Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 71: Zheng Qianmeng’s wise men seek a seat at the temple to pray for their mother’s longevity and pursue the lama at the Buddha Hall.
Tian Wenjing received a letter from the Ministry of Officials on April 23, and immediately packed up and prepared to take up his post in Sichuan.He is an old official in Beijing. Although he is usually lonely and self-admired, he does not talk to ordinary people. He has few friends, but he has many acquaintances.During this trip to Shanxi, Tian Wenjing overthrew "the world's number one Fuchen" Nuo Min in one fell swoop, and became famous all over the world. It has long been rumored in the inner court that Tian Wenjing will be a useful person sooner or later.Therefore, there are also people who rush to the hot stove.The officials of the six departments, as well as the former colleagues of the Ministry of Industry, the superiors and the subordinates, came to make friends who were not friends, and those who were not relatives also came to recognize relatives.Tian Wenjing had to deal with it on the surface, but he thought in his heart: "What did you do long ago? Dog eyes!" Therefore, he refused to go to the banquet, the master did not want to accompany him, and even the money was not accepted. Talking about talking, serving tea to see off guests after a conversation, all the visitors came and chatted away happily. The popularity was not good, and everyone hated him, and they all said that he was "a villain".

At this moment, Tian Wenjing was sitting on the bundled luggage of several colleagues who had just sent away for the "farewell party", looking at the empty yard in a daze, thinking about the schedule on the road.Just as he was thinking about it, seeing his family member Zhu Xigui bring a woman in, Tian Wenjing was short-sighted. It wasn't until the two of them entered the room that he realized that it was Qiao Yindi, the "witness" who explained the Beijing investigation at the same time as Nuo Min.Tian Wenjing frowned imperceptibly, changed his smiling face, and said, "It's Yindi! This hard work is hard for you. Sit, sit!"

"Master Tian," Yindi blessed two blessings with her knees on her knees, and sat down on a box opposite, saying, "I heard that you are leaving tomorrow, let me take a look..." Tian Wenjing took a closer look Yindi.Seeing that Yindi was wearing a moon white jacket and a black embroidered skirt with dotted flowers inside, and she had no money to change, she laughed and said: "It's already hot, I can't stand this spring dress. Although you are in the Prison Temple, It's not far from me, why don't you come to see me if you have any difficulties?" Yindi shrugged and replied, "Dali Temple has returned all my money to me, and I'm not poor. A few days ago, I accidentally caught wind , I was getting hot, and I was wearing thick clothes. I know that the fourth master is a poor official, and he didn't want to fight the autumn wind. I heard you go, and I have a meeting with you, so I came to say goodbye..."

She said a few words, which hit Tian Wenjing's mind. Tian Wenjing couldn't help blushing, and quickly changed the subject: "What are you going to do now? Don't think of me as a small person. No matter how poor I am, I'm still better than you." When you go back to Shanxi, feel free to tell me if you have any difficulties." Qiao Yindi didn't say anything after hearing this, she rubbed her clothes and lowered her head to think for a while, before she said: "I just can't make up my mind! Ordinarily I should go back to Shanxi. I haven't seen you for so long. I don't know how my family is doing. But yesterday Fourteenth Master sent someone to the Prison Temple and asked me if I would like to serve Fujin in the palace. Fourteenth Master is my savior, but he still cares about my family, so I want to see you for advice. "

"I think it's better for you to go back to Shanxi." Tian Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief, and said without hesitation: "Guarding your own home, your own land, and eating a bowl of safe rice is better than anything else." Seeing Yindi nodded , Tian Wenjing said again: "Don't look at the Fourteenth Lord as a prince. From the outside, it looks like gold, jade and jade are so powerful. In fact...you are a woman, and I will not hide it from you. His mansion is not a safe and good place..." He For Yindi's sake, thinking about how to make the words clear, he suddenly stopped and asked: "What's wrong with you? You look so pale?"

Yindi stared at Tian Wenjing as if she didn't know her.Obviously, she never expected that Tian Wenjing, the "Great Upright Official" whom she respected and admired, would have such a heart.After thinking about it for a while, he said lightly: "It's nothing, I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable... I'm a woman, so I don't understand what you said. Now that I've made up my mind, I'll stay in the Fourteenth Master's residence. Mr. Tian, ​​you have a great future ahead, Take care. I'm resigning now..." After saying that, he got up.Tian Wenjing suddenly felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong. I mean, you are the daughter of a good family, and it is not appropriate to get involved in the lawsuit. I'm wandering here, it's better to go back and reunite." But no matter how "kindly" he explained, Qiao Yindi couldn't listen anymore.She respectfully blessed Tian Wenjing twice more, and went out silently, sitting in the small warm sedan chair carried by the two of them.

Tian Wenjing blushed suddenly, looked at Yindi's back, and took a heavy breath.He was not afraid that Yingdi would shake off these words when he saw Yun, but he felt that his personality and sentiment were inferior to this woman. "Let a woman underestimate you!" Tian Wenjing thought about it, and seeing that Zhu Xigui was still standing there, he reprimanded angrily, "What are you selling? Why don't you hurry up and cook?"

"Make four more people!"

Someone outside suddenly spoke loudly, following the voice, Li Wei led Wu Sidao, Feng Gu and Lan Cao'er up the hall steps together.Li Wei is dressed in short clothes, a white linen cardigan, crotch-changing blue cloth pants, a pair of kicked cow shoes, and Wu Sidao with a cane behind him is a green satin jacket and a caramel-colored river silk robe, surrounded by two women surrounded by pearls. , It's like four masters and servants coming to visit.

"It's Mrs. Li, oh...and Mr. Wu!" Tian Wenjing hurriedly stood up and took two steps towards him, and said with a smile, "What brought you here? Did you know each other before? Mr. Wu, and... the two wives , please sit down. It’s just too slow, the heavy furniture is sold, so if you feel wronged, sit on the luggage...Xigui, prepare the meal!"

Li Wei shook a broken banana fan, and sat next to Tian Wenjing. Seeing that Wu Sidao and the others were all seated, he smiled and said, "Brother Tian is a famous iron rooster, how can he prepare a good meal? Don't look at my background as a beggar. Migrating to Ju Yiqi, now I am impatient with your cabbage tofu—" He took out twelve and a small Jing ingot from his waist and threw it to Zhu Xigui, "Go! Get a table of noodles!" Tian Wenjing laughed hurriedly: "My lord, where is this place..." "Forget it," Li Wei patted Tian Wenjing's shoulder with his fan playfully, "Brother, it's a good time to sit down, I have some good news for you, and I have something to ask for!"

"Then I have to turn the host into a guest." Tian Wenjing was originally short on money, but he was so happy. He sat down with a smile and said, "Thanks to the great grace of the Holy Grace, Tian Wenjing escaped from the defeat and was promoted. It is beyond hope." Fu, what other 'good news' is there? Mr. Li sent Liangjiang Fang Bo a heavy responsibility, Jane is a capable minister in the emperor's heart, what can you ask me, a little magistrate?" Li Wei laughed: "Is there anyone in the world who doesn't ask for help? Huang Zongxi vowed not to be an official back then, and the holy grandfather tied him with ropes and took him to Beijing. Jianwo Ancient Temple refused to obey the imperial edict. His character is not as tough as you and me? But why does he still write poems for Wang Shihuahuaer, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment? Please be safe! In fact, you have already agreed to my request. This Mr. Wu is a well-known scholar in the south of the Yangtze River and my teacher. If there is an agreement, I will recommend you here again, 5000 taels a year to satisfy Mr. Wu, is it possible?" Tian Wenjing was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "We do have an appointment, but it is only 3000 taels!"

Li Wei looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "You're so petty! You let go of the Taoist platform, you know?" Tian Wenjing said in surprise: "How could such a thing happen? I only received the prefect's ticket yesterday..." Li Wei bent over He took out a letter from the boot page, threw it to Tian Wenjing casually, nodded with his hand and said: "The ticket is not worth the sacred letter! The Ministry of Officials received an order from Zhang Xiang this morning, and ordered Tian Wenjing to be the deputy envoy of Henan Buzheng." , Kaifeng, Guide, and Chenzhou Taoist priests are filled in real vacancies! This time it is really "Bao Longtu meditating in Kaifeng Mansion", do you think it is happy or not? Even if you don't scrape the land, there are three or four in a year Ten thousand income, take five thousand silver to support a disabled master, who cares?"

"Master Tian," Wu Sidao sat on the side without saying a word, saw Tian Wenjing holding the book in a daze, and said with a smile, "Don't get me wrong, thinking that Wu Sidao is shameless, and Nuo Min came to vote for you again. In fact, how did Nuo Min fall? It wasn’t you and me who brought him down, it was he who brought himself down! I’ve done a lot in my life, and I’ve gotten into quite a few troubles. To be honest, I once led five hundred people from Jiangnan to kill him. Gongyuan! It’s just that the body is old and the road is poor. It’s no longer suitable for the minister of the imperial court. I only have an inch of heart like an old man. I am willing to help you to be a famous minister of the generation. A good bird chooses a tree and a good minister chooses the master. Ken limped and ran all the way here. But it’s a matter of mutual consent, and I don’t specify that I have to join you. If you can’t take me in, it’s okay for Li Wei to recommend me to go elsewhere.”

"Ah, ah?" Tian Wenjing woke up from the dream-like stupefied at this time, quickly changed his face and smiled: "What are you talking about, sir? Ji Bu Yinuo Qianjin Ji Bu, the former general of Xiang Yu, surrounded Liu Bang. The Han Dynasty was established. Later, he was hunted down, and he was pardoned after someone spoke to Liu Tie. He is a famous ranger, known as "getting a hundred catties of gold is not as good as getting Jibu Yinuo." "Wen Jing is also her husband! I don't know how many people have come to recommend the master's staff these days. I have resigned all of them, and I am waiting for my husband to take up the post together. I will ask for advice sooner or later!" During the conversation, I saw Zhu Xigui and several assistants carrying a At the generous table, with wine and food boxes, dishes of hot and cold meats were spread on the table. Tian Wenjing raised his hand to Li Wei and said, "I'm disturbing Mr. Li! Mr. Wu, and... two ladies, please, please!"

Li Wei had something on his mind that he didn't dare to drink too much, so he resigned after drinking a few glasses of wine, went back to the lower place and hurriedly changed into court clothes, then took a four-person green woolen official sedan chair to Xihua Gate and handed out a sign to see you.After a long while, Gao Wuyong, the eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, came to pass the decree to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Li Wei followed in, and asked in a low voice, "What is Long live Lord doing now?" I went to serve in the past. Today, the original purpose is not to see all the officials. Even Li Ye, you have to wait for a while before the Long Live Lord can come down..." Li Wei nodded and smiled: "You are also needed for this. Sneaky? It's not like the Queen Mother has been ill for a day..." After saying that, he followed Gao Wuyong into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Master Li, please kneel here and wait." Gao Wuyong said, pointing to the southwest of the throne, "Master invited a monk today, he said that he is the ethereal master of Wuhua Mountain—he is here to dispel evil spirits for the Queen Mother!" Li Wei asked: "Didn't you listen Are you talking about going to Qinghai to invite living Buddhas?" Gao Wuyong said: "There is a war going on in the west, and the two countries are fighting each other. The emperor is afraid that he will invite gods to invite ghosts. Master Kongling is the true teaching of Tantric Buddhism. Not an opponent! I heard that it can bring the dead back to life and the living to death! Many dignified officials in the six books, those who like to practice Zen, are ordered to sit with them in the small Buddhist hall at the back of Zhongcui Palace, and Sanding Jia is also ordered to come in. He said he wanted to test the monk's ability. Master Li, Long Live ordered that this is a housework and not a state matter, so don't say anything about it. If you know it, just do it. Don't talk about it." Li Wei smiled and knelt down and said: "I know, you will tell the master How many days?—This brick is not knockable, right?"

"Grandpa's words..."

"Don't play tricks with me." Li Wei sneered, "You husbands have to coax those foolish officials outside! You think I don't know? You have knocked all the gold bricks in the underground. Here If you stuff money, you kneel in front of the empty brick, and if you don’t send you, you bring it to the filled brick in the ground, and don’t make a sound when your head is smashed——Think I don’t know? "

Gao Wuyong told him that he broke the mechanism, and said with a sly smile: "The servant said something presumptuous, the common name of the master is 'ghosts are difficult to deal with', and the real name is well-deserved! Give me ten guts and dare not fool the master-if you don't believe me, just try it. Knock twice, you'll be sure to hear the sound of the mountain!" He lifted the curtain and came out, and saw Yongzheng had just entered the Chuhua Gate, and hurriedly leaned sideways and said: "Master, Li Wei has come in and is waiting in the main hall!"

"Get up and stand." Yong Zheng entered the hall and sat down. His expression was somewhat haggard. He asked for tea and sipped it, and said, "Have you been to Tian Wenjing's place?" Li Wei got up and called Qian'er again before replying: "I just sent Mr. Wu away. Mr. Wu was not willing to talk to him at first, saying that he was afraid that he would not get along with Tian. The servant finally persuaded him to give it a try before agreeing. Tian Wenjing didn't say anything. He said many words of gratitude at the table. I don't think about the master anymore. He thought so highly of him, and said that he was strict by nature, and was afraid that he would not get along with the governor. He originally wanted to try to combine the officials and gentry to see how much revenue one mansion could bring to the court in a year, but he was divided into three mansions at once, fearing that If you don't come, you will betray your master's kindness." It turns out that the Qing Dynasty followed the old system of the Ming Dynasty, and all the Confucian households and eunuchs could not pay enough for the emperor's food without paying their dues.Anyone who owns half a hectare of land belongs to a landlord. Because he is acquainted with powerful officials in the government, he enjoys the same privileges as the gentry.This is a centuries-old rule. Once it is abolished, the Jin gentry will not only lose money but also lose their dignity. Lu Longqi, a famous minister of the Xi Dynasty, once tried to "officials and gentry pay taxes and pay grain" and almost ended up being distributed to Xinjiang.Tian Wenjing, in order to repay the emperor's kindness and increase the national tax revenue, dared to try again in spite of the disapproval of the world. Yongzheng could not help but feel this loyalty.Yong Zheng thought for a long time and sighed: "Isn't it good to have this kind of intention? But this offends not just one or two people, but all the wealthy landlords..." He frowned and pondered, and after a long time he made up his mind, gritting his teeth. Said: "I have long been determined to do this. The officials and gentry do not pay for the food. How many unscrupulous people took advantage of this opportunity and transferred all the land to their names. All the things that the imperial court deserved fell into their pockets. Some bastards took advantage of the opportunity to have evil intentions. Annexing land - well, that's it, let him do it. If it succeeds, I will issue an edict to all places to do it! If you send him off tomorrow, just say what I say, and never let him end up in the end!" After saying that, He looked at Li Wei without saying a word.Li Weilue thought about it and smiled apologetically: "I originally wanted to try the 'Dingmu integration' in Liangjiang, and put Dingyin into the land tax. The chief envoy is in charge of this. Later I thought that Liangjiang was the source of the imperial court's finances. If Gengyao is fighting again this year and cannot mess up the place. Even if Tian Wenjing's method is used, according to the slave's opinion, he has to stop for a while and wait until the war in the west is over. Just like the two rivers, the court is short of 500 million silver. After squeezing around and returning to the treasury, I dared to think about the next step! The slave will return to the province soon and ask the master for training. Is this possible?" Yong Zheng's eyes flashed and he smiled: "That's it. It's really a three-day separation. You should be impressed. You can consider the overall situation and start from the small one, which is really difficult for you! The wealth of the Liangjiang court is fundamentally important and cannot be messed up. Since you are so promising, I naturally still have the grace to fulfill your purpose. But you don’t study, all depends on that A little bit of cleverness is not enough to govern the country and bring peace to the people. I heard that you like to be arrogant and scold others, and you can't get enough of it when you get angry, but is that true?"

"Back to the master," Li Wei said with a bow, "the emperor bought the slave in the market, watched the slave grow up, and adjusted the slave to adulthood. How can the slave's idea be fooled by the master? That's the idea. This ability is also learned from the master. The master said that slaves are rude, self-willed and swearing at others. The slave has to live well and read a few more books, and now he can read 'Poems of a Thousand Family'! He said that the slave is not up and down. Which bastard is it? Tell the master a word, the slave sees some people disrespect the master, he has lost the "big up and down", the slave will not tell him "small up and down"! Just like the last time we chatted, Huzhou Dao Hu Qiheng said The master 'has a lot of alcohol', the master thought to himself, isn't this a fucking fart? The slave went up to pat his stomach and said, 'You are the wine barrel'!"

Except for New Year's festivals, ceremonies, and big banquets, Yongzheng usually did not drink alcohol. He didn't expect that there would be such discussions in the end, so he couldn't help changing his face, turned calm again, and said with a smile: "You are right! But this Hu Qiheng, He was also recommended by Nian Gengyao, why are you so unruly down here?——Have you heard what someone said?" "I didn't hear anything else," Li Wei scratched his ears and said, "I went there yesterday. Ministry of Industry, I saw a few Lang officials gossiping, saying that Tian Wenjing was out of luck, and his dog eyes grew to his forehead, oh--also, that Tanhua, the new selection of Long Live Lord, is a romantic thief, and he is in the inn during the day. Hold down your buttocks—I don't know these people, and when they see me go, they will leave as soon as they are coaxed." Yongzheng was stunned for a moment, saying that it is human nature for Tian Wenjing to be short or long, and Liu Molin pulled it out of the paper himself Yes, I didn't expect it to be such a person!Yongzheng thought about it, and felt more and more uncomfortable. He got up and said, "That's it, you go back to the south. I have been tired for a few days, and the queen mother is not well, so I won't see you—go back to make a living, write more notes for me, and pay back later. I have a will for you. Oh, last time your woman Tweety made shoes for me and your mistress, they fit well, so I asked her to make two more pairs carefully. Her bad wine dates are good, Lafayette said that restraint can be changed, and it’s fine. Come into the two jars." Yongzheng said something, Li Wei agreed, and finally shed tears, and hurriedly wiped them away.Yongzheng asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I'm reminded of the early years." Li Wei replied with a choked voice, "I also thought about sending Tian Wenjing away tomorrow, and the slave will also go back to Jinling by boat. I don't know how soon I will have to see the master again... Sigh! Kaner How wonderful it would be to be alive today!"

Yongzheng's heart sank suddenly, he quickly glanced at Li Wei and lowered his eyelids.Kan'er is a bare-bottomed friend who grew up with Li Wei since childhood. When Yongzheng went to Yangzhou to supervise the grain, the slaves he bought in the market were actually superior to Li Wei in terms of quick thinking, intelligence and intelligence.Li Wei broke the family law because of his friendship with the girl Cui'er, and was sent out to be an official. Kan'er stayed in the study of Prince Yong's mansion to help Yongzheng's confidential affairs. Because he knew too much, Yongzheng "reluctantly gave up his love" on the eve of his ascension to the throne. dealt with him.This is something that will never be brought to the table, so that whenever Yongzheng thinks of that drowsy face that seems to be awake and half asleep, he feels uneasy.Hearing Li Wei talk about Kan'er, Yongzheng bowed his head in meditation for a moment, and sighed: "Kan'er is too smart, he was tabooed by nature, and died short-lived... It's really a pity. There are thousands of slaves in Yongwang's mansion, and they are really useful. There are not many, and if he doesn’t die of illness, he will not be in your position now. Alas... this is fate!” After speaking, as if feeling overwhelmed, he got up and took two steps, commanding in a mournful voice: “Don’t mention it. After these things, I feel sad-you kneel down, go back and do business with peace of mind."

"Zha!" Li Wei hurriedly agreed.Regarding Kaner's sudden death, he also had a terrible thought, but he didn't dare to think deeply along this line of thought, and he didn't want to connect this thought with the benefactor who rescued him from the sea of ​​suffering in front of him. , I would rather think about Kaner's "lucky fate" and die of a sudden illness to feel more at ease.Therefore, Li Wei didn't want to talk about Kan'er anymore, he agreed and kowtowed to say goodbye, and then the gold brick knocked loudly.

After Li Wei left, Yongzheng immediately drove to the Small Buddhist Hall of Zhongcui Palace.This ethereal monk has been in Beijing for more than ten days, and he has been to Yunzhi, Yun, Yunxiang, and Yun's palaces. The capital made a sensation saying that it was the reincarnation of Arhat.In Jiangxi, Hu Qiheng personally tried it, and it was indeed able to move the wind and rain. Yun's old cold legs had an attack a few days ago, and he couldn't get out of bed in pain.Therefore, the four kings jointly named Mi Chen, and he could treat the queen mother's illness and prolong her life.Yongzheng called himself "Yuanming Layman" and had already converted to Buddhism. His substitute monk Wenjue was also a master of the generation.However, it is one thing to talk about Zen with courtiers who understand the Buddhist scriptures in leisure time, and it is another thing to pray for blessings and disasters in the palaces and palaces of the imperial court.If it is not done well, it will not only avoid gossip in front of the eyes, but also add a sentence "Yongzheng believes in Buddhism" in the history pen, and it will be ridiculed endlessly by future generations!So this time, Kong Ling was invited to enter the palace to pray for three days, but he never showed up, and was received by the monk Wenjue.Just now, when he went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, he saw that the Empress Dowager's health improved slightly, and he couldn't help but want to see this ethereal, is it a real Buddha or a charlatan?Thinking about it, Cheng Yu had already stopped outside the Zhongcui Palace, Yongzheng got off the sedan chair without saying a word, waved his hands and ordered the eunuchs not to pass the report, and walked in with his hands behind his back, but saw Ma Qi coming out from the entrance of the small Buddhist hall with the corner of his robe in his hands. Ask: "Where are you going now?"

"I'm going back to the study." Ma Qi said with a grim expression, kowtowed, "I beg your forgiveness, I'm a disciple of Confucius, I don't want to see the bald donkeys fighting!" Yongzheng looked inside, there were about dozens of people Looking at Ma Qi, who was blushing again, he couldn't help but chuckled: "Are you angry with the bald donkeys, or with me? I know you don't believe this, but I didn't force you to believe it! Zhang Tingyu is not a disciple of Confucius." ? Oh, isn’t Sun Jiagan the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and No. [-] player in the list? You can’t even humiliate them, but you can’t bear it? It’s just a game, so let’s take it for granted.” Ma Qi took a deep breath: “Long live if it’s a game I have nothing to say. But I do have something more important than this. Mr. Fang Bao said in the master's study of Changchun Garden that I gave a booklet to the late emperor the year before last, and said that the warehouses were built by various prefectures and counties, but I couldn't find it. The original copy, please go over and discuss it in detail. There is still a shortage of [-] silver for disaster relief in Shandong, and the household department must send it out quickly. The master must ask to read this, and the minister will naturally obey the order, but speaking from the heart is almost like watching a trick."

Yongzheng was taken aback by his neither soft nor hard words. After thinking about it, he couldn't refute it. After a while, he smiled and said: "The cow does not drink water and forcefully presses the head. It's all up to one's own heart. I still force you? You have a serious job , do what you have to do." After saying that, he entered the courtyard of the Small Buddha Hall.

There are about 20 to [-] officials here, all of whom are believers in various ministries who usually practice meditation and worship Buddha.Probably Wen Jue and Kong Ling were discussing Buddhism just now, the officials stood up and listened with solemn faces, but they didn't see Yongzheng coming in.Yongzheng saw that the deacons and eunuchs of the Buddhist hall were busy serving tea to the two great masters. It was expected that they had finished their sutra lectures and were about to go up to meet them, but one of the officials laughed: "I thought the two great monks had some real talents and lessons." , I listened to it for a long while, but it turned out to be nothing! If this is enlightenment, my student would have been the master of the two monks [-] years ago!"

Because of the silence, he even talked and laughed, with a sarcasm on his face, which was particularly eye-catching. Even Zhang Tingyu, who was sitting on the first chair, turned his face away.When Yongzheng looked through the cracks in the head, it was Liu Molin, the Xinke Tanhua who behaved indiscreetly, and couldn't help frowning, but he heard the ethereal voice sitting cross-legged under the bodhi tree and said: "Layman, I know you. I don't know your name, Wen Xing Gao Zhao, it’s an investigation of today’s science! Is the old man’s eyesight bad?” Yongzheng then took a closer look, his face was ethereal, dry, dark and thin, his complexion was like iron, and he wore a big red cassock over a yellowish-brown trousers. His eyes were shining brightly, and he folded his palms together and said: "What do laymen have to teach?"

"Student's flower exploration is to be personally ordered by today's royal pen." Liu Molin raised his brows and said with a smile: "The hairpins in the Imperial Garden, the wine in Qionglin Courtyard, the praise of officials in Chang'an Street, thousands of people in Beijing will recognize it. , Great Monk, you also recognize it, why is it so surprising? Only the students just listened to your witty words, no hype on the top, no stubborn stones on the bottom, nodding, how can it be called the true ignorance of the Three Vehicles? It’s just a little slander, dare not say 'Teach me'!"

Monk Kongling listened for a long time without saying a word, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time before saying: "The layman is a man of wealth and honor, not my pure disciple. The true ignorance of the three vehicles has nothing to do with you!"

"My students read tens of thousands of volumes, and they can see all the three tombs, five classics, eight records and nine hills, and all the golden figures and jade Buddhas in Tianqiu River Map. How can it be that they have nothing to do with the three vehicles?"

No one of the crowd would have thought that this new science explorer would fight the monk in full view, and they couldn't help being stunned.Xu Jun, who was squeezed into the lecture hall of the Imperial Academy, wished that the monk would get angry and curse the strange scholar to death on the spot, leaned forward slightly, and stared.Zhang Tingyu, who was sitting at the top, saw Liu Molin rushing out of the way, and wanted him to come forward to stir up trouble, and was afraid that Yongzheng would be angry if he disturbed the dojo, so he was about to drink Liu Molin away, when he caught a glimpse of Yongzheng crowding around to watch, so he stopped , but this time, it was no longer convenient for him to sit down, because he pretended to evacuate and got up and walked down the steps to wait and see.Seeing a challenge, Kong Ling looked at Wen Jue, the lord, and seemed to want to ask what to do. Monk Wen Jue clasped his hands together, with no expression on his face, and said, "Lady Tanhua, do you know that 'if you want to participate in the three vehicles, you must first break the six roots'?" ?”

"The six roots are nothing more than the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind." Liu Molin didn't know that Wen Jue was Yongzheng's substitute, and said with a smirk, "The students lost these six things, and only one braid remained. The monk shaved his head and broke six. Students can’t describe what it is?”

The monk's head was shaved bald, and the "eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind" were removed, it really didn't look good. Everyone was thinking about it, and they were already snickering.Wen Jue was the emperor's substitute monk, from the Zaifu down to the Bailiao, all of them bowed their heads and saluted when they saw him, and he specially invited him to Wuhua Mountain for the ethereal, how dare this little new Jinshi dare to ridicule in public, He couldn't get over his face, because he smiled and said empty-handedly: "Master, you are not good at Zen language in Tantric Buddhism, my monk is here to ask Layman Liu Molin for advice!"

"Amitabha Avalokitesvara, the Jade Emperor's grandson, all the gods and gods, and the 72 cave demon kings!" Liu Molin made a strange face at the crowd, and sat cross-legged, "The Great Monk, please come and play!"

(End of this chapter)