The fact that the envoys did not bring a scepter means that today's affairs are not state affairs, but matters on the matter.

Li Shimin specially reminded Liu Mu that he let Liu Mu grasp the proportions.

After Liu Mu entered the hall, he sat on the mat that belonged to him, and then saluted Li Yuan: "Father Emperor, the son is preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, I don't know why the father and emperor summoned the son and courtier." ”

Li Yuan didn't speak, and stretched out his hand to signal that the representative of the monk could appeal.

Sinhala, the national teacher from the country of Uzi, got up and first saluted Li Yuan, and then said: "The little monk wants to ask, why the monks are wantonly enslaved in many places north of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Yanagi sat there motionless, his eyes staring straight ahead.

The Taiji Hall is extremely quiet, and the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty are here to preside over justice today, which can be understood as the grand jury of later generations, and Li Yuan is the chief justice.

Sinhala saw that no one spoke, and said again: "Honorable Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty thought that many places were enslaving monks, and the little monk learned that it was the place under the jurisdiction of Liu Yuma. ”

"Me!" Liu Mu pointed at himself, and then asked: "Enslave monks, no!" ”

Liu Mu's answer couldn't even keep Fu Yi calm, so obvious, hundreds of thousands of monks are working as coolies for you, you actually said that there is no slavery, for another reason, even if you are a scoundrel, even if you want to fight, you can't answer like this.

Sinhala was not angry or anxious, and immediately asked: "Tens of thousands of monks are doing hard labor to build rivers and roads, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes!" Yanagi replied generously.

"Isn't that slavery?"

Liu Mu got up and walked in front of Xiao Yu in a few steps: "Gong Xiao, the junior asks for your help in explaining the word slavery. ”

Xiao Yu didn't understand what Liu Mu meant, but at the moment, even if he also believed in Buddhism, he would definitely be unanimous in the face of the monks of the Western Regions.

"According to the new code of the Tang Dynasty, slaves are slaves, and slavery is driven. Slavery should be understood as a slave-like drive. Xiao Yu gave a fair explanation.

Yanagi asked Sinhalese rhetorically: "I don't know if you can interpret the word." ”

"Recognition."

"Well, these people are not slaves, because the Tang Law does not define him as a slave. And I gave them warm winter clothes, enough food to eat every day, medical treatment for work-related injuries, overtime rewards, and even a New Year's reward. So I don't understand, the word slavery...... Do you have a sick head? ”

The first two days were normal, and the last sentence Liu Mu scolded viciously.

This is not the end: "Old fellow, this horse is very busy, and when you take a breath, this horse will have tens of thousands of dollars in the account, and you have delayed the time for this little." ”

"You, you broke my disciple's leg."

"Do you know what a forbidden area is, my place, my forbidden area. There is a gold medal from the Tang Emperor, even if the officials of the Tang Dynasty want to enter, they must have a holy order, if it is not for the sake of them to visit the envoys, I will hang their heads on the tree. Liu Mu stared at Sinhala viciously.

Sinhala was a little weak by the eyes of the willow wood, and he was a little afraid.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, he is more afraid of an uncontrolled madman like Liu Mu, Liu Mu's Eight Hundred Killing Gods is already a legend in the Western Regions, a legend like a nightmare.

"Whisper, this is the Tai Chi Hall. I have called you here to be reasonable, not to quarrel. If there is any inappropriate remark, it should be held accountable. Li Yuan opened his mouth to accuse Liu Mu.

Sinhala hastened to express his gratitude.

Then Sinhala said to Liumu, "Then you always have the ability to drive the monks to work." Right? ”

"No, according to my Tang law, Ding must be served. I did not let the old monks work, and I did not let the young monks work. And I spent money on the number of servants I got from the provinces, so how can I force it. ”

Sinhala is a bit of a problem because monks from all countries are exempt from taxes.

"Do you think that if you enter the temple, you can not obey my Tang law?" Yanagi asked rhetorically with a smile.

"No, the monasteries should obey the laws of the country in which they live." Sinhala gave an affirmative answer on this point.

Liu Mu came to Liu Zhenghui: "Liu Shangshu, I have a private armor in the Tang Dynasty, and half a pair will be exiled for three thousand miles." Privately possessed a pair of armor and served in the army for three years. Juniors are not mistaken. ”

"Nope."

Liu Mu came to Sinhala again: "Do you know how many armors have been found in various temples? Do you know how many people should be beheaded and how many people should be confiscated when it comes to the Tang Dynasty? ”

"Is this ......" Sinhala was asked.

At this time, another monk stood up: "There should be a temple in the temple to protect yourself!" ”

"Where did you come?"

"Gao Jing National Master, King of the Wheel of Heaven."

"What did you just mean that the temple is higher than the Tang Dynasty? In other words, what instability is there in my Datang country that needs to keep weapons and armor for self-protection? Yanagi asked rhetorically.

"Don't dare!"

"I, Datang, have been lenient, only confiscating weapons and armor, making up the number of servants, and confiscating illegal property. Eviction ......"

When the word expulsion was spoken, Yanagi approached King Kumarin: "Can you be sure that those individuals are monks?" In other words, if you shave your head, you are a monk. Or, when a temple opens its door, some people say that he wants to be a monk, and then he is a monk? ”

"Nope." Sinhala went on to say a lot of rules, a lot of regulations.

Liu Mu laughed: "In the south of Chang'an City, there are still a few temples, my opinion is to separate those people one by one, who is not suitable to be beaten to death immediately, isn't it blasphemy against you Buddha who is pretending to be a monk?"

"The minister thinks that when the exam, since the Buddha came from the Western Regions, then ask a few senior monks to ask questions." Fu Yi jumped out at this time, but he knew that few of the bald thieves in the Tang Dynasty were really proficient in Hufa.

Yanagi stepped forward and took out a thick stack of paper from his backpack.

"Sage, there has been some trouble among the servants lately, and this is their submission. Erchen is a very fair person, they have opinions to make, reasonable suggestions can be adopted. Among them, there are 16 copies of tens of thousands of handprints, and the sons will pick two copies for you to read. ”

"Read!" Li Yuan allowed it.

"The first one, more than 70,000 people who registered their handprints approved the suggestion, and they demanded meat in their meals. Because there will be meat every three days in the Taoist work area, the monk work area is extremely dissatisfied. ”

"Bastard ......" Li Yuan was furious, no matter what it was like before, no matter what the Western Regions were like. The monks of the Central Plains are forbidden to eat meat, and since Emperor Wu of Liang, there have been precepts in various temples prohibiting eating meat.

When everyone thought that Li Yuan was angry with these monks, Liu Mu hurriedly gave a big gift: "Erchen is guilty, but Erchen did not explain it clearly." There was no justice to every servant, so there was discontent and some confusion, and the retainers were willing to be punished. Erchen promised that nothing like this would happen again. ”