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Chapter 126 Taking a step forward while taking a step back

The Chang'an imperial city during the reign of Wude can be divided into two parts: the inner court is the inner part of the palace, and the outer court is the place where various government offices are located, such as the Minister of Shangshu, the Secretary of the Ministry, Taichang Temple, and the general prison.

Oh, by the way, Kong Qing's current workplace, the Taishi Bureau, is also in the outer court of the imperial city.

And the palace can be divided into three parts, the west is called Yeting Palace, where the maids and servants live, the middle is the real palace, where His Majesty Li Yuan handles government affairs and lives, and the east is the East Palace. That is where Prince Li Jiancheng lived.

The architectural structure and style of the Eastern Palace are not much different from that of the Imperial Palace. It also works in the front and lives in the back, but the shape is a little cut compared to the Imperial Palace. It can be regarded as a smaller Ouchi.

For example, the main halls of Ouchi are named the domineering Taiji Hall and Liangyi Hall, while the East Palace is the humble Jiade Hall and Chongjiao Hall.

It was already night, but the Jiade Hall in the East Palace was brightly lit. A group of officials from the East Palace were surrounding the recording pen brought back by Prince Li Jiancheng, checking and checking it over and over again.

"This thing is really exquisite, I am ashamed, I can't tell what material this thing is made of..."

It was Prince Zhongyun Wanggui who spoke, and he respectfully put the recording pen in his hand back on the case in front of Prince Li Jiancheng with a face of shame. "However, from my point of view, even if this item is not a gift from the Supreme Master, it should be from the hands of the Immortal Family. Your Highness the Crown Prince, why don't you invite Su Yuanlang, the Taishi Ling, to taste it."

"The prince was joking, what kind of person is Qingxiazi..."

As soon as Wang Gui finished speaking, a plain-looking man in a purple robe sitting next to him let out a few hecks.

"Since this object has recorded the evidence of the private collusion of the Buddhist sect, even if it is not a supreme object, Su Yuanlang will turn it into a supreme object, and then ask the prince to find people according to the picture, according to the sound, and arrest them one by one... ...When the time comes, how will you let the prince deal with himself?"

"Xuan Cheng, you are right..."

Wang Gui tapped his temple with his hand and frankly admitted his mistake.

"I was thinking about it for a while, His Royal Highness really can't let Qingxiazi come over!"

"But since the sage entrusted the matter to the crown prince, shouldn't he acquiesce in the crown prince's favor?" An official in a green robe said cautiously. "Even if it's Daoist Qingxia, can he go against His Majesty's will?"

The purple-robed man named Xuan Cheng glanced contemptuously at the green-robed official, and brushed his hands with his sleeve, not even bothering to explain.

Immediately, the face of this green-robed official turned red!

"There is no need to mention the matter of looking for Qingxiazi, and there is no need to mention whether this thing is too high."

It was another man in a green robe who spoke, and he spoke slowly while turning a string of beads in his hand.

"Since the sage has clearly told His Royal Highness that this thing is a gift from the Supreme, then it must be a gift from the Supreme. Does His Highness still plan to tell the Saint that you made a mistake, Saint, and that this thing is not from the Supreme?" Give it?"

After the man finished speaking, Li Jiancheng nodded slightly to express his approval of his words.

"Hong Zhiqing, what do you think, tell me quickly, and I will listen attentively."

The man holding the rosary, that is, Zhao Hongzhi, the director of Zhan Shi of the Eastern Palace, heard Li Jiancheng's words, still twirling the rosary in his hand in a leisurely manner, and his tone of speech did not change a bit.

"What Wang Sugeng said just now is correct. The sage handed over this matter to the prince for the purpose of asking the prince to be kind. But at the same time, this matter is also an investigation by the sage to His Highness the prince."

"Not bad!"

Crown Prince Zhongyun Wanggui twisted his beard with his hands, and nodded slightly.

"What Hongzhi said is not wrong at all. Grace must be given, but the case must be investigated. Guanzhong must not be chaotic. His Majesty wants to examine Prince Xie's ability to manage yin and yang."

"Wang Qing, Hong Zhiqing, I don't understand what the two of you are saying."

Li Jiancheng felt a little confused when he saw that Zhao Hongzhi, the head of the East Palace Zhan Shi, and the prince Zhongyun Wanggui had reached a consensus in a few words.

Obviously, I can understand every word they said, why can't I understand it when I connect them?

Also, since Aye entrusted this matter to himself, it should be to let those great monks go, why did it become an investigation again?
"His Royal Highness, the reason why the sage chose to hand over this matter to His Highness instead of to the King of Qin is because the sage has keenly discovered the problem under this treason case."

Regarding Li Jiancheng's inquiry, Zhao Hongzhi, the director of Zhan Shi of the East Palace, did not dare to neglect, and explained carefully.

"At first glance, this case seems to be just a few monks colluding in private to conspire against each other, but if you pull out the identities of these monks based on their voices and titles, you will find some terrible things..."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and bent a finger.

"First of all, it is naturally the eminent monk of the Fahua Sect and the presiding monk of the Zhuangyan Temple. But since the saint has already sent Yuan Cong guards, he doesn't have to think about it anymore."

As he spoke, he bent his second finger.

"The one who said he would publicly write a letter to refute Fu Yi is also an eminent monk of the Fahua Sect, Monk Falin, the abbot of Jifa Temple."

Then he closed his third finger.

"The one who said that the sage and His Royal Highness are Hu'er is the eminent monk of Chengshizong, the presiding monk Puying of Zongchi Temple."

He wrenched the fourth finger down with his hand.

"The person who said he could support His Majesty and donate some money appropriately is the great virtue of the Kushe sect, the monk Daoyue of the Zen Ding Temple."

Then, Zhao Hongzhi, Zhan's chief secretary, clenched his fist expressionlessly.

"Chengshizong, Jushezong, plus Fahuazong, does your Highness know what this means?"

"What do you mean?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"It means that the entire Guanzhong Buddhist sect of a relatively small scale has been involved in this treasonous case, and the Zhuangyan Temple, Zongchi Temple, Xingshan Temple, Ci'en Temple, Jianfu Temple, Anguo Temple, etc., my Changan Temple is a little larger All the monasteries in the Tang Dynasty were also involved, that is to say, almost all the Buddhist believers in the Jingzhao area of ​​my Tang Dynasty were involved in this treasonous case..."

Director Zhan Zhao Hongzhi lowered his fist.

"His Royal Highness, have you heard of the case of conspiracy against Lianzong in the sixth year of Daye?"

After thinking about it, Li Jiancheng nodded.

"I know something..."

"At that time, it was only the Lianzong sect who conspired against them, but in the end, more than 1000 people were implicated and questioned, thousands of people were killed, and tens of thousands were arrested."

Zhao Hongzhi raised his head with a solemn expression.

"And if this treason case is really to be pursued, I'm afraid there will be more than tens of thousands of families involved in this case, and at least 10 people will be involved in it."

"At that time, the entire Jingzhao Land will be in chaos..." Crown Prince Zhongyun Wanggui explained from the side. "At that time, the saint must be very disappointed with His Highness the Crown Prince."

"But it won't work if you don't check it out..."

Zhao Hongzhi continued with a serious face.

"Now the King of Qin is staring at His Highness the Crown Prince, waiting for His Highness to make a mistake so that he can replace him. If His Highness the Crown Prince gently lets go of this treasonous case, it will be a punishment for others."

"what?"

Li Jiancheng blinked in confusion.

You have been talking for a long time, even if you dare to investigate, it is not right, and it is not right not to investigate!

"Then what's your plan?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

At this moment, the person in purple robe sitting on the side, who was called Xuan Cheng by Wang Gui, laughed loudly.

"Everyone, you are thinking too much! This matter is actually very simple. When the saint handed over the task to His Royal Highness, he had already explained to His Highness what to do. I just need to follow it. "

"Wei Qing, has Aye explained?"

Li Jiancheng thought about it hard, but still looked at a loss.

"His Royal Highness,"

The purple-robed man Xuan Cheng, later the famous troll Wei Zheng bowed his hands to Li Jiancheng.

"Please repeat what you said when the saint handed over the artifact to you to handle this case."

"Aye said..."

Li Jiancheng thought about it seriously, and then repeated it.

"I'll leave this treasonous matter to you. Remember not to be vain or indulgent. You must investigate to find out the truth, so as to reassure the hearts of the people in the world."

"That's right! Didn't Your Majesty say it all? The hearts of the people in the world must be reassured. Now that the monk is going to rebel, how can this person be reassured?"

Wei Zheng clapped his hands together and said with a smile on his face.

"Naturally, it is necessary to manifest His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the distant ancestors of the sages, expose the conspiracy of rebellion, and talk about the preservation of our Tang community. It is best to let everyone in the world know that my Tang royal family is blessed by the Supreme Being. There is no hiding place for any act of treason and injustice.”

Li Jiancheng blinked, still in a daze.

Wei Zheng's turn was too fast, and he still hadn't reacted to it yet.

It wasn't just about how to investigate this treason case, why did it become a matter of publicizing the Taishang Laojun's holiness everywhere in a blink of an eye.

"But Your Majesty also said that if you want to be vain or indulgent, you must investigate and find out the truth?"

The one who spoke was directly ignored by Wei Zheng just now, and as a result, the rate of blushing was even higher. "If His Royal Highness continues to investigate, won't it cause chaos in Guanzhong?"

"It's really a rotten Confucian, I can't even understand the words..."

Wei Zheng glanced at Wang Jun contemptuously again.

"What your Majesty said is don't be vain and don't indulge, and the truth must come to light. What do you mean by not being vain and not indulging? It means that no good person will be arrested, and no bad person will be let go... But I ask you, even if you kill all the people in the entire Guanzhong Arrest him as a treasonous criminal, can you not let go of a treasonous villain?"

"of course……"

"Pooh!"

Before Wang Yan finished speaking, Wei Zheng had sprayed him all over the face without hesitation.

"Fa Huazong still has several thousand monks in Tiantai Mountain. How dare you say that they didn't take part in this conspiracy? Faya and a few brothers and sisters are now spreading the Dharma in Shu. Are you going to Shu to arrest them?" Catch it too?"

"Wei Qing..."

Hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Jiancheng vaguely had an answer in his heart, he leaned forward eagerly, and said to Wei Zheng.

"Then let's take a quick look, what does Aye mean by "Don't be vain, don't let it go, the truth must come to light?"

"This kind of treason case, don't let it go, no one can do it!"

Wei Zheng replied firmly. "So His Majesty's meaning is very simple. If it can neither be wronged nor indulged, then we will not close the case..."

"Not closing the case?"

Li Jiancheng repeated Wei Zheng's words in a murmur.

"Not closing the case..."

"Not bad!"

Wei Zheng got up calmly, cupped his fists, saluted Li Jiancheng, and said respectfully.

"We hang up the case of treason here. If someone asks, we are investigating. We invite the monks whose names are on the artifacts to come to the East Palace for questioning every now and then. It is enough to act like we are working hard. Because we have no The case is finalized, so there is neither injustice nor indulgence..."

"I understand!"

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Jiancheng suddenly understood.

"So that's what Aye said!"

"Then what the sage said must come to light?" Wang Jun said again anxiously.

"When the water falls, the stones will come out, but now the water hasn't fallen, so why talk about rocks." Wei Zheng waved his hand contemptuously. "If you want to come out, wait until we close the case!"

"But it's not like you don't close the case..."

"Yup!"

Wei Zheng looked at Wang Jun like a fool. "A major treason case, how serious it is, you want to close the case in such a hurry, do you want to be in vain or pervert?"

"You are sophistry..." Wang Jun pointed at Wei Zheng with a little gaffe.

"Pooh!"

Wei Zheng sprayed back mercilessly.

"Shuzi is insufficient and conspiracy!"

Seeing Wang Jun trembling all over, but not knowing what to say, Wei Zheng shook his sleeves, turned and said to Li Jiancheng.

"His Royal Highness, what Mr. Zhao and Wang Zhongyun said just now is not wrong. This case is indeed a dilemma, but we can't stand still, so the only plan for now is to take a step forward and take a step back at the same time..."

"Take a step back at the same time!"

Li Jiancheng nodded slowly.

"But in fact, this case is not important. For a saint, the most important thing is to show off his holiness, bless the royal family, and expose the conspiracy, not which monk plans to rebel. There is a difference between primary and secondary. "

After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Jiancheng stood up excitedly and reached out to grab Wei Zheng's hand.

"Wei Qing, the son of Zhenwu!"

　It’s not that Mengxin is deliberately discrediting Li Jiancheng’s talent. Judging from the history of the early Tang Dynasty, no matter whether it is the old and new Tang books or the Notes on Entrepreneurship in the Tang Dynasty, Mengxin has not seen that Li Jiancheng has any talent that can compete with Li Shimin.Not to mention anything else, just say that Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion is monolithically run by him, and Li Jiancheng's East Palace is penetrated like a sieve by Li Shimin, you can see his ability.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)