readx; Whenever a country suffers a catastrophe, religion must flourish, and this is a problem that anyone who has read history can see. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This phenomenon is easy to understand, when the reality becomes extremely difficult and there seems to be no hope, the human instinct of self-preservation will naturally look for spiritual sustenance and escape from reality.

In this respect, Catholicism and Buddhism have a natural advantage, because they have one thing in common – the end of their doctrine lies in an ethereal future.

Catholicism emphasizes that only good people will go to heaven when they die, while Buddhism emphasizes accumulating virtue and doing good deeds in this life in order to enjoy pure happiness in the next life. There is no way to confirm this, but it sounds like an unusually beautiful thing, like painting bread to satisfy hunger and hope for plums to quench thirst, and naturally there will be a large number of believers. It is normal to guide the people to be positive and good, endure the hardships of the world, and just meet the needs of the rulers, and the two hit it off and slowly developed into the three major religions of the family.

And Taoism advocates cultivating in this life, what is the Tao ascending to immortals, shattering the void, in front of the invisible afterlife, it always seems a little weak.

Taoism is not convinced, and it is actually human nature to make "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing" to win back the field.

In fact, when Buddhism was first introduced to the Central Plains in the Han Dynasty, it did rely on Taoism, but later developed to the Wei and Jin dynasties, and Buddhism used metaphysics to gain a firm foothold in the family, so it disdained to continue to follow Taoism as a younger brother.

Someone once tentatively asked Wei Jue whether he was on the side of the Tao or on the side of the Buddha.

Wei Jue just smiled and didn't give an answer. Because obviously, he ...... He's an atheist. As a Chinese with more than 20 years of modern education, he has a deep-rooted understanding of religion - you have the freedom to believe, I have the freedom not to believe, I respect your faith, and please respect my non-belief.

I will not laugh at you simply because you believe in something, and please don't laugh at me because I don't believe in anything, and I will not curse you for going to hell for what you believe, and please don't say that I don't believe in anything and go to hell.

Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, in Wei Jue's view, it is the same, why do you have to compete for a high or low?

Buddhism teaches cause and effect to teach people to be good, which is very good, and Taoism cultivates one's own body and has no quarrel with the world, which is also very good. Why do you have to slander the other party as a hypocrisy, saying that the other party is not as good as yourself?

It's a pity that this is just Wei Jue's thoughts.

The believers on both sides of Buddhism and Taoism are obviously not as "open" as Wei Jue, and how difficult it is to resolve the religious dispute, just by looking at the fact that today's capable people are scrambling to try the collusion of several vassal kings with the Hu people, it can be seen that they would rather offend the royal family and the vassal king, rather than have a confrontation with religious beliefs.

The Wei family adheres to the usual golden mean and continues to follow the path of neutrality that resolutely does not participate.

No one dares to use this kind of thing to annoy the respected old man Wei; Wei's father is a calligraphy idiot, and he talks to him about the Buddha, and in the end, he will always turn to the person who writes the scriptures to use what kind of penmanship is used; Wei Qi is heartbroken for the post-disaster reconstruction of Luoyang City, because this "sweet burden" temper is growing, and whoever dares to waste his time is not wanting to repair the rhythm of his own home; Tuoba Liuxiu is the most wilted, if anyone dares to pull him to stand in line, he will dare to pour a head into the other party Shaman; as for Wei Jue......

As long as Wei Jue smiled, the other party forgot everything.

Wei Jue himself is also very low-key, and because he wants to spend more money on the people, he has not attended any extravagant and wasteful poetry and wine banquets for a long time. Today's life of Young Master Wei is very simple, the temporary home - the palace - Biyong (the prince's school), three points into a line, two ears do not listen to things outside the window, and only teach the prince sages and sages.

But Wei Jue didn't expect that the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism had already reached the young prince.

"What does the teacher think of the Buddha and the Tao?" the prince asked respectfully.

The prince accompanied Wei Chong, and at this time he got up from the table in a daze, holding a brush in his hand, with sleep marks on his face, who was ignorant of a big dream, he looked at his third uncle blankly, and then looked at his little friend Prince, and then said in a daze: "I think dim sum is the best." ”

Wei Jue: "......"

Prince: "......"

Although the prince is younger than Wei Chong, he is the one who takes care of Wei Chong more, and while he is accustomed to wiping Wei Chong's saliva, he said: "Bear with me for a while, someone will come to deliver it soon." ”

Wei Jue couldn't help laughing, but he didn't punish Wei Chong. Wei Chong fell asleep in class for a reason, if it weren't for Brother Zao's drunkenness last night and making trouble in the Fanchang Princess Mansion where they were temporarily staying, Wei Chong would not be so difficult now. Wei Jue patiently coaxed his brother a few words, and thought in his heart that he would go back and talk to his sister-in-law about the adverse effects of Brother Zao on Wei Chong.

Because of Wei Chong's interruption, after a long while, Wei Jue had time to ask the prince in detail: "Why did His Highness suddenly ask such a question?"

"My sister has been having nightmares a lot lately. The prince bowed his head and said sadly, "Some people say that they want the queen mother to worship the White Horse Temple, but some people say that Baiyun Temple is the most effective." ”

Before Wei Jue fell asleep, the queen became pregnant again and gave birth to a little princess. Before the catastrophe of Luoyang, Master Jingjian entered the palace and looked at the little princess, and he didn't know what to say, when the emperor's family moved to Beibei, he didn't bring the princess, but secretly sent her to Qiyun Tower. When the Hu people invaded, Master Jingjian and the warrior monks in the White Horse Temple protected the quiet place of Buddhism, which naturally ensured that the little princess was safe and sound. Later, the emperor returned to the palace, and the queen was finally able to take the little princess back with the mother and daughter group.

But now listening to the prince's meaning, the little princess is back, and her spirit is not good.

"At this time, you should call a doctor, right?" One of Wei Jue's most annoying routines is that the child is sick, and he doesn't seek a doctor, but what ghosts, gods, and husbands do they want to look for, what can they do at this time?

"It's called, it's useless. ”

The queen is not the kind of person who can't figure it out, and it is precisely because even the doctor is helpless that she panics.

"I'll ask the doctor to take another look. "Wei Jue doesn't believe in the disease doctor in the palace, but he thinks that the fox doctor of Jin is more shrewd, and maybe he can see some mystery. I'm afraid the little princess's illness is not an accident, but *. Just in time for the Buddhist controversy to heat up again, the little princess got a strange disease that could not be cured, where did such a coincidental thing come from in the world!

The prince once again thanked respectfully: "Teacher Lao is worried. ”

"In addition to the princess's illness, there are other people chewing their tongues in front of His Highness, right?"

The prince's head lowered lower: "I can't hide anything from the teacher." ”

If Buddhism wants to be supported, the first thing to attack is the world's most noble royal family. Seeing that the Wei family's road to heaven could not be followed, he naturally had to find someone else. There are not only the Wei family who serve by the emperor and the prince, but there are eight of them with the prince's companionship, all of whom are from the family, all of them are the sons and grandsons of the big family, and the one with the worst family background.

"What did they say, do you remember it, Your Highness?" Wei Jue coaxed the prince little by little to repeat what he had heard.

The prince naturally knew everything about Wei Jue, and told all the nonsense he heard. There is nothing new in the content, there are those who support Buddhism and Taoism, and there are those who support Taoism, and no one has arranged chess pieces.

Without the vassal kings muddying the waters, it would not be easy to calm down this incident.

This forced Wei Jue to stop playing.

Of course, before that, the most important thing is not to let the prince's children be taught badly at a young age now, and change their temperament, Wei Jue asked: "Who does Your Highness think is right?"

The prince thought about it, and in Wei Jue's encouraging eyes, he said boldly: "It depends on who is more useful." ”

Well, this is probably an atheist too. It's just that I'm too young to understand what atheism is. Or it can be said that the crown prince Sima Xuan is a natural politician, and there is nothing particularly clear about right and wrong in his eyes, only whether he can use it.

"If only they could balance. The prince added.

The crown prince doesn't want to destroy the Buddha, and he doesn't want to suppress the Tao, he still needs them to establish his divine authority as a monarch, but he doesn't want anyone to dominate the family, so it's best to play a check and balance.

This is something that many Ming monarchs will do, during their reign, there is actually no obvious inclination towards religion, if there is, it must be that he used it here, or that there threatened his rule.

Take Wu Zetian, the only female emperor of China, who was preceded by the Tang Dynasty emperors, but she herself could not get the support of Taoism, so she alienated Taoism and supported Buddhism instead. But if you say she believes in Buddhism, she doesn't believe that much. Later, she switched to Taoism. To put it mildly, it's just one sentence - to serve politics.

The prince was very afraid that his idea would be denied by Wei Jue, because no one around him would say so, but he just thought so, whether it was Buddhism or Taoism, it was good, and he didn't know why he had to choose one?

Fortunately, it was Wei Jue who taught the prince, and such a rebellious remark against God and Buddha would mean that Wei Jue would say, "What His Highness said is exactly".

The little prince's face was flushed, and he was very happy, he behaved like this, not only because he was praised, but also because it was Wei Jue who praised him, and because finally someone could let him speak freely and understand him.

It was only half a day after the doctor entered the palace, and he lived up to Wei Jue's trust and found out the truth.

The little princess is not sick, she is purely scared. The princess was young and ignorant, and during the turmoil, she hid in the Qiyun Pagoda, and was taken care of by the bhikshunis, so she became close. But at that time, there were not only bhikshunis in the Qiyun Pagoda, but also blessed Taoist aunts. When the Hu people attacked, Buddhism and Taoism cooperated a little in order to survive. But when the common threat was gone, they started again.

But the little princess doesn't understand, she likes Bhikshuni and Daogu the same, but recently there is a nurse who takes care of her who forces him to like one and dislike one. The little girl doesn't know how to express her feelings, but she has a stubborn personality, bites to death, and has too much mental pressure, so she is forced to have nightmares every day.

The little princess didn't understand this kind of mental abuse deliberately from adults, but the doctor of Jin understood the disgusting person's routine at a glance, and when she came back, she said everything to Wei Jue. He has a cold personality, but he can't see others grinding a child like this.

"What can you do?"

If it was in the past, Wei Jue might not have a way. But it just so happened that when he chatted with the prince that day, Wei Jue thought of Wu Zetian, and reminded him of the fleeting inspiration he had when he was far away in Weixing County, and now he could find a place for the little princess and the prince.

Even if Wei Jue and the little princess don't have anything to do with each other, he can't stand someone bullying a child who doesn't understand anything like this.

But there are people who are faster than Wei Jue - Tuoba Six Cultivation.

The prince went to school, one day of liberal arts, one day of martial arts, a combination of work and rest, this was thought up by Wei Jue, Emperor Jin Hui would only raise his hands in favor, saying that it was very good, very good, and by the way, he also gave Tuoba Liuxiu a false title that could teach the prince.

The newly promoted prince and prince, after hearing that someone was once again advocating the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in the prince's ear, immediately made a decision and took down several companions of the dispute, saying that he did not listen to right and wrong, and each played fifty boards, regardless of whether you were Buddhist or Taoist, and all of them would be severely punished. In the future, if anyone disturbs the prince's study again, he should take this example and never let it go!

After the queen quietly handed over the news to Wei Jue, she also inspired by Tuoba Liuxiu's actions, no matter who served the princess, anyone who dared to argue about these in front of the princess was considered to have taught the princess crookedly, and she would fight first!

Wei Jue had nowhere to perform, and he was a little congested, so he asked Tuoba Liuxiu: "How do you know what I'm going to do?"

"'From now on, monks and Taoist priests who dare to slander the Buddha and Taoism will first be given a rod, and then the order will be returned to the world. 'This Wu Zetian's will is still for me to tell you. ”

Although Wu Zetian held Buddhism, he didn't want to shake the country's foundation because of the argument between them, so he simply forbade Buddhism and Taoism to slander each other. No matter who says that the other party is not, they will all be beaten, and then strictly ordered to return to the vulgar.

Just ask if you're afraid!

It can only be said that Emperor Wu is mighty.

Sometimes, it's just that it's so domineering, since it doesn't make sense for the time being, then it doesn't need to be said, first hit the board separately, and when you are all beaten shut up, I'll talk about it.

Tuoba Liuxiu reluctantly kissed Wei Jue's face: "This method is good, but it is too domineering, and it is not conducive to the image of a gentleman who you operate in front of the prince." Therefore, if the lady has something, let the husband do her best. ”

Wei Jue was first pleased with Tuoba Liuxiu's understanding of him, and then moved Tuoba Liuxiu to be attentive to him, and then ...... "Who's the husband?"

Tuoba Liuxiu, are you going to heaven, or are you going to live with your right hand for the rest of your life?!