Journey to the West: Reform of the Underworld and the Start of Developing the Internet

As an Eastern dynasty favored by the human race, the Emperor of Tang naturally could not be as undignified as the King of the Bhikkhu Kingdom.

Although the Emperor of Man had flaws in his fate, it was not something that Guanyin could manipulate at will.

But if the gods wanted to discipline a mortal, there were often countless ways to do so, and it was hard to prevent them.

For example, a locust plague!

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Chang'an!

Taiji Temple.

With the sale of mobile phones in major city god temples, the various important power institutions of the entire court also experienced a major change.

Those who were idle were all dismissed from office, and those with serious crimes were even imprisoned.

The atmosphere of the entire officialdom was completely renewed, and Li Shimin could clearly feel that his government orders were running much more smoothly.

Since the advent of mobile phones, officials from all over the country have the ability to directly hear from the emperor, and the speed of information transmission is somewhat beyond imagination.

"I just received an urgent report that there are signs of a recurrence of locust plagues in various parts of the dynasty. What do you think, my dear ministers?"

With a mobile phone, he has an illusion that he can predict disasters in advance.

He really can't leave it for a moment.

……

"Your Majesty, the natural disaster that hit the Tang Dynasty may be caused by the people's unauthorized use of mobile phones and disrespect for Buddha."

At this time, among the civil and military officials in the city, Xiao Yu stood up, bowed to Li Shimin, and said in a deep voice

"My Buddha appeared in my dream recently and said: Mobile phones are magic devices. If you use them, the world will be in chaos!"

"Issue the ban now and pray for Buddha’s protection!"

"In this way, the general trend can be determined!"

Xiao Yu, one of the twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, is also a veteran minister in the court!

As early as the Li Yuan period, he served as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he not only did not invite reckoning, but his position rose with the tide, achieving the achievement of a veteran minister of two dynasties.

But Xiao Yu believed in Buddhism all his life! He once sent his daughter to become a nun in the Buddhist sect, and was a typical fanatic of Buddhism.

Not long ago, a drought broke out, and he said the wonderful words of holding a Dharma assembly and worshiping the Buddha.

After the drought subsided, Sanzang went west to obtain the scriptures, which was also a good story.

Now, natural disasters have struck again, and he naturally brought up Buddhism again.

……

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin frowned, instinctively displeased.

How did this mobile phone have to do with natural disasters?

Besides, hadn't he already held a Dharma Assembly?

With the Book of Life and Death on the mobile phone, although he couldn't clearly determine the mastermind of the case, it helped him to clear out most of the cancer in the court at one time.

If there hadn't been insufficient evidence at the moment, those officials in prison would have been executed by him.

Mobile phones are so useful and are a tool that benefits the country and the people, how could they be related to natural disasters?

"Your Majesty, this is the way it should be! Mobile phones are the source of chaos and should be banned."

"That’s right, mobile phones have brought chaos to the court and should be banned!"

"The information presented by the mobile phone is simply misleading. How can the court officials be convicted based on this?"

"Your Majesty, if mobile phones are not banned, the country will be in danger!"

As Xiao Yu's voice fell, some court officials who were already inclined to Buddhism naturally could not help but speak up.

Even some court officials who remained neutral stood up and petitioned the emperor to ban mobile phones.

If for nothing else, mobile phones are really terrible!

More than 50% of the officials in the entire court were dismissed, including many of their party members and relatives! There is no official who is not greedy, it's just a matter of how much greed they have and whether they have been discovered.

If the emperor has to rely on mobile phones to investigate corruption in the future, it will be a nightmare for their officials.

This seriously harms the interests of the collective officials in the court!

In order to ban mobile phones, the various factions in the court have never been so united. Resulted.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others frowned at this situation, but they didn't know how to refute for a moment.

Immortals and Buddhas, they really exist.

Buddhism occasionally shows up and saves the people in an emergency, and has a very good reputation among the people.

But they have just held a water and land ceremony, and they have to worship Buddhism again.

Relying on Buddhism for everything always makes them feel uneasy, not to mention that those monks are often rumored to swallow up the land and cast golden Buddha statues...

Mancheng civil and military officials are all opposed, which makes Li Shimin wonder if he is wrong.

At this time, Li Shimin noticed Yuan Tiangang, who was still standing there with his head down, and couldn't help asking curiously:"National Master, why don't you say anything?"

Yuan Tiangang raised his head in a daze, looked around, smiled and said:"Your Majesty, the phone has been updated!"

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Li Shimin quickly asked the eunuch next to him to bring his mobile phone.

In the last update, the mobile phone had an additional incense treasure. His favorite thing to do every day was to buy, buy, buy.

Seeing the incense in his hand increase, he was happy.

The goal of distributing a mobile phone to each official in the court will be achieved in a short time.

Li Shimin turned on his mobile phone, clicked on the Book of Life and Death, and saw the golden ranking of emperors at first glance.

"Your Majesty, the list of the top 100 villains in Chang'an includes Buddhists, who account for 53 of them!"

Yuan Tiangang's deafening voice temporarily suppressed Li Shimin's curiosity! He took the lead in opening the list of the top 100 villains in Chang'an!

However, when he saw it, Li Shimin's anger rose, and he almost threw his phone to the ground. He snorted coldly and signaled the eunuch beside him to recite

"Chang'an · No. 1 on the list of evil people, Hui Tong, the abbot of Guanyin Temple, has a fortune of 2 and a sin of 2963!

He took advantage of the war to buy good farmland at a low price, often demanded the good farmland of rich families under the pretext of religious ceremonies, and was the leader of the brothels of Chang'an, raping 286 women and trafficking 3698 children.……"

"Chang'an · Ranked ninth on the list of villains, Hui Jing, the abbot of Dafu Temple, has a fortune of 3 and sins of 2106! He often maliciously hoards food, and when disaster strikes, he drives up the price of food and wantonly encroaches on the people's land. He once caused dissatisfaction among the people of Majia Village and suppressed them forcefully, killing 56 people.……"

"Chang'an·��Ranked 21st on the list, Wantong, the abbot of the Golden Buddha Temple, has a fortune of 0 and sins of 1763. He asked the people for incense and offerings in times of disaster to build Buddha statues, held large-scale ceremonies, built 100 golden Buddha statues, lent money at high interest rates to the people all year round, and forced 2596 families to sell their children.……"

……

As the eunuch spoke, he told the story one by one, one by one, with details and evidence.

In the list of the top 100 evildoers in Chang'an, Buddhism directly occupied 53 positions.

For a moment, the whole hall was silent!

Although everyone knew that Buddhism was very rich and had done many things in secret, they did not expect that they had done so many crazy things.

Can what Buddhism said really be trusted?

……

"Fake, all fake, this is simply slander!"

Xiao Yu no longer hesitated at this time, and quickly said:"Your Majesty, these are just one-sided statements, we……"

"That's right!"

But before Xiao Yu could finish his words, Yuan Tiangang interrupted him, bowed to Li Shimin, and said,"That's right, one-sided words cannot be trusted."

"Your Majesty, I suggest that the people on the list be thoroughly investigated to clear the name of Buddhism."

"In our great Tang Dynasty, if someone commits a horrific crime, it is impossible to conceal it; it will be revealed once investigated!"

"Right? Duke Xiao?"

While speaking, Yuan Tiangang squinted his eyes, making Xiao Yu beside him so angry that he almost fell over on the spot.