesty is not confused by the Buddha, so he worships this to pray for blessings and auspiciousness. Straight to the young people happy, the heart of favoritism, for the Kyoto Shishu set up a strange view, play with ears. If there is a holy mind, and you are willing to believe in such things!
The people of Buddha Benyi Di do not understand the Chinese language, and the clothes are different; The mouth does not speak the words of the previous king, and the body does not obey the law of the first king; I don't know the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, the love of father and son.
Confucius said: "Respect ghosts and gods and stay away." "The princes of the ancients, hanging in their country, still ordered Wu Zhu to first use peach ru to remove the ominous, and then go into the hanging. Now take the corrupt things for no reason, come to see them in person, Wu Zhu is not first, Taoru does not use, the ministers do not say what is wrong, the imperial history does not mention its mistakes, and the ministers are really ashamed.
If the Buddha has a spirit, he can do evil, and if there is a disaster, it is advisable to add the minister's body, and the heavens will come to him, and the minister will not regret it. I am grateful and pleading, and I am so frightened that I am so far that I am afraid."
Ping Zhangshi Wei Baoheng stood up and retorted.
"Having said so much is nothing more than not allowing the saint to welcome the Buddha's bones, but you know the harm, but you don't know the benefits, if it weren't for the original Sanzang Master who went to Tianzhu to seek the true scriptures, walked 108,000 miles, and suffered a lot of hardships, how can I let the Tang Dynasty be known to the world, how can I let all the countries come to court"
Li Yi, who was still the king of Pu at the time, also stood up against Xiao Guijun, in fact, he was not very interested in the matter of welcoming the Buddha's bones, and only stood up to suppress him because of his discord with Xiao Guijun.
In the end, two fists were invincible to four hands, and one lip defeated everyone, Xiao Guijun failed to stop the saint from doing this thing that cost the people and money.
The scale of this worship of the Buddha's bones is comparable to that of the Xianzong period. Along the way from Jingshi to Famen Temple, the forbidden army and soldiers stretched for dozens of miles, and the scene was spectacular, far beyond the emperor's worship ceremony.
On April 8, the Buddha bone relics were welcomed into the capital, and after three days of worship in the palace, the saint allowed them to be sent to the temples in the capital for the people to pay respects. Pious believers do not hesitate to set fire their arms or burn incense on the top of their heads, and the rich families hold pujas at great expense, and they even use mercury as a pool and gold and jade as a tree to recruit high monks and great virtues, and invite them to sing in the pear garden.
Hundreds of officials of the court below the prime minister also competed to give gold silk, and the amount was considerable. This worship of the Buddha's bones lasted for a long time, and it was not until Li Yi ascended the throne that the Buddha's bones were returned to Famen Temple.
After leaving the court, Li Yi called the guards and asked them to find an opportunity to beat Xiao Guijun on the way home, but it was unfortunate that Li Lingxuan heard it somehow.
She hurriedly prepared a carriage to tell Xiao Guijun about it, but it was still a step too late, and when she arrived, several men in black were punching and kicking Xiao Guijun.
Li Lingxuan scolded at the man in black.
"You are so bold that you actually beat up the court officials in the street, if I tell the saint, you don't want your heads"
The man in black was almost done, and they also knew Li Lingxuan so he simply sold face to him and left in a hurry.
Li Lingxuan hurriedly walked to Xiao Guijun's side and helped him up, looking at the injury on his face, she was so distressed that she almost cried.
"Your Li family is all pretending to be good people on the surface, and secretly playing black hands, don't you cry in front of me and fake mercy, didn't the sage promise you to Xiao Langjun of the Ministry of Rites? Why haven't you been married, but you come to pester me every day, don't you think I'm a bully?"
Li Lingxuan listened to Xiao Guijun's angry words, the more sad she became, and her crying couldn't stop at all, and even attracted bad people.
"Don't cry, okay, I'll compensate you, your Li family only has you the best, only you are the most reasonable, only you are empathetic, only I, Xiao, don't know the current affairs, and always rush to the tip of the knife"
Xiao Guijun's coaxing of girls is not outdated in modern times, and after he said this, Li Lingxuan really didn't cry anymore.
"I'm also a Jinhua princess, Xiao Langjun who has a book of etiquette is not married, even if he is pestered by the eyes of outsiders, you know the deep meaning"
Looking at Li Lingxuan's crying face, Xiao Guijun was a little distressed, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her carefully.
"We met at the age of seven, and we have been in touch since we were ten years old, and when we grow up, we both think that we are people who want to be together in this life and this life, but I haven't achieved great things yet, you marry a little outsider, I'm afraid of being ridiculed and poking your backbone"