"My lord, Fang Jian, pays homage to the great envoy." Fang Jian entered the Taixuan Hall and bowed to the Nine Heavens Xuannv.
Jiutian Xuannv waved the fly whisk in her hand, looked at Fang Jian and said, "Fang Jian, you just came back from Guanjiangkou, right?"
Fang Jian said: "Back to the chief envoy, that's right."
Jiutian Xuannu asked: "How did things go?"
"I have come to ask for an edict from the great envoy." Fang Jian bowed and said, "I also ask the great envoy to issue an edict and order the Roaring Sky Dog to come to the Thunder Department of Heaven to be punished."
Jiutian Xuannv nodded slightly, and then she moved her jade hand, and saw a golden light falling, turning into a Taixuan Talisman Edict and falling in front of Fang Jian.
"You can go to Guanjiangkou with this talisman and give it to Erlang Shen." Jiutian Xuannv said.
Fang Jian immediately accepted the imperial edict, then bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, the great envoy, for the imperial edict."
Jiutian Xuannv smiled slightly and said, "You knew when Erlang Shen mentioned Pindao?"
It’s not surprising that Jiutian Xuannv would know about this. For powerful people like them, people will feel the reaction even if you just think about it in your mind.
Fang Jian smiled and then replied: "Originally, I was talking about the Roaring Sky Dog hurting the Golden Girl of Yaochi, but Erlang Shen suddenly mentioned you, the great envoy. I was a little confused at first, but later I understood. , he wanted the chief envoy to come forward in person
Issue an edict, instead of just a few heavenly judges being able to take the Roaring Heavenly Dog away for punishment. "
Jiutian Xuannv nodded and said: "Go and settle this matter as soon as possible."
"Respect the decree of the law." Fang Jian bowed and bowed, then took the order and left.
After Fang Jian left, Jiutian Xuannv said to the child beside her: "Xun Qing, the president of the Xuantian Court."
The boy followed the order and soon led Master Xunqing to the main hall.
"Your Majesty, Xun Kuang, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, is here to pay homage to the Chief Envoy." Qing is the character and Kuang is the given name, so in this kind of formal interview, all names are used.
Jiutian Xuannv looked at Xun Kuang and said: "Master Xunqing, how many unused judges are there in the Heavenly Court?"
Upon hearing this, Master Xunqing made a careful calculation and then reported: "Returning to the Chief Envoy, there are seven people in total."
Jiutian Xuannv waved her whisk and said, "Fang Jian is not included."
Upon hearing this, Master Xunqing said again: "Those are the six people."
Jiutian Xuannv said: "Send all six of them to Nanzhan Buzhou."
Dean Xunqing accepted the order and immediately asked: "May I ask the great envoy, what are the responsibilities of these six people going to Nanzhan Buzhou?"
Jiutian Xuannv said: "There will be turmoil in the Tang Dynasty in Nanzhan Buzhou and Dongtu. The current Tang King Li Hong wants to launch an expedition against Nanzhao, Siam, Jiaozhi and other sixteen countries. He has been planning for three years. But the Tang Dynasty The Tang Dynasty is still short of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of millions of money and food, and there is also a huge shortage of rewards and other funds..."
Dean Xunqing was shocked when he heard this. Jiutian Xuannv said that of course she did not mean to interfere in the war between mortals.
But once something like this happens in the southern and eastern countries, it means that another thing may happen: the destruction of Buddha.
As early as in the vast history of the Eastern Land, there have been three incidents of extermination of Buddhism, known as the "Three Wus" extermination of Buddhism in history, and the most recent one was Tang Wuzong, the 16th emperor of the Tang Dynasty three thousand years ago.
The fundamental reason lies in the special nature of Buddhist temples.
Because temples do not have to pay taxes, a large amount of private land is registered under Buddhist temples to avoid imperial taxation.
Secondly, Buddhist disciples do not need to perform corvee or military service. The name of "escaping into Buddhism" can avoid all worldly responsibilities.
So this has two consequences. In the imperial account books, it is clearly recorded that there are 300 million acres of cultivated land in the country, but 200 million acres of it are registered under Buddhist temples in various places, and there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court.
Over time, it became clear that the people had a lot of cultivated land and harvested a lot of food, but the court could not collect taxes, resulting in an empty state treasury.
The second is that a large number of young people are joining Buddhism, because Buddhism prohibits marriage. In the long run, this will lead to a decrease in the population, especially the decrease in young adults.
Once a war breaks out in the country, the court will have no troops available.
At this time, the best way is to 'destroy Buddhism', destroy temples, force monks to return to secular life and get married, and bring all cultivated land under the name of Buddhist temples into the scope of taxation...
But in the entire Jambudur world, only the mortals in the eastern part of Nanzhanbuzhou dared to do such a thing as destroying the Buddha, and they did it many times.
There is still no sign of the movement to exterminate Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, but who is the Nine Heavens Xuannv? The clues can be seen at a glance.
"Is it just to prevent the monks from unrest by sending Judge Tian here?" Dean Xunqing asked.
Jiutian Xuannv nodded and said: "Yes, no matter whether the Tang Dynasty destroys Taoism or Buddha, monks are not allowed to interfere in mortal affairs without authorization."
"I understand." Dean Xunqing looked solemn and immediately took the order and left.
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It is said that after Fang Jian received the Fu Zhao, he immediately flew to the mouth of Guanjiang River without stopping.
When Fang Jian came to the Erlang Temple in Guanjiangkou again, he did not go down to pay homage to the Erlang God first. Instead, he stood above the Erlang Temple in Guanjiangkou, took out the Nine Heavens Xuannv Talisman and said: "The Great Lord's Talisman is here, Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun listens to the imperial edict!" "
This call was the first to call out the six Meishan brothers, followed by the immortal officials and the grass-headed gods.
These people stood in the square outside Erlang Temple, looking at the Fang Jian in the sky with puzzled faces.
"Didn't Master Hongqing go back a few days ago? Why is he here again?" Taiwei Kang said in a low voice.
Taiwei Yao said: "I also brought the talisman edict from the chief envoy. It seems that I can't persuade the second master, so I went back and asked for the talisman edict from the chief envoy."
Lieutenant Li frowned and said, "But does he think he can take away the Roaring Sky Dog by inviting the Great Master to envoy Fu Zhao?"
"Too naive!" Captain Zhang shook his head.
At this time, a golden light suddenly lit up inside Erlang Temple, and then Erlang God and Roaring Dog were seen slowly flying out of Erlang Temple.
The six Meishan brothers and a group of immortal officials and grass-headed gods outside all saluted and said, "Greetings to the true king."
Erlang Shen was currently wearing a Yunmo corseted Taoist robe, a light yellow cloak, a purple gold flat crown on his head, and flew to the square with golden light on his feet.
Roaring Sky Dog also followed Erlang Shen. After Erlang Shen landed, he said to the people behind him who were saluting: "Everyone, get up."
As everyone stood up, they saw Erlang Shen raising his hands to the sky and saying, "Er Lang Shen accepts the order!"
Fang Jian looked at Erlang Shen below who was receiving the order, then unfolded the talisman and said: "The Roaring Sky Dog broke into the Yaochi without permission, causing chaos and hurting people. The Queen Mother of the West has an order. The Heavenly Court immediately captured it and sent it to the Lei Department for punishment. The Taixuan Capital Provincial Governor The Lord has given the order to the Empress Jiutian Xuannv!"
As soon as this order was issued, the six Meishan brothers below were suddenly startled, and they all raised their heads to look at Erlang Shen.
At this moment, Erlang Shen made a decision that surprised everyone. He cupped his fists and responded: "Er Lang Shen accepts the edict."
After saying that, God Erlang glanced at Roaring Sky Dog and said, "You evil beast, why don't you follow Master Hongqing to the Lei Department to receive your punishment?"
"Second Master! No!" The six Meishan brothers immediately stepped forward and said.
But before they could say anything, Erlangshen shouted: "Don't talk any more, please stand down!"
The six Meishan brothers frowned, but they did not dare to disobey Erlang Shen's order, so they retreated with annoyance on their faces.
The Roaring Sky Dog did not resist. He just raised his head and glanced at Erlang Shen, then jumped up and ran to Fang Jian's feet on the golden clouds.
At this moment, on a small mountain peak dozens of miles away from the mouth of Guanjiang River, a fairy wearing colorful rosy clothes immediately flew up into the clouds with an anxious look on her face, and then turned into a ray of rays of light and flew towards the west.
Erlang Shen just glanced at the direction in which the rays of light left, and then said to Fang Jian: "Master Hongqing, I leave this evil beast to you. How to punish it is up to Master Hongqing to decide."
Fang Jian, the chief inspector, saluted and said: "Please, the true Lord Fang Jian, I will enforce the law impartially. I will return to heaven to resume my life, so I will take my leave."
Erlang Shen smiled and said: "Master Hongqing, please do it." After saying that, he glared at Roaring Sky Dog again: "Obehave and follow Master Hongqing to receive the punishment, and don't mess around again."
Roaring Sky Dog nodded, and then lay quietly at Fang Jian's feet.
