Great Tang Southern Emperor

Just as Liu Hongji was sent away, Li Zhen was about to go back, but suddenly a little Taoist came: "Your Highness, the Lord is here to invite you."

"Li Chunfeng? He's coming... Well, I understand, take me there." At this time, Li Chunfeng came to him for a simple reason - he must have heard about the Buddha's Tooth Relic, and he was worried that it would have an impact on Taoism. After all, this is the relic of the Buddha. There is only one relic in the Zhuangyan Temple in the entire Tang Dynasty. Now that there is a second one, the power of Buddhism will definitely increase greatly. Maybe it will have something to do with Taoism that just barely raised its head Bad effect.

Chapter 1045 Religious Issues ([-] words)

Chapter 4 Religious Issues ([-] words)

Speaking of it, it is strange that there is a problem with the teachings of Taoism. It has to preach the sanctification of the body, the ascension of the feather, and the military solution, even if it is dead, it will be buried directly in the ground?It's not like Buddhism that pays attention to spiritual enlightenment, the body is just a stinky skin, and the spirit is everything, so any monk with a little bit of Taoism can burn relics after death-but in ancient times, things like relics It is undoubtedly an unexplainable existence (in fact, it is similar in modern times).

That's why Taoism can't compete with Buddhism—anyway, it's a dead person. Buddhism and Taoism say that he has gone to heaven, which one can see it, and the relics as proof are even more convincing.Taoism is good, it is too difficult to fly up in the daytime and fly with the body, so it is not as convincing as Buddhism. Based on this alone, Taoism is far behind.

Therefore, Taoist priests die without leaving anything behind, and monks can form relics when they die. Coupled with the propaganda of Buddhism on relics, this has created the subconscious concept of Buddhism than Taoism in the subconscious of the people. , This is also one of the reasons why Taoism cannot do Buddhism.

On the contrary, if the Taoist priest is burned after death, he should be able to find the relics. Everyone is pure-hearted, cultivating immortals and worshiping Buddha, and monks can burn relics. Why can’t Taoists burn them?

People in Buddhism also ascend to heaven after death, but Taoism requires them to ascend in the daytime. Isn't this embarrassing?If there really was a flying day, then Taoism would have suppressed Buddhism long ago, and it would be Li Zhen's turn to support it?I'm afraid Li Zhen will change to support Buddhism and Taoism at that time.

Of course, after Buddhism suppressed Taoism, it didn’t take long to be proud, because Christianity came——Buddhism later took the Hinayana as the mainstay, abstaining from meat and killing, and even female sex. First cross yourself and jump out of the five elements He only saves the world, so he can't do Christianity.

How nice they are, except for a few ascetic monks and a few priests, they still pick up girls, drink flower wine, drive luxury cars, and live in luxury houses.As long as you pray at the right time, even if you do something wrong, you only need to go to the church to repent. As long as you are devout enough, you can go to heaven after death—they all require ordinary people to be good people, but the difficulty of going to heaven is undoubtedly reduced. , so Christianity spreads all over the world, Buddhism only spreads in the eastern part of Asia, Taoism is even worse, so it can only wander around in China, and even this has to face Buddhism to compete for incense o(╯□╰)o...

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Because Wuzhuang Temple is the ashram of the Great Immortal of Zhenyuan, Li Chunfeng, as the abbot, of course has always lived in the Zhenyuan Palace. He saw Li Zhen at this time, and he was naturally also in the apse of the Zhenyuan Palace.

"Li Chunfeng has met His Royal Highness the Son."

After seeing Li Zhen, Li Chunfeng did not address Prince Li Zhen, but called him the Holy Son, which meant that in Li Chunfeng's eyes, Li Zhen appeared as the Taoist Holy Son during this conversation.

"Is there anything you can do with me?" It's a pity that Li Zhen didn't follow his wishes, and directly called himself Bengong, expressing his attitude—although I am a holy son of Taoism, I am also the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Datang's interests are paramount, so you don't want to use my status as the holy son to restrain me, let alone use my status to seek personal gain for Taoism.

"Okay." Li Chunfeng gave a wry smile, compromised, and performed a courtier's ceremony again: "The poor Taoist has met His Highness."

Without waiting for Li Zhen to return the gift, Li Chunfeng said again: "At first, the poor Taoist didn't want to bother His Highness the Crown Prince, but the poor Taoist couldn't make up his mind about this matter, so he asked His Highness to come down and help the poor Taoist think about it."

"What are you worried about? The Buddha tooth relic is in the hands of the emperor, so it is not certain whether it will fall into the hands of Buddhism." Li Zhen felt that Li Chunfeng's worries were a waste of time - the return of the Buddha tooth relic was bound to be a waste of time. The long-lasting negotiations, as Li Shimin who regards Lao Tzu as his ancestor, of course he does not have a good impression of Buddhism, especially when Buddhism actually extends its power into the court, which violates Li Shimin's big taboo. The power of the government and the opposition is too great, even he can't have any influence on it.Finally, a Xuanzang who was willing to sacrifice his life for benevolence appeared, but in the end he was killed by Buddhism himself.

Now that he has finally grasped a weakness in Buddhism, Li Shimin will not give up easily until he has gained enough benefits - Li Zhen estimates that this negotiation will take at least half a year to reach a condition acceptable to both parties.

And in the past six months, if the Taoists can't come up with corresponding countermeasures, then they won't be worth supporting—but now Li Chunfeng can't make up his mind, so he asks himself to help find a way, you have this time. It's better to pass the news back earlier and find a way together with the power of the whole Taoism, it's better than wandering around here alone.

However, an embarrassing thing happened: "Your Highness, this is not what Pindao wants to say."

"Ah?" Li Zhen was embarrassed, and felt ashamed in her heart: "Then why did you call me here?"

"However, this matter is indeed related to His Highness." Li Chunfeng expressed his worries: "Your Highness, you should know that Buddhism came from Tianzhu, and Tianzhu also has the most Buddhist scriptures, and Xuanzang learned Buddhist scriptures for this reason. ——And this is what worries Pindao the most. Buddhism only produced one Xuanzang and brought back hundreds of classics, which brought great prestige to Buddhism. If Xuanzang had not died, the reputation of Buddhism would have been It will increase greatly. If Tianzhu is included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the exchanges between the two sides will definitely be further enhanced. In the future, I don’t know how many classics will flow from Tianzhu to the Tang Dynasty... If things go on like this, I’m afraid that our Taoism will really be completely overwhelmed by Buddhism. Press it down."

"So it turns out that your worries are not unreasonable." Only then did Li Zhen understand Li Chunfeng's worries—it has to be said that his worries are very possible, although the war brought a lot of territory and benefits to Datang, But at the same time, it also promoted the communication between the enemy and us. Once the Buddhist scriptures of Tianzhu flow into the Tang Dynasty in large quantities, the background of Buddhism in the Central Plains will be deeper. Taoism, which was originally unable to do Buddhism, may really be suppressed by Buddhism again. must.

Especially now that Datang is the victor, among the countless trophies brought back this time are not only gold, silver and jewelry, but also a large number of classics, not only academic materials about culture in Tianzhu, but also classic mysteries of many sects.These works and classics will definitely be selected by Datang for publication in the future, and distributed to libraries in various places that have already begun to take shape. This will not only enrich the academic thinking of Datang, but also allow Chinese people to feel the charm of foreign cultures. .

Among these classics, Buddhist scriptures will definitely occupy a lot of positions, but the library is destined to be popular in the world in the future, and more students will enter it to study in the future—and how many students will be influenced by it? The influence of Buddhist thought, and thus becoming a Buddhist believer is unknown.Even if [-]% of these scholars can become talents, the impact it will cause is absolutely terrible (success here does not only refer to being an official, you must know that there is something called Shilin outside the officialdom, and Shilin also It is the class of literati and bureaucrats, that is, the intellectual circle. People with mud legs are generally very prestigious in the local area, and their influence in the local area may not be worse than that of parents and officials).

but……

"Your worry is actually quite unnecessary."

"Oh? Why is this?" Li Chunfeng asked in amazement. You must know that he has been going crazy because of this problem recently, and he has lost several hairs.And it's not just him, all the people of insight in the Taoist sect are thinking of a solution to this matter, but Tianzhu has already been defeated, and the cultural exchange between Datang and Tianzhu is already doomed. Can there be any good way?

But now Li Zhen actually told them not to worry, which is very unbelievable...

Could it be that Li Zhen has a suitable solution?

Thinking of this, Li Chunfeng couldn't help looking at Li Zhen eagerly: he is worthy of being the prince, he can be the prince not only because he was born in the royal family, but with his talent, even if he was born in a peasant family, he will definitely become a generation of arrogance in the future.

Li Zhen was uncomfortable with Li Chunfeng's gaze, and quickly waved her hands: "Don't look at me like that, I have no other way."

"Ah?" Li Chunfeng was very disappointed, and then he was relieved: After all, the prince is only a human being and not a god. There are so many people in the Taoist sect who can't think of a way.

If Li Zhen knew what Li Chunfeng was thinking, she would definitely yell at him——is that how you practice Taoism?Did your Dao ancestors teach you to follow the wind like this?

Fortunately, Li Zhen can't pry into other people's minds, which saves Li Chunfeng from suffering once.

"But it's true that Bengong said you don't need to worry, you all think too much."

"Why?" Li Chunfeng calmed down and asked in surprise, you told us not to worry, but you couldn't solve it, what do you mean?

"It's actually very simple." Li Zhen stretched out her hand and said, "This is like the Buddhism in our Tang Dynasty. The palm of the hand is the general name of Buddhism, and these five fingers are the major branches of Buddhism..."

"Pindao understands what Your Highness means." Li Chunfeng is not an idiot, Li Zhen just said a word, and he understood Li Zhen's meaning in seconds: "Your Highness means that although Buddhism is powerful, it is also important in Buddhism. It is not a harmonious one. On the contrary, their internal struggles are also quite fierce. The struggle between Mahayana and Hinayana, the struggle between major sects, the internal struggle has never stopped.

So we don't have to worry about how much threat Tianzhu Buddhism will pose to Taoism, because even the Buddhist sects in the Tang Dynasty are fighting so fiercely. Tianzhu Buddhism, an outsider, will be the enemy of Tang Buddhism. It will stop. It will take at least a hundred years for Tianzhu Buddhism to fully integrate into the Tang Dynasty. "

"That's right, that's what I mean by this palace." Li Zhen explained: "And you don't know something, not only the Buddhism in our Tang Dynasty is divided into several sects, but even the Buddhism in Tianzhu is divided into many sects. After the Buddha's Nirvana, the sect was divided into more than 20 sects, and there are more Mahayana sects. There are two schools and twenty sects in the southern sect alone... They haven't even dealt with their own internal affairs. How can they have time to fight against Taoism? ?”

And there is another reason why Li Zhen didn't say it, that is, Buddhism is now powerful in the Tang Dynasty, and the incense believers have already been divided up, and now there is an extra foreigner to grab food, and the Buddhist sects in the Tang Dynasty have not agreed yet— —Of course, warm hospitality is a must. After all, you are an eminent monk from the place where Buddhism was born, and the etiquette is still indispensable. But if you want to preach in the mainland, don't even think about it.

"Your Highness's clarification, the poor Taoist will be more at ease." Li Chunfeng sighed again: As expected of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be a simple character who can sit in this position?

"However, don't think you can sit back and relax." Seeing Li Chunfeng's lazy expression, Li Zhen couldn't help but said: "Buddhist battles are only among them, and this kind of battle will not cause bloodshed, on the contrary, it will increase them. The speed of integration. When facing foreign enemies, they will unite as one and completely twist into one fist."

"..." Li Chunfeng was ashamed. At this stage, Buddhism has only one religious enemy, and that is Taoism. Li Zhen is undoubtedly talking about Taoism.

"Besides, you are right to be worried. The entry of Tianzhu Buddhism into the Tang Dynasty will greatly increase the reputation of Buddhism, and the momentum of Buddhism will increase to an indescribable level in a very short period of time. If Buddhism can If you seize this opportunity, you will definitely be able to soar into the sky, even the imperial court will not be able to restrict them."

"Then what should we do?" Li Chunfeng was anxious and couldn't help asking.

"Besides increasing your own strength, do you have any other methods?" Li Zhen sighed, but she wanted to laugh in her heart: Li Chunfeng is purely concerned about chaos. Since Li Zhen can see this, how could he be unprepared? ?

Now that he knew the contradiction between Tianzhu Buddhism and Tang Buddhism, how could he not make good use of it?but……

This move is at best drinking poison to quench thirst. Although it can temporarily limit the power of Buddhism, once they are truly integrated, Buddhism will really become a sect that can be compared with Christianity. It will be really difficult to restrict them again. up...

In the final analysis, we still need to increase the strength of our own local religion - as for how to increase the strength, Li Zhen already has a preliminary idea...

"Your Highness, please point me to a clear path..." Li Chunfeng lowered his posture, after all, he wanted something from others.

Li Zhen gently raised his hand to let him stand up, Fang said: "You are not like this, you are just blind to see Mount Tai, this method will eventually come to your mind - since Tianzhu Buddhism can be introduced into the Tang Dynasty, why don't you How about trying to spread Taoism?"

"Boom~"

It was as if a thunderbolt struck, and Li Chunfeng completely realized...

Chapter 1046 Advantages of Taoism

Chapter 4 The Advantages of Taoism

Li Chunfeng also considered the future of Taoism before, and he also thought about various ways to make Taoism grow stronger, but most of them were extremely unrealistic, but he never thought about letting Taoism go out.