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The first thousand six hundred and forty-nine chapters of the emperor's mind [2 more]

This time, the incident of Li Shimin entering the underworld is big and small, so what is the key is to look at.

As a hero of a generation, Li Shimin is not the kind of person who can be easily squeezed by others. Like this time, he was inexplicably introduced to the underworld by someone. This greatly stimulated Li Shimin, which made him feel a deep sense of uneasiness.

Since the other party can lead him into the underworld, it means that the other party has some means to kill him, which makes Li Shimin, who is in control of his life and death, cannot accept it psychologically.

He has always been the only one who determines life and death, but when will his own life and death be controlled by others?

The purpose of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is very simple, which is to let Li Shimin go to the underworld and let him see the scene in the underworld, and then hope that Li Shimin can practice Buddhism and eliminate the hostility of the world.

Unfortunately, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva did it a little too much, without any concern for Li Shimin's feelings, and just introduced Li Shimin into the underworld so bluntly.

Yuan Tiangang set up a ban, and Li Shimin looked at the people present with a calm expression and said, "You are all my strengths. I will keep your family behind this time. Even if I don't say it, I think everyone knows what's going on."

Cheng Yaojin looked dazed and said carelessly: "Your Majesty, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. No matter who he is, he dares to plot against His Majesty, that is a death sentence."

Li Shimin waved his hand and his eyes fell on Yuan Tiangang. Yuan Tiangang is a magical calculation, known as knowing five hundred years ago and five hundred years later. Only by asking Yuan Tiangang can you understand the reason.

Li Shimin only felt that he might have been plotted by others based on his intuition as the king, but why, who planned him and what his purpose was? After all, Li Shimin was not a powerful person in the Three Realms, so it was obviously impossible to know.

It was precisely Yuan Tiangang who had the ability to calculate the secrets of heaven. At this moment, Li Shimin's eyes fell on Yuan Tiangang. Yuan Tiangang coughed lightly and whispered slightly to Li Shimin: "Report to Your Majesty, I have already calculated it. The hexagram shows that the disaster that Your Majesty suffered this time was a Buddhist calculation. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva suppressed Your Majesty's human breath with infinite merits, which made Your Majesty's soul leave his body and fall into the underworld."

A glimmer flashed in his eyes, and Li Shimin slowly said, "Buddhist!"

Changsun Wuji, as Li Shimin's number one confidant, said after hearing this: "Buddhist dares to plot against Your Majesty. Could it be that they think that I am a Tang Dynasty and can't bully me?"

There are some things that Li Shimin is hard to say, but Changsun Wuji can say for Li Shimin's confidant.

Yuan Tiangang naturally knew the whole story, took a deep breath and bowed to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, this time the Buddhist temple is seeking the eastward spread of Buddhism and embarking on the journey to the west to obtain the scriptures. It has immeasurable merits. The great powers in the three realms are all above this matter. Your Majesty should think twice before doing it."

As a minister, Yuan Tiangang was deeply trusted by Li Shimin. It is precisely because he knew the importance of Journey to the West that it can be said that the three worlds have already made arrangements for this matter hundreds of years ago. No one can stop the great trend of the heavenly way. Not to mention Li Shimin, even the Emperor of Heaven would not be able to block the great trend of the heavenly way.

Yuan Tiangang, who knew Li Shimin's temperament very well, was afraid that Li Shimin would do something against Buddhism if he was angry. If that were the case, not to mention the power of the Three Realms, even Buddhism would try every means to move away such a stumbling block as Li Shimin as soon as possible.

The position of the Lord of the World is not something that no one else can sit besides Li Shimin. At least Li Shimin's sons all have natural imperial destiny, but there is no problem in replacing Li Shimin as the Lord of the Kingdom.

Although Yuan Tiangang did not have direct famous sayings, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others were such a great man. It can be said that with a little reminder, they realized the profound meaning of Yuan Tiangang's words.

Taking a long breath, a look of frustration flashed in Li Shimin's eyes and he slowly said, "I understand why the First Emperor did it even though he knew it was impossible."

"I am incompetent, and I will insult Your Majesty..."

Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and several other Li Shimin's confidant beloved generals all gave great gifts to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin reached out and helped several people up one by one, laughing and said, "As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes. I am not the kind of person who does not hit the wall and does not look back. Since I can't stop the general trend of the waves, then follow the trend. Then the merits of Journey to the West should be one of the solitary ones."

Since he could not be as determined as the First Emperor Ying Zheng, Li Shimin was also a person who could bend and stretch, but he was not the kind of person who was willing to admit defeat. The powerful people in the three realms fought the merits of Journey to the West, so why couldn't he get into a single kick?

After all, the beginning and end of Journey to the West cannot avoid him, the lord of the Tang Dynasty. If he cannot share some of the benefits, Li Shimin would rather fight his life than teach Buddhism a lesson.

Everyone looked at each other and said to Li Shimin: "My emperor is wise."

If you know you can't do it, it's not a hero, but a brain problem. What kind of person Li Shimin will naturally make the most favorable choice for you.

A few days later, an order came from the palace. His Majesty the Tang Dynasty was grateful for the excessive killings that year, and wanted to gather the great monks of the world to hold a large-scale Dharma Assembly in the imperial capital at the water and land temple to save the dead.

To be honest, the Buddhist masters were quite worried about the simple and crude actions of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Li Shimin was a hero of his generation, but Ksitigarbha directly led Li Shimin to the underworld. If this really angered Li Shimin, even if Buddhism had a way to deal with it, it would probably suffer a great loss.

Not only the Buddhist powers but also the powerful people from all walks of life were staring at the Tang Dynasty Palace, as if in an instant, Li Shimin's choice became the most concerned thing for the three realms.

If you want to maximize the merits of Journey to the West to obtain scriptures, you must rely on the prosperous dynasty of the Tang Dynasty. Only a peaceful and prosperous era that is rare in a thousand years can produce infinite merits.

If the Tang Dynasty had changed from a prosperous era to a chaotic era, I was afraid that the merits of Journey to the West would be greatly reduced. It would be great if there were tens of merits, but in the end they could have six points of merit.

The replacement of emperors will definitely affect the fortune of the dynasty, and Li Shimin is a definite emperor. With his luck, it can be said that Li Shimin was there, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty lasted forever and replaced by Li Shimin by others. As for whether the prosperous era will still exist, it is only a matter of the matter.

Li Shimin was worried that the Buddhist sect would overturn him from the throne. The Buddhist sect also had concerns. It would be a big taboo that it would be a backlash if it was arbitrarily interfering in the replacement of emperors on earth.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was not the First Emperor Ying Zheng. When Li Shimin's will came out of the palace, many people finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

All the famous temples in the world have received the will from the imperial capital. Buddhism has been waiting for this day, so after the will of Emperor Tang spread throughout the world, many eminent monks all set off on their way and headed straight to the imperial capital.

The imperial capital Chang'an can be said to be the largest capital in the world and the most prosperous place in the world. The great Tang Dynasty is worthy of the center of the world.

Even if Buddhism spreads all over the world, if it is not recognized by the Tang Dynasty, it will not be considered a great success. After all, the fundamental purpose of traveling west to obtain scriptures is to turn this matter from a Buddhist action to an official action.

Only by gaining the title of great righteousness can Buddhism be successfully spread to the east, and then officially spread in the Tang Dynasty, becoming a great sect that is on par with Taoism.

As a major temple that is numerous in Buddhism, Jinshan Temple is naturally impossible not to send representatives at this Buddhist event. So Fang Xiaoyu, who was given the name Xuanzang, walked out of Jinshan Temple and headed straight to the imperial capital Chang'an.

Xuanzang was only in his twenties, but he was proficient in Buddhism. In Jinshan Temple, when it comes to the depth of Buddhism, it can be said that no one can compare with Xuanzang.

Xuanzang, who was already famous all over the world, came to Chang'an, the imperial capital as the representative of Jinshan Temple. The monks from various temples gathered together, which was really a grand event in Buddhism.

Since Li Shimin chose to seek the merits of Journey to the West, he naturally would not care about the matters that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva plotted against him. After all, Li Shimin knew in his heart that no matter how much he cared about it, he would be better than Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, as a human emperor. If a hundred years later, he would probably be like an ant in the eyes of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

The great monks who came to Chang'an were treated with great solemn reception, and even showed up in person without hesitation to surrender to the nobles, and received more than 1,200 monks.

A water and land Dharma assembly lasted for 49 days. During this period, Li Shimin had personally experienced the Dharma assembly three times, making it known to everyone in the world that Li Shimin attached great importance to Buddhism.

As the saying goes, there are worlds where there are people. Even great monks will have disputes over Buddhism. Especially in the world, all Buddhism is Hinayana Buddhism, and different schools have very different understandings of Buddhism. This time, if you gather together, it would be strange if you don’t have disputes.

It was also because of the dispute that these monks were also expounding their understanding of Buddhism while conducting a Dharma Assembly.

Fang Xiaoyu can be said to be the youngest among these monks. He was proficient in Buddhism at the age of more than 20 years old. Many monks felt inferior to their achievements in Buddhism, so they naturally became celebrities in the Dharma Assembly.

With his own understanding of Buddhism, Fang Xiaoyu has eloquently eloquently spoken out of many great monks. Although he cannot win the recognition of all monks, no matter how he disagrees, at least these monks have to admit one thing, that is, when it comes to understanding Buddhism, if Fang Xiaoyu recognizes the second, no one dares to recognize the first.

Just as the Water and Land Dharma Assembly was held in a thriving manner, Guanyin, a Buddhist who presided over Journey to the West, brought Venerable Hui'an to Chang'an City.
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