He couldn't help looking at Zhou Man.
Man Bao immediately lowered his head to stare at his toes.
When the emperor saw it, he was so angry that he was breathing hard. She was obviously the one to blame!
"emperor-"
The emperor came back to his senses, and immediately held the queen mother's hand and said sincerely: "The queen mother can go if she wants, or I will let the prince go there? Which Taoist temple did you make your wish for?"
The queen mother fell silent when she heard the words, and sighed after a while, "I didn't find out if you didn't ask, and I didn't make a wish in person, so how can I fulfill my wish?"
The emperor quietly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter had been fooled, but the queen mother suddenly grasped his hand and said: "Emperor, Ai's family is going to visit Xuandu Temple."
The emperor stared, and quickly advised, "If the queen mother wishes, why don't you let the prince go there instead? How can you go in person?"
The Empress Dowager said with firm eyes: "No, Ai's family has to go in person. If the heart is sincere, the soul will live. If the heart is not sincere, how can we expect the gods to favor us?"
emperor:…
He turned his head to stare at Zhou Man.
Under his gaze, Zhou Man had no choice but to go forward and persuade, "Your Majesty, your body is not suitable for traveling."
The Empress Dowager, on the other hand, recognized the principle of "sincerity leads to spirit", and insisted: "Aijia just wants to go there in person."
Even Mingda tried to persuade her, but it was useless, and she didn't know what Zhou Man said that stimulated her. She must go there in person to show that she is not a fan of faith, but a fan of both, and she is very devout towards gods. .
Man Bao was very sad, and the emperor was even more sad, because at the end, the queen mother held his hand and called "cat slave", tears rolled in her eyes, and the emperor couldn't say what she refused, so her head froze. The heat should be gone.
He just agreed, the words seemed to be still lingering in his ears, and he regretted it in his heart, but the queen mother nodded happily, and said again and again: "The Ai family knows that cat slaves are the most filial."
Let the emperor have no chance to repent.
It was already two quarters of an hour by the time the three of them stood at the gate of the palace, the queen mother knew how to accept it as soon as she saw it, and asked people to prepare things for the trip, while expressing that she was tired and wanted to rest.
The emperor took a rest after serving the queen mother, and then left with Zhou Man and Ming Da.
Standing on the bluestone path at the entrance of the palace, Man Bao and Ming Da lowered their heads together.
The emperor stood in front of the two of them, staring at one and then at the other, not knowing who to blame.
After all, the two children had good intentions from the beginning, Mingda was filial, and Zhou Man was friendly. Regardless of the results, her heart was also good. It is a very good wish to wish Mingda and the queen a long and healthy life.
So the emperor took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and could not help but secretly complained to the queen mother in his heart. Zhou Man said that one should believe in gods and Buddhas, but why does the queen mother not understand
Ming Da quietly gave Man Bao a wink, making her step back, and then asked: "Father, do you really want the emperor's grandmother to visit Xuandu?"
"You are not joking, can I go back on my word?"
It's okay, the emperor doesn't want to lose face, and it's enough to face the empress dowager's scolding a few times, anyway, the courtiers will definitely stand on the emperor's side this time.
However, the emperor decided to fulfill his promise after weighing it.
After all, the queen mother just wanted to go, and the emperor didn't want the queen mother to leave with regrets.
He thought it was filial piety, but the courtiers obviously didn't think so, and many ministers wrote to express their opposition.
Even Xiao Yuanzheng wrote a rare letter, from the empress dowager's pulse case to the current weather problem, in short, he strongly opposed the empress dowager's travel.
Otherwise, if something goes wrong, whose fault is it
The reasons for the courtiers' opposition were more complicated.
In fact, many courtiers had objections to the queen mother's superstitious behavior in the past six months, but it was because the queen mother was seriously ill and was dying, and she used both her own and the emperor's private houses, so she didn't attack.
But now that the Empress Dowager has to drag the sick body out of the palace in person, the backlog of dissatisfaction among the courtiers erupted immediately.
Even Tang He and the county magistrate Guo of Wannian County next door couldn't resist writing a letter to express their objections.
It is generally believed that the emperor has to pay half of the responsibility for this matter. Do you think that you are filial if you obey the queen mother
Regarding the poor health of the queen mother, as a child, one should do one's duty of admonishment. Do you think that if the queen mother wants a star, you will be filial if you give it to the star
wrong!
And it was a big mistake, so the courtiers first sprayed the emperor with reference to filial piety, and then talked about their suppressed dissatisfaction during this period of time.
Do you think the superstitious activities carried out by your emperor's family are your own private affairs
wrong!
Royal selfless affairs, especially those involving the belief in gods and Buddhas, as atheists, Wei Zhi and Mr. Tang not only opposed the empress dowager's charity and dojo in temples and Taoist temples, but also opposed the emperor's related activities.
They believe that the emperor has to pay a lot of responsibility for today's predicament.
If you are good at the top, you will be bad at the bottom. As soon as your upper and lower lips touch each other, you will go to Huguo Temple and burn incense in Xuandu Temple, but you don’t know how many ordinary people flock to the temples and Taoist temples when you turn around.
And once the incense of temples and Taoist temples flourishes, more problems will inevitably arise.
What if temples and Taoist temples are short of manpower and need to recruit people
What if the people think that being a monk or a Taoist priest is profitable and they all go to become a monk or Taoist priest
What should monks and Taoists do to bully the people
Have you ever thought about these questions
A set of data handed in by Tang County Magistrate and Guo County Magistrate made everyone's spraying more justified.
In the first half of this year, because of the relief sheds set up by the Queen Mother under Huguo Temple and Xuandu Temple, crimes and various disputes around Huguo Temple and Xuandu Temple have increased by 60% compared with last year. The overall crime data of the counties also increased by nearly 30% compared with the same period last year.
Excluding the impact of last year's drought on this year, this year's crime data is still ridiculously high.
Magistrate Guo may not have thought much about it at first, but Tang He has a special liking for the Ministry of Punishment. After researching, he found that this has a certain influence on the Queen Mother's obsession with gods and Buddhas in the past six months, so he took Magistrate Guo together It's time to book.
The emperor was scolded all morning, and finally had to tell the queen mother about Zhou Man's admonition that day, and said that they had already persuaded her, but the queen mother insisted on this, if you have the ability, go and let the queen mother take back her order.
As long as the queen mother said no, he would not go immediately.
Courtier: ... Who dares to face the Queen Mother at this time
But... Wei Zhi raised his head to look directly at the emperor, and asked with piercing eyes: "Your Majesty, what Zhou Man said is not unreasonable. So, do you believe in gods and Buddhas, but not fascinated, or are you both convinced and fascinated?"
The emperor felt a little pain in Tianling Gai, and remembered that in the past, as long as he rewarded the Huguo Temple, Wei Zhibi would write a letter to express his opposition.
He felt a chill down his spine, and regretted that he had shifted the focus to Zhou Man, but he didn't expect that the focus would still be on him in the end.
Among the officials, Man Bao lowered his head silently, trying hard to pretend that he didn't exist.