On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 460
On the way back to Jinyang, Cui Yanqing did not see any floating corpses in the water, but instead encountered groups of cavalry, rushing from Jinyang to various places.

It is said to be a pure place of Buddhism, but today's Buddhism also has its own armed forces, otherwise how can it invade the people's land and force the people to pay back the expensive benefits.

This armed force is also called monk soldiers.

The monk soldiers originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty. At that time, Buddhism was prosperous, and temples in various places plundered a lot of money and goods. In order to protect these assets, there were monk soldiers.

The reason why Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty exterminated Buddhism was that when he visited Chang'an in the west, he found a large number of bows, arrows, spears, and cymbals in temples, as well as secret rooms for monks and women to promiscuously.

In the history books of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are many records of monks launching monk-soldier rebellions.

During the reign of the Buddhist Emperor Xuanwu, monks led three out of nine rebellions.

Fortunately, after experiencing the Buddhist extermination campaign of Emperor Wu of Zhou, today's temples no longer have the armed forces of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

It's just that there are still bad news coming from Hebei.

Gao Tancheng, a monk from Huairong County, Yizhou (now Zhulu, Hebei), took advantage of the sacrifice and led dozens of monk soldiers to attack and kill the magistrate of Huairong County.

Gao Tancheng proclaimed himself the Mahayana Emperor, established a Buddhist kingdom in Huairong County, and conferred the title of his old friend, and the nun Jing Xuan proclaimed him Empress Yelun.

Fortunately, Yizhou is located in Yandi, Cui Che's lair, and there is a trusted general Zhang Wu in charge.

When Zhang Wu learned of the rebellion, he immediately led his troops to attack Huairong County, and captured Gao Tancheng and others to Jinyang.

Cui Che knew about this, and immediately started a court discussion. He was deafening in the court hall:

'This is no longer an ordinary mob, you can't hesitate anymore, you must punch hard! '

Immediately, the little emperor issued an edict, ordering the captains of the prefectures, townships and regiments to lead the army to besiege the temple, and force the monks and soldiers of the temple to disarm, and anyone who resisted would be shot to death.

Cui Che's attack on Buddhism is no longer just about coveting the assets of those temples, but also to eliminate this unstable factor in the territory.

Continue to let Buddhism continue to develop. Going back to the Northern Qi Dynasty, monks and nuns accounted for one-tenth of the country's population, and it would be troublesome to suppress it.

Fortunately, under the power, there are only a few people like Gao Tancheng who don't know how to live or die.

Otherwise, after Emperor Wu of Zhou annexed the Northern Qi Dynasty, the ban on Buddhism in the East would not be so smooth.

Emperor Wu of Zhou had the power to destroy the country, so that the monks did not dare to resist, and Cui Che's prestige was also deafening in Kanto.

For the monks, it is not difficult to surrender to Cui Che after bowing their heads to Emperor Wu of Zhou 30 years ago.

As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of not being demolished and burned.

When Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty exterminated Buddhism, it was done vigorously, but as soon as he died, his grandson, Emperor Wencheng, who succeeded him, issued an edict to revive Buddhism.

Emperor Wu of Zhou exterminated Buddhism. Within a few years, Yang Jian came to power, and Buddhism once again ushered in prosperity.

Now Cui Che wants to imitate the predecessors, so let him go, there is no need to work hard for the Buddha.

37-year-old Cui Che is not too young. Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty Yu Wenyong was only 36 years old when he died. When Cui Che dies, Buddhism will be revived again.

Maybe it was because of being intimidated by Cui Che's prestige, maybe it was because of the fear of the bravery of the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, or maybe it was because of the psychological safety mentioned above.

The Buddhist temples in various places did not spread the rebellion because of Gao Tansheng's establishment of the Buddhist kingdom.

The monks and soldiers put down their weapons obediently, and the monks and nuns from all over the country waited for the imperial court's orders.

At this time, Cui Che was teaching the second son Cui Yanqing who rushed to Jinyang in the Xiangguo Mansion.

Cui Yanqing kept her brother-in-law Mai Mengcai's point in mind, no matter what Cui Che said, he would blame himself and apologize.

Seeing his obedient attitude, Cui Che couldn't continue to scold him, and after a few words of admonition, he asked Yang Lihua to bring Cui Yanqing back to Prince Yan's residence for discipline.

As for the dozen or so concubines brought back by Cui Yanqing, all of them were placed in the palace.

Cui Yanqing thought the matter was over, but before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she bumped into her father-in-law Liu Fang outside Xiangguo's mansion.

Liu bowed to Yang Lihua and said:
"My minister pays respects to the princess."

Yang Lihua laughed and said:
"My father-in-law doesn't need to be too polite, Qing'er hasn't paid a visit to your Yue Weng yet."

Cui Yanqing quickly saluted and said:

"My son-in-law pays his respects to his father-in-law."

However, Liu Fang snorted coldly, and did not give this son-in-law a good look.

Yang Lihua was extremely embarrassed, and she also knew that her son, who had been married for less than a year, brought in more than a dozen concubines and neglected his wife, which naturally aroused Liu Fang's dissatisfaction.

She smoothed things over with a smile:

"My father-in-law should go to meet the king first, don't make the king wait for a long time."

Liu Fang would not take it out on Yang Lihua even if he was angry, so he eased his face and saluted and said goodbye to Yang Lihua.

When Liu Fang entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cui Yanqing complained:

"This old man is arrogant, how dare he treat me so slowly."

Yang Lihua stared at the words, reprimanded:
"Grand Liu is not only your father-in-law, but also your father's old department. Your father raised troops in Youzhou, and he raised Ding, Ji, and Ying to respond. He is the first official of your father's entrepreneurship.

"Don't say that Mr. Liu treats you slowly. Just because you neglect your wife and favor your concubine, even if he beats you in the street, your father and king will not convict you. Instead, you will be severely punished to appease Mr. Liu."

Hearing what her mother said, Cui Yanqing shuddered unconsciously, wondering whether she should treat his wife better in the future.

The mother and son got into the carriage, Yang Lihua asked:

"There are so many concubines in your family now, but is anyone pregnant?"

In the end, Yang Lihua didn't care whether Cui Yanqing favored his wife or concubines, what she cared about was when her son's wives and concubines would be able to conceive children.

At least Yang Lihua won't treat her concubine's grandson as a pig or dog like her mother Dugu Jialuo.

Hearing his mother talk about the issue of heirs, Cui Yanqing complained in his heart. He also wanted to give birth to children soon, but the stomachs of the wives and concubines did not move, which really made him helpless.

Looking at her son's face, Yang Lihua knew what was going on, but fortunately, both Cui Qiji and Cui Yanzong had received good news, Cui Qiji's concubine was pregnant.

Cui Yanzong's wife, the daughter of Fang Xuanling, has also been diagnosed with a happy pulse.

The third generation of the Cui family, after a while, the third generation of the Cui family will no longer be Cui Badger alone.

At the same time, Cui Che is also apologizing to Liu Fang for Cui Yanqing's neglect of his wife.

Naturally, Liu Fang would not vent his anger on Cui Che.

In fact, he deliberately kept a distance from his son-in-law, and his arrogance outside the Xiangguo's mansion was also intentional, so as to create a situation where Weng and his son-in-law did not get along.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the eldest son Cui Qiji is the most trusted by Cui Che, and the eldest grandson Cui Badger is even more beloved by Cui Che, Yang Lihua, Yang Awu and others.

In any case, this position of power cannot fall into the line of Cui Yanqing.

For this reason, Liu Fang couldn't help complaining that Fang Xuanling was cunning, and chose a hopeless concubine as his son-in-law, so that he could maintain the close relationship with the Cui family, and he didn't have to worry about the flames of seizing the heir to himself.

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