Fahai travels through Tang Sanzang

Chapter 427 This is the human heart; Great Sage: My Master is born with a compassionate heart

The emperor personally went out of the city to see them off.

Now His Majesty is welcoming Master Sanzang back outside Chang'an City.

The five masters and apprentices drove to the outside of Chang'an City.

The five masters and apprentices returned to court, coupled with such a big commotion in the city, within a short time, the news of Master Sanzang's return spread throughout the city, and everyone in the city knew that it was the Buddhist scriptures.

There is also Hongfu Temple where Master Sanzang used to live. Just when a monk in the temple saw several pine trees with their heads facing east, they were still in doubt. An old student who studied with Master Sanzang stood up immediately: "Hurry up." Hurry up, hurry up, think that Master Xuanzang has returned from studying the scriptures."

If we talk about the past 14 years, the common people may forget that there is such an eminent monk as Master Sanzang, but how can the monks in their temple not remember?
Now after listening to the monk's words, while tidying up his appearance, he also asked: "How does senior brother know?"

"When the master went away, there was a saying: 'After I go, maybe three to five years, or six or seven years, but if the pine branches are facing east, I will go back.' My master said the words of the Buddha, so I know it. .” While speaking, he greeted the monks: “Hurry up, don’t delay——”

The monks in the temple filed out, but when they were on the street, they heard the cavalry message: "The holy monk Yudi came back from the scriptures, and his majesty personally greeted him. His highness the crown prince is leading all the officials outside the city to greet him!"

Good guy, after these few voices, a crowd of people dragged their families and called their friends to come and watch.That is to say, the monks in their temple came out earlier, otherwise they might not be able to grab the front row, so they were very lucky.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepped forward to salute first, and then all the officials and the common people shouted long live together, Li Shimin naturally accepted it calmly.

Then His Royal Highness greeted Master Sanzang and said: "I have seen the emperor——"

Fa Hai avoided it, made a Buddha salute with one hand, and said: "Amitabha, Your Highness, don't bow too much."

"You are a widowed younger brother. If you are not a high-ranking monk from outside, you will definitely be named a king with a different surname. Although he is expensive as a prince, in front of your younger brother, you are still a junior. It is him who will be the emperor in the future. This "uncle emperor" will make your younger brother feel better." It's also affordable."

When everyone heard that Master Sanzang received such kindness, not to mention the people all over the city, even civil and military officials in the first dynasty were all deeply moved.And some sons of veteran ministers, at this moment, comforted the souls of their late fathers, such as Wei Zheng's sons.

It was 14 years ago that Tripitaka learned from Buddhist scriptures.

Some old people who were able to send Master Sanzang out of the city back then have passed away; and now some young people who are waiting for Master Sanzang here were not born back then.

At this moment, the elders around them are whispering about the past.

And those who can span 14 years and witness this grand scene with their own eyes are mostly middle-aged people. In other words, they are also the mainstay of Datang today.

Just like Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui who were driving at the Wangjing Tower, Datang was able to maintain this prestigious reputation, and the two of them naturally contributed a lot.

"My nephew has always liked Buddhism." His Highness the Crown Prince heard what his father said, and he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: "Now that the emperor is back in Tang Dynasty, he will have to ask him for advice in the future."

"good!"

Naturally, Fa Hai would not refuse this.

In fact, if a prince of a country believes in Buddhism too much, it may not be beneficial to the country.

Fa Hai didn't say much at the moment, firstly because the subjects gathered at this moment, these words are not suitable to be said here; secondly, the key points in it cannot be explained in one or two sentences; thirdly, Fahai thinks that His Royal Highness It is a very correct decision to come to ask yourself for advice, because you can control the content of the teaching, which is always better than thinking about it in private and going astray.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw Master Sanzang's immediate response, and he was naturally very happy in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face naturally.

Li Shimin on the side also felt emotional when he saw it. The reason why he finally chose the pheasant slave as the prince instead of the king of Wei was precisely because of Li Zhi's "compassionate" heart.

Li Shimin knew very well that if Li Tai, king of Wei, would inherit the throne after a hundred years, then the former prince, Li Zhi, and his other sons might not end well.

Besides, in terms of talents and abilities, he is actually not inferior to the king of Wei. Now he is teaching personally, wishing to pass on all his skills. I think that even if he can't become a hero who expands the territory in the future, he is definitely qualified to be one The enlightened and conservative king.

The territory of Datang is no longer small.

So big that in all remote places, in fact, the Datang Center can't really control the place.

Even if it is to expand the territory further, there is actually not enough power to digest these territories unless the court officials can make rapid progress, or the information from the central government and the states and counties can go back and forth in a short period of time.

Otherwise, those vassal states that surrendered to the Tang Dynasty would have already become counties under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, there are still many ordinary people, but if everyone can practice, the middle school may be messed up.

Confucianism violates the law with literature, and chivalry violates the law with martial arts. This is not just talk.

As the king of a country, expanding the territory and attacking barbarians far away can certainly show the prestige of the country, but compared with "martial arts", perhaps more important is the "cultural rule" that can make the people live and work in peace and contentment, happy and healthy.

On this point, Li Shimin is very optimistic about the prince.

The older generation has fought all the battles that should be fought, and the children and grandchildren should work hard to consolidate and carry forward the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

After they entered the city, they saw that although the people in Chang'an were "turbulent", they actually had rules. Although there were guards on both sides of the road, they didn't need to bother to maintain order. This kind of scene is hard to see in other countries.

Fahai saw the monks of Hongfu Temple by his side, so he went up to meet them on purpose, and said: "Everyone, wait a moment, and wait until the poor monks return to the court, and then go back to the temple to meet each other."

All the monks naturally agreed without any haste.

His Majesty and the Crown Prince did not bother to bother them, and only waited for Master Sanzang to explain before leading them towards the Chaomen.

Chang'an City is not small, even if the road is smooth, it takes a long time to walk. The main reason is that the people in Chang'an City are too enthusiastic, and Fahai has always been a polite monk, so he responded with courtesy every step of the way.
Some old acquaintances from those years, seeing Master Sanzang's current appearance, and looking at his own old face, couldn't help sighing: It seems that no time has left traces on Master Sanzang.

When Li Shimin saw it, he whispered to the prince beside him: "Pheasant slave, you can see it. This is the human heart."

After seeing him for 14 years, the people in Chang'an City are still so kind to Master Sanzang, but Li Shimin is only happy that today is Sanzang's home game, even if he is the emperor, he has to hide his aura.

outside the hall.

The masters and apprentices waited a while later. According to the procedure, the officials entered the palace first, and then the emperor and the prince came to court. After everything was ready, they were announced to the palace.

Originally, Li Shimin didn't intend to be so cumbersome, so he led a group of officials and five masters and apprentices directly into the palace to finish the job.

As for the rules. In Datang, he is the rules.

But Master Sanzang said that it was not formal and solemn. Li Shimin suddenly followed the good advice, and immediately changed his mind, and everything was done according to Master Sanzang.

Today is the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, who is also the eldest brother.

In this regard, Fa Hai can only express: Even the Emperor Taizong occasionally has such a willful face.

Soon.

"Your brother goes to the palace."

This was shouted by the emperor himself, and with the power of the blood of the human race, the voice spread throughout the palace, and it was still echoing in the hall.

The eunuch on the side was about to open his mouth to convey a message, but he closed his mouth helplessly.

Fahai went to the hall alone and formally greeted His Majesty the Emperor.

"My brother Xuanzang was fortunate enough not to disgrace his life. It took 14 years to move from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty to the Daleiyin Temple in Tianzhu Lingshan, Xiniu Hezhou. After learning the scriptures, he returned to the emperor's brother." After Fa Hai finished speaking, he moved a little. He said again, "Here is the scripture, please read it Your Majesty."

"Wukong—"

Fa Hai turned his head and called the Great Sage, and the Great Sage greeted his juniors, together with Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui, and pushed the four carts to the main hall.

After stopping the car carrying the scriptures, the Great Sage led the three junior disciples to salute the Son of Heaven.

Master Sanzang's etiquette is considerate, so there is no doubt about it. When the officials saw that the Dasheng brothers and brothers were like his masters, they immediately looked at them differently.

"Is this the 'Mahayana Sutra' that the Bodhisattva said back then?"

"This is only a small part." Fa Hai replied to His Majesty first, and then explained: "My brother went to Lingshan and got a total of more than [-] volumes of scriptures with words—"

"More than 48 volumes?" Li Shimin listened to this, recalled it carefully for a while, and suddenly said: "Back then, the Bodhisattva said that Lingshan had three collections of Mahayana scriptures, and one collection was five thousand and [-]. Could it be Yudi?" Did you take all the Tripitaka scriptures?"

"Of course." When Fahai entered the main hall, he put away the nine-ringed tin staff. Now he clasped his hands together and said, "When I left Chang'an back then, the imperial brother named his minister Sanzang. If you can’t take all the Tripitaka scriptures back to Chang’an, you dare not finish the emperor’s order.”

After hearing this, the monarchs and ministers in the main hall praised Master Sanzang for a while.

Zhao Guogong's eldest Sun Wuji said: "The Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan is really generous. It is willing to give all these scriptures as a gift."

Seeing that it was not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who spoke, the great sage on the side picked up the conversation and said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, and the Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan is not generous at all. My master bought these scriptures with money. It came, but they didn't send it."

As soon as the words came out.

There was a sudden silence above the hall, and the atmosphere was tense for a moment.

Li Shimin, the emperor who went up to the throne, and the guards on duty at the gate of the palace, all of them looked unkind.

"Great Sage, let me explain in detail." Li Shimin didn't ask Sanzang, just asked the Great Sage, and said, "But that Lingshan deliberately made things difficult? Your master can accept being wronged at Lingshan?"

The great sage never thought that a single word would cause the rulers and ministers of this dynasty to become hostile towards Lingshan, and the reason turned out to be that they were worried that Master would be oppressed in Lingshan.
"Your Majesty misunderstood." In order to prevent misunderstanding, the Great Sage quickly explained: "My old grandson said that they are not generous, there is a reason."

Then, the great sage first talked about "A Nuo and Jiaye asked for personnel when they passed on the scriptures, but they were afraid of how powerful their masters and apprentices were, so they didn't accept them. They just passed on the "Wordless Scripture"."

"A scripture without words?!"

The expressions of the monarchs and ministers in the palace became even more serious. Some of the irritable ones had already rolled up their sleeves. If they had an ax by their side, they would wish to kill Lingshan.

"That's not it!" The Great Sage didn't care what he was explaining at the moment, he just matched the expressions of the monarchs and ministers, and said indignantly: "At that time, my grandson saw it, so he took the golden cudgel to find the Buddha. Make a good theory. Back then, I was able to suppress my grandson in the Five Elements Mountain for more than 500 years. It was my grandson who fell into his trap. Now it is not the same as before, so that he can let the Buddhas in Lingshan know that my master traveled thousands of miles to learn scriptures, but Not to be entertained by them."

"Extremely, extremely!" A group of aged generals nodded one after another: "How can I be humiliated in Lingshan, my younger brother of the Tang Dynasty? What happened next?"

"Later." The Great Sage spread his hands and said, "You all know my master's disposition. He is a rare virtuous and eminent monk in the Three Realms. He is born with a compassionate heart and looks like a gentle gentleman. The master stopped my old grandson at that time. They said, 'The scriptures should not be passed on lightly, nor can they be taken empty-handed'. They came empty-handed and took the scriptures without words, which is also a cause and effect."

The monarchs and ministers looked at Master Sanzang one after another, as if they were saying: Brother Yu, why did you fall into the prestige of our Tang Dynasty outside?

Of course, these words of the great sage can't sway Li Shimin, let alone deceive the intellectual responsibility represented by Changsun Wuji and Li Ji, how can they not see through the key points?
Already keenly aware of the difference.

Right now, he is just guided by the words of this great disciple of Sanzang.

After all, if Sanzang really suffered a loss in Lingshan, how can he get back the more than [-] volumes of scriptures?

They were about to wait for the great sage to turn around, but they heard the great sage say another sentence: "At that time, the master also said that this wordless scripture is also the real scripture, but although the master himself can understand the scripture without words, ordinary people don't know it. Therefore, I asked my old grandson to send the gold and silver captured from the strong demons and bandits along the way to the Daxiong Palace, and then ask the Buddha whether these personnel are enough for learning from the scriptures."

Li Shimin laughed immediately after hearing this, "Then what did the Buddha say?"

"Of course the Buddha had nothing to say, he just told a story to my old grandson, explaining the reason why they received personnel from Lingshan." The great sage recited the "Bhikkhu monk will go down the mountain to the elder Zhao's home in Shewei Kingdom" Received three buckets and three liters of rice grains of gold, and thought it was a cheap sale, leaving his descendants with no money to use" The matter was talked about in the hall.

After digesting for a while, the monarchs and ministers continued, "Later, the Buddha didn't leave the gold and silver behind, but dispersed to the Three Realms to help the poor."

"Hmph." Lu Guogong on the side snorted lightly, and said, "I see that he has no face to accept in public."

If it is said that others may have some respect for the Buddha, he is a demon king who has killed countless people on the battlefield, why is he afraid of the Buddha?
Everyone: .
For a moment they felt that Lu Guogong was right.
(End of this chapter)