Along the way, the monks ate and slept in the open, fasted and bonded, and lived asceticly.

During the month, they experienced storms, scorching sun, steep mountain roads, and muddy roads. After the wind and rain, the tanned faces are filled with full and bright smiles.

A month later, the walking troop of monks finally arrived in Chang'an.

Returning to the capital Chang'an again, the majestic and majestic city gate tower is in front of you, looking at the prosperous and familiar style of Chang'an, listening to the heroic Guanzhong Qin dialect, Jiang Liuer's mood is very calm.

Silently unloading a large bag of bags on his body, wiping a handful of sweat, nibbling a few mouthfuls of dry food, drinking two sips of water, and resting for a moment on the side of the road, Jiang Liu'er got up and walked towards Master Huishen.

"Amitabha, Grand Master, Chang'an has arrived, and the poor monk Xuanzang is going to say goodbye to you. "Jiang Liu'er is full of heads.

Hui Shen hurriedly folded his hands in return and asked, "Master Xuanzang, where are you going next?"

"The poor monk and the abbot of the Huasheng Temple are quite close to each other, and I am ready to go there. ”

"Oh, Chang'an Huasheng Temple, Amitabha! May Master Xuanzang's future merits be fulfilled and Bodhi will be realized as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, Archmage. Jiang Liuer folded her hands in thanks.

Then, he packed his bags and strode towards the Vermilion Bird Gate of Chang'an City.

"Come and see, come and see! ”

Below the city gate tower, a group of people were chattering non-stop, Jiang Liu'er heard the sound and walked over, and saw many people around a newly posted notice on the city wall, where they were pointing and talking endlessly.

Jiang Liu'er fixed his eyes to look at the notice, and it turned out that the notice was the edict issued by Emperor Taizong, to the effect that he would recruit the world's great virtuous monks, and hold a water and land festival to surpass the lonely soul of the underworld.

Jiang Liu'er pondered: It is a great merit to surpass the lonely soul of the underworld, and all my Buddhist disciples must be duty-bound.

At that moment, he decisively unveiled the list and shouted to the officials not far away: "The poor monk Xuanzang is willing to go to the Dharma meeting and surpass the dead of the underworld, Amitabha!"

When the official in charge of recruiting monks heard the great joy, he immediately ran over and wrote down Xuanzang's name with a pen.

After revealing the list text, Jiang Liuer went all the way to Chang'an Huasheng Temple without mentioning it.

On the Jinluan Palace, it is usually the morning court every day.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have released the emperor's list, recruited great monks, and held a big water and land puja to surpass those lonely souls and wild ghosts in the underworld, so that they can be reborn as soon as possible and get rid of the sea of suffering, so as to educate the people of my Tang Dynasty and bless the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty. ”

"Where is Fu Aiqing?"

"Weichen is here!" Taishi Cheng Fu Yi trembled and answered the class.

"Fu Aiqing, the widow is going to let you be responsible for recruiting and selecting senior monks and presiding over the water and land puja, what do you think?"

"This ......"

Taishi Cheng Fu Yi didn't expect that the emperor would appoint himself and let himself, an official who compiled historical books, recruit high-ranking monks and preside over the Fa meeting, was there a mistake? For a while, he was a little hesitant.

"Fu Aiqing, do you have anything to say? Or is there any difficulty? Or I will give you a deputy? Tang Huang waved his hand.

"That's... The minister said that although Weichen is a historian of the imperial court, he has some opinions on this Buddhism, cough cough..."

"Oh, I'll hear it. Emperor Tang's face was full of waves, and he said quietly.

"This Buddha was transmitted from Tianzhu in the Western Regions and introduced to China from the time of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. The ministers have been historians for a long time, have read history books, and have long known the foundation of Buddhism in the Western Regions, which does not talk about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, and they deceive the good people with the theory of three ways and the six reincarnations, so that the good people are deceived and do not know it, and still believe in Buddhism, which is really incorrigible. Taishi Cheng Fu Yi said as he stroked his gray beard and sighed.

In their teachings, the so-called Buddhas, Buddhas, not only trace the small mistakes of each person in the past, but also peep into the unpredictable future of each person, and construct an illusion of the future with illusory words. Some believers can expect to secretly avoid the crimes they have committed by reciting Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures, and Buddha Yun's "put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" is the representative of this saying.

Speaking of this, Taishi Cheng Fu Yi's old face was a little red, and he looked indignant, and the hundreds of officials below the court were also talking about each other for a while, obviously, these civil and military officials also had great differences in their views on Buddhism.

Moreover, everyone's birth, old age, sickness and death, and the length of life are naturally natural, and the fate of each person depends on the individual. Today, the minister also heard that secular Buddhists often do things under the pretense of the Buddha's words and the Buddha's mouth. But since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in China, there is no Buddhism and Buddhism, isn't it the same that the Son of Heaven is wise, the courtiers are loyal, and the years are long? This is really a barbarian offense against my Huaxia! What the Buddhist scriptures say is really unbelievable!"

"Ahem, cough, cough..."

Excited, the elderly Tai Shi Cheng coughed again and again.

"I don't know if what Weichen said is right, please ask the emperor to check it. After speaking, Taishi Cheng Fu Yi, who stopped coughing, bowed to the ground.

Unexpectedly, there were courtiers who openly questioned his decision to "recruit senior monks and hold water and land festivals" in the court, and the Tang Emperor, who was sitting on the wide dragon chair, was silent for a while, but he scanned the ministers below with a pair of eyes.

"No, no, no! Fu Taishi is afraid that he only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other, right?!"

Minister Xiao Yu came out of class and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Buddhism began in the Han Dynasty, but it has repeatedly emerged in all dynasties, is this just accidental?"

Xiao Yu turned to face the ministers again and continued:

"Buddhism has always promoted good and suppressed evil, helped the country in the dark, and educated the people of all ......"

"The Buddha, in the eyes of the ministers, is a saint, it is not appropriate to destroy it, and it is not benevolent to abandon it, but it is greatly conducive to our dynasty to govern the world and educate the people, which is in line with the governing concept of "governing the world with benevolence and righteousness" of our Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the minister's view is: There should be no thoughts and actions to abandon Buddhism, and there should be no words and deeds to slander the monks and slander the Buddha. As he spoke, Xiao Yu, who had a straightforward temperament, glared at Tai Shicheng with his eyes.

In the court, in front of the Tang Emperor, Fu Yi and Xiao Yu argued back and forth, both sides insisted on their own words, and no one could convince anyone, and the civil and military officials who watched Xiao Fu's debate also had different opinions, and they were inconsistent.

"Your Majesty, it is really inappropriate for Fu Taishi to slander the monks and slander the Buddha, and it is against the national policy of governing the country with benevolence and righteousness in our dynasty, please deal with it strictly. Xiao Yu bowed and said.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Yu's self-esteem and fatherless religion are against humanity and are really guilty, please punish the emperor by decree. Ahem..."Tai Shi Cheng also played.

"Respecting the religion of fatherlessness is against humanity? Hehe, don't you know that the reason why there is hell is not because many people have unancient hearts, unkind hearts, and lack of education?" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Seeing that the courtiers below had different opinions, and they were basically divided into two factions, respecting the Buddha and slandering the Buddha, Emperor Tang frowned.

"You have also heard the words of Tai Fuqing, Zhongshuling, Fu Aiqing, and Xiao Aiqing, what are your opinions?"