"Make Buddha on four continents, Yangzhou, Jiangzhou, Guizhou, Taiyuan.

"Even if the Buddha is built in Yangzhou and Taiyuan, I can understand it a little.

"'Yang Yi Yi Two', Yangzhou is the most prosperous place in the south, and Taiyuan is also the seat of Hedong Province, known as the northern capital.

"But you can bring us Jiangzhou, and Guizhou over there in Lingnan Road, what's going on? The people of our two states are not so well-off.

"Why didn't the Buddha be built in the two capitals of Guannai? Who doesn't know that Kannai is the richest, how can it be so unfair. ”

On the second floor of Yunshui Pavilion, there was a slimmer who slapped the table.

The voice of another middle-aged scholar at the same table sounded:

"Brother Qi was angry, and he was puzzled at first, but later I heard that these Quartet Buddha statues are linked to the Great Zhou Songde Center.

"And the four continents where the Sifang Buddha statue is located seem to be the advice of the Shangyang Palace Wangqi scholars to the saints, and now it seems that it is deeply meaningful.

"Jiangzhou is the world's eyebrow place, there are mountains, rivers and lakes, and Guizhou, in the southwest, is also the best in the world.

"The Great Zhou belongs to Jinde, and the construction of the Golden Body Buddha is located in the best place of the landscape, which is in line with the pattern of gold and water, and the meaning of national prosperity.

"Those Yin and Yang Scholars, heh, they have a hand in bewitching the Sacred Heart."

The dissuading middle-aged scholar sneered, and the scholar surnamed Qi, who had just spoken angrily, calmed down a little, and couldn't help but look at the person in front of him more:

"I didn't expect Brother Chen to also understand the way of the five elements of yin and yang."

"Understand." After a pause, the middle-aged scholar surnamed Chen said meaningfully:

"In addition, the construction of Buddha statues in Taiyuan, this place is subtle, and there is also a deep meaning, just ask Brother Qi, do you remember, where is the place of Longxing from Qian?"

"Didn't Taizong start from Taiyuan back then......" The scholar surnamed Qi paused, shook his sleeves and scolded angrily:

"It must be the advice of the Wei family and the Yin and Yang family scholars, all day long ghosts are thinking, gossips are confusing, and bewitching the saints to listen!"

It was noon, and on the second floor of the entire Yunshui Pavilion, except for the table where Ouyang Rong, Li Dalang, and Yan Liulang, who often traveled in the corner, ate quietly.

Many of the guests at the other tables were discussing current affairs in the imperial court.

It has been more than a month since the imperial court issued a holy decree to raise funds for the construction of the Great Zhou Wanguo Songde Center and the Buddha statues of the Quartet.

However, the discussion of the folk scholars is still boiling, and even intensifying.

"Tanlang, do you want to change the box?" Lida Lang retracted his gaze and couldn't help but cry out worriedly.

Ouyang Rong raised his head and glanced at the hall on the second floor.

Many of the people who discussed current affairs were dressed as scholars and literati and were impassioned, while some merchants and diners were not interested in it.

Recently, because of the preparation of the state study and interpretation, he learned that the Temple of the Holy Ancestor was near Yunshui Pavilion, and it was only a corner of the street.

No wonder there are often scholars who come to this building for dinner, and the last time I met the angry young Yue Ziang, it was understandable.

Ouyang Rong retracted his gaze, shook his head at Da Lang, buried his head in eating, and moved calmly.

Li Dalang and Yan Liulang glanced at each other, and followed him to eat with peace of mind.

Right now, the table where the slim face scholar and the middle-aged scholar are located, the discussion is the most intense, the voice is the loudest, and Ouyang Rong, who is sitting in the corner, can be heard clearly.

"Heh, I'm afraid this time it's not just as simple as bewitching the saint."

Suddenly, a young man with a white and handsome face put down his chopsticks at the side table, and snorted coldly and echoed the two who had just spoken:

"The two kings of the Wei family are obviously taking the opportunity to suppress the king, the master, and the loyal ministers of the court, this is another round of persecution.

"The two kings of the Wei family, the scourge is endless, and it is really a cancer of the society."

On the second floor, a group of scholars echoed it.

A scholar's voice was lowered, and he asked cautiously:

"I heard that the master's seven begging bones were rejected, and now he declares a minor illness to the outside world, and he has been in the house for half a month, and he has not gone out to the court?"

The young scholar nodded: "In the matter of building the center and the Buddha statue this time, Your Majesty, at the instigation of the Wei family, tried every means to bypass the master and the political hall, and took the so-called fat powder money from the inner treasury.

"The master may be angry, although Your Majesty respectfully calls the master the elder, but sometimes he acts, and he is indeed a little domineering......"

"Shhh

"Hmph, what's not to say?"

The young scholar snorted, and the hall was quiet for a while, and everyone sighed together, and some of them faced the north, and said in a reverent tone:

"Master Ji, Li Thorn History, Wei Yushi, Du Zhizhong, Wang Zhushu...... Sacrificing oneself for righteousness, righteousness is also the minister of the backbone, and the blessing of the community.

"He is really a model for my generation, although he was temporarily persecuted and deposed by the Wei family...... But as long as there is a master and a king with them, it is hoped that Jiangshan Sheji will never fall into the door of the Wei family. ”

"It's a matter of society, and it is naturally incumbent upon the master and the ministers of the DPRK and China...... the young scholar nodded and said quietly:

"I heard that the great-grandfather of Lord Ji was a scholar with the dynasty, and when the Great Qian was founded, Taizong did not blame the Ji family who moved into Chang'an, but gave favors, which was a beautiful talk at that time.

And Li Tingshi is a descendant of a certain founding prince of Daqian, Guan Longerlang, who is rooted in the red, and has been favored to enter the office...... And Wei Yushi is the same......"

This person couldn't help but sigh: "It's still there......

The scholars who had originally praised looked at each other, and couldn't help but look at this brother who spoke boldly.

The lobby on the second floor is a little colder...... This kind of concern about the previous dynasty, not many scholars echoed it, after all, some things are not on the scale, once on the scale, a thousand catties can't be beaten.

Of course, those who denounce the government will also be spurned by the world.

In the corner not far away, Yan Liulang glanced at the Ming Mansion who was unresponsive, and then turned his head to look at Da Lang, who was also surnamed "Li".

As a state judicial member of the army, he blinked, raised his hand, held the waist knife, and immediately smiled bitterly from Dalang, gave him a glass of wine, and begged for mercy.

Yan Liulang let go of his hand with a smile and stopped joking.

At the same time, a group of scholars on the second floor quickly skipped the topic of this dangerous landslide.

"In any case, it is a blessing in misfortune to have a drink today, come, everyone, toast! Today's pay, under the treat. ”

A man in brocade clothes got up, raised his glass passionately, and threw a lot of money.

On the second floor, most of the guests stood up, laughing and drinking.

Yan Liulang and Li Dalang glanced at each other, stood up tacitly, and followed the drink.

The two friends were cheeky and drunk, Ouyang Rong shook his head, he was still sitting, as if no one was picking up vegetables, and there was a sound in his ears that the scholars couldn't stop talking after drinking:

"I heard that among this group of persecuted righteous Qingchen, Wang Zhushu happened to be demoted to our Jiangzhou and appointed as a doctor of state studies, and Du was demoted to Longcheng County to be a county minister.

"But it's a pity that Li Tingshi and Wei Yushi are a little far away, one is in Raozhou, and the other is in Yixian."

"It's okay, when the time comes, a few gentlemen will come, and they will definitely go out of the city to greet them......"

"It's down there, too."

"Add a ......"

The scholars warmly catered to him.

Ouyang Rong, who was serious about cooking, paused slightly in his movements and pursed his lips.

There is indeed a lack of a Jiangzhou doctor on the state school's side, and now the state school holds a grand ceremony at the beginning of the year, which must be presided over by him, a long history, which was originally the responsibility of the Jiangzhou government doctor.

I don't know if the former Chang'an master named Wang Junzhi will be able to participate in time......

As for the recent events in the imperial court, Ouyang Rong, as the governor of Jiangzhou, also has the news channels of Xunyang Wangfu and Xiangwangfu.

Naturally, they know more than these scholars.

In addition to Ji Qianyi, who lived in the official residence, Li Tingshi, Wei Yushi, Du Zhishizhong, Wang Zhushu and others can be regarded as a group of people with the most fierce views and attitudes in the faction of the Central Protector of the DPRK.

It can even be directly said that it is a re-cadre faction.

Previously, the Cadre Sect had blamed Difuzi for his weak attitude, saying that the Master only emphasized "keeping the cadres" and did not carry out the "reinstatement......

Of course, these are just private disputes between the Baoli faction, and on the surface they are still unified with the outside world.

However, this time the center and the Buddha statue incident still separated them, which can be regarded as the Yang conspiracy of the Wei clan to split the Baoli faction...... Ouyang Rongdong is like watching the fire.

The food on the table was almost the same, Ouyang Rong seemed to hear something, suddenly frowned, and turned his head to see that the group of scholars was "conspiring loudly" to protest against the Buddha in the Jiangzhou hall.

I heard that one of the scholars in the crowd had a puzzled tone:

"Wang Tingshi did nothing, aiding and abusing, as expected, I heard that he was promoted by the Wei family, a nest of snakes and rats......

"But what about Ouyang Lianghan, this Changshi Lord is a world-famous upright gentleman, didn't he write a book to advise and stop the Buddha who worked hard and hurt money?"

"Lord Changshi should be in the book."

"But why didn't this turmoil even sit on him in the slightest?" Someone spoke coldly.

There was silence in the building for a moment.

After all, it is the history of the governor of this state, and no one dares to take the lead in saying disrespectful words, and he is still a true gentleman who has been widely admired before.

It's just that in this surprisingly silent atmosphere, some scholars looked suspicious and angry......

Lida Lang and Yan Liulang couldn't help but look at Ouyang Rong.

"It's up to me to do it."

Ouyang Rong smiled, took a piece of green vegetables and chewed it, his expression seemed to be seriously thinking, and he turned his head and said:

"It's come to this, let's eat first."

Seeing that he didn't care, Li Dalang and Yan Liulang couldn't help laughing.

Ouyang Rong shook his head with a smile.

His recital was indeed opposed.

It's just that the point of opposition is a little different from that of most opponents.

Well, he made a serious calculation for that majesty......

And this kind of calm "straight man" rhetoric is naturally not as fierce and conspicuous as the face output of Li Tingshi, Wei Yushi and other bone straight ministers.

I don't know if the empress watched his recital.

Anyway, in the end, the storm didn't affect him in the slightest.

About half an hour later, lunch on the second floor ended one after another, and the discussion of the scholars gradually became smaller, and they dispersed.

Ouyang Rong and his party also left Yunshui Pavilion.

In fact, scholars like this have been discussing no less than ten times a day in a place like Yunshui Pavilion where there are many literati and ink writers recently.

Ouyang Rong walked out of Yunshui Pavilion and frowned slightly.

The emotions of the folk scholars were even more intense than he imagined, and even the Jiangzhou scholars in Jiangnan Province were discussing this matter, and they didn't know what the quarrel was like in other places......

In the next few days, sure enough, some scholars gradually gathered at the door of the Jiangzhou hall to protest against the construction of the Buddha statue in Jiangzhou.

Ouyang Rong turned a deaf ear and went to Xunyang Wangfu every day, and "discussed" the strategy of building the Donglin Giant Buddha with Lixian as the Jiangnan Governor's envoy.

On the way, he also went to Xunyang to the abbot to bless the boat with a sage festival that was smooth and rainy.

Looking at the peddlers and pawns who lived honestly, Ouyang Rong suddenly realized that the things that the officials and soldiers cared about and argued about had nothing to do with most of the people below.

Unless in order to build a Buddha statue, the Jiangzhou hall eats ugly and collects harsh taxes and raises food.

However, with him, the governor of Jiangzhou, sitting in the lobby of Jiangzhou, this kind of thing will naturally not happen.

For a time, in Xunyang City, except for the noisy criticism of the scholars who like "key politics" in the teahouse tavern, the rest of the people's livelihood was all unharmed.

It's just that the low-key operation of the Jiangzhou lobby and the immovable Jiangzhou governors obviously did not satisfy the enthusiastic scholars.

When Ouyang Rong rode Dongmei up and down on duty, he was often stopped by young scholars on the street.

Asked Lord Changshi what he thought of the Great Zhou Songde Center.

Why didn't he and the Jiangzhou Hall speak out, could it be true that they had to obediently obey the wrong actions of the imperial court.

Ouyang Rong bypassed calmly every time.

Later, in order to reduce the trouble, Yan Liulang prepared a carriage for him and traveled in a low-key manner.

On this day, Yan Liulang, who was a little anxious, came to ask how to deal with the taxis who gathered to protest outside the Jiangzhou hall.

Ouyang Rong went out calmly, went to the peak of the twin peaks to inspect as planned, and left a sentence before leaving:

"It doesn't affect the livelihood of the normal people in the city, just let them go."

The following half of the decade.

News came from all over the world one after another.

In the ten provinces of the world, public opinion in some state capitals was agitated, and local scholars directly attacked the government to protest against the creation of Buddha statues and bronze songs.

There are hundreds of states in Dazhou, and the people in some places are more fierce, which is not surprising.

In particular, there were many protests in the state capitals of Guizhou, Yangzhou, Taiyuan and other prefectures where Buddha statues were built.

The government of a few prefectures chose to fight hard and directly suppressed it, and several cases of bloodshed and imprisonment occurred immediately.

For a time, the imperial court shook, and the Shilin Qing discussion became more and more boiling.

The Shendu court sent a decree to all states, with strict wording, requiring proper and serious handling, and not affecting the construction of the Great Zhou Songde Center and the Sifang Buddha statue.

Sitting in the main hall, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but fall into deep thought after reading these official documents.

When he passed by the door in the evening of the same day, he lifted the curtain and looked at the groups of protesters outside the Jiangzhou lobby, who were not too many, and even had sporadic meals.

Ouyang Rong looked at how he felt cute, and suddenly felt that Jiangzhou Shizi's temper was actually quite good, quite face-saving, well, there are salted fish characteristics in Jiangzhou......

It's just that I don't know if the news of this Boshi bloodshed incident will stimulate these naïve and enthusiastic scholars again after it reaches Jiangzhou.

Ouyang Rong sighed lightly and lowered the curtain.

I really hope that they can not forget their original intention and continue to maintain the style of fishing.

In the following days, Ouyang Rong, as the governor of Jiangzhou, frequently went to Xunyang Wangfu to discuss the creation of Buddha with a certain Jiangnan governor.

Although he was named the Jiangnan Governor, he was only in name.

The specific matters were handed over to the following deputies as usual, Ouyang Rong and Wang Lengran.

It's just that Wang Lengran still doesn't care about anything, and Ouyang Rong has full authority to handle it.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that he is completely partial to Ouyang Rong.

Taking advantage of the fact that Wei's main energy is focusing on strengthening the Great Zhou Songde Center of the Wei and Zhou legal system.

Ouyang Rong grasped the rare window period.

He and Jiangzhou Lobby did not wait for the so-called 20,000 guan fat powder money, and directly contacted Wang Caozhi, Ma Zhangjiao and other partners.

People arrived one after another, and the funds were in place.

Finally, the plan for the excavation and construction of the Xunyang Grottoes agreed upon a year ago was launched and slowly implemented......

(End of chapter)