7. Thirty Years Welcome Buddha Bones
This is very different from the emperor's usual style!
Since Li Shi ascended the throne, he has been completely different from the previous Suzong and Emperor Daizong of the previous generations, and he is very repulsive to Buddhism.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang royal family urgently needed Buddhism's role as "protecting the country". Emperor Suzong relied on Tantric Buddhism when he was alive. He set up an inner temple in the palace. He ordered monk Bukong Sanzang to enter and hold some rituals of the Wheel-Turning King throughout the day, allowing the palace maids to dress up as Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and the imperial guards to dress up as Vajras and participate together, and also let the ministers worship him around.
Emperor Daizong was also very flirted with Buddhism for political purposes. He once welcomed Buddha bones in the third year of Dali. At that time, Wang Jin, the minister of the prime minister, was also obsessed with Buddha (worthy of being Wang Wei's younger brother), and attributed all the achievements of the country to "believing in Buddhism".
Li Shi, who grew up in such an environment, was actually quite dissatisfied with Buddhism that pretended to be a god. He succeeded to the throne as emperor and first withdrew the "Ullambana" (a Buddhist instrument that believed in Buddhism, which is said to be able to save the suffering of death and death) and did not allow monks to enter the inner temple. Later, he appointed Mr. Sima, who went to the Puritan Church, as the lord of the Sanqing Palace, with an attitude of rebuking the Buddha and respecting the Tao.
But now the emperor’s explanation to you is that although my Li family is a descendant of Emperor Xuanyuan Li Er, Taoism can only achieve one person. It is not as good as Buddhism that can protect the country and guide the secular world. In order for the country to "get the troops every year" as soon as possible, I would rather believe it and welcome the Buddha’s bone relics into the forbidden for offering them for some days. What should I do?
"Your Majesty!" Lu Zhi and Jia Dan were both orthodox scholars, so they hurriedly advised the emperor to think twice.
But at this time, Gao Yue's anger didn't know where it came from, so he stood up and said first, "Your Majesty is the Supreme People in China, and the Buddha is just the god of Di Yi. He had a relationship with him at the Xingyuan Yin Ren and knew his background. Your Majesty cannot surrender his nobleness and do this."
The banquet scene was a little awkward. The emperor stared at Gao Yue and was very unhappy. He said that I had not sold myself to the temple, but I just wanted to use Buddhism to win over the hearts of the world. You said too much.
As a result, Gao Yue refused to give in. He said that if he really wanted to welcome the Buddha's bones, he could send a central official to Fengxiang Famen Temple to pick it up, and then choose Ximing Temple in the capital to settle it, so that the scholars and commoners could go to worship and worship it. This thing must not be sent to the Daming Palace forbidden.
"Welcoming the Buddha's bones is a national event that educates people to be kind. How can I stay out of it?" The emperor was obviously angry.
Gao Yue was waiting for further debate, but the emperor shook his sleeves, "I heard that your family (your wife) is also a Buddhist?"
"A woman is weak and has no knowledge, so she worships the Buddha, how can she be like this?"
The emperor was immediately furious and said that I would ask you to welcome the Buddha's bones today. Anyway, although Feng Xiangyin is Xue Baijing, you can judge everything.
Gao Yue also stubbornly replied that he could go and greet him, but if the Buddha's bones and relics were not effective, I threw them into the Wei River.
Seeing that these two were about to get angry and quarrel, Lu Zhi and Jia Dan hurriedly persuaded him.
As a result, the emperor issued an edict the next day, Gao Yue was the official envoy of worshiping Buddha and Huo Zhongtang was the deputy envoy of worshiping Buddha and immediately went to the Famen Temple in Qiyang, Fengxiang to welcome the Buddha's bones;
In addition, the emperor also ordered that I would build a monastery in the Daming Palace to offer to Buddha bones, but I dare not take such good deeds exclusively. I would like to ask all the governors, governors, officials and officials in the court, as well as women and wives from inside and outside to donate money to build monastery. On the day the Buddha bones arrive in the capital, you offerors can come and worship.
As soon as this edict was issued, the whole world was in full bloom again. The various wings in the capital hurriedly flew to the residence and reported it to all towns to know.
Hu Xijin knew that Gao Yue and the emperor almost broke up because of the Buddhist bones. He thought that the opportunity had come, so he wrote an article in Chang'an Dibao, highly praised the profound principles of hereditary theory. My Confucianism and Taoism were far from reaching. Ji Gong rejected Buddhism because he was too narrow-minded and did not understand the painstaking efforts of the Holy Lord.
But who would have thought that Hu Xijin still knew that Han Yu was still in the capital and did not go to Changze County to the north to take office. After seeing Hu's article, he was furious (although Han Yu was not very clear, it was obvious that when Xingyuan Yin Gaoyue was in the town, he was quite kind to Buddhism), so he wrote three articles of heroic criticism of Hu Xijin and sent them to Chang'an Palace to publish it. Hu didn't dare or wanted to publish it, but Han Yu was fighting in the field of public opinion in Xingyuan, so how could he be restrained? He immediately went to the Diaozifang of Dabi's house in the East City, and paid for his own money to publish fifty copies of each article. The hall posted it on the wooden letters in front of each entrance hall. For a moment, the invaders in the capital were blocked, and Han Yu became famous.
Now Hu Xijin felt that he was too embarrassed to be disgusted. He thought to himself that I was a bachelor of Jixian Academy, wouldn’t it be as good as you in the Heyang countryside? So he wrote another article to refute. Who would have thought that just one article was written, Han Yu wrote three articles, he slashed his stomach and wrote two articles, and in a blink of an eye, Han Yu wrote six articles, one more exciting and one more sharp.
Finally, some anti-Buddhist scholars in the capital began to burn the Chang'an Di News on the street, expressing their contempt for Hu Dadu.
Hu had no choice but to go to the waiting yard to cry, saying that the emperor wanted to welcome the Buddha's bones, but Han Yu openly called and scolded me, but he was actually scolding him!
When the emperor heard this inside the forbidden area, he thought: I was originally in line with the senior high school, but you just came out to show your ability to change your mind. In order to attract credit, you guys who are good at charming the people, you will see the wind and rain. What other role can they play in eliminating the trouble? Can you stop talking about the government and ministers in the future?
In resentment, the emperor said directly that Hu Xijin was tortured by public opinion and was punished for half a year of salary; Han Yu should not stay in the capital again, and quickly go to Changze County to your post.
Hu Xijin, who received this treatment, was also very angry. He did not dare to cause trouble for Gao Yue, so he found connections and gathered a group of Buddhist-minded soldiers. During the day, he climbed up to the wall of Han Yu's residence, shouted and intimidated, and threw stones in front of Han Yu's door and threw the sheep's head to death. There was a note on it, saying that it was "Han Yu's head".
Han Yu went to Gao Yue to be fair.
"How dare you retreat like this?" Gao Yue from Xuanpingfang Jiadi was very angry. The next day he rode alone in Dalixue and circled twice in front of Han Yu's residence. Then he used the Yunfu Sword to draw a mark on the ground, saying that who dared to cross the line and offend Han Tuizhi, I must use this sword to kill him.
The Shenwei Jun was so scared that he was urinating.
"Isn't this Gao Sanro who shot the god of chariot with an arrow?"
"This senior high school senior has killed Shen Ce Huai Lin soldier who blocked his horse's head. Who dares to provoke him?"
Suddenly, the children of Shenwei disappeared and the beasts scattered, and they never dared to harass Han Yu again.
Han Yu was so grateful that before leaving, he wrote a letter to Xue Tao, who was far away in Xingyuan, and mentioned this matter in it, saying that there are often horses that are thousands of miles apart, but Bole is not often. Gao Jigong, Zheng Yuezhou and Lu Menlang are my Bole. I will be driven by these three great men who have never been born in the world. I work hard and complain, and even if I die of exhaustion, I will have no regrets.
Chapter completed!