When many TV dramas filmed the plot of Wu Zetian becoming a monk, they placed Ganye Temple in the mountains and forests. flood
This kind of plot is somewhat nonsense.
Not only is Ganye Temple not located deep in the mountains and old forests, it is even located next to the most prosperous Zhuque Street in Chang'an City, in the 108-square Anye Square.
After leaving Anyefang, walk north along Zhuque Street. In less than twenty minutes, you can reach the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial City.
Of course, although Ganye Temple is located in a busy city, because it is a royal temple, outsiders are generally prohibited from entering and exiting, and it is a type of royal forbidden garden.
The main purpose of the royal family to establish Ganye Temple was to provide a place for the concubines of Emperor Daxing to practice.
(Emperor Daxing is the deceased emperor.)
On weekdays, Ganye Temple is directly under the jurisdiction of the inner court, and there are dedicated female officials responsible for its management. flood
Also because of strict management, Ganye Temple has a good reputation in Chang'an City.
Many noble families and dignitaries would be sent here when they wanted to "dedicate their maidens to serve the Buddha".
Xiao Yu's three daughters were trained in Ganye Temple.
Let’s talk about the custom of “serving Buddha”, which started in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, became a monk four times in history and devoted himself to serving Buddha. He forced the court ministers to empty the treasury to redeem his life.
In fact, when Emperor Wu of Liang dedicated his life to serving Buddha for the first and second time, the treasury of the Southern Liang court had been emptied.
When Emperor Wu of Liang devoted himself to serving the Buddha for the third time, the court could not come up with the money. It was the court that exploited the noble families and ordinary people. Only then did they come up with a large sum of money to redeem Emperor Wu of Liang. flood
This incident aroused public resentment at the time.
Even so, Buddhism was not satisfied and tempted Emperor Wu of Liang to continue to devote himself to serving Buddhism.
The final result was that when Emperor Wu of Liang devoted himself to serving Buddha for the fourth time, the people were unbearable.
General Hou Jing took the opportunity to rebel.
Originally, when Hou Jing rebelled, he only had 2,000 people around him.
However, the wealthy nobles in Nanliang hated Emperor Wu of Liang for his pro-Buddhism, and turned to Hou Jing one after another, allowing Hou Jing's men to quickly expand to 100,000.
By this time, Emperor Wu of Liang had already deserted his relatives and had no one available around him. flood
Hou Jing finally besieged Taicheng without attacking, and directly starved Emperor Wu of Liang to death in the palace.
And this Emperor Wu of Liang was Xiao Yu's great-great-grandfather, the fourth generation ancestor.
Xiao Yu's family not only has such a strange grandfather, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, but his sister is more famous than his great-great-grandfather. She is Empress Xiao, the queen of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty.
Empress Xiao was the queen of the generation who was ridiculed by later generations with the "Liuwei Dihuang Pill".
Among the legendary six emperors, there are not only Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang, Yu Wenhuaji, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, and the Turkic Khans, but also Li Shimin.
Su Mingzhe thought of Queen Xiao and searched his memory.
In his memory, when Li Shimin was young, he saw Empress Xiao who was the most beautiful woman in the country several times. flood
At that time, Queen Xiao was already in her forties, but her beauty not only did not fade, but became even more dazzling.
Therefore, according to Li Shimin's conjecture, Yu Wenhuaji, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Turk Khan and others had done something bad to the beautiful and fragrant Empress Xiao.
What's more, Empress Xiao also has the buff blessing of Sui Yang Emperor and Empress.
So, a lot of things are possible.
As for whether Li Shimin did something.
Su Mingzhe looked through his memories and found no relevant memories.
This does not mean that Li Shimin has no thoughts about Queen Xiao. flood
In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing brought Queen Xiao back from the grassland.
Li Shimin and Li Yuan both went to visit Queen Xiao.
When the father and son saw Empress Xiao, who was over sixty years old, they both showed surprise and fascination.
It is a pity that after Queen Xiao returned to Chang'an City, she was taken away by Xiao Yu to support her and was not given to Li Yuan and Li Shimin.
This opportunity for father and son.
The topic turned back to Xiao Yu.
After Emperor Wu of Liang, most of the Xiao family members inherited the tradition of Emperor Wu of Liang and devoted themselves to serving the Buddha at every turn.
Xiao Yu himself did not want to part with glory and wealth, so he gave up his three daughters and replaced him with a son to become a monk. flood
Now, some people are making excuses for Xiao Yu’s fifth daughter becoming a nun last year.
Su Mingzhe knew that someone wanted to use him as a gunman to deal with Xiao Yu.
In the court, Xiao Yu had a bad mouth and often scolded and fought with other ministers.
As a result, Xiao Yu's popularity was particularly poor, and he also made many enemies in the court.
The Xiao clan has a particularly large number of people and occupies many high positions in the court.
It is normal for someone to want to use Su Mingzhe to attack Xiao Yu and gain a certain position.
Su Mingzhe looked at the memorial and wrote down the name of the person who wrote the memorial. flood
As for the memorial, Su Mingzhe ordered Zhang Anan to copy the contents and send them to Xiao Yu for him to defend himself.
The impeached minister must present a memorial and defend himself.
This is an unspoken rule in the court.
However, if the emperor trusts the minister, he will send the memorial back or leave it to be dealt with.
Now, Su Mingzhe sent a copy of the memorial to Xiao Yu to show that he was also puzzled and questioned Xiao Yu's intention of presenting the female maid to the Buddha.
Su Mingzhe knew clearly that Xiao Yu had not made any mistake, but still asked him to defend himself.
This is naturally because Su Mingzhe is ready to take the opportunity to carry out reforms against Buddhism. flood
After Xiao Yu received the memorial from the emperor to impeach him, he became accustomed to it.
He had many enemies in the court and was often impeached.
Some impeachment memorials make no sense at first glance and are just fabricated.
The emperor basically ignored it.
However, some memorials would also arouse the emperor's anger.
If Xiao Yu cannot explain clearly, he will be demoted and dismissed.
This is the reason why Xiao Yu gave up his prime ministership six times during the Zhenguan period. flood
This time, Xiao Yu was furious when he saw the content of his impeachment. It is an old tradition of the Xiao family to offer female servants to the Buddha.
Why is it related to the emperor's draft girl?
Although Xiao Yu was very angry, in order not to be wronged, he still wrote a self-defense statement and sent it to the palace.
After Su Mingzhe saw Xiao Yu's self-defense statement, he casually placed it on the imperial case.
Now, he has to prepare for fasting, bathing, and the Qingming Festival sacrifices, so he has no time to talk to Xiao Yu.
After Qingming Festival, I will cause trouble for him again.
In a blink of an eye, Qingming Festival is coming. flood
People across the country need to offer sacrifices to their ancestors, and according to regulations, everyone must fast for three days.
Fasting activities became popular during the Northern and Southern Dynasties and lasted until the Song Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, because Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan was a Buddhist, the regulations on fasting were stricter.
Emperor Gaozu stipulated that Buddhist disciples must have ten days of fasting every month, and fast every day during these ten days.
This Buddhist disciple does not refer to Buddhist disciples who have become monks, but rather refers to lay people who have not yet become monks.
The Qingming Festival is a major sacrificial event.
According to the rules, everyone in the country must fast for three days in advance. flood
During these three days, no sex or meat is allowed.
Some Buddhists even fast directly during these three days, that is, they do not eat for three days.
The reason why Su Mingzhe fasted for three days was because as an emperor, he had to abide by the rules and avoid disputes between the government and the public.
The three days of fasting are over.
Su Mingzhe rode in a chariot, accompanied by a large number of honor guards, and came to Ganye Temple to offer incense and pray for his biological mother, Queen Taimu.
Because of past conventions, the abbot of Ganye Temple arranged everything as usual.
After praying for blessings, the emperor would go to the backyard to copy a Buddhist scripture. flood
Later generations often copied the "Ksitigarbha Sutra", "Diamond Sutra", "Heart Sutra", etc.
The more orthodox ones copied the Ksitigarbha Sutra.
If you are lazy and save trouble, just copy the Heart Sutra.
However, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were no "Ksitigarbha Sutra" and "Heart Sutra".
Therefore, if you want to copy Buddhist scriptures, you can only copy the Diamond Sutra to show your sincerity.
As for the Diamond Sutra, which has more than 5,000 words, not everyone has the perseverance to copy it.
Therefore, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many powerful people invented "printing" out of laziness and trouble. flood
Does this kind of thing sound a bit nonsense?
But, it is what it is.
Printing, one of the four great inventions, was created for the purpose of printing scriptures.
Now that Su Mingzhe, as the emperor, wants to pray sincerely and offer sacrifices, he can only write by hand.
When the emperor copied the scriptures, there must be someone beside him to add incense and grind the ink.
There are more than two hundred nuns in Ganye Temple. Among them, the older ones are not suitable, and Li Yuan's concubines are not suitable.
Ugly appearance is not suitable. flood
Finally, Ganye Temple introduced a dozen young and beautiful young masters, and Su Mingzhe selected a beautiful and comely one and asked her to serve him in copying scriptures.
Because it was all routine, no one noticed anything was wrong.
In this way, Su Mingzhe copied scriptures in the temple until midnight, and then he copied the entire "Diamond Sutra".
At this point.
Su Mingzhe was still in high spirits and felt that it would be okay for him to find a few people to fight with.
But the little nun grinding next to her was already pale and blue from hunger.
However, even though she was almost too hungry to hold on anymore, the little nun still dedicatedly helped Su Mingzhe copy the scriptures, slowly put them away, and put them into the box. flood
"Little master, what's your name?"
Su Mingzhe felt a little distressed when he looked at the little nun's thin body.
"Return to your majesty, disciple Dharma lamp."
"Dharma lamp? A "lamp" of light? "
Su Mingzhe stared at her curiously and continued to ask.
The little nun was a little shy when she was stared at, so she blushed and nodded.
Su Mingzhe then smiled and asked: Hong
"When did the young master become a monk?"
"Last year, in October."
The little nun also served Su Mingzhe for a day. Seeing that Su Mingzhe was very kind, she felt good about him and started to talk more freely.
"It's April now, October last year, plus a leap month, that's half a year."
Su Mingzhe chatted with the little nun for a few words, and then saw that the little nun's eyelids kept drooping and she started to yawn, so he asked her to go to sleep on the bed next to her.
"No, master asked me to serve your majesty well. It's better for you, your majesty, to rest first."
Fa Deng is quite persistent and has a strong energy in him. flood
Su Mingzhe felt heartbroken after hearing this, and at the same time thought of his plan.
I couldn't help but ask her:
"Fa Deng, if I ask you to come back to the palace with me, will you refuse?"
"ah?"
Fa Deng was a little surprised, but he quickly reacted. A blush quickly appeared on his face, and he said shyly:
"Your Majesty, this disciple is a monk and cannot serve Your Majesty."
"You are a monk now, so naturally you cannot serve me, but when you return to secular life, won't you be able to?" Hong
Su Mingzhe's words made Little Master Fandeng's face begin to turn as red as blood, and he was so charming.
However, she never spoke to men again.
Su Mingzhe refused to let her go and said directly:
"Since you don't speak, I'll take it as your promise. Wait until tomorrow, and I'll find the host and ask you to leave."
"No way."
Fa Deng was still shy. After the man repeatedly forced him, he explained:
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Your Majesty, this disciple was sent to the temple by his father who sacrificed his life for Buddha. If this disciple follows Your Majesty, the fire of karma will fall on my father..." Hong
