Datang: At the beginning, I wanted to rebel against my father-in-law

Chapter 320 The Difficulty Brought by Xuanzang!
After Li Shimin helped become a business overlord, he originally thought about living a peaceful life for a few days, and at the same time thought about the benefits he would get in the future.

To know.

In the past, Su Feng was just helping himself, but now he is doing it himself, which is bound to damage the interests of those in the family even more. It won't be long before a big conflict breaks out between them.

And he would be able to reap the benefits of being a fisherman, but what happened next completely disrupted Li Shimin's peaceful life.

Xuanzang, a Buddhist eminent monk in the Tang Dynasty, has asked for permission for the fifth time to travel west to learn Buddhist scriptures.

Xuanzang is the eminent monk with the most influence in Tang Buddhism today. He had found excuses to postpone it a few times before, but this time he couldn't push it anyway.

otherwise.

It will cause extremely bad effects!
After careful consideration, Li Shimin finally agreed to meet Xuanzang.

On the Hall of Tai Chi.

Xuanzang dressed up and boarded the main hall, and actively and solemnly performed Buddhist rituals to Li Shimin.

The emperor did finally agree to meet him, and Xuanzang was very happy. This at least made him see hope. Now that Buddhism is becoming more and more influential, it is impossible for the emperor to absolutely ignore his request.

not to mention.

This time he came prepared, since the emperor agreed to meet him, he has the confidence to persuade the emperor.

"I was too busy a few days ago, so I neglected Master Xuanzang, please don't mind!" Seeing Xuanzang who came dressed up, Li Shimin had to look at him and said very politely.

Buddhism is prevalent and has a great influence among the common people. I kept rejecting the other party a few times ago, so I have to give an explanation no matter what.

"Your Majesty manages a lot of things every day, and works very hard for the country and the people. How dare the poor monk have a grudge. Your Majesty is worrying too much!" Xuanzang smiled slightly, and once again performed Buddhist salutes to Li Shimin.

"Master Xuanzang, please sit down!"

After some courtesies, Xuanzang sat down opposite to Li Shimin respectfully.

"What did Master Xuanzang teach you this time?" Li Shimin asked politely.

"Your Majesty, the prevalence of Buddhism is very beneficial to the imperial court, His Majesty, and the common people. This poor monk's request to go west to retrieve the scriptures is entirely for these considerations!" Xuanzang seized the opportunity and quickly began to talk about the benefits of going west. .

First of all, let's start with the people and their beliefs!
"Faith not only endows morality with the nature and meaning of self-discipline, but also serves as people's spiritual support and the coordinates of moral choices."

"Faith can not only improve people's moral realm, but also shape people's moral personality, so that they will not do evil and be strict with themselves!"

"Faith is not only the driving force of moral behavior, but also the "pointing light" on the road of life. Once a person has a goal, he will be duty-bound!"

"Faith is actually a subjective product of people's minds. It can completely change people from the inside out. Your Majesty can think about it. If the people in the world can change for the better from the inside out and from the bottom of their hearts, what would it be like?" What a scene!"

Xuanzang's continuous narration made Li Shimin a little drowsy. He was not very interested in these things at first, and Xuanzang's words were a bit cloudy and too theoretical.

Li Shimin couldn't listen at all!
Subsequently.

Xuanzang also started from a religious point of view, telling what kind of influence Buddhism would have on the people, and what benefits it would have on the court and the emperor.

In order to make the emperor interested and agree to his trip to the west, Xuanzang even changed his previous attitude, emphasizing that the result of his trip to the west would be of great help to the rule of the court.

When Xuanzang finally stopped his explanation, Li Shimin was so lucky that he didn't fall asleep on the spot.

"Your Majesty?" Seeing that Li Shimin hadn't responded for a long time, Xuanzang tried to call out.

"Master... Master, have you finished speaking?" Li Shimin suddenly came back to his senses.

Good guy.

This messy explanation can almost cure my insomnia.

But no matter how Xuanzang analyzed and how well he said, he couldn't impress Li Shimin at all. In his heart, Taoism should really flourish.

after all.

Taoism is the traditional ancient religion in the true sense. Since Buddhism was introduced into Tang Dynasty, he has been using Taoism to contend with it.

It's just that in recent years, Buddhism has become more and more powerful, and Taoism is obviously a little bit powerless, so things like today have happened.

in fact.

In order to help Taoism resist the impact of Buddhism, Li Shimin made considerable efforts.

He specially asked Gao Shilian to write a "Clan Chronicle", which explained the benefits of Taoism in detail, and said that the Li family and the Taoist ancestor Laozi came from the same line.

of course.

The traces of consolidating his dominance in this way are slightly obvious, but this does not affect his determination to promote Taoism in the slightest.

In order to implement this point and show respect to the ancestors, he would specially arrange Taoist priests and nuns to sit in front of monks and nuns deliberately every time there was a major celebration to show his admiration for Taoism.

It's a pity that although he advocated Taoism so strongly, he still couldn't withstand the impact of Buddhism. In recent years, he seems to be unable to resist.

It was already in this situation, so of course he was unwilling to agree to Xuanzang's journey to the west.

The more the other party expressed the importance of doing this and the benefits to the court and the people, the more he was unwilling to agree to this.

joke.

Isn't this equivalent to putting Taoism to death?

Seeing that Li Shimin's expression was ugly and he was already showing signs of rejecting him, Xuanzang said again without hesitation: "Your Majesty, Buddhism is now popular in the world and accepted by most people sincerely. This is the general trend!"

"This shows that belief and religion are the result of the people's sincere desire, and this is what will inevitably happen. In the words of Buddhism, the people have a cause in their hearts, and this will naturally produce such an effect!"

"Your Majesty can't be indifferent to the needs of the people, right?"

Xuanzang used his trump card, which is to use Li Shimin's people-oriented thought to make his final blow.

The emperor has not always preached that everything must be done with the people first, and the biggest taboo of the court is to risk the world's greatness.

It is a fact that Buddhism is prevalent now, and it is the general trend to be accepted by the people. Faced with such a situation, would the emperor still refuse?

really.

Hearing Xuanzang's words, Li Shimin's expression changed rapidly.

This is why he has been reluctant to meet the other party!
Li Shimin knows how powerful Xuanzang is, and he is definitely not his opponent.

the most important is.

Xuanzang has great influence, and what happened today will definitely be widely circulated. Every word he said will be talked about with delight.

The other party has said something like this, so I can't just refuse it, can I?

Isn't this equivalent to risking the world and slapping yourself in the face?

This is indeed too cruel!

"I understand what the master said, so why not do this? The master will go back and wait for the news first. After three days, I will give you a satisfactory answer!" Li Er said in a low voice, somewhat helplessly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xuanzang immediately stopped entanglement, and shut up very wisely...

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(End of this chapter)