Chapter 9 The Prosperity of the Tang Dynasty
With Dong Zhuo being killed, Lu Bu breaking through, and the princes of the Eighteenth Route had not moved, Luoyang finally settled down unharmed, but Dong Zhuo killed the Han Shao Emperor Liu Bian in a frenzy before he died, and even the Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie was not spared, so the Han family actually fell into a window period without an owner.
Fortunately, there are many imperial relatives surnamed Liu in the world, and the scholars control the government, it is very easy to re-elect an emperor, and after some deliberation, everyone unanimously recommended a ten-year-old boy surnamed Liu who has never appeared in history to succeed to the throne.
It's not that this kid has anything extraordinary, on the contrary, this kid's talent is very mediocre, usually idle is to read books, but all he reads are miscellaneous books, serious ones don't read at all, and he likes to do handicrafts, it is said that he claims that his dream in this life is to be a 'learned and talented' miscellaneous scholar.
Such an 'emperor' is simply too good, and the Shi clan group likes it too much, so this little boy named Liu Xin became the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Because the overall situation has been decided, the princes who were originally going to oppose Dong have been disbanded, and I thought that the world would settle down again, but this world has been rotten. Because during the Yellow Turban period, the state pastoral system was modified, allowing local officials to recruit troops and manage their own territories, resulting in the decline of imperial power, and few local officials were willing to obey Luoyang's edicts.
In the following years, warlords from all over the country fought back and forth in order to compete for territory, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty basically became a kind of ornament, which was in line with the wishes of the little emperor, he was originally not interested in court politics, and it was better to read more miscellaneous books and learn more manual skills, even if he did not become an emperor in the future, he could also rely on his craft to exchange food.
I have to say that this little emperor is really simple, he is an emperor, and he still has the idea of exchanging his craft for food in the future, this sense of crisis is quite worth advocating, although some preparations may not be used for a lifetime, but what if! In case there is a huge accident in the future, the back road you prepared will also come in handy.
However, during this period, Ling Chi closed the Chef God Restaurant in Luoyang, and took Yang Chan to travel all over the country, encountering corrupt officials, bandits and bullies and other vicious things, he would come forward to make some merit, which could be regarded as earning some merit for himself. If you meet a clean official, a good person and a good deed, you will also be appropriately rewarded and spread positive energy in the world.
Because of the behavior of the two people all over the country, they also left a lot of folklore, because the two are young and good-looking, so most of the circulating versions are that the golden boy and jade girl in the sky descended to earth on the order of the Jade Emperor, fighting grievances, and spreading love and justice.
Ling Chi and Yang Chan heard rumors about the two of them by chance, and they couldn't help but laugh every time. In the process, Ling Chi also dragged some people into the pasture, so that they could enjoy immortality and do some work for themselves by the way.
These people are men and women, some have left their names in history, and some are unknown, but they are all very talented people, otherwise Ling Chi would not have recruited them.
For a full fifty years, the Han Dynasty finally perished, but in the end, it was not Cao Wei, let alone Sima, who won the world, but the Yuan family.
This is also normal, before the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Yuan family has been four generations and three dukes, protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials all over the world, and later there was a quite talented Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao in the Yuan family and the protΓ©gΓ© of the old officials, and in Luoyang to serve the son of heaven to order not to be subordinate, resulting in the Yuan family's power is getting bigger and bigger, although there have been twists and turns in the middle, but after all, it still eliminated all the local separatist forces and dominated the world.
However, the world is unified by the Yuan family, not the waste emperor who commands to read miscellaneous books and do manual work, and the Wenchen military generals who follow the Yuan family to fight the world are not willing to be willing to beat the world cheaper than others, so after the Wenchen military generals jointly persuaded him again and again, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Shang could only 'reluctantly' ask the emperor to settle in himself.
I have to say that the emperor chosen by the Shi clan group back then was really good, because he had no heart and no lungs, so he lived for a long time, and now he is sixty years old, and he is still in good health, seeing that Yuan Shang wants to be the emperor, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly agreed, just begging Yuan Shang to leave a larger courtyard for himself, so that he can get a handicraft workshop or something, and support his family.
Yuan Shang: "......"
Because Yuan Shao made his fortune in Jizhou and set the capital of Yecheng, Yuan Shao was named King of Zhao when he was fifty-six years old, so the country name of the new dynasty was set as Zhao. In this way, the Han Dynasty fell, and the world officially entered the Zhao Dynasty.
However, fifty years of war in the world led to a significant decline in the population and national strength of the Zhao Dynasty, thus lacking the control of the northern nomads, although the Yuan family won the world, but after more than 200 years of war, the Zhao Dynasty finally perished, so that the world entered the darkest period of 'national integration'.
In the past two hundred years, the world was finally unified by Yang Jian, and the country was named Sui, but the Sui Dynasty had not settled down for a few years, and it was defeated by Yang Guang, the emperor of Sui who was in a hurry, and the world was replaced by Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang.
After all, the Tang Dynasty did not follow in the footsteps of the Sui Dynasty, although it experienced the changes of Xuanwumen, but Li Shimin, as the first emperor of the ages who can be as famous as Qin Shi Huang, and his powerful means and strength stabilized the world, and let the prestige of the Tang Dynasty spread all over the world.
Because the world has experienced too many years of war, although it is stable for the time being, Li Shimin still hopes to find a way to make the Tang Dynasty permanent.
At this time, a master named Jiang Liu'er appeared in Xuanzang.
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Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is a place where countless modern people are haunted by their dreams.
Ling Chi and Yang Chan strolled through the streets of Chang'an, looking at this 'international metropolis' where countless foreigners lived and did business, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but show a smile.
Although it is not the same as the world of Datang Shuanglong, this is Datang, and that is enough.
"The clouds dissipate." Yang Chan looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "The world is decided." β
"It's not easy." Ling Chi sighed: "After hundreds of years of war, the people are so miserable! β
"It's all gone." Yang Chan comforted: "I can feel that the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty will affect the entire future generations. β
Ling Chi nodded: "Yes." β
As a modern person, of course he knows what the influence of the Tang Dynasty on China is, throughout the history of Chinese civilization of 5,000 years, the most mentioned by the Chinese people, the most proud era, is nothing more than the word "Han and Tang", although the Great Zhou has 800 years of national fortune, but when it comes to world influence, where can it be compared to the strong Han and the Tang Dynasty.
Even in modern times, the Chinese people are mainly Han Chinese, and the Chinese abroad gather together to form one Chinatown after another.
In the past 500 years, Ling Chi has witnessed the demise of the strong man, and today, it has also witnessed the rise of the Tang Dynasty.
It's a wonderful feeling.
Just when the two were strolling through the streets of Chang'an, an old monk holding a Zen staff came to them, followed by a little monk holding a robe.
Seeing these two monks, Ling Chi was stunned. Under his golden eyes, he could see the details of these two monks clearly, which were clearly Guanyin Bodhisattva and Hui'an Xing. Few people may know about Hui'an Walkers, but there are many people who should know the name of Hui'an Walkers, yes, it is Nezha's second brother - Muzha.
Seeing these two people walking on the streets of Chang'an, Ling Chi basically guessed what was going on. Remembering that he had a good relationship with Guanyin Bodhisattva, Ling Chi dragged Yang Chan forward: "Bodhisattva, it's been a long time." β
The old monk of Guanyin changed was slightly stunned when he saw Ling Chi and Yang Chan standing in front of him, as if he didn't expect his disguise to be seen through, but after all, he was an old friend of Mei Jian for hundreds of years, Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly: "Amitabha, I don't want to meet the donor here, I don't know why the donor is here?" β
"The world has been settled, and I want to see the prosperity of the world." Ling Chi smiled and said, "How did the master (Tuas) come here?" β
"Amitabha Buddha is here for the purification of sentient beings."
Hearing Guanyin Bodhisattva's words, Ling Chi smiled and said, "The master is really merciful and compassionate, I don't know if it can be useful to go up and down?" β
"Oh?" Guanyin Bodhisattva asked, "I don't know what the donor's position is now?" β
"Tang National Teacher, how's that?" Ling Chi said with a smile.
Guanyin Bodhisattva's eyes widened.
That's right, the Tang Dynasty pacified the world, although Ling Chi did not contribute, but he gave Li Shimin a lot of ideas, and they were all ideas at the moment when Li Shimin encountered a crisis, such as when Li Shimin was besieging Wang Shichong in Luoyang, he was attacked by Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops behind his back. Li Shimin made a decisive decision, leaving the main force to continue to surround Luoyang, and led 3,500 Xuanjia troops to Hugao Pass to meet Dou Jiande's army, and finally won the battle.
This matter is not Li Shimin's 'instant decision', but before this battle, Ling Chi left Li Shimin a clever plan, and explained that if he opened it at the most critical moment, and then at this most critical moment, Li Shimin opened the bag and got the 'clever plan' left by Ling Chi.
At that time, although Ling Chi was a little mysterious, he won Li Shimin's trust, so Li Shimin gritted his teeth, and according to Ling Chi's clever plan, he really left the main force to continue to surround Luoyang, but he led 3500 Xuanjia Army to meet Dou Jiande's 100,000 army, and the final result was exactly the same as Ling Chi expected, he won.
Later, a few days in front of the Xuanwu Gate, he left a clever plan, Li Shimin saw it, stayed awake all night, and finally gritted his teeth, or according to Ling Chi's clever plan, launched the Xuanwu Gate Change, which made him from a Qin King who could lose his life at any time, to the second monarch of the Tang Dynasty.
Because Ling Chi twice gave Li Shimin's best plans at the most critical moment, Li Shimin also named Ling Chi as the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty after he ascended the throne, but Ling Chi only said that he could accept the name of the national teacher, but he usually didn't care about things, and he also hoped that Li Shimin would not restrict his freedom. Although Li Shimin had some regrets, he still agreed, anyway, the Tang Dynasty has unified the world, where else can Ling Chi go? As long as Ling Chi is in the territory of Datang and encounters a crisis, he can ask him for help.
And Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't know the reason, and when he heard that Ling Chi had become a national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, the whole person was stunned, and at the same time thought of a rule, and said with a serious face: "Amitabha, how can the donor interfere with the affairs of the world." β
"Human things?" Ling Chi shook his head: "I didn't interfere, I just helped the son of today by chance, so I became the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty inexplicably, and I just took a name, and I didn't interfere in the affairs of the world. β
After hearing these words, Guanyin Bodhisattva calculated according to his words, and found that Ling Chi did not interfere with the affairs of the world, maybe it was indeed interference, but this was all in line with the trend and did not affect the general trend of the world, and Guanyin Bodhisattva breathed a sigh of relief: "Amitabha, it is the poor monk who blames the donor." β
Ling Chi shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, the master is also for my good, I won't know what to do." β
Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly and said, "That's fine." After a pause: "I wonder if the donor can let the poor monk see King Tang?" β
"Oh?" Ling Chi asked, "What is the matter with the master?" β
"I just hope that the Tang King can send a monk to the West Heaven Da Lei Yin Temple to seek the Dharma Sanzang."
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A few days later, Li Shimin held a land and water conference, invited Master Tang Xuanzang to give a lecture, in the process of preaching, Guanyin Bodhisattva changed the old monk suddenly appeared, loudly proclaimed: "The goods sell the robe and tin staff, those who can know this treasure do not take a penny, and those who do not know this treasure do not sell ten thousand gold!" β
This announcement attracted Li Shimin's attention, and then called Guanyin Bodhisattva to the front and asked her how to sell this robe and nine-ring tin staff?
Ling Chi was also at the scene at the time, looking at the process that was different from the details in the TV series, but the result was similar, and he also made a plan in his heart.
In the end, the brocade robe and the nine-ring tin staff were given to Tang Xuanzang, the reincarnation of the golden cicada, by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and then Guanyin Bodhisattva talked about learning scriptures in the west, and Tang Xuanzang volunteered to go to the west to learn scriptures, in order to make the Tang Dynasty forever.
Li Shimin was very happy, and said on the spot that he wanted to become a brother with Tang Xuanzang, of course, this nonsense was not what he wanted to say, but Ling Chi had explained to him a few days ago that if Tang Xuanzang wanted to go to the West to learn scriptures, he must become brothers with Tang Xuanzang, so that Li Shimin would have a backer even after his death.
When Li Shimin heard the word 'after death', his whole person was not good, and he also had a shocking guess about Ling Chi's origin, but in the end he still listened to Ling Chi's words and said this 'nonsense' at the scene.
Guanyin Bodhisattva saw this scene, the corner of his eyes swept to Ling Chi, and he muttered in his heart, but this was just an episode, and it did not affect the general trend, and Guanyin Bodhisattva did not care.
After Guanyin appeared in front of everyone, he drove away in the clouds, causing an uproar in the audience, the ministers of cultural relics and Li Shimin all knelt on the ground, only Ling Chi was still standing, looking at the direction in which Guanyin disappeared, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: What an advertisement, Buddhism is really good at building momentum.
Li Shimin calmed down his excitement, turned his head and saw Ling Chi standing with a smile, and couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.
Even Guanyin Bodhisattva can see but not worship, and the national teacher is ......