The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

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Lin Hai didn't seem to see the surprised expressions of the ministers present, and continued: "What Lord Yan said just now is true. If you want to destroy Buddha, your majesty, if you make up your mind, you can also destroy it, but I secretly think that it is a kind of culture. Does it mean that it can be destroyed by saying that it can be destroyed. Our Han nationality has a long history of culture, which has been passed down to this day. However, those uneducated Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Rouran and other ethnic groups in history, although they can be powerful for a while But it has never been passed down to the present like my Han nationality, and has disappeared in the river of history.

From this, we can see the importance of culture. Many emperors in history also organized actions to destroy Buddhism, but Buddhism still continues to this day.From this, Weichen believes that there must be some real monks in this Buddhism, and it is because of the existence of these people that it is extremely difficult to destroy the Buddha.There have been many incidents of exterminating Buddhas in history, but without exception, they all failed.

It's not that those in power are not strict enough, it's because there are some people who are truly admirable and worthy of emulation by others.The emperor was indeed able to destroy temples of Buddha statues, reclaim all temple fields, and even force monks to return to secular life, but he could not change such people's heart towards Buddha. Their existence would affect many people.Therefore, the law can bring Buddhism into a trough, but it cannot wipe them out. "

Yan Zhengzhong did not argue with reason, but was thinking. He had rich experience and knew that there were indeed two incidents of extermination of Buddha in history.Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty used very severe measures to destroy Buddhism, but without exception, the Buddhist family was like a grass in the end, and it could not be cut off.

"Then what you said just now..." King Zhongqing asked a little puzzled. If he heard correctly, he heard Lin Hai say that there is only one way to exterminate Buddhism!Why are you talking good things about Buddhism again now!

"What I said just now was aimed at the fake monks involved in this incident. It is not aimed at all the monks in the world. Although I don't believe in Buddhism, I still admire those real monks." Yes, a person wants It is still somewhat difficult to truly reach the level written in the Buddhist scriptures.At least Lin Hai thought he couldn't do it.

"Then, according to Mr. Xiaolin, is there any solution..." Chen Ziran, a member of the Chen family, quietly tricked Lin Hai.

Lin Hai smiled slightly, "Weichen feels that the issue to be discussed now is not whether to destroy the Buddha, but how to distinguish between real monks and fake monks. Although I don't believe in Buddhism, I also believe that the true Buddhist master is I will not do such a thing, I have observed it before. The monks in the temple, most of them found that there are many monks and novices in the temple who are not sincere to the Buddha. Many of them are even lazy hooligans. Becoming a monk with the mentality of being a monk to make a living, this must be taken seriously.

It is precisely because there were not many Buddhist disciplines in the past dynasties that led to the emergence of so many fake monks, who were lazy and extravagant. "Speaking Lin Hai saluted Emperor Xuande and all the ministers present, changed his voice, and said with a serious face: "Rong Chen dares to ask, about the temple.Can the imperial court have obvious controls?How to calculate the tax? "

"This..." Emperor Xuande couldn't say it out. It has been like this since ancient times. Emperors of all dynasties had an attitude of trusting the illusory gods and Buddhas rather than trusting them. Almost no dynasty is an institution. take money.

Lin Haidao: "It is precisely because of this kind of laissez-faire loose control that led to the monk's extravagant heart. There is a saying that 'fullness and warmth give birth to lust, hunger and cold give rise to stealth'." Monks do not pay taxes, and have countless people's sesame oil money on hand You can't spend it. This extravagance will naturally follow. Your Majesty, I believe that today's incident is not the fault of the Buddhist school, but fake monks like Yuan Mo Yuanxin, who came here under the guise of the Buddhist school. Deceived the world. I think that what we want to do is not to destroy the Buddha, but to destroy the group of fake monks, fake monks."

King Zhongqing looked at Lin Hai with scorching eyes and said, "Then how should we deal with this problem in the opinion of Mr. Xiao Lin?" '

Lin Hai had considered this issue long ago, and when King Zhongqing asked, he said with a smile: "Didn't your lord hear that Xia Yu's water control is worse than dredging? It's better to cure the symptoms than to cure the root cause. In my humble opinion, it's better to imitate the imperial examination and collect all the resources in the world." The monks come to a test, and those who fail will return to the vulgar and be sent home. In addition, if someone wants to become a monk in the future, he must pass the Buddhist test to prove that he can become a monk.

At the same time, in order to prevent these monks from having the idea of ​​benefiting from one exam for life, Weichen also suggested that it is better to follow the system of scholars and send people to take a unified exam every three years. "

This is the best method Lin Hai thought of, which is the legendary ancient graduation certificate and re-education.Whether in ancient times or modern times, examinations are a must for Chinese students to pass in their studies. For jobs such as accounting, examinations and re-education are lifelong events. Why should monks be special to be able to work without taking the qualification examinations? ah!Thinking that he passed the exam all the way no matter in his previous life or in this life, Lin Hai felt a little uneasy.

Emperor Xuande's eyes lit up when he heard this. The reason why he wanted to trouble the monks was not because he wanted to destroy the Buddha, but because he wanted some fake monks to work as coolies for him.According to Lin Hai, there are many fake monks in the world, as long as these monks are picked out in this way, isn't this a huge group of coolies?

To say that Emperor Xuande was more ruthless, Lin Hai just wanted these fake monks to become monks, but Emperor Xuande directly wanted them to do coolies for him. Emperor Xuande had already thought about the crimes, and punished them as fraudulent fraud.

Lin Hai continued: "And as far as Weichen knows, there are twelve Buddhist temples in my neighborhood in the capital, and there are more than ten temples near the capital, adding up to more than 20 temples."Don't you think it's too much, Your Majesty?There will inevitably be unevenness when there are more than one temple.Therefore, on the second point, Wei Chen proposed to limit temples and stipulate the number of temples in cities, towns, counties, and prefectures, such as counties, one town, two cities, three prefectures, and four. Gathering monks in one place is also convenient for control. Take it back to the court.

In addition, "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king; the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers, the world belongs to you, the emperor, and the mountains, rivers and rivers also belong to you."But Buddhists have a habit of occupying the mountain as king.They built a temple on the mountain, which almost meant taking the mountain as their own, and they could mine and cut down wantonly, dig the land and cultivate it.Such behavior is undoubtedly flouting the laws of the country, which is unreasonable and cannot last long.

And what's even more frightening is that some monks don't know the terrain at all, they found a mountain peak rashly and started mining, felling, digging and farming.As a result, a large number of trees were cut down, which seriously damaged the local ecology. As you can imagine, your majesty, a mountain that was originally verdant was turned into a bare mountain because of these fake monks who didn't know anything. of the mountain?Perhaps even more serious, there will be no grass.

Therefore, the third point raised by Weichen is that the government should formulate regulations on where these temples should be built, and these monks should not be allowed to mine and cut down at will. "

Emperor Xuande restrained his anger when he heard it, nodded and smiled, he is the emperor, these few words won his heart.

"Furthermore, as far as I know, monks have the habit of buying land for cultivation. This point, I firmly oppose, and I am very puzzled. There are only so many monks that can be accommodated in a temple. It is necessary to open mountains and cultivate land. Yes, where did they get so much manpower and time? According to my little knowledge, monks, just recite scriptures and pray to Buddha, what kind of fields to plant, what kind of land to cultivate? If you have this time to plow and farm, why don’t you recite a few more volumes of Buddhist scriptures? .

If you are really busy and want to farm, you can do it and pay taxes truthfully.After all, it is their professional job for monks to worship Buddha and chant scriptures, and they have no reason not to pay land taxes because they intervene in farming. "

All the ministers present nodded. What Lin Hai said was righteousness. A monk, sincerity to the Buddha, just chanting scriptures every day, what to do with so many things.

Lin Hai said slowly: "The last point is that what the Buddhists collect is the hard-earned money offered by the people. It is the money of the people, so the people have the right to know the origin of the money. I propose to set up good books and account books in all temples. For everyone to check anytime and anywhere. In addition, the government can go to the temple to check the account books in detail every month. If there is any abnormality in expenditure and income, it will be severely punished.

In this way, monks are prevented from filling their own pockets and doing extravagant things with common people's money.There are also monks who have nothing in all four things, and money is something outside of them for them.Since it is something outside of the body, it shouldn't be that important.It is possible to limit their spending in an appropriate amount so as not to fall into the population. '

The ancient times are different from the modern ones. The means of making false accounts in the modern times are superb, and the technicians can do it seamlessly.However, the ancient times are not the same, there is no super-age technology, and the transportation is not convenient. The circulation of money and goods is only in the nearby counties.

His method cut off all the monks' money.Originally, to be a monk is to have the self-consciousness of being a monk. A monk eats fast and recites Buddha's name, not to make a fortune.

After finishing speaking, Lin Hai smiled sinisterly.

Forcing monks to return to vulgarity, or destroying temples and burning Buddhist scriptures, these are methods that treat the symptoms but not the root cause.To deal with this kind of thing, what you need is to hit it with one blow like a snake hitting seven inches.

In fact, Lin Hai put forward so many requirements, the most important thing is the first point. It is conceivable that as long as the graduation certificate and re-education are introduced, how many unqualified monks will be selected, and only the source of monks will be reduced. , in order to fundamentally solve these problems, the next few are just icing on the cake.

Graduation certificate is a pain in people's heart!

This time the person shot was a monk.

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