"The Mo family is out!"

When Merton came out of the temple, almost all of his eyeliners suddenly cheered up, staring intently at everyone's every move, not even letting go of an expression, until the carriage was gone, and the eyeliners looked at each other, unable to believe what they were seeing.

"Talking and laughing, there is no tearing of the face at all!"

"Could it be that the negotiation is done?"

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One by one, the eyeliners speculated in their hearts, and they all sent the news from their own inquiries back to their masters.

"Could it be that the Buddhist family really accepts the Mo family's idea of saving Buddha!"

One by one, everyone who received the news couldn't help but be in an uproar, after all, although the Mo family's idea of saving Buddha has a certain amount of truth, how can the Buddhist family be willing to personally bring the mantra of tightening.

"Continue to investigate, be sure to know the content of the discussion of the Mo Buddha in the Gang Ji Temple." Many people continued to order under the eyeline.

In an instant, a group of eyeliners once again flocked to the Gangji Temple, and there were only three people on the Mo family's side, which was naturally difficult to break. However, the Buddhist family is full of monks, how can the Buddhist family be willing to tie their hands and feet, there must be many monks who are dissatisfied, which is really the best place to find out the news.

In the Mofu Palace,

"Young Master, I've come out of the Gang Ji Temple!" Mo Er rushed all the way into the gate of Mo Mansion and shouted loudly.

"Really, that's great!" Fauber patted his chest vigorously, and then he was relieved.

"Then Merton has been wronged!" Princess Changle rushed over when she heard the news and asked anxiously.

Mo Er touched his head, thought for a while, and said, "There shouldn't be, it's still Master Huiyuan who personally sent the young master to the gate of the temple, and it seems that he didn't turn his face." ”

"What about Merton?" Princess Changle breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

Mo Er replied: "The young master boarded the carriage and went to the palace to resume his life, worried that the princess would be worried, so he let the little one come back to report the news." ”

Princess Changle nodded, turned her head and waved her hand at the gathered Mo family disciples, "It's all gone!" What to do, what to do, what to do. ”

"Yes! Madam! The children of the Mo family suddenly dispersed in a hurry, and they couldn't see the excitement of rushing into the Gangji Temple to rescue the young master just now.

In the palace.

Li Shimin looked at the information collected from the Hu merchants in the West City, the Far West Country, Dashi and Tianzhu, and couldn't help but feel cold all over his body, and couldn't help but rejoice.

In China, the reason why the imperial power is still supreme is that in addition to Taoism's emphasis on quiet and inaction, the credit of the hundred schools of thought is also indispensable, although Taoism is a traditional religion in China, the status is deep-rooted, but after all, it is one of the hundred schools of thought, and it is impossible to do a monopoly at all.

However, the foreign Buddhism, because of its shallow background, although it developed rapidly, was all extinguished by the two martial arts twice. And today's task for Merton is to completely extinguish the hidden danger of theocracy from the bud, which can't help but make him imprudent.

"Your Majesty, Mohou has come out of the Gangji Temple and is rushing to the palace." Pound walked into the hall and bowed to report.

Li Shimin suddenly left, and said in a lost voice: "Have you ever negotiated?" ”

This is what he is most concerned about, and if he does not negotiate, I am afraid that he will be infamous for being ungrateful and attacking the Buddhists.

"Wechen lives up to his mission." With the sound of the voice, Merton stepped into the hall with a high sense of pride.

"Did the Buddha really agree?" Li Shimin said incredulously, he never thought it would go so smoothly.

Morton said loudly: "The Buddhists are well aware of the righteousness, and they know Your Majesty's good intentions, after Weichen conveyed His Majesty's painstaking efforts to the Buddhists, the Buddhists felt deeply remorseful, and decided to close the temple for reflection at the moment, and tomorrow morning, that is, the plan for self-help on the table, and ask Your Majesty for approval." ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but glance at Morton deeply, if it was really as easy as Murton's mouth said, it would not have taken so much time to return.

"Don't be hippie smiley, I want to know everything." Merton scolded.

Merton then stupidly reported all the experience to Li Shimin, and when he talked about the degree system, Li Shimin couldn't help but exclaim: "500,000 degrees!" ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but be taken aback by this number, according to Merton's calculation method, 500,000 degrees is much less than the 2 million monks and nuns during the period of the Second Martial Buddha Era, but it is still a huge number.

Merton shook his head and said, "The 500,000 monks and nuns are not important, what is important is the degree system. ”

"Dumu!" Li Shimin frowned and looked at Merton in confusion.

Merton nodded solemnly and said: "Du Mu is the most important step for the royal power to control the divine power, but where there are believers who want to become a monk, they must obtain the degree, and in fact, there are many Buddhist monks and few nuns, if the imperial court divides the 500,000 degrees into two, half of the monks and nuns, you can control the number of Buddhists one step further, if the court still thinks that the number of monks and nuns is too much, you can increase the difficulty of obtaining the degree, so that there will be no disaster of the two martial arts, and the hidden dangers of the Buddhist family can be eliminated. All the initiative is in the hands of the imperial court. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but glance at Merton with appreciation, and said loudly: "I am a big Tang Dynasty, as long as the Buddhists do not affect the national economy and people's livelihood, I will naturally not interfere in the Buddhists." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Merton hurriedly sent a sycophant.

This time, Li Shimin accepted it with peace of mind, he did this, not only the Buddhism and the Mo family can develop so rapidly, but also inseparable from Li Shimin's care.

"Give up tax-free Terada!"

"Make amends!"

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"Wonderful, really wonderful!" Li Shimin listened to Merton's narration and couldn't help but admire, in this confrontation, the wisdom of the Mohists and the Buddhists was vividly expressed.

The Mo family persuaded the Buddhists with the story of making up for the dead, and the Buddhists were greatly touched, and even directly gave up the tax-free privileges of the Buddhists, and directly made up for the most criticized shortcomings of the Buddhists.

However, this is not over, Master Shenxiu and Mo Dun's two people have opposite concepts of Bodhi Xie is even more amazing to Li Shimin, Buddha Ananda's love on the stone bridge is even more tearful, and a Qing rule and precept of the Mo family is the mystery of Buddhist practice.

"Buddhism can flourish, and it is really not a false name!" Li Shimin said with emotion.

Merton nodded solemnly, but in terms of scriptures, the quality and quantity of Buddhism can be said to be the world's most popular religion, coupled with its profound Zen principles, which is just in line with the philosophy of Chinese culture, which has been able to spread rapidly in the Central Plains.

"The Buddhists want to get the scriptures of Tianzhu, and I can help with this." Li Shimin said solemnly. Since the Buddhists took the initiative to give in, then he naturally couldn't be stingy, plus Xuanzang's westward trip touched him deeply, and it was better to block it than to be sparse, since the Buddhists were willing, the court could just shift the focus of the Buddhists to the scriptures.

As Merton said, these scriptures were transmitted to the Tang Dynasty and translated into Chinese characters, which was just the opportunity to make Buddhism sinicized and let Buddhism take the initiative to adapt to Chinese culture.

Merton nodded solemnly and said: "In fact, even if there is no Weichen, the Buddhist family has already begun the trend of sinicization. ”

"Really?" Li Shimin was surprised.

Merton nodded solemnly and said: "Shaolin's Zen Buddhism is a new school of Buddhism, but it advocates self-reliance, meditation and enlightenment, which is very suitable for Chinese culture, and it happens that Your Majesty and Shaolin have a relationship, if you take the opportunity to establish the status of Shaolin Zen, you can repay the kindness, and expand the influence of Zen Buddhism in Buddhism, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"Zen!" Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly turned his head and asked, "In your opinion, what reward is the most appropriate?" ”

Merton thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty has already rewarded Shaolin with thousands of acres of fertile land, so naturally there is no need to reward any more money, and Your Majesty once wrote the inscription of the first village in the world, so that Mojia Village thinks it is a supreme glory, why does Your Majesty deliberately test Weichen?" ”

"The first village in the world!" Li Shimin remembered his proud work, and couldn't help but be proud, just five words, he saved a lot of rewards.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly knew what he should do with the inscription.

It's just that the first temple in the world has already been closed to the coffin, it is the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, otherwise Li Shimin would not have to think hard about meditation.

At that moment, Li Shimin thought for a moment and picked up the pen and paper, raised his big hand, and waved it, and the three words jumped on the paper.

"Shaolin Temple!"

There is no need for too many titles, as long as it is the words inscribed by Li Shimin, it is enough to make Shaolin the head of the Buddhist temples in the world.