Chapter 53: Persuading Xuanzang to return to the secular world
A monk from Tianzhu?
Li Yuanai chewed the donkey meat in her mouth voraciously.
In the past two years, we came and went on the canal, and most of our food and accommodation were next to the river bank, and the quality of food was limited.
After finally eating donkey meat from the world, I filled my mouth with thiol.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin didn't give him a chance and arranged a new task directly.
After chewing hard for a few times, swallowing the cooked donkey meat into his stomach, Li Yuanai said, "Is the monk from Tianzhu real or fake? Could it be Tang Sanzang?"
Li Shimin frowned and said, "Where did Tang Sanzang come from?"
It turns out that what Sanzang refers to was not Tang Monk, but monks who are proficient in the Sanzang scriptures are collectively called Sanzang Master.
Tang Seng was indeed proficient in the Tripitaka Sutra, and he could be called Master Tripitaka. The Tripitaka Sutra was a Buddhist scripture he brought from India. There is no such statement in Middle-earth Buddhism at all.
Li Shimin continued: "That man was named Xuanzang, who was a famous monk in our dynasty. In the first year of Zhenguan, the emperor's brother first ascended the Great Bao and received his request to travel west, saying that he was going to the West to seek the true scriptures. The emperor was quite angry at the time. At that time, the King of Gaochang of the Western Regions worshiped Buddha and paid a lot of money to seek the enlightened monk as the national teacher. Many monks from all over Chang'an were moved by it. Xuanzang was quite famous and was a master of Buddhism in the younger generation. Even many well-known enlightened monks were not as good as him in discussing Buddha's words."
"The emperor thought he was confused by Gaochang's value, so he rejected his request, and never heard of Xuanzang's name again."
"The emperor's brother can't even remember this person. Until ten days ago, when I was enlightened, I heard a report from the Western Regions, saying that Master Xuanzang had obtained 657 true scriptures from India and returned. This person actually traveled westward without permission, and arrived in India and received the true scriptures. This feeling and heart are particularly surprised by the emperor."
Li Yuanai cursed inwardly: "The novels are indeed lying."
This is much more exciting than in "Journey to the West".
In ancient times, there was no such thing as an ID card, and you could use it to make a fortune in the world.
In this era, if you want to go out for a long journey, you need very complicated procedures. The most important thing is the pass. This pass is the pass certificate issued by the government, not the identity certificate.
The office will clearly describe where XXX and XX will go from and what to do.
If you say you go to Luoyang, you end up walking to Wancheng or Runan.
Sorry, your life is ineffective, and what is waiting for you is a prison. If you have money, it is okay. Local officials ask the reason clearly, then send someone to your hometown, open the office to confirm, and after a series of processes, after confirmation, you will be reopened. Of course, you must spend this long time in prison.
If you don’t have money, it doesn’t matter. The court has its own way to deal with black households and flee.
The Tang Dynasty did not have the deathly labor service as the Sui Dynasty, but it did not mean that there was no place where heavy labor was needed.
First, make a good transformation, wait until your identity is determined, and then consider whether to let others go depending on the problem.
If you are unfortunately a time traveler, don’t even have a household registration.
I'm even more embarrassed, you will be unable to move forward.
Not to mention going to the county, even in an inconspicuous village, some sheriffs will investigate the office because you are a naive person.
It is a peaceful era, and only thieves and bandits do not have household registration.
What awaits you will be exile and go to the western region of Lingnan to fill the population there. Unless you hide in the mountains, wait until the emperor pardons the world, take the opportunity to come out, and then quickly find a backer, and with his help, you can add a name to his household registration book...
It can be seen from this that as a highly anticipated monk, he must avoid many obstacles and travel thousands of miles to travel across the country to seek Buddhist scriptures without obtaining permission. The difficulties in this are definitely no less than the difficulties displayed on TV.
Li Yuanai said: "The emperor still believes in this?"
In his memory, Li Shimin treated Buddhism like he was a ball, and he worshiped him when needed, such as his wife, Empress Changsun, who was sick, so he asked the Sanqing to worship Bodhisattvas, and he also rewarded the Taoist priests and monks... Or his son was sick, and this god begged, and that Bodhisattva begs.
When he was fine, he kicked away, but there was no feeling of praise.
Li Shimin said seriously: "The emperor treats these equally."
Very equal treatment.
Isn’t this the Three Pure Ones, Jade Emperor, God, Jesus, Tathagata, and Bodhisattvas, and there will always be someone who appears?
Li Yuanai was speechless for a moment.
Li Shimin said: "Xuanzang's heart towards Buddha was extremely moved by the emperor. Is it true that the so-called four elements are empty, and they are actually jokes, which are not in line with reality. What the emperor's brother is interested in is not the scriptures he brought, but his experience of traveling west. Goguryeo is just about the stability of our dynasty. If it were not for Liaodong and Liaoxi, our Chinese territory, the emperor's brother would not even bother to fight this battle. The gains and efforts were completely inconsistent."
The China he mentioned refers to China.
The Chinese nation's thoughts have always been the only one who believes that he is in the world, so he likes to call himself China. However, the surrounding foreign races are called the Four Barbarians and build the Four Barbarians in their respective capitals.
Li Yuanai made this sentence of China evoke passion and said loudly: "No inch of China's map is unnecessary. In this regard, we will not give up in an inch of land."
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Therefore, Xuancheng has repeatedly advised me not to mobilize many troops for Goguryeo, saying it is not worth it. I don't think so. Liaodong has occupied Goguryeo for more than two hundred years. The people in the country no longer speak Chinese language. Their descendants have not even realized the enlightenment of being Chinese people. They think they are Goguryeo people. If this continues, how can it be so great?"
Li Shimin rarely calls Wei Zhengbiao in front of himself, and sometimes even swears "Fisherman".
But a year ago, after Wei Zheng died of illness, Li Shimin had mostly called him "Xuancheng".
Perhaps because of the butterfly effect, Wei Zheng of this era did not recommend Hou Junji as prime minister, nor did he get too close to Li Chengqian, so there was no incident of pushing the tombstone. In his words, he still missed the mirror.
Li Yuanai was a little complaining, but when he heard this, he felt that everything was worth it and said rudely: "I want to occupy my Tang territory by the only barbarians in Haidong, who is unbearable? If you don't recover Liaodong, what is the emperor's face among the sage kings of all ages?"
Li Shimin was fluttering and said loudly: "This emperor brother not only needs to recover the lost territory, but also has to let Goguryeo's Yongaisuwen come to Chang'an to perform dances for all the civil and military officials of the court."
Li Yuanai didn't dare to answer the conversation in an instant. God knew that his butterfly had interfered with the direction of history.
If it fails, as history does, it will be embarrassing.
Seeing that his father had successfully changed the topic for Li Yuanai, Li Zhi held his forehead and said, "The father's meaning is to ask the sixteenth uncle to persuade Xuanzang to return to secular life..."
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Li Yuanai was completely stunned.
Chapter completed!