Journey to the West: Godly Choice

""Huahuahua!"

The Imperial Guards escorted Li Shimin to the Tianlao.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

In front of the prison gate, more than a dozen guards knelt down when they saw Li Shimin coming.

"Get up."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said softly

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

A dozen guards stood up from the ground, full of doubts. They knew why Li Shimin suddenly appeared here, and it was still dark.

""Dengdengdeng!"

Li Shimin took a step and walked towards the prison.

""Your Majesty has arrived!"

Wang De's sharp voice rang out in the prison.

"What's going on? His Majesty is coming?"

"Is this true? Why would he come to the prison now?"

"What are you still standing there for? Go meet His Majesty!"

"......"

In the prison, a group of guards who were guarding the prisoners suddenly lost all their sleepiness and ran towards Li Shimin.

A moment later, all the guards in the prison came together, knelt in front of Li Shimin, and said respectfully,"Your Majesty,"

"Well, everyone get up.

Li Shimin nodded and said

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone stood up from the ground.

Li Shimin looked at the group of jailers in front of him and asked,"Who among you has the highest official position?"

Wang Hai's heart sank, and he stood up and said,"I am Wang Hai, and I am here to see Your Majesty."

Li Shimin looked at Wang Hai and asked,"Wang Hai, let me ask you, how many monks are still imprisoned in the Tianlao now?"

""Your Majesty, there are 642 people imprisoned in the prison now." Wang Hai said with a hard head.

These people were all arrested at the beginning, and they were all old monks.

"642 people."

Li Shimin nodded and said,"Bring all these people to me."

""Ah?"

Wang Hai was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said,"Yes, Your Majesty."

Originally, Wang Hai thought that Li Shimin asked about the monks in the prison to hold him accountable, but he didn't expect that he would ask him to bring these monks out.

With doubts in his heart, Wang Hai walked towards the prison where the monks were imprisoned.

A moment later!

A group of monks in prison uniforms were brought to Li Shimin. Most of these monks were older.

Of course, they were able to persist until now and still maintain their beliefs in their hearts. They are also very devout Buddhists.

""Amitabha, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

An old monk chanted the Buddha's name and bowed to Li Shimin.

"Amitabha, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

The other monks followed the old monk and chanted the Buddha's name and bowed to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at the monks in front of him with a complicated expression and said,"I have decided to give up the suppression of Buddhism and hold a water and land ceremony."

"Wow!"

Upon hearing this, all the monks were shocked.

"Is what your majesty said true?"

The old monk looked at Li Shimin excitedly and asked

"What I say is true. I will issue an order to release all the monks imprisoned in various places in the country. Li Shimin nodded and said:

"Amitabha!"

The old monk put his palms together and chanted the Buddha's name for a long time.

"Amitabha!"

The other monks followed the old monk and chanted the Buddha's name.

"Masters, please follow me and leave."

Li Shimin put his palms together and said

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The old monk nodded and agreed.

Although Li Shimin suppressed Buddhism, who made him the master of the world? Now that he pardoned Buddhism, he could easily win the hearts of Buddhism. This is the way of the emperor and the way of survival of Buddhism.

In the feudal dynasty, the imperial power was above everything else. Everything had to be established by relying on the imperial power, otherwise, it would only be destroyed.

A moment later!

Li Shimin left with 642 monks in the prison.

"Something big has happened!"

Wang Hai looked at the backs of Li Shimin and the 642 monks, and an idea came to his mind........

In the palace!

After Li Shimin settled the 642 monks in the prison, he returned to the palace. He had more important things to do.

Next, he had to announce the decree in the court to release all the imprisoned Buddhist monks. However, before that, he had another more important thing to do.

"Wang De, go and invite the best craftsman in Chang'an City."

Li Shimin said, he wanted to build a statue for Sun Sheng so that people all over the world could admire him.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang De was full of doubts. He felt that Li Shimin was very strange today. He first went to the Tianlao and took all the monks out of the Tianlao. He also repeatedly stated that he would issue an order to release the imprisoned monks in the world.

Not only that, Li Shimin also said that he would hold a water and land ceremony. This is a grand event in Buddhism, but Taoism is now the state religion. It is obviously inappropriate to hold such a grand event.

If a moderate emperor wanted to release the imprisoned Buddhists and hold a Buddhist grand event, it would definitely be impossible. Things will happen, and countless bigwigs will jump out to obstruct them.

However, Li Shimin was not a mediocre emperor. On the contrary, he was not only not mediocre, but also very powerful. Even the Turkic people, the old enemy in the north of the Central Plains, were conquered by him and called him the Heavenly Khan. The powerful national strength attracted all nations to come to pay tribute.

For such a heroic ruler, even if other people had some objections to his behavior, they would not dare to jump out to obstruct him because his reputation was too high.

Now, when Wang De heard Li Shimin asking him to find the best craftsmen in Chang'an City, he smiled bitterly in his heart. He couldn't understand every move of Li Shimin.

"Perhaps, this is the way of the emperor."

Wang De said to himself and left the palace.

After seeing Wang Hai leave, Li Shimin thought for a moment and walked towards the imperial study.

Imperial study!

Li Shimin held a brush in his hand, standing in front of a blank drawing paper, recalling Sun Sheng's appearance in his mind.

A moment later!

""Shua shua shua!"

Li Shimin started to sketch on the blank scroll.

It must be said that Li Shimin's painting ability is not bad. After a while, he had roughly drawn Sun Sheng's appearance........ at the same time!

"Hmm?"

Sun Sheng felt it the moment Li Shimin started to write.

He raised his hand and calculated, figured out Li Shimin's intention, shook his head, smiled lightly, and let it go.

Now, Sun Sheng's cultivation is a quasi-saint. If he doesn't want to, even if Li Shimin can draw his appearance, it will disappear soon.