Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 162 Xuanzang is coming back

In the first month of the 19th year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian was taking a walk in the back garden. He was very tired these days.

Although Li Er is not in Chang'an, there is no need to hold a grand court meeting on New Year's Day on the first day of the first month.

But the court envoys who came to Chang'an Chaoji all ran to the East Palace!Congratulations to him, the prince!
I have been struggling with dealing with the court envoys for the past few days, and I just sent them back yesterday, so I finally had a little time to rest today.

Li Chengqian strolled around the back garden of the East Palace.

"Lang Jun!" Wang Quan trotted all the way over and saluted.

Li Chengqian looked at Wang Quan who was running over from a distance, and knew that something was going to happen. He was in a mood just now, but he was disturbed like this!
"What's the matter in such a panic, what's the matter!" Li Chengqian was a little upset in his heart, and his tone of voice was naturally heavier.

Wang Quan could hear a trace of anger from Li Chengqian's tone, and he was quite puzzled, how did he offend his master.

After thinking about it, I came here for something important, and I wanted to report to the prince.

"Your Highness! I just received a document from Xi'an Governor's Mansion, saying that I have something to report." Wang Quan said.

Li Chengqian was startled!
Anxi Duhufu was founded in September 14th year of Zhenguan, and managed the military and political affairs of the Western Regions. The government was located in Jiaohe City, Xizhou, and its main purpose was to target the Western Turks.

Anxi Dufu presides over the four important military towns of Khotan, Suiye, Shule, and Qiuci, known as the Four Towns of Anxi in history.

The first protector of Anxi Protectorate Mansion was Qiao Shiwang, and the current protector is Guo Xiaoke.

Of course, there are no four Anxi towns yet, because the three towns of Khotan, Kucha, and Shule among the four towns are still three vassal states of Western Turks.

In the 20th year of Zhenguan, the Western Turkic Khan proposed to Datang, and Li Er asked the Western Turkic Khan to cede five countries, including the three towns, to Datang as a dowry.

In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, the Tang army entered Kucha and moved the Anxi Protectorate to the capital of Kucha, and built four Anxi towns in the four cities.

Could it be that the Western Turks invaded the territory of our Anxi Governor's Mansion, Guo Xiaoke and the Western Turks have a huge disparity in strength, and they are not the opponents of the Western Turks at all, so they sent people to Chang'an to ask for support.

"But the Western Turks invaded our Tang border? Guo Xiaoke didn't have enough troops, so he sent someone to ask for help, isn't that true?" Li Chengqian turned to look at Wang Quan and said.

This Western Turk is too good at taking time, and this Li Er is still attacking Goguryeo, and he has already hit Datang's doorstep.

"Ah!" Wang Quan was taken aback!Prince, what are you talking about?
Where is the problem of Western Turks, is whether things are actually good or not.

"Lang Jun, it's not Guo Xiaoke's request for help, and the Western Turks have not invaded the border of our Tang Dynasty." Wang Quan said.

"Ah! It's not about the Western Turks?" Li Chengqian said in surprise.

"It's really not!" Wang Quan said.

After receiving Wang Quan's affirmation, Li Chengqian blushed. It turned out that I was overthinking.

"What did Guo Xiaoke say?" Li Chengqian asked, he was very curious about what Guo Xiaoke was reporting at this time.

"Guo Xiaoke said that Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty returned from his journey to the west and is on his way back to Chang'an." Wang Quan said.

"Master Xuanzang? But in the second year of Zhenguan, Master Xuanzang left the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land and went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures." Li Chengqian asked.

"Exactly! In the first year of Zhenguan, Xuanzang requested to go west to seek the Dharma. His Majesty did not approve Master Xuanzang's request at that time."

"Although His Majesty did not approve, Master Xuanzang was still determined to travel westward to seek the Dharma, and embarked on the journey westward in the second year of Zhenguan."

"Now he should seek the Buddhadharma and come back to save all sentient beings." Wang Quan said.

Li Chengqian doesn't know whether it is really able to save all sentient beings. Li Chengqian only knows that Xuanzang obtained the Tripitaka Mahayana scriptures during his westward journey.

He brought back hundreds of Sanskrit scriptures from India, and Xuanzang devoted his whole life to translating Buddhist scriptures.

For Xuanzang's cognition, Li Chengqian came more from Journey to the West, one of the four classic classics of later generations.

Of course, Xuanzang's journey to the west in reality is not as written in the novel.

"Lang Jun! How should this Xuanzang be arranged?" Wang Quan asked.

"According to the original ban, anyone who leaves the territory of the Great Tang without permission will be severely punished."

"However, this is already a matter of the beginning of Zhenguan! Now that the ban has been lifted, there is no need to punish Xuanzang anymore."

"When he returns to Chang'an, let him stay in Daxingshan Temple." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Wang Quan said.

"By the way! When will Xuanzang be able to arrive in Chang'an?" Li Chengqian asked.

"According to the distance from the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion to Chang'an, it will take five days for Master Xuanzang to reach Chang'an." Wang Quan said.

"In this case, let Fang Xuanling and others, five days later, go outside Chang'an City to welcome Xuanzang back to Chang'an."

"As soon as Xuanzang returned to Chang'an, he immediately brought him to see me." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Wang Quan took the order to retreat.

Li Chengqian was so eager to see Xuanzang, not for anything else, but to see with his own eyes what this monk Xuanzang looked like.

More importantly, he wanted to see the charm of Xuanzang's apprentice, Bianji, who was able to make Princess Gaoyang have an affair with him, and transplanted a prairie on Fang Yiai's head.

Princess Gao Yang even dared to turn against Li Er for the sake of this monk, which made Fang's family restless.

Although Princess Gao Yang and Bian Ji's personal relationship is kept secret, there is no impenetrable wall in this world.

The adulterous affair between Bianji and Princess Gaoyang was known to everyone in the end, and the uproar caused the city of Chang'an to be full of storms.

In a rage, Li Er cut Bianji in half. Who told this monk Bianji not to eat fast and chant Buddha in the temple, and be his monk to help Xuanzang translate Buddhist scriptures.

But hooked up with Princess Gaoyang.

The same goes for Princess Gao Yang, it's not good to find a face, but she just wants to find a monk. Isn't this sincere to make Li Er unhappy!

Can you not kill your good argument?

If you find an ordinary person to be the face-to-face, Li Er might not be so angry.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Li Tang never supported the development of Buddhism, and even rejected it. The ban in the Zhenguan period was a manifestation of rejection of Buddhism.

The first reason why Li Tang did this was that the Tang Dynasty had just experienced the devastation of war in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, and the national economy was almost on the verge of collapse. In order to develop the economy and ease social conflicts.

This is the second!That is, Emperor Li Tang has always advertised that he is a descendant of Li Er, the Supreme Lord. Li Tang has no reason not to support the sect founded by his "ancestor".

If Li Tang goes to support the religion spread from outside, wouldn't that mean he is slapping himself in the face?

In the first year of Qianfeng Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi chased Lao Tzu Li Er as Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan.

As for his title of Taishang Laojun, it was the sixth year of Xiangfu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Song Zhenzong gave him the title Taishang Laojun Hunyuan Shangde Emperor.

Later, Taoism called Laozi as Taishang Laojun.

You, Princess Gaoyang, are the descendants of the Supreme Lord, so it's okay for Hong Xing to cheat, but you chose a monk to be your face-to-face.

This is not the same as slapping Li Tang's royal family in the face!You said that it is better to find a Taoist priest than a monk.

After all, it is better to make money for your own people than to make money for outsiders if the fat does not flow into the field of "outsiders".

(End of this chapter)