Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six Empress Wu Arranges for Sister-in-law Bai Tieyu to Bury the Great Buddha Statue

Xue Shao's elder brother, Xue Yi, is a relatively calm person. He always feels that if Taiping gets married, the Xue family's catastrophe will come. In order to answer the doubts in his heart, he went to ask the grandfather of the same clan, a man named Xue Kegou (Hubu doctor): "Do you think it is good for the Xue family if the princess marries into the Xue family?" Xue Kegou is a man who has seen the world. He comforted Xue Yi, "It's nothing new for the emperor's nephew to marry a princess. If we do things honestly, there may not be any harm! However, the proverb is true, 'If you marry a woman, you will get a princess, and you will go to the government if you have nothing to do." .'We have to be careful."

Marry a wife and get a princess, go to the government if you have nothing to do.It is said that people in the Tang Dynasty were unwilling to marry a princess as a daughter-in-law, because marrying into the family would definitely ruin the family.Not long after, the nightmare soon came to Xue's house. First of all, Tianhou came forward to make a special trip to disgust Xue's family. She accused Xue Shao's elder brother, Xue Yi, of low taste, because Xue Wei married a man whose surname was Xiao, and was not a nobleman; she also accused Xue Shao's younger brother, Xue Xu, of poor thinking, because Xue Xu's daughter-in-law, whose surname was Cheng, was not a nobleman either.Tian Hou felt that her daughter absolutely couldn't be a sister-in-law with two women like village girls, that would be really cheap.She ordered Xue Yi and Xue Xu to give up the yuan quickly to Hugh, and then marry the noble woman she designated as his wife.

As soon as this remark came out, it aroused collective opposition from all civil and military officials, and everyone spoke up one after another, which really stunned the Queen of Heaven.The loudest voice of opposition is also the most unexpected for Tianhou. North Gate Bachelor.The Beimen scholars objected. They thought that Tianhou's actions were too much.The Xiao family is Xiao Yu's nephew and grand-nephew, and also the old marriage of the country, and his family background is no worse than anyone else's. Tianhou suddenly realized, thinking about it carefully, she was really a little bit too much, so she let this matter go.However, she still kept a close eye on Taiping's sisters-in-law, and was ready to kill them if she felt any discomfort.Tubo was also very unhappy. They failed to propose marriage, and ignored any peace treaty or non-peace treaty. The army once again harassed the border of the Tang Dynasty, successively invading Zhe, Song, Yi and other states, and the border was not peaceful.Tubo has been waiting for the opportunity, waiting for Hei Chi Chang Zhi to be transferred away.

Now, seven years have passed, and they finally received exciting news: the Tang Dynasty transferred Hei Chi Chang Zhi to another place, and sent a civil servant to guard Heyuan. Is Li Zhi mentally ill? The answer is yes, because he often gets dizzy. Therefore, Tubo keenly seized the great opportunity of this change, and quickly sent troops to attack Heyuan.The contest started, and Tubo attacked frantically, preparing to win this important battlefield in one fell swoop.However, the unthinkable happened.They attacked Baishuijian in Heyuan eight times, and they were beaten fatly eight times. They didn't get any advantage, and many brothers lost their lives.

People have to ask, who is the scholar opposite. The big fat man happily stroked his beard and wrote down the day's diary. Bibu member Wailang, General Zuo Xiaowei Lang, Deputy Heyuan Army's economic and strategic envoy, all titles don't matter, and he, Lou Shide, doesn't care either.Tubo, who had suffered a heavy loss, learned that Lou Shide's talent was no worse than that of Hei Zong, and the story returned to the previous state.Heyuan is peaceful, but the Turkic remnant party, which caused turmoil at the same time as Tubo, rebelled with Ashina Gudulu, Ashide Yuanzhen and many other brothers. Northeast of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia today).

They are entrenched here, trying to get into Bingzhou (Shanxi). Things went smoothly, even better than Gu Dulu and the others had expected. When rushing from Heisha City to Bingzhou Shanyu Mansion, Tang Jun was not prepared at all.Therefore, it is natural that Wang Demao, the governor of Lanzhou (Lanzhou, Shanxi), was killed.The Turkic army was divided into two groups, one to guard the captured city, and the other led by Yuan Zhen to attack Yunzhou (Datong). It is expected that Yunzhou will be taken away in a few days. When they arrived in Yunzhou, the Turkic rebels had the urge to dance. They clearly saw the little people in Yunzhou trembling.

Yes, they are waiting for us, we burn, we kill, we loot, we loot, we rejoice, we rejoice.The Turkic army was clamoring, but when they reached Yunzhou City, they stopped. They saw that the Tang people were standing there neatly, quietly waiting for their arrival.The soldiers and horses lined up as if they were about to fight, and everyone's expressions were so determined.What is going on here? Yuan Zhen couldn't help becoming suspicious, looking at the generals of the Tang army, he felt a little familiar.A white robe covered his battle armor, but the weapon in his hand revealed a piercing light.

The Turkic general asked loudly: "Who is blocking?" The other party replied sonorously, "Xue Rengui!" The Turks laughed out loud. To be honest, it’s not that everyone is not afraid of Xue Rengui, but that everyone has heard that a student named Wei Yuanzhong in the Tang Dynasty made Xue Rengui a criminal and exiled him to Xiangzhou (Guangxi University). Yaoshan).Therefore, everyone concluded that this extremely vulgar guy in front of him must be a counterfeit.So Yuanzhen said: "I heard that Xue Rengui was exiled to Xiangzhou and died a long time ago. Why did you lie to me? (I heard that Xue Rengui was exiled to Xiangzhou and died for a long time. Why did you leave me!)"

Xue Rengui shook his head, took off his helmet, and showed his face to the Turks. Yes, this is Xue Rengui. He was indeed exiled to Xiangzhou by Li Zhi, but when the world was amnesty, he returned to the battlefield from Xiangzhou.He was a good official who loved the people like his own son. On the day he left Xiangzhou, the whole city went out to mobilize, crying and shaking the sky. People knelt on the road and blocked Xue Rengui's carriage.Xue Rengui still left. I heard that Li Zhi missed him very much. He missed the warrior who risked his life and rushed to the palace to shout when the mountain torrents broke out in Chang'an thirty years ago.

The Xuanwu gate was flooded, thousands of people were drowned in Chang'an, the palace was flooded, and the guards ran for their lives.Only Xue Rengui climbed up the door frame and shouted desperately towards the main hall where the flood was rushing. Xue Rengui? Turkic people come to their senses, people are here, can there be fakes? The Turkic chieftain and the general looked at each other in blank dismay, turned pale, got off their horses one after another, lined up to worship each other from a distance, then mounted their horses as fast as they could, and led the army to retreat. Xue Rengui looked at the Turkic army in the distance coldly, and rushed out, defeated the enemy army, beheaded more than 10,000 ranks, captured more than 20,000 people alive, and captured more than 30,000 camels, horses, cattle, and sheep.

This is the last battle of Xue Rengui's life. After the battle, Xue Rengui died of illness at the age of seventy. Rengui is brave and courageous, he is a momentary hero, he is loyal and bold, and stands upright.Hey, if you don't agree with the seal, you will lose everything.Confucius said: "It can be given to establish, but not to be given power." Adding a clear order to make meritorious deeds, the king who knows his ministers, trustworthy! After Xue Rengui's death, the Turkic remnant party was very happy and continued to harass the border of the Tang Dynasty.Ashina Gudulu and Ashide Yuanzhen led an army of 100,000 to besiege Dingzhou, but ended in a big defeat; then they besieged Guizhou and killed Sima Zhang Xingshi of Shanyu Duhufu; a few months later, they besieged Wei Zhou, assassinated Shi Li Sijian; then besieged Fengzhou and captured Cui Zhibian, the governor of Fengzhou; in June, besieged Lanzhou and repelled Yang Xuanji for Tang Pian. The thieves are approaching Guanzhong step by step. At this moment, what are the people in the court doing?Is there any trick, hurry up and implement it? The answer is: they are fighting. The main content of the quarrel was whether the people of Fengzhou should be evacuated to Xiazhou and Lingzhou. In the end, everyone agreed that it was impossible to withdraw the soldiers and horses against Tubo, so there were not enough troops to be sent to Fengzhou. Fengzhou In an emergency, the people should be transferred away.For the people of one city, it is definitely safest to go away; but for the people of countless cities, once the people of Fengzhou leave, bandits and bandits will definitely press on every step of the way, and everyone will still die miserably. When Fengzhou Sima saw the court, he gave such a result. He couldn't hold back, and wrote a letter: This kind of thing happened in the Sui Dynasty. Withdraw the people of Fengzhou and enrich Xiazhou and Lingzhou. Then, Xiazhou and Lingzhou , is the next Toyosu, and has no effect at all. So, no more? What about the people of Toyosu? Fengzhou Sima Tang Xiujing said: "Don't be afraid, I'm here!" In Chang'an, the western capital, Li Xian was in charge of the country; in Luoyang, the eastern capital, the emperor and queen visited Fanggui Palace and Hebi Palace hand in hand.God was not pleasing to the eye, they were halfway there, and it rained heavily, forcing the convoy back to the court.God is kind, in addition to the Turkic Lien Zhan Lian Jie, there is another very bad news to tell them, that is, during their travel, a guy named Bai Tieyu in Suizhou rebelled. Fortunately, Bai Tieyu Gan uprising was very amateurish. He is from Jihu, a mixed race of Xiongnu. It can be seen from the name that the so-called "Tieyu" means "mixed" in the Jihu language.Mr. Bai Tieyu likes to play tricks when he has nothing to do, and what he loves most is to be surprised.Therefore, people of insight in the village think he is unreliable.But at that time, among the folks who were deceived and abducted by Mr. Bai, there were not many knowledgeable people, and the others were all the kind that he would believe no matter how you fooled him. Bai Tieyu often went to work and exercised under the old cypress tree beside the ditch. After a long time, a big pit was dug, and Mr. Bai Tieyu put a Buddha statue in it at night. A few years later, Bai Tieyu started spreading rumors.He said that he passed by under the cypress tree last night and saw the light of Buddha.Everyone didn't believe it, but Mr. Bai set up a Dharma meeting in a serious manner. He said that he would invite the Buddha and hoped that people would come to join him.So on that day, hundreds of men and women really came.Mr. Bai Tieyu has become a mage in everyone's mind. Old Baiyun pointed to the underside of the cypress tree and said, "Dig it!" So everyone dug, but didn't dig. Lao Bai was not surprised, because he deliberately pointed to the wrong place. Mr. Bai continued to fool around professionally, "Everyone's hearts are not sincere, and the Buddha is invisible!" Everyone was ashamed, good men and believers also knew the market, and they donated precious money together.Seeing that the money was almost gone, Lao Bai pointed to the place where the Buddha was buried under the cypress tree and said, "Yes, you can dig it again!" So everyone dug again, and soon, everyone dug up a statue with green hair Bronze Buddha. The villagers were shocked, thinking that Bai Tieyu was the reincarnation of the Buddha, and he became angry for a while. In the ten miles and eight villages, no one in the crowd did not want to see Buddha Bai. Everyone asked the Buddha to teach, and Laobai glanced at all living beings, and said compassionately: "Those who see the holy Buddha will be cured of all diseases." As soon as this remark came out, there was a collective commotion. Hundreds of miles away, men, women, old and young, sick and healthy, those who hoped that they would get sick, and those who suspected that they were sick, all came to see the gods and Buddhas.Brother Tie Yu felt that the time had come, so he asked people to wrap ten layers of colored ribbons around the Buddha statue. When people come to see it, as long as they save enough money, one floor will be removed. After a year or two, the tenth floor will be removed, and the Buddha will see light. At that time, Bai Tieyu already had tens of millions of dollars. He set up an uprising and sent his troops south to attack Suide and Dabin counties, killing officials and burning houses.Before the buttocks were hot, the imperial court's chasing army arrived.Mr. Bai Tieyu believed that his army could at least draw a tie with the Tang army, and even if it could not draw a tie, it would be no problem to last for a few months.So, the next day, Bai Tieyu was captured alive. Brother Tie Yu didn't seem to understand the principle of war. There were two generals in charge of arresting him, one was Cheng Wuting and the other was Wang Fangyi. Li Zhi had no choice but to confer some titles on Wang Fangyi, and the Queen of Heaven had nothing to do with it.However, despite frequent Tubo, Turkic, and civil strife, the Queen of Heaven still managed to encourage Li Zhi to go to Songshan to consecrate Zen in October of this year.It is unbelievable that the emperor can go to Songshan to enshrine Zen when the country's major affairs are in a mess.What is rare is that this time no one gave advice, and everyone learned how to protect themselves wisely. However, a month later, classmate Li Zhi suddenly got up and issued an order not to go.The main manifestations of Li Zhimen are: delaying the enshrining of Zen in October to the first month of the next year (the first year of Guangzhai, AD 684); making Li Chongfu, the son of Prince Li Xian, the king of Tang Chang, summoning Li Xian to Dongdu, and ordering the emperor's grandson to stay in the capital , assisted by Liu Rengui. Those who should come will definitely come. In November, all the officials are ready to go, and the large army has already begun to prepare the details of the Fengchan ceremony.On this day, classmate Li Zhi suddenly became a man again, and the content of the edict became tougher.He said: "Let's all go back, Songshan, we won't go!" Everyone looked at Li Zhi dizzy and knew that he had fallen ill again.