Chapter 148 The Contradictions Between Monarch and Subject Are Deepening
Qianqing Palace.
Li Qing saw a group of monks meditating in the square in front of the main hall from a distance. They all had fat heads, big ears and bright heads, which were very attractive to watch.
"Dong dong dong..."
The wooden fish was knocked up and down, and dozens of monks with solemn treasures were sitting on futons, their lips moving, but it was difficult to hear what they were saying.
Li Qing asked curiously, "Father, what do these monks do?"
"They are here to pray for the empress." Xiao Guizi explained, "These are all famous eminent monks in the capital. The imperial master will also come in a few days."
"National Preceptor?" Li Qing asked in surprise, "Do we have a National Preceptor in the Ming Dynasty?"
Xiao Guizi nodded.
"Who is it?"
"The leader of Zhengyi Cult protects the country and explains the ancestor Dazhenren." Xiao Guizi said, "The current Celestial Master was granted the title in the fifth year of Hongwu. The emperor also ordered the construction of Dazhenren Mansion. Taoism is an orthodox religious sect, but it is not comparable to Buddhism."
"That's it." Li Qing nodded.
It seems that although Zhu Yuanzhang believed in Buddhism and served as a monk, he still followed the traditions of Han culture when it came to state religion.
"Wait a minute..." His eyes lit up, "You mean Zhang Tianshi is coming too?"
"Um."
I'll go, isn't this already there?
Li Qing secretly smiled strangely. He really got what he thought of, "When will the Heavenly Master arrive?"
"Well..." Xiao Guizi thought for a while, "It's more than a thousand miles from the capital to Longhu Mountain. Even if we rush 800 miles, it will take two days. The round trip will take five days anyway."
Li Qing nodded and carried Xiao Guizi into the hall.
When he arrived at Queen Ma's palace, everyone immediately made way for him. King Qin Zhu Zhen stopped showing his teeth and hid in the crowd like a transparent person.
Li Qing walked to the bedside and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty, I am going to treat my empress. You should stay out of the way first."
"We can't watch?"
"...Not really." Li Qingqian smiled, "It's just that the Emperor is present, so I'm inevitably a little nervous. To be on the safe side...hehe..."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment, nodded slightly, waved his hand and said, "Everyone, get out."
After a pause, "Will the sound of monks chanting sutras and wooden fish outside affect you?"
"It's best to be quiet for a while." Li Qing smiled and said, "It's not too late, isn't it?"
After a while, the main hall became quiet, and after a while the chanting outside also stopped.
"Mother, please take a nap."
Queen Ma glanced at him and said, "You can't even look at me?"
"Uh-huh..." Li Qing said with a smile, "It's convenient for Chen to treat me while I'm asleep."
"Okay!" Queen Ma didn't say anything else, slowly closed her eyes, and fell asleep after a while.
…
Half an hour later, Li Qing left the palace.
In the square outside the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was giving ideological education to several vassal princes. He didn't know what he said, but the four of them nodded frequently.
At this time, Zhu Di saw him coming out, waved his hand quickly and shouted softly:
"Knock it and read it~"
A group of monks immediately picked up the wooden mallets and struck the wooden fish, while muttering something in their mouths.
Zhu Yuanzhang followed Zhu Di's gaze and saw Li Qing coming out. He ignored the ideological classes with his sons and stepped forward and said:
"Why didn't the queen come out?"
"Your Majesty is still resting." Li Qing cupped his hands and said, "When you wake up, Your Majesty can accompany your Majesty to go out for some proper exercise."
"That's good." Zhu Yuanzhang's nervous expression slowly relaxed. He thought Li Qing's new treatment would only work once.
He turned to Zhu Di and others and said, "You just sit here and listen to the scriptures, don't go anywhere."
After saying that, he turned around and said, "Li Qing, come with us for a walk."
"I obey the decree."
Li Qing looked back at the group of monks. The early morning sunlight shone on their heads, making them dazzling like light bulbs.
He suddenly remembered something, hesitated for a moment, and said as if unintentionally, "Does the feudal prince want to learn Buddhism?"
"What's there to learn from that thing?" Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "We let them cultivate their moral character, one by one... Except for King Zhou's gentle personality, the other three are more irritable than the other."
"Especially the second one!"
Li Qing's heart moved and he thought to himself: "Isn't Yao Guangxiao among that group of people?"
Li Qing had heard a little about this character, the main planner of Zhu Di's Jingnan incident and one of the compilers of the Yongle Dadian.
Some people even say that without his instigation, Zhu Di would not have rebelled.
It's not that Li Qing doesn't like Zhu Di, on the contrary, in his opinion, in terms of governing the country, Zhu Di did a better job than Zhu Yuanzhang.
But he didn't want to see the wars of the Ming Dynasty rise again. This was not a passage in a history book. They were real people. Once the war started, how many people would die.
Can I stop it?
Li Qing fell into deep thought and couldn't help but think of his master's motto: "The trend is irreversible, we must follow the trend."
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah? Oh..." Li Qing came to his senses and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I am a Taoist and I am also very interested in Buddhism. Can you allow me to communicate with those monks?"
"What's this?
It's up to you!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "However, your Taoist heart is not strong enough. People say that Buddhism and Taoism are incompatible. You, a Taoist, are actually interested in Buddhism. It's really..."
After a pause, "Master Zhang will be here in a few days, and you can communicate with him."
Li Qing chuckled, "Yes, there will be communication."
"By the way, Your Majesty, I asked someone to arrest the general who was guarding the city."
"Is it to investigate the case of assassinating you?"
"Well, the Emperor Mingjian."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said with a smile: "If you catch me, I'll catch you. We like your character of retribution."
Li Qing smiled awkwardly, and for a moment he couldn't figure out whether Lao Zhu was praising him or hurting him.
The two walked for a while and talked for a while about government affairs and Empress Ma's physical condition. The young eunuch reported that the empress was awake, and then ended the conversation.
"Let's go to accompany the girl." Zhu Yuanzhang stretched and said, "Take good care of your body. It's not good for you to lose weight at such a young age."
Li Qing nodded with a smile, watched Lao Zhu go away, and returned to the square in front of the Qianqing Palace, ready to see if Yao Guangxiao was among those people.
…
"May I ask who the eminent monk's name is?" Li Qing took the simplest approach and asked directly.
When the monk saw that he was wearing a flying fish suit and was chatting and laughing with the emperor just now, he didn't dare to show any signs of neglect. He quickly put his hands together, made a Buddha name and said:
"The poor monk's Dharma name is Zhiyin."
"..." Li Qing said amusedly, "I'm asking about your lay name."
"A poor monk became a monk since childhood and has no secular name."
Huh? This...
Li Qing was dumbfounded, what is Yao Guangxiao's dharma name?
Or could it be said that the name Yao Guangxiao came to him after he returned to secular life?
Or... is it the name given to Zhu Dijing after he failed to succeed?
He has a big head, and he is not an expert on Ming history. Apart from the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the ones he is most familiar with are the eunuchs.
For example: Zheng He, Wang Zhen, Cao Jixiang, Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian.
There is no way, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were too famous.
In movies and TV shows related to the history of the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs are even more famous than emperors.
Yu Huatian in Dragon Gate Flying Swords, that sentence: [I will take care of things that your Dongchang can manage, and I will still take care of things that your Dongchang can’t!]
It can be said that he is domineering and sideways, and his prototype is Wang Zhi during the Chenghua period.
Li Qing didn't know much about official history. He was bored when he was in college, so he wanted to try studying it, but later gave up.
The reason is that the history of the Ming Dynasty is too chaotic, there is no unified statement, and there are even many contradictions between official history and official history.
This is a history of the Ming Dynasty that took nearly a hundred years to compile in the Qing Dynasty. Its authenticity can be imagined.
"Excuse me." Li Qing breathed out and asked another person, "What do you call the eminent monk?"
"The poor monk's Dharma name is wisdom."
"Does it have a common name?"
The fat monk blushed and hesitated: "Li Ergou."
When several vassal kings saw him asking the monks their names one by one, they all looked strange. They couldn't listen to the Buddhist scriptures, so they looked at Li Qing with interest.
Li Qing asked more than a dozen people in a row, but he couldn't get any answers, so he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
King Yan stepped forward and asked: "Li Qing, why do you ask these monks their names?"
"Back to King Yan, they often come in and out of the palace. Let's make statistics for easy management." Li Qing opened his mouth and came.
Zhu Di nodded and said nothing more.
Li Qing continued to ask questions one by one, and finally came to a middle-aged monk.