Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

As the palace envoy, Mother Song was ordered to go to Jiangdong to visit Prince Jin and his wife. As soon as they got off the carriage, Princess Xiao Jun of Jin hurriedly stepped forward. Before Mother Song could salute, Xiao Jun knelt down on her knees, kowtowed and said:" My child, Xiao Jun, please pay my respects to Grandma."

Xiao Jun knew in his heart that Grandma Song was one of the most trusted palace attendants of Empress Dugu, so she couldn't neglect etiquette. When Yang Guang saw Xiao Jun greeting him with a courtesy, he quickly knelt down.

This frightened Nanny Song. She quickly helped the two of them and said,"Your Highness and Princess, how can I bear this great gift?"

Xiao Jun stood up and took Nanny's arm. Yang Guang accompanied him on the other side. On one side, Nanny Song was invited to the palace as if she were her own child.

When she entered the palace courtyard, Nanny Song looked around, her eyes mesmerized by the Jiangnan garden, and she was extremely surprised. Aunt Song grew up in Guanzhong. Although she had seen the palace of the Sui Dynasty, she had never seen the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. This Jiankang palace garden made her sigh and said:"Such a beautiful courtyard is the perfect place for the emperor and empress." I'm afraid it's rare to see"

"Yes, too." Yang Guang smiled and responded, looking at Xiao Jun from time to time, for fear that Nanny Song would think the courtyard was luxurious.

When he came to the room, Xiao Jun invited Nanny Song to the seat. Nanny Song said:"The Queen has heard that the King of Jin will not I will go to war to regain Lingnan. I will feel happy and prepare a lot of tributes from the Western Regions to reward you and your wife."When Yang Guang and Xiao Jun learned about this, they bowed and thanked them again.

Xiao Jun said:"It's getting late today, so I'll stay at the house."

"No, no, I am a palace envoy, so I should rest in a post house."

Xiao Jun walked to Nanny Song and said,"Nanny has raised me and my husband for half a lifetime, so how can we send them to a post house? Then he said to Yang Guang:"I think grandma will sleep in the same room as me tonight, so that we can have some intimate conversations." Yang

Guang understood and hurriedly said:"That's right, that's right, Grandma will live with Concubine Xiao.""Nanny Song refused in every possible way and had to agree to live with Xiao Jun.

After dinner, Xiao Jun accompanied Nanny Song back to the dormitory to rest. At this time, the maid Jingyan had already made the bed. Nanny Song looked at Xiao Jingyan, she had never seen her before. After that, he asked Xiao Jun:"I only see the maid Cuiju on weekdays, why is there a new girl? Xiao

Jun's face was expressionless and he said with sadness:"Crossing the Five Ridges, the journey was difficult. Aster lost her footing and fell off a cliff, and was buried in the south of the Five Ridges.""

When Nanny Song heard this, she couldn't help but sigh,"I didn't expect that the princess, with her golden branches and jade leaves, accompanied her husband in the army, walked such a long way, and even her personal maids were included. Xiao

Jun nodded and said,"This maid was picked up by the roadside and sold to bury her father. When she found out she was a descendant of the Xiao family, she bought her and made her a personal maid.""

Xiao Jingyan brought the water basin and said to Xiao Jun:"Mother, the water has warmed up."

"You go back and rest."After Xiao Jun asked the maid Jingyan to leave, he washed Nanny Song's feet himself.

This made Nanny Song dare not take the responsibility, and she dared to say hurriedly:"Master and servant are different, how can the queen wash my feet? Never do it."

Xiao Jun pressed Nanny Song's shoulders, asked her to sit on the bedside again, and said,"Nanny, even if you sit down, let the child serve you today."Mama Song refused, and saw Xiao Jun kneeling on her knees, taking off her shoes and socks, and soaking her feet in the basin. Nanny Song said with embarrassment on her face:"I'd better do it myself, how can I do it? Thank you for your troubles."

Xiao Jun said:"My mother and I have the same affection as mother and daughter. The lamb kneels down to breastfeed, and the crow feeds back. Why should I be so formal?"Kneeling down and looking up, Grandma Song felt uneasy. Xiao Jun took the opportunity to say again:"My child, I heard that Grandma only had one daughter, who died young and had no offspring in her old age. Grandma is now older, and Xiao Jun once received her teachings. If he doesn't dislike it, Xiao Jun will be a filial son of Grandma in a hundred years."

These words touched Nanny Song's heart. She couldn't help but burst into tears and said,"Back then, I always hit and scolded my empress. My empress treated me with kindness in return for evil. This life is enough for me, but I can't repay you even if I die."

Xiao Jun wiped Grandma Song's feet with a footcloth and said,"What did Grandma say? How did the child ever complain? If I repay evil with kindness, how can I repay kindness with kindness? The child's ability to behave like a princess is all due to the teachings of the mother, and the child is just repaying kindness with kindness."

Xiao Jun's words were cautious, and he always spoke to Grandma Song's heart. Every sentence touched on the painful part, which made Grandma Song, who was over fifty years old, burst into tears of gratitude and couldn't hide her inner feelings.

Grandma Song didn't bother to put on her socks and knelt down with her shoes on. He fell down in front of him, bursting with gratitude, and kowtowed to the ground:"The empress is so virtuous and impressive that I can't repay you even though I'm so heartbroken."

Xiao Jun waited for this day as he wished, and Nanny Song finally knelt down in front of her. She thought to herself that all these years of humiliation were not in vain, so she stopped complimenting her and helped Nanny Song up. The master and servant slept in the same bed, and Jin Princess Xiao Jun accompanies Grandma Song, and they share the same love as mother and daughter. It can be said that

Master Yan once harshly scolded Concubine Xiao, but she beat and scolded her, but her love returned. She has endured humiliation for many years, and the master and slave have seen their dignity today.

Grandma Song has been with her for many years As a servant in the palace and not knowing much, he stayed in Jiankang for a few days just like visiting relatives. Xiao Jun arranged a tour for Grandma Song, reporting good news but not bad news, which made Grandma Song very proud.

This On the same day, when it was time to return to life, everyone saw them off together. Zhang Heng had already prepared gifts for Nanny Song. Jin Wang Yang Guang and Princess Xiao Jun accompanied Nanny Song to the door. Seeing the gifts

Zhang Heng had prepared, Yang Guang said :"Mom went to the south of the Yangtze River and didn't prepare anything good. So she prepared a cart full of specialties from the south of the Yangtze River and went back to try them."

Mama Song looked at the cart full of specialties, feeling a little embarrassed and said:"I am traveling in the palace on orders, how can I accept gifts from His Highness and the Empress? This is unacceptable."

Xiao Jun said:"These are snacks and specialties, and they are not bribes. I feel no shame in accepting them."

Mama Song held Xiao Jun's hand with love from the bottom of her heart. Seeing the affection that she refused to refuse, she could only accept it. Xiao Jun took out another thing from his sleeve, wrapped in blue silk, and handed it to her. He said to Nanny Song:"There is one more thing, please give it to your mother."

Mama Song took the object, opened it, and saw that it was the carved dragon ring ruler. Mamma Song was puzzled and asked:"Princess, why did you give this object to the queen?"

Xiao Jun said:"The child traveled thousands of miles with the King of Jin, and he was always thinking of his father and mother. It is difficult to take care of family and country, and loyalty and filial piety cannot be balanced at the same time, so I sent back the ruler to inform my father and mother to keep their teachings in mind."

Nanny Song sighed in her heart for a long time, and said to Yang Guang and Xiao Jun:"If the Emperor and Queen know that you two are so filial, they will definitely be happy, and it will be a blessing to me. Yang

Guang took out another letter from his sleeve, handed it to Aunt Song, and said,"Aunt Song is here. I don't know when we will meet again, so I gave you a poem to express my longing for you.""Mother Song opened the paper envelope, and it was a poem called"Farewell to the Chang Shi of the Song Dynasty":

Visiting Du Ling in the north, seeing off guests in the east of Han and Sichuan. No matter where you go or where you live, it's all like a fluttering canopy.

In autumn, your temples are white with frost, and your face is declining due to wine. Red. There is no place for lovesickness, the crows of crows are mixed with the night wind.

After reading this poem, Grandma Song was so grateful for Yang Guang and Xiao Jun's kindness that she burst into tears, with tears running down her face, and then she got into the carriage and said goodbye with pity. , returned to the capital.

After seeing off Nanny Song, everyone returned to the palace. The couple chatted as they walked, and then talked about the current situation. Xiao Jun said:"When I entered the city, I heard Mr. Pei saying that the army was working hard to suppress the rebellion. Are you destroying the Buddha and destroying the temple? Yang

Guang sighed:"I didn't expect that the difference in mentality between people from the south and the north of the Yangtze River is so big?" Even during the Battle of Chen, the people have never been so angry. In one year, it has become miserable"

"Emperor Father ordered His Highness to resume his duties this time just to appease the people. How can we calm down such chaos? Yang

Guang sat on the Grand Master's chair, shook his head and sighed:"My father originally wanted to reduce Buddhism, seal temples, and establish Confucianism, but he didn't expect that now he would build Buddhism and build temples to calm the people." How to win the trust of the people after going back and forth. Yang Guang rubbed his palms together and said to himself:"We can't just kill all the monks and settle the matter.""

"What? Xiao Jun heard this and said to Yang Guang:"Your Highness must not kill monks indiscriminately. Those monks tied up in groups are already very pitiful." Yang

Guang smiled and said,"I'm just saying casually. I have ordered Yuwenshu to invite Master Zhiyi to discuss a plan to appease him.""

This monk Zhiyi is a very famous monk in the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone is looking forward to Zhiyi personally coming out to appease the people, recall the monks, and restore stability.

As for Yuwenshu, he was sent by Yang Guang to ask Master Zhiyi to inquire in every possible way. , only then did we know that Master Zhiyi lived in seclusion at Guangzhai Temple. When Yu Wenshu walked into Guangzhai Temple, he saw that the temple was deserted. It had long lost its glory of yesterday. The walls of the courtyard were peeling and exposed to the wind, weeds were overgrown inside and outside, the incense was extinguished, and the temple was dilapidated.

Seeing that the wooden door was half covered, Yuwenshu knocked on the temple door, but no one answered for a long time. Yuwenshu entered Guangzhai Temple with an entourage, stepped through the weeds, and came to the front hall. Looking up

, Spiders had spun webs in the front hall, and the Buddha statues were damaged, and it seemed that it was no longer glorious. Going to the back hall, I suddenly saw a monk. When he saw someone coming from the government, he was so frightened that he ran away.

"quick!"Yu Wenshu waved his hand, and his followers grabbed the monk. The monk was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy, whimpering and speechless. Yu Wenshu looked carefully and saw that he was a mute monk. The mute monk looked at

Yuwen Shuhe's entourage carried a sword on his waist, and knowing that he was from the government, he pointed to a Zen room in the backyard. Yuwen Shu led his entourage into the Zen room. In the Zen room, there was a monk, thin, with a sallow face and his eyes closed. Sitting in meditation.

Seeing that although the monk was dressed simply, his demeanor was definitely that of an eminent monk. Yuwenshu put his hands together and said,"Amitabha, may I ask if this Zen master is Master Zhiyi?"

The monk replied:"I am Zhiyi.""

Yu Wenshu said:"I am Yu Wenshu, the concubine of the Zuo Concubine of the Prince of Jin and the minister of the Ministry of War, who was sent by the King of Jin to invite the master to the Prince's Palace." He took out Yang Guang's invitation from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Zhi Yi, and said:" This is the invitation from the King of Jin. I hope that the master will accompany me.

Zhiyi said:"I have escaped from the three realms a long time ago. I don't care about the affairs of the world. I don't want to go to the king's palace. I will not obey my orders.""

When Yu Wenshu saw Zhiyi politely declining, he comforted him kindly:"The King of Jin has heard for a long time that the Master is profound in Dharma and has extraordinary attainments. He has admired him for a long time. He also hopes that the Master will fulfill the King of Jin's long-cherished wish and meet with the King of Jin. Zhiyi let out a long sigh, shook his head and said:"My Buddha has gone, my heart has returned, the Buddhist temple is in ruins, the monks are in trouble, the old monk and His Highness the King of Jin have different paths and do not conspire against each other.""

"No……"When Yu Wenshu saw that he could not persuade Master Zhiyi, he breathed heavily from his nose and had no choice but to walk away.

Back at the palace, Yang Guangzheng and Pei Yun were waiting for news. When they saw Yuwenshu coming back alone, they asked,"How was the trip?"

Yuwenshu frowned and looked embarrassed, and said,"This monk Zhiyi has such a great face. I'm so happy." After trying to persuade him, he actually said that he did not agree with the way of the king of Jin, and he was obviously dissatisfied."

Yang Guang put his hands behind his back, walked a few steps, and said,"Does Zhiyi think that the reduction of Buddhism and the promotion of Confucianism in various places in the south of the Yangtze River is bad? Buddhist incense does not give face."

Yu Wen said:"The Guangzhai Temple is in dilapidated condition and the situation is bleak. Can we release the monks in prison and add some incense money? I expect that the monk Zhiyi will be grateful to His Highness for your kindness. Will help"

"Well, I will give you this favor to Monk Zhiyi. Yang Guang turned to Pei Yun and said,"Master Pei is in charge of Jiankang affairs. Do you know how many monks have been arrested in Guangzhai Temple?""

Pei Yun stood up, bowed and said:"Reporting to Your Highness, except for the old, sick and disabled monks in Guangzhai Temple, all others have been arrested. Six or seven timid monks have returned to secular life, and most of them are still in prison."

"Let all the monks of Guangzhai Temple go free. As long as it can make Zhiyi happy, I will agree to it."

Pei Yun took the order and left. Yang Guang said to Yuwen:"All the monks in the temple have been released. Go and tell Master Zhiyi. A few days later, I will go to invite him in person. I don't believe that Zhiyi will not give him face."

"obey."

Yang Guang issued an order to release the arrested monks of Guangzhai Temple. Pei Yun immediately went to Sili Prison. There were many monks in the cell. They were all monks who devoted themselves to Buddhism and did not want to return to secular life. The official of the government took the list of Guangzhai monks and took them. The monks in custody were called out one by one, and Pei Yun, who was left behind in Jiankang, recorded them one by one.

At this time, monks were still being hunted everywhere in Jiangnan. When the city was in turmoil, Yu Wenshu led a team of soldiers and horses to personally escort the monks from Guangzhai Temple back. Temple.

When they arrived at Guangzhai Temple, Yu Wenshu came to the backyard and saw Zhi Yi worshiping the Buddha in the back hall. After waiting for a while, the worship of the Buddha had finished, and Yu Wenshu arrived again. Zhi Yi's face was as earthy and motionless.

Yu Wenshu said:"In honor of the King of Jin He ordered all the monks of Guangzhai Temple to be released and subsidize the temple with incense and money to promote Buddhism.

A sneer appeared on Zhiyi's face, and he said calmly:"The donor is not a person related to Buddhism, and all his efforts are in vain." Yu

Wenshu smiled slightly and said:"How dare you come here to trouble me again? It's just that the King of Jin appreciated the master's talent and learning, so he devoted himself to seeking Buddha." The master's temple will be rebuilt and rebuilt soon, thanks to the King of Jin taking care of it."

"Good, good"

"Three days later, King Jin will visit Guangzhai Temple in person, hoping that the master will not refute Qiantose's face."After Yuwenshu finished speaking, he bowed to Zhiyi and walked away.

Yuwenshu returned to the palace and saw that Yang Guang had summoned everyone to discuss matters in the Central Army Commander's Hall. Yuwenshu realized that there must be urgent military information gathered in the commander's hall. , also hurried to Shuaitang.