The piled up conflicts are becoming more and more obvious in Chang'an City.

Non-mainstream sects such as Buddhism, Taoism and even Nestorianism have also been affected, and all kinds of sneaky people often haunt Chang'an.

The sky in Chang'an changes three times a day, even in the cold winter, lightning and thunder can often be seen.

It can be seen that there are high-ranking people fighting in the depths of the clouds.

If it weren't for the fact that this is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, gathering the luck of a country, it would be too much to do directly in the city, and I am afraid that the 110 squares of Chang'an would have been demolished by most of the monks from all sides.

Even so, the Wuhou who patrolled the streets who knew some inside stories often felt frightened.

During the night patrol, they saw more strange things than they had in the first half of their lives combined.

In the process of this conflict between the parties, but mutual restraint, time gradually passed, and it was June of the third year of Huichang.

Soon it will be Li Yan's birthday.

In the first two years of Li Yan's ascension to the throne, he had no power in his hands and no soldiers in his hands, even if he had a birthday, he was at most congratulated by courtiers and held a banquet in the harem.

And now Li Yan is finally going to hold his birthday in a big way, not only attracting envoys from all sides, but also inviting many religious figures into the hall for canonization and commendation.

On June 11, after the hundred officials entered the temple, the figures sent by Buddhism to congratulate appeared one after another.

Li Yangao sat on the dragon chair and awarded the noble purple robes to the Taoists who entered the main hall, but ignored those monks.

All the monks and monks had anger on their faces or eyes, if it weren't for the fact that the Son of Heaven had dragon qi to protect his body, and the laws would be difficult to hurt, they were afraid that they would start casting spells now and punish Li Yan.

Chu He was dressed in a purple Taoist robe, holding a dustbrush, standing in the line of Taoists, with an indifferent expression, as if the current situation had nothing to do with him.

The few Taoists next to him didn't have such a good cultivation, and the sneering and sneering expressions on their faces had almost revealed their substance, and they were even more angry in the eyes of those monks.

If these monks are really empty, then why do they still build such luxurious temples? What do they do to occupy so many fertile fields? What do they do to sculpt the golden body of the Buddha and Bodhisattva? Only a green lamp, a scroll of Buddhist scriptures, and a mouthful of coarse tea and light rice can live, why struggle in this Vanity Fair?

Faced with the sarcastic expressions of the Taoists, the monks gritted their teeth one by one.

At this time, the crown prince Zhan Shi Wei Zongqingjin wrote 20 volumes of "Nirvana Sutra" and 20 volumes of "Dayuan Yizi Mirror Strategy", which were given to Li Yan as congratulatory gifts in court.

Suddenly, the expressions of the ministers in the hall became extremely subtle.

The crown prince Zhan is in charge of the political affairs of the government, the fang, and the bureau to guide the prince. In a sense, it also represents the prince's political attitude towards the outside world.

Now on Li Yanshou's birthday, Wei Zongqing sent an annotated Buddhist scripture as a congratulatory gift, which means that the prince's attitude is very ambiguous.

And behind this must be the meaning of Buddhism.

In a small way, it can be said that the prince is friendly to Buddhism, and he also asks Li Yan to think more about how to deal with Buddhism's attitude.

In short, it is to warn Li Yan that if he insists on going his own way, then Buddhism will find a way to let the prince ascend the throne in advance.

In general, the prince is a member of Buddhism and has been controlled by Buddhism.

Li Yan is on top, but he has been the emperor for three years, and his face is no longer easy to show joy and anger, but the changing look in his eyes can still make people perceive a trace of the ups and downs in his heart.

There is no father and son in the Heavenly Family, especially between the crown prince and the emperor, which is more like some kind of coexistence and hostile relationship.

The emperor needs to have a crown prince to assure the world that there will be a successor and the country will be forever. But at the same time, we must guard against and restrict the crown prince, so as not to suddenly become the emperor or the first emperor by accident.

And the crown prince is the prince, the future lord of the world, enjoying the glory and power of one person under ten thousand people, and he must always be vigilant and guard against cold arrows flying from all sides, as well as suspicions from his father and the emperor.

The more virtuous emperors have always been, the more vulgar their successors have become, probably for this reason.

The excessively strong emperor can always easily detect his sons' every move, so as to restrict them, and in the end, only the mediocre can stay until the end.

Obviously, Li Yan's various behaviors are like a Zhongxing overlord.

With such an emperor's father on top, the crown prince has no reason not to worry, not only worried about whether he can succeed to the throne, but also worried about whether he will be taken away from everything one day, and even imprisoned until he dies of old age.

So he simply took refuge in Buddhism and borrowed the blessing of Buddhism to protect himself.

The various details and reasons are not well understood by the ministers, monks, and Taoists in the main hall, but many people can infer the causes and results of the whole process.

Everyone was waiting for Li Yan's answer.

Li Yan's next sentence will guide the future wind direction.

Is it to accept the Buddhist scriptures and succumb to the threat of Buddhism, or to continue to promote the destruction of Buddhism, and start a more fierce conflict with Buddhism, or even... Change a prince.

I saw Li Yan slowly stand up, his figure, which was not tall at all, was particularly tall and majestic under the magnificent background bonus, under the backdrop of a dragon robe, and under the refraction of the hundred officials who bowed down and listened to his words, he looked particularly tall and majestic, and could not resist and violate.

"Xi Lie Chongban, follow Confucianism, indulge in heresy, is a fan of demon wind... ”

"If it is not a holy word, it is still advisable to prohibit it, and the foreign religion will be spread. ”

Between the two sentences, Li Yan branded the words of Buddhism as the theory of demons and evils, and at the same time once again strongly stated his position.

When the crown prince Zhan Shi Wei Zongqing heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and he knelt directly on the ground, not begging for mercy, but his body kept trembling.

"Under the door of the edict book, the herbs in his house were burned and not allowed to be passed on. Li Yan looked at the crown prince Zhan Shi Wei Zongqing, and said lightly, as if he didn't blame him.

Some Taoists in the hall who did not understand politics showed resentment on their faces.

It is clear that he has taken advantage, but it seems that he has suffered a big loss.

On the contrary, it was the monks, their expressions became calm, and they seemed to look down on everything. But everyone who understands knows that they are completely dead to Li Yan.

From this moment on, they have only two goals.

Either kill Li Yan or bring down Li Tang Jiangshan, there will be no more room for maneuver.

The birthday passed quietly in a dreary mood.

Even if the banquet is luxurious, even if the singing and dancing are superb, there are almost no people who can watch quietly.

After the birthday banquet was dispersed, the monks of Buddhism quickly left in groups.

The line was in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the palace.

However, Zhao Guizhen caught up with Chu He and asked: "Brother Dao! Brother Dao, let's stay! I don't know what Brother Fang Cai said to His Majesty on the top of the main hall, what do you think?"

Compared with other peers, Zhao Guizhen is more politically minded, but his sense of smell is not sharp enough.

Why Li Yan would deal with Wei Zongqing lightly, he never figured it out.

It stands to reason that since Li Yan is determined to destroy the Buddha, Wei Zongqing, who dedicates Buddhist scriptures and represents the attitude of the prince, should be in prison at the least, waiting for the trial of the three divisions.