Speaking of Lingyin Temple, which can have today's scale, in addition to the emperors of all dynasties who have a lot of care for this Jiangnan treasure temple, we have to thank three people.

The first, Emperor Wu of Liang of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this person believes in Buddhism as an idiot, three years of heavenly prison, as the king of a country, he issued an edict to "give up the road to the Buddha", Buddhism as the state religion, and then build a large number of buildings, build temples and towers, for a time, the Buddha temple stands in a forest, there is a grand occasion of "four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain". Hangzhou was a territory of the Southern Dynasties, and naturally there were many Buddhist temples. The ancients said: If there is something good at the top, it will be followed by the bottom. The emperor loved Buddhism, so he would see monasteries everywhere and hear the bells of the Buddha. At that time, in Hangzhou, there were Tianzhen Temple, Jingkong Temple, Donglin Temple, Jianguo Temple, Faxin Temple, Gushan Temple, etc., and there were many lay people, who built temples and offered incense. Lingyin Temple has also been favored by Emperor Wu of Liang, giving the field to expand, the scale is rough, and the incense is gradually flourishing.

 ； The second is also a very famous figure, Qian Miao, the king of Wuyue. When this person was young, he first practiced Taoism, and later met the high monk Faji, who said to him, "He will become a tyrant of Wu Yue every day, and he must protect the Dharma", and advised him: "Good self-love, he is extremely noble, and he should focus on Buddhism." He has great respect for the Faji Zen Master, "I will bow down when I see it, and the sandalwood is abundant, which is different from the constant." When Fa Ji passed away, he personally wrote a eulogy and personally performed the funeral, and was posthumously honored as "the master of the founding of the beginning and rejuvenation of the country". When he was dying, Qian Shi warned his son: "I used to show my hegemony from Jingshan Faji, and since then I have made a career and made meritorious contributions to the country, so I often take care of this mountain!" He will not waste my will every day".

Therefore, the three generations of the Qian family and the five kings have always pursued the purpose of "believing in Buddhism and Shuntian", so that the urban and rural areas of Hangzhou, all over the temples, between the temples, Sanskrit sounds are heard, and the monks gather. According to the historical records: "When Wu Yue Kingdom, nine chambers and four walls, in the territory of the counties, a king built, has been surplus eighty-eight, including fourteen states all counted, too many to mention. "Wuyue Temple" times the Nine Kingdoms", there are more than 200 temples that have been expanded and created, since then there are more than 200 cliff carvings in the Lingyin Temple, Buddha statue shaping, Buddhist scripture carving is particularly rich, temple word garden, pagoda prayer building is everywhere. The number of people who study Buddhism and Zen is increasing day by day, and the poems and articles of the Buddhist altar are endless. Lingyin Temple became a holy place for the Buddha in the world for a while.

The third is Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk, after setting the capital of Jinling (now Nanjing), he recommended Buddhist monks today, and held a "uncovered conference". Lingyin Temple is a famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River, and naturally sent many monks to participate.

In the third year of Hongwu, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty saw the abbot of Lingyin Temple to recall the Beijing Saying, which caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, and the four people returned to respect. Ming Tai ancestor named him one of the "Ten Great Monks", awarded him a gold robe, and ordered him to write the four proverbs of "Righteousness", "Chongben", "Guandao" and "Respect for the Virtuous", and was later imprisoned and killed because of Hu Weiyong's involvement in the case.

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang advocated Buddhism, and soon in the name of rectification, he took various restrictive measures against various temples. The tragedy of the monk Shibai of Lingyin Temple came again, and he took the initiative to return 13,000 acres of temple fields in Hangzhou and Xiu (now Jiaxing) given by the imperial court in the Song Dynasty to the imperial court, so as to avoid the catastrophe of destruction. This practice of the monks of Lingyin Temple was deeply appreciated by Ming Taizu, so he gave some of the fields back to Lingyin Temple. In the third year of Hongwu, Lingyin Temple caught fire and suffered heavy losses.

In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, the abbot Huiming rebuilt the Juehuang Palace, and renamed the temple "Lingyin Temple". Due to a lack of funds, the Buddha statue in the Buddha hall was not completed until the first year of Yongle, and the monks and monks raised and decorated the Buddha's heavens and offerings, and now the Lingyin Temple has long been lost in the scenery of Emperor Wu of Liang and Wu Wangqian, plus natural disasters, the glorious Lingyin Temple in the past, naturally there is a little less transcendent Buddha gas outside the world, and it is contaminated with a lot of secular gas.

Today's Lingyin Temple has established a "room system", with a total of 24 rooms. The "housing system" means that each courtyard is divided into private property, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere in matters such as income and expenditure and the recruitment of monks. The abbot of Lingyin Temple, elected by the public houses, looks like a tribe, with a strong secular flavor, and the Taoist style is naturally impossible to talk about. In addition to official duties, each house also has the mission of building a Buddhist hall.

Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce can choose Lingyin Temple, which is definitely a good thing for Lingyin Temple, anyway, there are so many Zen rooms, casually play with some, you can also collect some silver taels, moreover, every year the Chamber of Commerce will also send one or two thousand broken silver, compared to collecting pilgrims' sesame oil money, these silver to come more practical, more convenient, so for the annual Chamber of Commerce, Lingyin Temple up and down seems to be particularly enthusiastic.

In this year's Chamber of Commerce, the eldest lady listened to Yang Zheng's construction, and did not put away the silver taels from the hands of the merchants, but tossed three thousand taels by herself, so that compared with the Chamber of Commerce in previous years, there were one thousand taels more, and Lingyin Temple was naturally courteous to the Peng family.

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Of course, the Peng family is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Lingyin Temple is a treasure temple in the south of the Yangtze River, a heavy place for Buddhism, ordinary women who come to Buddhism to pray to God and worship Buddha, and there are many women who wish to repay their wishes, and these people are the objects of the Peng family's silk and cloth fighting, the Peng family will naturally not let go, in addition to the Peng family's door in the Lingyin Temple, as well as all the things in the Chamber of Commerce, eating, drinking, Lazar and sleeping with the slogan of the Peng family, it is those little monks, who also hold the booklet of the Peng family shop designed by the eldest lady, and send pilgrims to and fro.

Therefore, when Yang Zheng and the eldest lady arrived at Lingyin Temple, in addition to the Buddha statues, there were more slogans of the Peng family in the huge Lingyin Temple.

"It's done well, I'm afraid the Peng family has a lot of business this time?" Yang Zheng looked at the swimming crowd and felt something.

The eldest lady glanced at him and said, "It's not your idea yet, but don't say it, it's very good, our Peng family's business outside the Lingyin Temple is much better than usual!" ”

Yang Zheng said: "That's natural, with this Lingyin Temple to help your Peng family do some publicity, can you still have less business?" “

The eldest lady said curiously: "Why is there a monk to promote our Peng family, and our business will be good?" “

Yang Zheng said: "Have you forgotten that monks don't speak?" “

The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, then snorted, covered her mouth and laughed: "You dead man, you talk a lot-?" “

Yang Zheng looked at the appearance of those temple monks diligently handing out the Peng family's pamphlets, and couldn't help but feel funny, I wonder if Shakyamuni would be angry if he saw today's scene? “

The two talked and laughed, and then walked into the Lingyin Temple.

The place where the chamber of commerce is held, in the back hall of the Lingyin Temple, is said to be the back hall, but it is also a hall, with a single layer of three stacks of heavy eaves, the momentum is saga, the Buddha shrine enshrines the statue of Maitreya Buddha, the chest is exposed, the pu group sits down, and the smile is lovely; The Buddha shrine facing the mountain gate is dedicated to the statue of the Buddhist protector god Wei Dao, which is two and a half meters high, wearing a golden helmet and wrapped in armor, and is full of energy.

"Sitting under the Buddha and talking about the smell of copper, are you really not afraid of offending the gods?" Yang Zheng followed behind the eldest lady, looking around all the way, talking as he walked.

The eldest lady listened to it funny and angry: "What's wrong with the Buddha, the Buddha still likes money, if not, you see this Maitreya Buddha, can he be so red and pot-bellied?" “

Yang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It's the first time I've heard such words, but if you think about it, isn't that the case?" ”

The two of them talked and laughed and went to the back hall, and before they entered, they heard a burst of laughter, and their voices were full of pride.

Yang Zheng stretched out his head to take a look, and saw where Yang Yifeng was leaning his neck, shaking the paper fan, laughing nonstop, he was surrounded by many people, and the first one was Liu Renjie of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest.

Yang Zheng sneered, and was just about to walk in, when Yang Yifeng glanced at it, and happened to see where he and the eldest lady were, he smiled, put away the paper fan, walked over with a smile, hugged his fist at the eldest lady, and said, "The eldest lady is coming, I will be disappointed." Although he was polite, he was smug in his words, and his appearance reminded people of the villain's four words.

"Hey, isn't this Yang Gongzi, I've heard that the Peng family's competition for the Chamber of Commerce depends on Yang Gongzi, and I have to show myself well in a while?"

Yang Zheng smiled and said, "Oh, isn't this Yang Yifeng Yang Gongzi, disrespectful and disrespectful!" The villain has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, he didn't recognize it, if it weren't for the little peach in the Piaoxiang Pavilion last night, tell me where he stayed last night is the dignified Yang Gongzi, I don't know it-? ”

Yang Zheng's voice was very loud, and there were a lot of people on the field, first listening to him oops, and when he heard what Piaoxiang Pavilion, Little Pink, overnight stay, and other topics that men understand, he laughed out loud.

Some of the ladies were full of anger.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I said I missed my mouth, I said I missed my mouth-?"

There was another burst of laughter in the crowd.

Yang Yifeng laughed when he heard the crowd, his face turned red, and when he looked at Zhu Zhantan in white in the corner of the crowd, he was frightened and said vaguely: "I don't know what Piaoxiang Pavilion is, what little peach, surnamed Yang, don't you want to spew blood?" ”

Yang Zheng looked sorry for him, and said: "Young Master Yang, why do you bother, man, people are not mischievous young people, just go, why do you bother?" Besides, did I pay for you? How can you take revenge? “

This time the crowd was no longer laughing, but a snort, men can be flowing, but not shameless, although the Qinglou woman said that she made a living from Pirou, but a big man actually bet on Ji not to give silver, not only women look down on it, but men also go to this kind of person.

Yang Yifeng couldn't say anything about it, and he wanted to say a few words, but such a thing has always become darker and darker, and if he continues to talk about it, no one will believe it. Gritted his teeth and glared at Yang Zheng, and said, "The surname is Yang, hello, you are good?" ”

Yang Zheng laughed and said: "Yang Gongzi, this is yours, isn't it, you are so good to you, that is, you went to Piaoxiang Pavilion, I just said it to everyone unintentionally, besides, the five hundred taels of silver that you slept with in someone's little peach are still given by me, what's the matter, you have to give it to me today?" ”

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