The atrium of the temple, which was specially cleaned up, was originally used as a platform for holding an uncovered assembly; After a quick trial and execution, it was turned into a special lecture venue. What could be more useful and effective than being present in this environment.

"Are these earned by the labor of these monks?"

Zhou Huai'an, who was standing on the stage, also made an impassioned speech.

"The Buddhism of this eastern land, just like the world that the court makes people unable to live, has gone astray and died."

"They're just competing to build more luxurious buildings."

"They will go to great lengths to frame and paint the clay wooden tires."

"They spend a lot of money on the dead. Spend extravagant and vast rituals to talk about empty words. ”

"On the one hand, I have peace of mind and enjoy the worship and dedication to practice."

"On the other hand, they turn a blind eye to the disasters in the world and starvation everywhere."

"Let the countless poor believers outside give up all their possessions, while their families are trapped in hunger and cold."

"Even if you sell your sons and daughters, you can still say what you say, and the monks don't care about mundane things."

"Is this still the right way for the Buddha to pass on the Dharma? Is it still the way of salvation that mercifuls and educates sentient beings? ”

"Didn't the clothes on the monks' bodies and the food in their mouths come from the hard work of the world?"

"Isn't this high wall and huge beam built by the donations of thousands of believers?"

"While speaking the truth of the law, let the believers be poor and happy, and endure the suffering and injustice of the world,"

"On the one hand, he took the blood and sweat donated by the believers, he never got tired of eating, he didn't live in luxury, and his clothes were not expensive."

"This is the demonic path of the last days of Buddhism."

"Yes, I make a rule and a vow here."

"But under the rule of my righteous army, all the places of the monks must be followed."

"Not doing a day, not eating a day.

"All the monks have to participate in the labor. Whether it's growing vegetables or rice and wheat. ”

"Let your food and clothing come from your own hands and feet."

"Back then, the disciples of the Buddha passed on the Dharma to Bodh Gaya, and they were just a bowl of food and a collar."

"Heaven and earth are happy and good, and those who believe in them compete to hear it."

"Later generations erect statues to lay down and worship them, and build houses to shelter from the wind and rain. Then there was the beginning of the temple. ”

"But it's not for some monks, to bewitch foolish women and ordinary people to spend their money. Four out of the drum and trumpet convergence"

"Come and specialize in some tall and fearful places, pile up gold and jade to show piety. Exhaust extravagance to long awe. ”

"Although there is Jialan high and wide, it cannot be good at saving people's hearts, although there is a statue work, it cannot quench people's hunger and thirst. And what use is it in the slightest? ”

"Yes, I will demolish the house and abandon the Huatang, and take the framing as the capital to help the poor."

In the end, with Zhou Huai'an's declaration, the soldiers of the rear camp were able to return with a full load, and a large amount of money, grain, and goods were seized from here, and various gold and silver magic utensils used for worship were also dug up in the ground, and even the gold-inlaid treasures and silk curtains on the clay wooden tires were not easily let go, leaving only bare Buddha statues, murals, and sculptures; He also burned in public the deeds and debts of various fields and properties held by the monastery as a follow-up punishment and price for harboring the thieves.

And in this process, the old monk Yoshishin also had an expression of "completely giving up treatment", and with a group of monks who had been excluded from the mutual accusations, there were no obvious bad deeds and crimes, and stayed in the corner of various groups to chant in a low voice, with a certain attitude of not arguing, not confrontational, and not actively cooperating, and calmly sat back and watched all this happen; Even when the rebels executed those monks who had been reported to be notorious, they would comfort and comfort the monks who were either weeping bitterly, grieving or angry, and could not help but feel emotional.

It also made Zhou Huai'an think a little highly of him, obviously there are some true believers and monks in the local Buddhism who are not completely famous and deceived the world; At the very least, he is also quite a sophisticated person who knows the current affairs and knows how to advance and retreat, so that Zhou Huai'an's previous black materials that were prepared to deal with him may be indiscriminately opened by him, such as the Buddha Emperor Wu of Liang who worked hard and lost his money and was starved to death in Stone City in the end, and there was no chance to come in handy. After all, what Buddhists are best at is the great truth and mouth cannon kung fu in the name of distinguishing the law.

But what is surprising is that after burning the deeds and debts held by these monks, hundreds of tenants and tenants attached to the monastery expressed their intention to join the rebels, including even a small number of local monks. This made Zhou Huaian a little confused; However, after seeing each other, he suddenly realized that these are the novices and heads at the bottom of the temple;

Although Buddhism has always claimed that all living beings are equal, as a monastery itself, it is not equal at all, but has a fairly strict class and order of monks; In particular, the Zuting Temple, which has a very high standard and has an overview of the Lingnan monks, has different degrees of privileges and resources from top to bottom, from the many monks who have the titles of the imperial court canonization, the monk master, the monk record, the monk commander, etc., to the temple supervisor, treasurer, pawn, duty and other chief and governor monks, from top to bottom.

As for the novices and heads at the bottom, they are actually not much better than those tenants who make cattle and horses for the temple, and even worse in terms of treatment and situation. Therefore, after the rebels broke the psychological superiority and superficial scenery that those monks had always maintained, some people naturally thought about it desperately.

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After it was confirmed that the righteous army had really withdrawn and was moving away, the hundreds of monks left in the monastery also relaxed unevenly from various states of forced composure, and said with the expression of the rest of their lives.

"Good, good, good, this generation of murderers is finally gone."

"I've finally escaped the first order."

"I thought it was another catastrophe."

Then, some people wept on the spot, but they were sad and sad for the monks they knew who had been taken away or executed on the spot.

"Guangzhi, how much more can be saved in the temple."

The old monk in the crowd Yixin, then spoke slowly.

"I have already checked, except for the defects of the mountain gate, there is no unnecessary damage and burning of the palace. . . ."

A monk who seems to be a little honest and honest

"I even cleaned and washed the ground and cleaned up the piles before leaving."

"It's just that among all the shrines, there is nothing left."

"Wouldn't it be nice to be so clean and innocent?"

The old monk Yixin said with a calm face

"What to do with those Buddha treasures that have been snatched"

Someone trembled unwillingly

"These offerings are just foreign objects made of gold and silver. Come and go"

Yoshinobu continued to speak widely.

"The real Buddha treasure is still in your hearts and mine, and it is also the pure heart of the believers to the Buddha. Yes. ”

"But what kind of forcible robbery methods of swords, soldiers and goods can't be taken away."

"And those deeds and debts."

"It's all outside of the body."

Yoshishin sighed

"There are people in the Zen forest who lend money for profit, so it's good to cut off the opportunity and involvement."

"As for those fields, even if the deed is burned, they can't be taken away, at most there will be some hindrance afterwards."

"Do you just let those little apprentices and believers go with the grass thieves?"

Others continued to ask rhetorically.

"Let's explain how we will make peace in the future."

"So what. It's okay to go, it's okay to go. It's all the trend of people's hearts. ”

Yoshinobu smiled slightly, and said again.

"If the heart is towards my Buddha, then it doesn't matter where it is, what is the difference and hindrance?"

"Those who go are not necessarily ungodly in their hearts, but they are still confused in their hearts."

"But what is left now must be the seed of perseverance in the heart."

Then he also looked at the Tianguang Dao in the distance.

"This catastrophe in this temple is not the number of nirvana in the fire, the turbid mud giving birth to lotus, and the mirror platform dusting the new qi."

"Pick a few people with leg strength to come out, eat and drink enough first, and send out the message"

Then he continued to command

"Let's just say that there are also a number of people in the grass thieves, especially the Buddhist allusions that are quite good at Buddhism, so you need to pay more attention and avoid them."

"Oh no, Master."

Another monk ran back from the direction of the back mountain.

"Is it because the kitchen has been interrupted?"

Yoshinobu asked unhurriedly

"There are still some rice, grains, melons and vegetables in the hall, and firewood and grass are also there. It's time to fire."

The monk gasped.

"It's just that the grass thief also copied most of the ancient books and scrolls in the scripture building."

"This..."

At this time, the monk Yixin could no longer maintain his composure and composure, and immediately shouted.

"Take me to check it out."

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"I love to read, my skin is good... Whew"

Zhou Huai'an, who had collected a large number of books and was in a somewhat happy mood, was also gently humming the song of the demon change in the carriage, looking at these hand-copied ancient books in thread, and quickly scanning them into his database page by page.

This Baoling Temple is worthy of being the ancestral court of the Southern School of Zen Buddhism and the first temple in Lingnan, and the collection of the past dynasties can be said to be extremely rich; In addition to the various Sanskrit and Chinese scriptures like the Book of Heaven, it also has a large collection of various ancient and modern literature collections, from subsets of scriptures and histories to poems and songs to miscellaneous categories such as medicine, Taoism, and gongbu. When he finally left, he had more than three carts loaded, almost as many as he had collected most of the books he had collected before.

With these ancient book collections gradually accumulated, he wanted to try to establish and implement a set of on-the-spot education system, and he was more prepared. After dealing with this series of time and aftermath work, Zhou Huai'an, who looked back, heard an unexpected report again.

There was a small accident and riot, that is, Huo Cun, the messenger lieutenant who was temporarily left behind, actually wanted to take the opportunity to escape from the supervision, and with the help of his companions who sneaked in, he took down the guards and knocked over dozens of volunteers who came to hear the noise, and almost snatched his horse and ran away.

In the end, it was his direct fire chief, Sha Da and Sha Wujing, who were known as "stupid big men", rushed up, and relied on their ruthless brute force to knock him to the ground, which did not succeed.

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At the same time, in Chaoyang City, Wang Pan, who was chewing fried soybeans, was also saying to the young man in front of him

"Little belly, it's time to come back to help."

"I don't think it's enough, where did I learn in the pipe, I'm afraid it's not as good as his hundred and one."

An apprentice named Little Belly responded.

"That's fine, it's rare that you have this motivated mind. It's not easy to stop you. ”

"But from now on, you have nothing to do with me, and you have to follow others wholeheartedly."

"Once you learn human skills, but you do things that are sorry for others,"

"Even if you call me uncle, you won't be spared."

"Tell the head."

At this time, suddenly there was a voice outside.

"There's an urgent letter from Guangfu."

"Call me to the state to discuss the matter."

Then Wang Pan muttered to himself.

"Will New Ministries Be Announced?"

(End of chapter)