There was no need for Feng Linyi to take action.
The news that the current prince of Jingguo was about to become a disciple of monk Yifan spread throughout the country.
Behind this, of course, is the work of Buddhism.
After all, for the monks, Feng Linyi was still one of their spiritual leaders.
And this time Feng Lin is about to accept Prince Jingguo as his disciple, which is undoubtedly a carnival for many monks.
Under the intensifying public opinion.
Not only many courtiers began to oppose the old emperor's move.
Even some vassal kings sent envoys to the capital to conduct various tests overtly and covertly.
Perhaps in the eyes of many vassal kings, the old emperor found such a master for the prince. It was a lie to seek him out, but it was true to ask for help from Buddhism.
I want to borrow the power of Buddhism to fight against the local vassal kings.
If all this is true, then the feudal kings will have to find a way to strike first.
This could even be used to attract some support within Jingyang Palace.
After all, all the people in Jingguo's kingdom are people named Zhou. Jingyang Palace doesn't care which one becomes the emperor.
However, if the monks get involved and take away their interests, Jingyang Palace will have to intervene.
In such a precarious situation, the old emperor's frail body was deteriorating even more.
Although the prince is arrogant, he still has filial piety.
Because the old emperor only had an only son, he always valued his only son. However, compared to other royal families, there was no situation where father and son were estranged or even like enemies.
Although he was still dissatisfied, he went up Qingquan Mountain again.
He knew that he had to try to calm the situation.
The whole thing needs to be settled.
As long as his apprenticeship with Yifan becomes a fait accompli, then all the chaos will subside in a short time.
On the contrary, as long as he hesitates, those who intend to cause trouble will have one more excuse and reason.
Under the guise of thinking about the prince, he interfered in this matter indiscriminately and added trouble to the old emperor.
Only the second time he went up the mountain, the prince's situation was still not good.
This time... Feng Linmo's reason was to go out for an outing.
Also left another tip bag.
The prince opened the bag and got a painting.
There is only a bright moon in the painting, and a donkey under the bright moon.
The prince was puzzled and could only take the painting back to the palace and ask his advisers to help him solve it.
"Mr. Yifan! I wonder what the painting means?" When the prince opened the brocade bag and unfolded the painting, the old man responsible for delivering the news was also there, so he could see it clearly.
After sending the prince away, the old gentleman was also very confused, so he came in to ask Feng Linwen for advice.
"It's not interesting, I drew it blindly." Feng Linwen said with a smile.
···!
The old gentleman himself had thought of many answers, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
"Then sir, aren't you making fun of the prince?" the old gentleman said angrily.
This is a man of temperament.
Of course he had no objection to adjusting...to teach the prince.
But the prince is the crown prince of Jingguo after all, so playing around like this... isn't it child's play?
What does this mean for the prince?
Feng Linwen sat upright, his originally reclining body, and then said, "Old sir, there is no need to be angry. Although the painting was made blindly, the test questions are real."
"The prince took this painting back and didn't get the answer. He naturally thought about it in various ways and summoned counselors to discuss it. If he can put aside his prejudices and come up to the mountain for the third time to ask me for the answer, it means that he has the heart to seek the truth. A person You may not be the smartest, but you must not be perfunctory and do not ask for a thorough explanation." Feng Linhuo said clearly.
The old gentleman naturally had nothing to say.
So three days later, with the dozens of answers he had summarized, the prince came to visit Feng Linyi again.
This time, he finally met the rumored monk Yifan.
Not to mention anything else, just in terms of appearance, Monk Yifan is very heartwarming.
Although he is young, he has an extraordinary bearing.
If he just wanted to make friends, the prince would be very willing to do so.
"May I ask, sir, what is the meaning of this painting?" After a few polite words, the prince went straight to the subject.
Feng Lin asked with a smile: "What is the prince's explanation?"
After hearing this, the prince came up with the many answers he had summarized recently.
The picture that Lin Ye scribbled on the letter was actually interpreted in many ways from many different angles and with various academic disciplines.
Some of the answers made Feng Linwen feel a little astonished.
So...it still has this meaning?
But the truth is often so cruel.
"What if I tell the prince that I am just scribbling? How should the prince handle himself?" The prince was still spitting out his explanation. He was confident and energetic. He felt that he had reached the peak of a certain realm. He even felt that Through this speech, I can convince the monk in front of me and make him feel ashamed and voluntarily resign from his post as Grand Master.
Yet the results are always heartbreaking.
The gap between ideal and reality is so overwhelming.
"What?" The prince asked again.
"I drew this painting randomly. It was originally meaningless." Feng Linwen said directly, without any intention of changing the answer.
boom!
The prince overturned the table.
"It's too much!"
"Gu... I will immediately send troops to Qingquan Mountain to take you to jail. How dare you, a madman! How dare you play with Gu like this!" The prince was furious. He didn't expect that there was actually someone who was so crazy and crazy that he dared to play with the prince.
Feng Linwen laughed loudly and said, "Zhou Xi! Zhou Xi! Do you think I'm playing tricks on you? Yes! I'm playing tricks on you, but I also taught you a lesson."
"I'm teaching you to discard the false and keep the true. I'm teaching you how to distinguish the true from the false. I'm teaching you to see clearly that the people around you are all incompetent and mediocre people."
"I was just a little temptation, and they all fell into the pit. Not only could they not share your worries, but they also made you embarrassed. How can you rely on such mediocre people to support the country and maintain the government for you in the future? ?”
As the saying goes, there is an emperor and ministers. When the prince ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely rely on the advisers in the palace at this time, and these people will inevitably be like fire and water with Feng Linwan, who is completely different from them.
Therefore, Feng Linwen was taking this opportunity to inoculate himself and directly make those guys disgusted by the prince. Kick these guys out before they take power.
"You are the prince... you are the crown prince... or in other words, the future emperor. Do you think that no one in this world dares to play tricks on you, no one dares to lie to you, no one dares to coax you?" Feng Lin Ye stood up suddenly, pointed at Prince Zhou Xi and said: "I'm going to tell you today, you are wrong! Big mistake! The higher you stand, the more people will lie to you. When you are surrounded by people, When you deceive your people, no matter how much you try to take care of the country, you are still an immoral and ignorant king, and you are also the leader of a subjugated country."
Facing Feng Linwen's majestic momentum, most of the anger in Zhou Xi's heart was relieved, and he collapsed on the ground with a 'snap'.
With his lips trembling again and again, the prince took a few deep breaths and finally came back to his senses and straightened out his thoughts.
After sorting out the description for a while, he clasped his fists and said to Feng Linhui with a tremor in his voice: "What Mr. Sir said today was so enlightening that I will never forget it. Please accept me, Sir, and teach me personally so that I can learn from it." Can truly understand what it means to govern a country.”
The prince relented.
In other words... Whether it was because he was shocked by Feng Linyi or his temperament was tempered, he finally gave in.
But Feng Linwen waved his long sleeves and said coldly: "You enter the house without asking the reason, don't hold back your anger, vent it wantonly, don't distinguish between right and wrong, don't ask the truth. It's not enough to be a human being, let alone a king. A disciple like you ···Don’t accept it! Don’t accept it!”
After saying that, he pointed to the door and shouted coldly: "Get out!"
