The Incident at Longmen Grottoes (Part 1)
Chapter 1242:The Incident at Longmen Grottoes (Part 1)
Binyang North Cave, Li Shimin looked at the scale of the moment, but only completed a roughly grotto, the eyes also showed a somewhat sad look, but then only Li Tai was again said: "Father, although the North Cave is not completed, but the scenery on the other side of the cave is good, and there are several good carvings on the other side of the South Cave, we might as well see how to see?"
Li Shimin at this time of great interest is quite high, heard his son's advice also immediately nodded, the eldest grandson and others naturally did not say anything, in fact, Li Huo once came to the Longmen grottoes, this Binyang cave he also personally visited, so here is also very familiar, but Li Tai is willing to act as a tour guide, he is also lazy to open.
When the next pedestrian first went to the Binyang Middle Cave, only to see the cave for the horseshoe-shaped plane, the dome, the central carving of the large lotus flower of the lotus cover, the lotus around the eight kung ray and two to provide for the heavenly people, all the statues are fluttering, flying in the wind around the lotus treasure cover, the beautiful posture of the north, the main Buddha Shakyamuni cheeks, the neck of the thin.
In addition to the main statue, there are four beautiful embossings on both sides of the cave, each layer of relief has its own story, Li Tai at this time also really acted as a guide, finger relief to Li Shimin to explain the story behind these reliefs, although many stories are from the Buddhist scriptures, Li Shimin is not strange, but may be from the son's explanation, making him also listen to the taste.
Soon after the visit to Binyang Zhongdong, Li Tai led Li Shimin to the next South Cave, but Li Hugh was a little strange at this time, because as far as he knew, the carving on this side of the South Cave was not completed, even worse than the North Cave, there was nothing to see at all, but looking at the appearance of Li Tai now, it seems that he wanted Li Shimin to go to the South Cave.
Not only did Li Hu feel strange, but many people who had been here in the minister also felt a little strange, but seeing Li Shimin's interest so high, they did not dare to say anything, and the eldest son could not be sure what Li Tai was playing with, so he did not speak behind Li Shimin, but his brows were gently wrinkled.
Out of the Binyang cave turned a corner, next to the Binyang South Cave, but when Li Hu came to this cave, they all showed a surprised expression, because only to see that the original unfinished cave has been completed, the main Buddha Amitabha Buddha's face is rich, lips thick, clothes are natural, there are other Standing Buddhas around, it does not look much worse than the middle hole.
“Isn’t this South Hole finished?”Li Shimin looked at the beautiful Nandong carving in front of him and showed a surprised expression, but soon he found something wrong, and then he said, "No, these carvings are very new, it should be not long after, and the carvings have a northern Wei wind, but there are some of them now style."
Not only did Li Shimin discover these engraving problems, Li Shu and others also found this problem, Beiwei's engraving style is unique, especially the characters like highlighting "showbone light image", the engraving process is majestic, but the engraving style of the Tang era is mainly round, the characters are very full and lively, these two styles may be difficult to express with text description, but as long as you see it with your own eyes, it is easy to distinguish the difference between the two.
Seeing the surprised appearance of Li Shimin and others, Li Tai, who led the people in, was a proud smile, only to see that his rolling figure under the curve was solemnly saluted by Li Shimin, and then he said: "The father and emperor do not know, in fact, this Nandong is ordered to be cut, the purpose is to accumulate merit for the mother!"
Li Tai's words were exported, Li Huo and his eldest grandson could not help but look at them, and then the two people's eyebrows immediately wrinkled, not only them, but also many ministers also changed their faces one by one, and their eyes were very complicated to look at Li Tai.
Li Shimin's feelings for the eldest grandson of the queen are very deep, especially since the death of the eldest grandson, his character has undergone some changes, and now heard that his son in order to accumulate merit for his wife and rebuild the Binyang South Cave, which makes him very happy: "You are indeed a filial son, if your mother is in heaven, know that you will be happy to do these things for her!"
Hearing Li Shimin's sentimental words, Li Hue was laughing bitterly at this time, and the eldest grandson of the Queen of Heaven would not be happy, but he could be sure that Li Tai's purpose in renovating this grotto was definitely not so simple for his mother!
In fact, at the moment of hearing Li Tai's words, the first reaction in Li Hu's brain is that Li Tai wants to compete for favor through this matter, it is estimated that this is also the first reaction of the eldest grandson and others, after all, which one of the people present is not the old fox, how can Li Tai's little thought hide the eyes of these people?
This time Li Shimin sealed Zen Taishan, although left Li Chengqian sitting in the town of Chang'an, but took Li Tai to Taishan, which itself has been somewhat abnormal, after all, Feng Zen so important things, he wants to take the prince to go, but Li Shimin wants to take a bowl of water flat, the result Li Tai followed Li Shimin on the Taishan Zen, this practice in addition to deepening Li Chengqian's dissatisfaction or even anger.
In fact, as early as on the way to Taishan, Li Huan guessed that after sealing Zen, Li Tai is afraid that he will become more unscrupulous, and will even be on the bright side of Li Chengqian's competition, but he did not expect this day to come so quickly, and look at this grotto, I am afraid that Li Tai has already quietly prepared for this matter.
Of course, Li Tai and Li Chengqian's struggle for favor is not a day or two, but this time Li Tai's approach is really excessive, after all, as a son, even using his mother to get a father's favor, of course, this may be somewhat inaccurate, Li Tai should also have a deep feeling for the eldest grandson, but he must also do this now, certainly has the intention of competing for favor, after all, let Li Shimin know that his son so much about his mother, will only let Li Shimin more love for him.
Li Tai heard his father's praise, the moment can not help but be happy, but then deliberately made a sad look: "Since the mother died, the son also often misses the mother, whenever the midnight dream, is the tears and wet, so the son let the man re-healed the grotto, in order to accumulate merit for the mother, I hope that the mother in the spirit of heaven can feel the child's filial piety!"
Li Tai's acting is really not good, at least Li Huan and the eldest grandson and others have seen the kind of joy on his face, which is more solid about his motivation to dig this South Cave is not pure, but Li Shimin is blinded by the father and son's affection, not only did not see the son's true intention, but also moved the tears, it is estimated that the dead wife makes him emotional, thus losing the most basic judgment.
"Suzuki you have a fist of heart, your mother will certainly feel, the so-called hundred good filial piety first, so filial piety, but also worthy of the court vigorously commend!"Li Shimin was moved again at this time, and when he said this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and now he commanded the living Lang around him, "Communicate my will, and inform the world of the king's filial piety, thinking that the world will set an example for the children!"
Li Shimin's words are exported, Li Hugh and Sun Wujie and others are even more face changes, because if it is true that Li Tai's "filial piety" is told to the world, it will only make Li Tai more arrogant, and even let him have an illusion, thinking that as long as you pull down Li Chengqian, you can win the throne of the prince, and finally can only go on a road of no return.
“Your majesty is not!”At this time, I saw that the eldest grandson finally couldn't help but stand up to stop, although he also did not like Li Chengqing, but he also did not want to let Li Tai and Li Chengqing fight for you to live, because it is not yet that time, so this practice of Li Shimin will naturally be stopped.
“Huh?”Why not?”Li Shimin was also a moment at this time, and then the brows asked, he now only cares about the father and son, his mind is also thinking of his dead wife, and he did not think that he had been put together by his son.
"This..." in the face of Li Shimin's question, the eldest son was unbounded but suddenly stopped, because he was in a hurry to stop this matter, but even a reasonable reason did not consider it, after all, he could not directly accuse Li Tai's motives were impure, this kind of words understood in his heart, if he said it in person, I am afraid that Li Shimin could not contact, and even doubted that he was separated from their father and son.
Seeing the long-grandson's face flushed red, Shi Qi Wu said a reason, Li Hui could not help but sigh, and then stood up for the eldest grandson without hesitation: "Wang Chen, the two Buddhist teachings controlled a large number of land and wealth, which has affected the stability of the country, and later set up a monk's recorder to limit the development of the two churches, which has eliminated this hidden danger, but now the king for the queen to build grottoes, of course, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, although the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, is the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of the emperor, of course, the king of theBuddhism, the spread will only make people think that the court relaxed the control of Buddhism, and even the management of the two churches by the monk's Taolu Department will become difficult!"
"The horse said it was very, the courtier thought so, for the stability of the world, but also look forward to your Majesty's thinking!"The eldest son saw Li Hugh unsettled himself, and now he also grew out of his breath, and then he opened the way.
"The courtiers also thought that it would be very wrong for your majesty to preach the Wei Wang's move, and the position of the monk's teaching department would not be on the right track, if your majesty so openly proclaimed the Dharma, how would he manage the two teachings of the monk's Tao in the future?"At this time, Wei Zheng finally stood up against it.
The monk's office was originally headed by Wei Zheng, and he also saw the true intention of Li Tai, but he was only stubborn, his brain was no problem, and he did not dare to directly point out that Li Tai's motives were impure, and he had some urgent reasons to oppose it, but he did not expect Li Heu to think for a good reason.
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