People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1274 Fengchan Five Sacred Mountains
It's winter in Chang'an and the sky is sunny in the twelfth lunar month.

The prince's car stopped in the middle of the road.

Prince Li Xian, dressed in bright yellow uniforms and velvet fur, stood under the canopy, leaning slightly and looking to the west.

Master Monk Guiji and Monk Huinuma of Daci'en Temple, as well as many eminent monks wearing bright cassocks, all stood at the back and chanted in a low voice.

Su Liangsi, Wei Hongmin, Cheng Wuzhong and others also followed closely behind.

Hundreds of Jinwu guards in red clothes and golden armor were firmly guarding the surrounding area.

Suddenly, there was a heavy sound of horse hooves in the distance.

Immediately, at the end of the line of sight, hundreds of black-armored cavalry opened the way, and a dozen black-covered carriages slowly drove towards Chang'an.

The leader was a troika, but the speed was still not fast.

Riding beside it on horseback, the cavalryman dressed in black clothes and armor with an indifferent expression turned out to be Li Xuan.

Li Xuan returned to Beijing and was personally welcomed by Li Xian.

Even Li Xuan was extremely surprised when she saw Li Xian.

The next moment, he had abandoned the group, rode alone, and galloped in front of Li Xian. Then he quickly turned over and dismounted, bowed deeply and said: "I, Prince Young Master Li Xuan, see His Highness the Prince. He is wearing armor and it is inconvenient to salute. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"It doesn't matter." Li Xian waved his hand, looked at the heroic Li Xuan, nodded with satisfaction, then helped him up and said: "Uncle Wang broke through several levels in Tanggula Mountain this year, and then broke through the 100,000-strong army of Lun Qinling, and suffered heavy losses. On Qin's mausoleum at Cona Lake, he later brought his body back, and at the same time he also welcomed back Aunt Wencheng, which made great contributions to the court.

I asked my father to come out to greet Uncle Wang when he returned to Beijing. "

"Your Highness is so kind and trustworthy, I am very grateful to you." Li Xuan bowed deeply again, with an excited look on his face.

The moment he lowered his head, Li Xuan frowned slightly.

I haven't heard of anything going on in the DPRK now. Li Xian needs to personally run out of Chang'an to greet him.

By welcoming Li Xuan this time, Li Xian was clearly telling the courtiers inside and outside Chang'an that there was someone in the East Palace who held great power and was as solid as a mountain.

Why did Li Xian behave like this?

……

Li Xuan opened the curtain, and a golden Buddha with a height of three feet nine inches and a width of one foot eight inches suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

"Amitabha." Monk Guiji took the lead in clasping his palms, while Huinuma and the others clasped their palms and chanted at the same time.

"I heard that this Buddha statue is enshrined in the Jokhang Temple. It was a temple built during the Songtsan period, but it is one of the important temples in Tubo." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "I heard that in the Jokhang Temple and Bu Dala There are even bigger Buddha statues in the palace, but this is the thing to host.”

"Tubo has its own Buddhist heritage. Daci'en Temple will send a few monks to communicate, but they will not host it." Monk Guiji put his hands together and saluted.

Li Xuan immediately understood. He nodded and said: "There are many differences between the Buddhist teachings of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. Monks from the Tang Dynasty went to Tubo to study Buddhist scriptures, and monks from the Tubo Dynasty could also go to the Tang Dynasty to study Buddhism. You come and I go, that's good."

"Amitabha!" All the monks clasped their hands and bowed their heads at the same time.

This Buddha statue will be sent to the palace by Li Xuan first, and then on the first day of next year, the emperor will personally send it to Da Ci'en Temple for worship.

This is a golden Buddha weighing thousands of pounds, and it cannot be disposed of casually.

Yang Zhirou stood on one side and remained silent.

Li Xuan raised her head and looked at Li Xian, then cupped her hands and said: "Among the other carriages, Queen Mother Bu Lu of Tubo gave thirty of the most outstanding ladies in the Tang Dynasty's three thousand palaces. I was ordered to send them back to the palace. In addition, , as well as the yellow household registration rolls of the prefectures and counties that Nagqu won this year, are also among them, which is just in time to be presented to His Majesty to congratulate you on the New Year."

"Well!" Li Xian glanced at it and nodded with satisfaction: "Uncle Wang, it's time to set off. My father is still waiting in the palace. Let's go together in Gu's car. We happen to have something to talk about."

"Here!" Li Xuan bowed immediately, knowing that Li Xian must have something to say.

As soon as they got into the prince's car, Su Liangsi and Wei Hongmin immediately followed.

Li Xuan saluted the two of them, and they both returned the salute at the same time.

Before Li Xuan could speak, Su Liangsi couldn't help but ask: "May I ask, Your Majesty, how is the incident in Tubo?"

"Huh?" Li Xuan frowned and looked at Li Xian subconsciously.

He would not hide his plans between the Gar family and the Tubo royal family from the emperor, and naturally he would not hide it from Li Xian.

Li Xian shook his head and said seriously: "There are some things that need to be discussed by the ministers."

The doubts in Li Xuan's heart became more and more serious, but he still followed the rhythm and said: "Just when I was leaving Changzhou, news came from Naqu that Zan Xiruo was directly beheaded by the Tubo Queen Mother No. Lu, and more than 2,000 people in her family were wiped out. At the entrance, Brenzan leads 20,000 Gar family cavalry and is stationed at Dangxiong. You can knock on the door at any time."

"Any time, then why didn't he go directly to avenge his family's destruction?" Su Liangsi immediately grasped the key to this.

Li Xuan glanced at him with satisfaction, and then said: "Brenzan needs an imperial edict from His Majesty. He will surrender to the Tang Dynasty only when the treatment of the Tang Dynasty satisfies him." "If he needs an imperial edict, can it be said that he is now Is there still a way to go?" Wei Hongmin looked at Li Xuan with some confusion.

"The only way to surrender to the Tang Dynasty is to go back to Luozhe and send the heads there. This kind of thing can't be done with the Brenzann Blade yet, but get out of the way and retreat to the southwest. Let's wait until Luozhe and I fight, both sides will be injured, and he will come out again." Picking up bargains is also the way to go." Li Xuan cupped her hands, faced the direction of Zichen Palace, and said seriously: "Your Majesty will make your own wise decision as to how we choose."

"Father will not care about three or two titles. If the Brenzann Blade can really make a special contribution in this battle, the edict should be issued. After all, it is 20,000 cavalry. If we take it, the army will not know what to do. How much energy can be saved? It is not difficult to decide which one is more important." Li Xian sighed lightly.

"If everything goes well, then by the end of next year, His Highness should be able to meet the new Tubo Zampu and his mother-in-law, who is no longer Lu." Li Xuan raised her eyes, and her cold and impulsive eyes met Li Xuan's. As soon as they collided, the two people immediately thought of the scene in the future, and then couldn't help laughing.

After a moment, Li Xian waved his hand, calmed down and asked, "Uncle Wang should still remember that Mount Tai ceremony?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan bowed seriously. The enshrinement of Mount Tai was far beyond what ordinary emperors could do. Li Zhi also relied on his achievements in destroying countless countries before he dared to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth on Mount Tai.

"The Taishan Fengchan was a grand and unprecedented event, but at the same time, it was very depleted both inside and outside." Li Xian looked at Li Xuan worriedly.

"The matter of enshrining the Zen requires months, or even years, of preparations in advance. Why, the court has already begun to take action." Li Xuan frowned. Li Zhi would not be so comatose that he wanted to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices again.

Li Xian smiled bitterly and nodded: "Well, my father indeed wants to be granted Zen status, but what he wants is not to be granted Zen status on Mount Tai, but on the Five Sacred Mountains."

"What!" Li Xuan couldn't help but exclaimed, but the moment the words came out, he had already begun to restrain himself.

Li Xuan sat upright again, stared at Li Xian, and said: "Your Majesty wants to enshrine the Five Sacred Mountains. How to do it? You can't really run around all over the world, right?"

Dongyue Taishan is in Shandong, Zhongyue Songshan and Xiyue Huashan are just east of Chang'an, but the grasslands to the north are still fighting, and Hengshan Mountain to the south is even more distant.

We can't just let the emperor's words cause all the ministers inside and outside to move desperately.

"Hengshan and Hengshan are a little behind, but Huashan and Songshan have already asked to start preparations and recruit people to build temples. However, the current actions are still very small, but once things are settled next year..." Li Xian's face has already changed. Very ugly.

Once Luoche is captured, Luoche Road's dependence on the DPRK will be drastically reduced. By then, the Ministry of Revenue will be loose, and there will naturally be time to do other things.

So this matter is closely related to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan raised her head, stared at Li Xian, and said, "What is His Highness's attitude? Have you ever mentioned it to the outside world?"

"That's not true." Li Xian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Although this matter has been circulated, not many people know about it. As for Gu's attitude, I actually don't know what to do now. On the one hand, It is wasteful and wasteful. On the one hand, it is difficult to choose between Fengchan and the Five Mountains."

Li Xuan nodded gently and said: "Since His Highness has not expressed his position, at this moment, it is best for His Highness to fully support His Majesty."

Everyone in the carriage couldn't help but be stunned at the same time.

They originally approached Li Xuan to come up with a way to consecrate the five mountains without wasting too much money and satisfy the emperor.

But now, Li Xuan reminded Li Xian to support the emperor.

Looking at everyone, Li Xuan said in a deep voice: "If you think about it, neither Xue Xiang nor Yao Zhanshi have expressed their opinions, right?"

Su Liangsi, Wei Hongmin, and Li Xian were immediately stunned.

Indeed, Dong Gong talked about this matter for a long time, but neither Xue Yuanchao nor Yao Lingzhang said much.

Could it be said that they have the same attitude as Li Xuan?
Everyone immediately became vigilant. Could it be that there is something else inside that they didn't know about?

Li Xuan took a breath, looked at Li Xian, and said: "Your Highness, if my prediction is correct, the Feng Chan affairs should have been done after the war between Tubo and the grassland was roughly settled, whether it was the achievement of opening up the territory or expanding the territory, The achievements of pacifying the war are enough for His Majesty to confer Zen status, not to mention the fact that Songshan and Huashan are so close at hand."

"But the enshrinement of Zen has always been a wasteful move by the country. After Taishan was enshrined, it took a long time for the Ministry of Household Affairs to recover." Li Xian still had some worry in his eyes.

Li Xuan frowned slightly. Could it be that Cui Zhiti, the Minister of Household Affairs, had come to see Li Xian.

Li Xuan then smiled softly and said: "It is better to be enshrined in Mount Song and Mount Hua than to have Your Majesty travel thousands of miles to Mount Tai."

Li Xian's heart skipped a beat. He turned his head and saw that Su Liangsi and Wei Hongmin looked equally horrified.

Yes, if you try to dissuade someone too forcefully, it may be counterproductive.

It was so wasteful to enshrine Songshan, let alone Mount Tai.

"In addition, if everything goes well next year, there should be a large amount of gold, silver, jade and jewelry sent to the court, which should make up for some of the losses in the court." Li Xuan's face suddenly filled with a wry smile. He finally spent all his efforts to After taking the logic points, I haven't fully enjoyed them yet. Now, these things will be sent to the court immediately.

"If that doesn't work, just melt those Buddha statues." Wei Hongmin said subconsciously.

Immediately, everyone looked at him in disbelief, and Wei Hongmin suddenly knew that he had made a mistake.

Su Liangsi's eyes narrowed slightly. The story behind this matter may not be that simple.

King Nanchang, Prime Minister Xue, and Yao Zhan all had the same attitude. Could it be that there was something else behind it?
　Tongjian records: After Emperor Gaozong sealed Mount Tai, he wanted to seal all the five mountains.

　　In July of the first year of Yongchun (682), Fengtian Palace was built in the south of Songshan Mountain. (Having sealed Mount Tai, I want to seal the Five Mountains in autumn and July, and enshrine the Heavenly Palace in the south of Songshan Mountain.)
　　
　
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