Chapter 13: The Heavenly Saint's Law
Zhu Fazhi was dressed in a black robe, the monk's iconic bald head was also tightly wrapped in a turban, and his usual black shiny but smooth and neat face carried an indescribable sense of wind and vicissitudes, and the dashing lacquer man was no different from the most ordinary farmer.
When he entered the secret room and saw Xu You, Zhu Fazhi no longer used his hands and everything as usual, and proclaimed the Buddha's name, but knelt on his knees, bowed to the disciples of the Buddha, and said respectfully: "Great Vibhasha!" ”
Since he was enshrined in Jinling with the title of Great Vibhasha, Xu You didn't need to be hypocritical, he sat still and accepted his salute, and said with a smile: "Master, please get up, where did you come from tonight?" Why are you in a hurry? ”
Zhu Fazhi knelt still, raised his head after a while, and said with tears like rain, "Back to the Great Vibhasha, the disciple is from Yizhou...... Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yongzhou, Jiangzhou, Liangzhou and other places, destroying temples, burning scriptures, burning statues, killing monks, all become Shamen hell! ”
Yizhou is Sun Guan's old nest, at the beginning, Zhu Daorong relied on the support of An Zidao to wantonly encroach on the territory of Tianshi Dao, but also built six temples in the hinterland of Yizhou, with a total of more than 1,000 monks. However, compared to the number of temples and monks in the rest of the states, this little fight was almost negligible, and Sun Guan turned a blind eye to them, allowing them to move like fleas in front of him, without stopping them.
But time has passed, and when the destruction of the Buddha occurred this time, the general trend of Buddhism was completely different. Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, this is a truth that children know, so An Xiuming's will, Yizhou must be the first to respond, and it must be the most liquidated. If other states and counties may have disobeyed the law, they may burn down the temple and seize the temple property, but most of the monks in the temple have ordered the monks to return to the laity and expel the matter, and rarely cause bloody massacres.
However, in Yizhou, Sun Guan retreated, did not ask about the world, Bai Changjue ordered Lutang and Hetang to take action, from day to night, sleepless, and the heads fell to the ground at every turn, and I am afraid that there will be no one in ten monks who are currently alive!
As for Jing Yong, in order to paralyze An Xiuming, the king of Jiangxia, An Xiuruo, had to resolutely carry out his will without compromising it at all. And Zhu Zhi, the assassin of Jiangzhou, bears the name of human slaughter, and it is not too easy to kill a few monks. For the two of them, the overall situation is important, everything can be sacrificed, and countless wealth, land and people can be seized from it, anyway, the infamy and consequences are borne by An Xiuming, and the benefits fall into their own hands, such a deal, it is a fool not to do it.
In addition, Liang, Xiang, Qing, Xu and other places are all controlled by An Xiuming, and they are also the places where they work hardest to destroy Buddha except for Yizhou. These Shangzhou were ordered, and those Zhongzhou and Xiazhou, who originally wanted to wait and see, did not dare to slack off, and at the same time set off a huge movement to exterminate Buddhism, which swept Jiangdong and wiped out Hu Sheng.
As of today, only official documents have been sent to the counties and counties in the territory, and the matter of telling the people has not been arranged as a whole, let alone publicized it. The soldiers of the Assassin's Mansion symbolically demolished several temples, and many monks did not return to the laity, but most of them scattered to the homes of nearby believers for resettlement.
Gu Yun wrote to the imperial court, saying that Yangzhou has been the preaching place of the Heavenly Master for a hundred years, and the Buddhism has been building the Dade Temple in Qiantang since Zhu Fayan, so as to gain a foothold in Yangzhou, and then after the rebellion of the white thief, and the vitality was greatly injured, and has not yet recovered, and the demolition of those temples has been seven or eight out of ten, and the rest are slowly advancing, and will not be able to overcome the full merit in the near future. The imperial court didn't say much, and the palindrome urged Yangzhou to continue to increase the intensity of exterminating the Buddha, and not to slack off and indulge, especially the Mingfa Temple to be demolished as soon as possible, the first evil such as Zhu Daoan and others to arrest and ask for the crime, the killing should be killed, the disciple is a disciple, there is no need to play, let alone have a division of interrogation, you can hold the power of cheap, and kill the thing.
Xu You has seen this kind of routine, every time Gu Lu Zhu Zhang is faced with the choice of standing in line, he will always bet on both sides at the same time, so as to ensure that he will always take the initiative and will not sink all, and then he can wait for the limelight to pass and pull the unlucky side. Since Zhu Zhi killed in Jiangzhou, Yangzhou Gu Yun did the opposite, and the survival of the thousand-year-old clan can be glimpsed from it.
But Yangzhou is only one of the twenty-two states in Jiangdong, and aside from the eight prefectures of Yi, Jing, Yong, Liang, Jiang, Xiang, Qing, and Xu, there are still thirteen states that at least maintain their superficial submission and loyalty to the imperial court, so there is no way to completely ignore An Xiuming's will. What's more, the destruction of Buddhism is not only politics, but also business, the breadth of Buddhism's wealth does not know how many people salivate, it can be expected that it will not be long before the territory of Great Chu is covered, will usher in the harshest era of Buddhism, since the Han Dynasty hundreds of years of incense flourishing, I am afraid that it will fall into the dust.
Of course, Buddhism also has to respond, as soon as the will of Anxiu Ming to destroy the Buddha came out of Jinling, the Buddhism got the news, and Zhu Fazhi immediately set off for Yizhou, wanting to rescue the monks there in advance. Unexpectedly, Lutang started too quickly, and when he arrived in Chengdu, it was too late, the fire of the temple could be seen for ten miles, and the rolling heads were displayed in the market, and the flowing blood stains almost stained the river red, so he had to flee in a hurry overnight. Unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the worse, and Jingzhou couldn't go back, so he could only hide like a lost dog, and when he passed through Jiangzhou, he was secretly ignited by Zhu Zhi's faction, asking him to come to Qiantang to find Xu You for help.
As a recognized Buddha of the Great Vibhasha, Zhu Fazhi admired Xu You's knowledge and demeanor very much, but he did not think that he had the courage to dare to openly oppose the imperial court.
When an unprecedented legal calamity strikes in the autumn of crisis, what can the power of the individual do?
But Zhu Fazhi was desperate, so he could only go to Qiantang with the mentality of trying it by chance. He didn't actually know what Xu You could do, but like any straw that a drowning person could grasp, he always thought that the faint buoyancy was enough to save his life.
Listening to Zhu Fazhi's tearful description of the tragic situation that is happening in various places, Xu You looked sad and sighed: "When I still remember the autumn moon, the monk and the master gave a lecture, the emperor was fortunate to be there, the princes and princes were all gathered, black and white watched and listened, and there were groups of scholars and women, what kind of grand occasion was that?" Who would have thought that last winter and this year, people would see ghosts, weep and cry, and their hearts were broken! If the mage doesn't give up, but he can live in Qiantang for a long time, I will fight for my life, and I will protect you! ”
Thinking of the indifference and sinister hearts encountered along the way, Xu You's simple words made Zhu Fazhi inexplicably moved.
Da Vibhasha, the master really didn't misunderstand Xu You!
"If you are a disciple, it is not a pity to die. But now that the tyrant wants to uproot the Shamen, the great virtues of the six families and seven sects, several of my uncles, senior brothers, and nephews such as Wuxian and Wuchen, all those who have a slight false name are in the list of arrests and hunts, and they will be sent to Jinling if they are tied up alive, and they will be sent to Jinling when they die. Wan Wang, the Great Vibhasha Divine Method, save my Shamen from fire and water! ”
Xu You was silent, looking extremely embarrassed, pacing in the room for almost a quarter of an hour, his brows were tightly locked, and his face was solemn like a curtain of clouds in the coming rainstorm, no one could guess whether it was lightning and thunder, or calm.
Zhu Fazhi almost held his breath, his eyes didn't dare to blink and looked at Xu You, he knew that this matter was extremely difficult, and it might lead to irreparable serious consequences, not to mention hesitating for a quarter of an hour, even if he thought about it carefully for ten days and a half months, it was reasonable.
"Master Zhu, you also know that I have long been a thorn in the flesh in the eye of today, obedient and obedient, maybe there is still life, if I rashly interfere in such a national policy, I am afraid that tomorrow's Eagle Crouching Tiger of the Sili Mansion will take my life with his will." Xu You stopped, stood in front of Zhu Fa Zhi, and said in a deep voice: "However, I am your great Vibhasha, and when the Dharma is coming, how can I stand by and watch in fear of death?" You can rest assured, this matter will be handled by me, I dare not say that the heavens will fall, at least I must try my best to keep some seeds for Buddhism, for the future. ”
Zhu Fazhi first poured cold water down his head, and then he was overjoyed, suddenly straightened up, and said, "Really? ”
Xu You smiled: "As a great Vibhasha, will I still lie to you?" ”
Zhu Fazhi's head knocked down, and he made a bang, and said, "Thank you, Davibhasha, thank you, Davibhasha......" The high tension and anxiety of the past few days, coupled with the ups and downs of such sorrow and joy, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and before he could say a word, he fell to the ground unconscious.
The doctor in the palace saw that there was no big problem, and ordered his subordinates to take care of him, and after Xu You and He Wei had a secret talk, they summoned Zhan Wenjun and Dong Solstice, and said that they wanted to help Buddhism.
Zhan Wenjun didn't say anything, and Dong Solstice hurriedly said: "Xiaolang, those bald donkeys are not good people, what do they do if they live or die?" If An Xiuming wants to kill, he will go with him, even Jingzhou and Jiangzhou are destroying Buddha, even if Xiaolang doesn't care about An Xiuming, he also has to take into account the face of King Jiangxia and Zhu Zhushi......"
Due to the fact that Zhu Wuwu of Dade Temple harmed the Gao family, the winter solstice's perception of Buddhism was extremely poor, not to mention helping, and even happy to see it.
Xu You shook his head and said: "King Jiangxia was stared at by An Xiuming, and if he didn't make a show of coming out, how could he get by?" No matter how much he kills, he will ascend the throne as the emperor in the future and support the resurgence of Buddhism, it will only be a few wills, is it possible that there are still monks who dare to hate him? And Fourth Uncle Zhu did this, if I expected it to be true, it was precisely to create an opportunity for us to win the hearts of the people of Buddhism. Don't underestimate Buddhism, the Heavenly Master Dao sees that decay is imminent, but Buddhism is thriving and has a bright future. Destroy the Buddha? Is it all gone? ”
"Inexhaustible!"
He Wei took over and said: "Buddhism and Taoism, the ideas of Taoism are always contrary to the imperial power, the weak are bowing down, and the strong are competing, so if it is not prosperous for a hundred years, it will be suppressed by the imperial court and the scholars." Buddhism is much more well-behaved, using the theory of cause and effect to coax foolish people to practice penance in the next life, being oppressed, enslaved, exploited, and treated as slaves equivalent to livestock is your karma, only patience and practice, there will naturally be blessings in the next life, and this kind of Dharma is more in line with the mind of the Lord. Therefore, what is inexhaustible is extinguished today, and the Ming Dynasty is born, rather than this, it is better to send charcoal in the snow and form a good fate with those bald donkeys. ”
Every time I heard He Wei scolding the bald donkey, it made people laugh, Dong Solstice thought about it and said, "Then I'll listen to Xiaolang!" ”
"Where's Wenjun?" Xu You turned his head to look at Zhan Wenjun.
She had obviously been thinking deeply, and when she heard Xu You ask, she said softly, "Do you know how many monks there are in Jiangdong?" To save them, we alone will be a drop in the bucket......"
Xu You and He Wei laughed at the same time, and Xu You said lightly: "I'm just a great Viposha, not a Buddha, and I don't have such great magical powers to save these millions of monks." Moreover, the Buddhists have amassed countless wealth over the years, plundered the small people, occupied the fields and houses, and raised countless tenants and slaves. These people did not have to pay taxes to the imperial court, let alone be conscripted into service, so that most of them were treacherous and slippery, some shaved their hair to protect their crimes, some regarded Buddhism as a step into the body, they were lazy and lazy, arrogant and lascivious, and they were rats and moths that could be killed. If the other generation is still stubborn and can't go down, let alone kill more than 2,000 people, even if they kill 20,000 people, they don't deserve sympathy! ”
"What we want to save are those monks who have been sitting and translating scriptures for decades, those who keep the precepts, practice meditation, study the wonderful righteousness, and have fame, prestige, prestige and followers.