Chapter 391 Buyeo Bok-sin
After the Tang army destroyed Baekje, the main force withdrew to the Tang Dynasty, leaving only a small army to guard Baekje. This gave some scoundrels in Baekje an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Among them, Buyeo Bok-sin, a member of the Baekje royal family, was the most ruthless. Originally, because the Tang army was strong, he surrendered to the Tang army without hesitation.
Buyeo Bok-sin's surrender played a big role in Baekje's quick demise.
Buyeo Bok-sin was the nephew of Buyeo Jang, the king of Baekje, and the younger brother of King Ui-ja. He was originally a third-rank En-rye, and later promoted to a first-rank Jor-pyeong.
Among the Baekje, Buyeo Bok-sin was not only of noble birth, but also held an important position. With his surrender, many officials and soldiers of Baekje also laid down their weapons and surrendered.
This led to the Tang army quickly attacking the royal city of Baekje, and the father and son of Baekje, Buyeo Ui-ja, fled to a small border town to hide.
In the Baekje royal city, Buyeo Bok-sin, who had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, saw the main force of the Tang army withdrawing from Baekje, and he had the evil intention of restoring his country.
Now that Buyeo Ui-ja and his son were captured and taken to the Tang Dynasty, Buyeo Bok-sin's opportunity came.
Buyeo Ui-ja and his son were escorted to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. In Baekje, the only one who was most qualified to sit on the throne of the king was Buyeo Bok-sin.
But he was alone after all. If he was the only one to restore the country, the detachment left in Baekje would be able to deal with him.
Therefore, Buyeo Bok-sin thought of a person, the monk Daochen of Baekje. Daochen was very popular and he was also converting the people of Baekje on weekdays. He had a high prestige among the people.
So Buyeo Bok-sin decided to ask Daochen for help, but before that, Buyeo Bok-sin still needed to do some preparation before he could persuade Daochen to agree to join him in the uprising. After all
, Daochen was a monk and had long been away from the world. Daochen would not participate in the intrigues in the court or the swordplay on the battlefield.
Even if Baekje was destroyed, it didn't really matter to Daochen. It didn't matter who ruled this land, as long as they didn't do anything that would anger the heavens and people and affect his missionary work, Daochen wouldn't say anything.
He could even rely on Buddhism to save these suffering Baekje people and appease them to submit to the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Buyeo Bok-sin had to do enough homework on this to make Daochen understand that only by driving away the Tang army and restoring Baekje could Baekje become the paradise he wanted in his heart.
Soon a conspiracy was born. Buyeo Bok-sin first used some words to arouse the hatred of some Baekje people against the Tang army.
Under Buyeo Fuxin's control, these people were blinded by hatred and attacked the Tang army, but were soon suppressed by the Tang army.
Liu Renyuan ordered strict precautions and sent more people to patrol the royal city to prevent another riot by the people of Baekje.
After doing this, Buyeo Fuxin designed the Tang army to attack the temple in the dynasty. It happened that Daochen was in the temple in the royal city talking about Buddhism and Taoism with the abbot, competing with each other in Buddhism.
The Tang army suddenly descended on the temple, rushed in without saying a word, and searched the temple.
Buyeo Fuxin took the opportunity to create a conflict between the monks in the temple and the Tang army, causing the two sides to fight.
In the end, the temple was destroyed in the blazing fire. Dao Chen saw all of this and began to think about driving away the Tang army.
Otherwise, Dao Chen would be sorry for the monks who escorted him to escape and were still buried in the sea of fire.
Everything was under Fu Yu Fu Xin's control, and the plan went smoothly until the night before Dao Chen was leaving the royal city. Fu Yu Fu Xin decided to meet Dao Chen and pull him to do it with him.
This series of plans must be closely connected and accurately calculated. As long as one link is wrong, it may cause the whole plan to collapse.
"Come on, change your clothes!" Fuyu Fuxin shouted outside. He was going to meet Daochen tonight to discuss the restoration of the country, so he had to dress more decently.
The door was opened, and the maids rushed in, kneeling on the ground and asked, "What kind of clothes does the master want to wear?"
As a member of the royal family, Fuyu Fuxin was very particular about what kind of clothes he wore and where he appeared. These were all his face.
"Just wear court clothes! I'm going to see an important guest." Fuyu Fuxin said. He felt that he should wear something more solemn when he went to meet Daochen to discuss the restoration of the country.
"Yes!" The maid replied, and hurriedly got up and took out Fuyu Fuxin's court clothes from the box beside her and put them on him.
"Butler, please prepare the carriage quickly. I need to go out for a while." Fuyu Fuxin was dressed in court clothes with the help of a maid while instructing the butler to prepare the carriage.
"Where are you going, my lord? I want to have someone prepare the carriage and other things." The butler bowed and asked.
"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Just prepare the carriage. I'll tell you when the time comes." Fuyu Fuxin said.
"Yes!" The butler bowed and went back to prepare the carriage.
When Fuyu Fuxin finished dressing, the butler also prepared the carriage and waited for him.
Fuyu Fuxin got on the prepared carriage and instructed the coachman how to go all the way. Soon they arrived at Daochen's place.
"Little nun, I am Buyeo Fuxin, the Baekje Zuoping (the first-rank official of Baekje), and I want to see Master Daochen for something. I hope you can pass it on." Buyeo Fuxin got off the carriage and told the purpose of his visit before the little nun who came to greet him could speak.
"Please wait here, I will go and tell the master." The little nun put her hands together and saluted, then turned to see Daochen.
From Daochen's room, there were sounds of wooden fish and chanting, and Daochen was doing evening classes at the moment.
"Master, there is a man outside who claims to be the Baekje Zuoping, named Buyeo Fuxin, and he said he has something important to discuss with you." The little nun said to Daochen through the door.
Dao Chen stopped beating the wooden fish and chanting, but he was still playing with the Buddhist beads. The flickering candlelight in the room stretched Dao Chen's shadow and reflected it on the paper on the door.
After a long while, Dao Chen asked, "Did he explain his purpose?"
The little nun said respectfully, "He only said that he had something important to discuss with the master, but he didn't say what it was for."
After the little nun finished speaking, the room fell into silence again, with only the flickering candlelight and the faint sound of Dao Chen playing with the Buddhist beads.
After a long while, Dao Chen finally spoke, "Please let each guest come in and talk."
"Yes!" The little nun replied, clasped her hands together, bowed to the closed door, and turned to walk out.
Fuyu Fuxin, who had been waiting outside for such a long time, had already lost his patience and was about to lead his men to force his way in when the little nun came out.
Fuyu Fuxin and the others hurried to meet her.
"How is it? Master Daochen, are you willing to see me?" Fuyu Fuxin asked.
"Amitābha!" The little nun chanted the Buddha's name and said, "Master invites one donor to come in and have a talk."