Chapter 1353 Military Advice

In Dingli Temple.

Zhang Yue moved here again.

It is really not easy to find a pure place in this turbid world.

The last time he moved to Dingli Temple was contrary to the intention of the official family. As he was strongly stubborn towards the Liao Kingdom, Han Zhongyan took the mission to Liao Kingdom and provoked the Liao Lord.

In addition, the comet appeared, and I was forced to quit my concubine and lived in Dingli Temple for dozens of days.

Nowadays, I am also intimate to visit the old place again.

The person who greets Zhang Yue here is still the old friend Intelligent Elder. Intelligent Elder is also a legend. He has been seriously ill for a year and has not had much time, but he has always survived after some days.

The monk below asked him, and he always said that he had never finished his worldly relationship.

Until one day Zhang Yue entered the temple, the other party could get up again.

This time the two met again.

The intelligent elder forced his illness to see Zhang Yue.

The intelligent elder lit a lamp for Zhang Yue. The two were in a small meditation room, and they could see each other's appearance clearly.

"Why did Duke Wei say goodbye to the emperor three times?"

"Study hard since childhood, what I have been seeking is not the position of the magistrate. Now it is within reach of my hand." Zhang Yue suddenly smiled, and there was a slight tremor between his teeth, "but he was afraid."

The intelligent elder turned on the oil lamp and said to Zhang Yue: "Duke Wei is not a man who likes dragons."

Zhang Yue said: "Yes, I think of the future situation."

"I must be a person who is cruel."

When Zhang Yue said this, he picked up the teacup in front of him and then put it down.

The Intelligent Elder said: "So, Mr. Wei avoided entering Dingli Temple to seek peace of mind, right?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Master still remember what you and I said in the temple?"

The intelligent elder said: "Remember, I remember that Mr. Wei said about salary, profit and land rent."

Zhang Yue said: "Yes, looking at the end of the dynasty, there was a scene, that is, the business was prospering in a deformed manner, and the power of unorganized destruction of the entire country."

The intelligent elder said: "Duke Wei, I don't understand this."

Zhang Yue said: "In fact, it is the increase in entropy. Anyone, anything, and any civilization must go from organized to unorganized, and eventually disappear. This is the way of heaven."

"That's great that you and I were strong when they were twenty years old. When they were fifty or sixty, their bodies were weak and their bodies were not as big as before, and the same was true for the country."

"In the fiftieth year of the founding of the State of the People's Republic of China, the court still said peace. If there are any changes, the court can deal with it. It's like when people are young and middle-aged people don't take minor illnesses seriously. But by the century, it was already unsustainable, with corruption rampant and inefficient. This is the step of organizing becoming unorganized."

"This is something that no dynasty can change. If it takes longer than the past, it will either be destroyed inside or outside."

"If the dynasty wants to continue, it must have negative entropy, from disorganized to organized."

"It's like a person has a piece of rotten meat. If he doesn't cut it off, the rotten meat will grow. Once the rotten meat is cut off, the new meat can grow. But the difficulty lies in the rotten meat. It's not that everyone dares to cut it off. Or it's too deep or even shares the same kindness with others. Once it is cut off, the person will die immediately due to excessive blood loss."

When the intelligent elder heard this, he said, "Who will do this? Who will have this idea?"

Zhang Yue was silent for a moment and said, "When I was in charge of the judging ceremony, I used the word "strong village" as the title, and advocated the use of centralized power to lead it from top to bottom... It is not bad for King Jing to do it, but it also has many disadvantages."

The intelligent elder said: "I am a person outside the country who is discussing the great affairs of the country. I only know whether human nature is good or evil."

"If you are evil in nature, you cannot solve it yourself and need to rely on external forces to correct it."

"If you have good nature, you do it without external force and just realize your mind and see your nature."

Zhang Yue understood the meaning of intelligence. Confucianism talks about good nature, and gradually improves the current situation of society through morality and human consciousness.

The Legalists do not believe in human nature, so they guide human nature through external forces (reform).

Zhang Yue said: "If the people are unable to open their wisdom, what is external force?"

The intelligent elder said together: "Mr. Wei seems to be very disappointed with the future. I think that since the heavens and man are one, how can external forces come from?"

Zhang Yue sighed: "To the Lord Yao and Shun, and to make the customs pure, is my ambition."

"Now... I just think about how to repay the late emperor's kindness of his grace!"

The intelligent elder said together: "I cannot solve the confusion of Mr. Wei, but Mr. Wei himself can solve it."

"It's better to sit in the gate to make it clear."

...

The bell of Dingli Temple in the snow disappeared. When the empress dowager's carriage rang through the frozen imperial ditch.

The sides of the imperial road had been cleared, and the Jinwu Guard stood with his halberd, and the iron armor reflected the morning light, which was as bright as a forest.

The stone steps in front of the temple were swept spotlessly. The monks wore cassocks and stood in front of the temple gate, lowered their eyebrows and clasped their hands, and the sound of the Buddhist chants opened slowly with the bells and drums.

Zhang Maoze arrived first. He raised his fingertips and 24 eunuchs in the eunuchs in the sermons knelt down beside the road, holding the ruddy platter high above the top - the plate contained the gilded incense burner, blue cassock, and bay leaf scriptures. Even the red sandalwood box that was mounted with the scriptures was carved with the patterns of two phoenix-carved zither.

Suddenly, when he heard the three sounds of the pure whip, the feathered ceremonial guard gradually emerged from the morning mist. Sixteen strong men in crimson clothes came steadily with the Queen Mother's carriage, and the tassels held by the golden phoenix on the carriage were shaking with their steps.

All the officials below held their breath, but saw the Queen Mother handing the warmer in her hand to Zhang Maoze.

The wind suddenly blew, causing prayer flags around the temple to roar.

The abbot welcomed her and brought Empress Dowager Gao into the house to offer incense.

After serving the incense, the abbot took out the incense tea, and Empress Dowager Gao asked, "Zhang Qing is in the temple."

The abbot replied, "Report to the Empress Dowager, Mr. Zhang Wei is indeed in the temple."

"Why don't you come and pick up the driver?"

"Mr. Wei is in the Buddhist temple chanting hall and is unable to see guests."

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Gao's eyes sternly.

Only then did Zhang Maoze realize that he had failed to observe and practiced Zen seven is the first-class practice method of Zen.

Every winter home, the practice of "Zhen Qi" is held, and the period is 77 to 49 days.

Within these 7749 days, those who fight seven must practice Buddhism intently and cannot see guests.

Zhang Maoze asked, "Will Mr. Wei become a monk?"

The abbot shared the tenth words: "Donald Wei sat alone in the meditation hall as a layman, and only received one meal a day, and he did not see any foreign guests for the rest of his life."

Empress Dowager Gao is also a Buddhist practitioner, so of course she knows what kind of practice it is to practice in the seven-day meditation.

I sit alone in a Buddhist temple and forty-nine days, and do not accept any external news. I cannot do this sincerity in my heart if I change it to myself.

The host said slowly: "Man has eight consciousnesses, eye consciousness, ear consciousness, nose consciousness, tongue consciousness, body consciousness, consciousness, manas consciousness, and Alaya consciousness."

"As long as you cut off the first six consciousnesses, you cannot enter the manas consciousness. Trying to seven is also the manas consciousness."

"People's thoughts are all about manas, which is also the origin of the cause of good and evil, and the Huayan Sutra says that thoughts and thoughts alarm the evil spirits of the ten directions. The first seven consciousnesses are all called Alaya consciousness, and after understanding the mind and seeing the nature, they become treasures."

Empress Dowager Gao said: "It's hard for me to watch incense for three hours on weekdays. Zhang Qing was so impressed that he could sit in meditation for 49 days. What day is it today?"

"Day 3."

Empress Dowager Gao nodded. If she hadn't seen Zhang Yue this time, she would have lost all her face.

"Since Zhang Qing is doing seven meditation, who should we explain the negotiations with Liao to whom? At this moment, it is really unbearable."

Empress Dowager Gao and Zhang Maoze spoke.

"Where is Zhang Qing? I've been asking for it myself."

...

The snow presses on the pine branches, and the Buddhist temple is quiet.

The abbot did not dare to disobey the Empress Dowager's orders, so he had to lead Feng Jiao to move to the depths of the side courtyard.

This Buddhist temple is located at a very extreme point in Dingli Temple.

Now the lonely Buddhist temple stands in the snow, with doors and windows closed, leaving only a pane with a palm-wide width to deliver food.

Empress Dowager Gao stopped in front of the door and narrowed her eyes slightly: "If you accidentally walk away from the water, will Duke Wei not come out?"

The abbot chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice, but he did not dare to answer.

The empress dowager sighed lightly, and Zhang Maoze understood and immediately ordered someone to remove the door panel. Empress Dowager Gao waved his hand to stop the attendant who wanted to accompany him and walked in with the candle alone. The candlelight swayed, but he saw Zhang Yue sitting cross-legged in a monk's robe sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed like an old monk entering a meditation, as if he had not realized the movements around him.

Empress Dowager Gao stopped by and said slowly: "The country is in danger, and I have to disturb Zhang Qingqing's practice of meditation."

The Queen Mother's voice was particularly clear in the empty hall.

But when Zhang Yue opened his eyes slowly, he saw Empress Dowager Gao suddenly stunned, and then he fell to the ground: "I don't know that the Empress Dowager is here in person, I have missed the welcome. I would like to ask the Empress Dowager to forgive me."

He hurriedly brought seats and added candles and served tea. Empress Dowager Gao stared at Zhang Yue's thin face and said sincerely: "You can give up your wealth and honor to practice Zen seven, which is really admirable for me."

This is definitely not a polite statement. I think the king of Dali can abandon his throne and become a monk, and this powerful official in front of him can really look down on glory indifferently.

Zhang Yue said respectfully: "The Empress Dowager is clear about the knowledge that I have cultivated nothing but the basics. Although I am closed to a small area, it is difficult to subdue the false thoughts in my heart. I am really ashamed."

"Oh?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows slightly, "Why is the servant in the mood?" The title of "Justice" made Zhang Yue feel awe-in.
To be continued...