The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

"Amitabha! The benefactor's wisdom is close to demons, and he can hide it from others, but he can't hide it from the poor monk. Is it true that the poor monk can't see the origin of the benefactor?"

origin! ?

When Du Rui heard the words, he couldn't help being puzzled. He looked at a fat monk standing up among the Japanese envoys, and said with a smile, "What does the monk mean? I was born in Chang'an and grew up in Chang'an. Don't you even know the origin of your own family?"

Everyone in the hall couldn't help laughing out loud when they heard what Du Rui said was interesting.

But the monk was unmoved, walked slowly in front of Du Rui, put his hands together and said: "How long will the benefactor keep the secret, but you are not from this world!"

Hearing this, Du Rui couldn't help being startled. He didn't know if this monk was playing tricks or if he was really profound, but he could see his roots.

Before Du Rui could speak, the monk changed his appearance, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes and said in a loud voice: "Monster! You haven't shown up yet, do you really need the poor monk to cast spells and capture you before you are willing to subdue the spell?"

When Du Rui heard this, his eyes widened immediately. It seemed that he had looked up to the great monk just now, and he pointed at himself and called him a monster.

Taizong heard the words and couldn't help shouting: "You monk, what kind of mystery are you playing, you dare to speak without restraint in this golden palace, warriors in front of the palace, take this person down!"

The monk saw that Taizong was angry, but he didn't panic. He said, "Your Majesty the Tang Emperor, please be calm and don't be impatient. The poor monk has something to say."

Taizong also wanted to see what the monk was up to, so he said: "Speak! If you can't explain it, you are a foreign envoy, and I will punish you for lying!"

The monk pointed to Du Rui and said: "This young man is absolutely extraordinary. It is a monster that the poor monk escaped when he was catching a monster in Mount Hiei ten years ago. It is the essence of vegetation. The poor monk has been looking for him for a long time. However, I never thought that this monster would escape to Datang and cause harm to the world again."

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard the words, and they looked at Du Rui one after another. Li Tai couldn't help but his face was full of excitement. The last time Du Rui swept his face, which made him still brood, and he couldn't help echoing the words: "So, this king has been thinking for a long time, a ten-year-old boy is smart, how can he be so smart, but he is actually a monster!"

Li Chengqian was full of worry, and said: "Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense, what kind of monster is Chengming, it is clearly the monk who slandered him!"

Taizong was also skeptical in his heart. Buddhism was not yet popular in the Central Plains at this time, but it still had a considerable influence. The monk is also good at catching monsters. Could it be that Du Rui is really a monster.

"You monk, you say that the boy is a monster, but you have evidence!"

The monk said calmly: "The poor monk is free and wonderful, please His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to fetch a copper basin!"

Taizong Zhunzuo, not long after, an inner eunuch came to the main hall with a copper basin and placed it in front of the monk. The monk took off a gourd from his waist and poured the clear water into the copper basin. Then he took out another piece of yellow mounting paper and pasted it on Du Rui's body. Du Rui didn't stop when he saw this. He had already guessed the monk's move, but he was not in a hurry to expose it. He put his hand into the copper basin, washed it with clean water, and then suddenly shouted "Amitabha", and then slapped the yellow paper on Du Rui's chest.

When the monk moved his hand away, a blood-stained palm print appeared on the ordinary piece of yellow mounting paper.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty! This monster has been injured by the poor monk. Please send someone to arrest it quickly. If it is too late, when the monster recovers its mana, even the poor monk will be powerless. At that time, he will definitely attack people violently! "

Taizong had never seen such a thing before, so he was taken aback when he saw it.

But Li Tai jumped up a long time ago, and shouted: "Come on! Come on! Escort! Escort! Capture that monster!"

Hearing this, the warriors in front of the palace rushed in and surrounded Du Rui.

Du Rui didn't panic, but laughed and said: "You monk, you can hide this from others, but you can't hide it from others!"

The monk heard the words and said: "You monster, you are about to die, and you still want to argue!"

Li Tai also said: "Yes! Yes! Take him down!"

Li Chengqian does not believe that Du Rui is a monster. If Du Rui is a monster, he and Princess Ankang often go in and out of Du's mansion, so there is no life left. Seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Stop! Father! Let's listen to what Du Rui said .”

Taizong nodded, and Du Rui walked to the copper basin to have a look, then picked up the yellow mounting paper and smelled it, and said with a smile: "You are just a trick of a charlatan, how can you wait for the elegant hall? Still showing off in front of the Holy One, the Holy One, Caomin once heard from neighbors that a wizard once burned incense and chanted mantras in his wife's room, and danced in the air with a sword in his hand. On the body of a cut yellow paper figure, dip the sword in water and cut it on the paper figure, the paper figure was cut with blood stains immediately. The ghost is killed, and the disease is cured. In fact, it is just nonsense In other words, this yellow mounting paper is dipped in turmeric water, and the clear water is actually alkaline water. When the two are combined, it will naturally turn red. If you don’t believe me, you can take turmeric water and try it with alkaline water to find out!"

Hearing this, Emperor Taizong hurriedly sent someone to test it, and saw that it was exactly as Du Rui said, and seeing that the monk was already at war, he was panicked and said angrily: "You monster monk, how dare you lie to me! People, take down the demon monk and take him to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for the crime, and then expel the envoy of the Japanese country from Chang'an, and send him back to the country at a certain time, if he dares to procrastinate, he will be severely punished."

When Inugami Mita heard the words, he turned pale with fright, left the seat in a hurry and fell to the ground: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, we really don't know that the monk is a deceitful person, and please forgive the sin of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. It is my will to come to Datang to communicate the alliance between the two countries, really~~~~~~~"

When Taizong heard the words, he was even more furious, and said sharply: "What is the name of the king of the Wa Kingdom?"

Inugami Mita was startled, and immediately realized that his words were wrong, but the words had already been spoken, but it was hard to take them back, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "It's His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Emperor!" Taizong said angrily when he heard the words, "The Lord of the world still calls himself the Son of Heaven, taking righteousness as the Son of Heaven. How dare you pretend to be the Emperor in your small country."

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji hurriedly went out to worship and said, "Your Majesty! The Japanese are rude, and they should be punished by heavenly soldiers!"

The rest of the ministers also posted comments one after another.

Inugami Mita turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, my lord did not intend to be powerless, but this Emperor's title, which has been my lord's title since ancient times. My lord has admired the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and I really dare not have it." It's disrespectful, the minister here still has my lord's letter of credence!"

"Bring it up!"

A eunuch had already stepped forward, took the letter of credence, and presented it to Taizong. Taizong only glanced at it, then threw the letter of credence on the ground, and said angrily, "Little Bang'an, how dare you be rude!"

When Changsun Wuji saw it, he hurriedly picked up the book of state, and just now he glanced at it, but he was also very angry. The opening sentence of the chapter was "the emperor of the kingdom of sunrise, and the emperor of the kingdom of sunset".

"Xiaobang is crazy, I ask the Holy One to send heavenly soldiers to punish him!"

After the rest of the ministers had also seen it, the crowd immediately became excited. The ruler of your small country is the emperor of the kingdom of the rising sun, but the emperor of Tang, who is rich in the world, became the son of the kingdom of the sunset. It is too rude.

Taizong was so angry that he expelled the envoys of the Japanese kingdom, including Inugamisanta, from Chang'an on the same day, and ordered the prefectures and counties along the way to be escorted, so that they could be expelled from the border of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible.

After dealing with the matter of the Japanese envoys, Taizong lost all intention of having a banquet, and left in a huff. Before leaving, he said, "The crown prince and Du Rui come with me!"

Under the strange eyes of the officials, Li Chengqian and Du Rui followed Taizong to Chengqing Hall.

In the palace, Emperor Taizong was still aggrieved. A title may not matter in later generations, but it has become a major event when it involves the face of a country. Besides, at this time, people finally orthodoxly said that if the leader of a small state dares to call himself the emperor, then he What should the monarch of Tang Dynasty call himself.

"Du Rui! Just tell me, how to deal with this matter of the Japanese country!"

Du Rui heard the words, but he didn't panic, and said: "My lord! The grassroots want to ask the sage, what is Huaxia, and what is barbarians! Although it is a small country now, it is rude, but it will affect the whole body. The grassroots want to ask the sage. Diplomatic relations, what rules should be followed?"

Taizong originally wanted to ask Du Rui, but he never wanted to be stopped by Du Rui, what is Huaxia?What is Yidi?How can this be explained clearly in a few words.

Du Rui didn't wait for Taizong's answer, and talked eloquently: "Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and said: "When the barbarians enter China, the Chinese will live, and when China enters the barbarians, the barbarians will follow." Huaxia culture and customs, they become the Huaxia people, and if the Huaxia people in the Central Plains enter the remote areas and get used to the cultural customs of the Yidi, they become the Yidi. Whether it is Yidi or Huaxia does not depend on blood, but on the culture they are used to. It is said that the debate between Hua and Yi is not a difference of blood but a difference of culture.

Mencius inherited Confucius' concept of ethnic distinction, and further put forward "the theory that Chinese sage kings have no species", believing that any nation in China can rule China and become a sage king orthodoxy as long as he has ambition and talent. He said: "Shun Born in Zhufeng, moved to negative Xia, died in Mingtiao, Dongyi people, Wen Wang was born in Qizhou, died in Ying, Xiyi people also." More emphasis on "using Hua to change barbarians" and opposing "using barbarians The "change" here in "Bianhua" means "change". It is to use the Chinese cultural etiquette system to change the cultural etiquette system of the Siyi, to accept the people of the Quartet under the Chinese culture, and to change the "Yi" into "Hua". ", which is to advocate national assimilation and integration.The difference between Huaxia and Yi is not a difference of blood, but a difference of culture. The debate between Hua and Yi is also a difference between Huaxia and Siyi. The difference between Huaxia and Siyi is not a difference of blood but a difference of culture.Originally, they were the Yi, Di, Rong and barbarian peoples. In the process of contacting the Huaxia people, they used the Huaxia culture and etiquette system, and thus recognized the Huaxia people, and then they would transform into the Huaxia people. This is the change from "Yi" to "Hua"; originally it was Huaxia Because the people of the tribe live in secluded places and have no contact with the Xia people in the Central Plains, they will be excluded from the list of the Xia people because they are accustomed to the cultural etiquette system of the Yidi and Di, and they will no longer be treated as the Huaxia people. ".Therefore, no matter the bloodline is originally "Hua" or "Yi", as long as you practice Huaxia etiquette, you can become Zhuxia; as long as you abandon Huaxia etiquette, you can return to Yi. "

Seeing that Du Rui actually mentioned the difference between Hua and Yi, Emperor Taizong couldn't help being puzzled and said, "Du Rui! What are you talking about?"

Du Rui suddenly knelt down on the ground and said: "My lord! Although the sages all thought that the difference between Huaxia and Barbarians was a difference in culture, and advocated a benevolent education and changing their customs, but the grassroots disagreed. Huaxia is Huaxia, and Yidi is Even if Yi Di taught them etiquette, it was difficult to turn "Yi" into "Hua". What fate will their more advanced culture bring to China's hundreds of millions of people. Therefore, grassroots advocates that the only way to treat barbarians is to use swords and sharp spears to make them obey, and to tell them what China is with iron and blood. "Yi" is "Hua", otherwise, it's just leaving future troubles for future generations!"

Taizong pondered for a while when he heard the words, and after a while he waved his hand suddenly, signaling Li Chengqian and Du Rui to go down. Du Rui also knew what he said, Taizong, a great man who became the Khan of Heaven in the original history, needs to think about it.