Looking south to Buzhou, the Tang Dynasty, the Daming Palace contains the Yuan Hall.
After singing the ceremony at the court, the civil and military officials performed their duties one after another, and then Li Hong discussed with the ministers.
After the court affairs were discussed, Li Hong asked Prime Minister Yu Jiang: "Does Ai Qing know the Fangjian of the Supreme Realm Hongqing?"
"Master Hongqing's Fangjian?" Yu Jiang was a little surprised when he heard this, and said respectfully: "Why does your Majesty want to ask this person?"
Li Hong said expressionlessly: "Last night, a deity from the upper realm who claimed to be Fang Jian, the judicial god of the Heavenly Court, and whose name was Hongqing, showed me a dream."
"Huh?" Yu Jiang was very surprised and said: "Master Na Hongqing is indeed an immortal official in the upper realm, but he is an official in charge of the laws of heaven. Why would he show his Majesty a dream?"
In fact, after Fang Jian was blocked by Zhang Liang last night, he did not show himself as a saint at all, but directly appeared in front of Li Hong in his true form.
It’s just that at that time, Li Hong couldn’t tell whether it was reality or a dream, so at this moment, he just thought it was a dream of Hongqing’s real manifestation.
Yu Jiang has been honored by the Heavenly Court, just like Wei Zheng back then. Emperor Li Hong and the important officials in the court must have known about this.
So if you want to ask about the upper world, you naturally have to ask Yu Jiang.
Li Hongdao: "Master Hongqing asked me in a dream to exterminate the Buddha and exclude Shu County. He said that he owed Samantabhadra a favor to Mount Emei Bodhisattva."
"It turns out I'm returning a favor." Yu Jiang smiled faintly.
Li Hong looked at Yu Jiang and said, "What do you think, Ai Qing?"
When Yu Jiang heard this, his expression became serious, and then he reported: "Your Majesty, since this is the request of Master Hongqing, your Majesty might as well accept it."
"Oh?" Li Hong asked, "Is there anything special about this Master Hongqing?"
Yu Jiang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please listen to me slowly."
So Yu Jiang briefly talked about a series of major events that happened from the time Fang Jian was appointed as the God of the Mountain of Juanjie to the execution of the Chaohu Dragon King and his family.
However, he could only give a brief summary. After all, his Immortal Official was only Yaoxun, and he could only know the general outline of some events in Heaven, but not the details.
But despite this, Fang Jian pacified Xihua, suppressed Baotanhua Bodhisattva, drove Buddhism out of Dongsheng Shenzhou, assisted Heaven in clearing out the real demons of outsiders, weakened the Taoist power of Dongsheng Shenzhou, especially killed the Chaohu Dragon King and his family, and even more This shocked Li Hong.
"This Master Hongqing is so legendary." Li Hong was filled with admiration after hearing this, and said with emotion: "I am so ignorant."
Yu Jiang smiled faintly. It's hard to say that you are ignorant. You are the human emperor. It is normal that you don't know about the affairs of heaven.
At the same time, Li Hong thought of Yu Jiang's description of Fang Jian's execution of the Chaohu Dragon King's family...
No wonder his eyes were so scary. Being watched secretly by such a statue made him panic just thinking about it.
"In that case, let's do this favor to Master Hongqing." Li Hong said with a smile.
Then Li Hong said to Yujiang: "Ai Qing can draft an edict to Shu County and order the prefect of Shu County to suspend the extermination of Buddha. This extermination of Buddha does not include Shu County. But Buddhist disciples from other places must not be allowed to enter Shu County. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!" "
"According to the order!" Yu Jiang bowed and said.
"Wait a minute." Just when Yu Jiang received the edict, Li Hong said: "If you want to write it clearly in the edict, let's say that Master Hongqing shows his kindness to the saints. I am grateful for the merits of Master Hongqing in protecting the common people, so I lead Master Hongqing. Order, Shu County will be excluded from destroying the Buddha
. However, all Buddhist temples in Shu County must hand over the temple property and no more people can enter the temple within ten years. "
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yu Jiang bowed to accept the order.
Soon after, the edict was drawn up, and after Li Hong stamped it with the jade seal, he immediately rushed it to Shu County at a speed of three thousand miles.
When this edict was delivered to Shu County, the entire Shu County was shocked.
There are many Buddhist believers in Shu County. After the edict to exterminate Buddhism was issued, many people in Shu County went to the government to ask for orders, hoping that the government would be more lenient.
The prefect of Shu County is also troubled by this, but the imperial edict must be obeyed, so the progress of exterminating Buddhism in Shu County is now halfway through.
When the edict arrived, the prefect of Shu County finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered to stop the extermination of the Buddha, and the monks who had been driven out were also sent back.
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Mount Emei, Sheshen Cliff Sheshen Temple.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who was sitting on the lotus platform, opened his eyes, and the originally kind-hearted treasure was immediately filled with smiles.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva turned his head and said to the great disciple Jingna beside him: "How do you feel about the favor of a bunch of Dendrobium and Three Wonderful Golden Lotus Seeds?"
Jing Na, as Taiyi Xuanxian, knew about this when the edict was just sent to Shu County.
At this moment, Jingna looked at Samantabhadra Bodhisattva with reverence, then he clasped his hands and sang "Amitabha", and then said: "Master has a wonderful plan."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva shook his head and said: "It's not my clever plan, but this Master Hongqing's face is big enough to let the emperor do this favor for him."
Jing Na said: "In this way, our Buddhist sect in Shu County is the only preserved inheritance in the Tang Dynasty."
"That's right." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said: "As long as my Buddhist sect in Shu County is here, it will be much easier for me to return to the East and re-enter the Tang Dynasty in the future."
As soon as Samantabhadra Bodhisattva finished speaking, a ray of Buddha light suddenly fell outside the main hall of Sheshen Temple.
Puxian Bodhisattva immediately raised his hand and looked outside the main hall, and then saw a monk wearing black cassocks and practicing the Golden Immortal Way stepping into the main hall.
When Jingna saw this man, he immediately stepped forward and bowed with his hands together: "Venerable Rahula."
The person who came was none other than Rahula, one of the top ten disciples of Sakyamuni, the 'number one in the secret practice'.
Rahula chanted the Buddha's name to Jingna in return, and then came to worship Samantabhadra Bodhisattva: "Rahula pays homage to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva."
"Amitabha." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name loudly: "Why are you here, fellow Taoist?"
Rahula folded his hands and said, "I have come here to read my Buddha's decree."
After hearing the words, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva immediately stood up, slowly walked down the lotus platform and worshiped: "Listen respectfully to my Buddhist teachings."
In the main hall, the disciples of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva also gathered behind Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and worshiped together: "Listen respectfully to my Buddhist teachings."
Rahula walked up to the hall, and then sang loudly: "My Buddha's Dharma, Samantabhadra took the initiative to save my Buddha in Shu County. He has made outstanding contributions and is honored with the title of 'Mahayana Wisdom Sage', and is called 'Mahayana Wisdom Sage Samantabhadra'." Bodhisattva', in charge of all Buddhist affairs in the Tang Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva immediately bowed down and said, "Disciple, I thank you, my Buddha, and I wish you endless kalpas and boundless Dharma power."
When Samantabhadra was awarded the honorable title by the Buddha, other Buddhist Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in other places did not fare so well.
Outside Shu County, all temples of Buddha and Bodhisattva were demolished, Buddha statues were confiscated or directly destroyed, and all Buddhist disciples in all temples were forced to return to secular life.
At the same time, undercurrents began to surge between the Buddhist monks and great virtues and the Taoist monks and great virtues.
But all this has nothing to do with Fang Jian for the time being, because he has just received the news that the head of the Court of Heaven, Xun Kuang, who has been in charge of it for nearly a million years, has resigned, and the new head of the Court of Heaven is about to take office.
Fang Jian and the Heavenly Judges who were out in various places returned to Heaven as soon as they received the news.
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(There will be more later, but everyone should go to bed early and don’t wait. We will watch it tomorrow!)
