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Chapter 256 Duke Zhou Fears Rumor Day 【Subscription】

In ancient times, it was normal for a farmer to have four sons.

Whether you can afford it or not, you have to live.

That's the ancient thinking.

On the one hand, it is to raise children for old age, and on the other hand, having a male in the family will have a labor force, which is convenient for farming.

"The farmer wept and told the Buddha that all four of his sons had caused him distress."

Fa Nan was still telling the story that Xu Mu compiled for him. When telling, he kept the rhythm very slowly, but he was able to grasp the thoughts of Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

"The farmer said that his eldest son is very filial and rushes to do any farm work in the family. However, he sometimes feels that the eldest son is diligent in everything, and he is afraid of tiring the son. He persuaded him many times, but the eldest son will not change."

"His second son is just the opposite. He seems to have a grudge against his family members. He fights against them everywhere. Sometimes, he even punches and kicks him."

"Although his third son is not as filial as the boss, he is not as rebellious as the second son. He even runs a small shop by himself, and the money he makes every day is used to subsidize the family."

"His fourth son is lazy, not only has nothing to do, but is also addicted to drugs. Every day he has to steal the family's money and go to the casino, and he is willing to come back after losing everything."

This story comes down...

Fa Nan couldn't help sneaking a glance at Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

Seeing that they were all listening carefully, he continued: "After the farmer finished telling these stories, he bowed down in front of the Buddha and begged the Buddha to give him some advice."

After speaking, he started the interactive session, and began to name the monks behind Li Yuan...

"Who can come and talk to the poor monk, what is the cause of this farmer's troubles? How can the Buddha enlighten him?"

Li Yuan's eyes flickered. Obviously, he was also immersed in the relationship between the four sons of the farmer.

I don't know whether the farmer is lucky or unlucky to meet these four sons.

Among the group of monks, a young novice suddenly said: "Chan Master Fa Nan, Zen Master said yesterday that the relationship between father and son is nothing but reincarnation, the cause of the past life, and the fruit of the present life. I think these are the causes planted by the farmer in the past life, so that they can bear fruit." Such a fruit in this life."

this person……

Naturally, it was arranged by Xu Mu in advance.

In fact, he wasn't the only one.

The monks selected to enter the hall are all entrusted.

A group of people played Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

The biggest purpose is to plant the seeds of doubt in Li Yuan's heart.

Of course, this still needs to be planted quietly...

Otherwise, if it is not good, Li Yuanzhi will be punished for provoking the relationship between the royal family and his son.

"Well said."

Fa Nan nodded, and began to explain the meaning of the Buddha in the Buddhist scripture story just now: "Yesterday, the poor monk once said that in the Buddhist scriptures, there are four relationships between father and son."

At this point, Fa Nan paused, and did not continue.

Mainly to give Li Yuan time to digest.

as predicted.

After hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but glance at Li Shimin beside him.

He couldn't help but think about his relationship with Li Shimin and some other sons...

Although he has more than a dozen sons, his favorite sons are only four.

"The cause of the previous life is the result of the present life, but in the world, there are no more than four kinds of father-son relationships. One is to repay a favor, the other is to avenge a grudge, the third is to pay a debt, and the fourth is to collect a debt."

When he said this, Li Yuan suddenly became enlightened.

According to Buddhist teachings...

"The Zen master said that the eldest son of a farmer came here to repay his kindness, so he had to do everything himself and was extremely filial. The second son came here to complain, so he regarded his parents as enemies.

The third son of the farmer came to pay off the debt, so all the property he ran was handed over to the farmer, and the fourth son came to collect the debt, so..."

Li Yuan couldn't help but opened his mouth to analyze: "So becoming addicted to drugs is to lose all the farmer's property!"

Hearing this, he couldn't help clasping his palms together, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty is so intelligent, and you have a deep understanding of Buddhist scriptures. You really have a predestined relationship with my Buddha!"

He flattered him quietly.

Li Yuan was very useful.

After all, these are all realized by him.

Then, Fa Nan explained to the group of monks: "You need to bear in mind that the cause of the past life, the result of the present life, and the actions of the past life will all have retribution in this life. To be able to entrust your son to be born must be due to your kindness to him in the past life, or debt to him. he."

Behind Fa Nan, the light of the Buddha flickered, setting off his transcendence, as if a Buddha was alive.

Arouses awe.

In addition to this explanation of Buddhism, it is quite profound, and Li Yuanshen has learned a lot.

He couldn't help but think of his four most valued sons.

The eldest brother, Li Jiancheng, was established as the prince, and he made contributions everywhere, living up to the word he was given to him in the past.

The second son, Li Shimin, is also quite talented, heroic, generous to people, and benevolent to the people, and he also lives up to the word Shimin he took.

The youngest, Li Yuanji...

The fourth son, Li Xuanba...

He is satisfied with every one.

"If you think about it, the four sons really came here to repay the kindness they received from me in the previous life." Li Yuan thought so.

However, it was already midnight for this Buddhist scripture explanation.

Fa Nan took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, it's getting dark now and it's inconvenient to travel. You might as well stay at Xianyou Temple for one night. The poor monk will have an early class tomorrow. If Your Majesty is interested, you can listen to it together."

Li Yuan got something occasionally today, looked at Tianwai, and nodded involuntarily.

……

After teaching Li Yuan, the law is difficult, that is, thousands of faces...

Back to a side room in the temple.

Explained to Xu Mu what happened during the evening class.

"My lord, what should my subordinates say tomorrow?" Fa Nan was confused.

The content of today's class was prepared by Xu Mu for him.

Only then can he talk eloquently about the Buddha meeting the farmer.

"Don't panic. Tomorrow, you can give an example and tell the story of Shi Le and Shi Hu. Well... I will write you another poem."

Xu Mu pondered for a while, and then prepared the courseware for tomorrow.

It is impossible for Li Yuan to stay in Xianyou Temple all the time.

Using miracles to lure him here is only the first step.

So these two classes are crucial.

The story of the farmer's four sons has planted seeds in Li Yuan's heart.

Tomorrow, what Fa Nan has to do is to guide this seed...

Let it develop in a bad direction, let it take root!

Immediately afterwards, Xu Mu wrote a poem...

Handed over to Fa Nan.

After reading this poem, Fa Nan could not help but shudder.

Can't help but sigh with emotion: "My lord... My lord... It's their honor to personally plot against Li Yuan and his son!"

Xu Mu's face turned cold: "Naturally, you can't be merciful when dealing with your colleagues. Li Shimin has already started plotting against Sun Ying, so he should bear the price he deserves!"

Fa Nan suddenly thought of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang...

The ancient Buddha in Qingdeng, accompanied by the officials for the rest of their lives.

I couldn't help mourning for Li Shimin.

……

The next morning.

With the ringing of the morning bell, the monks of Xianyou Temple began to do morning classes.

After eating breakfast, Li Yuan and his son also rushed to the main hall, first offered a stick of incense to the Buddha, and then began to attend lectures.

After listening to this lesson, they almost have to go back to the palace.

"Huh? Zen master Fa Nan can also compose poems?" Just as he sat down on the futon, Li Yuan noticed a couplet of poems placed next to the wordless book on the incense case.

Can't help leaning over to read it.

"Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors, but Wang Mang was humble and not usurped."

This line of poem was written without thinking, and Li Yuan couldn't understand it for a while, so he couldn't help asking: "Zen Master, this couplet of lines is quite the essence of a poet, but I don't know... what is the meaning?"

Fa Nan's mouth twitched.

Aren't the poems written by the lord won the essence of poets?

You know, now in Wanmin City, the poems written by the lord are almost regarded as gods.

Of course, the protagonist never wrote any poems from beginning to end.

Nothing more than last year's New Year's Day, I wrote a good sentence for Tusu wine, "The sound of firecrackers kills the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu".

Of course, there are also short poems written for shadow puppetry, "The country is so beautiful, it attracts countless heroes to bow down", "Counting the romantic figures, let's look at the present"...

Although there are not many of these poems, they are all circulated in Wanmin City and are highly respected.

But the lord also said that he can't compose poetry.

After settling his mind, Fa Nan began to explain the story of Shi Le and Shi Hu according to Xu Mu's instructions.

"Your Majesty, yesterday we explained the four causal relationships between father and son. Today, the poor monk intends to use history as a mirror to discuss the four causal relationships in Buddhist scriptures."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he became interested again.

His interest in Buddhist scriptures is actually far less than history.

He was born in the Li family in Longxi, with a prosperous family tradition, and he was familiar with history books since childhood.

He couldn't help opening his mouth and said: "What the Zen master wants to talk about is not just a certain historical event?"

Fa Nan didn't make a fool of himself, and said directly: "What the poor monk wants to tell is the story of Hou Zhao."

Li Yuan thought of showing off a bit, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? What about Shi Le?"

Shi Le, courtesy name Shilong, a native of the Jiehu tribe in Wu Township of Shangdang, was the founding monarch of the Later Zhao Dynasty and the only case in history of a legendary rise from a slave to an emperor.

He rose up with ups and downs throughout his life, fought south and north, and achieved the name of a generation of war gods, annexed the north, created the post-Zhao regime, and unified the north.

There are too many allusions about this person, the most famous one is that he...is the forerunner of Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty who created the imperial examination system.

After he unified the north, in order to acquire talents, he took the lead in proposing the method of selecting talents by means of examinations.

Later, it was borrowed by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and carried forward, creating the imperial examination system.

There is also the word cucumber that has been used for thousands of years, also because of Shi Le.

When cucumbers were introduced to the Central Plains in the Han Dynasty, their real names were cucumbers.

In fact, all those related to nonsense are from ethnic minorities, or from the Western Regions and other places.

like pepper...

But at that time, Shi Le hated Hu people very much and strictly prohibited the appearance of Hu characters throughout the country.

So courgettes were forcibly renamed and became... cucumbers.

In addition, Desperate Saburo was also called him in the first place, because of his bravery in battle, he used one to block a hundred, and he turned to battle several times, killing the enemy without armor.

It's a pity that he was brave all his life, but he made a fool of himself in the matter of choosing an heir...

(End of this chapter)