It was only six years after the release of the Tang Dynasty that it was Journey to the West Chapter 273: Xu Maogong sees the Jade Emperor Su Chen Taoist temple releases the lottery
Chapter 273: Xu Maogong sees the Jade Emperor Su Chen Taoist temple releases the lottery
Chapter 273 Xu Maogong meets the Jade Emperor, Su Chen Taoist Temple interprets the signature [Please subscribe and vote monthly]
Emperor Li Shimin has already given in.
Directly crown Xuanzang, the Buddha King of the Tang Dynasty.
But he didn't want to offend Su Chen, so he still asked Su Chen to crown Xuanzang and establish Su Chen's status as a national master.
Maitreya Buddha's eyes dropped, not wanting Su Chen to cast a shadow on the catastrophe of Journey to the West.
But he hasn't spoken yet.
Xuanzang had already knelt down and said, "I would like to thank Your Majesty, poor monk."
Xuanzang knelt down and accepted the order.
He accepted the order and lowered his head. At this time, the monks all looked complicated.
The Buddhists of the Tang Dynasty all hoped that Xuanzang could be crowned king, which would give the monks of the Tang Dynasty a firm backer.
But they didn't want Xuanzang to kneel down to Su Chen, let alone Su Chen to crown Xuanzang.
It's just the lesser of two evils.
They felt that compared to being crowned king, allowing Su Chen to be crowned was a necessary concession, and it was not unacceptable.
Ordinary Buddhists can naturally accept it, even Xuanzang’s master found it acceptable.
but.
Maitreya Buddha could not accept it, because he felt that it would bring disgrace to Buddhism.
However, Xuanzang had already knelt down. If he stopped him, Li Shimin would probably make Buddhism disappear from the Tang Dynasty.
As a Buddha, he cannot stop it.
Su Chen picked up the monk's hat and put it on Xuanzang.
With a smile on his face, he said: "Xuan Zang, from now on you will be the holy monk of the Tang Dynasty. You must shoulder your own responsibilities and be truly compassionate."
Xuanzang said yes.
In fact, he also knew that Maitreya Buddha was probably competing with Su Chen, but he didn't want the Buddhist and Taoist sects to have a dispute.
He didn't know who was more powerful, Su Chen or Maitreya Buddha, but he simply didn't want a conflict to break out.
Su Chen also taught him Taoism, so he knelt down to Su Chen and accepted the coronation. There was nothing unacceptable about this.
Xuanzang thought so in his heart, but Maitreya Buddha's heart was already bleeding.
Even if Su Chen crowned Xuanzang, he still dared to say such shameless words, the kind of words that could only be said by Buddhist elders. When it came from Su Chen's mouth, I always felt ironic.
However, Maitreya Buddha was still helpless.
When Li Shimin saw the coronation, he quickly eased the tense atmosphere and said: "King Xuanzang, you must remember the instructions of the Imperial Master. From now on, Buddhism and Taoism in the Tang Dynasty must flourish."
Everyone cheered.
"Amitabha!"
Maitreya Buddha's name immediately suppressed everyone's cheers. He jumped into the air, ignoring Li Shimin and Su Chen, and stared directly at Xuanzang.
"Xuan Zang, since you are already a holy monk of the Tang Dynasty, you must shoulder your responsibilities. What you are reciting today is nothing but Hinayana Buddhism. There is Mahayana Buddhism in the Great Leiyin Temple in the West, which can overcome all the hardships in the world.
, do you dare to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?!"
He clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, if you can get it, your Dharma will be ten thousand times more powerful than it is now, and you will also be named a Buddha by then, saving all people."
Maitreya Buddha deliberately emphasized this point to weaken the influence of Su Chen and Li Shimin's crowning him.
Anyway, he was crowned Buddha King by virtue of Hinayana Buddhism. If he obtains Mahayana Buddhism in the future, he will be able to become Buddha.
If the achievement is higher, the Buddha King at this time will not be worth mentioning.
Everyone in the Buddhist sect was extremely excited, even Master Tianshu was filled with jealousy.
They are all outstanding, but they don't have such a good opportunity.
Although they could also obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West, Xuanzang was invited by Buddhism and would be able to become a Buddha in the future.
Many Buddhists in Chang'an knelt down and begged Xuanzang to go west.
"We, the Buddhist monks, sincerely request King Xuanzang to go to the West to obtain sutras and save all sentient beings."
Some ordinary people who didn't know about it knelt down and begged Xuanzang to go westward.
"I beg the Buddha King to seek scriptures from the West and save me from the sea of suffering."
"Ask the Buddha King to the West to obtain scriptures."
Xuanzang hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Amitabha, my disciple Xuanzang has great ambitions and has made a great wish here. In this life, he will not be able to learn the Mahayana Buddhism, and he will never be able to become a country."
When Maitreya Buddha saw Xuanzang's great ambition, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "The journey is difficult and dangerous. There are many insects, fish, birds, beasts, demons and ghosts along the way. Do you have the courage?!"
Xuanzang said: "Until death we do not change."
Maitreya Buddha said: "If you have this intention, I, the Buddha, will not abandon you. This brocade cassock, the nine-ring tin staff, the purple gold bowl and the thousand-fold Buddha hat can protect you on your way west, so I will give them to you."
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He dropped his cassock and other treasures in the air, letting them sway in the wind, and the wind dressed Xuanzang neatly.
For a moment, Xuanzang's whole person seemed to be illuminated by the Buddha's light, and he was truly an enlightened monk.
Li Shimin couldn't help but marvel, only Su Chen's expression remained as usual.
Maitreya Buddha was forced by him and couldn't even play tricks. He needed to reward things directly. This trip to the west had already started badly.
After all, according to the original trajectory, Maitreya Buddha wanted to test whether Xuanzang was determined to go west and whether he was sincere enough for Buddhism.
These treasures were to be sold to him. If Xuanzang was willing to give them up, he would lose all his money to buy them.
But now, it is sent directly.
The meaning is different.
This move alone is enough to add a lot of work to the Buddhist sect, allowing them to think of ways to test Xuanzang.
Su Chen didn't need to think too much, just by looking at Maitreya Buddha's eyes, he knew how angry he was at this moment.
but.
His face was still as bright as spring breeze, "Very good, Xuanzang, I look forward to your arrival at the Great Leiyin Temple in the West."
Then he rode the wind back home.
Li Shimin took the civil and military officials and many people to see him off. Except for Li Shimin, his wife and Su Chen, everyone else knelt down and worshiped on the ground.
At this point, this Buddhist meeting was ‘successfully concluded’.
Next came various arrangements. Li Shimin had prepared a banquet for hundreds of civil and military officials, dignitaries from aristocratic families, and Buddhist sects.
In particular, Xuanzang and Su Chen were invited to a banquet, but Su Chen left with an excuse. He would not attend such a gathering.
Although he did not participate this time, Su Chen did not leave Daming Palace immediately, but went to the Royal Taoist Temple.
Inside the Royal Taoist Temple.
Yuan Shoucheng is meditating.
Su Chen's arrival had obviously alarmed him, and he quickly stood up to greet him.
"I have met the immortal master." Yuan Shoucheng quickly knelt down and saluted.
Su Chen said: "No need to be polite, I am here this time to see how your practice is going."
Yuan Shoucheng said quickly: "Thanks to the immortal master for your guidance, my disciple is now only half a step away from being able to discern the secrets of heaven and become an immortal."
Su Chen said: "Very good, keep working hard."
Yuan Shoucheng was trembling, but when he saw that Su Chen was just visiting the Taoist temple, he didn't say anything more.
He was feeling uneasy in his heart, and finally couldn't bear it any longer. He knelt down and said, "Master Immortal, my disciple is at fault."
Su Chen said: "What's wrong with you?"
Yuan Shoucheng said: "This disciple obtained the dream of Buddhism, but actually violated the precepts, performed deductions for fishermen, told fortunes for villagers, and harmed the Dragon King of the Weihe River."
Su Chen fell silent.
"Since you mentioned this matter, I won't beat around the bush."
Su Chen said: "I told you before that you should stop using Zhou Tian's arithmetic and just use your magic to become an immortal. But you are doing fortune telling for others, and you even predicted that the fish harvest in the Wei River will be rich.
, causing the emperor to order people to go into the water to catch fish, but they caught the red carp dragon instead."
"From then on, His Majesty was troubled by the Red Carp Dragon. That's all. It also implicated the Dragon King of Weihe River in seeking revenge for the Red Carp Dragon, accidentally destroying Guanyin's body, and harming the lives of the entire Dragon Palace."
Yuan Shoucheng knelt down quickly, kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please ask the immortal master for punishment."
Su Chen said: "Why did you make a decision that went against my orders?!"
Yuan Shoucheng said: "The disciple who attained Buddhism and Guanyin fell into a dream, saying that by doing so, he could accumulate blessings for the Tang Dynasty, accumulate incense and merit for the disciple, and finally become an immortal. The disciple was confused for a moment, which caused a great disaster."
Su Chen sighed, although Yuan Shoucheng caused all this, it was not something he could change.
Being introduced to Guanyin, Yuan Shoucheng could not change the outcome at all.
Su Chen said: "Then have you become an immortal?"
Yuan Shoucheng said: "The disciple was deceived. After this incident, not only did he not become an immortal, but he was also visited one after another by the Red Carp Dragon and the Turtle Prime Minister of the Weihe Dragon Palace. He was mentally tortured and almost collapsed."
He knelt in front of Su Chen and begged: "Please immortal master, please save this disciple."
Su Chen was silent for a moment and said: "You should continue to practice. This is the arrangement of Buddhism and cannot be changed by human power. I just hope that you can serve the Taoism conscientiously in the future."
Yuan Shoucheng expresses his gratitude.
Su Chen determined that the matter was not over yet and was about to leave. When he came out of the Taoist temple, he met an old man.
The old man was waiting at the door, as if he had been waiting for Su Chen.
"Sir, is something wrong?"
Su Chen had seen this old man before. Among the civil and military ministers, he ranked very high, and he was probably a powerful minister.
As expected.
The old man bowed his hands and said, "I, Li Ji, pay my respects to the King of Heaven."
Su Chen was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Li Ji, whose real name was Xu Shiji, changed his name to Xu Maogong because he avoided taboos about Li Shimin. Later, he was given a national surname by the emperor and became Li Ji.
In the Biography of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xu Maogong is Li Ji, who is capable of pinching, calculating, and calculating.
His merits were incomparable, and he was also a hero of Lingyan Pavilion. He also followed to Mobei and attacked Goguryeo. He was the leading general along the way and made great military exploits.
After returning this time, I heard that his achievements were great enough for his grandson to be granted the title of Duke.
Su Chen said: "Your Excellency, what are you doing here waiting for me?"
Li Ji quickly said: "I don't dare to take the name of an adult. Blocking the door this time is really a forced and helpless move."
Su Chen said: "Enter the observation and explain it in detail?"
Li Ji quickly followed.
Under the service of Yuan Shoucheng and Li Lizhi, Su Chen received Li Ji in the quiet room.
As soon as he entered the quiet room, Li Ji knelt down directly.
When Su Chen saw this, he knew that Li Ji must have something he wanted.
As expected.
The British Duke Li Ji kowtowed and said: "King of Heaven, I am undecided when something happens. I beg the King of Heaven for permission to ask for a fortune."
Su Chen said: "What's the matter with you?"
Li Ji quickly said: "I am an ordinary disciple of Longhu Mountain. I have learned some Zhou Tianyi skills and know some calculation methods. So far, I have the power of a real person. A few days ago, I actually floated on the sky in my dream.
Heaven, entered the Heavenly Court and met the Jade Emperor!"
Su Chen was shocked, Xu Maogong could actually see the Jade Emperor?!
Then I heard Li Ji continue: "While I was panic-stricken, I heard the Jade Emperor's words. The Dragon King of the Weihe River has violated the rules of heaven. Now he has been caught and locked on the Immortal Beheading Platform. He asked me to choose a day to behead him in public!
"
"If you can succeed, you can become an immortal in the next life."
Su Chen frowned, Weihe Dragon King was still captured?
He pursed his lips and said, "In that case, what do you want to ask?!"
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