During the reign of Yu Wenyong, he tried his best to get rid of the old customs of the Xianbei people, accepted the Chinese culture, and also rectified the rule of officials, so that the politics of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were clear, the people's lives were stable, and the country was strong. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yu Wenyong lives a frugal life, can care about the people's sufferings in a timely manner, he wears a cloth robe, bed cover cloth quilt, harem concubines are only more than ten people, in addition he also destroyed the Buddha, destroyed a large number of pagodas and Buddhist temples in the country, and strictly ordered the monks and nuns to return to the laity, this is to seek weapons between the tower and temple, and the soldiers are under the monks of the rich country and strong army movement, and is regarded as one of the three martial arts disasters.

Yuwen Yong lived a frugal life, hoping to surpass the ancients in everything, and burned down the gorgeous palaces built by Yuwen Hu and the Northern Qi Dynasty.

At first, he didn't dare to expose his dissatisfaction with Yuwen Hu, once Chen Chong went to Yuanzhou with Yuwen Yong, and Yu Wen Yong insisted on returning to Chang'an at night, and everyone thought that this matter was a little strange. Chen Chong thought he was smart, so he said to the people close to him: "I heard that the Duke of Jin has a bad year this year, and His Majesty's car will be returned that night, just because he is afraid that the Duke of Jin will die." ”

Someone spread Chen Chong's words, and after Yu Wenyong heard about it, he immediately summoned the ministers to the Dade Hall and scolded Chen Chong in front of everyone, and Chen Chong apologized in fear. On this night, Yuwen Hu sent troops to storm Chen Chong's residence and kill him.

Yuwen Yong did this to show that he had no second heart for Yuwen Hu, and soon Yu Wen Yong used Tao Hui to commend Yu Wen Hu.

Yuwen Hu's mother was captured by the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the mother and son were separated for thirty-five years, and later the Northern Qi released her back, and Yuwen Yong praised her and used this to stabilize Yuwen Hu. Because of Yuwen Yong's superficial respect for Qu Cong, Yuwen Hu did not treat him like Yuwen Jue and Yu Wenyu. However, in secret, Yuwen Hu still wants to coerce Yuwen Yong from time to time, domineering and domineering, and always wants to replace him.

After Yuwen Hu was killed, the power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty really began to be in the hands of Yuwen Yong. Yu Wenyong finally got rid of the troubles in his heart and began a series of reform measures, which finally made the Northern Zhou, which was originally weaker than the Northern Qi, turn weak into strong.

Since the entry of ethnic minorities into the Central Plains in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the ethnic and class contradictions in the north have been very acute. When these minority rulers suppressed the Han and other ethnic groups, they tried their best to use Buddhism and Taoism to paralyze the people's sense of resistance, so Buddhism and Taoism spread widely in northern China.

In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were more than 500 temples in the capital Luoyang alone, and in the last years of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it was roughly estimated that there were more than 30,000 temples in the whole territory, and the number of monks and nuns was as high as 2 million. Taoism was also valued by the imperial court in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and developed greatly, but the number of Taoist temples and Taoist priests was far less than that of Buddhist temples and monks and nuns.

Because Buddhism was admired by the supreme ruler and provided various superior conditions, many famous monks appeared in the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, such as Huiguang, who was the capital of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the national ruler of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Huiwen is the ancestor of the Tiantai sect. Hui Ke, who inherited and developed Bodhidharma's Zen thoughts, is revered as the second patriarch of Zen Buddhism, the most influential in Chinese Buddhism. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Buddhist ideas of Huiguang, Huiwen, and Huike finally formed the Huayan sect, Tiantai Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism with Chinese characteristics.

However, due to the expansion of Buddhism and Taoism, not only did it damage the government's taxation, conscription, and military service, but also hindered the expansion of the economic power of secular landlords. The illusory theories of Buddhism and Taoism have become the targets of Confucianism, and they have vigorously attacked and belittled Buddhism and Taoism from the standpoint of safeguarding China's orthodox culture.

Liu Tian said that the Buddha was the ghost of the plague, and Zhang Qiuzi said that Buddhism was a demon and a chaotic flower. It was only because of the patronage of the supreme ruler that the development of Buddhism and Taoism in Northern Qi was not affected.

In the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Buddhism was also very popular, Yuwentai believed in Buddhism, and his heirs, the filial piety of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Yuwenjue and Ming Emperor Yuwenyu believed in Buddhism more devoutly, so Buddhism flourished in the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Taoism also developed rapidly at this time.

Although Buddhism and Taoism are both tools for the ruling class to rule the people, so many monks, nuns, and Taoist priests who do not pay taxes to the government and serve and occupy a large amount of land are really a serious loss for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is a small country and a widow. The landlords of monasteries and Taoist temples not only contradicted the government and secular landlords economically, but also ideologically contradicted the scholars and doctors who adhered to Confucianism, and the Buddha and the Taoist also clashed with each other for their own interests and status.

Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, was a powerful monarch, he attached the most importance to Confucianism, made great efforts, and during his reign, he carried out a series of reforms in politics, economy, and military.

Taoist priest Zhang Bin wrote to request the abolition of Buddhism, so Yu Wenyong convened his ministers, famous monks, and Taoist priests to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the three religions. It is intended to lower the status of Buddhism, and set Confucianism first, Taoism secondary, and Buddhism second. However, at that time, the ruling power was the Prime Minister of Otsuka, who believed in Buddhism, Yu Wengo, who did not agree, and Dao'an, Juan Luan and other books slandered Taoism, so although after many discussions, the three religions could not be positioned.

Yuwen Yong killed Yuwen Hu and began to take charge of the government. He also convened a group of ministers, Taoist priests, and famous monks to debate, and decided that Confucianism should come first, Taoism should be secondary, and Buddhism should be secondary. Due to the rise up of famous monks and monks, monks, monks, Jingao, and Daoji, they tried their best to slander and reject Taoism, and this time the ranking could not be realized.

Yu Wenyong once again convened ministers, famous monks, and Taoist priests to debate, and at the meeting, the struggle between the two families of Buddhism and Taoism was very fierce. Zhixuan frustrated the Taoist priest Zhang Bin during the debate, Yuwen Yong defended Taoism and angrily denounced Buddhism as impure, Zhixuan replied: "Taoism is impure, especially worse!"

Yu Wenyong originally only wanted to dismiss Buddhism this time, because of the superstition of Taoism and the falsehood of the doctrine, after Dao'an, Zhen Wan, Zhixuan and others exposed, has been completely exposed, so the edict to cut off Buddhism, Taoism, the image of the scriptures are destroyed, the monks and nuns are dismissed, and the people are returned. As soon as the edict is issued, it will be implemented.

Yuwen Yong summoned famous monks many times in the new hall of Yecheng to explain the reason and significance of respecting the Confucian Buddha, and the 500 monks present were silent, only Huiyuan clearly objected, and threatened with a nose hell. Ren Daolin, a Buddhist, also wrote a letter opposing the destruction of Buddha and intimidated him with karma. Yu Wenyong said that he was not a Wuhu and had no intention of believing in Buddhism, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to completely exterminate Buddhism in the country, so Buddhism in northern China was banned.

Although the purpose of Yuwen Yong's extermination of Buddha is the same as that of Emperor Taiwu of Wei, it is to expand financial resources and consolidate political power, but the methods are different. This extermination of the Buddha was made after many debates, and all sides were mentally prepared. This time, instead of killing monks, nuns, and Taoist priests and destroying temples and temples, the temple and temples were given to the princes, and the monks and nuns were returned to the households.

For those well-known monks and Taoist priests, or as government officials sent to the channel temple for research work, or as an official position, with Tan as the Guanglu doctor, Fazhi as Yangchuan Taishou, and Pukuang as Qishan County, in short, the methods are relatively moderate.

In this extermination of the Buddha, the Northern Zhou government not only obtained a large amount of temple wealth, but also obtained nearly 3 million people, so that production developed day by day, and provided strong material and strong military strength for the unification of the Sui Dynasty and the struggle against the Turks.

In the extermination campaign, all Buddha statues were destroyed, temples were nationalized, and monks were ordered to return to the world. Yu Wenyong's destruction of Buddhism this time was relatively complete, and the northern Buddhist forces were almost banned for this.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism spread from India to China, and while flourishing, it caused many serious social problems. A large number of monasteries amassed a great deal of wealth, and gradually formed a new political force to protest against the government, and the monks relied on the power of the monasteries to act unscrupulously, not subject to the usual laws and regulations. Against the backdrop of a large amount of land and taxes being controlled by religious organizations, which seriously eroded the country's strength, Yu Wenyong decided to ban Buddhism.

After the extermination of Buddhism, on the one hand, the primitive Buddhism originating from India was forced to actively sinicize, and on the basis of Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism in the Middle Earth was developed, so that the early Buddhism, which was originally based on the power of gods and monsters and the property and rights of monasteries, was transformed into an open and peaceful sect, so that Buddhism was reborn in China and developed and transformed into the only major religion in the world that did not interfere in political power.

Yu Wenyong's extermination campaign established the political principle that Shamen must respect imperial power, cut off the separation of power between Buddhist monasteries and commoners, and established the tradition of separation of church and state in the Chinese imperial dynasty.