The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Don't say that Lin Hai can't guess what Emperor Xuande is thinking, even if Yan Shenggong has lived so long, he can't guess what Emperor Xuande is thinking.For Yan Shenggong, the greater the influence of Confucianism, the more benefits the Confucian family has. Therefore, the Confucian family is more or less behind the events of the extermination of Buddhism in history.

But Yan Shenggong also understood that when Buddhism did not touch the bottom line of the current emperor, they would not do such extreme things. After all, the Buddhist set of "all beings are equal" still has a considerable market. There are so many believers, and there are still a few real eminent monks, so several attempts to destroy Buddha in history have been unsuccessful.

It stands to reason that the current Buddhism has not touched the bottom line of an emperor in terms of scale or influence.As an emperor, unless it is both the Hunjun and the Mingjun are very busy, the Hunjun is busy enjoying himself, and the Mingjun is busy governing the country.It's not that if you are full and have nothing to do, you will come to find trouble with a group of monks who are still under control when you are bored.

So Yan Shenggong didn't want to understand Emperor Xuande's movements, what exactly he was going to play.

Just when Yan Shenggong and Lin Hai were stunned, the Dharma meeting had already begun, and a dozen or so "high monks" were already talking about scriptures and Buddhism, and King Zhongqing sat at the top and listened with a smile on his face.

Lin Hai doesn't have much research on Buddhism, and cramming for a while is just a way to get rid of illiteracy.In modern times, due to the government's vigorous propaganda, don't believe in superstitions. Many ignorant people think it is Buddhism. In addition, there are far more entertainment activities in modern times than in ancient times. Therefore, the number of people who believe in Buddhism is greatly reduced, especially in the new generation. Among young people, few believe in Buddhism.

Therefore, if he does not make any evaluation of the Buddha said by those "eminent monks", he is a layman, and he has no idea whether what they say is correct or wrong.

Looking up, there are fifteen "eminent monks" from famous temples in the capital on the high platform.Sitting together, talking loudly about Buddhism and Buddhism.They speak awkward Buddhist scriptures and talk about that difficult Buddhist language. It seems that if the things they say are not profound, they will not show the depth of their Buddhist teachings.

Lin Hai rolled his eyes in his heart, and suddenly remembered that when he was in college, he took a western oil painting appreciation class because of his girlfriend. I didn’t remember the rest, but I remembered a sentence said by a buddy at that time, “Normal people Not understanding is art'.This sentence is really appropriate here, isn't it just that normal people can't understand it, it's the Dharma!

In fact, not to mention that laymen like Lin Hai can't understand, even those who have studied Buddhism can hardly keep up with the rhythm.However, King Zhongqing is a devout Buddhist believer who has read Buddhist scriptures and can still keep up with the rhythm.The rest of the people were also at a loss.What I heard was inexplicable, that is, I felt that there was a god watching, so I stood there honestly.

Who would have thought that such a stand would take a long time, and when Lin Hai returned to the mansion, his legs were sore.You can't afford to hurt the days of pampering!

After pouring a few cups of tea, Lin Hai regained his strength, alas, this day cannot be passed, and we will continue tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I don't know when Emperor Xuande became so interested in the temple.Looking at this momentum, I will take advantage of these few days to visit all the temples in the capital.

Not to mention Lin Hai muttering about Emperor Xuande in his heart, even Yan Shenggong couldn't help muttering in his heart.He is quite old, how can he stand up to go shopping like this every day!

What if it was true that Emperor Xuande was full and had nothing to do, or did he take the wrong medicine?

Obviously this is impossible.

Emperor Xuande had a purpose, and his purpose was already guessed by Yan Shenggong and Lin Hai.But what I didn't expect was to play with these monks.

How did Emperor Xuande come up with the idea of ​​beating the monk?We have to start with one thing.

The reason why Feng Chao conquered the world so quickly is actually a secret that most people don't know, but only a few people know.

We must know that since ancient times in this land of China, the northern lords have generally unified the world, and the only one who can barely be regarded as the south is the famous Qin Shihuang. Qin's territory is in Shaanxi, which can barely be regarded as the south.

Therefore, Feng Tianzu and Feng Taizu were able to fight from the south to the north, and finally unified the entire China. It would definitely not work without some secret weapons.This secret weapon is an old man that Feng Tianzu discovered when he was in Sichuan.The smelted steel this old man made with his own hands can be regarded as the finest steel among fine steels. That year Feng Tianzu used both soft and hard methods to fish him over. people know.

Later, the old man passed this technique on to his son, and that man was directly controlled by the imperial court. Fengchao's weapons were sharp, all thanks to the old man and his apprentices, the most elite troops of Fengchao, manpower A big knife is all made of iron steel, otherwise, how could it be so powerful!And the weapons specially made by this old man for several generals are even more amazing, even breaking dozens of swords without curling their blades!

After the Hua Dynasty paid attention to craftsmen's technology, and the Tang Dynasty tolerated traitors, the subsequent dynasties strictly guarded against this kind of technology related to the fate of the court and kept it hidden.So the secret has been kept until now.

Originally, this kind of thing is nothing, if you keep a secret, you keep it a secret, but the great-grandson of the old man a while ago, who is now the leader of that place, suddenly made a major invention, which improved the old man's technology a lot, refining it. The iron steel produced is better, and the weapons produced are even more powerful, but this thing has a disadvantage, that is, it requires a very high temperature, and ordinary equipment cannot be produced.

For such a major event, as long as the emperor is not a faint king, or the treasury is out of money, the general emperor will fully support it.Recently, Emperor Xuande was not short of money, so he directly instructed to practice.

But here it is again!

Emperor Xuande issued an instruction to refine, and no one dared not cooperate, so the ore was in place and the equipment was in place.But the most critical firewood is not in place, you just cut down two trees on the mountain and burn them in front of the temperature of steelmaking. The temperature of steelmaking is extremely high, and ordinary things cannot be burned at such a high temperature. .

But there is a solution to this problem, and coal will do.

China is the first country in the world to use coal.In the Xinle ancient cultural site in Liaoning Province, coal-made crafts were found, and in Gongyi City, Henan Province, there was also a site where coal cakes were used to smelt iron in the Western Han Dynasty. In "Shan Hai Jing", coal is called Shi Nie, and in Wei and Jin Dynasties, coal was called graphite or carbon charcoal.Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty used the name coal for the first time.

But the problem came again. Although coal was required for steelmaking before, it was not as large as required, so the mining was not strong enough.Now to smelt this new type of steel, the first thing to solve is the problem of coal. If there is no temperature for making coal, what else is there to smelt!

So they reported again and again, reporting to Emperor Xuande!

Mining coal, not to mention in ancient times when science and technology were underdeveloped, even in modern times, it is also a very dangerous job. Most people would not do such a job, and most of them are poor people who cannot survive in coal-producing areas. people to do it.

But now it is necessary to practice a lot, such a small amount of manpower is definitely not enough!So Emperor Xuande was depressed, this thing is good, but there is no way to mass-produce it!As far as the current coal mining volume is concerned, not to mention much, it will take at least two years to replace the weapons of several armies in the capital with this new steel, and it will be difficult to popularize it nationwide.

But what, there is a saying that if you have the conditions, you have to do it, and if you don’t have the conditions, you have to do it.

So Emperor Xuande began to rack his brains to think of a way, not only he thought, but also his think tanks.

Among them, a brain-tanker who was full of bad water and could not see the light came up with an idea.To mine more coal is not to find more coal producing areas. China's coal resources rank among the top in the world, but to send more people to mine coal.However, it was impossible for Emperor Xuande to enforce it like Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall or Sui Yangdi built the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

So the problem now is that not many people are willing to engage in such a thing, it's too dangerous!So this person came up with one and asked the prisoners in the prison to mine coal, but this method was rejected by Emperor Xuande!Prisoners in Fengchao generally worked in quarries and collected stones.The annual consumption of Fengchao's stone is quite a lot, and people here can't allocate it.

So this person thought hard for a long time, and suddenly thought of another way, that is, a monk.

At the beginning, Emperor Xuande didn't understand what this person meant, but later he figured it out!

What this person said was that a monk he met not long ago married a wife! After careful inspection, this person was the one who committed the crime of murder and beheading more than ten years ago, because this The scene of the crime was next door to this person, so this person remembered it very clearly.

Moreover, this person discovered that there are many monks and novice monks in many temples who are not sincere to the Buddha. Many of them are even lazy hooligans who become monks with the mentality of being monks for a living.Waiting to marry a daughter-in-law, as long as you leave the secular world, you will be married. This monk is simply a talisman and a gold medal for avoiding death for these people.

So this person suggested to Emperor Xuande to let these fake monks and novice monks go to mine coal. As long as they find an opportunity to expose their true colors, the people will definitely not complain. You must know that there are a lot of temples in the capital. There are twelve neighborhoods in the capital, and more than ten nearby, adding up to more than 20 temples.

It doesn't take much, as long as each temple can find five or six such fake monks, there are so many temples in the country, and Emperor Xuande can gather a huge coal mining team.

This method did not touch other interests, which made Emperor Xuande a little moved. If it is true what this person said, then the monks in those temples are living and strong men.

That's why Emperor Xuande came here.

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Volume 201 The Road to Official Career No. [-]

Emperor Xuande had this intention, but it was very difficult to implement it. After all, there are still a lot of Buddhist believers. If one is not handled well, it will be a riot among the people!

Fortunately, Emperor Xuande didn't want to visit all the temples in the capital, as Lin Hai had guessed before, so he casually visited a few famous temples, and then stopped eating!

Today is the last day of Emperor Xuande's private visit in Weibo. After meeting up, a group of people went straight to a temple outside the city.

Before Emperor Xuande and his party entered the temple, a group of people gathered at the gate of the temple. It has to be said that Chinese people like to watch the excitement so much, and they like to watch some new things.

Emperor Xuande also showed great interest in this, so Lin Hai followed him and watched silently.

I saw an eminent monk sitting on a big rock with his eyes slightly closed, looking unfathomable.Next to the big stone, there is a faint white porcelain Guanyin on the ground.

This is the god horse situation!

Lin Hai cleverly slipped to the side and asked the crowd who had been watching just now. This person was also enthusiastic. Seeing Lin Hai asking him, he immediately told what he knew.

"Do you know who the master sitting on the rock is?" Before Lin Hai could answer, the man said to Lin Hai excitedly, "That's Master Yuanmo, who is of the same generation as Master Yuanji and Master Yuanming of Fayuan Temple. I heard that he wandered here and found that there is aura of Buddhism here, so he sat here for seven days without sleeping, eating or drinking, and poured the rootless water he collected here every day, and today finally ushered in The birth of the Buddhist magic weapon. Look at the white porcelain Avalokitesvara on the ground, it was gathered by Master Yuanmo with spiritual energy."

Aura?magic weapon?

Fuck, if the magic weapon is so easy to get out, it would be too cheap!

What else is rootless water? It was clearly written in a famous book, but in fact it is rainwater.

Any rootless water to cure diseases is false.Although ancient rainwater is not modern acid water, there are also a lot of trace substances in the air. According to science, rootless water is actually not clean at all.

However, complaining in his heart, Lin Hai still thanked that person with a grateful face, and then quietly returned to the team!

Although he knew in his heart that this might be a trick set up by some people, Lin Hai still had to admire the appeal of Buddhism, and in just a short while, a sea of ​​people surrounded him!

Then the crowd on one side parted.A group of monks wearing monk robes came in from the outside, and after talking to Master Yuan Mo, the group walked to the high platform that had been set up earlier.

Lin Hai raised his eyebrows.It seems that all these people have already prepared for it!However, Lin Hai frowned a little, saying that this plot is so familiar!It seems that when I heard it, I still saw it!

After these mages sat on the high platform, they were ready to start preaching Buddhist scriptures.At this moment, Lin Hai heard the conversation between the two people next to him with sharp ears, and his heart suddenly brightened.

"I don't believe this, the white porcelain Guanyin, he couldn't have buried it in the ground beforehand!"

"What you said is not impossible, but since Master Yuanmo sat on the stone, people have been watching. Some people saw that white porcelain Guanyin growing out of the ground."

"I saw it with my own eyes, you saw it with your own eyes, it might be just a lie! Anyway, I won't believe it."

"Hey. Don't be bitten by a snake for three years and be afraid of the well rope. This is an eminent monk of the Yuan Dynasty. Someone has already gone to Fayuan Temple to prove his identity. Besides, although this Chenfo Temple is not very famous, it is But it is also a century-old temple!"

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I listened to the conversation between the two.Lin Hai finally remembered where he had seen such a scene before, maybe it was on a certain TV series.A trick by some fake monk?

Seeing those 'high monks' preparing to lecture, Lin Hai turned his eyes and muttered something to Yan Shenggong beside him. Seeing Yan Shenggong nodded, Lin Hai looked excited and protected the statue of Yan Shenggong Money squeezed away.

The behavior of Lin Hai and his party did not conform to the general trend, which attracted the attention of the monks who were guarding the law and order.

A monk who was in charge of maintaining order at Chenfo Temple saw him. He was afraid of causing riots and seriously affecting the much-anticipated Dharma meeting. Kong Dao frowned and stood in front of Lin Hai himself, saying in a deep voice: "Several benefactors, This is not where you came, if you want to watch the puja, please go to the outside to watch.”

In other words, Lin Hai and his group are not qualified to take this path...

Kong Dao's words made Lin Hai laugh, and he said bluntly: "Monk, what do you mean by that...to be clear, you mean that I am not qualified to come here and go this way? Okay, today Xiao Lord, I will show you!" As he spoke, he walked past Kongdao.

Kong Dao straightened his arms and blocked Lin Hai's front.

Kongdao said: "This benefactor misunderstood, the little monk didn't mean that."The little monk said that it is forbidden to enter here, not because the donor is not qualified...' The Chinese word means brilliance, and there are several interpretations for a sentence.His attitude at the beginning obviously meant that he was not qualified, but when he saw that Lin Hai was going to break in, he immediately changed his mind. After all, this puja was planned by Chen Fosi for a long time, and they should not be easily destroyed by others.

Lin Hai was not in a hurry to break in. His purpose was to stand on the side of justice and start a provocation, making a big fuss at the ceremony, exposing the true colors of those fake monks, not like a shrew, making a scene, which is meaningless.Only by occupying the word 'reason' can he convince those people who have been deceived to realize that they have been deceived.

Lin Hai smiled instead of anger, and said mockingly: "Why, why can they enter, but I can't?"Could it be because of their special status? '

Kong Dao remained silent, apparently not planning to return to Lin Hai's rather tricky questioning.

Their side has already attracted the attention of some people. Lin Hai saw that Kong Dao was soft and refused to eat, so he began to prepare to use force. got everyone's attention.

Tens of thousands of people also made noise at this moment, pointing in this direction.

Because the dharma meeting was not held at such a special time as the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and the master Yuan Mo was in charge, the dharma meeting at Chenfo Temple this time attracted many people in the capital who were eager to seek Buddhism. There are many court ministers who have Xiumu present.

Lin Hai is not afraid of being recognized by others!In other words, it's best to recognize it.

Originally, Lin Hai and Yan Shenggong had been behind Emperor Xuande, but because they had just prepared to take their seats at the ceremony.Then squeezed away with Emperor Xuande!As soon as he pushed away, Lin Hai felt that his chance to express himself had come!

In other words, after following Emperor Xuande around the temples inside and outside the capital so many times, if Lin Hai still can't guess what Emperor Xuande meant, then he doesn't have to mess around in the officialdom anymore, just stay honestly Well at home!

You must know that in the officialdom, it is also a very important skill to look at people's faces, especially one's boss's face, if this skill is well practiced.But it can help a lot in officialdom.If you don't practice well, hey, then you will be finished at some point!

Obviously Lin Hai has this skill.Although he hadn't reached the full level of training, he still had a pass, so after a few days of transfer, Lin Hai guessed Emperor Xuande's intentions, although he didn't guess the specifics correctly.But Lin Hai guessed it right!

Didn't he just want to punish the monk? Although Lin Hai didn't know what Emperor Xuande was going to do to punish the monk, it didn't hinder Lin Hai's plan.Moreover, Lin Hai also guessed why Emperor Xuande didn't look for others, but only asked him and Yan Shenggong for this kind of thing.

China's culture is splendid.It has a long history, and the integration and absorption of foreign Buddhist cultures shows the broad mind of Chinese culture that is inclusive and tolerant.But before Buddhism was introduced into China in the Western Han Dynasty, it became an integral part of Huaxia culture.It didn't go so well.

The controversy between Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism has never stopped from the very beginning.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to respect Confucianism exclusively, Confucianism has flourished and developed rapidly.Taoism is not as good as Confucianism, but Lao Tzu and Confucius are theoretically similar.It has not been affected much, and its development is not as good as that of Confucianism, but it is also showing a tendency to compete for growth.

When Buddhism was first introduced to China, its influence was weak.It is still unable to compete with Confucianism and Taoism, and needs to rely on the influence of Confucianism and Taoism to develop itself.During this period, the "discrimination between Yi and Xia" of the three religions had just sprouted and reflected in "Li Huo Lun" written by Mou Zi at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the process of sorting out people's confusion and misunderstanding of Buddhism at that time, Mou Zi mentioned that Confucian scholars used "Yi Xia" Mouzi also made a reasonable and well-founded answer to the question to criticize Buddhism.But at this time, Buddhism is like a wronged little daughter-in-law, who dare not fight back after being beaten, and just explains in a soft voice.

But with the gradual growth of Buddhism, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it has launched a counterattack.

The above-mentioned "Han Fa Ben Nei Zhuan" written by monks in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties is one of such counterattack weapons.There are also many classic works written by many monks, and most of them are called Buddha, that is, Sakyamuni is Laozi and Confucius' teacher, even older.For example, Zhi Dun, a famous monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, said in the "Preface to Praise of Buddha Statues in Sakyamuni": "At the end of Zhou Ji's past, there was a great sage named Buddha: ... ... Zhou Yi Zengxuan was recruited." In the book, Buddha is not only said to be Lao Tzu's master, but also his "grandfather" generation; Lao Tzu and Zhuang Zi have become Buddha's "Zeng Bie" and "Xuan Bie" and are not even qualified to be disciples.Later "Zheng False Theory" also said that Lao Tzu heard the Tao from Mr. Zhu Qiangu.Mr. Gu is a Buddha, so 'Lao Tzu is a disciple of Buddha. "The Sutra of Purity and Purity" also said: "The Buddha sent his three disciples, Aurora, to enlighten him."The Pure Light Bodhisattva is called Yan Hui.Mahakasyapa, he called Laozi. '

The Aurora here refers to China, where the ancestors of Confucianism and Taoism have become the incarnations of Buddhist disciples. That is to say, Chinese Confucianism and Taoism culture all evolved from Buddhism.

This kind of argument is undoubtedly similar to some habits of a certain country.

Faced with such absurd things quietly.Confucianism and Taoism naturally launched a favorable counterattack.

Confucianism mostly criticizes Buddhism from the perspective of governing the country and stabilizing the people. Building temples based on Buddhism makes the poor in the country impoverished: the number of monks and nuns increases, and the number of people who bear taxes and servitude decreases; monks and nuns leave their relatives to become monks and do not want wives.Violation of Confucian ethics: Buddhist teachings are false, deceiving the people, etc.

The Buddhists were not to be outdone, and refuted them one by one, pointing out that Buddhism enlightens the public and is beneficial to governing the country: it is also a manifestation of filial piety to make the souls of ancestors and relatives escape the sea of ​​suffering through personal monk practice; It is beyond reproach to abandon your wife, shave your hair, and become a monk to practice.

But most of the common people and kings in China are very rational, and the protracted disputes among Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism have always been limited to the scope of gentlemen's words but not their hands.Even if there were killings, only a few who were regarded as the chief culprits were punished.Just like Emperor Qi Wen, who worshiped the Buddha, announced the extermination of Taoism, and only killed four Taoist priests who refused to be exiled.When Emperor Wu of Zhou exterminated Buddhism, he refused to kill a single monk.

This is due to the atmosphere of Chinese traditional culture.Because ancient Confucianism emphasized moderation and tolerance, Taoism emphasized tranquility and inaction, and Buddhism held high the banner of peace and equality.Unlike the religious wars in the West, a dozen last for decades, hundreds, or hundreds of years.

The struggle between the three parties did not come to an end until the early Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty can be said to be the most enlightened country in Chinese history. They accepted all cultures with an inclusive attitude.In the Tang Dynasty, you could play polo from Tubo, wear the clothes of northern barbarians, and watch songs and dances from the Western Regions...

However, with Wu Zetian's Daxing Buddhism, this balance was broken again. Although in the eyes of scholars, Confucianism is still important, and even [-]% of the officials in the imperial courts of the past dynasties are Confucian, but this does not change. In the hearts of the Chinese people, Buddhism is more popular. After all, there were very few people who could read in ancient times.

Therefore, in order to survive, Confucianism and Taoism joined hands to exclude Buddhism. Because of Wu Zetian, Confucianism and Taoism also began to follow the emperor's line. This can be seen from Tang Ruizong Li Dan and Princess Taiping's belief in Taoism.

After experiencing a delicate balance, each of the three families developed their own believers, but this situation was broken by the heavenly dynasty of the god stick, and the emperor began to believe no one!Because such forces threatened the imperial power.

Although the three families have returned to the balance point once again, but this enmity is deeply forged!

As a representative of Confucianism, Kong Shengren's descendant, Yan Shenggong, came to disrupt the Buddhist dharma meeting. Isn't this a very logical thing? Is it a matter of course to be a vanguard officer?

Sure enough, someone recognized it!But it wasn't Lin Hai who recognized him, it was Yan Shenggong behind him.

Kong Dao's face was pale and horrified, Yan Shenggong's name was like thunder, and he was in full swing in the entire Feng Dynasty. He was a monk who couldn't be younger, and he didn't even have the qualifications to be compared with Yan Shenggong.

Sure enough, once Yan Shenggong goes out, who will fight for the front!

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