The eyes of Yifeng and the others instantly fell on the scholar.

The scholar sneered: "Since Buddhism is good, and filial piety comes first, we need filial piety, kissing, loyalty, three outlines and five constants, taking this as a courtesy, moral education, in order to rejuvenate the country together, and my great martial country can prosper!"

"As Er said, all living beings are equal, and Xiong Lang is the same as Er? The prefect of Mangnan County is the same as Er? Does Yunzhou Mu have to listen to Er's orders? Does Er's and others have to sit on an equal footing with Emperor Dawu?

After that, he slapped the folding fan on the desk, and there was a crisp sound, which made everyone's faces solemn.

Gao Daochang's face changed, and he said casually: "Yes, what are you talking about the reincarnation of life and death, then do you think that the Dawu Emperor's pursuit of the method of immortality is nonsense, which is extremely ridiculous? Are you criticizing the Dawu Emperor's behavior of getting close to the Daomen? The origin of the Taiqing Gate and the Dawu Monarch ······?"

"Captain Gao, be cautious!" the scholar reminded.

Gao Daochang's heart jumped violently, and he knew that he was speechless, so he hurriedly lowered his head and went to the desk to find a drink to drink.

This is a long-standing criticism of Buddhism and Taoism by Taoism and Confucianism, and in their minds, Buddhism, an external force, is an evil demon and a demagoguery.

Elder Xingyin and the monks of the Thundering Temple looked embarrassed, and when the fire monkey was about to argue, Shuli pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Senior brother, don't say it again." ”

The fire monkey immediately understood the meaning of the book ceremony, after all, this is not Qingshan Temple, they are guests, and it is not good to be strong.

For a while, the courtyard was silent, the sunset gradually sank, and the monks of the Leiming Temple had set out to hold the lamps everywhere, and the Leiming Temple would soon continue to show its glory and splendor at night.

Elder Xingyin coughed and said, "The beliefs of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are different, but it doesn't matter if I share this scene here, and it is also a beautiful thing in the world to talk to each other. ”

Xiong Lang also nodded his head again and again, trying to ease the atmosphere.

The scholar stretched the folding fan again, shook it slightly, and said, "I'm waiting here to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but Lord Li, the prefect of Mangnan County, doesn't have such a beautiful encounter." Don't you know that this year, Lord Li went to the Yunzhou Pastoral Mansion to report on his work, which can be described as bitter.

"Lord Gu, a herdsman in Yunzhou, severely reprimanded Lord Li for not paying enough taxes, recruiting enough soldiers, and handing over the national grain is all old grains, and he can't pay extra money to replace it, and the army has become a recuperation backyard for the old, young, sick and disabled. Mangnan Mangnan, there are no men in the army'! It once became the laughing stock of Yunzhou!

"I heard that this year, in order to pay enough food tax, Lord Li even demolished his own courtyard, and the family with a few servants crowded in the prefect's back office, which was in disrepair, windy and leaky, Lord Li was cowardly and cowardly, and the county orders below were corrupt and greedy, he didn't dare, the whole family was extremely panicked, where is there leisure to enjoy this beautiful scenery!"

At the end, he added: "Pity him for being Xiaosheng's confidant, but Xiaosheng is powerless to solve his problems!"

Elder Xingyin was silent, and Xiong Langyuan was puzzled: "From what I have seen in business, Mangnan is really a rich land, for example, this Leixing Town, there are hundreds of thousands of households, many plains, fertile land, and taxes and grain, that is more than enough, why such an embarrassing thing?"

Gao Daochang drank a few glasses of wine, but the amount was obviously shallow, his cheeks were slightly red, and he said: "Master Xiong, you are in business, and you have not paid attention to the suffering of the people. This Mangnan is indeed a place of abundant harvest, but now almost most of the fertile land is in the temples of various places, the temples, the public has the law to protect, 'not an inch of silk does not lose to the government, and the rice does not enter the public warehouse', and does not pay taxes, so it does not enter the stomach of these monks. ”

Elder Xingyin and the other monks were even more embarrassed when they heard this, and Xiong Lang continued to ask, "Where did the temple get so much fertile land?"

The scholar closed the folding fan again, and said with a serious expression: "Master Xiong is really a noble man, how forgetful you are! Have you forgotten what you brought with you when you came to the Thundering Temple today? Thousands of taels of martial silver! Do you know how much fertile land and fertile soil can be purchased by these thousands of taels of martial silver? Can you let many people only lease the land purchased from the Thundering Temple?"

The scholar paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "These families called monk households, those who have young and strong labor force are okay, maybe they can still have grain of rice left over after paying the rental money and grain to satisfy their hunger, and more people are busy all year round, and they can't even fill their stomachs!"

In addition, monks are not allowed to enlist in the army privately, one is to do so, the number of monks and only households will be reduced, and the rental tax of the temple will also be reduced, and the second is that after the young and middle-aged people enlist in the army, the number of monks and workers will decrease, and there will be no one to work for the family, and the already reduced rental tax will be even more difficult to pay on time. As a result, many monasteries stipulate that if a monk or family member is found to be enlisted in the army, the rental tax must be doubled. ”

The scholar sneered and continued: "But they are also smart, and it seems that the great wisdom of the Buddhist family is not in vain. Many monasteries encourage monks and households to become Buddha households, collecting rental taxes for them, and the land of the farmers is getting less and less, and the number of Buddha households who are smashing and making noise and setting fires to add fuel to the fire is increasing!

"At the same time, in order to prevent monks and households from gathering people to resist, they also set up a team to protect the monks, and the monks are basically cultivators, and they are supported by high sums of money and grain, and the temples have money and food anyway! Anyone who resists is suppressed by force, deprived of all their houses, fields, and even wives and children, and persecuted and abducted! In this way, a temple is a Buddha country, and it is comparable to the paradise of the Western Heavens!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent.

Yifeng looked at the scholar, his eyes flashed, he originally thought that the scholar was just a poor and down-and-out person who took refuge in a squire like Master Xiong, but he didn't expect that this scholar was still a man with hills and valleys in his chest, and justice and awe-inspiring people.

Gao Dao Chang drank a few more cups at this time, and drunkenly said to himself: "Cultivator, yes, cultivator, there must be many cultivators in your temple. It has always been rumored in the Great Martial Kingdom that the cultivators of Buddhism are much more powerful than our Taoists, but they have never made a move. I think I'm a fart, a foreign cult, how capable is it? Today, I'm going to see if it's your Buddhism's powerful exercises, or our Taoist magic!"

As he spoke, he pulled out the sword from the little Taoist priest behind him again, and the purple sword flashed, eager to try.

This time and the last time everyone persuaded peace, now that the words are full, the opposition between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism makes them begin to be dissatisfied, and everyone is naturally resentful in their hearts.

So, the scholar sat upright, shook the folding fan gently, and Xiong Lang's chopsticks were aimed at the barbecue pheasant in front of the desk, dealing with it seriously, ignoring Gao Daochang's gaffe.

Elder Xingyin also lost his smile at this time, his brows furrowed, and the first Yongkhan monk saw this, got up and came to him, and said softly: "Master, it seems that this battle is inevitable, and it is not easy for us to get ahead in our temple, otherwise it will be a small matter to offend Master Xiong, and if it spreads, it will be difficult for other pilgrims and distinguished guests to come to the door." The disciple thought that he could let those who came fight him, after all, they were also Buddhist disciples. ”

Elder Xingyin thought for a moment and said, "Are they willing?"

Monk Yongkhan said: "We have entertained them so warmly, presumably they will sell us this face." ”

Elder Xingyin asked again, "Can they?"

Monk Yongkhan said: "According to the observation of the mellow master and nephew, several of them are cultivators, and mellow is the Hinayana realm and the Buddha qi realm of the first major realm of cultivators.

"Moreover, according to the inspection of the senior nephew in the guest room just now, their injured senior brother should be at the peak of the Hinayana realm, but the injury healed quickly, and it must be the secret technique that several of their junior disciples still have in front of him. If you compete with that high road chief, you shouldn't be an opponent, but it's not too ugly. ”

Elder Xingyin finally nodded, satisfied with Yongkhan's answer.

Gao Daochang had already walked out of the back of the case at this time, holding a sword in the middle of the courtyard and talking nonsense, and the monk Yongkhan quickly walked up to the fire monkey and the others, and said: "Fellow disciples, I am really ashamed to let you see such a scene, I am embarrassed here." But today, as you have seen, this high Taoist chief is speaking wild words and foul language about my Buddhism, which is really unfair.

"Now he is even more provocative to our Buddhism, because he is a guest brought by Master Xiong, it is inconvenient for our temple to come forward, please bother everyone, deal with it a little, and our temple will have heavy thanks afterwards. ”

After hearing this, the fire monkey said, "Please also ask Elder Yongkhan to wait a while, and the little monk and others will discuss." ”

So Monk Yongkhan took a few steps back, and the fire monkey immediately said to Shuli: "Fourth senior brother, how is this matter?"

Shuli pondered for a while and said, "Looking at this situation, if you don't go to the battle, you won't be able to end today." Although the Thundering Temple pushed the hot potato on our heads, we were taken in by him and owed affection, not to mention that this high Taoist chief was really rude, and it was good to take a look at his majesty. ”

The fire monkey said, "Then who are we going to go?"

Shuli said: "It's better for me to go, your Lushu Fire Horn has not yet been refined, and you don't have a weapon in hand, and the Fire Dragon Ball can't show up easily, so I'll go." ”

Yifeng said on the side: "Fourth Senior Brother, you are still injured, why don't I go?"

Shuli smiled and touched his head and said: "What are you talking about, you are still young, and your cultivation is still in the realm of Buddha power, that Taoist priest's cultivation is only better than mine, and it will not be worse, how can you resist that Taoist priest." Don't worry, when I cultivated today, I had already urged my spiritual power to heal eight or nine points. ”

Yifeng still looked at him with a worried face, and Xiu Gu said, "Senior brother, but your green snake sword ······"

Shuli said: "Although the name of the green snake is outside, there are very few people who have a certain vision to recognize it, and they must not be able to recognize it. ”

After saying that, Shuli nodded to Monk Yongkh, walked out of the case, came to the center of the courtyard, and said to Gao Daochang, who was still complaining: "Senior Brother Gao, please give me advice." ”