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Chapter 964 Your Majesty, it is better to cancel the ten virtues and merge the Chongxuan Department into the Taishi Bureau
When the eldest son Wuji, who has become Shangshu's left and right servants and Zhongshu Sheng's disciples, hurriedly came to Zhaode Hall from the office in the outer imperial city under the call of the servant, the first thing he saw was I saw Li Shimin's face sinking like water.

At this time, the sharp-eyed and careful Fang Xuanling glanced around slightly, and found that the wine glass on the table in front of Li Shimin was not the gold cup he liked very much before, but another one, although equally exquisite, But the style is somewhat unfamiliar cup.

Fang Xuanling silently exchanged colors with Du Ruhui, and then both of them nodded slightly at the same time, understanding.

It seems that this time His Highness... No, His Majesty seems very angry!

"See the saint!"

Although they already had some guesses in their hearts, Fang Du and the others still pretended not to know anything, and danced to Li Shimin, saluting like a ritual.

"I don't know if Your Majesty summoned a certain class, what advice can I give you?"

"I saw an extremely ridiculous watch today..."

After seeing his right-hand men coming, Li Shimin, who was still angry, forced himself to twitch the corners of his mouth towards Fang Du and the others as a greeting.

"That's why I want to invite some of the Qing family to come and have a look!"

"Yes!"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, the three present immediately agreed respectfully.

"Your Majesty, please give me a seal, and I will watch it carefully..."

"Here!"

Before Fang Du and the others finished speaking, they saw Li Shimin with a livid face raised his hand, pointing to a few tables displayed beside them.

"It's just under those cases, the hardworking Qing family will pick it up!"

"..."

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Fang Du, Changsun and the three of them had secretly exchanged glances.

It's nothing to drop a watch badge when you're angry, but after you drop it, not only don't you pick it up yourself, but you don't even ask your servant to pick it up... This is enough to show how angry His Majesty Li Shimin is now.

Strange, what is written in that seal?
With doubts, Fang Xuanling bent down and picked up a watch from under the case Li Shimin pointed to. His eyes just swept over the top of the watch, and his brows frowned slightly.

"It's actually the seal of the Chongxuan Administration... Could it be that those monks and His Majesty proposed to suspend the abolition of the qualification examination for monks and nuns again, and the writing was rather fierce, which caused Longyan to be furious?" '

But after reading the next two sentences, Fang Xuanling became even more puzzled.

Because this seal has nothing to do with the qualification examination for monks and nuns, but the seal of the Chongxuan Department to report to His Majesty Li Shimin the new "Ten Virtues" candidates.

'It's strange, didn't the matter of the Ten Great Virtues take the initiative to take a step back and allow the Chongxuan Department to decide on the candidate?Why is His Majesty still so angry? Could it be that there is something inappropriate about the candidate? '

Then, Fang Xuanling silently read the dharma titles and annotations of the ten monks.

"No problem, how about His Majesty..."

When thinking of this, Fang Xuanling's eyes finally fell on the last few columns of the watch, and the expression on his face froze instantly.

"Your Majesty should wear a crown at the canonization ceremony of the ten virtues, and lead all the officials to worship the ten virtues to show respect for Buddhism... No way, are these monks crazy?"

"what?"

After hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji were also stunned.

Let His Majesty Li Shimin wear the most formal crown, and lead the court ministers to worship the ten virtues... Did these monks make a mistake, did they think that the pilgrim was Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan?

"Ha ha!"

As soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, Li Shimin, who was sitting in the main seat, sneered.

"These monks are not crazy. If you look back at Fang Qing's family, they said, 'If this is the case, you can't wash away the bad government of the monk and nun exam'. Listen, my monk and nun qualification exam turned out to be a bad government. These monks still have to ask me to publicly admit it in front of all the people in the world... I think I should just issue an edict of guilt!"

"No reason!"

Changsun Wuji immediately jumped out and said in a stern voice.

"Your Majesty, this group of monks' behavior is disrespectful, and they should be seriously investigated to see if they have the intention of rebelling against the law... In addition, the minister proposes to immediately promote the qualification examination for monks and nuns in the area south of the Yellow River, so that the gang Monks, look at the determination of the imperial court!"

"Ok!"

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin nodded slightly, with a look of excitement on his face.

"What the auxiliary machine said makes sense, and I also think..."

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing that His Majesty Li Shimin seemed to agree to Changsun Wuji's proposal, Du Ruhui stood up immediately.

"There are many believers in Buddhism in the south, and if one fails, it will cause a civil uprising...Your Majesty, now I am preparing for the battle with all my strength. After preparing for the spring sowing, I will launch the guards to go north, and cooperate with the Turkic land god Bodeng Ningli and Tuli Ke Khan attacked Jieli Khan and solved the Turkic problem in one fell swoop. If there is any change in the south, it will definitely affect the steps of the Northern Expedition!"

"What Keming said is absolutely true!"

After hearing Du Ruhui's words, Fang Xuanling also stood up to express his support.

"There are priorities. At the time of the Northern Expedition to the Turks, solving the border crisis once and for all is the top priority of the court, and it is also the first great cause of His Majesty since he took the throne. As for the crazy words of these monks... I think there is no need to go to war!"

"What the two of you said is true, but if these monks who dare to ask the saint to worship the ten virtues are not punished, the world will probably think that your majesty is weak and deceitful."

On one side, Changsun Wuji still stubbornly insisted on his opinion.

"So His Majesty must teach these monks a lesson, so as to maintain the majesty of the dynasty."

"Lessons are necessary, but it is not necessary to directly start sanding out the monks in the south!"

Fang Xuanling touched his beard with his hands, and said in a deep voice.

"In my opinion, since this matter is caused by the Ten Virtues, His Majesty might as well cancel the Ten Virtues directly, so as to give those monks a head-on blow without causing them too much reaction..."

"Is that all?"

After hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Shimin immediately frowned with dissatisfaction.

"Fang Qing, the punishment you mentioned is too light..."

"It's okay if it's heavier!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he heard Du Ruhui on the other side reply.

"Your Majesty can downgrade the Chongxuan Department and merge it into the Taishi Bureau, which means that no matter whether it is monks, nuns or Taoists, all will be under the jurisdiction of the Taishi Bureau, how about it?"

"it is good!"

As soon as Du Ruhui's words fell, Fang Xuanling on the side already applauded.

"What Keming said is very true... Originally, the Chongxuan Office was used by the previous dynasty to elevate the status of monks, so it was abruptly compared with the Taishi Bureau. In fact, monks, nuns, and Taoists are all outsiders, so it was handed over to a It is also necessary for the department to unify the jurisdiction!"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing Fang Moudu's wicked idea, Li Shimin also smiled slightly on his face.

"Let the Taoist priests take charge of the monks... Well! Yes, Ke Mingyu's idea is very good, but I think this idea is still light. Now I can't wait for these monks to know immediately what will happen if they dare to offend me, the real dragon emperor. Miserable end!"

"saint!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw Du Ruhui bowed again and said sincerely.

"Sun Tzu said, the Lord should not be angry and start a teacher, and the general should not be angry and go to war; move when it suits the interests, and stop when it doesn't suit the interests...Now the court is fully preparing for the Northern Expedition. If you rush to the south again at this time, It's not beneficial!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xuanling on the side also bowed and said seriously.

"This time Turkic Xieli and Tuli turned against each other is a rare opportunity. If you don't take the opportunity to break it, it will be too late after Jieli defeats Tuli or Tuli defeats Xieli and unifies Turks...Your Majesty, those monks If we don’t deal with them this year, it will be the same if we come back next year, but the opportunity for the Turkic side is fleeting!”

"……All right!"

After hearing that Fang Mou's decision was all about this idea, Li Shimin, who hadn't developed the habit of acting arbitrarily, finally nodded and made a concession.

"Since the two love ministers both mean this, then I don't want to disobey you, so let's do it this way... The Ministry of the Central Committee drafted an order to abolish the ten virtues, and at the same time downgrade the Chongxuan Department and merge it into the Taishi Bureau , under the unified jurisdiction of Qingwei!"

……

A monster with a body that looks like a tiger, but with wings flew across the sea of ​​clouds. The gust of wind brought by its huge wings passed through the sea of ​​clouds, drawing a wave like a wave in the sea of ​​white clouds. ripples.

"what!"

When flying over a certain place in the sea of ​​clouds, the eyes of the winged tiger immediately fell on a place in the sea of ​​clouds that looked the same as other places.

"Why does it seem weird...on!"

The next moment, I saw the winged tiger's thick front paws slashing across, and a gust of wind, like a sharp blade, flew towards the suspicious place.

puff!
After a soft sound, the suspicious white cloud was chopped into four or five pieces by the strong wind brought by the winged tiger's sharp claws, and then the winged tiger tilted its head and took a closer look.

"It seems that there is nothing. Is someone's suspicion wrong? Forget it...don't worry, continue patrolling!"

Saying that, the winged tiger vibrated the wings on its back, and flew away lightly like a big bird!

Just after the figure of the winged tiger left here, the figure of a rich and handsome old monk also appeared from the sea of ​​clouds.He looked at the huge cloud city not far away in front of him, and the mechanical puppets patrolling back and forth on the top of the city, and frowned slightly.

"No wonder Yinniang said before that the current Taishi Ling Qingweizi's cloud city is heavily guarded... The old monk is not very good at stealth, how can he get into this city?"

(End of this chapter)