Chapter 558 Li Ke comes to the door

Li Shimin smiled and said, "In the past, Wang Ping'an had always been talking little in court. Today, it was surprising that he had something to report. OK, let's talk about it. Xu Jingzong is not suitable to be the governor of Yazhou, so what is suitable for him?"

Wang Ping'an said: "Your Majesty, Yazhou is located in a remote place and the people are brutal. I am afraid that Xu Jingzong will not be able to serve as the governor!"

In the early Tang Dynasty, Yazhou belonged to Lingnan Road and was under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Zhongdu Prefecture. The beautiful scenery here in later generations was a good place for travel and vacation. However, in the early Tang Dynasty, this was not the case here. At this time, Yazhou, except for the local residents, most people who went to the Central Plains were prisoners. Every time the government issued a judgment to exile to Lingnan, except for special circumstances, it was generally the direction of exiled prisoners to the direction of Yazhou.

To be honest, the people's customs are so rude that there is no mistake at all. Yazhou in this era is indeed strong, and it is very difficult to be a local official here. Yazhou, which was more than a thousand years ago, was very different from later generations. Apart from the scenery, there was no place to compare.

Li Shimin suddenly laughed and asked, "How do you know that Xu Jingzong is not competent, and where did you know? You will offend people a lot if you say this!"

Xu Jingzong was demoted to Yazhou to become an official under the position of Secretariat. This was so aggrieved that he could not even be wronged. You said that he could not do this well, which would ruin Xu Jingzong so much that he was worthless!

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Occursing people? I'm still called offending people? Then what are you called? Yes, you are called for his own good, and everything is for him!"

He said: "There is a basis for me. The situation in Yazhou is special. If you want to be a local official there, you must use thunder means to suppress the illegal people in the local area. However, Xu Jingzong could not suppress it because he believed in Buddhism, did not beat people, killed people, or even cursed people. How could he manage such a dangerous place in a harmonious way?"

After hearing Wang Ping'an's words, the ministers nodded in their hearts. There were many prisoners exiled in Yazhou. If they were not suppressed strongly, it would be difficult to manage. Everyone thought so, but on the surface, everyone shook their heads and expressed their attitude. They were very dissatisfied and would never argue with Wang Ping'an, so as not to offend Changsun Wuji.

Li Shimin said: "Believe in Buddhism? There are too many people who believe in Buddhism. Can't you become an official because of your belief in Buddhism? Punishing guilty people with national laws does not affect your practice. This has nothing to do with believing in Buddhism or not!"

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said, "The emperor doesn't know that Xu Jingzong has converted to Buddhism and has a Dharma name called Wujing. He is a proud disciple of Master Xuanzang. In fact, what Master Xiangma just said, he always stays at his desk while working, not dozing off, but chanting scriptures silently in his heart, and practicing!"

Li Shimin frowned. How did you say this? Could it be that sleeping while working is a reasonable thing? Changsun Wuji was also puzzled, not understanding why Wang Ping'an wanted to say good things to Xu Jingzong. He asked, "Wang Ping'an, what do you want to say? Tell it out in a straightforward way, don't look at it left."

Wang Ping'an agreed and said, "I think Xu Jingzong is not suitable to be an official in Yazhou, but he has another advantage, which is to worship Buddha with sincerity. Recently, the kind men and women in Chang'an are planning to raise donations to build the highest geese pagoda in history, called Tongtian Futu for the eminent monk Xuanzang who came back from India. To build this Futu, one needs to worship Buddha sincerely. Therefore, I think Xu Jingzong is suitable for this matter. When he builds the Futu, he will take care of the relevant matters around the Inspiration Temple. "

The ministers then realized that they wanted Xu Jingzong to be a person like a temple blessing. If the Minister of the Secretariat was a temple blessing, it was really too useless! But it was better, it was a hundred times better than going to Yazhou. At least they could stay in a prosperous place like Chang'an, without having to travel thousands of miles to suffer!

Changsun Wuji laughed, this is not a big deal. In fact, it would be better to exil Xu Jingzong to Yazhou. Although he lost his power, he would not be ridiculed by his old colleagues in Chang'an. He could still scratch the ground in Yazhou and act as a blessing. But if he really became a person like a temple blessing, where would he put his face and how would he face his colleagues in the past?

Li Shimin also laughed out loud, and he asked, "What Wang Ping'an said, what do you all think?"

None of the ministers made a statement and looked at Changsun Wuji together. Even Ma Zhou looked at him. As long as Changsun Wuji said yes, no one could say no!

Changsun Wuji hesitated for a moment, but Li Ke took the lead, stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate. Xu Jingzong is not suitable for preside over the construction of Tongtianfutu. It would be better to let him leave the capital early and go to Yazhou to take office. I agree with Lord Changsun's proposal!"

When Changsun Wuji saw him jump out and spoke, he hummed in his heart, little bastard, how do I want to deal with others, can you be too talkative? He stepped forward and said, "The old minister thought that what the King of Wu said was a big mistake. Just now, the old minister didn't know that Xu Jingzong actually had the Dharma name of Wu Jing and sincerely worshiped the Buddha. He suggested that he go to Yazhou to become an official, but now that he already knows, he will naturally not let him go again. The old minister thought that letting him preside over the construction of Tongtian Futu was a move of knowing people and responsibilities, and it was even more natural to manage the temple property in the future!"

After a pause, he looked at Li Ke and said, "Therefore, the King of Wu cannot take advantage of the situation and cannot be able to know people and be good at responsibilities. It is because he has too little study and cannot learn from history. The emperor should let the King of Wu go home and study behind closed doors. When he can learn from history, he will then go to court to assist the emperor and the prince, so that is enough."

Wang Ping'an glanced at Li Ke and thought to himself: "Why did he run out and say such nonsense? He was scolded in the end, for no reason."

The ministers thought in their hearts that Li Ke would be scolded by you as you say. He followed your words and agreed with your point of view, but he actually studied too little and even learned from history. You just say that you are bothering him, so how much trouble it will be saved!

Li Shimin laughed twice, waved his hand, and said, "After Ke'er comes home, study hard!" He "care" Li Ke indifferently, and said, "Then I won't let Xu Jingzong go to Yazhou, let him preside over the construction of Yan Pagoda. Also, that monk Xuanzang asked him to come to Chengtian Gate tonight. I want to see him. I have heard the prince mention him these days, and I want to see what kind of person he is."

After saying that, Li Shimin was a little tired, stood up and slowly walked towards the back hall. Shi Zhongchen shouted with a sharp voice, "Retreat!" The ministers saluted together and respectfully gave the emperor.

Changsun Wuji looked at Wang Ping'an and said, "You talk too much today. What good is Xu Jingzong doing to you? You want to say good things to him?"

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "Be kind to others, be kind to others!"

Changsun Wuji laughed twice and said, "Good people!" He turned around and left. Fang Xuanling and others behind him shook their heads at Wang Ping'an, but didn't say anything, and followed Changsun Wuji.

Wang Ping'an sighed and thought to himself: "What is a bad person? I don't want Xu Jingzong to use his spare time to make money for me! Although there are many capable people in the Tang Dynasty, there are not many officials like merchants. There are very few people like Xu Jingzong. If I don't make good use of it, wouldn't that be too stupid!"

While thinking in my heart, I walked out of the hall, and suddenly heard someone talking behind me, but it was Li Ke.

Li Ke said: "No sickness, then Xu Jingzong is now a rat crossing the street. Everyone has called him to beat him. His career has come to an end. It is meaningless to help him. You can never get any benefits from him. Why bother to offend the uncle for him?"

When Wang Ping'an turned around, he saw that it was him, he hurriedly said, "Be kind to others, be kind to others!" The same sentence.

Li Ke laughed in a low voice and said, "When you say it well, be kind to others. Without illness, I am also kind to others today and have helped you!"

Wang Ping'an uh, not understanding what this sentence means.

Li Ke pulled him and said, "I heard that monk Xuanzang is very capable, why would you go and have a look together?"

Wang Ping'an said: "Okay, the official is living with him. You can go see him with the prince."

The two left the palace and rode toward the Inspiration Temple together. On the way, Li Ke said, "No sickness, for you today, I was very disciplined by my uncle. Even my father was dissatisfied with me, and I asked me to go home and study more! You said, how should you repay me?"

Wang Ping'an uttered, saying, "How to talk about this? Well, the prince values ​​his subordinates, and he is very grateful. If the prince has any questions, he will ask the subordinates to do it, just say it clearly."

Li Ke smiled and said, "It seems you don't understand what's going on! OK, I will tell you clearly." He paused for a moment, looked at Wang Ping'an, and saw that he was really confused and not like a fake, so he said, "Uncle Guo has never liked me, so there is no need to hide this. Anyone with eyes can see it. Don't have to pretend to be confused without illness, right?"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "You can tell if you are a person. Do you still need to ask me? Changsun Wuji doesn't like you, may you like him? He called him uncle in front of him and his uncle behind his back. It is obvious that you don't like him either!"

He thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say that. That would be so great that he could not be a human being! Wang Ping'an said in a daze: "Can you? No, the minister has never felt this way. Lord Changsun seems to care about the prince very much!"

Li Ke smiled, this boy was really sloppy. He said, "Okay, then you can continue to think so! Anyone who I promised, the uncle will definitely not say it well and must object. So I risked being scolded today and said good things to you. As soon as I said I agreed to exile Xu Jingzong to Yazhou, look, didn't the uncle immediately say it was no longer possible, and changed his mind in front of everyone! Isn't this the king who helped you and left Xu Jingzong?"

Wang Ping'an whispered and said, "So, that... the prince doesn't have to do this. It's because of the matter of being a subordinate, it makes the prince embarrassed."

Li Ke laughed dryly and said, "Then why do you plan to thank me? I was scolded because of you!"
Chapter completed!