Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1673 Do you want to learn from Wei Zheng?
Fang Jun thinks he is a good person, he can help the old lady cross the road, and he can give up his seat to the old man, but he doesn't think he can be a loyal minister...

Loyal ministers are not so easy to be.

The reason why he tried his best to be beaten and also wanted to admonish His Majesty Li Er not to use the treasury for the construction of the Da Ci'en Temple was actually selfish.

"Your Majesty, from the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors onwards, all sage monarchs have always restrained and forbeared the world, while the tyrannical and subjugated emperors are all greedy and vain and do not know how to restrain themselves. There is often only a thin line between the Holy Lord and the faint king, and that is the respect for the world. People's views are whether they regard the people as children, or treat the subjects as slaves... Those who treat the people as children naturally have compassion and love, and cannot bear to harm all living beings because of their own selfish desires; The people are like pigs and dogs... At present, the Tang Dynasty is booming, and the people are rich and prosperous. It is time to vigorously build water conservancy, roads, and cities, and promote agriculture, medicine, etc., which are beneficial to the livelihood of the people. What's more, the Eastern Expedition is imminent, and it is unwise for His Majesty to mobilize people to build the Great Mercy Temple, although it shows His Majesty's longing for Empress Wende, but it will inevitably shake the morale of the army."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Fang Jun spoke righteously and solemnly.

Why did Wei Zheng dare to ignore the king's majesty and merciless remonstrance in front of His Majesty Li Er, but His Majesty Li Er was so angry that he vomited blood and had nothing to do?
That's because Wei Zheng is tough, but everything occupies the moral high ground.

You can defeat Wei Zheng if you want to, but at the same time, it means that you stand on the opposite side of morality and justice, and become a big villain. How can His Majesty Li Er, who loves feathers, be willing to do this?

So he would rather be hurt internally by Wei Zheng's anger than to turn his face against Wei Zheng...

The profession of emperor is difficult or difficult, as long as you can control your inner selfish desires, you are almost a good emperor.Of course, such a trembling and hard-working king like Chongzhen, who eventually led to the extinction of the Shenzhou Lu Shen Daming, is the only example in the ages, but even if the Daming country is ruined by him, few people have been on his head for hundreds of years. Splashing dirty water, can only lament that time is also life.

Is Fang Jun really advising for such a lofty reason?
of course not……

He was afraid that His Majesty Li Er would float up now.

Building a monastery is nothing, even if it is extravagant and spectacular, and spends a lot of money, the people will say something, because in this era of Buddhism and Taoism, it is considered a serious matter.

It doesn't matter how much it costs to do business, the people are still very tolerant...

But the problem is that because the business of "East Datang Company" is getting bigger and bigger, and the profits are getting bigger and bigger, His Majesty Li Er's internal funds are already very abundant. It is used to build the Da Ci'en Temple, but it is the idea of ​​using the national treasury. What does this mean?
It shows that His Majesty Li Er has his own plans for the money in his family. What plans can he have?

It's just like ordinary people, if you have money, you can make it vigorously, changing flowers...

This is what Fang Jun doesn't want to see.

It stands to reason that the emperor's internal money can be spent as the emperor wants, who can control it?Song Huizong probably thought so too. I just like stones. As an emperor, collecting strange stones from all over the world and putting them in the yard to watch, what's the big deal?However, as the saying goes, the upper and lower works, Cai Jingtou came up with a "Hua Shi Gang" in favor of the emperor, which can be regarded as digging half of the foundation of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, Huizong of the Song Dynasty was so confused that he really didn't understand what Cai Jing and others did in private, but who called you the emperor?If you don't take the blame, who will take it?
He was afraid that His Majesty Li Er would learn to be self-willed when he was rich, and complained about extravagance and extravagance. Civil officials and historians might not dare to challenge His Majesty Li Er, but they would definitely use Fang Jun's single-mindedness to make money for His Majesty Li Er." If he hadn't created a "Eastern Datang Company" to make so much money for the emperor, the emperor would not be able to do it even if he wanted to imitate it...

Don't think that His Majesty Li Er won't do those stupid things because he is boasted as a wise king through the ages. This man is extremely confident and conceited, thinking that he is number one in the world, and nothing is out of his control.Just look at his history of getting a Tianzhu monk to practice alchemy and seek immortality in the palace after the failure of the Eastern Expedition. You can know that all the problems that emperors are prone to make, in fact, he has...

Once that time comes, admonishment is useless, even if Fang Jun dies, he is not Wei Zheng, and the emperor will not be afraid of him.

The only safe way is to find a way to spend all the money in the emperor's treasury now.

How can you play without money?

If you want to play, you can't play tricks...

While sticking his neck and pretending to be a loyal minister risking his death to admonish him, he winked at Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Li Chunfeng and others.

Li Chengqian understood Fang Jun's eyes asking for help, and almost blamed Fang Jun to death in his heart, you are so capable of admonishing your father in front of you, why don't you call for help?
But after all, he valued and loved Fang Jun, Li Chengqian had no choice but to say bravely: "Father, I think Fang Erlang's words are very reasonable. This temple was built by my son to pray for the mother's blessing. If we use our own money , wouldn’t it be more sincere? Presumably the Buddha will also understand that the emperor loves the world and cannot bear to increase taxes.”

As soon as this remark came out, Fang Jun looked sideways slightly.

This His Highness is quite clever, and he actually knows how to save the country by curves...

Li Chunfeng also said: "What His Royal Highness said is very true. The so-called blessings are rewarded for evil, and one reward is rewarded for another. The father and son of the Tian family are sincere, hardworking and thrifty, and save money and food to build the Great Mercy Temple. It will surely move God and comfort Wende." The queen is in the spirit of heaven."

Fang Jun secretly rejoiced, as expected, they are all smart people, Queen Wende is the lifeline of His Majesty Li Er, as long as Queen Wende is carried out, there will be no disadvantages.

Suddenly felt that something was missing, and secretly glanced back, his lungs exploded with rage!

Both the crown prince and Li Chunfeng interceded for him, but Li Ke obediently stood behind the two of them without saying a word... Li Laosan is really treacherous!

Although His Majesty Li Er was furious, but now that the crown prince interceded with Fang Jun, and Li Chunfeng brought out Empress Wende, he had no choice but to give up, glaring at Fang Jun and angrily said: "Didn't you say that this temple is stronger and more durable if it is built with stones?" So? If so, you will assist the King of Wu to build this temple, and it will be completed within two years. If it is not completed by then, I will only ask you two!"

The emperor responded very quickly. Since he paid for it himself, he built it with stones. Compared with the transportation of various precious woods and complicated carvings and decorations, using stones is obviously cheaper.

Save as much as you can...

Fang Jun had no choice but to promise: "This humble minister leads the order."

Li Ke behind him was full of depression: "My son obeys the order."

My heart slanders, what does it matter to me?I didn't make a sound, but put myself in it...

The whole temple is built with stone masonry?
Not to mention the cost, the transportation of the stone alone is fatal.Although there are many mountains in Guanzhong, there are not many mountains that can be mined for stone materials. Even if they are mined, with the scale of Da Ci'en Temple, the amount of stone materials used may not be able to supply all the required stone materials within five years, let alone two years. Shipping to Chang'an...

His Majesty Li Er shook his hand resentfully, ignored everyone, turned and walked out of the wooden tower.

He just walked to the door, looked back at Li Chengqian and Li Ke and said, "You two come with me." After a pause, he glared at Fang Jun again: "You come too!"

After all, go out the door.

Fang Jun was stunned, but seeing that the prince and King Wu were all going together, he probably would not punish him any more, so he hurried out behind them.

Wulou Temple was built in the former Sui Dynasty, and it had a prosperous period of incense, but since the end of the Sui Dynasty, it has gradually declined. In fact, all the temples in Chang'an City have declined, except for Ximing Temple, and the pilgrims are waiting to see their end The majestic Buddhist temples on the Nanshan Mountain, hidden among the green pines and verdant cypresses, look down upon the cramped and cramped small temples in the city...

The towering trees swayed in the autumn wind, and the leaf veins of the fallen leaves broke and floated down from time to time, covering the blue brick floor with scattered layers. There were very few monks in the temple, except for an old and rickety old monk wearing a shabby monk's robe. Holding a broom, sweeping it one after another, taking it easy...

When passing by the old monk, the old monk's posture remained unchanged, as if he was indifferent to the things around him.

Fang Jun clicked his tongue in amazement, thinking that this old monk is either deaf, or he is a hidden boss like the "sweeping monk" of Shaolin Temple...

Not long after we walked, an exquisite Buddhist temple appeared in front of us.

(End of this chapter)