Cyber ​​Daming

Chapter 614 Everyone has a choice
"Justice, be careful with your words!"

In the huge Buddhist temple, Liu Jinxun waved his sleeves to dismiss the people around him, and looked calmly at the furious Zhang Siyuan.

"The cabinet has its reasons for doing this. Since there is an order from above, we just need to follow it."

"What logic can they have? Aren't they just going to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers, and continue to be the yellow bird behind them?"

Zhang Siyuan did not hide the sarcasm in his eyes. He walked quickly to the front of the palace gate and pointed his halberd into the distance.

It was only a little after noon, but the sky was already dark, with dark clouds rolling in and the wind and snow howling.

Although the city of Nagqu, shrouded in dark clouds, showed no signs of destruction, it was surrounded by an atmosphere of sorrow that was almost visible to the naked eye.

Prayer flags were hung in front of every house in the city, and the grieving indigenous people knelt on the street, clasped their hands together and chanted scriptures for the salvation of the souls.

The news of the reincarnation of the Nagqu monk has spread throughout the city, which is like the sky falling for them.

"Master Liu, please take a good look. It's still dark!"

Zhang Siyuan's words at this moment were extremely fierce.

"Publicly, the main culprit has not been eliminated, and the Sangyan Buddha Lingapo is still sitting on her Sumeru throne. Privately, the influence of the Fandi is still there, and these people are still oppressed and tortured by the Fandi Buddhist Order. If we leave now, what is the point of coming here?"

"Yizheng, it's dark because it's going to clear up soon!"

Liu Jinxun frowned and said in a deep voice: "Now that the Naqu Golden Temple has been destroyed, we have expressed the position and intention of the court and the New Donglin Party. The rest of the things will naturally be handled by others. The ending of Sangyan Temple disappearing into thin air will not change. As for the aboriginals."

Liu Jinxun paused and sighed suddenly: "Their problems were not formed in a day or a month, and they can't be changed in a day or a moment. No one has the ability to help them cross a thousand years in one step. So even if you don't want to leave, staying here won't change anything."

Zhang Siyuan asked in return: "Is this the reason why the court is prepared to let it go?"

"The court."

Liu Jinxun hesitated and hesitated, but finally made up his mind to speak out.

"Yizheng, after Emperor Yizong set the sequence, the Ming Empire has turned to an unprecedented direction. People are everywhere with dragon-slaying skills and dragon-slaying blades. There is no precedent to follow in the governance of the country."

"Today, only you and I are present. Let me say something presumptuous. Can the imperial court today still be considered an imperial court? The Confucian order is full of taboos. No one wants to speak openly, but everyone knows it in their hearts! If there were no requirements for rituals, the imperial court would have ceased to exist long ago!"

"We all know that the true direction of the empire should be to split into Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist countries with sequences as the main body, and return to the situation of hegemony and a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period!"

Liu Jinxun said earnestly: "Now we are just doing our best and leaving the rest to fate. But no matter where the final fate of the empire will go, one thing will never change, that is, governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, you can only take it slowly and not be impatient at all. The same is true for the current Fandi."

"I deeply appreciate what you said, sir. But!"

Zhang Siyuan's expression was solemn and his words were sonorous and powerful.

"Since we have to take things step by step, we should have some 'planning' action. Whether it's quick or slow, there has to be a beginning. Now that we are here, we should be ready to make changes here. Instead of leaving after causing unrest!"

Zhang Siyuan pointed at the group of natives kneeling on the ground and praying, and said word by word: "We can leave, but can they?!"

"If you don't break, you can't stand."

Liu Jinxun spoke slowly and his eyes were meaningful.

Zhang Siyuan was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "We broke it, but sir, can it really stand up again?"

After hearing this, Liu Jinxun was speechless.

It is true that after the destruction of Sangyan Temple, Fandi would inevitably fall into severe chaos.

For the New Donglin Party, which has a large base and has no worries about new blood supply, the option that best suits its own interests is to leave it alone.

After these fighting hyenas have decided the winner on this plateau, we will start dividing the benefits.

But by that time, how many people will still be alive here?

How much suffering will these people have to endure before they can wait for that day?
"Yizheng, the Prime Minister has his reasons for issuing such an order. This is not something we can influence, do you understand?"

After a long silence, Liu Jinxun finally spoke reluctantly.

"He has his considerations, and I have my choices." Zhang Siyuan said without hesitation.

"Justice!"

Liu Jinxun emphasized: "You are first an official of the Ming Empire, and then a follower of the Confucian order. Don't make a mistake about your identity!"

Zhang Siyuan smiled and said, "Sir, you said that the current court is just a formality. If that's the case, I don't want to be an official. I think it's good to be a teacher who teaches and educates people."

"How can you save the land if you don't hold public tools?!"

Liu Jinxun didn't expect Zhang Siyuan to say such a thing. He could not help but frown and shout.

Zhang Siyuan replied calmly: "I have lost my public property, but I still have a public heart. Even if I can't save a city or a town, it's enough to save a village or a person."

"Confused!"

Liu Jinxun said angrily, "Do you know who has come to the foreign land at this moment?! The White Horse Buddha Shiyi, the Great Jokhang Buddha Longsheng, and the three great Buddhas of Han Chuan, the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Chongcheng of Longhu Mountain, and the people of Yin Yang Order East Palace and Nong Xu Sheji. From now on, Sangyan Buddha Land is destined to be a scorched earth battlefield. If you continue to stay here, not to mention who you can save, you will be in danger, do you understand?"

"There are quite a lot of people here. I wonder if one Lingpa can be shared by so many people?"

Zhang Siyuan said in a relaxed tone: "But I really can't tell, who among them dares to touch Zhang Fengyue's son?"

"you"

His unruly and frivolous appearance made Liu Jinxun feel angry.

Liu Jinxun would rather Zhang Siyuan was really an uneducated young man than have him do these dangerous things in the name of Zhang Fengyue like he is doing now.

This tiger skin would have been invaluable in the past, but now it may not only fail to protect him, but on the contrary it may very well bring disaster to him.

"If these people get angry, anything could happen. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, so why do you have to do this?"

"Uncle Liu, don't worry. The three words 'Zhang Fengyue' should still be able to calm these people down."

Zhang Siyuan no longer addressed him as 'Sir', but used a more intimate name.

He bowed to Liu Jinxun and performed the Confucian disciple etiquette.

"Below the big picture, there is the family; below the fate of the country, there is human life. My father has a far-sighted vision. I can't compare to him. I can only see the trivial things under my nose. But if I don't do these small things, I will feel uneasy."

Liu Jinxun shook his head: "The Prime Minister will not agree to your request."

"You don't think he expected me to do that?"

Zhang Siyuan bowed and said softly, "Since he didn't order you to forcibly take me away from the aboriginal land, it means that he has acquiesced and will not use this as an excuse to cause trouble for you."

These words left Liu Jinxun speechless. He showed a self-deprecating smile on his face. He said no more and turned to walk out of the hall.

Before stepping out the door, Liu Jinxun paused but did not look back.

"No matter what happens, Yi Zheng, you must protect your own life first. There are very few young people like you in our Confucian order."

After saying that, Liu Jinxun did not stay any longer. He got on the carriage that had been waiting for a long time and left the city.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Siyuan was the only one left in the empty Nagqu Golden Temple, looking at the departing convoy with a complicated expression.

What kind of person is Liu Jinxun?

Before entering the foreign land, Zhang Siyuan had heard about what happened in Jinling City.

He originally thought that the other party was a typical leader of a powerful family, arrogant, disrespectful, and ruthless.

In order to continue the family, he would stop at nothing and even be so cold-blooded as to treat his own son as a poisonous insect, just to train a qualified heir.

After being humiliated by Li Jun, he still chose to keep silent. After exposing some shameful actions, he decisively surrendered to his father in exchange for the stability of his family's status.

Zhang Siyuan originally did not have a good impression of this old fox who had experienced the ups and downs of officialdom.

But now, Zhang Siyuan felt that he was not that bad.

Perhaps it was precisely because of their existence that the Confucian order was able to leap to the top of the three religions in one go after the "division of the world" and surpass other orders.

After a long time, Zhang Siyuan finally withdrew his gaze, sat at the threshold of the Golden Temple, and listened to the elegy that the foreign people in the city finally dared to sing out loud because of the departure of this group of Ming people.

"The departed Buddha took away warmth and light. We lost our guidance and were blinded by the blizzard. We can no longer see the Buddha's light on Lingshan Mountain or hear the chanting of sutras to liberate sinners."

"Without the sun, barley cannot produce ears. Without rain and dew, how can the Gesang flowers bloom? We are like drifting weeds, unable to take root in the soil. We are wandering ghosts, unable to find a home on the plateau."

Zhang Siyuan sat there for as long as the singing lasted.

Until night fell, the roar of the wind like a wild beast drowned out the singing, and he finally waited for the person he was waiting for. Yuan Mingfei looked at this man who had been sitting in front of the temple gate for who knows how long, with his body covered with snow, and asked softly: "Are you Zhang Siyuan?"

Zhang Siyuan shook off the snow on his body: "It's genuine."

"You knew I was coming?"

"That wasn't hard to guess. But I didn't expect you to be alone."

Zhang Siyuan looked at the lonely Yuan Mingfei with a slightly surprised look, "According to the intelligence of the New Donglin Party, you should be with that old-fashioned Taoist priest named Chen Qisheng, right?"

"He has gone to Guangzhou Prefecture."

Zhang Siyuan raised his eyebrows: "It seems that you all already know what happened in Xin'an? Then why didn't you go?"

"The people of Sheji are more powerful and difficult than we expected."

Yuan Mingfei nodded and said calmly: "I am too ordinary as the third Buddha. I will only be a burden if I go."

Zhang Siyuan was somewhat surprised by the calmness shown by the other party at this moment, and couldn't help asking: "Aren't you worried about Li Jun's safety?"

Yuan Mingfei asked back: "Is worrying useful?"

Zhang Siyuan opened and closed his lips, but after a long while he could only smile bitterly and admit, "It's really useless."

"So instead of worrying about it here, it's better to find a way to get rid of these people."

Zhang Siyuan blurted out, "What do you have in mind?"

Concubine Yuan Ming did not answer, but looked at Zhang Siyuan steadily and asked a question that he had not expected.

"Is your New Donglin Party involved in this?"

Zhang Siyuan felt an inexplicable chill in his heart: "If I say no, at least I don't have it myself, do you believe it?"

"letter."

Zhang Siyuan thought he would have to spend some time talking, but when he heard Yuan Mingfei's decisive answer, he was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what the other party meant.

Zhang Siyuan calmed down and said, "I don't know what your solution is, but I still want to remind you that Xin'an has been shrouded by Jichang and has become a dead city. Even Li Jun is trapped in it. If Chen Qisheng, an old Taoist priest, goes, it will only add another life. Let him come back. I can save Li Jun."

"What can you do?"

Zhang Siyuan scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed, as if his method was not very useful.

"It's not complicated. I just need to go to Xin'an in person. I will take the initiative to jump into the millet field. My old man can't just sit there and watch me get eaten by the people of the millet field, right?"

"The descendants of Ruxu are not worth much."

Concubine Yuan Ming shook her head and said something that made Zhang Siyuan blush.

Zhang Siyuan gritted his teeth and argued: "You can't generalize. I am the only son!"

"Then how sure are you that your father will take action?"

Zhang Siyuan hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Half? At least half."

"What if the government just keeps you in the field but doesn't move you?"

Zhang Siyuan was speechless and said angrily, "What are you going to do? What is your plan?"

"Enter the Sangyan Buddha Land."

Concubine Yuan Ming gave her own solution.

"what?"

Zhang Siyuan suspected that he had heard wrongly, and asked in confusion: "Li Jun is now in Xin'an, not in Sangyan Buddha Land, what is the relationship between the two?"

"As long as I enter Sangyan Temple, I will have a chance to save him."

"How can we save him? Can you become a Buddha right away after entering Sangyan Temple, be promoted to the second rank, and put a knife to the necks of the people in the country, forcing them to spit out Li Jun?"

Zhang Siyuan said angrily, "I just don't understand why you all insist on doing things that you know are impossible? Are you really not afraid of death?"

"If it weren't for him, I would have died in Chongqing Prefecture, and Chen Qisheng would have lost his life in the Japanese area."

Yuan Mingfei paused and said seriously, "If any of us were trapped in Xin'an today, he would do the same thing."

"The assimilation ability of this Wuxu is even more bizarre than the seal of our Ruxu."

Zhang Siyuan sighed, looked at the determined Yuan Mingfei, and said, "It's very dangerous in Sangyan Buddha Land right now. There are many people who have become Buddhas. If you go in now, you will probably be dead. Do you know that?"

"You owe Li Jun a favor for the Qujin Temple incident. He may not care, but in this situation, I can only be the shameless one to get this favor back."

Concubine Yuan Ming ignored Zhang Siyuan's words and bowed deeply to him.

"I would like to ask you to accompany me to the Sangyan Buddha Land, help me climb the Sangyan Sacred Mountain, and meet the Sangyan Buddha, Lingapo."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuan Mingfei's arm, which had not yet been completely buried, was suddenly lifted up by someone.

"If I accept this gift from you, I don't know how many times Li Jun, that reckless man, will slash me when he finds out. Sister Yuan, please don't hurt me."

At some point, Zhang Siyuan, who was originally sitting in front of the temple gate, appeared beside Concubine Yuan Mingfei.

After helping Yuan Mingfei up, he took a step back with a smile on his face before speaking.

"It might be more dangerous if you take me with you. You should understand the reason even if I don't tell you. I can't guarantee that I can get you to the top of the mountain."

Yuan Mingfei said seriously: "It's okay. If you encounter danger, you can just leave and don't have to worry about me."

Zhang Siyuan smiled noncommittally, "Then I will accompany you, Sister Yuan, on this trip."

"Thank you!" Yuan Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Zhang Siyuan waved his hand, "You're too polite. Lao Li and I are not just friends. Strictly speaking, we should be considered as a team. If you say too many polite words, it will hurt our feelings."

Yuan Mingfei nodded, "Li Jun has a good eye for people, he said..."

"what did he say?"

Zhang Siyuan immediately became excited when he heard this and asked hurriedly.

"He said you were a fool."

"Why curse at someone for no reason?"

Zhang Siyuan's expression froze, and he pointed at his nose: "Tell me the truth, am I stupid? Am I stupid?"

"Of course you're not stupid."

Yuan Mingfei changed the subject: "But has anyone ever told you that your acting is really bad?
"Ok?"

"In fact, you guessed from the beginning that I was going to enter the Sangyan Buddha Land, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be waiting for me here."

Concubine Yuan Ming asked calmly, "Since you already know everything, why are you playing this trick on me?"

Zhang Siyuan, who was torn apart, laughed out loud without any embarrassment on his face.

"People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. I don't have the ability to figure out their hearts. If you don't have the intention to enter Sangyan Buddha Land, and I accidentally said something wrong and made you have such an idea, then you will really be beaten to death by Li Jun."

Yuan Mingfei continued to ask: "Then aren't you curious at all why I am so sure that doing this can save Li Jun?"

"I'm not curious. You must have your reasons for doing this."

Zhang Siyuan said frankly: "What I should do is to help as much as possible, to repay Li Jun's favor, so that we can meet again in the future."

"So you think he won't die?"

Zhang Siyuan smiled and said, "As the old saying goes, evil can last for thousands of years. People like him won't die so easily."

"Let's go then."

Yuan Mingfei raised her eyes and looked past the flying house on the roof of the Golden Temple in Nagqu, and looked towards the dark night sky in the distance that was filled with storms.

"Enter the Sangyan Buddha Land."

(End of this chapter)