Wang Ning'an put down his pen, turned his wrist, and said with a smile: "The stone monkey is too powerful. He has an indestructible body and is not afraid of ordinary heavenly soldiers and generals.

With the addition of his Ruyi Golden Cudgel, he is not afraid of even some famous generals, and even the most powerful god of war in heaven, Erlang Zhenjun Yang Jian, can't do anything to the Stone Monkey Sun Wukong."

"Then who can deal with him?" Li Xiangcheng asked curiously.

Since Sun Wukong is so powerful and no one in heaven can defeat him, doesn’t he become lawless?

"Tathagata Buddha." Wang Ning'an spat out four words calmly.

Li Xiangcheng instantly understood what Wang Ning'an was thinking. The gods all over the sky have become immortals through cultivating Taoism, but they can't defeat a stone monkey. However, the Buddha in Buddhism can defeat the stone monkey. This does not mean that Buddhism is better than Taoism.

sharp?

"Master. Master Cheng Chumo and Master Qin Huaiyu want to see you." Wang Zhong walked into the study.

Wang Ning'an nodded and said, "Let them come in."

Li Xiangcheng said: "Then I'll go back first. It won't be good for others to know that I come here often."

"It's okay. What are you afraid of?"

As soon as Wang Ning'an finished speaking, another servant hurried into the study and said: "Young master, Mr. Wei Zheng, Mr. Wei Zheng, Mr. Fang Xuanling and Mr. Du of Du Ruhui want to see the young master."

Wang Ning'an frowned slightly: "Uncle Zhong, take them to the living room and greet them by the way. I'll be right back."

"yes."

After Wang Zhong and his servants left, Li Xiangcheng said: "Okay, it's time for me to leave. So many people are looking for you, it must be about Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures, you have to deal with them well."

Wang Ning'an nodded and said: "I will pay attention. I will ask Si Zhu to send you back. Yinqiao will protect you both openly and secretly, so I can rest assured."

Li Xiangcheng did not reject Wang Ning'an's kindness and nodded in agreement. Before leaving, she did not forget to ask Wang Ning'an to be humble and not to be reckless.

After seeing off Li Xiangcheng, Wang Ning'an came to the living room and found that there were more guests than expected.

In addition to Cheng Chumo and Fang Xuanling, there were also Changsun Wuji and his son, Li Xiaogong, Li Ji and others. Even Li Daozong was there. After counting the number of people, there were fourteen people in total.

Wang Ning'an saluted them one by one, and finally said to Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu: "Please call Uncle Cheng and Uncle Qin here soon."

The two came to their senses and nodded.

Qin Huaiyu said: "Since you all have something to do with Ning'an, my nephew will leave first."

"That's right, that's right, we won't hinder the adults from talking about things. We can just come find Ning'an another day." Cheng Chumo also said.

How could everyone not understand the meaning behind their words? They all showed meaningful smiles.

Wang Ning'an sighed and said helpfully: "Eldest brother, second brother, please come back tomorrow. If I have something to do tomorrow, please help me."

"Okay, let's come back tomorrow." Cheng Chu said silently.

"Farewell."

After the two of them left, Wang Ning'an raised his hands to Fang Xuanling and others and said, "My lords, Your Majesty, why do you come to see me together?"

"Haha..." Fang Xuanling finally spoke first, "I don't know why other people come to you?" He glanced at the others and continued: "But I and Keming came to you because of Xuanzang.

Xizhu’s study of Buddhist scriptures.”

"I am here for this matter as well." Wei Zheng also said.

Wang Ning'an also glanced at everyone and said: "I guess everyone is here for this matter, but with different purposes.

You might as well listen to Master Fang and Master Du’s intentions first, and then listen to the others’ intentions.”

The others had no objection. They all came to the court together and knew the purpose of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in finding Wang Ning'an.

"Then I will do my duty." Fang Xuanling said, "I came to you because Your Majesty entrusted the matter of Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures to me and Keming.

We all agree with this matter, but I don't understand. Xuanzang's trip to Tianzhu is tens of thousands of miles away. He may have traveled to or from various countries, if not a hundred or eighty.

Some of these countries are hostile to the Tang Dynasty, and some are unheard of. Under such circumstances, naming Xuanzang as his imperial disciple will not only not help, but will actually harm him. I don’t know why you would do this?"

Wang Ningnian replied: "Lord Fang doesn't know. Master Xuanzang is an eminent monk. He doesn't care about his disciple's identity at all. Even if the Tang Dynasty prohibits Xuanzang from studying for Buddhist scriptures, he will do everything possible to obtain Buddhist scriptures."

"What if I send someone to follow him every day? Even if he eats or goes to the hut, I will follow him. How can he go to get scriptures?" Fang Xuanling said.

Wang Ning'an said: "Then Lord Fang, prepare to be infamy for eternity. Unless this matter is not recorded in the history books, Lord Fang's reputation and the reputation of the Fang family will also be ruined."

"Why?"

Wang Ning'an explained: "Xuan Zang would not eat or drink to show his determination. If Mr. Fang issued an order to force Xuanzang to death, I don't need to tell you the consequences."

"Okay, even if you are right, you still haven't answered why I made Master Xuanzang his imperial disciple. This may not be a good thing for him." Fang Xuanling asked again.

Wang Ning'an explained: "It doesn't matter what Master Xuanzang's status is. The most important thing is that he is a devout holy monk. This status will allow him to reach Tianzhu safely. Unless a country wants to destroy the Buddha, then it will be a threat."

Master Xuanzang.

However, I have never heard of any country exterminating Buddha. They are all countries that respect Buddha. The more you go to India, the more you worship Buddha, so he is not in danger at all. On the contrary, his status as imperial disciple can protect him even more."

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and finally nodded. After he sat down, Du Ruhui said: "Actually, His Majesty has already agreed to make Xuanzang his imperial disciple. We also know that Xuanzang went to Tianzhu to obtain Buddhist scriptures, which was a meritorious deed."

matter.

This matter will definitely go down in history in the future, but I saw that Xuanzang's move was very helpful to Yang Wei and the Tang Dynasty and to Buddhism. I forgive my incompetence for not seeing the rest."

Wang Ning'an said: "Commerce is very helpful to the development of commerce in the Tang Dynasty. Brothers in the border areas are very hard-working. If the imperial court decrees to collect tariffs, some of the money from the tariffs will be used."

"Nonsense."

Wei Zheng stood up. He always regarded Wang Ning'an as a young boy. No matter how great his achievements were, Wang Ning'an was still a young boy. Some of the things he did were just a matter of youthful spirit.

Just like Xuanzang's Buddhist scripture study this time, if Xuanzang went to collect Buddhist scriptures by himself, he would be very happy to see it and even help.

But Wang Ning'an actually made Xuanzang his imperial disciple. In this way, Xuanzang's search for Buddhist scriptures became the Tang Dynasty's search for Buddhist scriptures. The Tang Dynasty was a superior country, a big country, and a powerful country. When did the Tang Dynasty need to come forward to get things from Tianzhu?

Not only did this lose the face of the Tang Dynasty, but also the imperial brother of the Tang Dynasty went to

How could Tianzhu let him go alone to learn Buddhist scriptures? Otherwise, he would lose face to the Tang Dynasty.

He paused and continued: "Wang Ning'an, do you know how serious the consequences would be if there were tariffs in the Tang Dynasty?"

Wang Ning'an shook his head and said: "I really don't know this, please give me some advice, Mr. Wei."

Wei Zheng said loudly: "Once there are tariffs in Datang, Hu merchants from various countries will no longer come to Datang to do business, or the number will be greatly reduced. This will do more harm than good to Datang.

Also, customs duties will be collected at the border areas, which are too far away from the imperial court to collect money immediately. Over time, some people will try to control the border, and even lead to border mutinies."

Wang Ning'an shook his head and said: "Master Wei said something harsh. It is well known to everyone that the border is very difficult, so I just said that the brothers in the border are suffering.

Everyone is deceived by the inherent idea. In fact, the border is where the most wealth is."

"Ning'an, please stop talking nonsense. The border has always been a place of war. After the baptism of war, the people in the border will be in dire straits. How can it be the place with the most wealth?" Changsun Chong kindly reminded.

Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice: "Chong'er, don't talk too much, let Ning An finish what he said."

"yes."

Changsun Wuji nodded, smiled and said again: "Everyone, I'm very sorry, Ning'an, please continue."

"Yes." Wang Ning'an also nodded, "What Brother Changsun just said is true. The border is a place of war. As long as there is a war, it is the border that will be harmed.

However, it is also the place with the most wealth. As for why, I can tell you now, it is because of smuggling."

smuggling.

Everyone's sensitive nerves were touched.

Wei Zheng was even more touched and said: "The imperial court stipulates that once a smuggler is discovered, his family property will be confiscated and all the Yi tribes will be killed."

"Then I dare to ask Mr. Wei, has smuggling been put to an end due to the regulations of the imperial court?"

"This..." Wei Zheng shook his head and sighed: "The imperial court catches smugglers every year."

"That's of course. With high profits, the number of people taking risks for smuggling will only increase, not decrease."

Wei Zheng rolled his eyes at Wang Ning'an and said, "Don't you know, I'm an old man? Everything can only be cleared, not blocked, but how can food, salt, iron and other items be sold to Turks, Uighurs and other countries at will.

Once they have these things, the combat power of their army will be greatly enhanced, which will be very disadvantageous for me, Datang."

Wang Ning'an nodded and said: "Master Wei is right. Important strategic materials cannot be sold to the enemy. But this is not a long-term solution."

"Do you have a better way?"

Wang Ning'an nodded and said, "Yes, but that's not the reason why Mr. Wei came to see me today. We just went off topic."

Wei Zheng coughed a few times in embarrassment, while the others smiled like they were watching a show. There were not many things that could make Wei Zheng feel embarrassed.

Wang Ning'an smiled slightly and continued: "Xuan Zang's trip to Tianzhu to learn Buddhist scriptures not only promoted cultural exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and other countries, but also allowed the Tang Dynasty to understand the size and distance of each country.

There is also trade. I will form two caravans one after another to follow Xuanzang to Tianzhu. I believe that in more than ten years, the Tang Dynasty’s business travel will appear in various countries. If you are interested, you can also form a caravan.
Chapter completed!