Linzhi

Yu Feng sat in the flower hall with his pillow in his arms in a daze. This position had lasted for half an hour.

The staff at the side persuaded earnestly: "Your Majesty, although this King An has a leg problem, he is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp. When the late emperor was still alive, he had nothing, so he dared to go to the Western Turks to be a lobbyist. Not to mention, the ruthlessness in his bones may not be comparable to the other princes. I heard that the reason why he came to Lingzhou this time was because he was squeezed out by the prince. Do you think he can feel happy in his heart? You must find someone to vent your anger, right?"

The more Yu Feng listened, the more angry he got, feeling that patting the table hurt, he patted his thigh and said: "I am a majestic governor of Lingzhou, and I am also a local high-ranking official. The governor's mansion is kicked out, and this matter spreads, I will be shameless in the future?! How can I hold my head up in front of my subordinates!"

The staff member thought that even if someone else had an idea, he would not dare to say it in front of you, but on the surface he had to comfort the lord.

"Last time, I advised you that even if the Prince An's Mansion is not built in time, you have to prepare a house. You can't let King An live in the official post. You will not listen, but the result is already much better than I expected."

Yu Feng gave him a hard look: "What more do you want to call it bad?!"

The staff waved their fans: "The worst result is that King An went to the court, saying that you neglected him and asked the court to punish you for your crimes. Your Majesty is guilty of entrusting Lingzhou to King An. How could that be possible?" If you don't help King An vent your anger, then you won't be able to keep your official position."

Yu Feng choked for a moment, and said angrily: "So, I have to thank him for his noble hand?"

The staff said: "Lingzhou is the fiefdom of King An. To put it bluntly, it will be his territory from now on. Not to mention that he wants to live in the governor's mansion, even if he wants to copy Zhou, Fan and Lu's family, that's up to him. no?"

Yu Feng sneered: "Is he the one who can move the Zhou family and the Fan family if he wants? If he dares to attack these people, then I will really be convinced by him!"

The staff shook his head: "From my point of view, King An's temperament is not to swallow his anger, otherwise he would not have just arrived and clashed with you. The merchants of the Zhou family are so arrogant. After a long time, they will definitely block the way of King An .”

Yu Feng put the pillow on the table and leaned forward slightly.

"I've always wondered why King An chose Lingzhou? Even if he was excluded by others, there are still many fiefdoms to choose from in the vast Central Plains. Besides, isn't the Tianfu in Central Shu much more comfortable than Lingzhou? You don’t need to face the Turks, tell me, what is King An thinking?”

The staff couldn't figure it out either, and shook their heads with a wry smile.

"Master, these two days, your arms can't twist your thighs. In these two days, do you want to find a time to pay a formal visit to King An, lest he think you are holding grudges!"

Yu Feng snorted angrily: "I'm just holding grudges!"

The staff helplessly: "You have to let him harm others, or else he will just stare at you. If King An can clean up the Zhou family, wouldn't it be a good thing for you?"

Yu Feng's eyeballs rolled around: "Then shall I go to King An and apply eye drops?"

The staff member shook his head: "If he knows that you raised a child molester, someone will definitely tell him about the Fan family of the Zhou family."

The corner of Yu Feng's mouth twitched, and for the first time a guilty expression appeared on his face.

The staff laughed secretly, pretending not to see it: "If King An asks, you just say, if you don't ask, you don't know."

Yu Feng scratched his head and sighed: "Life is difficult, and a big Buddha descended from the sky, it's almost impossible to live."

The staff member smiled, but he felt that the arrival of King An was not a bad thing.

At the very least, someone should clear up the cumulus clouds over Lingzhou.

……

Spring goes and autumn comes, winter goes and spring comes, year after year, time flies by.

In the fourth year of Jiayou, the spring came very early. Just after the beginning of spring, the peach blossoms in Fazheng Temple in Lingnan were already in full bloom.

"It is because all kinds of troubles in the world come from the heart. For example, a cloth seller always feels that he does not sell enough. For example, a farmer always feels that the grain in his field is not enough. Contentment and happiness are the basis of life. For the rest of my life, I was just playing games with myself. It is said that there was a fisherman in ancient times..."

The unhurried voice came from the front hall, and because of the silence, the people in the back hall could hear it clearly.

The other party did not speak profound Buddhist principles, nor did they use harsh words, but only used ordinary vernacular, occasionally quoting a few interesting allusions, which even an illiterate peasant woman could understand.

Zen Master Mingjing taught scriptures in Fazheng Temple for a month, and those who heard it rushed to tell the story. From the beginning, there were only a few people, and now it is full of people. Those who come late even have no place and are not allowed to enter. They are very popular and have many supporters. Mingjing The name of Zen Master also spread like wildfire, and Fazheng Temple even invited him to stay as the head of the West Hall.

He Zhan sat in the back hall and listened to a passage, then smiled and said to the people next to him: "It seems that Zen Master Mingjing is not just a person with a false name."

It was both funny and unexpected in my heart.

At first, he asked his fourth brother to preach scriptures everywhere, just to find something for him to do, but he didn't expect to get such a miraculous effect.

He Xi was not good at homework when he was young, but the common people didn't want to listen to the profound Buddhist principles that color is nothingness, teaching is entertaining, and simple truths such as accumulating virtue and doing good are told in short stories, which are more effective than long speeches. The Buddhist allusions drawn by the two master brothers, He Xi, became popular in Guangzhou for a while, and gradually spread from Guangzhou. He Xi also made people compose simple and easy-to-remember songs for Nanyi children to sing. It must not be long before , all Nanyi tribes can learn it.

This is an opportunity for Guangda Buddhism. Naturally, the major Buddhist temples will not miss this opportunity. Knowing that Zen Master Mingjing is behind His Highness King Xing, they have come to pay their respects on their own initiative, expressing their sincerity that they are also willing to teach the Dharma and scriptures with Zen Master Mingjing.

"Chan Master Mingjing, the Dharma is indeed profound." Tan Jinren said with a smile.

"However," He Zhan changed the subject, "Buddhist sects are monks after all, so they shouldn't be too involved in the affairs of the world. If there are criminals who use the name of Buddhist sects to take advantage of the opportunity to amass money and annex land, they must be dealt with strictly. The former third brother As I said, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can all teach the world to be good, but if the rulers do not handle it properly, it is easy to harm them in reverse. Emperor Wu of Liang was a hero, and he was confused for a while, which is a lesson from the past."

Tan Jin got up, cupped his hands respectfully and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will keep an eye on them."

The two were talking, when the lecture in the front hall came to an end, Zen master Mingjing came back to rest with his younger brother Mingchen.

Seeing that He Zhan and Tan Jin were both there, He Xi, who now had a clear Dharma name, was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Amitabha, why are the two benefactors here?"

Tan Jin stood up with a smile: "I have heard Master Mingjing's lectures are thought-provoking, and I came here specially today to learn."

"Don't dare to be Tan's benefactor's false praise. The poor monk knows very little about Buddhism. He just turns some simple principles into stories that the people like to hear, so that they can remember them easily."

Mingjing clasped his hands together, and his complexion was calm. Apart from his younger face, he looked like a monk at first glance.

Tan Jin said with a smile: "Even so, that's quite remarkable. At least before you, no one thought that you could still preach like this."

He Zhan took out a letter.

"Fourth brother, third brother sent you a letter."

Mingjing's complexion changed suddenly, and the demeanor of an eminent monk disappeared instantly: "You told him I was here?!"

He Zhan said helplessly: "You have disappeared for so long, I must report a letter to His Majesty and brothers, right? But don't worry, I didn't tell Your Majesty that you are with me."

As clear as a mourning concubine, she picked up the letter.

"It's over, it's over, it's definitely not good for the third brother to find me!"

He Zhan couldn't understand his cowardice, so he laughed angrily: "Third brother is not a scourge, look at you, what about your demeanor of a master who was wiped out when you talked and laughed just now?"

"Eat by the third brother." Mingjing opened the letter dejectedly.

"What did the third brother say?" He Zhan was also curious, so he came over to have a look together.

In fact, he felt a little sour in his heart. He wrote so many letters to Lingzhou. Every time He Rong replied, although they were all written by himself, the content was as concise and concise as he usually said, and a thin piece of paper was enough to hold All the words and sentences, but looking at this letter to He Xi, it is a thick stack, it is simply not the same.

The familiar handwriting came into the eyes of the two of them. He Rong said in the letter that he asked He Xiduo to go to various villages in Nanyi, and he should train disciples at the right time, and teach them his way of preaching the scriptures, so that even if he Leaving Lingnan in the future, people will not be left with tea. The enlightenment of the Nanyi people is not a one-day effort. To integrate them into the Central Plains, apart from the fact that parents and officials must be treated equally, only the way of benevolence and justice can make people feel at ease.He Rong also hoped that He Xi could study more Buddhist classics, leave Lingnan at an appropriate time, and go all the way north, not only to increase knowledge, but also to often contact eminent monks from other temples and discuss with them.

He also seemed to have expected that He Zhan would read the letter with He Xi, and asked He Zhan to concentrate on staying in Lingnan, and not to leave easily. If His Majesty raised the issue of conferring land, he would ask He Zhan to directly seal it in Guangzhou.

After reading the letter, He Zhan smiled wryly: "Third brother really doesn't waste letter paper, he won't even write me a letter alone."

He Xi sympathized with himself, and also with his fifth younger brother: "This place is hot and humid, and there are many mosquitoes, why does the third brother insist on you staying here, and you can go to other places!"

He Zhan said: "One is that Nanyi's people's hearts have not yet fully surrendered. Someone needs to stay here. With me, those Nanyi people who want to make trouble will not dare to act rashly. The second is that the fiefs of King Wei and the second brother are already in Jiangnan, even if I canonize, His Majesty is unlikely to entrust me to Jiangnan again, and I am not familiar with Sichuan, and I have to start again after I go, so it is better to stay here."

He Xi smiled and said, "You are really a worm in the third brother's stomach now, you are thousands of miles away, you have a good heart!"

He Zhan sighed: "Actually, I think Third Brother still has something to say, but it's hard to express it too clearly in the letter."

He Xi blinked in confusion.

He Zhan was silent for a moment, and lowered his voice: "The battle between the elder brother and the second brother has become established, and the situation is gradually getting out of control. Before, we hoped that one side would give in, but now it seems that this is impossible."

What he was referring to was that the former officials impeached King Ji for killing people and taking prisoners in Ganzhou Dajie. Many people thought that King Ji would use this to take the blame and go to the fiefdom, but in the end it turned out that the children of the Zhang family who followed He Xiu at that time took the initiative Plead guilty and take all the guilt on you.

He Zhan and the others were far away in Lingnan, so they couldn't figure out the details, and they didn't know whether the Zhang family sacrificed themselves in order to protect He Xiu, or whether He Xiu had thrown out the Zhang family. The second son and the third son won the title after beating with sticks. Emperor Jiayou thought that Marquis Wuwei had made countless contributions during his lifetime, so he only deprived him of his title, and did not impose a more serious punishment.

And Ji Wang Hexiu did not go to the fief, but still stayed in the capital, serving as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

This incident spread here one after another, and He Xi naturally heard about it.

He thought for a while, and said: "It's better to be still than to move. You can stay in Lingnan, at least you don't have to be in a dilemma. I always feel that this matter is not over yet."

I don't know if after becoming a monk, I also have more ability to predict. In April, a shocking news came from Chang'an.

Empress Pei's direct son, the eighth prince who was bestowed the nickname Bao'er by Emperor Jiayou, died young due to illness.

It is estimated that He Xi did not expect that his "crow's mouth" would become a prophecy.