Chapter 142: Two Major Maladministrations
Vilamba Bodhisattva sighed, raised his hand, and the long-forgotten white jade scorpion spirit in the corner of the wall rose into the air, lying straight on the crook of her arm.
Bajie was interested again when he saw it, and said with a cheap smile: "Damn, aren't scorpions usually black, but this one is rare, but it is white, and I don't know how many years of cultivation it has, how does it taste like to eat?"
Vilamba Bodhisattva snorted coldly and scolded with a smile: "This pig's head is full of food, so I am not afraid that her inverted horse poison pile will poison you to death." Speaking of this scorpion essence has a story, she was originally a white jade scorpion who has practiced for a hundred years at the foot of the spiritual mountain of my western Buddhist country, only because she eavesdropped on the Buddha's lecture and realized the avenue, once she was fascinated by listening, and was found by the Buddha and caught in her hand, but she stabbed the Buddha with a poisonous pile. ”
"It was she who knew that she was guilty, so she escaped from Lingshan and ran to this Xiliang daughter country to be a two-hundred-year-old queen, and today her two-hundred-year-old treasure has been blessed, and the Buddha came to take her back to Lingshan with his old body, waiting for the fate. ”
As soon as the words came out, a group of female soldiers lost their faces and said in unison: "But I don't know how the Buddha will fall, it's just a small needle, with the Buddha's tolerance and generosity, it shouldn't be a big sin, right?"
Vilamba Bodhisattva nodded, and said with a pleasant face: "With her performance in the country of her daughter in the past two hundred years, loving the people with kindness, and spreading benevolent government, she really has not insulted the scriptures she has listened to for hundreds of years. ”
The prime ministers on the left and right breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and said in celebration: "This is very good, it saves us from being so worried, but Your Majesty is leaving, and our election meeting on August 15 is going to be advanced." ”
Vilamba Bodhisattva smiled and waved his hand, and said leisurely: "According to the old body's opinion, I am afraid that this official election meeting will be changed to an enthronement ceremony. ”
"Oh, how do you say this, could it be that the Bodhisattva has already had a candidate in his heart?" The left and right prime ministers couldn't help but be surprised, and the two pairs of wonderful eyes stared at the Vilamba Bodhisattva in unison, their eyes were blazing, full of anticipation and confusion.
After all, the daughter country of Xiliang is a judge of beauty and ugliness with a woman's appearance, and Her Majesty, the strongest queen, has been taken away, and among the remaining candidates, she is the most likely to win the throne with her left and right, but it is only evenly divided, comparable, and at this moment, the two are concerned about chaos, and they have lost their usual reason and reserve.
"Yes, and this man is in the courtyard now. As if he was aware of the mood of the prime minister, Vilamba Bodhisattva smiled and deliberately sold a pass.
"Oh, but I don't know which one it is, and I ask the Bodhisattva to show it. When the prime minister of Zuoban heard this, his eyes lit up, and he put on a self-righteous and atmospheric pose, and asked first.
"Look ahead, but isn't it her?" Vilamba Bodhisattva looked leisurely, raising his hand to the post man who was being hugged by Wen Tianshu.
"Bodhisattva, are you sure it's not Wen Shengni, but Yi Cheng?" The left and right prime ministers wiped their eyes, with an unbelievable expression: "Bodhisattva, you must have made a mistake, if you choose Wen Shengni, our left and right prime ministers have nothing to say, with Wen Shengni's appearance, it is not much better than Her Majesty the Queen." And she is just a low-level official who is too small to have no taste, and her appearance is more than a star and a half, if she is allowed to be the queen, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous?"
Vilamba Bodhisattva laughed, shook his head and said: "The old man heard the Buddha say that your Xiliang daughter country has two major maladministrations, poisoning the world and harming the people, and now it seems that it is true. ”
The prime minister was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said weakly: "But I don't know what the two major malpractices are, and I would like to hear them in detail." ”
Vilamba Bodhisattva exhaled a breath and stretched out a finger and said: "This is the first major malpractice, your Xiliang daughter country is an official based on the beauty and ugliness of a woman's appearance, in fact, whether you are an official or a king, the most important thing is character and talent, appearance or something, it is really second. ”
The prime minister shook his head when he heard this, and waved his hand vigorously: "Bodhisattva, this is the ancestral precept set by the sixth ancestor of the founding of the country, which has been in use for thousands of years.
Vilamba Bodhisattva couldn't help but be very troubled, and sighed to himself: "Fallacious, civilization is always improving, once the laws and regulations cannot adapt to the current form, we should reform them and re-establish new rules, otherwise it will not block the wheel of history?
When the prime minister heard this, he nodded thoughtfully: "The Bodhisattva is right, but this system of electing officials has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and once it is changed, I am afraid that the people will not be convinced.
Vilamba Bodhisattva laughed, waved his hand leisurely and said: "No, no, in fact, this system of electing officials is outdated and corrupt, which only widens the gap between the rich and the poor between officials and the people. How many children of poor families, talented and virtuous, just because of their mediocre appearance, they can't get the entry valve and show their ambitions in their chests, they are just abiding by the ancestral system, and they don't dare to attack, but they are resentful and resentful in their hearts for a long time. Such grievances have been accumulated for nearly a thousand years, once vented, only to really poison the world, uncontrollable, the old body today to you to get rid of bad habits, is to comply with the mandate of heaven, to appease the dissatisfaction in the hearts of most people, once the order is issued, the people have a day of emergence, will be jubilant, singing praises. Of course, such a big change is not overnight can be completed, both to safeguard the interests of the majority of the disadvantaged groups for the purpose, will inevitably touch the rights and interests of some vested interests, the Buddha and his old man far-sighted, has long expected this layer, so the old body here to do a prison country, if there are any people who are not satisfied, although to find the old body to theorize is. ”
The prime ministers looked at each other when they heard this, and said in their hearts that this Bodhisattva is really amazing, and they all talked about it, but who else dares to come to you face to face to theorize, is it really fatal?
Thinking of this, the two of them couldn't help but sweat coldly, and they arched their hands vigorously: "Since the Bodhisattva is willing to be this pioneer, the people of Xiliang's daughter country are naturally obedient, how can they oppose it, but they don't know what this second major malpractice is?"
Hearing the ridicule in the words of the two, Vilamba Bodhisattva's face was slightly red, and he coughed dryly: "This second major malpractice is derived from the first major malpractice. Just because your Xiliang daughter country is judged by the beauty and ugliness of her appearance, once a woman is over thirty, she will be driven out of the imperial city, although there are some policies to ensure that she can spend her old age in peace, but there are those who are over sixty years old, they still can't get the support of their families, and they live alone with their old bodies, and end up with hatred, which is really not what a benevolent and righteous state should do. ”
"There is also the tragedy of the female soldier's family in order to visit the grandmother in the fishing village, who went by ferry, which led to the tragedy of the boat capsizing and the death of people. ”
The left and right prime ministers couldn't help nodding their heads when they heard this, and praised convincingly: "In the final analysis, it is the Buddha and his old man who are thoughtful, and such rules are indeed a big drawback." I think that although the prime minister is a very popular minister, enjoying all the glory and wealth, once he is over thirty, he will be driven out of the imperial city, and since then many glory have come to naught, disappearing, and the time is so short, so that every time I think about this, I can't help but sweat coldly, like a man's back. Although we have repeatedly written to the Queen, and Her Majesty has done what she says, there are conservative officials who have obstructed the ancestral teachings on the grounds that they cannot be changed, and each time such changes have been stillborn. Today, since the Bodhisattva proposes that this is a great malpractice, and that it should be reformed, we are overjoyed, and within a day we will issue an edict to convene hundreds of officials to discuss, and it is necessary to welcome the old people back to the country and support them, so as to fulfill the filial piety of the son of man. ”
Vilamba Bodhisattva was full of joy and clasped his palms together and said, "Good and good, so you have agreed to support the post as king?"
The left and right sides glanced at each other, and said without a word: "Willing and willing, Bodhisattva, don't hide it, we think that we are indistinguishable from each other, if we compete for the king, it will inevitably set off a big storm, which will be very unfavorable to the country and the people." It is better to have this affectionate and righteous post, oh no, it is my lord His Majesty who has ascended to the great treasure, and we will assist each other so as not to hurt the harmony. ”
"Actually, I have also heard from the post guard, in order to protect His Majesty the Emperor from the poisonous hands of the big rooster, Her Majesty the Queen actually pulled the claws of the evil animal with her weak body, and was forcibly dragged by him, raised his wings and flapped, and still refused to let go of all kinds of abuse. Just ask such great loyalty and righteousness, how many people in the world can do it, the benevolent is the king, and it is well deserved, which is really the great fortune of my Xiliang daughter country. ”
"That's right, but I don't know if my lord's majesty is in good health by the inhumane destruction of the big rooster, and let Weichen come forward to take a look. The prime minister of the right class nodded and hurriedly ran forward.
She was really fast-footed, and in a few arrow steps, she rushed to the front of Tianshu and the two of them, knelt on the ground, and stepped forward to check Yicheng's injuries step by step. Prime Minister Zuo Ban was afraid of falling behind, so he kowtowed to each other like her.