Guan Yin Bodhisattva's expression changed completely.
An army escort!
Was that still learning from the scriptures?
More importantly, he had even sent Li Tai into the team!
What was even more terrifying was that he had given Li Tai the identity of the Heavenly Strategy General!
With this identity, he could build his own Heavenly Policy Manor!
He was heading west?
Are you sure it's not a western expedition?
Damn it!
"Your Majesty, there's no need for this!"
Guan Yin Bodhisattva couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked over.
"Bodhisattva? What did she mean by saying that there was no need for this?”
Someone looked at the speaker with a puzzled expression.
"Guan Yin Bodhisattva has been silent all this while, but why did she suddenly say that there's no need?”
"Yeah, what do you mean by no need? I think His Majesty's arrangement is very reasonable.”
"I think so too. At first, I was worried about the safety of the mysterious monk, but now I'm not worried at all.”
"Me too. Only now do I know how much importance His Majesty places on the journey to the west.”
Everyone started discussing.
Hearing this, Li Tai looked at Guan Yin Bodhisattva.
"Guan Yin Bodhisattva, what do you think is unnecessary?”
Guan Yin Bodhisattva secretly sighed.
Great!
He had to face the other party head-on again.
"Amitabha. The journey to the west is a process to test the sincerity of the person who is seeking the scriptures.
If there were so many armies interfering with the people who wanted to obtain the scriptures, the number of true scriptures obtained might not be counted.”
Guan Yin Bodhisattva explained briefly.
Li Tai smiled." Bodhisattva, you're wrong. It's really necessary for the Tang army to escort you."”
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Guan Yin Bodhisattva asked.
"Bodhisattva, I've checked the Buddhist scriptures over the past hundreds of years and found that many people have gone to the west to obtain scriptures.
However, since ancient times, no one had ever taken back the Mahayana Buddhism.
This directly caused the Tang of the East to only preach the Hinayana Buddhism. Why?”
Li Tai said as he looked around at the people and monks.
"Why?"
Xuan Zhuang, who was the closest, was the first to speak.
"Proving that this journey to the west is an extremely dangerous matter, even if someone wanted to go and learn from it, it would be very difficult to do so.
If the black-robed monk went to the western paradise alone to obtain the scriptures.
Perhaps mountain bandits were running amok, and the corpses of the people who came to fetch the scriptures were lying in the wilderness.
Perhaps there were demons and ghosts everywhere, and no bones were left.
It could also be that he was not used to the foreign environment and eventually died regretfully.”
Li Tai had revealed a terrifying future to the Xuan equipment.
Hearing this, Xuan Zhuang was stunned.
"This time, Bodhisattva personally pointed out the person to obtain the scriptures, which proves that we must obtain the scriptures.
This scripture is for the people of the Great Tang.
Compared to the test of Buddhism and obtaining the true scriptures and allowing the person to return to the Great Tang intact, the two points were different.
Our Great Tang has naturally chosen to prioritize human lives!
Escorting the eminent monk to learn from the scriptures is truly the duty of the soldiers of the Great Tang.”
Li Tai spoke with assurance.
Hearing this, the blood of the monks surged.
Human lives were more important!
So this was what His Highness was thinking?
"Your Highness is right. This is the only way to ensure that the true scriptures will spread to the east.”
"So Your Highness really believes in Buddhism and even went to inquire about the people who sought the scriptures back then.”
"I've seen records of nine people who went to the west to get scriptures.”
"Really? The nine of them never returned?"
"No, this shows the danger of going west to obtain scriptures.”
"If that's the case, then we'll really need an army to escort us to the west.”
"If Bodhisattva really wants to spread the Mahayana Buddhism to the East, then you shouldn't stop His Majesty's good intentions.”
"That's right. Otherwise, it means that Bodhisattva doesn't want the Mahayana Buddhism to spread eastward!”
"Or perhaps, Bodhisattva thinks that the lives of those who seek the scriptures are not important at all!”
The group of eminent monks spoke one after another.
Bodhisattva's heart skipped a beat.
F * ck!
Why did you say that our Buddhist Sect doesn't value human lives?
Alright then.
We really don't value human lives.
Otherwise, Shi Tuo Kingdom would not have been swallowed by the Golden-Winged Roc.
More importantly, Prince Wei, you actually made so many preparations?
You actually went to check the records of the past western journey!
I naturally knew that someone hadn't returned from learning the scriptures.
That was because the Golden Cicada Master's reincarnation was eaten by Monk Sand in the Flowing Sand River!
This was also the reason why the tribulation of the Journey to the West hadn't started.
The time had not come.
Therefore, the people who came to fetch the scriptures suffered a lot.
But now, the tribulation of the Journey to the West had begun.
Naturally, it was time for him to truly learn from them.
Our Buddhist Sect will secretly protect the person who wants to obtain the scriptures.
We don't need your army at all!
In fact, your army will even be a burden to the people who want to obtain the scriptures!
However…
Guan Yin Bodhisattva did not dare to tell the truth!
This was because once she told the truth, her Buddhist Sect's scheme would be exposed.
Damn it.
The King of Wei was indeed troublesome.
Then, Bodhisattva thought of another excuse.
"Amitabha. It was indeed very dangerous to obtain scriptures, but now that His Majesty has become the Heavenly Khan, all the countries are very obedient to the Great Tang.
Under such circumstances, traveling west with the mystic equipment would not be too dangerous.
It was really unnecessary for His Majesty and His Highness to mobilize so many people. It seemed to be a little too much of a waste of manpower and money.
His Majesty was an emperor through the ages. It was impossible for him to do such a thing that would waste money and manpower for such a small matter, right?”
Guan Yin Bodhisattva quickly flattered Li Shimin.
You are the Heavenly Khan!
With your customs clearance certificate, it's very safe to travel west.
Moreover, mobilizing the army was really a waste of manpower and money.
As an emperor who wanted to become the first emperor in history.
It's not good to waste money and manpower!
Upon hearing this, the people on the side seemed to react.
"What Bodhisattva said makes sense. Mobilizing an army for the Buddhist scriptures is indeed a waste of manpower and money!”
"We only have enough to eat for these few years. If we rashly send out an army, our taxes might increase again.”
"If we look at it this way, it is indeed not right for the army to move out.”
"As expected, Bodhisattva cares more about ordinary people like us.”
"That's right. Your Majesty is really too wasteful for the sake of the Buddhist scriptures.”
Hearing the discussions of the people, Bodhisattva was delighted.
As expected, wasting manpower and money could stimulate ordinary people!
After all, the final expenditure might be their taxes!
How can I let you really send an army to learn the scriptures?
Li Tai glanced at Bodhisattva.
He looked around at the people around him.
Then, he shook his head fiercely.
"As expected, Bodhisattva still doesn't understand our Great Tang. You actually described the opportunity to earn money for the people as a waste of manpower and money.”
Guan Yin Bodhisattva: "???"
What?
Wasn't it a waste of manpower and money for an army to go out?
Earning money?
Where to earn money?
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