A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 463

"Will Guanyin Bodhisattva really appear to save Master Falin?"

The imperial court deliberately released the wind, and now everyone in Chang'an knows about Falin.

Everyone is waiting for the results in seven days.

But except for those pious men and women, most people actually think that Farin is dead.Who made this monk always unrestrained, not only marrying a wife and having children, drinking alcohol and eating meat, but also likes to drink too much.

I can often see a monk drunk on the street.

Even this guy often runs around the streets naked when drunk.

It's hard to believe that sometimes Falin is a crazy alcoholic monk, often lying drunk on the street, covered in vomit, and even sleeping in vomit, and sometimes strips naked and runs to Chang'an drunk and mad.

But sometimes this Falin has a dignified appearance in a purple gold cassock. He is a Buddhist guardian and Dharma-protecting Bodhisattva who can fight back all Taoist anti-Buddhas with his three-inch tongue.

But now, he shouldn't say those words that blasphemed the emperor's ancestors and blasphemed the emperor.

"It is said that Guanyin Bodhisattva is a Bodhisattva of great mercy and great compassion. All living beings in distress can only recite his name. The Bodhisattva will listen to his voice and go to save and liberate. Master Falin is a Dharma Protector Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva will definitely come to rescue."

Avalokitesvara, formerly known as Avalokitesvara, was also called Avalokitesvara, but now it is only called Avalokitesvara to avoid the taboo of the emperor's name and death.

The names of bodhisattvas must be changed for the taboo of the emperors in the world. Obviously, the emperors in the world are more powerful than bodhisattvas.

Falin was locked in the prison with six doors, and could only drink some water and half a piece of pancake every day. During the seven days in the underground prison, there was no light at all.

But someone was guarding him all the time, with chains and wooden shackles on his body, he couldn't commit suicide even if he wanted to.

Wu Huaiyu didn't have the slightest sympathy for people like Falin. He might be proficient in Buddhist scriptures, he might have a great talent for debating, but so what, he has been fighting against Fu Yi and other Taoist priests who destroyed Buddhism all these years, even if he won the title of guardian, what good would it do for the country?
Monks who can't even keep the rules and precepts are even more dangerous.

It would be terrible if such a person could gain the trust of the king and influence the government.

Falla was in prison, and many people came to rescue him.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Deyan, Chen Ziliang and many other noble officials came to intercede for him, including Yang Shidao.

The monks in Chang'an were also running for him. Many great monks asked to see Huaiyu, including Chan Master Yong and Hui Liao of the Three-Level Sect, and Zen Master Xihe Daochuo, the leader of the Pure Land Sect who had just been invited to be the abbot of Xiangji Temple.

Lawyer Daoxuan, who has always had a good relationship with Falin, brought Falin's wife, concubine and children here, hoping that Wu Huaiyu would forgive Falin for their sake.

Wu Huaiyu had heard of Daoxuan's lawyer, he was not a litigator who helped people litigate, but a well-known eminent monk.

It is one of the ten virtues of martial arts, the master of Buddhist law, and the monks of this school are called lawyers.

Although Falin liked to go to Lawyer Xuan's Buddhist monastery when he was drunk, and even vomited on his bed, and went directly to the merit box to buy wine and meat when he was sober, Lawyer Xuan always treated him kindly.

According to legend, Lawyer Xuan practiced Buddhism in Zhongnan Mountain and strictly observed the precepts. He was moved by heaven and earth. General Wei and other 12 people descended from the sky to guard his side, and Prince Nantian often stood by his side.

It seems that every eminent monk has this kind of legend.

For example, the great disciple of Xinxing, Huiru’s brother Huiru, who was in the Sui Dynasty, once sat in meditation for seven days without moving. Everyone thought he had entered samadhi. As a result, he opened his eyes not long after, with tears streaming down his face, saying that my feet hurt because of the fire.

Everyone was curious. He said that he was invited by King Yama. On the day of the seven-day consummation of Taoism, he asked me if I wanted to see my deceased acquaintances. He said two people I wanted to see.

Hades sent someone to summon No.1, only to see a turtle crawling over and licking his feet and leaving with tears.The second person was so serious that he could not be summoned. The King of Hades asked him to meet him, and the messenger led him to the gate of hell.

When he stood in front of the door to call for people, the people inside told him to get out of the way quickly and not to stand opposite the door. As soon as he stood up, the door opened, and the fire inside, like smelting iron, spewed out from the door, and a spark fell on his feet.

The king of hell gave him thirty bolts of silk, but he refused to accept it, but the king of hell said that it had been sent to the back room.

The monk rushed to the back room, and sure enough, thirty bolts of silk were lying on the bed.

Although Huiru has passed away for many years, the story of him has been circulating in the world. It is even said that he went to the underworld to preach to the king of hell for seven days.

Anyway, Wu Huaiyu would not believe such things at all.

Hype, all hype.

Lawyer Xuan has always been accompanied by a dark young man. It is said that this is Prince Nantian, but Wu Huaiyu thinks that he is more like a Nanmanzi from the Indo-China Peninsula. He may be from Jiaozhi, Linyi, or even the Malay Peninsula.

Maybe it's the son of a tribal chief, or some little barbarian prince, but it's bullshit to talk about Nantian prince.

With a few casual words, lawyer Xuan was sent away, and Wu Huaiyu returned to the Duzhi Shiya of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This is a part of the office space allocated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the 24 cases under the Duzhi Envoy are all working here.

Huaiyu called Po Kang.

This school inspector, Wailang, is now the second deputy of the commercial tax case in Case 24, and he is in charge of commercial taxation.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, commercial taxation has been in name only, and there is basically no commercial taxation. Now that Wu Huaiyu is in charge of finance, industrial and commercial taxation must be restored.

The main types of commercial tax are tariffs, city tax, residential tax, vehicle and vessel tax, etc. Commercial tax is an indirect tax with no fixed tax amount, unclear collection objects, and vague standards. Nowadays, it is not necessary to first formulate a unified standard and then gradually implement it in various regions.

As a former giant businessman, Kang Po, it is more appropriate for him to assist in the management of commercial tax cases and be responsible for the formulation of commercial tax collection standards.

This guy also works harder.

Hearing Huaiyu's summons, he rushed over immediately.

Dressed in a green robe of miscellaneous silk, it is very inconspicuous.

If he wasn't too fat, in his current body, he might really be as inconspicuous as those low-level Beijing officials in the various yamen of the Beijing Division.

"My husband called me, what's your order?"

"Mr. Kang, are you still used to it here?"

"There are relatives to take care of you, and everyone treats your subordinates very well."

"Do you know Longtian Temple?"

Kang Po replied, "In the first year of Zhenguan, Your Majesty established Longtian Temple for the Supreme Emperor, and built Longtian Temple in the old residence of the Grand Harmony Palace in Nanshan, with Falin as the owner of the temple."

"The Taihe Palace was built in the eighth year of Wude on Zhongnan Mountain. It was the summer palace built by the Supreme Emperor. Last year, the Supreme Emperor fell ill. His Majesty specially gave up the Taihe Palace to pray for the temple. He established Longtian Temple and allocated ten hectares of land to support it. He ordered Falin to preside over it."

Longtian Temple was converted from a summer palace. It is not large in scale and there are not many monks.

"Take someone to Longtian Temple to investigate the situation clearly. After Falin's case is concluded in a few days, the imperial court will abolish Longtian Temple."

Longtian Temple will be renamed Cuiwei Palace and will still be the Palace of the Son of Heaven.

The monks of Longtian Temple will arrange to go to Xiangji Temple.

"Isn't Xiangji Temple a temple of the Pure Land Sect?"

Wu Huaiyu smiled slightly, "There must be changes."

In fact, during the reign of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, when Chan Master Xinxing and Chan Master Yong went to Beijing to preach and promote the three-tiered religion, they first stayed at Zhenji Temple and later changed their name to Huadu Temple.

Since then, more and more monks have believed in the third-order religion.

Sanjiejiao thus started a very special model. At that time, with the support of the emperor and the court of the Sui Dynasty, they established three-tiered courtyards in many temples in Chang'an.

The monks who believed in the third level were alone in the first courtyard. Later, with the rise of their power, some temples were even swallowed up by the third level religion, and others also separated the other courtyards from the main temple with walls.

By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, some temples canceled the third-level courtyards, but there were still more than [-] temples with third-level courtyards.

It's just that the third-tier monks are completely separate from the monks of other sects.

Wu Huaiyu intends to take this opportunity to break the independence of the third-order religion. First, Longtian Temple will be abolished, and the monks will be arranged in the newly built Xiangji Temple, but there will no longer be a third-order courtyard, but directly practice with the Pure Land monks of Xiangji Temple.

For other temples with three-level separate courtyards, the walls and partitions were also removed, and the other courtyards were cancelled, allowing them to practice together in the temple.

They are not forced not to practice the third level, and they still have the freedom to practice, but they will have to live and practice together in the same temple with other sects in the future, and even accept the unified management of the abbot, the chief deacon and other deacons.

Doing so will obviously increase the contradictions between different sects, but this is not exactly what the court wants, to make monks fight among themselves.

And after canceling the third-tier other courtyards, you can quickly start to attack other sects, and when the time comes, exams, monk certificates, monk officials, and even cancel their lending and interest collection, annexation of fields, and so on.

It's seven days.

Falin was taken away to the underground prison. She was dizzy and dizzy from hunger for seven days, especially after being out of light for a long time, her eyes were bright at first sight, and she burst into tears after being stabbed.

He was brought up to the temple.

"Monk Falin, you are guilty of defaming the emperor's ancestors by writing "Debates on Zhengzheng". I have a tradition of respecting ancestors and relatives since ancient times in the Central Plains. Why do you dare to slander your majesty's ancestors and treat the royal family so lightly?"

Falin burst into tears, her eyes were stinging, and outsiders looked as if she was full of repentance.

Li Daozong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, asked, "In your book Debates, it was said that those who recited Avalokitesvara will not be injured by the knife. Today is seven days, and they will be pushed to the execution ground later to see if they can really survive the knife. If not, His Majesty will pardon you to die."

Li Shimin also asked, "The time limit has come and the punishment will be executed soon. I haven't seen Guanyin pleading for you. I don't know if it will come true after a while."

Falin didn't know that when the knife fell, the head fell.

At this time, I dare not speak hard.

But this person is the best at debating, and he hasn't given up yet at this time.

"Your Majesty, since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world has been boiling, epidemics and poisons are prevalent, wars are endless, great powers are vying for supremacy, and each is good at military power.

Later, Li Tang pacified the sea, and the world was peaceful. This really relied on the power of Avalokitesvara and the grace of the powerful king.

This merit and virtue are comparable to those of the Holy Spirit.

For the past seven days, I have never chanted Guanyin, but only chanted Your Majesty. "

Li Daozong asked, "Your Majesty asked you to recite Guanyin, why didn't you recite it, and said that you only recited it for Your Majesty?"

Wu Huaiyu shook her head while watching from the side, "You are too honest, King Ren Cheng, you just follow what he says, and you have completely fallen into his trap."

But Falin said with a straight face: "Guanyin's holy lesson from the six realms, the heaven and the earth, are all teachers, and the Great Tang ruled the world, the four seas are peaceful, the internal and external harmony, your majesty's sons have raised thousands of products, and the emperor's grace is magnificent. As the scriptures say, it is Guanyin.

Therefore, just read Your Majesty.

In addition, all the historical materials of Falin's debates and discourses come from classics. If there is a deviation in one sentence, I am willing to be punished with a knife and an axe.

If your majesty is obedient, loyal, and upright, Falin will not lose a hair.

If His Majesty wants to kill innocent people indiscriminately, Falin will not escape this disaster. "

After hearing his words, Li Shimin's anger rose, but seeing Wu Huaiyu standing there with a smile on his face, he immediately recovered a little bit of sobriety.

Falin was just quibbling, and deliberately said that he would not lose a penny if he was obedient, loyal, and upright, but killing him would be killing innocent people indiscriminately, and would lead to kidnapping.

Fortunately, Falinbai was good at scheming, but Li Shimin didn't intend to kill him.

Of course, he wouldn't be cheap just because of this, the majestic supreme being in the world, would he be judged by a monk of wine and meat?
"I am not Avalokitesvara, I am the Son of Heaven,

Falin, you are guilty of breaking the precepts and defrauding the emperor, but God has the virtue of good life, so I forgive you for dying. "

A flash of pride flashed in Farin's heart.

But the emperor's voice continued to sound, "If you can't abide by the rules and precepts, how can you cultivate? Now I order you to return to vulgarity.

The death penalty is acquitted, but the living sin cannot escape.

Exiled to Jiaozhi in Lingnan, drying in the salt field, you have to spend the rest of your life to atone for your debauchery in the first half of your life. "

"Longtian Temple was abolished, but it was restored as a palace and renamed Cuiwei Palace. The monks in the original temple were all moved into Xiangji Temple, and together they were managed by the abbot Daocuo."

The emperor ignored Falin who was stunned. In the past, Falin could speak eloquently with this mouth and was invincible, but today, he failed miserably.

The emperor waved his hand and snorted coldly in disgust.

Qian Niu Bei came up and dragged him out of the hall.

In the future, Chang'an will no longer have that bohemian monk Falin. He will never have a chance to come back when he goes to Lingnan.

As for the recluses in Chang'an, without this Dharma Protector Bodhisattva, who can defend the Buddha and protect the Way.

(End of this chapter)