Chapter 1007 Your Majesty, Think Twice

"Don't stop me. I, Old Cheng, am going to kill that evil monk today."

"Don't be impulsive! What's the difference between what you're doing and openly disobeying an imperial order?"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty may be interested in this for a moment, and he will revoke his decision when he calms down."

Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde pulled Cheng Yaojin.

The three of them were famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty. Cheng Yaojin was holding a large axe at this time, wanting to chop Master Xuanzang, the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi.

Cheng Yaojin looks like a rough man and seems to have no brains, but in fact he is extremely intelligent. Under his rough appearance, he hides the heart of a fox.

All this recklessness was just a show for Li Shimin.

but,

Today he really wanted to kill Xuanzang.

The reason is simple.

Not long ago,
An imperial decree suddenly issued from the palace.

To put it simply, the content of the imperial edict was that the emperor admired Buddhism very much, so he decided to go to Mount Lingshan in the West with Xuanzang.

Once this incident happened, how could the entire court not be shocked?

In their opinion, it was a waste of time for the emperor to worship Buddha.

Isn't this a sure sign of a country's demise?

The most crucial thing is that this was the time when the world was just beginning to settle down and the foundation of the dynasty was not yet stable.

How could the ministers not be anxious if the emperor ran away?
If a dynasty wants to be passed down, there must be two consecutive generations of ruthless emperors.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng could dominate an entire era, but Qin Er Shi did not have this ability, so Qin was overthrown by the remnants of the six kingdoms.

Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was able to control his contemporaries. Liu Ying did not have this ability, but his mother, Empress Lü, was able to slaughter all the restless ones.

After the founding emperor, there must be another powerful emperor to ensure the dynasty's survival.

The later Jin and Sui dynasties were also unable to be suppressed by the second generation.

The Song Dynasty had Zhao Kuangyi and the Ming Dynasty had Zhu Di.

The reigns of two generations of ruthless emperors can basically last for fifty or sixty years.

Every ten years can be considered a generation. As long as they are between the ages of ten and twenty, after proper education, the rest of their lives are basically shaped.

Fifty or sixty years is enough to pass away five or six generations.

After five or six generations, what was the previous dynasty like?
Who else remembers!
In fifty or sixty years, the Confucianists will naturally brainwash the entire world for the new emperor.

The two generations of ruthless emperors suppressed all the ambitious people of the same era and outlasted all the heroes.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin played this role.

There are smart people in every era, but the smart people in the early days of a dynasty are the most terrifying, because they have no so-called ethics between the ruler and his subjects in their minds, only the question of "are there any kings, princes, generals, or ministers of different species?"
At this time, there were no idiots among the civil and military officials in the court.

They see it very clearly!

If Li Shimin resigned from the throne now, Crown Prince Li Chengqian would definitely not be able to suppress him. And Prince Li of Wei would be even less able to suppress him.

The dynasty is in chaos, or it will be reshuffled.

These aristocratic families are still licking their wounds and have no intention of causing chaos right away.

then,

Many ministers were waiting outside the palace gate, wanting to meet the emperor and persuade Hua Girl to be more rational.

Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao also came to the outside of the palace gate. When they saw hundreds of familiar figures, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

At this moment, Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty who had not left the mansion for a long time, pulled Qin Shubao up.

"follow me."

Yuchi Jingde and the other two looked at each other in confusion, followed Li Jing with great doubt, walked in the opposite direction, and entered a palace gate.

Soon,
They met the emperor Li Shimin whom they wanted to see...

It shouldn't be Wang Ming.

"Your Majesty, please do not believe the lies of the evil monk Xuanzang. Things like immortality and not taking away reincarnation are all lies." "Yes! What about the four elements being empty? I only see the gilded Buddha statue."

As soon as Yuchi Jingde and his companions entered the room, they immediately started to persuade Wang Ming. They even forgot the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.

"Okay! When did I say I would give up the throne and become a monk?"

Wang Ming was too lazy to listen to a few grown men arguing in his ear, so he just stopped them.

Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, then said, "Didn't your majesty say that you wanted to go to Lingshan in the West with the evil monk Xuanzang to obtain the Mahayana Buddhism?"

Wang Ming nodded and said, "That's right!"

"Going to the Lingshan Mountain in the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, isn't this just abandoning the throne to become a monk?" Yuchi Gong looked very anxious.

"Going to the West does not mean that I want to become a monk, nor does it mean that I want to be a monk." Wang Mingdao.

"But you are going alone to Lingshan, which is 18,000 miles away. The journey will be so difficult. If something happens to Your Majesty, what will happen to the country?" Qin Shubao said.

"Especially since we pass by many small countries along the way, what if they have bad intentions and capture Your Majesty and ask the defenders to open the city gates?" The cautious Li Jing also spoke up.

He didn't really want to speak, but he had to.

After the country was settled, Li Jing basically stayed in his mansion and didn't contact anyone in order to avoid being suspected by Li Shimin.

He was afraid that Li Shimin was testing his loyalty when he was suddenly summoned today.

Cheng Yaojin actually had the same idea.

"Catch me? When did I say I wanted to go to Lingshan Mountain in the West alone?" Wang Ming asked back.

“But how many people can Your Majesty take with you?
With less than 100,000 troops, it is impossible to resist the sneak attacks of other small countries. With 100,000 troops, the journey is long and the consumption along the way is huge.

It will inevitably drag down the court’s finances!
Your Majesty, please think twice!" Li Jing had a sincere expression on his face, but no one knew what he was thinking.

"That's right. It's not the will of a benevolent ruler to waste so much money and manpower for a few volumes of Buddhist scriptures!"

Wang Ming said: "Well! How can I go to war just for a few volumes of scriptures?"

Then Wang Ming walked to a table and waved his hand: "Come and take a look."

When Yuchi Jingde and his companions approached, they saw a strange painting on the nanmu table.

Several people looked at each other, not understanding what Wang Ming was thinking.

"What is this, Your Majesty?"

"Take a closer look." Wang Ming said with a smile.

"Map...map, Your Majesty, where did you get this, such an exquisite and clear map?" Li Jing said in shock.

The map was naturally brought out by Wang Ming from the Marvel world.

"That's not important. What's important is that I decided to go to the Lingshan Mountain in the West to obtain the scriptures."

"What?" x4
"I will send troops all the way to India."

"No! Your Majesty, our national strength cannot support us in such a long war." The God of War Li Jing advised.

"Besides, the distance is too far. We can't really integrate them into the Tang Dynasty. If we leave them, they will definitely rebel. But stationing too many troops will not be worth the loss."

Wang Ming snorted coldly and said, "Rebellion? That's wishful thinking. Every time we conquer a piece of land, the men are taken back to farm and build city walls, and the women are directly married to soldiers as concubines. In a dozen years, the land will be full of our people of the Tang Dynasty. What are they rebelling against?"
Against themselves? "

"This is indeed a good idea." The God of War Li Jing nodded. It's a good idea! The good thing is that it is completely unscrupulous.

It's not just the destruction of the country, it's the extermination of the race.

Cheng Yaojin looked strange, and then asked tentatively: "Your Majesty is a Buddhist. Doesn't Buddhism teach compassion? Sweeping the floor may harm the lives of ants. Your Majesty..."

"I often lament the endless wars and the loss of lives on the battlefields. I always feel grief-stricken in my dreams at midnight.

Finally, I have figured out a way to bring peace to the world."

"Peace in the world?"

Wang Ming nodded and said, "War is a fight between countries. When there is only one country in the world, there will naturally be wars."

When Cheng Yaojin and the others heard this, they were stunned.

Wang Ming was talking nonsense. He knew that he could not escape the journey to the West, so he turned the passive situation into active one and directly joined the game.

(End of this chapter)