Xu Daizhuo can see from the severity of traffic laws how annoyed his father is with drunkenness.

So he never drank – even though he did, and he did a decent amount.

Xu Daizhuo will also try to persuade the people around him to drink less.

It's really easy to get delayed by drinking.

"Without wine, what's the point of living this life?" Lu Zhishen shouted with a grin: "Drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat, have you been fighting for many years, isn't it just to live this kind of life?" ”

"If my father found out, he would be very angry."

"Handsome? He wouldn't have known, we had gone so far, and even if we knew that we had to take care of it, it wouldn't be such a trivial matter as how much wine we drank. ”

"What if you miss work because of drinking?" Xu Daizhuo asked: "You came to the Western Regions to promote Buddhism, can you do it when you are drunk?" ”

"What's the difference? Anyway, if you don't drink alcohol, you can't memorize Buddhist scriptures. ”

"You don't care about Zen Master Zhizhen's instructions?"

Speaking of Zen Master Zhizhen of Wutai Mountain, Lu Zhishen was silent.

When the Western Army was defeated, Lu Zhishen fled to, and when he was desperate, it was the Zhizhen Zen Master of Wutai Mountain who took him in and shaved him.

In fact, the Dharma name Zhishen was given to him by Zen Master Zhizhen.

Later, Lu Zhishen was kicked out of Wutai Mountain because he violated the precepts for drinking, but he still remembered the kindness of Zen Master Zhizhen.

After he got ahead in China, he also returned to Wutai Mountain, and still held a discipleship ceremony to Zen Master Zhizhen.

This time, the empire sent Lu Zhishen to the Western Regions to take charge of the religious work, and when he passed by Wutai Mountain to the west, he once went up the mountain again to meet Zen Master Zhizhen.

At that time, after the Zen master knew about his work this time, he talked with Lu Zhishen for a long time.

Zen Master Zhizhen meant that he hoped that Lu Zhishen would use this opportunity to improve the status of the Buddha in the empire.

In fact, no other belief than ancestor worship had much place within the empire.

Whether it is Buddha or Taoism, the famous mountains and rivers occupied in the past, the temple and ancient temples, the empire does not recognize their property rights.

All religious buildings are strictly customized, Taoist temples are divided into upper, middle and lower classes, according to the enthronement regulations of the building area and specifications, the number of monks and Taoists, the amount of fixed assets that can be owned and the proportion of taxes.

Any out-of-specification items are to be confiscated by the Empire.

This made the monks who were accustomed to the tax exemption of places of worship feel very uncomfortable, but the situation was stronger than people, and the empire was so powerful, and they could not resist the regulations.

To make matters worse, the construction of new buildings of faith must be approved by the Imperial Cabinet – at least within the Empire, which is a must (Waibo does not).

There are so many famous mountains and rivers, and at this time, whichever faith has a backstage in the imperial cabinet, that faith can get a few more opportunities to build new temples.

Therefore, both the monks and the Taoist side are trying to find ways to win over the upper echelons of the empire.

In this regard, the bull-nosed Taoist priests are more advantageous than the bald monks, because the current chief of the general staff of the Imperial Army, General Gongsun Sheng, is the Taoist priest who once placed orders in Laoshan.

With the support of such a high-ranking official, once the cabinet allowed the construction of a new place of worship on a certain famous mountain, the bulls naturally seized the opportunity again and again.

It's good to say that when the empire unifies the world, then the bull's nose will still have the advantage, so how should the Buddha deal with himself?

Therefore, the bald people are in the eyes and anxious in the heart.

In recent years, they have been vigorously searching for a presence that can serve as a spokesperson in the upper echelons of the Empire.

Currently, there are two candidates for the bald.

At the beginning, the person they selected was Huineng, before the rise of the Xu family, this monk had been the master of the tenth tun in the Xu family (see chapter 19 before), and he was the person of Xu Muhai, the third master of the Xu family.

When Huineng was the master of the dock fort in the Xu family, Xu Shiyang was just a dock castle master, and Gongsun Sheng was a little-known little person under Xu Shiyang.

It seems that with such a good foundation, Hui should be able to rise to a high position and become the support of the imperial monks, right?

However, in fact, because Huineng always follows Xu Muhai everywhere to spend all day drinking - many times Huineng is helping Xu Muhai find women.

As a result, Xu Muhai was directly demoted to a commoner by the emperor because he played too much, and was assigned to Liaodong, and that Huineng also went to Liaodong to open up the wasteland with the third master to .......

Huineng has such a good foundation, and the highest position in the Xu family is to be the master ...... the dock fort.

What a tragedy.

Therefore, the bald man's greatest hope now is Lu Zhishen.

He has been a colonel anyway, and Xu Shiyang's attitude towards him is not bad, although the sudden choice to retire caught the bald people off guard and vomited blood, but since Lu Zhishen has the opportunity to make great contributions this time, of course he should do his best to support it.

What's more, the target of this expedition is the place west of the Green Ridge, and the main enemy is the Zoroastrian Pars, in a sense, it is protecting the Buddha countries in the Western Regions, and it is the enemy ......of the Buddha, and the newly conquered territory is likely to be dominated by Buddhist beliefs.

It's just a lot of benefits.

According to the Zen Master Zhizhen of Wutai Mountain, the current situation, the monks of the whole country have pinned their hopes for revitalization on Lu Zhishen, so he told Lu Zhishen to do a good job, and don't be ......willful anymore.

Thinking of Zen Master Zhizhen's advice, Lu Zhishen was silent for a moment, and finally decided to stop drinking for the time being.

"Okay, from now on, the Sprinkle family will only drink one jar of wine a day."

Lu Zhishen's tone was filled with deep regret, and Xu Daizhuo wanted to laugh when he heard it: "A jar of wine is at least 2 catties!" Is one jar a day rare? ”

"The Sprinkle family has tried to restrain as much as possible!" Lu Zhishen shouted: "The Sprinkle family is also a card, this is to promote Buddhism, there will be great virtuous monks from all over the country to help us!" ”

"Coming from all over the world?"

"Yes! Not to mention that the Sprinkle family doesn't understand any Buddhism at all, even if they do, the Sprinkle family alone can still run all the things in the green mountains? ”

Lu Zhishen explained the monks' plan:

"Knowing that the Sprinkle family will go to the Western Regions to preside over the faith work, the great monks of Jiangbei got together for a meeting, they know what the Sprinkle family can do, what the Sprinkle family can't do, so the Sprinkle family only needs to be a good oneself, to promote Buddhism, the Central Plains temples will send people! Even Gangnam will have people coming! ”

"I see, I see." Xu Daizhuo nodded: "It's a good thing that you have this kind of thought, okay, if they are willing to help me, I will also give them convenience, let them all help me!" ”

Others may not know, Xu Daizhuo knows that his father is actually an atheist, Xu Shiyang is not interested in any gods and Buddhas, even Confucian saints, he can copy the mansion of Fengshenggong, let alone those monks and temples.

Xu Daizhuo heard his father privately comment on the monk's way more than once - superstition.

However, the foundation of the belief of the monk and the Tao for thousands of years is placed there, even if Xu Shiyang wants to take an action to destroy the Buddha and the Tao, it is difficult to see the real effect.

Since this is the case, it is better to suppress it and guide these feudal superstitious ideas outward.