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Chapter 20 The Law of the Country Is Still Alive

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    ¡¾1¡¿The Analects of Confucius

    The Master said: I regard the Son as a different question,

    Once asked by you and seek.

    The so-called ministers,

    Serve the king with the way, if you can't do it, stop.

    Today, you and seek also can be described as a minister.

    Liu Yun followed Emperor Taiding all the way to Shangdu.

    One day later, it was estimated that the emperor should have had a good rest, so Liu Yun couldn't wait to come to the palace to have an audience with the emperor.  When Liu Yun asked about the memorial, the emperor thought of the memorial, and hurriedly ordered his ministers to fetch the memorial and put it on display.

    Seeing the emperor's expression, he seemed to be very emotional. He pondered for a moment, and said: "Leave the regulations, and after I read them carefully, I will choose to implement them."

    When Liu Yun heard the order, it was inconvenient to say more, so he had to leave the palace.

    After two days, seeing that the emperor still didn't come down with any orders, I felt very depressed.  He called Song Wenzan to come to have an audience, and said to him: "There are several pieces of our memorials. After reading it, the emperor seems to have disappeared, and there is no news, and none of them has been implemented. Can we just forget about it?"

    Song Wenzan said: "My lord Pingzhang, why don't you have an audience again, and ask the emperor to do it at his own discretion, so as to get rid of the bad government?"

    Liu Yun nodded in agreement.

    The next day, Liu Yun entered the palace again to meet him.

    The emperor didn't wait for him to speak, and said first: "I have read Pingzhang's memorial. At this time, it is inconvenient for me to express anything. When I return to the capital, I have my own reasons."

    It was inconvenient for Liu Yun to play again, so he had to retreat, thinking: "The Spring Festival is coming soon, and the emperor will not be able to return to the capital for a while. You didn't mean to use my advice, so you just used words to prevaricate me." Liu Yun was depressed  returned to the apartment.

    Do you know why the emperor did not implement Liu Yun's rules and regulations?  Because just the day before, Tu Hulu, Niu Ze and others from Yushitai went to the emperor and said: Disasters and accidents happen frequently, and they are all caused by the dereliction of duty of the ministers.  It is reasonable for the prime minister to avoid his position in order to cope with changes in the sky.  Whether it comes from the holy order, order the courtiers to stop.  He also said that ministers are His Majesty's eyes and ears, so as to be able to pick up treacherous officials, slow officials and dereliction of duty, it is advisable to retreat first, so that the virtuous can be enough to avoid changes in the sky and eliminate human disasters.

    When the emperor saw this performance, he still followed the usual practice, and he would not send it if he came to stay.

    This matter soon spread to Liu Yun's ears, and he knew that it was the treacherous minister who violated the taboo of the time because of his outspoken admonition, so he used the story that the minister should avoid the position due to the change of the sky to exclude himself.  In addition, Liu Yun was already disheartened because the emperor refused to implement what he had said.  Thinking about it carefully, after Tai Chen's repeated exclusion, I guessed that I could not do what I said in the book.  It's better to take the opportunity to retire earlier, but also be happy and comfortable, and live a happy and comfortable life for a few years.  After making up his mind, he claimed that his legs were ill and submitted his resignation.

    However, the emperor issued an edict to comfort him, ordering him not to bow down when he entered the audience, and gave him a small car to ride under the gate of the palace.

    Liu Yun saw that the imperial court was generous and generous, and it was inconvenient to beg for rest, so he went to Shuji again, asking the holy driver to return to Beijing.  The emperor said: Seeing that the Spring Festival is coming, we will discuss the matter of returning to Beijing after the Spring Festival is over.  And stacked two edicts - one is to ban the matter before the amnesty; the other is to return all the family property borrowed before the amnesty.

    These two things were what Liu Yun tried his best to reject in the previous day's memorial. Now the emperor not only does not implement his regulations, but instead implements the things he opposes.

    How could Liu Yun bear it, so he resigned again.  The emperor still refused to accept his request, but only ordered him to recover from his illness in Xishan, and granted him the title of Duke Cai, knowing the scriptures and banquets, and don't engrave the seal of Duke Cai as a special gift.

    Liu Yun followed the order and moved to Xishan, doing nothing all day long.

    [2] Ballad of "Don't Offend Monks" [1]

    Rather violate the laws of the state than the monks.

    Violating the laws of the state can still live, but violating monks will die.

    Since Liu Yun begged to retire and recuperate from his illness, there was one less admonishing minister in the court.

    The emperor was even more unscrupulous, indulging in wine and sex all day long.  The government affairs are all monopolized by Empress Babuhan alone, buying and selling officials and titles, and giving bribes, the emperor is like a puppet.

    After the Spring Festival, the emperor had nothing to do with the court, so besides collecting songs and choosing colors, he went to worship the Buddha and worship the monks.  Every Buddhist work requires tens of thousands of monks and thousands of ingots.  And ordered the provinces to build Buddhist temples. Every time a temple was built, it was necessary to carve jade for beams and gold for statues, which cost an incalculable amount.  The queen only knows how to seize power, and the emperor is just in line with the Buddha. Instead of admonishing him, he encourages him to worship monks and worship Buddha statues.

    There is a saying that works from top to bottom.  In the palace courtyard, from the queen to all the concubines and maids, they all received precepts in front of the emperor teacher as if possessed by a demon.  It is said that after receiving the precepts, not only will the four seasons be safe, there will be no disasters and harms, and you will live a long life and enjoy wealth forever.

    As a result, this majestic Shangdu Palace has become a large temple: at that time.The emperor's teacher, whose name is "Yisi Zhaibu", receives hundreds of millions of rewards every year; the brother of the emperor's brother, Gunga Yishijian, came from the Western Regions, and the emperor ordered the minister of the Ministry of Education to hold wine to comfort him, and waited for him.  The ceremony of being a guest is very respectful; the brother of the emperor's master, Sonomu Zangbu, who led the Xifan Sandao to comfort the minister, was promoted to be the king of Bailan, granted a golden seal, a round talisman, and envoy Princess Shang; all the disciples and  All kinds of monks were granted official positions, and even Situ Sikong was awarded.  Therefore, the power of the monks is expanding day by day, and they all go in and out on horses, shouting at the front and hugging at the back, performing duties first, and acting like princes.

    However, the ministers facing the front, not only lost their power, but also had to stand aside when they encountered monks walking on the road, and let the monks and their entourage go first before they dared to walk.  If someone accidentally breaks the path of monks, no matter if you are a relative of the emperor, a top official, or one of the three ranks, you will be scolded immediately, and many bald donkeys will surround you and drag you out of the sedan chair.  Just a punch and kick.  In mild cases, the crown and clothes are torn, and in severe cases, the head is bruised and nose is swollen.  Some hard-line officials were unwilling to be humiliated, and reasoned with them. Not only could the monks not stop, but they continued to beat them violently.  When troubles broke out, Shangshu participated in the impeachment, and the emperor blindly favored the monks, either ignoring them, or saying that the officials deliberately insulted the emperor's teachers and added crimes.  As a result, the monks became more unscrupulous and rampant everywhere.

    Seeing such a situation, Song Wenzan went to live in Liuyun, who was recuperating in Xishan, and accused the monks of rampant abuse.

    Liu Yun let out a long sigh and said, "It's good to let the treacherous ministers like Tu Hulu and Niu Ze suffer the crime of the bald donkey! It's not that they say, 'The prime minister avoids the position to cope with changes in the sky;  'Isn't it just right to let the bald donkey cure man-made disasters!"

    "My old Pingzhang, I don't care if they only harm the treacherous people in the court. The point is that they have already begun to harm the common people."

    "How did they harm the people?"

    Song Wenzan said angrily: "Some evil monks who are greedy for money and lustful go to occupy other people's fields and rape other people's women. Those powerless people, oppressed by the monks, have to swallow their anger and cry in secret. They are the ones who are in court.  Officials, if all the property is occupied by monks and their wives and daughters are defiled by monks, they can only consider themselves unlucky and dare not even make a sound."

    What Song Wenzan said aroused Liu Yun's righteous heart again, and said: "The vicious monks have broken the law so far, and Ji Gang's laws have been swept away. As an important minister of the court, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death, dare not speak up and declare their crimes  What? If so, what face do I have to put in court!"

    He immediately wrote an antidote to the crimes of monks collected by Song Wenzan, and said: "I have passed through Pingliangfu, Jinghui, Dingxi and other states, and the Western monks wore gold round symbols, and traveled all the way.  , It is said that the house can not be tolerated, and the house is fake, so the men are forced to be expelled and the women are raped. Fengyuan Road, from the first month to July, went back and forth 185 times, and used more than 840 horses.  The kings and the envoys of the provinces, there are more than ten, six or seven, and the post households have nothing to control, and the Taiwan police can't find anyone. Moreover, the round talismans made by the country are originally for the border defense alarm, and the monks always wear them. Beg for corrections  The monks give post methods. And they can check the good and the bad without confusing them. This is why we abolish the monk's regulations, that is, we obey the Buddha's precepts! I beg Your Majesty, and you will implement it."

    The memorial was handed in, but the emperor still ignored it.

    Seeing that Liu Yun's performances were ineffective, the monks acted even more boldly.  Not only did he not refrain from his bad deeds, but he also deeply hated Liu Yun for opposing Buddhism.  All the monks discussed and said: "Liu Yun, this bad guy, dares to participate in us. Why are we hindering him? If we don't try to warn him, once we get out of here, I'm afraid that any officials will come to impeach us.  Although the emperor kept this memorial and refused to publish it, Liu Yun was not convicted. We were bitten by him in vain.  Is it all cut? This matter must not be let go like this. We must ask the emperor to offer a means so that Liu Yun can no longer be in the court class, so that he can be punished to warn others, so that no one will come to make trouble and look for us.  unlucky."

    The monks studied for a long time, and at noon they went to meet the emperor, and explained the meaning of punishing Liu Yun as an example to others.

    The emperor's teacher, Yisi Zhaibu, also knew about Liu Yun's participation in the concert. Although he was unhappy, he didn't specify who he participated in, and he didn't violate himself, so he didn't go to ask.  Now, after being instigated by all the monks, it was like adding fuel to the fire. I couldn't bear it any longer. I immediately put on my cassock, raised my tin staff, took a fragrant rattan sedan chair, and went straight to the palace to meet the emperor.  Ask Liu Yun to be punished, in the face of the entire Buddhist sect? (Remember the website address of this website: www.hlnovel.com
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