Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 905

Chapter 27 The troubles of sentient beings are immeasurable and boundless
Shangshu Youcheng Fang Xuanling sat in the public room, looked at Gao Shilian who had a desolate face in front of him, and said slowly: "Gao Shilian, you'd better not resent Your Majesty!"

Gao Shilian said indifferently: "What about hating, so what if you don't hate?"

Fang Xuanling put a blank appointment document in front of Gao Shilian, and slowly wrote down the eight characters "Gao Shilian's Ministry of Officials Zuo Shilang".

Gao Shilian looked at Fang Xuanling with a face of shock, and gradually became suspicious.

Gao Shilian is different from Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling is just Li Shimin's courtier, but Gao Shilian is the uncle of eldest grandson Wugou and eldest grandson Wuji, so from beginning to end, Gao Shilian is the core backbone member of Li Shimin's direct line.

In history, the time of the change of Xuanwu Gate.Gao Shilian was responsible for recruiting criminals, refugees, destitute households and rangers in Chang'an City. He recruited more than 24 people and armed them into an army, stabilizing the situation in Chang'an in a very short period of time.Therefore, Gao Shilian ranked sixth among the [-] heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, ahead of Yu Chigong, Li Jing, Qu Tutong and others.

It is not because Gao Shilian is Li Shimin's wife-in-law, but because of his actual achievements.

Fang Xuanling looked at Gao Shilian's face, his eyes became dark.

Gao Shilian lowered his head slowly.

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "Your Majesty appointed you as the left servant of the Ministry of Officials to assist Wei Zheng and me and preside over the reduction of the number of officials. You are also from the royal family of the Northern Qi Dynasty. You are used to ups and downs. Be careful!"

Gao Shilian said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty has such a big heart!"

"Of course!" Fang Xuanling said solemnly: "Your Majesty's mind is beyond your imagination!"

Gao Shilian murmured: "This is putting me on the fire!"

Fang Xuanling said: "Others have no chance to bake it yet!"

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On Pei Ji's mansion, Pei Ji sat with his head bowed without saying a word.

Lawyer Pei looked at Pei Ji in surprise and said, "Gao Shilian was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials? Why?"

Li Xiaochang shook his head.

Pei Ji raised his head and said slowly: "Gao Shilian's uncle who abolished Princess Qin and Fang Xuanling are both old people in the Qin Palace. His Majesty used them to take charge of the abolition of officials, which shows that this time, His Majesty has indeed made up his mind. , to take the old officials of Wude, Li Tang's clan, and the heroes of the Eastern Palace..."

Li Xiaochang sighed, rather helplessly said: "The Duke of Huai'an has also hit a wall, and others are even more speechless."

Pei Ji smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty doesn't make sense, but Chen Ying...not necessarily."

"Chen Ying?" Li Xiaochang asked suspiciously: "He usually doesn't care about things?"

"It's precisely because he doesn't care about things, so his words are effective!" Pei Ji's eyes drooped, and he said angrily: "This time the officials were abolished, so many families in Guanzhong and scholars all over the world were dismissed, but there are two people who are exception!"

"Who?" Attorney Pei asked.

Li Xiaoguang asked suspiciously: "Yang Gongren?"

Pei Ji nodded and said: "The six phases of the Supreme Emperor, the old man was the first to be promoted secretly, and now Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda have also been dismissed, the six phases of Wude, the third of the six, Yuwen Shi and Feng Lun are also a matter of time, Only Yang Gongren can stand still like a mountain!"

Lawyer Pei asked again: "Who is the other person?"

Pei Ji said indifferently: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Lord Ying Guogong, warrior Xun, he is Chen Ying's cousin-in-law, and he is not among those who should be dismissed this time!"

Lawyer Pei said angrily: "He is a merchant, why? Yang Gongren was born in the Hongnong Yang family, a scholar, a farmer, a businessman, the leader of the four dimensions, and a high place in the temple. Scholars? Scholars are the foundation of the world. Scholars are temples, scholars are the court, and scholars are the foundation of the world. If a merchant has a few coins in his hand and can steal the temple, it is a disorder , the universe is turned upside down, rituals and music collapse."

Li Xiaochang's eyes were gloomy and cold, and he didn't say a word.

At this moment, Si Yan came to report, "Report to Sikong, there is a monk coming to pay a visit!"

Lawyer Pei looked at Pei Ji with some doubts. Pei Ji believed that he didn't like Li Buddha. How could there be monks coming to visit?

Pei Ji waved his hand and said, "No see!"

Si Yan seemed to know that Pei Ji didn't want to meet him, so he took out a greeting card, and saw that there was a bronzing cloud pattern of King Qi on it, and Pei Ji knew that this monk was recommended by King Qi Li Yuanji.If it was in the past, Pei Ji could not be in front of Li Yuanji, but now he has lost power, as the saying goes, a phoenix who has lost power is not as good as a chicken, and now Pei Ji is not the former prime minister of the dynasty.

Pei Ji thought for a while and said, "Please come here!"

Not long after, a benevolent monk came slowly.

Pei Ji stood up and bowed to him, "I don't know how to call the master!"

The monk bowed back and said: "The poor monk strictly enforces the law!"

Pei Ji asked Zen Master Yanfa to sit down. Yanfa closed his eyes, held the beads in his hand, and counted them one by one.

If Chen Ying were here, he would be surprised to find that Yan Fa was actually one of Xuanzang's many masters. Yan Fa taught Xuanzang's "Mahayana Theory" for six years.

Pei Ji took the time to drink tea.

Li Xiaochang said as if sitting on pins and needles: "Old Xiangguo, what should we do?"

Pei Ji looked at Yan Fa and said, "Master...what do you mean!"

Yan Fa opened his eyes, stared at Li Xiaochang with sharp eyes, and said: "Spreading rumors to expose the current emperor is a mean and ungrateful tyrant who forced his father to kill his brother. He is cruel and heartless. He is not only the enemy of the Li family, but also a The Guanlong gentry, and the enemy of the world's gentry."

Li Xiaochang was stunned and said: "How can this kind of method scare Li Jiancheng? He is a murderous person, why should he care about rumors?"

However, Pei Ji nodded and said: "Although this plan can't hurt the fundamentals of today, it can make him suspicious, and let him turn his suspicion back to those remaining parties in the Qin Palace. In this way, it may be possible to drive a wedge between him and him The relationship between the former ministers of the Qin Palace, especially Fang Xuanling, as long as Fang Xuanling is expelled from the court, the conferment of the clan and the streamlining of officials this time will come to an end."

Li Xiaochang suddenly realized.

Yan Fa said: "This is to treat the symptoms, not the root cause. If it is the root cause, we need to invite the Supreme Emperor!"

Li Xiaochang said in anticipation of Ai Ai: "The Supreme Emperor...don't be moved!"

Yan Fa looked at Pei Ji and said: "Pei Xiang took the poor monk to see the Supreme Emperor, and the poor monk will definitely be able to convince the Supreme Emperor!"

Pei Ji nodded and said, "Yes!"

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Pei Ji's carriage left Pei's mansion slowly, and walked towards the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace.In front of the Tai Chi Palace, the guards stopped Pei Ji's carriage, seeing that there was only one monk in Pei Ji's carriage, they didn't care, and let them go.

In the Ganlu Hall, Li Yuan was bored looking at the pile of ants on the ground. At this time, Li Yuan was holding a jar of honey, dripping it on the ground, and letting the ants eat around the honey.

Pei Ji walked to Li Yuan with Yan Fa and said, "Your Majesty, Master Yan Fa is here!"

Li Yuan looked Fa Ya up and down.

Yan Fachao bowed to Li Yuan with palms together and recited the Buddha's name.

Li Yuan asked indifferently: "I don't know Master Yanfa, which monastery is the order at now?"

Yan Fa nodded and said, "The poor monk was at the Jingtu Temple in Luoyang before, but now he is at the Shishi Temple in Chang'an."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "I also heard that Master Yan Fa and the monks of Shishi Temple debated Buddhism for three days and three nights, and the birds circled around endlessly."

Yan Fa said quite proudly: "That's a folk rumor."

Li Yuan waved his hands and said, "Look at the seats!"

The servant brought the brocade stool.

Li Yuan said again: "Master, what is the role of Buddhism? To cure diseases and eliminate disasters? Or to predict good and bad luck?"

Yan Fa smiled, and said lightly: "If the benefactor does not believe in Buddhism, he will not be able to heal illnesses, eliminate disasters, predict good or bad luck, but if he believes in Buddhism, the Dharma is boundless..."

Li Yuan said solemnly: "I've been depressed recently, and the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment are also ineffective. I don't know what advice the master has?"

Yan Fa smiled softly and said: "The Supreme Emperor is suffering from a heart disease. The afflictions of all living beings are boundless, so there are countless ways to cure them. If the afflictions are summed up into [-] kinds, then there are eight ways to cure them." There are as many as [-] kinds. But all paths lead to the same goal, and tracing back to the source, there are actually six methods.”

Li Yuan was very interested immediately and said: "I also invite Master, don't hesitate to teach me!"

Yan Fa stood up and stood slowly.

When Yan Fa walked to the window, a breeze blew, and Yan Fa's monk robe bulged. At this time, Yan Fa had a dignified treasure appearance, the demeanor of an unworldly master.

Yan Fa said slowly in a calm voice: "First, contemplation of impurity, contemplation of impure phenomena can cure greed;"

Li Yuan nodded.

Yan Fa continued: "Secondly, the concept of compassion, contemplating the suffering of all sentient beings, can calm our hatred; thirdly, the concept of karma, observing the cause and effect of life, for example, because of ignorance in the past, reincarnation in this life .Now there is craving and attachment, so there will be birth, old age, sickness and death in the future. Observation of causes and conditions can break through ignorance; Fourth, counting breaths, pay attention to counting your own breaths, count from one to ten, and start again and again, and only count out or in-breath , but not counting in and out at the same time. This kind of practice can cure our scattered minds; fifth, recite the Buddha's name, wisdom, merit and solemn image, can eliminate our karma; sixth, empty contemplation: observe Everything is a combination of causes and conditions, without a self-body, which can break our attachments and obsessions.

Li Yuan asked thoughtfully: "The master thinks, which one should I use?"

Yan Fa smiled and said, "The concept of karma."

Li Yuan asked in surprise, "Why?"

Yan Fa said: "The heart knot of the Supreme Emperor is Your Majesty, your son. He replaced the Supreme Emperor and became the Great Treasure, so the Supreme Emperor has greed and attachment. The poor monk thinks that since the sky shows that your son should be the Great Treasure, The Supreme Emperor should let go of his obsession."

Li Yuan's expression turned cold immediately, he picked up the tea and began to drink it by himself.

Yan Fa and Pei Ji looked at each other.

Pei Ji stepped forward to persuade: "The Supreme Emperor, the master also has a Buddha heart..."

Li Yuan said rather dissatisfied: "From now on, master, you should stop worrying about my personal affairs."

The servant standing on the side listened intently to everyone's answers.

Both Pei Ji and Li Yuan observed the little eunuch from the corner of their eyes.

Li Yuan's eyes flickered with murderous intent.

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Inside the Xiande Hall, Li Jiancheng looked at the little eunuch who came to report with doubts and said, "Monk? When did Dad start believing in Buddhism?"

The eunuch reported to Li Jiancheng verbatim the conversation between Li Yuan and Yan Fa.

Wei Zheng said: "Whether Taoism is good or Buddhist, they have always advised people to be kind, to cultivate their morality, and to be together with Buddhist disciples, the Supreme Emperor and Buddhist disciples, must be able to resolve the depression in the heart."

Li Jiancheng said: "If the strict law really has such abilities, it might as well let him spend more time with Dad."

Li Anyan said: "I have already told the guards of the palace that if the law is strictly enforced to pay respects to the Supreme Emperor, I will report it to my minister immediately."

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be so troublesome. Give that strict law a goldfish bag and give him the right to enter and leave the palace. Whenever Dad wants to chat with someone, he can let him in."

Fang Xuanling handed a stack of documents to Li Jiancheng and said, "This is the list of personnel who need to be eliminated by the Ministry of Officials, please have a look at it, Your Majesty.

Wei Zheng took the document, but sighed and put the weight of the document in his hand.

Wei Zheng sighed: "The Ministry of Industry and Duzhi are now the Ministry of Officials, followed by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and the capital officials. With a swipe of this pen, a top official hat will fall to the ground."

Fang Xuanling said in surprise: "Xuancheng regrets it now, but it's too late."

Wei Zheng gave Fang Xuanling an angry look.

Fang Xuanling smiled embarrassingly, and said: "Your Majesty, it is too important to reduce the number of officials. The two of us, after all, are newly promoted ministers. We still have to wear a big hat. A person with seniority, prestige, and status is enough. The veteran ministers who matter have come forward to preside over this matter in the open."

Wei Zheng suppressed his smile.

Li Jiancheng pondered: "Then let Feng Deyi be named!"

Wei Zheng frowned.

The servant came over and said, "Feng Xiangguo, please see me!"

Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling hurriedly resigned from Li Jiancheng, and waited for them to leave.

Feng Deyi entered slowly, and he bowed to Li Jiancheng to salute.

Li Jiancheng motioned Feng Deyi to sit down.

Feng Deyi sat down carefully.

Li Jiancheng picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Feng Deyi with both hands.

Feng Deyi was so frightened that he quickly stood up and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you can't do it."

Li Jiancheng said with a smile on his face: "Feng Xiangguo has taken good care of me over the years, toast a cup of tea and chat to express my gratitude."

Feng Deyi said solemnly: "The veteran is just doing his duty faithfully."

Li Jiancheng said: "Without Feng Xiangguo's help, as early as the first year of Wude, the Supreme Emperor would have fled to Taiyuan, and there is no Tang Dynasty today. If Feng Xiangguo did not insist on justice, I would have been squeezed out by Erlang and died. This cup of tea, It's time for me to honor the Prime Minister."

Feng Deyi happily took the teacup and said: "That is the manifest destiny, Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings."

Li Jiancheng pondered and said: "It's been a while since Xiao Yu was dismissed as Prime Minister. The court is now in troubled times. This minister, Zuo Servant, should not be left in vain. I want to find a stable old minister who will take on important responsibilities. I don't know how to become Prime Minister. What do you want? "

Feng Deyi hurriedly fell to his knees trembling and said: "My minister, Feng Deyi, is willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty, share worries and solve difficulties, and will not hesitate to do so."

Feng Deyi was very excited in his heart, and finally became the prime minister.

Li Jiancheng helped Feng Deyi up and said, "Since Prime Minister Feng is willing to be the left servant, then the right servant, who will take over?"

Feng Deyi looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Wei Zheng, the common son in the East Palace, can shoot for Shangshu's right servant."

Li Jiancheng smiled and said, "Xiangguo is absolutely right."

Li Shimin: Feng Xiangguo, this year the world has suffered disasters everywhere, and Turkic troops invaded, Guanzhong is particularly difficult.In order to stabilize the people in the world, I had no choice but to lower the imperial clan and streamline the officials.Each of these two matters is related to the court and involves many things.Right now, I am appointing Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng to handle this matter, but one of them is too young, and the other is an ex-official of the Qin Palace, and they cannot convince the public by speaking out, and need a highly respected old official to stand up for them.

Feng Deyi's face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally he bowed down slowly: "Although I am old and sick, I am willing...to share your majesty's worries.

Li Jiancheng said with a smile on his face: "I know that Feng Xiangguo is loyal to the country, and he will definitely be able to hold the ground for me and do these two things well."

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In the execution room, Changsun Wuji was hung on the wall by iron chains, his clothes were ragged and bruised, Wei Ting paced in front of him with a piece of paper in his hand, he shook his head and sighed, "Changsun Wuji, Changsun Wuji, you Why bother? Li Shimin's life and death are uncertain, Changsun Wugou is also dead, Prince Qin's Mansion has fallen, and Tiance Mansion has been wiped out, who will benefit from you going on like this?"

Changsun Wuji closed his eyes, bowed his head and ignored him.

Wei Ting turned around, shook off the paper in his hand and said, "This is a secret report from Baiqisi of your Tiance Army, it's about the price of rice in Hedong, I found it from Li Shimin's mansion in Hedong Yes, can you tell me?"

Changsun Wuji sneered and said, "Tiance Mansion and Prince Qin's Mansion are gone, so what else is there to say?"

Wei Ting squatted down, and said slowly: "Just tell me, who is this seal above, Layman Zhenguan, Layman Zhenma?

Changsun Wuji laughed hoarsely, the louder he laughed, the more arrogant he became, he was out of breath.

Wei Ting's eyes showed a fierce look, and he said in a low voice, "What are you laughing at?"

PS: The situation in the company is tense recently, Lao Cheng can only get the driving book as soon as possible, and continue to wander in the future!

(End of this chapter)