Chapter 173
As early as the beginning of the year, Xuanzang submitted a letter to the court that he had almost walked to the Anxi Protectorate Mansion. It would be impossible not to submit a letter to him. Without court documents, it would be difficult for him to walk when he returned to the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Fang Xuanling asked someone to criticize Xuanzang's public documents, and Xuanzang officially set off for the Tang Dynasty. When he passed through Gaochang, Xuanzang stayed for a few more days to perform a ritual for the former King Gaochang. When he embarked on the road to obtaining scriptures, he passed by Gaochang and talked about scriptures with King Gaochang. He was extremely happy and made an appointment to meet again the next day. He did not want to leave his old friend after he came back, and Gaochang became part of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.
It was also at this time that Xuanzang learned about the many changes in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Li Yuanying sent people to various Tubo tribes to promote Buddhism, and used tea to enter Zen, and fabricated many Zen tea allusions out of thin air. The Anxi Protectorate was also influenced. Although the people did not have the opportunity to buy tea, the officials and nobles had the opportunity to taste the taste of tea.
The son of King Gaochang also returned to Gaochang. Knowing that it was his father's old friend who returned, he personally received Xuanzang and served the guests with tea, which made Xuanzang taste fresh.
Xuanzang was shocked when he heard the son of an old friend telling the story of Zen tea with a lot of Buddhist allusions. Even after hearing this, he felt that the tea was very bitter and tasteful, which was in line with the Buddhist practice!
Xuanzang left Chang'an in the third year of Zhenguan. Li Yuanying had not been born yet, and he had never heard of this Prince Teng.
Hearing about Li Yuanying's deeds from the son of King Gaochang, Xuanzang kept this figure firmly in his heart. He spent more than ten years to obtain the true scriptures in India, so he naturally wanted to carry forward it. If more people want to accept the true scriptures he translated, he must be recognized by His Majesty Li Er!
This time he passed by 110 countries, and his experience was extremely rich. He also paid attention to the customs and vegetation products of various places along the way, believing that these things should be useful to the court.
Xuanzang carefully sorted out what he could do, hoping to win the recognition of the court.
After the summer, the weather was hot. His Majesty Li Er took Wei Zheng and others to Cuiwei Palace to escape the heat and leave the prince in Chang'an to take charge.
I heard that Xuanzang returned to Chang'an and was placed in Hongfu Temple. Li Chengqian had the idea of seeing Xuanzang.
Compared to the atheist of His Majesty Li Er, Li Chengqian is still a bit of research on Buddhist principles. However, after Li Yuanying's Zen tea hype, Li Chengqian has more or less figured out the attitude he should be towards Buddhism: pick the useful ones and believe in one's useful ones, and learn it. Believe in some Buddhist principles, but you don't need to believe in all monks. Who knows whether monks have the meaning of misinterpreting the Buddhist scriptures? Anyway, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones!
Li Chengqian met Xuanzang with this extremely correct attitude.
Although Xuanzang was a little disappointed, he still responded seriously and picked out what he saw and heard on the way to obtain the scriptures and told Li Chengqian. He felt that there were countless difficulties and obstacles on the way to obtain the scriptures. He picked up some of them and said them casually, which would make Li Chengqian look at him differently!
Xuanzang miscalculated this, and Li Chengqian felt that it was not very strange to hear it. He had heard of such an adventure story with Li Yuanying! Although the places and people are different, they are also ups and downs and thrilling.
Recently, Fengtailou has combined music with common sayings, which tells stories and music, both novel and interesting. In comparison, Xuanzang's empty talk is a bit boring!
After listening to two passages, Li Chengqian was interested in not having to talk about it. He could organize some disciples to help compile the process of going to India to obtain scriptures into books for reference by the court.
After saying that, Li Chengqian thought that Xuanzang was not hit hard enough, so he asked someone to bring some books of "Tubo Trails" for Xuanzang to refer to, saying that Xuanzang would compare to these books to record the properties, customs, population, and livestock domestication in various places.
Li Chengqian held Xuanzang's hand earnestly and instructed him: "In previous years, many Buddhist disciples have gone to Tubo, and the Turks have promoted Buddhism. Since Master Xuanzang, you have obtained the true scriptures, you must send another group of people to teach them the true scriptures. Please Master Xuanzang for this matter!"
Xuanzang's face was stiff and he could only respond with a forced smile. He had been going back and forth for nineteen years. Chang'an had changed so much. The prince who was still very childish back then had grown up so much that he could not recognize him! It was really hard to imagine that the calm and graceful young man in front of him was the lively and active little prince back then!
Also, why are there so many Buddhist children going to Tubo and those places in the Turks? Back then, he wanted to go to India to seek the true scriptures. Not many people who agreed with him were willing to walk with him!
Could it be that less than twenty years can really make him completely disconnected from the current Chang'an?
Xuanzang felt that it was necessary to understand the current situation in Chang'an first before making plans!
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Li Chengqian took the time to meet Xuanzang and felt that Xuanzang had worked hard all the way, but he was not very good at telling stories.
He asked someone to arrange a group of Buddhist children to help Xuanzang write books. He must choose those with good literary talent and organized thinking. He must write this book "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" in detail and interesting ways. It is best to sing out the beauty of the Western Regions so that more caravans are willing to suffer from the hardships of the boat and car to get back the treasures of the Western Regions.
The best thing is to let Xingxin and they pick out the exciting contents of "The Record of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" and make it into a play!
As long as there are enough benefits, let alone the Western Regions, there will definitely be people who are willing to leave in the further distance! This is much easier than sending envoys to negotiate with them, and there is no need to be scolded by Wei Zheng and others for being useless and troubled.
You should know that the officials in the court were recruited from the people, and the people were never willing to help the court do idle work. The superiors had to force them to recruit them to the Western Regions to help the court in purchasing, and they would definitely make trouble!
At that time, His Majesty Li Er wanted to go to Luoyang to escape the summer heat, but the guards accompanying him dared to shoot arrows in his bedroom because they didn't want to travel hard, trying to get His Majesty Li Er to give up his thoughts. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, some servants who went to pick up the girl in various places felt that the road was too hard and directly sunk the boat that picked up the girl.
Therefore, instead of forcing the levy, it is better to find a way to make someone voluntarily do it.
The one who is most easily motivated is naturally merchants. Merchants are seeking profits. As long as they are profitable, they are willing to do anything!
After being with Li Yuanying for a long time, Li Chengqian is also very thoughtful now. After making arrangements for the matter according to his own ideas, Li Chengqian wrote another letter to Li Yuanying to mention this matter, telling Li Yuanying that if the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" was well written, he would definitely send it to Tengzhou for him to see as soon as possible.
When Li Yuanying received the letter, he asked Luo Binwang to write an invitation article and summoned the knowledgeable people from Henan Road to the meeting. The so-called knowledgeable people include but are not limited to the aristocratic families and powerful families. As long as you have money, you have someone, you have food, or you can get whatever you can do!
Li Yuanying has been to Henan for so long, and everyone who should ask about his details has been asked. Many people also know that Li Yuanying has done a lot of things in addition to the most resounding title of the Little Demon King of the World. For example, before the vassal period, he called on the people of Zhen County to donate money to repair Cuiwei Palace!
But in fact, the people of Zhengxian who paid the money did not suffer any losses. At least this year, some people from Henan Province who have a wealthy family have heard about the situation where Chang'an is hard to find.
The melon was taught by Li Yuanying. The thin skin is cute and the red melon flesh is fresh and plump. If you bite it, the sweet melon juice is enough to dispel the hot summer heat! All the people who planted this watermelon in Zhengxian have made a lot of money, and the money they earn is no less than the money they donated!
Even if others can grow it next year, they will not lose money if they make this money. Moreover, the melons cannot be planted easily. They have to choose the soil and choose the right method. It is said that oranges grow in the south of Huai, and oranges grow in the north of Huai, and citrus. The same melon seeds, and the watermelons planted elsewhere may not be as good as those grown in the county!
Therefore, this Highness Teng is actually a kind person.
Although everyone didn't want to get involved with Li Yuanying, they were curious about what Li Yuanying had to do with him, so the people who received the invitation were hesitating whether they wanted to go to the meeting. If they sent a manager, can they make the right decision as soon as possible when encountering major events like Xiucuiwei Palace?
Many people are not sure about their ideas. They ask each other about their ideas and see if they want to go. They all think that if everyone goes, it wouldn't be too shameless to go by themselves? Of course, because everyone has such an idea, others vaguely go over when they ask, and no one is willing to be the first person to give them the right words!
As the organizer of this "mobilization meeting", Li Yuanying was not in a hurry at all. After asking someone to send the invitation letter out, he would still go to the academy to patrol every day to see the academy's enrollment and teaching situation.
Tengzhou originally had state education, but state education does not engage in basic education. Those who go in are all candidates who need to take the exam after three to five years. The academy has encircled the state education and added enlightenment classes, basic classes and various junior college branches. Now, students have to run around that large area of school fields every day under the guidance of their Master, which is very lively.
This was proposed by Wu Mei. First, in order to exercise students' physical fitness and let them study healthily; second, in order to let them see the fields assigned to them by Li Yuanying every day, so that they can remember Li Yuanying's kindness and not bother to raise ungrateful wolves - since they have done a good thing, they should know!
Wu Mei couldn't let Li Yuanying use her field as a school field to support the academy students. She did not ask these students to follow Li Yuanying in the future, but at least they should be grateful.
Li Yuanying occasionally went over to see the students running around the school in the morning.
Looking at the growing number of new faces, Li Yuanying felt very satisfied. These people would either enter the court or enter all walks of life in the future. No matter what they can do in the future, they would contribute their strength to the Tang Dynasty! Even for the huge Tang Dynasty, such a group of people is nothing at all, but cultivating them one by one is always useful!
After inspecting the Academy on that day, Li Yuanying Dao Academic received a letter from his eldest nephew. After he opened the letter, he was very interested in Xuanzang and agreed with his eldest nephew's idea. He should ask Xuanzang to tell me what good things are in the Western Regions, and then encourage the merchants to get them back!
Li Yuanying wrote back to Li Chengqian and praised Li Chengqian so hard that there was nothing in the sky. At the end of the writing, he recalled with Li Chengqian with emotion when everyone sang and danced together with roasted beef and roasted sheep, and said that he missed Li Chengqian, his eldest nephew, very stingy!
He was about to send a letter to Chang'an, and Li Yuanying took the opportunity to write a letter to His Majesty Li Er, writing about his plan for the "Pearl of the East".
Chapter completed!