Princess Consort of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 74 Avalokitesvara
Empress Wu advocated Buddhism, which is well known to the world.

In the palace, there are not only the Taoist temple of Princess Taiping, but also the Buddhist hall built by Empress Wu.

Every week, Empress Wu would take time out of her busy schedule to go to worship Buddha.

Recently, I heard that the Buddha statue has been remodeled.

This time, hundreds of officials were invited to watch the ceremony.

Seeing this Buddha statue, many people wondered.

The city really knows how to play.

Where is that ordinary Guanyin statue, but it is the golden body of Empress Wu.

All the ministers began to discuss, "What does the Queen Mother mean?"

"The Empress Dowager compares herself to a god, and her ambition is even greater than Lu's."

The courtiers dared not speak out.

But no one wants to be involved in these political murders anymore.

As long as the emperor sits on the dragon chair for one day, these loyal ministers can endure one more day, deceiving themselves and telling themselves that the queen mother will return the power to her majesty one day.

Shen Sanwen kept silent, and silently kowtowed to Guanyin.

This is the Queen Mother's belief that man will conquer nature.

The imperial examination is over, and the new blood of the imperial court has not yet been in place. The queen mother is looking for suitable positions for them.

At the end of the ceremony, the Empress Dowager summoned Shen Sanwen.

The two were unconvinced.

Shen San asked: "The Empress Dowager's enthronement is still short of public opinion."

"good."

This is a great contribution, but Shen Sanwen can't accept it, after all, he has to think about the rest of his life.

"Wu Chengsi can do it."

Empress Wu: "Why don't the son-in-law do it himself, Wu Chengsi can't take on the big responsibility."

"Empress Dowager, the loyalty of my ministers can be learned from heaven and earth. I will definitely supervise and assist Wu Chengsi to do these things well."

"how long?"

"March."

"Come here, I plan to confer Wu Chengsi as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the son-in-law will go to deliver the decree."

Shen Sanwen took the imperial decree and went to Wufu.

It's really easy for Wu Chengsi, a powerful official, to come, and Shen Sanwen is also very envious.

And it is justifiable for him to come to build momentum for Empress Wu.

"Brother Wu, this is the imperial decree from the Empress Dowager to appoint you as Minister of Rites. The Empress Dowager has important matters to explain."

Wu Chengsi's eyebrows were beaming with laughter, and it was worthwhile for him to come all the way to the capital, and he was directly promoted from a hereditary title with no real power to a third-rank official. From now on, he will have a bright future in the imperial court.

To be able to sit on an equal footing with Wu Sansi, there is no need to look at his face.

"My son-in-law, the queen mother has orders."

"The Empress Dowager got something in her dream by accident. I asked Brother Wu to do some things. Brother Wu doesn't need to look forward and backward when doing things for the Empress Dowager, but Brother Wu should discuss everything with me first."

Wu Chengsi had just entered the officialdom and didn't understand these things, but Shen Sanwen made it clear that he would just follow his orders in the future. "Is that in the name of the son-in-law or in my name?"

To ask about the name is to ask about the credit.

I haven't done anything and think so far, it's really high-sightedness and low-handed.

"Brother Wu remembers to be down-to-earth in everything. How many things you do and how much merit you receive has nothing to do with Mr. Shen. Mr. Shen just conveyed the Queen Mother's wishes and never participated in it."

Wu Chengsi smiled even more happily.

"I see, Brother Shen, just give orders, and I will do my best for what the Queen Mother has told me."

"Yesterday, the late emperor entrusted his dream to the queen mother to rule the world."

After Shen San asked this sentence, Wu Chengsi was stunned, "What!!! Is the queen mother going to be the emperor?".

"Yes."

"Then how do I do it? If this thing is done, but Conglong Zhigong, the son-in-law is really my nobleman." Wu Chengsi turned from surprise to joy.

Shen Sanwen cast a glance at him, very disdainful.

"Go and build momentum for the Queen Mother.

During Taizong's time, there were rumors that Emperor Chuan III, Li Xing of the Wu Dynasty, Taizong also knew and approved of this matter.The destiny cannot be violated, so the empress dowager is sensible and prudent, with a strong personality, and her talent surpasses the past and the present. However, Taizong only named the empress dowager a talented person, and never had any luck. He trapped the empress dowager in the deep palace and gave him benevolence.

Buddhism is divided into past Buddha, today's Buddha, future Buddha, and future Buddha Maitreya Buddha is the most peaceful, and the divine right of kings can convince the people the most.

Hearing that the birth of a sage, there must be legends of meteorite carvings, green dragons appearing, and phoenixes descending into the world, carefully search and create.

It will be completed within three months. If there is any indecision, please discuss with me first. "

"Are these real?"

"Of course it is true. But these miracles still need people to spread them, otherwise the number of people who know about them is limited."

Elementary school student?

Is Wu Chengsi so simple-minded?

ignore him.

You can't spread rumors, so don't be an official.

If Shen Sanwen was asked to pass this on, it would be through folk songs, storytellers and books, and he really didn't know how to do the rest.

Wu Chengsi went into battle himself.

From Maitreya Buddha smiling at his grandfather in the dream, to the night when his family master and servant went up and down, they all had a dream.

Then when Empress Wu was born, magpies came to the door, and many people in the family recovered without medicine.

Although at that time, he was not born, it was all said by his parents.

When the Empress Dowager was born, she was not crying, but smiling. Several fortune tellers passed by and said that a saint was about to be born. In fact, it was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha.

Maitreya Buddha has a heart for the world, and he came here to relieve the sufferings of the world.

The people in the Tang Dynasty are now poor, and natural and man-made disasters continue, all because Maitreya Buddha did not become the master of the world.

It is also thanks to Wu Chengsi that most of the people he associates with are market people.

Many people also deeply believe in Buddhism, word of mouth, and this public opinion spread very quickly.

Folk rhymes, nursery rhymes, and storytellers have spread a lot.

The words of the three became tigers, and the more they talked, the more people believed them.

But many cultural people can tell the difference.

The common people are ignorant, so they build up momentum, everyone from a child in Huangkou to an old man in his seventies knows that there is a real god and Buddha in the Tang Dynasty. Soon after, people in the world only know that there is an empress Wu, but not an emperor.

So the second rebellion against Empress Wu swept across.

This time, it was Li Zhen, king of Yue from the royal family of Li Tang, who was the concubine of Emperor Taizong, and his son Li Chong, king of Langya, who rebelled against him this time. Xue Yi, the governor of Jizhou, was Li Chong's old friend, and actively recruited troops for him.

Both the Xue family and the Li family were prosperous and both were prosperous, so Xue Wei hated what Wu Zetian did, and hit it off with Li Tang's clan.

Wu Zetian didn't pay attention to Li Zhen at all. Taizong's most capable sons, Li Tai and Li Ke, had already been eliminated, and the rest were crooked melons and dates.

Moreover, this bastard was not only unrecognized by others, but he was obviously not very capable.

Wu Zetian randomly chose a confidant to be the anti-rebellion officer. Before the anti-rebel army arrived, Li Chong had already been killed by the people. Li Zhen heard the news of his son's death, unable to face the reality of the overwhelming army, and committed suicide by taking poison.

Li Tang's royal family was defeated like a mountain.

To make matters worse, the matter was handed over to Lai Junchen.

If you hand it over to an upright person, you will naturally be cautious and seek proof carefully.

However, in the struggle for imperial power, it is always better to kill three thousand people by mistake than to let one person go.

Lai Junchen understood the queen mother's mind, so this big case was a great success.

This matter involved a lot, Lai Junchen made charges and fabricated evidence, Gaozong's sons were all implicated except Li Xian, and none of them survived.Taizong's son, whoever holds real power, will be deposed or killed, all depends on Lai Junchen.

Xue Wei participated in the rebellion, which is a heinous crime, and it has always implicated the clan.

Shen Sanwen felt that he owed Xue Shao, so he decided to mediate and earn a living for him.

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