With the ringing of a bell, the hour of the hour came, and the court meeting officially began.

The ministers entered the Taiji Hall in turn, found their own place and sat down, Morton did not often go to court, and there was no fixed position, so he naturally chose his old position.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" With a sharp voice from Pound, Li Shimin appeared proudly in front of the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty!" The ministers bowed down and shouted in unison.

"Everyone, love Qing Ping." Li Shimin's right hand was raised, and the ministers got up.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat." Seeing that the court etiquette had been completed, Pound couldn't help but shout as usual.

However, as soon as Pang De's words fell, he saw an old figure come out of the crowd, and suddenly shouted: "Minister Fu Yi asks Your Majesty to destroy the Buddha!" ”

"Destroy the Buddha!"

Suddenly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Fu Yi dumbfounded, no one thought that Fu Yi was unwilling to wait for a moment, and went straight to the topic, and his ideas were even more radical, and he went from the original abolition of Buddha to the destruction of Buddha.

"Destroy the Buddha!" Even Li Shimin was taken aback, he naturally knew that Buddhism was a little tired, and he only wanted to knock it out, and never thought about destroying Buddha.

"Fu Yi, you are so bold, aren't you afraid of offending the gods?" Yu Zhining shouted angrily.

Fu Yi ignored everyone's gaze at all, and said proudly: "Buddha, the law of Yidi is also!" It's just that it was transmitted to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and if there are gods, it is also, the gods of the barbarians, can they still manage the land of my Central Plains. ”

Many ministers who don't believe in Buddhism can't help but laugh, Buddhism has only been introduced to the Central Plains for a few hundred years, and it can be said that the foundation is not stable, and there are a few people who can rank in the court, and a few really believe in gods.

Yan Shi Gu on the side said: "According to historical records, in the tenth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty sent envoys to the Western Regions to seek Buddha statues and scriptures, and invited monks such as Jiaye Morteng and Zhu Falan to Luoyang, and established the first temple in Luoyang - White Horse Temple, and completed the earliest translation of the Buddhist scriptures "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" in this temple, so far, Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains. ”

Yu Zhining couldn't help but take a deep breath and said: "Although Buddhism is a foreign religion, it leads people to goodness and persuades the world, which is beneficial to my Datang. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but shrink his eyes when he heard this, although he vigorously preached the destruction of superstition, and the Mo family cracked many fairy legends, but the fear of ghosts and gods could not be cleared for a while, especially for the emperor, who thought that he was ordered by the heavens, and was even more taboo about ghosts and gods.

Fu Yi sneered when he heard this: "There was no Buddhism before the Eastern Han Dynasty, but in the past, when the three emperors and five emperors were in power, the world was peaceful, and the people were happy and long-lived, but there was no Buddha in China. Yin Tang was also 100 years old, King Wen of Zhou was 97 years old, and King Wu was 93 years old. ”

Fu Yi quoted scriptures and cited the examples of Mingjun before Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, and suddenly changed his words:

"However, from the time of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains began to have Buddhism, but the reign of Emperor Ming was only 18 years, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the court worshiped more and more Buddha, but the years are getting shorter and shorter, only Emperor Wu of Liang reigned for 48 years, many times during his lifetime, but finally was starved to death in Taicheng, died of national annihilation, it can be seen that the national fortune of the court is not related to whether to worship Buddha or not."

I have to say that Fu Yi is indeed well-prepared, sharp-tongued, quoting scriptures, comparing the regime changes before and after the introduction of Buddhism, and refuting the theory of affecting the fortunes of the country.

Yu Zhining couldn't help but snort and argued strongly: "Although Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains late, it was enough to prove that it was beneficial to the imperial court if it was able to spread in the Central Plains so quickly and be respected by all dynasties. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded, although Buddhism has its shortcomings, but the biggest effect is to persuade people to forbear, which is of great benefit to the rule of the court, which is also the Tang Dynasty Although advocating Taoism, Li Shimin still takes tolerant measures towards Buddhism.

"There may be a little benefit, but the harm outweighs the good, please count the sins of the Buddhists!" Fu Yi said proudly.

"Quasi-play!" Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

"First, Buddhism does not produce, monks do not farm, do not work, sit all day long and chant scriptures, which is useless to the government and the opposition." Fu Yi said solemnly.

This point almost all courtiers subconsciously nodded, now among the hundred schools, Confucianism in politics, Legalism in the judgment of cases, doctors to treat diseases and save people, Mo family skilled craftsmen, and even the previous Taoists who cultivated immortals and sought Taoism, also because of the gunpowder, hair dyeing secret skills, cement, so that the world has benefited a lot, and only Buddhism is useless, and has not contributed to society at all.

"Second, Buddhism encroached on land, and the land under its name was not taxed, and in the long run, the court field tax became less and less."

"Third, if you want to enter Buddhism, you must abandon your family and children, forbid human desires, and have three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, which is the sin of Buddhism."

"Fourth, Confucius said: Worship ghosts and gods and stay away, Buddhism pretends to use the name of the eighteen layers of hell to intimidate the secular people with ghosts and gods."

"Fifth, harboring criminals ............"

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Fu Yi was above the court, counting the sins of Buddhism sentence by sentence, and finally stood proudly: "If the Buddha really appears and can bring down calamity, then it will be added to the minister's body, and the minister has no regrets." ”

In an instant, all the courtiers suddenly fell silent, what Fu Yi said was reasonable, if it weren't for the scruples about the supernatural nature of Buddhism, I'm afraid that many people would have nodded in agreement.

For a moment, the situation was extremely unfavorable for Buddhism.

"The minister is opposed, as far as the minister knows, Fu Yi is so resolutely anti-Buddha not for public interests, but for personal grudges." Suddenly, Yu Zhining said in a loud voice.

"Personal grudges?" The court was not only in an uproar, but also looked at Yu Zhining in puzzlement.

Yu Zhining showed a hint of wisdom in his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the reason why Lord Fu attacked the Buddhist family so much was because he lacked entanglement on the way to Beijing to catch the exam, and he was ready to borrow money from the Buddhist temple, so he became resentful and repeatedly attacked the Buddhist family. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Li Shimin couldn't help but stare at Fu Yi suspiciously.

Fu Yi couldn't help blushing and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is true that Wechen has failed to borrow money from the Buddhist temple, but this is not Wechen's selfishness to impeach Buddhism, and several of the charges impeached by Wechen are all based on real evidence. ”

Mo Dun on the side couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, I have to say that Fu Yi's attack was indeed lethal, but when Yu Zhining interrupted it like this, he immediately broke off his momentum, and it was impossible to take down the Buddha Gate in one go.

"Also, every time there is a imperial examination, the Beijing inn is full, a house is hard to find, and the price is quite high, many Buddhist temples let scholars stay for free, and even choose their best to fund, there is no suspicion of buying the hearts of scholars, as far as I know, Lord Yu has also stayed in Buddhist temples."

Seeing this, Fu Yi gritted his teeth suddenly, and burst out again.

When Li Shimin heard this, his face couldn't help but sink, the other Li Shimin could not care, but he was extremely sensitive to officials, and if officials got the benefits of Buddhism, they would naturally favor Buddhism.