Chen Jingke, who was deeply preoccupied, was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He came up with the excuse he had thought of for a long time and said: "Journey to the West tells the story of Lao Tzu's journey to the west and transformed Hu into a Buddha."
"People in the West are uninformed and ignorant of etiquette. God Haotian ordered the Taoist Heavenly Lord to come down to earth and incarnate as Lao Tzu to preach to the West... That grandson will later become Lao Tzu's protector, killing demons and demons along the way and escorting him westward."
"Lao Tzu arrived in the Western world and met Sakyamuni who taught him the Three Thousand Words of the Great Way. Only then did Sakyamuni achieve enlightenment under the bodhi tree and establish Buddhism."
Sun Simiao looked at his cheap apprentice as if he had seen a ghost, "What the hell did I save? You are going to shake the world."
Li Shimin suddenly stopped, turned around, took a deep look at him, and said, "Okay, good story. I will give you a big reward if you write it down later."
Chen Jingke naturally understood what Li Shimin wanted to do, which is why he changed Journey to the West.
It is said that the Li family worships Taoism and suppresses Buddhism. If you study the experience of this family, you will know that their feelings towards Buddhism are the most complicated.
The Li family's superstitious belief in Buddhism can be regarded as ancestral. Although it cannot be traced back to which generation it started, several generations back are all believers in Buddhism.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, in order to raise the lintel of their family, they recognized Lao Tzu as their ancestor. Naturally, they had to raise the status of Taoism, and Taoism also benefited.
But from Li Yuan's canonization of the top ten virtues to Faya, to Li Shimin's continuous construction of temples in order to pray for his wife and children, we can see their true thoughts.
Respecting Taoism is only out of political needs, but I still believe in Buddhism in my heart.
So in terms of belief, the Li family is conflicted. They want to respect Taoism, but the words and deeds of their ancestors for generations have made them more superstitious about Buddhism.
However, Li Shimin was Li Shimin after all, and would not be swayed by such feelings. Later, he still raised a machete called River Crab against Buddhism.
However, this contradiction was not really resolved, but was forcibly suppressed by reason.
Chen Jingke's Journey to the West and Laozi's Transformation of Huhu provides another idea. What if Buddha is originally a part of Tao?
To ordinary people, the modified version of Journey to the West is just a fairy tale about monsters and monsters, but for Li Shimin, it has greater political significance.
What, you tell the truth?
Does the truth matter? As long as people are willing to believe it, then it is true.
The story of Journey to the West is so exciting. He heard it with his own ears just now. As long as the plot behind it doesn't break down, it will definitely spread throughout the country and be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
At that time, Buddha will be the Tao.
This is also the result that Chen Jingke wants to achieve.
In his previous life, he was exploring Taibai Mountain, got into a cave, and came out to the Tang Dynasty. His body also inexplicably became ten years old.
You can imagine how panicked and helpless he was at that time. If he hadn't met Sun Simiao who was collecting herbs, he would have been fed to wild animals. Sun Simiao not only saved him, but also gave him the status of a Taoist priest.
This identity became his only capital. Naturally, he had to think of ways to strengthen this capital so that he could survive better, so he thought of the magical adaptation of Journey to the West.
His plan at that time was to wait for the book to be completed, then use the guise of Sun Simiao to hook up with the Taoist sect. Then use the power of the sect to promote the book, thus gaining huge reputation.
His first choice is the Maoshan sect.
He didn't know much about Taoism in this era, but he knew that in the early Tang Dynasty, there was a very powerful old Taoist named Wang Yuanzhi.
How powerful he was. Before the chaos in the Sui Dynasty, he took refuge in Li Yuan and encouraged Li Yuan to rebel. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he put all the chips on Li Shimin.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng are just younger brothers in front of him.
He believed that Wang Yuanzhi could definitely see the power of the modified version of Journey to the West, but his plan could not keep up with the changes, so he suddenly came to the palace and met Li Shimin.
Just now he told Li Shimin that he told Journey to the West because he saw Princess Chengyang sad, which was not entirely a lie. At that time, he saw a little girl hiding in a corner wiping tears, and he felt particularly uncomfortable.
I originally wanted to tell a random story to make her happy, but ended up telling her a story about Havoc in Heaven from the magically adapted version of Journey to the West, and Li Shimin heard it.
At this point, things had completely deviated from his plan.
But he didn't regret it. If he had it to do again, he would still tell the story of the trouble in the Heavenly Palace to the little girl who was hiding in the corner and wiping her tears, not even daring to cry loudly.
And being discovered by Li Shimin is not necessarily a bad thing, right? Judging from his attitude just now, it is obvious that he is very interested in this story.
So if Empress Changsun's illness cannot be cured later, perhaps we can rely on this book to gain some room for mediation.
In fact, what Chen Jingke didn't know was that Wang Yuanzhi, who he had high hopes for, had passed away last year. But it doesn't matter now, let's get over the current hurdle first.
All the way to the door of the palace, Gao Shilian and others gathered around him again. Li Shimin didn't say anything, but just waved his hand to let them rest.
Asking a ten-year-old child to treat the Queen was ridiculous no matter how you looked at it, so he took a chance because he really had no other choice. He didn't want to tell others and had no way to tell anyone before the results came out.
But Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji were both old foxes with nine minds. The emperor asked Sun Simiao where his disciples were as soon as he left the house.
After going out and bringing back a little Taoist boy, the meaning behind this is very intriguing.
This situation, at best, is called a corporal of courtesy; at worst, the emperor personally invited the person over.
What ability did this little Taoist boy have that the emperor valued so much? Could he cure the queen's illness? Although this answer was ridiculous, the two of them could only think about it this way at the moment.
However, neither of them said anything. They looked Chen Jingke up and down as if they were trying to keep his appearance in mind.
Chen Jingke was a little frightened by the two old foxes staring at him like this. He pretended not to know anything with a straight face and followed Li Shimin into the palace.
The imperial doctor and the palace officials who were waiting eagerly in the room looked at each other in shock when they saw that the person who was invited over was a ten-year-old Taoist boy.
But at this point, no one raised any questions. Everyone knew about the Queen's illness, so the only way was to risk one's life and bet on a miracle.
The reason why a miracle is called a miracle is because it is unexpected. In the face of miracles, it doesn't matter whether you are ten or twenty years old.
Chen Jingke was not polite and went straight to the bed and saw the most powerful competitor in the world, Empress Changsun.
She just lay there quietly, her pale face and sunken eye sockets did not detract from her beautiful appearance, but gave her a kind of morbid beauty that I felt pity for.
He just glanced at it and then looked away. He did not check his pulse, but turned to ask the imperial doctor and others: "Tell me all the information you have diagnosed and related to the condition."
