Chapter 166: Reactions from all sides

"Damn!" Tang Emperor Li Yuan picked up a vase and slammed it to the ground. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

With a "bang", he fell and smashed.

"I, Li Tang, treat Buddhism so favorably, not only set up the ten major virtuous monks and nuns, the Discipline Sect, but also set up an uncovered assembly for them to build a dojo, and give hundreds of thousands of gold and silver each time, so generous, no worse than Emperor Wu of Liang."

"How do you know that this group of monks is so shameless, just because Ye Ke slaughtered the Buddha, and abandoned me like this in fear! Defect to Ye Xia! It's shameless! ”

This is in the Chang'an Imperial Palace, Tang Emperor Li Yuan is sitting in the Taiji Palace, his face is extremely angry.

Under his seat, there were Pei Lian, Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu and other important ministers standing in a row, as well as Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Shentong and other Li family children.

No wonder Li Yuan was furious, because this series of news really annoyed him.

The great monks of the Buddhist line suddenly left Guanzhong, went east to Luoyang, and began to preach everywhere that Ye Ke was the reincarnation of the "King of Sanssouci", which was clearly the embodiment of Buddhism's beginning to support the forces of the Xia Kingdom.

Since he entered Chang'an, his preferential treatment of Buddhism can be said to be incomparable.

Buddhism also gave him momentum at the beginning, saying that he was the master of wisdom and benevolence, and he should have the world.

At the same time, he also built momentum for his second son Li Shimin from childhood to adulthood.

The cooperation between Li Valve and Buddhism is in full swing.

But all this came to an abrupt end after Ye Ke defeated the Turks.

Before this, Ye Ke was not valued by Buddhism at all, even if he occupied the land of Hebei and governed Hebei to be extremely prosperous, Buddhism did not look at him squarely.

Ye Ke marched into Luoyang, and the leader of Buddhism, Cihang Jingzhai, even sent his concubine Xuan to persuade him to withdraw from the battle of Luoyang.

As a result, the result of such contempt was devastated, and Ye Ke, in a fit of rage, led a large army to pacify the Pure Nian Zen Buddhism, and also snatched the Heshi Bi.

In fact, from Li Yuan's point of view, it doesn't matter who He Shibi is in his hands, but it shouldn't be, Ye Ke actually took the gold and silver treasure brocade and silk from the Jingnian Zen Temple, which was worth millions of taels of silver.

You must know that it has been a year since Li Valve occupied Guanzhong, and there is only so much wealth in the treasury.

Then Ye Ke faced the Turks with an army of tens of thousands of 200,000, flanking the front and back, and as a result, he actually killed Wuzun Bi Xuan, and beheaded the Khan Chuluo, and wiped out 80,000 elite Turks in a battle, which can be said to be a great injury to the Turkic vitality.

At the same time, it also completely destroyed the belief in Buddhism.

This group of bald donkeys simply left Chang'an and went to Luoyang, while hyping Ye Ke as the reincarnation of the "King of Sanssouci", and at the same time telling Ye Ke Li Tang's secrets, absolutely not duplicitous.

This is a complete betrayal!

Superior and generous, put your heart in your heart, but can't compare to the power of the butcher's knife?

How could Li Yuan not be angry?

He looked at his ministers, as well as his nephews, and drank: "Buddhism is not reputable, despicable and shameless, abandon me Datang, and defect to the butcher Ye Ke, what good plan do you have?" ”

Feng Deyi, the waiter of the inner history, took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty is angry, Buddhism is all unkind and unrighteous, how kind Emperor Wu of Liang was to them back then, as a result of the Hou Jing Rebellion, they have no plan to save the master, but they are ambitious and like to meddle in the political situation of the court, such a despicable and shameless guy should be abandoned." ”

"The minister thinks that the Taoist sect is in the same vein, paying attention to quiet and inaction, and the Taoist priests are self-cultivation and health, and there is no dispute with the world. The imperial court should vigorously promote Taoism, and it is the best policy to suppress Buddhism with Taoism! ”

This was really timely, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this important minister of the East Palace.

Pei Lin also said: "What Feng Shilang said is very true, the minister agrees very much, the Taoist gate sits in Zhongnan Mountain, there are many believers, and the people also agree with the Taoist teachings, the world's wealthy dignitaries, there are also people who practice Taoism and self-cultivation, and the minister thinks that His Majesty should respect Taoism." ”

Li Yuan nodded and asked, "Since you want to support the Dao Sect, you should respect that faction?" ”

"The minister thinks that he should support Lou Guandao."

Louguan Road is a major branch of the Daomen. Of course, they call themselves orthodox.

In recent years, the strength of Daomen has not grown slowly, and Louguandao is one of the fastest rising.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong destroyed the Buddha, but in order to express a fair position, even the Daomen was also suffered, but the Daomen only hurt a little fur, and did not hurt the muscles and bones, but the establishment of the channel view made the Taoist gate even more pressed the Buddha Gate, because almost all the people in charge of the Taoist Temple were Taoists. Wang Yan, Yan Da and others even got official positions in the imperial court. As a result, Louguandao became more and more prosperous.

Now that Buddhism has taken refuge in Ye Ke, Li Tang naturally wants to support Daomen to suppress it.

After talking about religious issues, Li Yuan said: "Now that Dou Jiande has led 100,000 Xia troops, he has surrounded Taiyuan, and Yuan Ji has repeatedly issued a plea for help, which seems to be in danger!" I have already lost Pingyang, and I can't lose the King of Qi anymore. ”

Li Shentong said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dou Jiande's soldiers are besieging Taiyuan, and his generals Zhang Gongjin and Su Dingfang are all tiger generals, and it is a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements. ”

"Your Majesty does not think that the ministers are incompetent, and sends the ministers to recruit ambassadors for Shandong Province, and the ministers are willing to lead elite soldiers to rescue Taiyuan."

Li Yuan was overjoyed and said, "Okay! ”

He immediately arranged for Li Shentong to lead the army and horses, and ordered him to set off on the day to help Taiyuan.

After discussing the matter of Taiyuan, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin: "Now that Xue Ju and Li Liang have been destroyed, you are sitting in Tongguan, can you find any omissions in the Xia army's defense?" ”

Li Shimin said: "Father, Hangu Pass is well defended, and the general of the Xia Army who is responsible for guarding it is the former leader of Ye Xia's Jinyi Guard, and the current general of Zhenguo Xu Shiji, this person has a very high strategy in the art of war, our army has tried to attack several times, but it has been in vain, but it is not easy to open the gap!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, especially Ye Kesheng's Turkic extermination of Wagang, the morale of the Xia army has been greatly boosted, which is very unfavorable to our battle plan!" Feng Deyi said.

"Your Majesty, although Tongguan is in our hands right now, Xia Jun has strengthened his defenses in Hangu Pass, which shows that Ye Ke wants to lock us in the pass!"

Li Yuan nodded and sighed: "Ye Ke attaches great importance to military merits, and the Hangu Pass is not easy to fight. ”

A cold light flashed in Pei Lian's eyes, and he said: "Your Majesty, since we want to support Louguan Dao, it is better to ask the people in the Dao Gate to go and persuade that Xu Shiji, our army will take advantage of the situation to attack this pass, maybe we can fight down." ”

Li Yuan's face was light, and he frowned and said helplessly: "At such a critical moment, as a general, how could Xu Shijie go to danger lightly?" ”

"Your Majesty, let's give it a try!"

Pei Lin didn't care, and said with a chuckle: "If we don't give it a try, how can we know that this can't be done?" ”

Li Yuan's face was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw that Li Shimin also nodded slightly, he immediately reacted and echoed: "Then give it a try." This matter is to be entrusted to Pei Gong! ”

"The minister will definitely live up to the trust!"

Pei Lin swore with a sworn face: "I heard that there are many talents in Louguan Dao, and there are many masters, and Hanguguan and his party just let them completely break with Xia Jun and Buddhism." ”

………………

Luoyang, the entrance of the vegetable market in Beishi.

A group of men, women, and children, who were crying loudly, although their clothes were all silk and satin, were all dirty and disheveled, and their faces were desperate, waiting for the verdict and death to come.

In the center of the entrance of the vegetable market, there is a huge torture platform, on which stand more than a dozen executioners, these executioners are all rough and bare chest, the standard butcher image, each standing upright, holding a machete in his hand, shining in the sun, grabbing people's hearts.

"Mr. Zheng, please!"

At this time, a tall executioner, like an iron tower, was really able to stand on his fists and run horses on his arms, and strode up to this group of crying men, women and children, and said to an elegant middle-aged man with an expressionless face.

"Hmph, Ye Ke has gone against the grain, and sooner or later he will be retributed!"

The middle-aged man's face was haggard, his neatly trimmed beard was messy, his eyes were bloodshot and he suddenly got up, and looked back at his parents, wife and children at home with a gloomy face, his eyes were full of panic, and he followed the executioner and strode towards the torture platform, leaving only a cry of panic behind him.

"The Zheng clan of Xingyang enslaved the people, colluded with Wagang and Li Tang, and should be beheaded!"

The cold and ruthless voice of the prison officer sounded, and when the words fell, the executioner's eyes were sharp, and the ghost-headed machete in his hand flashed, and a head with a hideous and unwilling face flew out of the distance, and the blood sprayed was shocking.

In the crowd, a monk folded his hands and chanted the Buddha's name: "Good, good, King Xia loves the people like a son and treats all living beings well, but the Zheng family communicates with the traitor, it is really an evil demon into the body!" King Xia eliminated harm for the people, which can be described as a bodhisattva's heart! ”

When the people around heard this, they suddenly realized that this was the case!

Even the virtuous monks said that the Zheng family had suffered from evil spirits and should be raided and exterminated, which must be true.

On this day, the execution ground was surrounded by Luoyang residents on three floors and three floors outside, and they watched a big man in Luoyang who was high in the past being pushed onto the execution platform like a pig or sheep to be slaughtered, and turned into a cold corpse as the executioner's knife fell.

Not only were the culprits who colluded with Li Tang directly beheaded, but even their parents, wives and children were not spared, and King Xia strictly ordered: There is no forgiveness for killing!

Is it ruthless? Not ruthless at all.

I didn't see what the master of the White Horse Temple said, they were possessed by evil demons in their hearts and did evil things, so they were beheaded by King Xia, as long as they died, the evil demons would follow them into hell and fall into reincarnation.

In a restaurant not far away, Ye Ke's face was calm,

"The king is wise, using senior monks to resolve people's questions, is it really clever?"

Shang Shu's left servant shot Ling Jing behind him, and praised him very insincerely.

Ye Ke said slowly: "Why do these family gate lords think that they have five surnames and seven hopes, and they don't accept Wang Hua, do they think that my knife is soft?" ”

He sneered, "Now that I have a steel knife in one hand and a Buddhist scripture in the other, no matter who is my enemy, what awaits him is not only the death of the clan, but also the ruin!" Even if you go to hell, you will never be able to turn over! ”

Ling Jing was silent.

He was born in poverty, so he naturally couldn't get used to the various practices of the family.

It's just that Ye Ke's steel knife is too ruthless, and he can't bear it.

But since King Xia said it so clearly, why should he talk too much as a courtier.

Don't you look at the Wei Zheng who loves to admonish, he doesn't say a word at the moment, and he still watches it with relish?