Chapter 1798: Chang'an Buddhism and Taoism join forces
Yuan Shouren told Wei Zheng about this, and Wei Zheng was also very happy after hearing this.
Wei Zheng entered the palace with this good news and told Li Shimin about this.
"Very good! The water and land conference was held very well. Prime Minister Wei Zheng, I don't know who the monk you selected and which temple they are from? I must reward you well." Li Shimin asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this water and land conference was held not presided over by a monk, but with thousands of monks." Wei Zheng said with a smile.
This time, Xuanzang found thousands of monks to perform salvation. After all, it is difficult to do if there are fewer people.
After hearing this, Li Shimin was also surprised: "There are so many monks. Isn't it enough to say that only a few monks?"
Wei Zheng smiled and explained the matter, "So you have to find a lot of monks. After all, it is not easy for us to do the sacrificial life here."
After hearing this, Li Shimin suddenly realized that it was like that.
"Who came up with this method?"
"The candidate who came up with this method is also the leader of this water and land conference. He is a young monk named Xuanzang, and he is the host of Jinshan Temple near Chang'an City." Wei Zheng said with a smile.
When Li Shimin heard this name, he was stunned, and then his face showed joy, "Is it Xuanzang from Jinshan Temple?"
"It's Master Xuanzang."
Li Shimin stood up and laughed. He really didn't expect that the leader of the water and land conference this time was his good brother Xuanzang.
"If I had known that Xuanzang could do it, why would I have worked so hard to gather so many monks? I would just leave this matter to Xuanzang to deal with it." Li Shimin said with a smile.
It is indeed a method. If he had handed over the matter to Xuanzang earlier, Xuanzang would have definitely looked for monks everywhere and could have held a water and land conference some time in advance.
"I will go to the water and land conference in person to see this matter." Li Shimin said with a smile.
This time the Aquatic and Land Conference was able to go smoothly. He was in a good mood. Now he heard that the leader of the Aquatic and Land Conference is his good brother, and Li Shimin must go there.
Wei Zheng followed Li Shimin to the water and land conference in Chang'an City. There were many people here, not only many monks but also people.
When everyone saw the emperor coming, everyone came to salute the emperor.
Li Shimin looked at Xuanzang with a smile in his eyes.
"Xuanzang, this water and land conference can be carried out normally. You have made great contributions. I must reward you with great praise." Li Shimin said to Xuanzang with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you are polite. I am the method my master told me to do this. And this is also the result of the joint efforts of all our monks, not the merit of me." Xuanzang said, this is not his modesty, because this is the fact.
Li Shimin smiled and nodded, saying, "No matter what, you should always remember the first merit. If it weren't for you, how could this happen now?"
"Wei Zheng, conferred Xuanzang as the position of the left monk Gang and the right monk Gang in the world." Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng again.
Wei Zheng naturally agreed, and he also admired Xuanzang very much. Although Xuanzang was very young, he had strong abilities and had very profound attainments in Buddhism.
"The other monks should also be rewarded one by one. These are all heroes of our Tang Dynasty and must not be treated too little." Li Shimin continued.
After hearing this, the people were also very happy. What they were happy about was not Li Shimin rewarding them, but Li Shimin valued them.
The monks regard these rewards as clouds, and they value the court's attitude towards them.
Now the court appreciates them very much, and they know that Buddhism will surely prosper.
Yuan Shouren watched the situation aside, and he was naturally happy for these monks, but he also felt worried about Buddhism.
Now these three purities ignore the affairs of the human world. There are many contradictions inside the sect. The head of state has seen that the Taoist sect is gradually declining, and he is afraid that the Taoist sect will disappear from the human world one day.
Although Samsung used him this time, it was pretty good overall, and he liked it very much in our philosophy and did not want the Taoist sect to decline.
"Your Majesty, this time the water and land conference can be held, and those unjust souls can be saved. This is not only the result of our monks' efforts, but also the help of these friends of the Taoist sect, especially the great help from Yuan Shouren and other Taoist priests. If it were not for their help, we would not have completed it so quickly and would have failed. So I would like to ask Your Majesty to reward them as well." Xuanzang stood up and said to Li Shimin.
Yuan Shouren was thinking about this sect and suddenly heard Xuanzang's words. His heart was shocked, and his eyes were filled with tears when he looked at Xuanzang.
Just now, he was still worried that the Taoist sect would be suppressed by Buddhism and would gradually decline in the Tang Dynasty.
But it was really touching that Xuanzang actually stood up to help them talk to him.
"Okay, Yuan Shouren and others, this will also be a reward!" Li Shimin said with a smile.
Everyone was very happy.
Li Shimin chatted with everyone here for a while, then chatted with Xuanzang alone, and then returned to the palace.
Yuan Shouren found Xuanzang, and he wanted to thank Xuanzang for some thanks.
"Master Yuan Shouren, you don't have to thank me. This time our water and land conference was held, you have also helped us a lot." Xuanzang said with a smile.
"What can I do to you? I'm just helping you to test the monks, and nothing else was done." Yuan Shouren said.
"This is also a help. Without Master Yuan Shouren's assessment, there would inevitably be many monks who were just making up for it, which would affect the convening of our water and land conference. Moreover, when our water and land conference was held, Master Yuan Shouren and your fellow disciples also helped us. Although this time it was Buddhist Buddhism to perform the salvation, the Taoist Dharma also helped us, otherwise we would not be able to complete it.
So this water and land conference is the result of the joint efforts of our Buddhist and Taoist sects. Both sides are indispensable and have great contributions." Xuanzang said to Yuan Shouren with a smile.
He said this not to comfort Yuan Shouren, but to tell the truth. If he had not been to help his disciples this time, it would be difficult to hold the Water and Land Conference.
Yuan Shouren smiled. This Xuanzang not only studied Buddhism, but also studied human affairs very deeply.
In fact, cultivation is similar to being a human being. The specific details depend on you.
Chapter completed!