On the banks of the Weishui River, the North City Gate opened... Li Shimin was sitting on Jueying, with Wei Zheng on the left, Li Jing on the right, Cheng Yaojin, and Hong Funu each leading an army. Behind them were Kong Yingda, Li Gang and many other ministers of the Prince of Qin, all watching. Lu was sad and angry, and slowly came to the opposite side of the clan heads of the aristocratic families!
Especially ministers such as Kong Yingda, Li Gang, Qin Shubao, etc., felt as if they were once again experiencing the Turkic invasion of the city, and their eyes were about to shoot out with anger, wanting to completely burn the head of the family in front of them!
Of course, the attitude of Kong Yingda and others was because Li Shimin was afraid that they would leak it and did not tell them the truth!
As for the people who had known about this plan for a long time, except Li Shimin, who is a god, all of them have extraordinary acting skills, how could they be exposed?
Seeing this situation, the head of the aristocratic family became even more satisfied... Prince Tang? Ah! Without them, it would be just a puppet! Do you really think that with the help of heaven, the world can be turned upside down?
"My lord, please see your Majesty!"
After all, Changsun Wuji still had the identity of Li Shimin's uncle, so he took the initiative to greet him.
Seeing that the leader had all bowed to him, the rest of the family heads followed Li Shimin and bowed to Li Shimin. However, no one offended the king of Tang the first time he opened his mouth.
"Hmph! I am not worthy to be your human king!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly, his words and expression full of reluctance: "Changsun Wuji, your sister is the queen of my palace, and you are a veteran of the Qin Palace who rose up with me and ruled the world. Why did you choose the noble family in the end?!"
"His Majesty……"
When mentioning old things, Changsun Wuji felt a little ashamed and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Li Shimin.
Seeing that the leader of his family was getting weaker and weaker, the head of the Lu family took the initiative to share his worries with Changsun Wuji: "Your Majesty, why bother to embarrass Brother Changsun? Why did you choose the aristocratic family? Don't you know?"
"Now that His Majesty can come to Weishui to meet with us is the most perfect answer!"
"Your Majesty can't give us what we want, so we have to get it ourselves!"
Facing the answer of the head of the Lu family, Li Shimin gave him a cold look, "Oh, I just want to know, if you really give up your identity as a human race and go to the West, will you still be as arrogant as you are now!"
"snort!"
Of course, on the surface, he still pretended to be aggrieved, and just snorted coldly, expressing his helplessness and concession!
"Your Majesty, please don't delay any longer. The current situation is a foregone conclusion. There is no need to discuss right or wrong."
The head of the Lu family looked at Li Shimin triumphantly and said, as if he was a winner: "I wonder if your majesty is willing to compromise with our request? Are you willing to agree?"
Li Shimin was silent... The other party was not in a hurry and just looked at him.
Behind him, countless ministers and generals gritted their teeth! The emperor humiliated his ministers and died, not to mention that they saw with their own eyes the changes in the people of Chang'an and knew that Li Shimin was really making decisions for the people! It’s Mingjun!
This also makes them even more unacceptable!
Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde, two grumpy generals, tightened their weapons and were about to rush forward and chop this guy to death!
Fortunately, Cheng Yaojin realized something was wrong in time and held them down...
"Old man Cheng, you are evil... ugh!"
Seeing that the two of them were still talking, Cheng Yaojin stuffed a shoe in and gave them a look at the same time... Be patient!
The movement behind Li Shimin was also noticed by many family heads... But they were not anxious at all, and the smiles on their faces became even brighter! He believed that Li Shimin, the king of Tang who clamored to be a wise king every day, would make an appropriate decision!
Sure enough, Li Shimin closed his eyes, showing a slightly aggrieved look... and then suddenly opened his eyes, returning to the sharp and heroic eyes he had when he conquered the world!
"I can agree to the order of the human king to travel to the west! However, I also have requirements!"
"Your Majesty, please tell me!"
Changsun Wuji took over the leadership again. Looking at his face, where is the look of guilt?
Li Shimin sneered in his heart... Ha! This is the aristocratic family! Profit comes first! Even, for the benefit of the family, even his own sister, whom he grew up with and loved so much, could give up!
For the sake of acting, he had asked Queen Changsun and the prince and others to stay in the palace and pretend to be banished to the cold palace for a long time... But today, he had never seen Changsun Wuji ask him once!
"After achieving three points, I can take an oath of heaven and issue an edict to help with the journey to the west!"
"1. I know that Buddhism will definitely promise that the whole family will ascend to the Western Paradise. Therefore, after the oath is issued, you must ascend with your family, and you must not leave any descendants of the nine clans in Nanzhan Buzhou!"
"Can!"
Changsun Wuji nodded and agreed... This was originally the agreement they had made with Buddhism, otherwise they would not be able to convince the family's children to use family property to subsidize those untouchables and Guizhou leaders!
"2. When you leave, in addition to your belongings, you must hand over all the remaining land and property to Datang to fill the treasury!"
"Third, hand over all the cities controlled by the family to Datang! Complete the real handover, not the so-called ledger on the surface!"
Li Shimin said the other two points in one breath... For a moment, Changsun Wuji hesitated.
Property, land... Even though they had subsidized the people in the past seven years and faced off against the Tang Dynasty, they still had two-thirds of the property, land, etc.... handing it over like this, it was really a bit reluctant to give it up!
You know, after these belongings go to the West, they may be exchanged for some cultivation items!
"Your Majesty, the family's property has been accumulated by the elders for thousands of years. I'm afraid it won't work just to give it away like this."
"Oh, you have already become a Buddha and become an ancestor. Are mortal possessions of any use to you?" Li Shimin laughed: "You have exploited and squeezed the people for thousands of years, and the mere wealth can only make up for the people... If it weren't for Buddhism , how can anyone from your family go to heaven?"
"Asking you to hand it over is just to accumulate merit for you!"
Changsun Wuji did not listen to Li Shimin's words at all... He was still thinking about the pros and cons...
In the darkness, Tathagata and Guanyin looked at each other. They were monks from birth, and they really didn't understand the role of mortal wealth in monks.
To put it simply, the cultivation resources that monks need cannot be exchanged for mortal wealth, okay? Even those thousand-year-old or ten-thousand-year-old ginseng is useless to monks as long as it has not transformed and absorbed spiritual energy!
As for those who have absorbed spiritual energy, how can they be harvested by mortals? As for gold and silver, have you ever heard of the little magic that turns stone into gold?
Although Buddhism is keen on accepting mortal offerings, these have never been used by Buddhism. They are just the lowest level of Buddhists who need to use incense to practice! Oh, yes, there are also fake Buddhas like Huanxi Buddha who like beauty...
Seeing that Changsun Wuji did not agree for a long time, Tathagata became a little impatient... His lips moved slightly, and a message fell into Changsun Wuji's ears...
"I agree to King Tang's request. After going to the Western Heaven, I can compensate each family with a marrow-cleansing pill and a refining pill to completely get rid of the mortal body... However, I also need King Tang to swear to worship Buddha and hold a water and land conference..."
The deadline for Journey to the West has not yet come, and Buddhism has not yet thrown its demons into the Tang Dynasty... Therefore, Tathagata needs a bigger momentum to build momentum for Journey to the West!
Changsun Wuji's face was filled with joy. Compared with the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Refining Pill, mortal possessions are indeed useless!
"Your Majesty, minister..."
"You are no longer a minister of the Tang Dynasty! You are not even worthy of being a human being!"
Li Shimin directly interrupted Changsun Wuji's statement and scolded.
Changsun Wuji looked embarrassed for a second, then returned to his natural state in a moment.
"On behalf of the head of the aristocratic family, I can fully agree to your majesty's conditions! But at the same time, your majesty also requires you to add two conditions when you swear the oath of heaven!"
"When the pilgrims go west to promulgate the imperial edict, His Majesty will hold a land and water conference on July 7, 749 to pray for the people of the Tang Dynasty! He also makes an imperial edict and promises that after returning from the Buddhist scriptures, he will spread the true scriptures throughout the territory of the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Shimin was silent... He planned to tear it up after issuing the imperial edict! Worship Buddha? After the aristocratic family leaves, he will completely suppress Buddhism. How can he worship Buddhism? !
But looking at Changsun Wuji's expression, one can tell that these two conditions must have been proposed by the Buddhists behind the family! If you don't agree...
"I can agree!"
Just when Li Shimin was thinking about how to negotiate with the aristocratic family, Wei Zheng's voice came to his ears!
"Heaven has already decided to let Jin Chanzi, Sun Wukong and others lead Buddhism and revise Buddhist teachings after their journey to the west... By then Buddhism will also stand side by side with Taoism, Confucianism, Legalism and other schools of thought. I promise it will be fine!"
After receiving the affirmation from the God of Heaven, Li Shimin no longer had any worries. After pretending to think and struggle for a while, he nodded with difficulty: "Yes!"
"So, please swear by your majesty!"
"Don't panic! I will naturally swear to you after you complete the handover!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly, flicked his right hand, turned around and walked away... leaving many heads of aristocratic families behind him cheering, looking like a winner!
Needless to say what happened next, the aggrieved officials of the Tang Dynasty, with the officials they had trained in the past seven years, immediately rushed out and took over the cities in various places...
With the precedent of Chang'an, although the people also missed the days when the aristocratic family gave away money and kept them captive, they also knew that this plan would not last long, and they all silently chose to acquiesce and accepted the change of their own city lord and the change of ruler. fact!
This also made Datang take over the city and truly unify the world at a much faster pace!
So, half a month later... Li Shimin led all the officials to meet the head of the aristocratic family again on the banks of the Weishui River!
"His Majesty,"
After half a month of baptism, Changsun Wuji faced Li Shimin again without the guilt he felt before! You can confront him.
"All major cities in the Tang Dynasty have been taken over, and the family's promise has been fulfilled. Now, it is your turn."
"I believe that Your Majesty will not break the contract, are you right?"
Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin with a smile, like an old fox.
Li Shimin looked at him steadily: "Today, I will call you Uncle Guo for the last time... Uncle Guo, come back, Wu Gu misses you very much!"
For the sake of his wife, Li Shimin sent an invitation letter to an aristocratic family for the first time! Even if it's just to Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji was silent... If Li Shimin could promise to take him to heaven, maybe he would consider it... But now...
One side can go to the West immediately and become a Buddha and an ancestor; but the other side still has to do meritorious deeds and work hard to get the chance... He just has the chance to go to heaven and become a god, and he has to cut off the world of mortals...
No need to think too much, Changsun Wuji has already made his decision!
How can hard work be compared with shortcuts?
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry!"
Changsun Wuji lowered his head again, not daring to look at Li Shimin.
Disappointment flashed in Li Shimin's eyes... After all, family love cannot compare with interests!
On the side, many heads of aristocratic families were afraid that Li Shimin would rebel against Changsun Wuji... After all, even if he went to the Western Paradise, it was obvious that Buddha's attitude towards Changsun Wuji was much better than that of his family!
"Li Shimin!"
Lu Yigong of the Lu family stepped forward, looking particularly arrogant! It was as if he wanted to vent out the anger he had received in court that day! He actually pointed at Prince Tang's nose and said, "I'm willing to admit defeat! It's your turn to swear an oath!"
After the sound fell, he sneered in the direction of Wei Zheng sarcastically: "So what if Heaven helps you? Finally, Prince Tang, you still have to swear obediently."
The corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitched. These heads of aristocratic families are really too proud!
However, he would not tell the other party that the Western Bliss of Buddhism was far from as dull as he imagined!
"God is supreme!" Li Shimin no longer delayed, raised his hand and swore: "Ten years later, when Chen Xuanzang turns eighteen, I will pray for the people and hold a land and water conference... I will become a brother with him and take the Western Tripitaka. , save people and do good... If you violate this oath, you will be punished by thunder and your soul will be sent to the eighteen levels of hell, and you will never change it for eternity!"
If Buddhism has not changed after traveling to the west and is still of no benefit to the human race... I, Li Shimin, would rather suffer the punishment of ten thousand years of hell than preach Buddhism and harm the human race!
During the oath, Li Shimin silently made a promise... Back then, the Fourth Human Emperor was willing to fight against the immortals and gods for the future of the human race... As a holy king, how can I be weaker than others!
The head of the aristocratic family didn't know what Li Shimin was saying, but when he saw the viciousness of the oath and his firm eyes, he thought that the task had been completed. He was immediately overjoyed, clapped his hands and laughed!
"It's done!"
As the sound fell, the golden Buddha light bloomed in the west, and a golden road to the sky spread from a distance and fell at the feet of all the family heads... Many family heads were overjoyed and overjoyed, and ecstatically rushed onto the golden Buddha road one after another to join each family. Together with the children, they headed west like crazy!
Only Changsun Wuji allowed the descendants of the Changsun family, and even the eldest grandson, to rush onto the Golden Light Buddha Road and head straight to the bliss of the West... while he stood there, motionless for a long time!
"Brother-in-law...please tell my sister, brother, I'm sorry for her!"
After saying the last words, Changsun Wuji glanced longingly in the direction of the palace, turned around, stepped out, and was no longer a human being!
Li Shimin stretched out his hand, but in the end, he still didn't stop him... Hey, you can only walk on the path you choose. Uncle, take care! ——
Western Lingshan, Paradise!
Many family heads came together, followed by the children of each family, pouring into Lingshan!
Looking at the splendid Mahavira Palace in front of him, before the family heads could speak, one of the Wang family's children couldn't wait to step into the palace, hoping to be the first to become a Buddha...
Then……
"Ah!~"
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