Along the way, I always heard the master talk about the Central Plains, and now that I have come to Chang'an, I know what the heritage is. Don't look at the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it is not too long, but the Central Plains culture has a long history and has never been broken.

Perhaps the Three Emperors and Five Emperors have become legends in the Central Plains.

The stories of the pre-Qin countries and the hundreds of schools of thought are still well-known.

The great sage who was born in Huaguo Mountain, Aolai Country, Dongsheng Shenzhou, also calculated that when he was born on the westbound road, it was about the Spring and Autumn Period of the Central Plains and when he was playing in Huaguo Mountain, the sons of the Central Plains were gradually taking the stage.

It is said that at that time, the Taiqing sage incarnated into the lower realm of Lao Tzu and founded the Taoist school in the world, but he failed to come out on top.

Although there are indeed many masters of Taoism, everyone has always paid little attention to secluded in the mountains and cultivated immortals in the deep mountains.

On the contrary, those Taoists who pay attention to worldly fame and fortune are certainly not profound in their own knowledge. It will be even more difficult to compete with those who have entered the world at that time. That is to say, all the Taoist masters have cultivated to a high level, otherwise if they only talk about academics, I am afraid that they will not die out.

On the way to the Imperial Garden.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty also continued to introduce these architectural styles in the palace to a few brothers who came to the Central Plains for the first time, and even saw some decorative foils on the road, and they could tell a piece of origin.

Each has its own origin, each has its own meaning, and it is a genuine treasure of the human race.

Especially when passing by the Hongwen Pavilion, I saw a group of imperial brothers, princes and yamen getting out of school, perhaps Li Shimin counted the time to pass by here, so he took the opportunity to greet them all and go to the imperial garden together.

Li Shimin naturally told the Great Sage and others about the origin of this Hongwen Pavilion, although it was a yamen subordinate to Menxia Province, but his younger brothers and sons, as well as some children of the emperor's relatives and high-ranking officials in the capital, would be sent here to study before they became adults.

It can be described as the talent training center of Datang.

Seeing that it was the Hongwen Pavilion, Fahai couldn't help but ask: "Brother Huang, I heard that there are more than 200,000 volumes of books here. Foolish brother is not talented, I don't know if I can read a group of books inside? ”

"Hahaha-" Li Shimin laughed when he heard this: "In all the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there is no place where the royal brother cannot go." ”

After that, Li Shimin also paused, and said again: "There is no basis for what I say, and when I ask the craftsman to create a token tomorrow, the royal brother will come as if I were there with this order." But I have a small request—"

Fahai didn't wait for Li Shimin to speak, and said: "I don't know if Your Majesty wants the original version of the Buddhist scriptures, or has the little monk annotated it after reading it?" ”

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "I want to." ”

"Amitabha." Fahai was not surprised, but said with a smile: "If you only need the original scriptures, the little monk can take them out and put them in the Hongwen Pavilion, but if Your Majesty wants it, Your Majesty will have to wait for some time." ”

"There's no urgency." Li Shimin smiled and said: "After all, if there is no translation annotation from the royal brother. These fifteen thousand volumes of scripture are no different from waste paper. ”

"Prince."

"Father." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly stepped forward.

"How's the Temple of Mercy and Grace doing?"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince replied: "Back to my father, it has been built." ”

"Then build a stupa in the temple."

"Yes." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to ask too much, he also knows the purpose of this tower.

But Li Shimin still took the initiative to explain: "The abbot of this Temple of Mercy and Grace is none other than the royal brother. In addition, this pagoda is dedicated to the royal brother from Tianzhu to take the scriptures, as for this Chongwen Museum. Leave a copy of the original transcription, the original version of the scriptures, or stay in the temple, by the royal brother personally keep it is more appropriate. ”

Fahai's original intention was that it was enough to keep the wordless scriptures for himself; This is a true scripture, which was originally taken for the Tang Dynasty, and it is not necessary to put it in the Hongwen Museum.

But at this moment, after listening to His Majesty's words, he didn't refuse.

Of course, the true scriptures are most appropriate to be placed in Buddhist temples, and if these scriptures are placed in the Hongwen Museum, I am afraid that in the end it will be a fate that no one cares about.

"In fact, these books are the real wealth left to future generations." Li Shimin sighed with emotion, and said to the prince and the students who came out of the Hongwen Pavilion: "Even if we old men build a large territory, if the descendants of future generations are not filial, sooner or later there will be a day of defeat. There are many lessons from history. That's all—"

Li Shimin pointed to the Hongwen Pavilion, "We have inherited the wisdom of our predecessors, so we have today's Datang; And if we want to ensure that China will always prosper, what we need to do is to carry forward the wisdom of our predecessors and always pass them on. By then, even if the Tang Dynasty is dead, China will still be there. ”

At this moment, the Great Sage seemed to understand what Master had said in the past, that the reason why people are not afraid of death is because of the continuity of spiritual inheritance.

The Great Sage just sighed in his heart, but the little white dragon on the side suddenly felt a little embarrassed for some reason, perhaps because their dragon clan has a long lifespan, and they have the wisdom of heaven and earth, and they are born with the ability to call the wind and rain, so they are arrogant by nature. Not to mention that the human race is not as progressive, even the glory left by their ancestors is about to be lost.

He felt for a moment that even the many treasures in the treasure house of the Dragon Palace were not even as precious as these scrolls of this human race.

Li Shimin didn't know what to think, and suddenly asked Master Sanzang: "Royal brother, you said that after I die, how will the history books record my life merits?" ”

He didn't wait for Master Sanzang to speak, but more like asking and answering himself: "I can summarize a person's life in just a few words, and I can record the rise and fall of a dynasty in just a few pages. ”

Even Fahai can't answer this.

Because that's just the way it is.

As everyone knows, Emperor Taizong has three mirrors, one of which is "history", which can be known about the rise and fall.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty is so prosperous today is that Emperor Taizong took history as a mirror.

"I almost forgot." Fahai saw that the atmosphere was a little heavy, so he stepped forward and took out the customs clearance document from his sleeve and presented it to Li Shimin, "This is the customs clearance document that His Majesty sent to his younger brother when he left Chang'an. ”

Li Shimin took it very solemnly, and remembered that this was the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, so he sighed: "After a long time, it has been 27 years since Zhenguan." ”

Reading it slightly, I saw that there were Baoxiang national seals, black chicken national seals, Chechi national seals, Xiliang female national seals, sacrificial national seals, Zhu Zi national seals, bhikshu national seals, and French seals; There are also Fengxian County seal, Yuhua Prefecture seal, Jinping Mansion seal and Tianzhu State seal.

In my heart, I made a general review of the story of my brother's westward journey, and then I put the text in my sleeve, and said in my heart: When I am buried for a hundred years, this thing should be a personal burial.

After a short time, we arrived at the Imperial Garden.

The eldest grandson and queen have already greeted her, "The concubines greet Your Majesty, and I have seen Master Sanzang and the elders." ”

"I've seen the Queen's Mother-"

In addition to Li Shimin, everyone saluted the queen together.

Although Fahai knew that the queen died young, she should have died of illness in the tenth year of Zhenguan, but she is still alive now, but Fahai did not make a fuss about it.

After all, Li Shimin, who should have died in Zhenguan for 23 years, is not still alive now?

Moreover, the most outrageous thing is clearly on himself.

Even so, Fahai still operated the Dharma Eye, and explored the Qi veins of the Empress of the Eldest Sun a little, and found that there was indeed a sign of qi and blood deficiency, thinking that after a serious illness, the body gradually weakened, and it has not been able to recover so far.

After the salute, everyone took their seats.

Bang Bang –

After a few pleasantries, the fast began.

Because it is to entertain Master Sanzang and return to the court, so today it is all a vegetarian feast.

"A few elders are outside the frontier, and now that they are in Datang, they might as well taste my Datang food."

Li Shimin's words seemed to be directed towards a few disciples of Master Sanzang, but Bajie always felt that he was looking at himself. But as the dishes became more and more complete and complete, Bajie didn't care about anything else, and only put a pair of eyes on the delicacies in front of him.

If he hadn't remembered the number of rituals, he would have started feasting a long time ago.

Look at the strange fragrance and the strange freshness - amber cups, glass cups, inlaid with gold and emerald; Gold plate, white jade bowl, inlaid brocade flowers.

The first to come up is an appetizing melon and fruit, such as walnut persimmon cake and longan lychee. Xuanzhou cocoon chestnut Shandong jujube, Jiangnan ginkgo rabbit head pear dazzling.

After the melons and fruits are finished, it is vegetarian fasting, what rotten boiled cranberries, sugar poured taro. The mushrooms are sweet and the sea vegetables are strange. Gluten Tsubaki leaves, fungus tofu skin. Stone flower fairy, fern powder dried myrtle. Boiled sulforaphane peppercorns, mustard mixed with shredded melons, etc., there are many patterns, and they are even more overwhelming.

Finally, it is written that the steamed crispy honey food and delicacies, and the wine and tea as a companion can be described as unprepared, and there are no uneven pieces.

"Please ——!"

With an order, Bajie has already started!

After the meal was full, Li Shimin asked Bajie, "What does Elder Pig think?" ”

Bajie was still unfinished, got up and saluted, and said seriously: "These delicacies are all of the highest quality, and my great country in China is really different from Xiyi." ”

Before I knew it, the thanksgiving banquet was dispersed.

Li Shimin originally wanted to keep Sanzang to stay in the palace, but he heard Sanzang say that he had promised the monks of Hongfu Temple to meet in the evening. Li Shimin did not force him to stay, but he had already made up his mind and would go to Hongfu Temple early tomorrow morning to meet him.

And said that the sea of Fahai returned to Hongfu Temple, and saw that although it was late, all the monks in the temple had not yet slept, and they were all waiting here.

When they saw Master Sanzang returning, they didn't wait for Master Sanzang to speak first, so they kowtowed one by one to greet him, helped the old abbot up, and the monks behind him also got up together.

Master Sanzang is the prince of the Tang Dynasty who is the world's great exposition of the monks, and he is actually the head of all the monks.

Even the abbot of a temple is no exception.

Fahai told them that they didn't have to kneel anymore when they saw him in the future, but the monks were honestly afraid. The heart is not at ease.

Seeing that three or two sentences could not be changed, Fahai was not in a hurry, and he would slowly correct it later.

After all, even when the ministers faced the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, they all sat and deliberated on their own mortal monks, even if they received the position of the world's great exposition of the monks, but they did not have to be like this.

After thinking about it, these monks kneel down to worship the Buddha every day. Xu has been kneeling for a long time, but it has become a habit, and it is probably not easy to let them stand up again.

When he entered the temple, one of his former disciples said, "Master, this tree head suddenly turned east this morning. We remembered Master's words, so we went out of the city to pick it up, and sure enough, it arrived! ”

"I still can't compare to Your Majesty." Another disciple said, "Your Majesty will spend a period of time in the Wangjing Tower outside the city at this time, waiting for the Master's return. It's a pity that the Wangjing Tower is full of forbidden troops, even if it is a monk like us, I can't trespass. ”

Since ancient times, emperors have traveled without rashness.

Unless it was the emperor's own private visit and sneaking out of the palace.

But in general. For the vast majority of emperors, it is difficult to leave the palace when they are free.

The more virtuous or the more the emperor wants to be a good emperor, he will be more or less bound by the position under the buttocks.

Even Li Shimin is no exception, if it weren't for the fact that the crown prince is now sharing state affairs, he may not be able to be so willful, and his daily recitals are enough for him to have a headache.

After entering the main hall, there was naturally another greeting.

Fahai master and apprentice were not sleepy, but the monks still gradually showed a tired state, Fahai sent them to disperse, what to say tomorrow morning, but the monks did not obey, Fahai then ordered in the name of the world's great exposition of the monks, and the monks reluctantly dispersed.

After all, Venerable Sanzang has lived here for a while, and his meditation room is always empty, and it is always cleaned, even if he returns after 14 years, he can move in immediately.

Moreover, during the day today, the monks also carefully cleaned and ordered, and even the rooms of the four disciples were ready to come out, just on the left and right of Master Sanzang's meditation room.

The four disciples were all in Master Sanzang's meditation room, and evening classes had become a habit, and everyone was very conscious.

Perhaps they finally felt the worry of the senior brother before, and knew that the day when the master and apprentice would reunite and get together was probably not a few days left.

One night of practice, no gossip -

Early the next morning.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince received a summons, saying that his father left the palace before dawn, and he still asked him to sort it out this morning.

Li Zhi suddenly had a head and two big, and said in his heart: Presumably, those princes who fought for this position throughout the ages never knew the hard work of this position, right?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince admires his father more and more, he was able to govern diligently in the past, and he was only in charge of the country under the guidance of his father for a few years, and he already wanted to pick his son a little.

Big brother, fourth brother. It was because you were not angry that this drudgery fell on the head of the younger brother.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to court.

Li Shimin naturally came to the outside of Hongfu Temple.

Fahai has already sensed it, and naturally welcomes it in advance. saw that in addition to a team of forbidden troops around Li Shimin, there was also a middle-aged man.

After a few glances, I saw that although his face was pale, his eyebrows and eyes were even a little feminine. But it seems that there is a ball of fire that has nowhere to vent inside.

What's more, the other party is seven points similar to Li Shimin.

"I've seen the royal brother." Fahai withdrew his gaze and did not ask for the identity of the other party.

He knew that Li Shimin would take the initiative to say it, after all, the person was brought by the other party, so he naturally had his intentions.

(End of chapter)