Accompany the prince to study

The climate in the mountains is so cold. Before entering the mountains, everyone was still forced to feel the struggle of the last wave of scorching heat at the end of summer. After entering the mountains, they suddenly felt the refreshment and refreshment in their hearts.

Those with weaker bones, such as Gu Qiao, had to wear a crane thin shirt before entering the mountain to protect against the wind and cold.

They are now stationed at the foot of Mount Liutai, looking up at the foot of the mountain, with longing in their hearts.There is also a small palace built here, which was specially built by the previous dynasty for the convenience of the emperor to come to Liutai Mountain to worship the Buddha. It was passed down to this dynasty, but it was only repaired casually, and it was happily adopted by Emperor Wu for his own use.In these respects, Emperor Wu is definitely a frugal emperor worthy of praise. He doesn't mind at all that this is something from the previous dynasty, and he even feels that he has earned it.

However, before the Liutai Mountain Palace was mostly used by the Empress Dowager, Empress and other royal family members, this was the first time that Emperor Wu, who was not very superstitious, came here so solemnly and with great fanfare.

Surrounded by green mountains and green grass, away from the hustle and bustle, sit and watch the purple air come from the east.

It is said that Ziqi can be seen all year round on Mount Liutai, and it was known as "Cool Purple Mansion" in the previous dynasties. Earlier, it was even rumored among the people that this was the cave of immortals, and immortals lived here.

Emperor Wu had a younger brother who was foolish when he was a child. He heard the legend of Mount Liutai and vowed to come to Mount Liutai to find the gods when the world was in peace.

"What happened later?" The prince sat and listened to Emperor Wu's story.

The prince himself naturally didn't have the leisure time to listen to stories, nor did he have such a childlike heart, but Gu Qiao couldn't help but want to listen.Emperor Wu is a master of storytelling, and he doesn't know where he cultivated so many strange abilities. Before Gu Qiao and the prince exchanged back, Emperor Wu told Gu Qiao about his magical clan brother, which attracted Gu Qiao. Joe never forgot.

Of course, Emperor Wu also wanted to finish telling the story to his son.But... Didn't he start hunting later, and Emperor Wu couldn't continue telling his son stories.

——Emperor Wu found such an excuse for his son not to ask him about the progress of the story.

Now that the son finally came to ask again with his friends, Emperor Wu was very happy, thinking that his previous idea was not to deceive himself, and it was not that the son didn't want to listen to him tell stories, it was just that he was too busy!

The prince was noncommittal, and decided to let the child Gu Qiao go to make the older child Emperor Wu happy, and he would sit with him.

Gu Qiao is really a good listener. When others are speaking, he will always look at the other person intently to express the importance he attaches to the exchange.The black and white eyes are big and energetic. When he is immersed in the story and has different emotions following the ups and downs of the plot, it will be reflected in those eyes, and he will say a very flattering "wow" from time to time "That's it" and "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" to give the storyteller a special sense of accomplishment.

When Gu Qiao played the role of the prince, she would also consider the image of His Royal Highness, and tried her best to restrain herself from doing such childish things.But when he returns to his body, he doesn't need to worry about anything, he can listen to stories as he wants.

Emperor Wu was greatly pleased, and the more he talked, the more energetic he became.

This is what happens when people reach a certain age. They especially like to recall the glorious years, and can't help but want to talk about their past with others, over and over again.Few people can escape such a law, even Emperor Wu.

When the third prince learned that the prince took Gu Qiao to listen to Emperor Wu tell a story, his whole expression was about to crack.

I didn't expect the prince to be such a prince.

It's really despicable, in order to please the father, he will do everything he can.

He won't use this trick!

"You can't use it either." It's really not that the King of Changle wants to throw cold water on the third prince, it's that the third prince, with his overly heroic and mature appearance, has already lost the right to listen to the story.If the third prince also learns from Gu Qiao's innocent and innocent look with expectant eyes, oh my god, Emperor Wu will be the first to invite a mage to exorcise him.

"This king is disdainful." All the princes of Emperor Wu were named kings when they were born. Although those in the inner court and outside the court are more accustomed to calling them princes and highnesses, they themselves will not forget their titles.

The older princes who no longer need to read books especially like to call themselves "the king", thinking it is more imposing.

They will never admit that they got their inspiration from the prince's "solitude".But the fact is that one day when the prince had a whim to call himself "孤", "the king" also sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

A group of childish ghosts, Changle King accurately evaluated them.

"Oh? You don't want to hear it anymore?" King Changle deliberately used "you" to cheer him up, and he drew a long and slow voice, "I also said, if you don't dislike it, the little one will show you the ugly, and I will tell you a story What about my story?"

The third prince finally couldn't hold back anymore: "Speak."

"What are you talking about?" King Changle asked knowingly.

The third prince pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. Such an unfathomable and majestic appearance often frightened many people.It's a pity that Changle King is not among them, he is not afraid of him at all, he will look up and look back with a smile, continue to wait for the answer, he will not stop until he waits.

"Tell a story." The third prince... still gave in.

Emperor Wu was also continuing to tell the prince and Gu Qiao about his clan brother, this clan member who once threatened to go to the mountains to find the gods, after Daqi founding the country, he really came to Liutai Mountain to find the gods according to his oath.

"Then, did you find it?" Gu Qiao believed in gods.

Because if there is no fairy, how can he explain the script of "The Female General" in his mind?And the exchange between him and His Highness, it must be the gods who cast a spell, and the last time was the blessing of his father, his mother, and the queen's empress.No other explanation is possible!

"If gods are so easy to find, gods would not be gods anymore." Emperor Wu had a lot of experience in talking to children, so he said it very naturally.

This made the prince couldn't help looking over, because once upon a time, he would also think that the father who talked to him like this was very, very nice.Unfortunately, they can't go back.

"To be reasonable, it's normal for my clan brother to want to see the gods, but why would the gods show up to see such an ugly fellow of mine who has no abilities and a bad personality?"

Emperor Wu really had a lot of heresy and fallacies that people couldn't refute.

Gu Qiao nodded thoughtfully.

He was dressed in golden and red cassocks outside the door, and he came to see the emperor's younger brother with special solemnity. Before the eunuch Wang Shiwen notified him, he happened to hear such "slander" from his own imperial brother: "..."

Such an imperial brother, don't worry, he's gone back!

Of course, in the end, this shameless master who named himself "Hui Gen" still came to see Emperor Wu. No matter how much the emperor hated him, he was still an emperor, so he had to bear it.

"This is my clan brother, the abbot of Guangshan Temple in Mount Liutai, Master Huigen." Emperor Wu introduced.

Well, this clan brother who had been searching for a god in the mountains for three years, finally chose to stay in the mountains as a "god" on a whim, shaved off three thousand threads of trouble, and became a famous master.

"Amitabha." Master Huigen was already an outsider, and Emperor Wu deliberately exempted him from performing secular rituals.

Gu Qiao looked at Master Huigen nonchalantly. This master was not as "unbearable" as Emperor Wu said. It is true that he is not particularly good-looking, but he is not so ugly.Probably because of chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha all day long, his temperament has a calmness and compassion that is hard to find in ordinary people.Seeing that Gu Qiao was looking at him, Master Huigen was not angry, but instead smiled kindly at Gu Qiao.

Master is worthy of being a master!

But Emperor Wu sneered: "Don't be fooled by his cunning."

What Buddha nature, what transparency, all are deceptive.

Emperor Wu felt that his brother, like him, smelled of copper all over his body: "Do you know where the pawn shops all over the street come from?"

Naturally, Emperor Wu's words would not be a random question, and Gu Qiao couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Yes, is it the master's property?"

"He does think about it." Emperor Wu seemed to become more childish in front of his brothers, "The pawn shop originated in temples at the very beginning. Unfortunately, the person standing in front of you is the first person who proposed these ideas."

Buddhism and Taoism were prevalent in the former dynasty, and various temples and dojos were built wantonly, and a large amount of wealth and land were accumulated. For this reason, there was a movement to eliminate Buddhism and Taoism in the late period of the former dynasty.The number of monks on Mount Liutai has also changed from a sudden increase to a forced reduction. At the least, there were only less than [-] monks left.

It was only in this dynasty that this kind of thing was contained and not promoted, but it was not completely eliminated.Everyone can believe whatever they like, as long as it is not a cult that will harm people, Emperor Wu will not have much interest in interfering.

Such a situation before and after has also been created, and the temples that can survive are all miraculous situations of "less monks and more money".

After Master Huigen was ordained as a monk in Guangshan Temple, he was accepted as an apprentice by the abbot at that time, and became the abbot's apprentice, in charge of the temple treasury of Guangshan Temple.In other words, he is in charge of the income of the entire temple.A famous temple like Guangshan Temple is really profitable. There are many believers, they don’t have to pay taxes, and they can be self-sufficient. One can imagine what kind of wealth they have.

Seeing that so much money was nowhere to be used, the strange business talent of the old Wenjia in Master Huigen's body was awakened.

Master Huigen first tried the most common loan, lending money to those in urgent need, and then returning it after the other party has recovered.At the beginning, there is no need for much interest. After the principal is removed, the other party can pay as much interest as they want.I just help people based on the idea of ​​my Buddha's compassion, but I don't let them feel that the money comes for nothing and don't know how to cherish it.

The effect of such relief is very significant, even better than free.

The interest obtained in the temple is often very high.

Later, by gradually improving the method of replacing "giving" with "borrowing", more strange operations were derived.

It's like an auction or a pawn.

When Emperor Wu first became emperor, there was actually not much money in the national treasury. He didn't know where his father got all the money at the time, so he could only watch the little remaining treasury burnt out.In the end, even the dragon robes on the enthronement ceremony were... adapted from old clothes that his father only wore once.

It's not that he can't afford new ones, but that Emperor Wu wanted to save the money and use it where more money is needed to improve people's livelihood.

At this time, Master Huigen traveled thousands of miles from Mount Liutai to Yongji Capital with his disciples. While opening an altar to teach Buddhism, it was like magic, and sent an incredible sum of money to his brother Huang who was in urgent need of money. wealth.

"I didn't expect so much," Master Huigen, who was still young at that time, said to Emperor Wu. "As long as the emperor can guarantee that the money will be used for the common people in the world, I will give it to you."

He loves to make money, but he is never greedy for money.

This is probably a limit.

Gu Qiao looked up at the golden master in front of her with admiration.Years later, when he was writing memories based on his notes, he realized that he only wanted to be an official, wanted to be famous in history, wanted to honor his ancestors, and really made him realize that he not only wanted to be an official, but also wanted to be a good one The point in time is this moment.

A master who looked ordinary and was even called by Emperor Wu to be full of the smell of copper, walked in on a certain morning that was only ordinary at that time, which brought him an unprecedented shock.

The author has something to say: Historically, concepts such as pawning and saving money for safekeeping did originate in temples.

As for which eminent monk came up with such a magical idea in the first place, it is unknown.Master Huigen in the article is fabricated, please don't take it seriously, okay?